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Public Utilities Code - PUC

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• § 142050 — The Fresno County Transportation Authority is hereby continued in the county, as originally created by this section.
• § 142051 — The authority shall consist of nine members selected as follows: (a) Two members of the board of supervisors appointed by the board, consisting of one member from rural district 1, 4, or 5 and one mem
• § 142052 — (a) Except for the Mayor of the City of Fresno, the members of the authority shall serve for a term of two years.
• § 1421 — The procedure provided in this chapter shall be alternative and cumulative and not exclusive, and the political subdivision shall continue to have the right to pursue any other procedure providing for
• § 142100 — The authority, at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the first meeting in January, shall elect a chairperson who shall preside at all meetings, and a vice chairperson who shall preside in h
• § 142101 — The authority shall adopt rules for its proceedings consistent with the law of the state.
• § 142102 — A majority of the members of the authority constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official acts of the authority require the affirmative vote of the majority of the members of t
• § 142103 — The acts of the authority shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.
• § 142104 — All meetings of the authority shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
• § 142105 — The authority shall do all the following: (a) Adopt an annual budget.
• § 142106 — The authority may hire an independent staff of its own or contract with any department or agency of the United States or with any public agency to implement this division.
• § 142107 — The authority shall fix the compensation of its officers and employees.
• § 142108 — (a) Notice of the time and place of a public hearing on the adoption of the annual budget shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code not later than the 15th day prior to the da
• § 142109 — (a) The authority shall rely, to the extent possible, on existing state, regional, and local transportation planning and programming data and expertise, rather than on a large duplicative staff and se
• § 142150 — The authority may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
• § 142151 — The authority may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 142152 — All claims for money or damages against the authority are governed by Division 3.
• § 142153 — The authority may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, including, but not limited to, contracts and s
• § 142154 — The authority may contract with any department or agency of the United States, with any public agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Transportation, the Council of Fresno County Gov
• § 142155 — (a) Contracts for the purchase of services, supplies, equipment, and materials in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after competitive bidding,
• § 142200 — The authority shall consult with, and coordinate its actions to secure funding for the completion and improvement of the priority regional transportation improvements with the cities in the county, th
• § 142201 — The authority shall prepare and adopt an annual report each year on progress made to achieve the objective of improving transportation conditions related to priority regional transportation improvemen
• § 142250 — (a) A retail transactions and use tax ordinance, applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the county may be imposed by the authority in accordance with Section 142262 of this cod
• § 142251 — The authority, in the retail transactions and use tax ordinance, shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, shall provide the tax rate or rates or the maximum tax rate or rates, shall specify th
• § 142252 — (a) The county shall conduct an election called by the board of supervisors to implement this chapter pursuant to Section 142250, and the authority shall reimburse the county for the county’s costs in
• § 142253 — Any retail transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 120 days after adoption of the ord
• § 142254 — The revenues from the retail transactions and use taxes imposed pursuant to this chapter may be allocated by the authority for the administration of this division and for transportation improvement pu
• § 142255 — A county transportation expenditure plan shall be prepared by the transportation planning agency for the expenditure of the revenues expected to be derived from the tax imposed pursuant to this chapte
• § 142256 — (a) A county transportation expenditure plan shall not be adopted by the authority until it has received the approval of the board of supervisors and of the city councils representing both a majority
• § 142257 — (a) The expenditure plan shall specify the amount and the formula by which the retail transactions and use tax shall be allocated to each city and the county for local transportation purposes determin
• § 142258 — (a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 142260, the transportation planning agency may amend the expenditure plan.
• § 142259 — Amendments to the expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 142255 are to provide for the use of additional federal, state, and local funds, to account for unexpected revenues, or to take into cons
• § 142260 — (a) The authority may, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members, approve the updated expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 142258.
• § 142261 — If a retail transactions and use tax is adopted pursuant to this chapter, the authority shall prepare and submit a report to the Department of Transportation, to the board of supervisors, to the city
• § 142262 — The authority, subject to the approval of the voters, may impose the retail transactions and use tax at a maximum rate of one-half of 1 percent under this chapter and Part 1.
