California

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• § 66483.1 — After completion of the facilities and the payment of all claims from any “planned local drainage facilities fund” or any “planned local sanitary sewer fund,” the legislative body of a county or city
• § 66483.2 — Any surplus remaining shall be refunded as follows: (a) There shall be refunded to the current owners of property for which a fee was previously collected, the balance of such moneys in the same propo
• § 66484 — (a) A local ordinance may require the payment of a fee as a condition of approval of a final map or as a condition of issuing a building permit for purposes of defraying the actual or estimated cost o
• § 66484.3 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 66007, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange and the city council or councils of any city or cities in that county may, by ordinance, require the payment of a fe
• § 66484.5 — (a) The legislative body of a local agency may adopt an ordinance requiring the payment of a fee as a condition of approval of a subdivision requiring a final or parcel map, or as a condition of issui
• § 66484.7 — (a) A local ordinance may require the payment of a fee, subject to the Mitigation Fee Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 66000), Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 66010), Chapter 7 (commencing w
• § 66484.9 — The authorizations granted by this article are additional to all other authority granted by law to local agencies relating to subdivisions and shall in no way be construed as a limitation on or diminu
• § 66485 — There may be imposed by local ordinance a requirement that improvements installed by the subdivider for the benefit of the subdivision shall contain supplemental size, capacity, number, or length for
• § 66486 — In the event of the installation of improvements required by an ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 66485, the local agency shall enter into an agreement with the subdivider to reimburse the subdivi
• § 66487 — In order to pay the costs as required by the reimbursement agreement, the local agency may: (a) Collect from other persons, including public agencies, using such improvements for the benefit of real p
• § 66488 — Any local agency within a local drainage or sanitary sewer area may adopt the plan and map designated in Section 66483 and impose a reasonable charge on property within the area which, in the opinion
• § 66489 — Any local agency may establish an area of benefit pursuant to Section 66484 and may impose a reasonable charge on property within the area which in the opinion of the legislative body, is benefited by
• § 66490 — A preliminary soils report, prepared by a civil engineer registered in this state, and based upon adequate test borings, shall be required for every subdivision for which a final map is required by th
• § 66491 — With respect to the soils report, a local ordinance may provide that: (a) The preliminary soils report may be waived if the local agency determines that, due to the knowledge it has as to the soils qu
• § 66492 — Prior to the filing of the final map or parcel map with the legislative body, the subdivider shall, in accordance with procedures established by the county, file with the county recorder of the county
• § 66493 — (a) Whenever any part of the subdivision is subject to a lien for taxes or special assessments collected as taxes which are not yet payable, the final map or parcel map shall not be recorded until the
• § 66494 — (a) If the taxes or special assessments are allowed to become delinquent, the county shall recover from the security the principal sum of the security without proof of loss.
• § 66494.1 — The board of supervisors may, by resolution, authorize any county officer to perform the duties required of the clerk of the board of supervisors under this article.
• § 66495 — At the time of making the survey for the final map or parcel map unless the survey is not required pursuant to Section 66448, the engineer or surveyor shall set sufficient durable monuments to conform
• § 66496 — Interior monuments need not be set at the time the map is recorded, if the engineer or surveyor certifies on the map that the monuments will be set on or before a specified later date, and if the subd
• § 66497 — (a) Within five days after the final setting of all monuments has been completed, the engineer or surveyor shall give written notice to the subdivider, and to the city engineer or the county surveyor
• § 66498 — In the event of the death, disability or retirement from practice of the engineer or surveyor charged with the responsibility for setting monuments, or in the event of his refusal to set such monument
• § 66498.1 — (a) Whenever a provision of this division requires that a tentative map be filed, a vesting tentative map may instead be filed.
• § 66498.2 — If the ordinances, policies, or standards described in subdivision (b) of Section 66498.
