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7,564 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 13242 — The bonds shall be issued in such denomination or denominations as the board determines, and shall be payable on the day and at the place or places fixed in the bonds, and with interest at the rate sp
• § 132420 — (a) The board may appoint an executive director to serve at the pleasure of the authority.
• § 132425 — The LACMTA shall identify and expeditiously enter into an agreement with the authority to hold in trust with the authority all real and personal property, and any other assets accumulated in the plann
• § 13243 — The board may at any time prior to the issuance and sale of any bonds provide for the call and redemption of any or all of the bonds on any interest payment date prior to their fixed maturity at not e
• § 132430 — (a) The LACMTA shall transfer the unencumbered balance of all local funds programmed for completion of the project and that have been identified in the Restructuring Plan adopted by the LACMTA Board o
• § 132435 — The authority shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the LACMTA that shall specifically address the ability of the LACMTA to review any significant changes in the scope of the design or c
• § 13244 — The bonds shall be signed by the president of the board or by such officer of the district as the board shall by resolution authorize and designate for that purpose.
• § 132440 — The authority shall not encumber any future farebox revenue anticipated from the operation of the project.
• § 132445 — The authority shall not encumber the project with any obligation that is transferable to the LACMTA upon completion of the design and construction of the project.
• § 132450 — (a) (1) The LACMTA shall assume responsibility for operating all completed phases of the project.
• § 132600 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) The “authority” is the Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority created under this chapter.
• § 132605 — The authority is hereby created for the purpose of awarding and overseeing final design and construction contracts for completion of the project.
• § 13261 — The bonds may be issued and sold for not less than their par value, but otherwise as the board determines.
• § 132610 — (a) The authority has all of the powers necessary for planning, acquiring, leasing, developing, jointly developing, owning, controlling, using, jointly using, disposing of, designing, procuring, and b
• § 132615 — (a) The authority shall be governed by a board consisting of seven voting members who shall be appointed as follows: (1) Two members shall be appointed by the City Councils of the Cities of Santa Moni
• § 13262 — The proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the district treasury to the credit of the proper fund, and shall be used exclusively for the objects or purposes for which the bonds were voted.
• § 132620 — (a) The board may appoint an executive director to serve at the pleasure of the authority.
• § 132625 — The LACMTA shall identify and expeditiously enter into an agreement or agreements with the authority to do all of the following: (a) Hold in trust with the authority all real and personal property, an
• § 13263 — In lieu of the immediate levy of a tax to pay the interest or any part thereof on any bonded indebtedness incurred in accordance with this division, the board may in the estimate of the amount of mone
• § 132635 — The authority shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the LACMTA that shall specifically address the ability of the LACMTA to review any significant changes in the scope of the design or c
• § 132640 — The authority shall not encumber any future farebox revenue anticipated from the operation of the project.
• § 132645 — The authority shall not encumber the project with any obligation that is transferable to the LACMTA upon completion of the design and construction of the project.
• § 132650 — The authority shall be dissolved upon completion of construction of the light rail project.
• § 132651 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Authority” means the Tri-Valley-San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority created under this chapter.
• § 132652 — (a) The authority is hereby established for purposes of planning, developing, delivering, and operating cost-effective and responsive transit connectivity, between BART’s rapid transit system and the
• § 132655 — The governing board of the authority shall be composed of one representative from each of the following entities to be appointed by the governing board, mayor, or supervisor of each entity: (a) The Ba
• § 132656 — The authority has all of the powers necessary for planning, acquiring, leasing, developing, jointly developing, owning, controlling, using, jointly using, disposing of, designing, procuring, and const
• § 132657 — For an initial 18-month period, the Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority’s administrative staff shall, if that authority has appointed a member to the board in accordance with Section 132655, pro
• § 132658 — (a) The unencumbered balance of all local funds programmed for the completion of the BART Livermore extension or that have otherwise been identified for the connectivity shall be transferred to the au
• § 132659 — (a) The authority may enter into agreements with the Bay Area Rapid Transit District, the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission, or any other entity to address any and all issues necessary to achieve t
• § 132660 — The authority and any entity contracted with to serve as the operator of any transit connectivity developed and delivered pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to all of the following: (a) The Mey
• § 132661 — (a) On or before July 1, 2019, the authority shall provide a project feasibility report to the public, to be posted on the authority’s internet website, on the plans for the development and implementa
• § 132800 — There is hereby created the Imperial County Transportation Commission.