• § 142263 — (a) The board of supervisors, or its designee, as part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, shall seek authorization from the electors to issue bon
• § 142264 — (a) The bonds authorized by the voters concurrently with the approval of the retail transactions and use tax may be issued by the authority at any time, and from time to time, payable solely from the
• § 142265 — Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the authority.
• § 142266 — (a) A resolution authorizing the issuance of limited tax bonds shall state all of the following: (1) The purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include all costs and estimate
• § 142267 — The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding the maximum allowable by law, payable semiannually, except that the first interest payable on the bonds, or any series thereof, may be fo
• § 142268 — In the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, the authority may also provide for call and redemption of the bonds prior to maturity at the times and prices and upon other terms as specified
• § 142269 — The principal of, and interest on, the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the auditor-controller-treasurer of the county and other places as may be designated
• § 142270 — (a) The bonds, or each series thereof, shall be dated and numbered consecutively and shall be signed by the chairperson or vice chairperson of the authority and the auditor-controller-treasurer of the
• § 142271 — The bonds may be sold as the authority determines by resolution.
• § 142272 — Delivery of any bonds may be made at any place either inside or outside the state, and the purchase price may be received in cash or bank credits.
• § 142273 — All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of the bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of principal of, and interest on, the bonds, and the remainder of the proceed
• § 142274 — (a) The authority may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange or refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the authority upon the terms, at the times, and in the manner which it dete
• § 142275 — (a) The authority may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized pursuant to this chapter, but which have not been sold and delivered, and may issue negotiable bond a
• § 142276 — Any bonds issued under this chapter are legal investments for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and trust companies; and for state school funds; and
• § 142277 — Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this chapter, or the issuance of any bonds thereunder, or any of the proc
• § 14351 — Any territory contained within a district not operating any utility and not included within the boundaries of any incorporated city and not benefited in any manner by the district or by its continued
• § 14381 — If the city to which any territory included in any district has been annexed already serves electricity or water to the territory annexed, the city council or other governing body of the city may prop
• § 14382 — The agreement for exclusion shall be authorized and executed and proceedings for such exclusion taken in the same manner as provided in Chapter 9 (commencing at Section 13801) for the annexation of a
• § 14383 — If an order of exclusion is granted, the board and the governing body of the city shall by contract provide for the payment by the city of the proportion of the taxes and bonded indebtedness for which
• § 14384 — The order of exclusion does not invalidate in any manner any taxes or assessments theretofore levied or assessed against the lands excluded nor relieve the property excluded from any outstanding bonds
• § 14401 — Before any rates and charges for commodities or service furnished by a district are fixed or changed the general manager shall file with the board a report and recommendation thereon in writing.
• § 14402 — A district or any interested person may bring an action pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure to determine the validity of district r
• § 14403 — Before the board adopts any change in rates and charges for commodities or services furnished by an electricity district intended to increase or decrease revenues, the general manager shall file with
• § 14403.3 — The report and recommendation of the general manager of an electricity district filed pursuant to Section 14403 shall include all of the following: (a) The most recent annual report submitted pursuant
• § 14403.5 — At the hearing held pursuant to Section 14403, the board shall do both of the following: (a) Permit any member of the public who has given 10 days advance written notice to present nonduplicative test
• § 15 — “Oath” includes affirmation.
• § 150000 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the Tuolumne County Road Facilities Improvement Act.
• § 150001 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Recognizing the scarcity of resources available for all transportation development, the alternative methods of financing provided in
• § 150002 — “Bonds” means indebtedness and securities of any kind or class, including bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, and commercial paper.
• § 150003 — “Authority” means the Tuolumne County Traffic Authority created pursuant to this division in the County of Tuolumne.
• § 150004 — “City” means the City of Sonora in the County of Tuolumne.
• § 150005 — “County” means the unincorporated area of the County of Tuolumne.
• § 150006 — “County of Tuolumne” and “Tuolumne County” mean the entire territory of the County of Tuolumne, including the territory of incorporated cities within the county.
