(a) If the proposal includes the disincorporation of a city, as defined in Section 56034, the commission shall determine the amount of property tax revenue to be exchanged by the affected city and any successor or affected local agency pursuant to this section.

(b) The commission shall notify the county auditor of the proposal, the affected local agencies to be extinguished, and the services proposed to be transferred to new jurisdictions, and identify for the auditor the changes to occur.

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(c) If the proposal would not transfer all of the service responsibilities of the disincorporating city to the affected county or to a single affected agency, the commission and the county auditor shall do all of the following:

(1) The county auditor shall determine the proportion that the amount of property tax revenue derived by the city being disincorporated pursuant to subdivision (b) of § 93 of the Revenue and Taxation Code bears to the total amount of revenue from all sources, available for general purposes, received by the city being disincorporated in the prior fiscal year and provide his or her response within 15 days of receiving notification from the commission pursuant to subdivision (b). For purposes of making this determination and the determination required by paragraph (3), “total amount of revenue from all sources available for general purposes” means the total amount of revenue which the city being disincorporated may use on a discretionary basis for any purpose and does not include any of the following:

(A) Revenue that, by statute or ordinance, is required to be used for a specific purpose.

(B) Revenue from fees, charges, or assessments that are levied to specifically offset the cost of particular services and that do not exceed the cost reasonably borne in providing these services.

(C) Revenue received from the federal government that is required to be used for a specific purpose.

(2) The commission shall determine, based on information submitted by the city being disincorporated, an amount equal to the total net cost to that city during the prior fiscal year of providing those services that an affected agency will assume within the area subject to the proposal. For purposes of this paragraph, “total net cost” means the total direct and indirect costs that were funded by general purpose revenues of the city being disincorporated and excludes any portion of the total cost that was funded by any revenues of that agency that are specified in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1).

(3) For the services to be transferred to each affected local agency, the commission shall multiply the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (2) by the proportion determined pursuant to paragraph (1) to derive the amount of property tax revenue used to provide services by the city being disincorporated during the prior fiscal year within the area subject to the proposal. The county auditor shall adjust the amount so determined by the annual tax increment pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to the fiscal year in which the affected agency receives its next allocation of property taxes.

(d) If the proposal for disincorporation would transfer all of the service responsibilities of the city proposed for disincorporation, other than those that are proposed to be discontinued, to a single successor, the commission shall request the auditor to determine the property tax revenue allocated to the city being disincorporated by tax rate area, or portion thereof, and transmit that information to the commission.

(e) The executive officer shall notify the auditor of the amount determined pursuant to subdivision (c) or (d), as the case may be, and, where applicable, the period of time within which and the procedure by which the transfer of property tax revenues will be effected pursuant to this section, at the time the executive officer records a certificate of completion pursuant to Section 57203 for any proposal described in subdivision (a), and the auditor shall transfer that amount to the affected agency or agencies that will assume the services as determined by the commission. Any property tax not transferred to an affected agency pursuant to subdivision (c) shall be transferred to the affected county.

(f) For purposes of this section, “prior fiscal year” means the most recent fiscal year preceding the issuance of the certificate of filing for which data is available on actual direct and indirect costs and revenues needed to perform the calculations required by this section.

(g) Any action brought by a city, county, or district to contest any of the determinations of the county auditor or the commission with regard to the amount of property tax revenue to be exchanged by the affected local agencies pursuant to this section shall be commenced within three years of the effective date of the disincorporation.

(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 304, Sec. 7. (AB 851) Effective January 1, 2016.)