California

Public Utilities Code - PUC

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

• § 225 — “Passenger stage” includes every stage, auto stage, or other motor vehicle used in the transportation of persons, or persons and their baggage or express, or persons or baggage or express, when such b
• § 22551 — Except as otherwise provided in this part, the powers of the district shall be exercised by the board.
• § 22552 — A district has perpetual succession.
• § 22553 — A district may do all of the following: (a) Sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 22553.5 — (a) The board of directors may, from time to time, cause to be sold or leased property of the district which in its opinion is not needed for the district’s affairs.
• § 22554 — A district may also: (a) Employ legal counsel, in addition to its district counsel, and provide all necessary custodians, employees, engineers, and attendants for the proper maintenance of the propert
• § 22555 — The board shall make all rules governing the use of the airports and spaceports, landing places for aerial traffic, and other aerial facilities of the district that the board determines to be necessar
• § 22556 — The board may charge and collect fees, tolls, and rentals for the use of all or a part of the aerial facilities of the district in such amounts and at such rates as, so far as possible, will produce r
• § 22557 — (a) The district may issue temporary negotiable notes bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 8 percent per annum.
• § 22557.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 22557, the Big Bear Airport District may issue temporary negotiable notes bearing interest at a rate not exceeding the maximum rate permitted pursuant to Section 53531 of t
• § 22558 — In addition to all other powers authorized by this part, the Santa Maria Public Airport District may do both of the following: (a) Employ airport police officers in accordance with subdivision (d) of
• § 22559 — The board may by resolution change the name of the district.
• § 226 — (a) “Passenger stage corporation” includes every corporation or person engaged as a common carrier, for compensation, in the ownership, control, operation, or management of any passenger stage over an
• § 22601 — All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.
• § 227 — “Pipe line” includes all real estate, fixtures, and personal property, owned, controlled, operated, or managed in connection with or to facilitate the transmission, storage, distribution, or delivery
• § 22701 — As used in this chapter, “board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the principal county.
• § 22702 — District bonds may be issued and sold pursuant to this chapter for all of the following purposes: (a) Raising money for purchasing real property for airport and spaceport purposes.
• § 22703 — If the board deems it advisable it may call an election and submit to the electors of the district the question whether district bonds shall be issued and sold.
• § 22704 — The board shall call and conduct the bond election in the manner prescribed by this chapter.
• § 22705 — The order calling the bond election shall be signed by a majority of the directors.
• § 22706 — In the order calling the bond election, the board may submit to the electors as one proposal the question of issuing bonds for all or any of the purposes described in this article, or it may submit as
• § 22707 — When bonds issued pursuant to this part have been investigated and certified by any authorized officer of the state and are declared to be legal investments for savings banks, they may be purchased or
• § 22708 — If any officer whose signature, countersignature, or attestation appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, the signature, countersign
• § 22731 — A notice of the bond election, signed by a majority of the directors, shall be posted in three public places in the district not less than 20 days before the election and shall be published in each af
• § 22732 — The notice shall contain: (a) The time and place of holding the bond election.
• § 22733 — For the purpose of the bond election, the board may divide the district into election precincts and may change the precincts as often as occasion requires.
• § 22734 — The board shall appoint one inspector, one judge, and two clerks of election in each precinct.
• § 22735 — If the board fails to appoint the election officers, or if those appointed are not present at the opening of the polls, the electors present may appoint them and they shall conduct the election.
• § 22736 — The board may fix the compensation of the election officers but not exceeding seven dollars ($7) for each election officer.
• § 22737 — The polls shall be open on election day from 8 a.
• § 22738 — Every resident of the district, who is a qualified elector of the county, and who is registered in the precinct where the election is held at least 30 days before the election, may vote in the electio
• § 22739 — The secretary shall obtain uniform ballots for the bond election.
• § 22740 — The ballot shall contain the following: (a) “Official ballot provided by the board of directors of the ‛____ airport district’ to be used in the bond election of said district in the county of ____, S
• § 22741 — The board shall provide a booth or private room in which the voter may prepare his ballot in secret.
• § 22742 — No electioneering shall be carried on within 100 feet of the polls.
• § 22743 — Each voter shall completely select the voting target next to either “Yes” or “No” respectively, to indicate whether the voter has voted for or against the issuance of the bonds.
• § 22744 — After marking his ballot the voter shall hand it to the inspector.
• § 22745 — Any person offering to vote may be challenged by any elector of the district.
• § 22746 — The secretary shall provide the election officers with official poll and tally lists.