• § 150007 — “Electors” means the electors of the city with respect to a city ordinance, or the electors of the county with respect to a county ordinance.
• § 150008 — “Ordinance” means either a city ordinance or a county ordinance, adopted pursuant to Section 150201, which imposes a retail transactions and use tax within the city or the county, respectively.
• § 150009 — “Tuolumne County LTC” means the Tuolumne County and Cities Area Planning Council, the transportation planning agency for the county established pursuant to Section 29535 of the Government Code.
• § 150010 — “Voters” means the voters of the city with respect to a city ordinance, or the voters of the county with respect to a county ordinance.
• § 150050 — There is hereby created the Tuolumne County Traffic Authority in the County of Tuolumne.
• § 150051 — The appointed Commissioners of the Tuolumne County LTC shall serve as the Tuolumne County Traffic Authority.
• § 150052 — The authority shall hire only that staff as may be necessary to meet its responsibilities, but shall strive to use the existing Tuolumne County LTC staff and committees to the greatest extent possible
• § 1501 — The Legislature recognizes the substantial obligation undertaken by a privately owned public utility which is franchised under the Constitution or by a certificate of public convenience and necessity
• § 150100 — The organization and procedures manual of the Tuolumne County LTC shall be the established rules for the proceedings and administration of the authority except as provided otherwise in this division.
• § 150101 — Meetings of the authority shall be held at least annually and as often as determined necessary by the authority.
• § 150102 — The acts of the authority shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.
• § 150103 — The authority shall expend only that amount of the funds generated pursuant to this division for staff support, audit, administrative expenses, and contract services that are necessary and reasonable
• § 150104 — The authority shall do all of the following: (a) Adopt an annual budget.
• § 150105 — (a) The authority shall publish, pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, notice of the time and place of the public hearing for the adoption of the annual budget not later than 15 days prior
• § 150150 — The authority may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
• § 150151 — The authority may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all court tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 150152 — All claims for money or damages against the authority are governed by Division 3.
• § 150153 — The authority may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to, contracts and stipulations to indemnify and hold harmless, to employ labor, and to
• § 150154 — The authority may contract with any department or agency of the United States of America, with any public agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Transportation, the Tuolumne County L
• § 150155 — The authority may provide and maintain, by contract with a public agency or by other means, a security force to enforce its regulations, preserve and protect any project financed pursuant to this divi
• § 1502 — (a) 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, California wa
• § 150200 — The Legislature, by the enactment of this chapter, intends the additional funds provided government agencies by this chapter to supplement existing local revenues being used for public transportation
• § 150201 — A retail transactions and use tax ordinance shall be imposed by the authority in accordance with Section 150206 and Part 1.
• § 150202 — The retail transactions and use tax ordinance shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, the tax rate or the maximum tax rate, the purposes for which the revenue derived from the tax will be use
• § 150203 — (a) The county shall conduct the elections called pursuant to Section 150201.
• § 150204 — (a) Any retail transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 120 days after adoption of the
• § 150205 — (a) Revenues from the retail transactions and use tax imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be allocated by the authority for public transportation purposes consistent with the expenditure plan refer
• § 150206 — (a) The authority, subject to the approval of the voters, may impose a maximum tax rate of 1 percent under this division and Part 1.
• § 150207 — The authority may reduce the tax rate to a percentage lower than that approved by the voters and may further provide for an increase of the tax rate if it has previously been lowered.
• § 150208 — (a) A ballot proposition to approve an ordinance for the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, shall seek authorization to issue bonds payable from the proceeds of the tax and establish the
• § 150209 — (a) The bonds authorized by the voters concurrently with the approval of the retail transactions and use tax may be issued by the authority at any time, and from time to time, payable from the proceed
• § 150210 — The authority may provide for the bonds to bear a variable interest rate, for the manner and intervals in which the rate shall vary, and for the dates on which the interest shall be payable.
• § 150211 — Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time, and from time to time, by the authority by a four-fifths vote of all of its members.
