(a) Pursuant to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution and Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1, and consistent with Article 3.7 (commencing with Section 53720), any city, county, city or county, or library district may impose special taxes for the purpose of providing public library facilities and services as described in Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 18010) of Part 11 of the Education Code.

(b) As used in this section, “special taxes” means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the city, county, city and county, or library district.

Terms Used In California Government Code 53717

  • City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
  • County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1344, Sec. 1. Effective September 26, 1988.)

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