(a) Notwithstanding the procedures for establishing a district under this division, the authority shall be deemed a climate resilience district and is hereby granted all of the powers described in Section 62307, except as provided in subdivision (c).

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 62305, the legislative body of the district formed pursuant to this section shall be the legislative body of the authority.

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(c) This section shall not grant the district the power to use any tax increment revenues unless it complies with the requirements for receiving and using tax increment revenue pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 62304.

(d) For purposes of this section, “authority” means the Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority created pursuant to Division 19.1 (commencing with Section 181000) of the Public Utilities Code.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 266, Sec. 1. (SB 852) Effective January 1, 2023.)