ARTICLE 5. Finance [25214. - 25214.5.]

Cal. Government Code - GOV 5.

in effect

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 25214. Section 25214.

(a) The board shall adopt an annual budget pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 29000) of Division 3. (b) A county service area shall be deemed to be a “special district whose affairs and finances are under the supervision and control of the board” within the meaning of Section 29002. (c) The board shall provide for regular audits of the county service area’s accounts and records pursuant to Section 26909. (d) The board shall provide for the annual financial reports to the Controller pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 53890) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 25214.1. Section 25214.1.

(a) On or before July 1 of each year, the board shall adopt a resolution establishing the appropriations limit, if any, for each county service area and make other necessary determinations for the following fiscal year pursuant to Article XIII B of the California Constitution and Division 9 (commencing with Section 7900) of Title 1. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or Division 9 (commencing with Section 7900) of Title 1, a board of supervisors may include the proceeds of taxes for all county service areas within the county’s own appropriations limit. (c) Pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 9 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution, this section shall not apply to any of the following: (1) A county service area which existed on January 1, 1978, and which did not as of the 1977–78 fiscal year levy an ad valorem tax on property in excess of twelve and one-half cents ($0.125) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value. (2) A county service area which existed on January 1, 1978, or was thereafter created by a vote of the people, and which is totally funded by other than the proceeds of taxes. (d) This section shall not apply to any county service area that has previously transferred services and all of the property tax revenue allocation associated with those services to another local agency.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 25214.2. Section 25214.2.

(a) The board may accept any revenue, money, grants, goods, or services from any federal, state, regional, or local agency or from any person for any lawful purpose of the county service area. (b) In addition to any other existing authority, the board may borrow money and incur indebtedness pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820), Article 7.4 (commencing with Section 53835), Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 53840), Article 7.6 (commencing with Section 53850), and Article 7.7 (commencing with Section 53859) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 25214.3. Section 25214.3.

The board of supervisors may authorize expenditures from the county’s general fund on behalf of a county service area and shall repay the county general fund from the funds of the county service area in the same fiscal year.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 25214.4. Section 25214.4.

(a) The board of supervisors may loan any available funds of the county to a county service area to pay for any lawful expenses of the county service area. The loan shall be repaid within the same fiscal year in which the board of supervisors loaned the funds at a rate of interest, if any, that the board of supervisors shall determine, provided that the interest rate shall not exceed the rate of interest that the county earns on its temporarily idle funds. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the board of supervisors may extend, by a four-fifths vote, the repayment of a loan for a period that does not exceed three years from the end of the fiscal year in which the loan was made. (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if the board of supervisors finds that the repayment of the loan may result in an economic or fiscal hardship to the property owners or residents of the county service area, the board of supervisors may, by a four-fifths vote, waive the repayment in whole or in part.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 25214.5. Section 25214.5.

(a) The board of supervisors may appropriate up to two million dollars ($2,000,000) from any available funds of the county to a revolving fund to be used by county service areas for the acquisition or improvement of real or personal property, environmental studies, fiscal analyses, engineering services, supplies, or any other lawful expenses. The revolving fund shall be reimbursed within 10 years from the date of the disbursement at a rate of interest, if any, that the board of supervisors shall determine, provided that the interest rate shall not exceed the rate of interest that the county earns on its temporarily idle funds. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if the board of supervisors finds that the reimbursement of the revolving fund may result in an economic or fiscal hardship to the property owners or residents of the county service area, the board of supervisors may, by a four-fifths vote, waive the reimbursement in whole or in part.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026