• § 132801 — (a) The governing board of the commission shall consist of the following members: (1) Two members of the Imperial County Board of Supervisors.
• § 13281 — Whenever the board by resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the refunding of the whole or any portion of the bonded indebtedness will be of advantage to the dist
• § 132810 — The governing board of the commission at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the first meeting in January, shall elect a chairperson from its members who shall preside at all meetings, and a
• § 132811 — The board shall establish rules for its proceedings consistent with the law of the State of California.
• § 132812 — A majority of the voting members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and all official acts of the commission.
• § 132813 — The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.
• § 132814 — (a) All meetings of the board shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by the Ralph M.
• § 132815 — The board shall do the following: (a) Adopt an annual budget and fix the compensation of its officers and employees.
• § 132816 — Notice of time and place of the public hearing for the adoption of the annual budget shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, and shall be published not later than the 15th
• § 13282 — The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed as the incurring or increase of an indebtedness within the meaning of this division, and the approval of the voters is not required for the issua
• § 132820 — The commission may do any of the following: (a) Use up to 3 percent of the revenues in the local transportation fund for purposes of carrying out its transportation planning and programming responsibi
• § 132822 — (a) The commission, in cooperation with local agencies that elect to participate, may, within the boundaries of the County of Imperial, assist those agencies in the coordination, administration, and i
• § 132824 — The commission shall undertake the following: (a) Prepare a short-range transportation plan that includes the development and approval of a three- to five-year transportation improvement program, as f
• § 13284 — Only the property in a special district is taxable for the payment of the principal and interest on any refunding bonds which are issued for the purpose of refunding any indebtedness of a special dist
• § 13285 — Except as provided in this article, matters pertaining to the issuance of refunding bonds under this chapter shall be governed by Article 9 (commencing with Section 53550) and Article 10 (commencing w
• § 13286 — The proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds shall be applied only to the purchase, or retirement at not more than par and accrued interest, or the call price, of the bonded indebtedness for which the
• § 13287 — In lieu of selling refunding bonds and using the proceeds to purchase or retire the bonds to be refunded, the board may exchange refunding bonds at not less than par and accrued interest for the bonds
• § 13288 — Whenever outstanding bonds are refunded they shall be surrendered to the treasurer of the district, who shall cancel them by endorsing on their face the manner in which the refunding was effected (whe
• § 13311 — All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district are legal investments for all trust funds and for the funds of all insurance companies, banks, both commercial and savings, and trust companies
• § 13312 — All bonds of the district, to the same extent as bonds of any other municipality, are legal for use by any state or national bank or banks in the State as security for the deposit of funds of the Stat
• § 13341 — An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
• § 13345 — Whenever the board, by resolution adopted by a four-fifths vote of all members of the board of a five-ward district, or by a five-sevenths vote of all members of the board of a seven-ward district, fi
• § 13346 — Whenever the board makes the finding and determination as described in Section 13345, the district may borrow money and incur indebtedness by the issuance of bonds, notes, or other securities as provi
• § 13347 — Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this chapter shall be payable from any sources of available funds, including revenues, taxes, or state or federal grants.
• § 13371 — A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness for the purposes of this chapter by the issuance of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness by a majority vote of its board of directors and
• § 13372 — The district may issue refunding bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness for the purpose of paying and redeeming at or before maturity any bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness iss
• § 13373 — General obligation indebtedness issued pursuant to this chapter shall be payable from any sources of available funds, including revenues or taxes.
• § 13374 — This chapter applies only to districts which have owned and operated an electric distribution system or electric generating facilities or a water distribution or sewage disposal system for at least ei
• § 13375 — As used in this chapter, the term “revenues of the district” shall have the same meaning as is provided in Section 54315 of the Government Code.
• § 13376 — When bonds are issued under this article, the preliminary resolution of the board adopted pursuant to this article shall take effect upon its adoption by the board subject to the right of referendum p
• § 13377 — Whenever a resolution authorizes the issuance of bonds pursuant to Section 13371, the board shall cause the resolution to be published in the manner provided for the publication of notices.
• § 13378 — If no such referendum petition is presented within the period of 60 days, then upon the expiration of such period, or if the proposition of issuing the bonds specified in the resolution of the board a
• § 13379 — The board at any time may, and upon the filing of a referendum petition as provided in Section 13377 shall, adopt a resolution calling a special election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of
• § 13391 — A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness for the purchasing of electricity; provided, that the maximum principal amount of indebtedness outstanding under this article shall not at any one ti
• § 13392 — All provisions of this chapter not inconsistent with this article and not by their terms made inapplicable thereto shall apply to all evidences of indebtedness issued under this article.
