Merced Municipal Code Ch. 13.40 Assessment of City Departments

In any proceeding conducted pursuant to Chapters 13.32, 13.34, and 13.36, the city may levy assessments against lands or properties of any duly established and legally constituted department or special fund of the city which is benefited by the proposed improvements. Any such assessment shall be an enforceable obligation against the income and revenues of said department and shall not constitute an indebtedness or general obligation of the city. Such obligation is payable by, and, to the extent legally possible, enforceable against the city department or special fund in the same manner as assessments against lands of public agencies under Section 5302.5 of the Streets and Highways Code, except that the annual assessment installments therein provided need not be equal. The remedy of mandamus or other appropriate remedy referred to in such Section 5302.5 shall be available to the owner of the assessment to compel whatever action is legally available to said department or special fund for the collection of funds, and any limits otherwise applicable shall not apply.

(Prior code § 14A.166).