• § 150212 — Any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are a legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and trust companies; and for state school fund
• § 150213 — Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this chapter or the issuance of any bonds thereunder or any of the procee
• § 150214 — The commission may not impose any tax other than the retail transactions and use tax imposed upon approval of the voters in accordance with this division.
• § 1503 — The Legislature finds and declares that whenever a political subdivision constructs facilities to provide or extend water service, or provides or extends such service, to any service area of a private
• § 1504 — Just compensation for the property so taken for public purposes shall be as may be mutually agreed by the political subdivision and the private utility or as ascertained and fixed by a court of compet
• § 1505 — The provisions of Sections 1503 and 1504 will be applicable to any private utility which constructs facilities to provide or extend water service or provides or extends such service to any territory t
• § 1505.5 — The provisions of Sections 1503 and 1504 will be applicable to any political subdivision which constructs facilities to provide or extend water service or provides or extends such service to any terri
• § 1506 — (a) As used in this chapter, “private utility” includes a mutual water company.
• § 1507 — This chapter shall not be applicable if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The use is limited to the private use of reclaimed water by an entity that owns a water reclamation plant.
• § 15501 — This division may be cited as “The Public Utility District Act.
• § 15502 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this division.
• § 15503 — “District” means a public utility district formed pursuant to this division.
• § 15504 — “Board” means the board of directors of a district.
• § 15505 — “Elector,” “voter,” or “qualified elector,” means a voter whose name appears on the great register of the county in which the district is located, or any supplement thereto, allowed by law to be used
• § 15506 — “Original and primary proposition” means the proposition to incorporate the proposed district with all of the proposed territory joining in the proceedings and mentioned and described in the several p
• § 15507 — “Person” means an individual, a firm or a copartnership.
• § 15531 — The great register or supplement thereto, and certificates in due form of notaries public or verification deputies acknowledging the signature of any voter to any petition or certificate pursuant to t
• § 15532 — Nothing in this division shall be construed as repealing or modifying the provisions of any other law relating to public utility districts, except insofar as the provisions of such other law are incon
• § 15533 — Whenever all the territory comprising a district becomes part of a city, the legislative body of the city succeeds to the powers of the board of directors of the district and is thereafter for all pur
• § 15701 — A district may be incorporated and managed in unincorporated territory pursuant to this division and may exercise the powers expressly granted.
• § 15702 — Whenever the people of unincorporated territory desire to organize a district, they shall present to the board of supervisors of the county within which the territory is situated a petition describing
• § 15703 — The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, all of which shall constitute one petition.
• § 15704 — Each petition shall name or describe the territory within which the registered voters signing it reside.
• § 15705 — The county elections official shall within 30 days examine and verify the signatures to the petition and certify the result of the examination to the board of supervisors.
• § 15706 — If the county elections official, by his or her certificate, finds that a petition is insufficient, he or she shall certify to the number of additional signatures of qualified electors required to mak
• § 15707 — If a supplemental petition is filed, all signatures appended to the petition and to the supplemental petition shall be considered in determining the number of qualified electors signing the petition.
• § 15708 — After the election for the incorporation of the proposed district, the sufficiency of the petition in any respects shall not be subject to judicial review or otherwise questioned.
• § 15709 — Notwithstanding any provision of law, for purposes of this division all territory in the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District shall be deemed to be solely within the County of Alpine, which shall
• § 15731 — By resolution each board of supervisors to which a petition is presented shall fix a time for a hearing, which shall be within 15 days after final publication of notice.
• § 15732 — Within 10 days after a petition is presented to it, the board of supervisors shall publish a copy of the petition, and a notice that the petition will be heard by the board at the time and place desig
• § 15733 — The hearing may be adjourned from time to time for the determination of facts, not exceeding two weeks in all.
• § 15734 — If the signatures attached to the petition are sufficient, no defect in the contents of the petition or in the title to or form of the notice shall vitiate any proceedings thereon.
• § 15735 — The publication of notice shall be pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published, and circulated in the respective unit of the unincorporate
• § 15736 — At the hearing or at any time prior thereto, any owner of taxable property within the proposed district may file a petition with the board of supervisors asking that the property described in the peti
• § 15737 — Any person owning land adjoining any land described in the petition, upon his verified application, in the discretion of the board, may have his land included within the proposed district.