• § 66498.3 — (a) Whenever a subdivider files a vesting tentative map for a subdivision whose intended development is inconsistent with the zoning ordinance in existence at that time, that inconsistency shall be no
• § 66498.4 — Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, a property owner or his or her designee may seek approvals or permits for development which depart from the ordinances, policies, and standards described
• § 66498.5 — (a) If a subdivider does not seek the rights conferred by this chapter, the filing of a vesting tentative map shall not be a prerequisite to any approval for any proposed subdivision, permit for const
• § 66498.6 — (a) This chapter does not enlarge, diminish, or alter the types of conditions which may be imposed by a local agency on a development, nor in any way diminish or alter the power of local agencies to p
• § 66498.7 — (a) Until December 31, 1987, this chapter shall apply only to residential developments.
• § 66498.8 — (a) On or before January 1, 1986, a city, county, or city and county shall adopt ordinances or resolutions necessary or appropriate for the implementation of this chapter.
• § 66498.9 — By the enactment of this article, the Legislature intends to accomplish all of the following objectives: (a) To establish a procedure for the approval of tentative maps that will provide certain statu
• § 66499 — (a) Whenever this division or a local ordinance authorizes or requires the furnishing of security in connection with the performance of any act or agreement, if the developer is not a nonprofit corpor
• § 66499.1 — Except as provided in Section 66499.
• § 66499.10 — Where the security is conditioned upon the payment to the contractor, his subcontractors and to persons furnishing labor, materials or equipment to them for the improvement of the performance of an ac
• § 66499.11 — Subdivided real property may be reverted to acreage pursuant to the provisions of this article.
• § 66499.12 — (a) Proceedings for reversion to acreage may be initiated by the legislative body on its own motion or by petition of all of the owners of record of the real property within the subdivision.
• § 66499.13 — The petition shall be in a form prescribed by the local agency and shall contain the following: (a) Adequate evidence of title to the real property within the subdivision.
• § 66499.14 — The legislative body may establish a fee for processing reversions to acreage pursuant to this article in an amount which will reimburse the local agency for all costs incurred in processing such reve
• § 66499.15 — A public hearing shall be held on the proposed reversion to acreage.
• § 66499.16 — Subdivided real property may be reverted to acreage only if the legislative body finds that: (a) Dedications or offers of dedication to be vacated or abandoned by the reversion to acreage are unnecess
• § 66499.17 — As conditions of reversion the legislative body shall require: (a) Dedications or offers of dedication necessary for the purposes specified by local ordinance following reversion.
• § 66499.18 — Reversion shall be effective upon the final map being filed for record by the county recorder, and thereupon all dedications and offers of dedication not shown thereon shall be of no further force or
• § 66499.19 — When a reversion is effective, all fees and deposits shall be returned to the current owner of the property and all improvement security released, except those retained pursuant to Section 66499.
• § 66499.2 — A bond or bonds by one or more duly authorized corporate sureties for the security of laborers and material suppliers shall be in substantially the following form: Whereas, The Board of Supervisors of
• § 66499.20 — A tax bond shall not be required in reversion proceedings.
• § 66499.20.1 — A city or county may, by ordinance, authorize a parcel map to be filed under the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of reverting to acreage land previously subdivided and consisting of four or
• § 66499.20.2 — Subdivided lands may be merged and resubdivided without reverting to acreage by complying with all the applicable requirements for the subdivision of land as provided by this division and any local or
• § 66499.20.3 — A city or county may, by ordinance, authorize the merger of contiguous parcels under common ownership without reverting to acreage.
• § 66499.21 — The superior court of the county in which a subdivision is situated may cause all or any portion of the real property included within the boundaries of the subdivision to be excluded from such subdivi
• § 66499.22 — A proceeding for exclusion shall be initiated by filing a petition therefor in the offices of the county surveyor and clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which the subdivision or the po
• § 66499.23 — The petition shall be accompanied by a new map showing the boundaries of the subdivision as it appears after the exclusion and alteration.
• § 66499.24 — Upon the filing of a petition pursuant to this article, any judge of the superior court of the county in which the real property is situated shall make an order directing the clerk of the court to giv
• § 66499.25 — The court may, if no objection has been filed, proceed without further notice to hear the petition.