• § 13451 — One or more special districts for sewage disposal or solid waste resource recovery purposes may be created within the boundaries of a district as provided in this chapter.
• § 13452 — Resolutions shall first be passed by the legislative bodies of half or more, but of not less than two, of the public agencies, all or any part of the area of which it is intended to include in the pro
• § 13453 — Instead of procedure by resolutions, a petition may be filed with the secretary of a district signed by voters within the proposed special district equal in number to at least 10 percent of the total
• § 13454 — The petition shall declare that the public interest or necessity demands the creation of a special district for sewage disposal or solid waste resource recovery purposes within the area of the distric
• § 13455 — The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures with the affidavits of registration and shall certify to the sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition.
• § 13456 — The board may initiate proceedings for the creation of a special district for sewage disposal or solid waste resource recovery purposes within the area of the district by passing a resolution declarin
• § 13481 — Within 60 days after receipt of the resolutions of the public agencies or receipt of the certification of the sufficiency of a petition by the secretary of the district, or the passage of the resoluti
• § 13482 — The notice of hearing shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district.
• § 13483 — The time fixed for the hearing shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of the first publication of the notice.
• § 13484 — At or before the hearing, any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written objections to the creation of the special district or to the inclusion of his property therein.
• § 13485 — The board may reduce or enlarge the boundaries of the proposed special district, but the boundaries as enlarged shall be within the district.
• § 13486 — The board shall not approve the creation of a special district containing territory in addition to the territory included in the resolutions or petitions filed with the secretary of the district, or i
• § 13487 — No public agency or portion thereof shall be included within the boundaries of a special district unless its legislative body consents by resolution, or unless the proceedings for the creation of the
• § 13488 — If no protests are filed, or if the protests filed are overruled and denied by the board, the board shall thereupon by resolution approve the creation of the special district either as originally desc
• § 1351 — The commission may ascertain for each purpose specified in this part, the value of the property of every public utility in this State and every fact and element of value which in its judgment may or d
• § 13511 — At any time after the board has approved the creation of the proposed special district, and fixed its boundaries, the board shall call and publish notice of an election within the proposed special dis
• § 13512 — No person is entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included in the proposed special district.
• § 13513 — If a proposition for incurring a bonded indebtedness is submitted at the same election with the proposal to create the special district, the votes cast on the proposition of incurring a bonded indebte
• § 1352 — For the purpose of ascertaining the matters and things specified in Section 1351, the commission may cause a hearing to be held at such time and place as it may designate.
• § 1353 — (a) The commission may make and file its written findings of fact upon matters concerning which evidence has been introduced before it which, in its judgment, have bearing on the value of the property
• § 13531 — On the question of the creation of a special district, the returns of each public agency and of each parcel of unincorporated territory shall be canvassed separately, and the board shall order and dec
• § 13532 — A special district has no separate corporate existence but shall be deemed to be a taxing subdivision of the district.
• § 1354 — The commission may, from time to time, cause further hearings and investigations to be had for the purpose of making revaluations or ascertaining the value of any additions, betterments, extensions, a
• § 13561 — Connections of all sewers within the special district to intercepting sewers of the district shall be made at such points and in such manner and under such rules, regulations, terms, charges, and cond
• § 13562 — Nothing in this division shall require the district to construct any sewers other than intercepting and outfall sewers.
• § 13563 — Upon completion of sewage disposal facilities for any special district all sewage and industrial waste originating within the special district shall be disposed of through the sewage disposal faciliti
• § 13564 — Without limiting in any way the foregoing provisions of this division, the respective public agencies within the district and the district may contract regarding the collection, treatment, or disposit
• § 13565 — Each utility which a district is authorized to acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use pursuant to this division shall be considered to be a utility owned and operated by the district even t
• § 13570 — The board shall supervise and regulate sewage disposal within a special district, including the fixing of standards, contracts, issuance of licenses or permits, practices and schedules for or in conne
• § 13571 — Without limiting in any way the provisions of this division, and in addition to the powers granted therein, the board may make and enforce such regulations for the control of quantity, quality and flo
• § 13572 — Rules and regulations pertaining to the control of quantity, quality or flow of waste water may provide for any or all of the following: (a) Periodic technical reports to the district from contributor
• § 13573 — No person shall discharge waste water into a community sewer system connected to or directly into a district interceptor which will result in contamination, pollution or a nuisance.
