City of Bell: Sanitation and Sewerage System District: unlawful increases and charges.

Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city or county to seek voter approval for assessments to cover the cost of certain improvements, including sanitation and sewer projects. This bill would require the Sanitation and Sewerage System District in the City of Bell to return all funds attributable to unlawful increases in assessment rates approved and charged for the 2007–08, 2008–09, and 2009–10 fiscal years to those property owners affected by those unlawful increases. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Bell.