• § 22747 — The heading of the poll list shall read “Official poll list of ____ airport district for the airport district bond election on the ____ day of ____ 19__.
• § 22748 — The heading of the tally list shall read “An official tally list of ____ airport district for the airport district bond election held on the ____ day of ____ 19__.
• § 22749 — The election officers shall publicly canvass the votes immediately after closing the polls.
• § 22750 — The election officers shall transmit the returns of the election to the board of directors.
• § 22776 — If two-thirds of the votes cast at the election were for the issuance of bonds, the board shall enter that fact in its minutes.
• § 22777 — The board of supervisors shall issue the district bonds in the number and amount specified in the bond proceedings.
• § 22778 — By an order entered in its minutes, the board of supervisors shall: (a) Prescribe the form of the bonds and of the interest coupons.
• § 22779 — The total amount of bonds issued shall not exceed 15 percent of the taxable property of the district as shown by the last equalized assessment books of the affected counties.
• § 22780 — The term of the bonds shall not exceed 40 years.
• § 22781 — The bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States as to principal and interest.
• § 22782 — The board of supervisors may make the principal and interest of the bonds payable at the office of the treasurer of the principal county, at such other place within the United States as the board may
• § 22783 — The bonds shall be sold at the times and in the amounts prescribed by the board of supervisors, but for not less than par.
• § 22784 — Before selling all or any part of the bonds, the board of supervisors shall advertise for bids pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation published in the pr
• § 22785 — If satisfactory bids are received the bonds offered for sale shall be awarded to the highest bidder.
• § 22786 — The proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in the treasury of the principal county to the credit of the improvement fund of the district, and may be withdrawn for the purposes for which
• § 228 — “Pipeline corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any pipeline for compensation within this state.
• § 22811 — If any bonds remain unsold for six months after having been offered for sale, the board of directors of the district for which the bonds were issued or of a district containing any territory which at
• § 22812 — Upon receiving a petition signed by a majority of the members of the board of directors, the board of supervisors shall fix a time for hearing the petition.
• § 22813 — The board of supervisors shall publish a notice stating the time and place of the hearing and the object of the petition in general terms, pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code in a newspape
• § 22814 — At the time and place designated in the notice, or at any subsequent time to which the hearing is postponed, the board of supervisors shall hear any reason that may be submitted for or against the gra
• § 22850 — In addition to any other powers of the district to finance improvements and to provide an independent method of financing from that contained in any other sections of the California Airport District A
• § 22851 — Revenue bonds under this article shall be authorized, issued and sold under the provisions of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5, Gove
• § 229 — “Railroad” includes every commercial, interurban, and other railway, other than a street railroad, and each branch or extension thereof, by whatsoever power operated, together with all tracks, bridges
• § 22901 — As used in this chapter, “board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the principal county.
• § 22902 — If the revenues of the district are inadequate to pay the interest or principal of the bonded indebtedness of the district as it becomes due, or to pay any other expenses of or claims against the dist
• § 22903 — The board shall transmit the estimates to the board of supervisors and the county auditor at least 15 days before the first day of the month in which the board of supervisors is required to levy taxes
• § 22904 — Annually, after receiving the estimates, the board of supervisors shall levy a tax sufficient for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonded indebtedness, designated as the “____ airport
• § 22905 — The bond tax shall be sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds for the year and the portion of the principal becoming due during the year.
• § 22906 — The proceeds of the bond tax shall be paid into the treasury of the principal county to the credit of the district interest and sinking fund and shall be used only for the payment of the principal and
• § 22907 — The rate of the district tax levied in any one year shall not exceed twenty cents ($0.
• § 22908 — The bond and district taxes shall be levied on all the taxable property in the district.
• § 22909 — A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.
• § 230 — “Railroad corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any railroad for compensation within this State.
• § 230.3 — “Service area,” for purposes of the operations of a telephone corporation, means a local access and transport area as defined and approved by the United States District Court for the District of Colum
• § 230.5 — “Sewer system” includes all real estate, fixtures, and personal property owned, controlled, operated, or managed in connection with or to facilitate sewage collection, treatment, or disposition for sa
• § 230.6 — “Sewer system corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any sewer system for compensation within this state.
• § 231 — “Street railroad” includes every railway, and each branch or extension thereof, by whatsoever power operated, being mainly upon, along, above or below any street, avenue, road, highway, bridge, or pub
• § 232 — “Street railroad corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any street railroad for compensation within this State, or owning, controlling, operating
• § 233 — “Telephone line” includes all conduits, ducts, poles, wires, cables, instruments, and appliances, and all other real estate, fixtures, and personal property owned, controlled, operated, or managed in
• § 234 — (a) “Telephone corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any telephone line for compensation within this state.
