(a) Any local agency which is authorized by law to provide one or more of the following services may impose a benefit assessment pursuant to this chapter to finance the maintenance and operation costs of these services:

(1) Drainage.

(2) Flood control.

(3) Street lighting.

(b) Any local agency which is authorized by law to maintain streets, roads, or highways may impose a benefit assessment pursuant to this chapter to pay for the maintenance of those streets, roads, or highways.

(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1449, Sec. 3.)