• § 15738 — At the hearing the board shall determine whether or not the petition complies with the requirements set forth in this division and whether or not the notice has been published as required, and shall h
• § 15761 — The special election shall be called by ordinance by each board of supervisors.
• § 15762 — The ordinance calling the election shall be published in the unincorporated territory pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code.
• § 15762.1 — Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election ca
• § 15762.2 — The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposit
• § 15762.3 — If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select on
• § 15762.4 — The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on
• § 15763 — The election shall be held and conducted, the returns canvassed, and the result declared by the board of supervisors in the manner provided by general law for such elections in the particulars in whic
• § 15764 — The proposition submitted at the election shall be stated upon the ballot substantially as follows: “Shall ________ public utility district (naming it) be organized pursuant to Division 7 of the Publi
• § 15765 — Within five days after the result of the election is declared, and the order is made where required, the chairman of the board of supervisors of each county in which the election is held shall make an
• § 15791 — The board of supervisors receiving the certificates delivered pursuant to Section 15765 shall meet and examine them within three weeks after all the elections are held.
• § 15792 — If it appears from the certificates that a majority of the electors voting at the election has voted against the formation of the district, the proceedings shall fail entirely.
• § 15793 — When the board of supervisors has completed its examination of the certificates, and has made the order provided in Section 15791, it shall forthwith attach together the duplicate certificates in two
• § 15794 — The board of supervisors shall immediately deposit one roll for filing in the office of the Secretary of State, and cause the other roll to be recorded in the office of the recorder of each county in
• § 15795 — Upon the receipt of the duplicate roll the Secretary of State shall issue his certificate reciting that it is filed in his office and that the public utility district, naming it, is incorporated as a
• § 15796 — No charge shall be made by either the Secretary of State or any county recorder or county elections official for the services required of him or her under this article.
• § 15797 — From and after the date the duplicate roll is filed with the Secretary of State, the district is incorporated as a public utility district, with all the rights, privileges, and powers set forth in thi
• § 15798 — The board may change the name of the district by adoption of an ordinance changing the name of the district and by giving notification of the name change to the State Controller, the State Board of Eq
• § 15821 — No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be held to invalidate the incorporation of any district
• § 15822 — Any such contest shall be brought in the superior court of the county where the district, or the greater part of its population, is situated.
• § 15841 — Verification deputies shall be qualified electors residing within the territory of the district or the proposed district for which they are appointed.
• § 15842 — Verification deputies required to verify signatures to petitions for the formation of a district, or to certificates or petitions nominating candidates for election to the first board of directors of
• § 15843 — Appointments of verification deputies shall be made upon written application of not less than five (5) nor more than ten (10) qualified electors of any territorial unit or units of the district, or th
• § 15844 — Verification deputies need not use a seal, and shall not have power to administer oaths for any purpose other than that for which they are appointed.
• § 15845 — Verification deputies shall not be paid, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, out of the county treasury or the treasury of a district.
• § 15846 — Before appointment a verification deputy shall make and file with the clerk appointing him an oath as to his age, place of residence, occupation, and whether or not he is a qualified elector residing
• § 15951 — At an election held in the district on the next established election date not less than 74 days after its formation a board of directors shall be elected, to consist of as many members as there are te
• § 15952 — A director at large shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district.
• § 15953 — All unincorporated territories situated in the same county and included within the district shall be regarded as an entirety and as a territorial unit of the district.
• § 15954 — Candidates for the office of director to be elected by a unit shall be nominated from each such territorial unit, and the remaining number of directors shall be nominated from the district at large.
• § 15955 — Each directorship is a separate office for the purpose of nomination and election, and for the filling of vacancies.
• § 15956 — (a) Candidates for directors at large shall be designated in all declarations of candidacy, nominating certificates, and on all official election ballots as candidates for a particular directorship at
• § 15957 — Candidates for director from the several territorial units entitled to one director each shall be designated in all declarations of candidacy, nominating certificates, and on all official election bal
• § 15958 — If only one unit of unincorporated territory is contained in the district, it may be designated as “the unincorporated territorial unit.