• § 13574 — Whenever a discharge of waste water is in violation of the district’s regulations or otherwise causes or threatens to cause a condition of contamination, pollution or nuisance, as defined in this arti
• § 13575 — (a) Any person who fails to comply with any order issued by the district, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each day in which the discharge, violatio
• § 13575.5 — (a) The district may issue a complaint to any person on whom civil liability may be imposed pursuant to this article.
• § 13575.6 — Any party aggrieved by a final order issued by the board under Section 13575.
• § 13575.7 — (a) Within 30 days after service of a copy of a decision and order issued by the board pursuant to Section 13575.
• § 13576 — Any person who intentionally discharges waste water in any manner, in violation of any order issued by the district, which results in contamination, pollution or a nuisance, as defined in this article
• § 13576.5 — Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or representation in any record, report, plan, or other document filed with the district, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccu
• § 13577 — Any abatement actions taken pursuant to the foregoing sections with respect to contamination, pollution or nuisance, as defined in this article, created by the discharge of waste water into a communit
• § 13578 — The district may enter upon private property of any person and sample at, inspect or survey the waste water sampling installation or pretreatment facilities or processes of any contributor or discharg
• § 13591 — The board may use temporarily any district funds for the payment of any costs or expenses incident to the proposed or actual creation of a special district for sewage disposal or solid waste resource
• § 13592 — The board shall recover all district funds advanced under this article by means of taxes levied upon all property within the special district or from any appropriate funds or revenues of the special d
• § 13593 — Nothing in this article limits the general powers of a district with reference to sewage disposal or solid waste resource recovery.
• § 13621 — At any time after the creation of a special district a proposition of incurring bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction, or completion by the district of any works, lands, structures, ri
• § 13622 — Except as otherwise provided herein the provisions of Chapter 7 shall substantially govern as to all matters pertaining to the issuance of bonds under this article, including among other things, and w
• § 13623 — The favorable vote of two-thirds of all the voters within the special district voting on the proposition is required to authorize the issuance of the bonds.
• § 13624 — Only the property in the special district shall be taxable for the payment of the principal and interest on special district bonds.
• § 13625 — Any proceeding denying the validity of the creation of any special district, or of any bonds authorized by the voters thereof pursuant to this division, shall be brought within three months after the
• § 13626 — The board may utilize the provisions of Chapter 7.
• § 13631 — The special district may borrow money and incur indebtedness in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized to be issued by the voters within the special district but which have not b
• § 13632 — The special district may issue refunding bonds, notes, or other securities for the purpose of paying and redeeming at or before maturity any bonds, notes or other securities issued under this article,
• § 13633 — Evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to this article shall be payable from any sources of available funds of the special district, including revenues, taxes, or state or federal grants.
• § 13651 — Any public agency or portion thereof or unincorporated territory within the boundaries of a district (hereinafter referred to collectively as “territory”) not included within the boundaries of a speci
• § 13652 — The board shall by resolution determine that the annexation of the territory will facilitate the acquisition or operation of a public utility for the special district, describe therein the territory,
• § 13653 — No public agency or portion thereof shall be annexed to a special district unless the legislative body thereof shall by resolution consent.
• § 13654 — The terms and conditions for the annexation of territory to a special district may provide, among other things, for the payment of taxes within the territory to be annexed in addition to the taxes els
• § 13655 — Notice fixing the time and place for hearing on the question of the annexation of territory to a special district shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the distric
• § 13656 — The time for hearing shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of the first publication of the notice.
• § 13657 — At or before the hearing any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written objections to the annexation of the territory to the special district or to the inclusion of his prop
• § 13658 — The hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the board without further notice other than an order entered upon the minutes of its meeting fixing the time and place of adjournment.
• § 13659 — From and after the date of filing of the resolution with the secretary of the district the annexation of the territory, or portion thereof, to the special district is complete.
• § 13660 — No annexation to a special district shall operate to dissolve or terminate the legal existence of any public agency within or partly within the territory annexed.
