Section 7099.

(a) The Department of Housing and Community Development may approve a proposed expansion of a targeted tax area subject to the following conditions:

(1) The governing body of each city and county in which the targeted tax area is located approves an ordinance or resolution approving the proposed expansion of the area.

(2) The department determines that the proposed additional territory meets the criteria specified in subdivision (a) of Section 7097 to the same extent as the existing territory of the targeted tax area.

(3) The proposed expansion, in combination with any previous expansions of the targeted tax area, does not exceed 15 percent of the size of the area on the date of its original designation.

(4) The expansion area is contiguous to the targeted tax area, except that it may be noncontiguous to the extent that it meets the criteria established in subdivision (e) of Section 7074.

(5) The expansion meets the criteria established in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 7074.

(b) The department shall respond in writing to any application for a proposed expansion of the targeted tax area within 90 days of the date on which the application is deemed complete.

(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 718, Sec. 11. Effective September 29, 2006. Repealed as of January 1, 2014, pursuant to Section 7099.5.)