• § 235 — “Telegraph line” includes all conduits, ducts, poles, wires, cables, instruments, and appliances, and all other real estate, fixtures, and personal property owned, controlled, operated, or managed in
• § 236 — “Telegraph corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any telegraph line for compensation within this State.
• § 237 — “Toll-bridge corporation” includes every private corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any bridge or appurtenance thereto, used for the transportation of persons or propert
• § 237.5 — “Transportation electrification” means the use of electricity from external sources of electrical power, including the electrical grid, for all or part of vehicles, vessels, trains, boats, or other eq
• § 238 — (a) “Vessel” includes every species of watercraft, by whatsoever power operated, which is owned, controlled, operated or managed for public use in the transportation of persons or property, except row
• § 239 — (a) (1) “Voice over Internet Protocol” or “VoIP” means voice communications service that does all of the following: (A) Uses Internet Protocol or a successor protocol to enable real-time, two-way voic
• § 240 — “Water system” includes all reservoirs, tunnels, shafts, dams, dikes, headgates, pipes, flumes, canals, structures, and appliances, and all other real estate, fixtures, and personal property, owned, c
• § 240000 — The division shall be known and may be cited as the Riverside County Transportation Sales Tax Act.
• § 240001 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Recognizing the scarcity of resources available for all transportation development, alternative methods of financing provided in thi
• § 240002 — “Bonds” means indebtedness and securities of any kind or class, including bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, and commercial paper.
• § 240003 — “Commission” means the Riverside County Transportation Commission created pursuant to Section 130054.
• § 240004 — “County” means the County of Riverside.
• § 240100 — The commission 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
• § 240101 — The commission shall do all of the following with respect to the revenues derived from the transactions and use tax levied pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 240300): (a) Adopt an annual b
• § 240102 — (a) The commission 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
• § 240103 — The commission may approve a transaction and use tax ordinance and ballot proposition and call an election in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 240300).
• § 240200 — The commission may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 240201 — All claims for money or damages against the commission are governed by Division 3.
• § 240202 — The commission 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 t
• § 240203 — The commission 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, any transit developm
• § 240300 — 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 transportation purpose
• § 240301 — The commission may levy a retail transactions and use tax applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the county in accordance with this chapter and Part 1.
• § 240302 — (a) The commission, in the 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 used, and s
• § 240303 — (a) The county shall conduct an election called by the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 240301.
• § 240304 — (a) Any 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 ordina
• § 240305 — The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be allocated by the commission for transportation purposes consistent with the adopted regional transportation improvement program an
• § 240306 — (a) The commission, subject to the approval of the voters, may impose a maximum tax rate of 1.
• § 240307 — Any increase or reduction in the tax rate adopted pursuant to Section 240306 or 240307 shall become effective on the first day of the calendar quarter which commences at least 120 days following the d
• § 240308 — (a) If requested to do so by the commission in its resolution calling for an election, the board of supervisors, as part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions an
• § 240309 — (a) The bonds authorized by the voters concurrently with the approval of the retail transactions and use tax may be issued at any time by the commission and shall be payable from the proceeds of the t
• § 240310 — Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time by a two-thirds vote of the commission.
• § 240311 — (a) A resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds shall state all of the following: (1) The purposes for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include all costs and estimated costs inc
• § 240312 — The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding the maximum allowable by law, payable at intervals determined by the commission, except that the first interest payable on the bonds, or
• § 240313 — In the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, the commission may also provide for the call and redemption of the bonds prior to maturity at the times and prices and upon other terms as spec
• § 240314 — The principal of, and interest on, the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer of the commission, or at other places as may be designated, or at both
• § 240315 — The bonds, or each series thereof, shall be dated and numbered consecutively and shall be signed by the chairperson or vice chairperson of the commission and the auditor-controller of the commission,
• § 240316 — The bonds may be sold as the commission determines by resolution, and the bonds may be sold at a price below par, whether by negotiated or public sale.
• § 240317 — 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.
• § 240318 — 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 the principal of, and interest on, the bonds, and the remainder of the pro
• § 240319 — (a) The commission may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the commission upon the terms, at the times and in the manner which it det
• § 240320 — (a) The commission may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized pursuant to this chapter, but which have not been sold or delivered, and may issue negotiable bond a
• § 240321 — Any bonds issued under this chapter are legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and trust companies; and for state school funds; and w
• § 240322 — 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
• § 240323 — The commission has no power to impose any tax other than the transactions and use tax imposed upon approval of the voters in accordance with this division.