• § 66499.26 — If objection is made to the petition which, in the judgment of the court is material, the court shall proceed to hear such objection and may adjourn the proceedings to such time as may be necessary up
• § 66499.27 — The exclusion of any real property or the alteration or vacation of any recorded map pursuant to this article shall not affect or vacate the whole or any part of any public street or highway.
• § 66499.28 — A certified copy of the decree of the superior court excluding any real property or ordering the alteration or vacation of any recorded map pursuant to this article shall be recorded in the office of
• § 66499.29 — At the time a certified copy of the decree of court is recorded, a copy of the new map required by Section 66499.
• § 66499.3 — Security to guarantee the performance of any act or agreement shall be in the following amounts: (a) An amount determined by the legislative body, not less than 50 percent nor more than 100 percent of
• § 66499.30 — (a) No person shall sell, lease, or finance any parcel or parcels of real property or commence construction of any building for sale, lease or financing thereon, except for model homes, or allow occup
• § 66499.31 — Each violation of this division by a person who is the subdivider or an owner of record, at the time of the violation, of property involved in the violation shall be punishable by imprisonment in the
• § 66499.32 — (a) Any deed of conveyance, sale or contract to sell real property which has been divided, or which has resulted from a division, in violation of the provisions of this division, or of the provisions
• § 66499.33 — This division does not bar any legal, equitable or summary remedy to which any aggrieved local agency or other public agency, or any person, firm, or corporation may otherwise be entitled, and any suc
• § 66499.34 — No local agency shall issue any permit or grant any approval necessary to develop any real property which has been divided, or which has resulted from a division, in violation of the provisions of thi
• § 66499.35 — (a) Any person owning real property or a vendee of that person pursuant to a contract of sale of the real property may request, and a local agency shall determine, whether the real property complies w
• § 66499.36 — Whenever a local agency has knowledge that real property has been divided in violation of the provisions of this division or of local ordinances enacted pursuant to this division, it shall cause to be
• § 66499.37 — Any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the decision of an advisory agency, appeal board, or legislative body concerning a subdivision, or of any of the proceedings, acts
• § 66499.38 — Any action brought in the superior court relating to this division may be subject to a mediation proceeding conducted pursuant to Chapter 9.
• § 66499.4 — As a part of the obligation guaranteed by the security and in addition to the face amount of the security, there shall be included costs and reasonable expenses and fees, including reasonable attorney
• § 66499.40 — (a) A development proponent may submit an application that allows development of small home lot development, as defined in subdivision (b).
• § 66499.41 — (a) A local agency shall ministerially consider, without discretionary review or a hearing, a parcel map or a tentative and final map for a housing development project that meets all of the following
• § 66499.5 — If the required subdivision improvements are financed and installed pursuant to special assessment proceedings, the local agency at its option may provide by local ordinance that, upon the furnishing
• § 66499.50 — This division applies to all counties and, whether incorporated or not, to all cities, towns and villages in this state.
• § 66499.51 — As used in this division: (a) “City council or board of supervisors” includes the proper corresponding governing board and authority in each place where the division applies.
• § 66499.52 — (a) Whenever any city, town or subdivision of land is platted or divided into lots or blocks, and whenever any addition to any city, town or subdivision is laid out into lots or blocks for the purpose
• § 66499.53 — The engineer or surveyor, under the direction and with the approval of the city council or board of supervisors, may compile the map from maps on file, or may resurvey or renumber the blocks, or renum
• § 66499.54 — Each and every map made and adopted under this division shall be certified under the hands of a majority of the members and the presiding officer and secretary and official seal, if any, of the author
• § 66499.55 — The map, so certified, shall be forthwith filed in the office of the county recorder of the county wherein the platted lands are situate.
• § 66499.56 — The map shall become an official map for all the purposes of this division when certified, and filed, but not before.
