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a. Approve and authorize the Auditor-Controller to execute an Agreement for Collection of Special Taxes, Fees, and Assessments with the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency, a Joint Powers Authority of the State of California; and
b. Approve and authorize the Auditor-Controller to execute the Agreement for Collection of Special Taxes, Fees, and Assessments template for use with other public agencies, in accordance with local, federal, and/or state law, subject to review and approval of County Counsel; delegation of authority to expire June 30, 2024.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Auditor-Controller to execute an Agreement for Collection of Special Taxes, Fees, and Assessments with the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency, a Joint Powers Authority of the State of California; and
b. Approve and authorize the Auditor-Controller to execute the Agreement for Collection of Special Taxes, Fees, and Assessments template for use with other public agencies, in accordance with local, federal, and/or state law, subject to review and approval of County Counsel; delegation of authority to expire June 30, 2024.
SUMMARY:
When requested by a public agency in accordance with law, a county collects on the County tax rolls the special taxes, fees, and assessments of the public agency. Government Code Sections 29304 and 51800 authorize the County to recoup its collection costs when the County collects taxes, fees, or assessments for any school district, special district, zone or improvement district thereof.
Pursuant to Section 51800, where the duties of assessing property and collecting city taxes are performed for a city by the county assessor and the county tax collector in a manner provided by law, cities and counties may enter into an agreement whereby special assessments may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes are collected and all...
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