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(a) The expense incurred in the construction or operation of any improvement or provision of additional services in a district pursuant to this chapter shall be financed in accordance with the district plan upon which the establishment or extension of the district was based. Services for which district property owners are charged pursuant to the plan must be in addition to or an enhancement of those provided by the city prior to the district's establishment. The expense and cost apportioned to benefited real property in accordance with the plan shall be a charge upon each benefited parcel of real property within the district.
(b) The charge upon benefited real property pursuant to this chapter shall be imposed as provided in the district plan. If the formula includes an ad valorem component, this component shall be determined by the assessed value of each parcel as entered on the latest completed assessment roll used by the city for the levy of general city taxes. The charge shall be determined, levied and collected in the same manner, at the same time and by the same officers, as general city taxes are levied and collected.
(c) When a district has been established pursuant to this chapter, the city may, for the purpose of providing funds for making capital improvements within such district, issue and sell bonds or other municipal obligations as provided in the local finance law and other applicable laws and statutes. Principal and interest payments on these bonds or other municipal obligations may be made in whole or in part from the proceeds of charges imposed upon benefited real property within the district.
(a) The aggregate amount of outstanding indebtedness that is incurred to provide funds for capital improvements pursuant to this chapter shall be chargeable against the city's constitutional debt limit and may not exceed ten percent of the amount allowable under that limit. The aggregate amount of outstanding indebtedness that is incurred to provide funds for capital improvements pursuant to this chapter and that is chargeable against the property within the district may not exceed seven percent of the average full valuation of taxable real property in the district.
(b) The district charge, exclusive of debt service, levied in a given year against real property in a district may not exceed twenty percent of the total general city taxes levied in that year against the taxable real property in the district. The district charge so levied shall be included in the total amount, if any, that the city is permitted by law to raise in that year by a tax on real property.
(a) The proceeds of any charge imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be held by the comptroller and shall be separately accounted for in the books and records of the city. None of the proceeds collected pursuant to this chapter shall be used for any purposes other than those set forth in the district plan. These funds may be paid out for district purposes in accordance with the general procedures for payment of other city expenditures.
(b) All contracts for improvements, goods or services to be provided in the district shall be subject to all applicable provisions of the law relating to the letting of contracts by the city.
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