In addition to, and as an alternative to, the powers contained in this division, the board may by resolution determine and declare that it is necessary to levy a special assessment of an equal amount upon each acre of developed land, upon each acre of undeveloped land, or both, within the district or within zones established pursuant to Sections 35534 and 35535 in order to cause just and equitable sharing among the district’s landowners of all or any portion of the district obligations for the next year in excess of receipts from water charges, as reflected in the district’s annual estimate of obligations filed pursuant to Section 36552 or 37206, and such resolution shall declare that a public hearing shall be held thereon at a specified time and place at which all interested persons may appear and be heard.

(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 310.)

Terms Used In California Water Code 35539

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
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