• § 66499.57 — Whenever the city council or board of supervisors adopts a map prepared under this division as the official map of the subdivision, town, city or county, it shall be lawful and sufficient to describe
• § 66499.58 — All surveys and the field notes thereof made by any engineer or surveyor, under the provisions of this division, or in surveying officially any lots or parcels of land in any city, town or county for
• § 66499.6 — Such money, negotiable bond or instrument of credit shall be a trust fund to guarantee performance and shall not be subject to enforcement of a money judgment by any creditors of the depositor until t
• § 66499.7 — The security furnished by the subdivider shall be released in whole or in part in the following manner: (a) Security given for faithful performance of any act or agreement shall be released upon the p
• § 66499.8 — In all cases where the performance of the obligation for which the security is required is subject to the approval of another agency, the local agency shall not release the security until the obligati
• § 66499.9 — Any liability upon the security given for the faithful performance of any act or agreement shall be limited to: (a) The performance of the work covered by the agreement between the subdivider and the
• § 6650 — (a) Any marching band organized by or maintained by any educational institution supported in whole or in part by public funds or granted any tax exemption as an educational institution may furnish mus
• § 66500 — This title shall be known as the Metropolitan Transportation Commission Act.
• § 66502 — There is hereby created, as a local area planning agency and not as a part of the executive branch of the state government, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to provide comprehensive regional
• § 66503 — The commission shall consist of 21 members as follows: (a) Two members each from the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Contra Costa and San Mateo, and three members each from the Co
• § 66504 — Each commissioner’s term of office is four years; provided, however, that the commissioners appointed by the Mayor of the City of Oakland and the Mayor of the City of San Jose shall have an initial te
• § 66504.1 — The members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their duties.
• § 66505 — The commission shall appoint an executive director who shall have charge of administering the affairs of the commission, subject to the direction and policies of the commission.
• § 66506 — The commission may: (a) Accept grants, contributions, and appropriations from any public agency, private foundation, or individual.
• § 66507 — The commission shall assume the planning and related responsibilities of the Bay Area Transportation Study Commission and its interim successor, the Regional Transportation Planning Committee.
• § 66508 — The commission shall adopt, by June 30, 1973, a regional transportation plan for the region.
• § 66509 — In developing the regional transportation plan, the commission shall consider: (a) The plan recommended by the Bay Area Transportation Study Commission, with such modifications recommended by the Regi
• § 66510 — The regional transportation plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following segments of the regional transportation system: (a) The national system of interstate and defense highways, the Cal
• § 66511 — The regional transportation plan shall also include an estimate of the regional transportation needs during the ensuing 10 years and a schedule of priorities for the construction, modification, and ma
• § 66512 — In addition, the regional transportation plan shall include a financial plan for the regional transportation system.
• § 66513 — The regional transportation plan shall be subjected to continuous review by the commission, with revisions prepared as the need may arise.
• § 66513.5 — (a) The commission shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before March 31, 2026, on its forecast of the impacts to ridership on the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, the Peninsula Corrido
• § 66514 — The construction of any transbay bridge in the region shall not be commenced without the approval of the commission.
• § 66515 — No public multicounty transit system using an exclusive right-of-way which is proposed to be constructed within the region shall be constructed or operated without the approval of the commission.
• § 66515.5 — Any public multicounty transit system entirely within the region using an exclusive right-of-way shall incorporate physical characteristics compatible with the system of the San Francisco Bay Area Rap
• § 66516 — The commission, in coordination with the regional transit coordinating council established by the commission pursuant to Section 29142.
• § 66516.5 — The commission may do the following: (a) In consultation with the regional transit coordinating council, identify those functions performed by individual public transit systems that could be consolida
• § 66517 — The commission shall render all available assistance to transit systems operated within the region by any city or public agency to ensure adequate feeder service to public multicounty transit systems.
• § 66517.5 — The commission shall develop regional transit service objectives, develop performance measures of efficiency and effectiveness, specify uniform data requirements to assess public transit service benef
• § 66518 — When allocating funds for construction on the state highway system within the region, the California Transportation Commission shall conform to the regional transportation plan and the schedule of pri
• § 66520 — Any application to the federal or state government for any grant of money, whether an outright or a matching grant, by any county, city and county, city, or transportation district within the region s
• § 66521 — (a) It is the intention of the Legislature that the federal government, the state, and local agencies in the region will participate in support of the commission.
