Lassen County Municipal Code Ch. 15.02 General Provisions

This title is adopted pursuant to the County Service Area Law, Chapter 2.5 of Division 2 of Title 3, California Government Code.

(Ord. 444 § 2, 1980; Ord. 2017-013 § 2)

The board of supervisors of the county of Lassen may, when adopting an annual budget and making a determination that the amount of revenue available to county service area No. 1 is inadequate to meet the costs of operating and maintaining the services provided by county service area No. 1 (television translator station and/or low-power television services), establish, fix, or raise user fees for the services. Such charges shall be sufficient to pay in whole for the cost thereof, and the revenue obtained shall be in lieu of the levy of taxes.

(Ord. 444 § 2, 1980; Ord. 2017-013 § 2)

Charges for the extended services of county service area No. 1 shall be fixed upon the basis of user-units. As it pertains to parcels designated or containing a single-family dwelling, a "user-unit" is defined as a house-hold with at least one television in service within Lassen County Service Area No. 1 on the first day of January of each year, that are not otherwise exempted from such charge as provided in this title.

As it pertains to parcels designated as or containing a multi-family dwelling, a "user-unit" is defined as each individual dwelling located on the premises with at least one television in service within Lassen County Service Area No. 1 on the first day of January of each year, that are not otherwise exempted from such charge as provided in this title.

The charge per "user-unit " shall be fixed at twenty-five dollars per single-family unit and at ten dollars per multi-family unit, subject to a property tax administration fee pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code Section 95.3.

As it pertains to either or both High Desert State Prison and/or California Correctional Center, both being state penal institutions that fall within and can receive service from Lassen County Service Area No. 1, pursuant to and in accordance with California Government Code Section 25212.3, the board finds and determines that it may contract with any state department or agency for the provision of any services within the county service area. The board may enter into a contract for services with either of the aforementioned facilities in order to procure revenue for county service area No. 1 in an amount and manner deemed sufficient by the board.

(Ord. 444 § 2, 1980; Ord. 444-B § 2, 2001; Ord. 2017-013 § 2)