• § 13661 — From and after the date of annexation any territory annexed to a special district is liable for payment of its proportionate share of any indebtedness then existing and payable by the special district
• § 13691 — A special district may be dissolved by resolution of the board if any proposition for the incurring of a bonded indebtedness fails to carry, and if the special district is then subject to no other ind
• § 13801 — Any public agency not included within the boundaries of a district may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this chapter or in the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganizatio
• § 13802 — The legislative body of the public agency proposed to be annexed shall agree in writing with the board upon the terms and conditions of annexation, which agreement (among other things) may provide for
• § 13802.5 — The terms and conditions of annexation may provide, among other things, for the levy and payment of taxes within the territory to be annexed in addition to the taxes authorized elsewhere in this divis
• § 13803 — After the legislative body of the public agency and the board have concurred upon the proposed terms and conditions, the secretary or clerk of the public agency to be annexed shall file a certified co
• § 13804 — After the filing of the proposed agreement with the executive officer, proceedings thereon shall be taken by the local agency formation commission in the manner and subject to the provisions of Part 4
• § 13821 — The agreement shall become effective and be binding upon the district and the public agency when approved in the manner set forth in this chapter.
• § 13822 — The ordinance, together with a notice fixing the time and place for hearing thereon, shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district.
• § 13823 — At the hearing any person interested may file with the board written objections to the execution of the agreement.
• § 13824 — Upon the hearing the board shall determine whether or not the agreement will be carried into execution and shall hear and determine all objections thereto.
• § 13825 — Any hearing on the agreement may be adjourned from time to time by the board without further notice other than an order to be entered upon the minutes of the meeting fixing the time and place of adjou
• § 13826 — If no protests are filed or if the protests filed are overruled and denied the board shall thereupon by resolution finally approve the agreement and authorize its execution, which shall become effecti
• § 13827 — When executed by the district the agreement shall be dated and an executed copy filed with the secretary of the district.
• § 13851 — At any time after the board has finally approved the agreement of annexation the legislative body of the public agency to be annexed shall cause an election to be held in the public agency to determin
• § 13852 — Notice of election shall be published as provided in Section 11534 and shall either state that a copy of the annexation agreement is on file in the office of the secretary or clerk of the public agenc
• § 13853 — The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on ballots for use at general state and county electi
• § 13854 — If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition at the election were cast in favor of the annexation, the proposition and all of the terms and condit
• § 13855 — If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body of the public agency.
• § 13856 — If the proposition receives the vote of the requisite majority of voters the governing body of the public agency shall enter in its minutes an order declaring the result of the election and shall ther
• § 13886 — Upon receipt by the district of a copy of the agreement of annexation properly executed by the district and the public agency proposed to be annexed the board shall pass a resolution declaring the pub
• § 13911 — Upon the completion of the annexation of any territory in accordance with law to any city included in the district the city clerk shall file with the secretary of the district a certified copy of the
• § 13912 — If the district shall file its objections in the manner aforesaid to the annexation of said territory or any specified portion or portions thereof to the district, said territory, or the portion or po
• § 13931 — From and after the date of annexation the board shall levy upon all of the property in the public agency annexed such taxes, tolls, or charges as are necessary to provide funds for the payment of the
• § 13932 — No annexation of a public agency to a district shall operate to dissolve or terminate the legal existence of the public agency annexed.
• § 14 — “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
• § 1401 — As used in this chapter, “lands, property, and rights” includes a part or portion thereof.
• § 1402 — As used in this chapter, “political subdivision” means a county, city and county, city, municipal water district, county water district, irrigation district, public utility district, or any other publ
• § 140280 — (a) The repeal of Division 13 (commencing with Section 140000), and the termination of the Santa Clara County Traffic Authority, do not impair either the validity of any transactions and use tax impos
• § 1403 — Any political subdivision may, at any time, file with the commission either a petition of the first class, setting forth the intention of the political subdivision to acquire under eminent domain proc
• § 1404 — Each such petition shall contain the name of the political subdivision appearing as petitioner therein, a description of the lands, property, and rights which the political subdivision intends to acqu
• § 1405 — Upon the filing of the petition the commission shall make its order to show cause.
• § 1405.1 — With respect to water corporations and water companies, the following procedures shall apply: (a) Upon the filing of the petition, the commission shall make its order to show cause.
• § 14051 — Unincorporated territory may be annexed to a district in the manner provided in the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of th
• § 14052 — Unincorporated territory not contiguous to a district may not be annexed if the district does not possess facilities for supplying utility service to that territory.