• § 241 — “Water corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any water system for compensation within this State.
• § 242 — (a) The commission and Energy Commission shall collaborate to develop and maintain a list of community-based organizations to help ensure adequate public outreach in low-income, disadvantaged, rural,
• § 24230 — This part may be cited as the Uniform Aircraft Financial Responsibility Act.
• § 24231 — This part shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it.
• § 24232 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this part.
• § 24233 — “Department” means the Department of Aeronautics in the Business and Transportation Agency.
• § 24234 — “Aircraft” means any contrivance now known, or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air.
• § 24235 — “Judgment” means any judgment which has become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court o
• § 24236 — “Operator” means any person who is exercising actual physical control of an aircraft.
• § 24237 — “Owner” means any of the following persons who may be legally responsible for the operation of an aircraft: (a) A person who holds the legal title to an aircraft.
• § 24238 — “Passenger” means any person in, on or boarding an aircraft for the purpose of riding therein, or alighting therefrom following a flight or attempted flight therein.
• § 24239 — “Person” means any individual, firm, copartnership, association or corporation, public or private, including his or its successors, assignees or legal representatives.
• § 24240 — “Notification” means notice in writing served upon a person by either: (a) Actual delivery or offer of delivery to such person by any adult individual whose rights are not affected by the proceeding i
• § 24241 — “State” means any state, the District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
• § 24242 — “Claimants” means any person having a claim for damages as the result of an accident within this state involving an aircraft.
• § 24243 — This part does not apply to: (a) Any aircraft owned and operated by or leased to and subject to the sole control of the United States or any civil or military agency of the United States or of the Dis
• § 24244 — This part shall not apply with respect to any accident occurring prior to the effective date of this part.
• § 24245 — Nothing in this part shall be construed as precluding any party in any action or proceeding from employing other processes provided by law.
• § 24246 — A discharge in bankruptcy shall not relieve any person from the requirements of this part.
• § 24247 — Nothing in this part shall be construed as authorizing the state to license the operators of aircraft.
• § 24250 — The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this part and may make rules and regulations necessary for its administration.
• § 24251 — The department shall provide for hearings upon request of any person who may be affected by its orders or acts under the provisions of this part and may provide for a stay thereof until a hearing may
• § 24252 — Any person aggrieved by any rule, regulation, order or act of the department or by a failure of the department to act hereunder, may have judicial review thereof as provided in Sections 11440 and 1152
• § 24253 — The records of and proceedings before the department shall be inadmissible in evidence and shall not be referred to at the trial of any civil action or criminal proceeding.
• § 24254 — (a) The operation of an aircraft on the land or waters of, or in the air over, this state shall be deemed an appointment by the owner or operator of the department to be his true and lawful attorney u
• § 243 — This part shall not release or waive any right of action by the State, the commission, or any person or corporation for any right, penalty, or forfeiture which may have arisen or accrued or may hereaf
• § 24300 — The operator of any aircraft involved in an accident within this state in which any person is killed or injured or damage in excess of four hundred dollars ($400), is sustained to the property of any
• § 24301 — The report, the form of which shall be prescribed by the department, shall include information to enable the department to determine whether the requirements for the deposit of security under Article
• § 24302 — The operator and the owner shall furnish such additional information as the department may require.
• § 24325 — As promptly as practicable but not later than 30 days after receipt of an accident report as required in Article 1 (commencing with Section 24300), the department shall determine by an order entered o
• § 24326 — As promptly as practicable but not later than 30 days after the entry of the order required by Section 24325, the department, the owner or the operator, or both, as the case may be, shall deposit for
• § 24327 — The requirements as to security do not apply: (a) To the operator of an aircraft involved in an accident in which no injury was caused to the person of anyone other than the operator or guests, and no
• § 24350 — A policy or bond is not effective under Article 2 unless: (a) Issued either (1) by an insurer or surety company authorized to do business in this state, or (2) by an insurer or surety company not auth
• § 24351 — The policy or bond need not cover: (a) Any liability on account of bodily injury to or death of any employee of the owner or operator while the employee is engaged in the duties of the person’s employ
• § 24352 — Any person may at any time apply to the department for a certificate of self-insurance, whether or not there has occurred an accident as a result of which he might be affected by some other provision
• § 24353 — The department may in its discretion issue a certificate of self-insurance when satisfied that the applicant is possessed and will continue to be possessed of ability to pay judgments against him with
• § 24354 — Upon not less than 10 days notification of a self-insurer the department may for reasonable cause cancel a certificate of self-insurance and shall cancel such certificate upon failure to pay any judgm
• § 24355 — The security required under this part shall be cash or securities permissible under state law as security for deposit of state funds and in such amount as the department may require but in no case in
• § 24356 — Upon 10 days notification of the parties concerned, the department may reduce, or, within the limits specified in Section 24350, increase the amount of security ordered in any case if in its discretio
• § 24357 — Security deposited in compliance with the requirements of this part shall be delivered to the department.
