(a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution and subject to approval by the board before the agency takes action to approve the placement of a measure on the ballot, the agency may impose, by resolution or by ordinance, a parcel tax within Los Angeles County pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5, Section 64721, and any other procedures applicable by law.
(b) For purposes of this section, “parcel tax” means a special tax imposed upon a parcel of real property at a rate that is determined without regard to that property’s value.
(c) The agency shall provide notice of any parcel tax imposed pursuant to this section in the manner specified in Section 54930.
(d) Thereafter, the tax shall be collected at the same time, and in the same manner, as the ad valorem taxes on real property authorized by Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and interest and to the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for those taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of the ad valorem taxes on real property authorized by Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution are hereby made applicable to the special assessment taxes.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 661, Sec. 1. (SB 679) Effective January 1, 2023.)