AB 788

Under current law and subject to a number of exceptions, no county may impose

an operating levy at an operating levy rate that exceeds 0.001 or the operating levy

rate in 1992, whichever is greater. "Operating levy" is defined as the county purpose

levy, less the debt levy, and "operating levy rate" is defined as the total levy rate

minus the debt levy rate.

A county may exceed the limit under current law if its board adopts a resolution

stating its wish to exceed the operating levy rate limit that is otherwise applicable

and if that resolution is approved by the electors of the county in a referendum. The

limit may also be exceeded if a county increases the services that it provides by

adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to the county by another

governmental unit.

Under this bill, the operating levy rate limit does not apply to any county levy

that is imposed after December 2009.