• § 66522 — The commission shall merge with or otherwise join any multifunctional regional government organization, if it has transportation planning responsibilities, within one year of the creation of such an o
• § 66525 — The commission shall administer any county transportation expenditure plan which includes a provision that the commission shall implement a retail transactions and use tax pursuant to Division 12.
• § 66530 — The commission shall continue to actively, on behalf of the entire region, seek to assist in the development of adequate funding sources to develop, construct, and support transportation projects that
• § 66531 — (a) Each county within the jurisdiction of the commission, together with the cities and transit operators within the county, may, every two years, develop and update a transportation plan for the coun
• § 66532 — The commission shall develop an emergency transportation system management plan which defines the continuing emergency services required during reconstruction of highway facilities which have been ren
• § 66535 — (a) Not later than July 1, 2003, the commission shall establish performance measurement criteria on both a project and corridor level to evaluate all new transportation projects and programs (investme
• § 66536 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The Association of Bay Area Governments, known as ABAG for the purposes of this section and Section 66536.
• § 66536.1 — (a) The joint policy committee shall prepare a report analyzing the feasibility of consolidating functions separately performed by ABAG and MTC.
• § 66536.2 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares: (1) The Association of Bay Area Governments, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission have been working toge
• § 66540 — This title shall be known and may be cited as the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Response and Disaster Recovery Act.
• § 66540.1 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) In 1999, based on the findings and analyses in a study sponsored by the Bay Area Council, the Legislature created the San Francisco
• § 66540.10 — The San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority shall transfer the title and ownership of all property within its control and ownership to the authority.
• § 66540.11 — (a) Public transportation ferries and related water transportation services and facilities within the bay area region shall be transferred to the authority in accordance with the transition plan requi
• § 66540.12 — (a) The authority shall be governed by a board composed of five members, as follows: (1) Three members shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate.
• § 66540.13 — A member may be removed only for cause or incapacity and only by the appointing authority.
• § 66540.14 — A member may be reappointed to serve additional terms.
• § 66540.15 — The board members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their duties.
• § 66540.16 — (a) The board shall have the power to appoint all of the following officers of the authority: (1) Executive director.
• § 66540.17 — The board may do all of the following: (a) Create committees from its membership.
• § 66540.18 — (a) The chair of the board shall do all of the following: (1) Prepare the agenda for each meeting of the board.
• § 66540.19 — (a) The time and place of the first meeting of the board shall be at a time and place within the bay area region fixed by the chair of the board, but no later than April 1, 2008.
• § 66540.2 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this title to provide for a unified, comprehensive institutional structure for the ownership and governance of a water transportation system that shall
• § 66540.20 — The board is the legislative body of the authority and, consistent with the provisions of this title, shall determine all questions of authority policy.
• § 66540.21 — The board shall determine what water transportation services facilities should be acquired or constructed for the common benefit of the bay area region as a whole.
• § 66540.22 — (a) The board shall supervise and regulate every water transportation services facility owned, operated, maintained, or controlled by the authority, including the establishment of rates, rentals, char
• § 66540.23 — (a) The board may act either by ordinance or resolution in order to regulate the authority and undertake all acts necessary and convenient for the exercise of the authority’s powers.
• § 66540.24 — (a) Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting any business of the board.
• § 66540.25 — The authority may do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of this title.
• § 66540.255 — The authority may accept grants, contributions, and appropriations from any public agency, private foundation, or individual.
• § 66540.26 — The authority has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
• § 66540.27 — The authority may provide a comprehensive emergency public water transportation services system and, for this purpose, may have the power to provide all of the following: (a) Planning, as provided in
• § 66540.28 — The authority may sue and be sued.
• § 66540.29 — The authority may take by grant, purchase, devise, or lease or otherwise acquire, hold, enjoy, lease, and dispose of, real and personal property within or outside its area of jurisdiction in order to
• § 66540.3 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this title.
