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DIVISION 7. THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911 5000-6794›PART 3. PERFORMING THE WORK 5100-5954›CHAPTER 29. Contractual Assessments 5898.10-5899.4›ARTICLE 1. General Provisions 5898.10-5898.18

§ 5898.15

California Streets and Highways Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) A public agency shall not permit a property owner to participate in any program established pursuant to this chapter if the owner’s participation would result in the total amount of any annual property taxes and assessments exceeding 5 percent of the property’s market value, as determined at the time of approval of the owner’s contractual assessment.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to void or otherwise release a property owner from the contractual obligations incurred by a contractual assessment on a property, particularly in the event that the total amount of annual property taxes and assessments exceeds 5 percent of a property’s market value after the property owner has entered into a contractual assessment pursuant to this chapter.

(c) This section applies to a property owner who seeks to participate in a program established pursuant to this chapter for types of property not subject to the requirements of Sections 5898.16 and 5898.17.

(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 618, Sec. 3. (AB 2693) Effective January 1, 2017.)

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