§ 66022 Fee Challenge Deadline Rules

Key Takeaways

•If a city or town creates a new fee or changes an old one, you only have 120 days to challenge it in court.
•If the fee goes up automatically, you still have 120 days to challenge the increase after it happens.
•This rule only applies to certain fees, like those for services or building permits.

Example

Your city raises the fee for trash pickup by $10 every year automatically.

If you don’t like the higher fee, you have 120 days after the increase starts to take the city to court. If you wait longer, you can’t challenge it.

(a) Any judicial action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an ordinance, resolution, or motion adopting a new fee or service charge, or modifying or amending an existing fee or service charge, adopted by a local agency, as defined in Section 66000, shall be commenced within 120 days of the effective date of the ordinance, resolution, or motion. If an ordinance, resolution, or motion provides for an automatic adjustment in a fee or service charge, and the automatic adjustment results in an increase in the amount of a fee or service charge, any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the increase shall be commenced within 120 days of the effective date of the increase. (b)Any action by a local agency or interested person under this section shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (c) This section shall apply only to fees, capacity charges, and service charges described in and subject to Sections 66013, 66014, and 66016. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 643, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2007.)

Key Takeaways

•If a city or town creates a new fee or changes an old one, you only have 120 days to challenge it in court.
•If the fee goes up automatically, you still have 120 days to challenge the increase after it happens.
•This rule only applies to certain fees, like those for services or building permits.

Example

Your city raises the fee for trash pickup by $10 every year automatically.

If you don’t like the higher fee, you have 120 days after the increase starts to take the city to court. If you wait longer, you can’t challenge it.

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