• § 66540.30 — The authority may contract with any department or agency of the United States, with any state or local governmental agency, or with any person upon those terms and conditions that the authority finds
• § 66540.31 — No action taken by the authority pursuant to this title shall require the approval of the Public Utilities Commission.
• § 66540.315 — The authority may establish a community advisory committee to receive community and passenger recommendations related to consolidation and operational issues affecting existing and proposed water tran
• § 66540.32 — (a) The authority shall create and adopt, on or before July 1, 2009, an emergency water transportation system management plan for water transportation services in the bay area region in the event that
• § 66540.325 — When feeder transportation services are proposed to be established to or from the facilities operated by the authority, the authority shall coordinate with the public transit agency or agencies in who
• § 66540.33 — The authority shall refer for recommendation the plans of routes, rights of way, terminals, yards, and related facilities and improvements to the city councils and boards of supervisors within the jur
• § 66540.34 — The authority may enter into agreements for the joint use or joint development of any property rights, including air rights, owned or controlled by the authority.
• § 66540.35 — The authority may acquire, own, lease, construct, and operate water transportation vessels and equipment, including, but not limited to, real and personal property, equipment, and any facilities of th
• § 66540.36 — The authority may select private or public franchisees for those operating elements of the water transportation services system and related facilities of the authority.
• § 66540.37 — The authority may accept, through purchase of fee, conveyance of title, long-term lease, or other means deemed appropriate, the vessels, terminals, maintenance and support facilities, and other assets
• § 66540.38 — The authority may lease or contract for the use of its facilities, or any portion thereof, to any operator, and may provide for subleases by that operator upon the terms and conditions that it deems i
• § 66540.39 — The air emission standard for new vessels purchased by the authority shall exceed the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s air quality standards for Tier II 2007 marine engines by at least 85 per
• § 66540.4 — There is hereby established the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority as a local governmental entity of regional government, with jurisdiction extending throughout the bay ar
• § 66540.40 — The authority shall dedicate at least one new vessel, subject to engine manufacturers’ warranties, to employ biodiesel fuel (B20) to assess the practical application of using renewable fuels.
• § 66540.41 — The authority shall prepare and implement annual operating budgets for the operation of the San Francisco Bay Area water transportation services system, associated terminals, and related feeder transp
• § 66540.42 — The authority shall set fares for travel on the water transportation services system that it operates, and define and set other fares and fees for services related to the water transportation system.
• § 66540.43 — (a) The authority may issue bonds, from time to time, payable from revenue of any facility or enterprise operated, acquired, or constructed by the authority, for any of the purposes authorized by this
• § 66540.44 — The authority may levy special benefit assessments consistent with the requirements of Article XIII D of the California Constitution for operating expenses and to finance capital improvements, includi
• § 66540.45 — The authority may borrow money in accordance with Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820) of, Article 7.
• § 66540.46 — (a) The authority may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of any bonds that have been authorized to be issued, but have not been sold and delivered, and may issue negotiable bond anticipation not
• § 66540.47 — The authority may bring an action to determine the validity of any of its bonds, equipment trust certificates, warrants, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness or any of its revenues, rates, or cha
• § 66540.48 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title or any other law, the provisions of all ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings in the issuance by the authority of any bonds, bonds with
• § 66540.49 — The authority may apply for and receive grants from any and all state and federal agencies.
• § 66540.5 — The authority shall have the authority to plan, manage, operate, and coordinate the emergency activities of all water transportation and related facilities within the bay area region, except those pro
• § 66540.50 — The authority may deposit or invest any moneys of the authority in banks or financial institutions in the state in accordance with state law.
• § 66540.51 — The authority may insure against any accident to or destruction of the public transportation ferry system or any part thereof.
• § 66540.52 — The authority may insure against loss of revenues from any cause whatsoever.
• § 66540.53 — The authority may insure against public liability or property damage, or both.
