Opinion No. (2006)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General MARC J. NOLAN Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE MARSHALL RUDOLPH, COUNTY COUNSEL, COUNTY OF MONO, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. May a community services district terminate road maintenance and snow removal services to an existing zone within the district's boundaries, and dissolve the zone created to pay for such services, after the property owners within the zone have rejected a proposed benefit assessment increase that is necessary to cover the district's increased costs in providing the services? 2. Does a community services district have a continuing duty to provide road maintenance and snow removal services to streets and roads that have not been officially accepted into any public road system under its jurisdiction? CONCLUSIONS 1. A community services district may terminate road maintenance and snow removal services to an existing zone within the district's boundaries after the property owners within the zone have rejected a proposed benefit assessment increase necessary to cover the district's increased costs in providing such services; the district may also dissolve the zone by following specified statutory…