Sewer collection agency: schedule of fees.

Articles XIII C and XIII D of the California Constitution generally require that assessments, fees, and charges be submitted to property owners for approval or rejection after the provision of written notice and the holding of a public hearing. Existing law, the Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act, prescribes specific procedures and parameters for local jurisdictions to comply with Articles XIII C and XIII D of the California Constitution. Existing law establishes notice, protest, and hearing procedures for the levying of new or increased fees and charges by local government agencies pursuant to Articles XIII C and XIII D of the California Constitution. Existing law authorizes an agency that provides water, sewer, or refuse collection service to adopt a schedule of fees or charges authorizing automatic adjustments that pass through increases in wholesale charges for water or adjustments for inflation, if that agency complies with specified procedures. This bill would additionally authorize an agency that provides wastewater collection service to adopt a schedule of fees or charges, as specified. The bill would also authorize an agency that provides water, wastewater, sewer, or refuse collection service to adopt a schedule of fees or charges authorizing automatic adjustments that pass through increases in wholesale charges for sewage treatment or wastewater treatment, if that agency complies with specified procedures.