• § 66540.54 — (a) The authority shall maintain accounting records and shall report accounting transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as adopted by the Governmental Accounting Stand
• § 66540.55 — The authority shall prescribe a method of securing employees, shall adopt rules and regulations governing the employment of employees, and shall prescribe the compensation to be paid to employees, inc
• § 66540.56 — Represented employees of the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority shall become employees of the authority and shall suffer no loss of employment or reduction in wages, health and welfare ben
• § 66540.57 — The authority may establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the authority and provide for the payment of annuities, pensions, retirement allowances, disability payments, and deat
• § 66540.58 — The authority may maintain its own retirement fund or may provide for benefits to eligible officers and employees, or their beneficiaries, by means of group insurance or other insurance, or by those m
• § 66540.59 — Before establishing any retirement system, the authority shall secure a report from a qualified actuary, which shall show the cost of the benefits provided by the system, and the prospective assets an
• § 66540.6 — (a) In order to establish and secure emergency activities of all water transportation and related facilities within the bay area region, the authority shall have the authority to operate a comprehensi
• § 66540.60 — The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to the initiation, maintenance, and administration of the retirement system.
• § 66540.61 — As an alternative method of providing a retirement system, the board may contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and enter all or any portion of its employ
• § 66540.62 — The board may also contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System for participation in the Federal Social Security Act and may perform all acts necessary or conve
• § 66540.63 — The board may classify and determine the officers and employees who shall be included as members in the retirement system and may change the classification from time to time.
• § 66540.64 — The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the authority or their beneficiaries shall be entitled to benefits and the amounts thereof.
• § 66540.65 — Any pension or retirement system adopted by the board shall be on a sound actuarial basis and provide for contributions by both the authority and the employee members of the system which shall be base
• § 66540.66 — Contributions shall be in amounts that shall accumulate at retirement a fund sufficient to carry out the promise to pay benefits to the individual on account of his or her service as a member of the s
• § 66540.67 — Nothing in any pension or retirement system or plan shall prevent the board from, at any time, amending, changing, modifying or terminating any provision for benefits, participation, or contributions
• § 66540.68 — (a) This article does not apply to any employees of the authority in a bargaining unit that is represented by a labor organization, except as to the protection of the rights of those employees that we
• § 66540.69 — If any chapter, article, section, subdivision, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase in this title, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is for any reason held invalid, the val
• § 66540.7 — (a) The authority shall have the responsibility within the area of its jurisdiction to study, plan, and implement any improvements, expansion, or enhancements of existing or future public transportati
• § 66540.8 — The authority shall have the power to apply for, receive, and expend funds for public transportation ferries and related facilities and services, and emergency water transportation for disaster recove
• § 66540.9 — In order to properly plan and provide for emergency water transportation services and facilities, the authority shall have the authority to plan, develop, and operate all aspects of water transportati
• § 66600 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the public interest in the San Francisco Bay is in its beneficial use for a variety of purposes; that the public has an interest in the bay as the most v
• § 66601 — The Legislature further finds and declares that uncoordinated, haphazard filling in San Francisco Bay threatens the bay itself and is therefore inimical to the welfare of both present and future resid
• § 66602 — The Legislature further finds and declares that certain water-oriented land uses along the bay shoreline are essential to the public welfare of the bay area, and that these uses include ports, water-r
• § 66602.1 — The Legislature further finds and declares that areas diked off from the bay and used as saltponds and managed wetlands are important to the bay area in that, among other things, such areas provide a
• § 66603 — The Legislature further finds and declares that the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, treating the entire bay as a unit, has made a detailed study of all the characteristics o
• § 66604 — The Legislature further finds and declares that in order to protect the present shoreline and body of the San Francisco Bay to the maximum extent possible, it is essential that the commission be empow
• § 66605 — The Legislature further finds and declares: (a) That further filling of San Francisco Bay and certain waterways specified in subdivision (e) of Section 66610 should be authorized only when public bene
• § 66605.1 — The Legislature finds that in order to make San Francisco Bay more accessible for the use and enjoyment of people, the bay shoreline should be improved, developed and preserved.