• § 1406 — Service of the order to show cause shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure or by depositing a copy of the order to show cause certified under the seal of the com
• § 1407 — If any owner or claimant named in the petition resides out of the State or has departed from the State or cannot after due diligence be found within the State, or conceals himself to avoid service, or
• § 1408 — Within 10 days prior to the time set for the first hearing on the petition, which time shall be not less than 30 days after the filing of the petition, the executive director of the commission shall s
• § 1409 — At the time and place specified in the order to show cause, or at such other time and place as, for good cause, is otherwise ordered by the commission, the commission shall proceed to a hearing on the
• § 1410 — The commission may, at any time subsequent to the filing of the petition, and prior to making and filing its finding as to just compensation, authorize the amendment of the petition by altering or mod
• § 141000 — For purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) The “authority” is the Coachella Valley Intermodal Transportation Authority and its 11 districts created under this
• § 141005 — The Coachella Valley Intermodal Transportation Authority is hereby created to serve as the governing agency for its 11 separate districts, recognized in that capacity by the Coachella Valley Associati
• § 141010 — (a) The authority shall be governed by the Executive Committee of the Coachella Valley Association of Governments.
• § 141015 — The board and all district boards shall do all of the following: (a) Elect a chairperson, vice chairperson, and secretary.
• § 141020 — All meetings of the board or the district boards shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
• § 141025 — No officer or employee of the authority or any district shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded, or to be awarded by, the board or district boards, or in the
• § 141040 — (a) The authority or any of the districts, either in conjunction with the authority or any other of the districts or individually, may issue general and special revenue bonds for the acquisition, cons
• § 141045 — (a) The authority may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use right-of-way, rail lines, bus lines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, and any and all other facilities, equipmen
• § 141050 — The authority or the districts shall not interfere with, or exercise any control over, any transit facilities now or hereafter owned and operated wholly or partially within the district by any city or
• § 1411 — When the proceeding has been submitted, the commission shall make and file its written finding fixing, in a single sum, the just compensation to be paid by the political subdivision for the lands, pro
• § 1412 — Within 20 days after the commission has made and filed its finding, the owner of the lands, property, and rights may file with the legislative or other governing body of the political subdivision a wr
• § 1413 — In the case of a petition of the first class, if the owner does not file the stipulation within such 20 days, the political subdivision, within 60 days after the commission has made and filed its find
• § 1414 — If the political subdivision, in a petition of the first class, fails to file such action in a court of competent jurisdiction within such period of 60 days after the commission has made and filed its
• § 1415 — If the commission determines that the political subdivision, in case of a petition of the first class, has failed to commence the action in a court of competent jurisdiction within 60 days after the c
• § 1416 — The finding of the commission fixing the just compensation to be paid by the political subdivision for the lands, property, and rights shall be final and shall not be subject to modification, alterati
• § 1417 — At any time within 30 days subsequent to the entry of such judgment, the owner of the lands, property, and rights may file with the commission a verified petition in writing, alleging that by reason o
• § 1418 — After a hearing, the commission shall make and file its finding fixing, as of the date on which the finding is made and filed, the extent to which the just compensation theretofore fixed should be inc
• § 1419 — The commission shall thereupon transmit to the court its finding, certified under the seal of the commission, fixing the extent to which the just compensation theretofore fixed by the commission shall
• § 1420 — (a) The provisions of this part with reference to rehearing and review shall be applicable to the findings of the commission made and filed under this chapter.
• § 142000 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the Fresno County Transportation Improvement Act.
• § 142001 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) In Fresno County, regional transportation improvements and local transportation improvements and services are an immediate high prio
• § 142002 — It is the intent of the Legislature that funds generated pursuant to this division not replace property tax revenues which would otherwise be expended for roads and transportation purposes.
• § 142003 — This division shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes.
• § 142004 — “Authority” means the Fresno County Transportation Authority created pursuant to this division in the County of Fresno.
• § 142005 — “Board of supervisors” means the Fresno County Board of Supervisors.
• § 142006 — “County” means the County of Fresno.
• § 142007 — “Fresno-Clovis Metropolitan Area” means that area within the adopted spheres of influence of the Cities of Fresno and Clovis, as approved and amended by the local agency formation commission.
• § 142008 — “Transportation planning agency” means the Council of Fresno County Governments or any other agency which may be designated by the Governor as responsible for regional transportation planning within t
• § 142010 — The authority is terminated two years from the last day on which the transactions and use tax authorized by this division is collected and as of that date this division is repealed.