• § 15959 — If two or more units of unincorporated territory are contained in the district, they shall be numbered, named, and designated by the board of supervisors in charge of the election of the first board o
• § 15960 — The board of supervisors shall number, name, and designate each territorial unit of the district by ordinance at a regular or special meeting after the formation of the district, and in time to permit
• § 15961 — Designations of directors by name or number have no significance whatever after election and qualification of the directors or after appointment and qualification of a director appointed to fill a vac
• § 15961.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the division, the candidates for director of any district that is wholly or partially within the County of Placer may be elected at large, by wards, or from
• § 15961.6 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the candidates for director of any district that is wholly or partially within the County of San Diego may be elected at large or by subdistri
• § 15962 — The population of each unit of unincorporated territory within the district shall be determined at the time of calling the election of the first board of directors by the board of supervisors calling
• § 15963 — The board of directors shall determine the boundaries of each unit of unincorporated territory within the district pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 22000) of Division 21 of the Elections
• § 15965 — The election of directors shall be held in the unincorporated territory included within the district and shall be called by the board of supervisors of the county in which the district, or the greater
• § 15966 — (a) Not less than 30 days prior to the election, any five or more electors in the district may file with the board of directors a petition requesting that the names of certain persons specified in the
• § 15967 — A certificate of election shall be issued by the board of supervisors to each person elected and declared elected.
• § 15968 — Immediately after receiving his or her certificate of election and before assuming the duties of office, each director shall take and subscribe an official oath and file it in the office of the board.
• § 15969 — All official oaths shall be in the form provided by law for official oaths of county officers.
• § 15970 — If a person elected fails to qualify, the office shall be filled as if there were a vacancy in the office.
• § 15971 — Elections of directors after election of the first board shall be called and held by the board of directors, and shall be called, held, and conducted, nominations for the office of director made, the
• § 15972 — The board of directors of a district which lies entirely within one county may submit to the qualified electors, at a general election or a special election called for that purpose, a proposition to i
• § 15973 — Within 30 days after an increase in the number of directors has been authorized, the board of directors shall appoint two qualified electors of the district to serve as members of the board until the
• § 15973.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 15951, 15972, and 15973, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into a sing
• § 15974 — Notwithstanding Section 15952 or any other provision of this division, each member of the board of directors of the Johnsville Public Utility District in Plumas County, whether elected or appointed, s
• § 15975 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, candidates for director of the Georgetown Divide Public Utility District may be elected by wards upon adoption of a resolution or ordinance to
• § 15976 — Notwithstanding any provision of law, the Board of Directors of the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District shall consist of five members, elected at large.
• § 16 — “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber cannot write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the sig
• § 1600 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program, established pursuant to Section 1610, is intended to save energy, create jobs in a time of e
• § 160000 — The Peninsula Corridor Study Joint Powers Board, created pursuant to Section 1 of Chapter 1328 of the Statutes of 1987, is hereby redesignated the Peninsula Rail Transit District and, as such, has the
• § 160001 — As used in this division, “district” means the Peninsula Rail Transit District.
• § 160002 — The district board shall be comprised of nine members appointed as follows: (a) The governing bodies of the municipal railway operated by the City and County of San Francisco, the San Mateo County Tra
• § 160005 — In addition to powers delegated to the Peninsula Corridor Study Joint Powers Board by a joint exercise of powers agreement pursuant to Section 1 of Chapter 1328 of the Statutes of 1987, the district h
• § 160006 — (a) If the district acquires stations, facilities, and passenger equipment owned or leased by the Department of Transportation for the passenger rail service provided by the Southern Pacific Transport
• § 16001 — On the first Tuesday after their election and qualification, the directors shall meet and classify themselves by lot, so that the largest possible minority shall hold office for two years, and a major
• § 16002 — (a) Each member of the board may receive the compensation that the board by ordinance provides, not exceeding four thousand eight hundred dollars ($4,800) a year.
• § 16003 — A vacancy in the office of director shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.