• § 24358 — Such security shall be available for the following purposes: (a) Payment of a final judgment or judgments in any amount for bodily injury or in excess of four hundred dollars ($400) for property damag
• § 24359 — Every judgment shall for the purposes of this part be deemed satisfied: (a) When fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) has been credited, upon any judgment in excess of that amount, or upon all judgments,
• § 24360 — Whenever any evidence of proof of ability to respond in damages filed by any person under the provisions of this part no longer fulfills the purpose for which required the department shall, for the pu
• § 24361 — No insurance policy meeting the requirements of Section 24350 shall be canceled unless 30 days’ prior notice is given to the department by either the insured or the insurance company.
• § 24362 — Every person permitting another person to operate an aircraft under the terms of any rental agreement or lease which provides for any remuneration for the use of such aircraft shall deliver either of
• § 244 — No transit district, common carrier, or publicly owned transit system shall require any person to waive, limit, or qualify any right to recover damages for injury in exchange for such person being gra
• § 24400 — Any owner or operator who knowingly refuses or fails to make any report of an accident as required in Article 1 (commencing with Section 24300) of Chapter 3 of this part shall be guilty of a misdemean
• § 24401 — Any owner or operator who knowingly makes a false statement or representation of a material fact in a report to or written instrument filed with the department shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upo
• § 24402 — Any owner or operator who refuses or fails to comply with the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 24325) of Chapter 3 of this part or of Section 24360, and who without compliance with suc
• § 24403 — Every person permitting another person to operate an aircraft under the terms of any rental agreement which provides for any remuneration for the use of such aircraft who fails to comply with Section
• § 24410 — It is the purpose of this part to establish minimum standards for aircraft financial responsibility, and nothing in this part shall be construed as preventing any local city or county ordinance from e
• § 24450 — Any person who causes damage to any aircraft that may reasonably be expected to affect the airworthiness of the aircraft shall do either of the following: (a) Locate and notify the owner or person in
• § 24451 — Any person failing to comply with the requirements of Section 24550 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six mont
• § 24501 — This part may be cited as the “Transit District Law.
• § 24501.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except Section 24826, elections for the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District shall be conducted in accordance with the Uniform District Election Law (Part
• § 24502 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this part.
• § 24503 — “District” means a transit district formed under this part; “board” means the board of directors of a district.
• § 24504 — “Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.
• § 24505 — “Transit” means the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage by any means.
• § 24506 — “Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and personal property, equipment, rights, or interests owned or to be acquired by the district for transit service.
• § 24507 — “Percent of the total vote cast,” when used with reference to the requirements of any petition or nomination paper, means percent of the total vote cast, exclusive of vote by mail ballots, within the
• § 24508 — “City” includes city and county and incorporated town, but does not include unincorporated town or village.
• § 24509 — “Public agency” includes a city, city and county, a county, the State of California, or any public district organized under the laws of the State of California or any agency or authority of any thereo
• § 24531 — A transit district may be created as provided in this part and when so created may exercise the powers herein granted.
• § 24532 — Except as otherwise provided in this part elections shall be held and conducted and the result ascertained, determined, and declared in all respects as nearly as practicable in conformity with the gen
• § 24533 — Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances and notices which are required to be published shall be published within the district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.
• § 24534 — Whenever in this part publication is required and there is no newspaper of general circulation published within the district, the publication may be made in a newspaper of general circulation publishe
• § 24535 — Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the retirement board or of any officer or employee of the retirement system is authorized or required under this par
• § 24561 — The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District formed pursuant to this section, as it read on January 1, 2021, shall continue in existence unless dissolved pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 2
• § 246 — A person or corporation shall not be a public utility subject to the jurisdiction, control and regulation of the commission and the provisions of this part solely because such person or corporation ow
• § 247 — Any provision of this part that is in conflict with the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, (47 U.
• § 247.1 — (a) The Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act (Public Law 106-252) was enacted for the purpose of establishing nationwide uniform sourcing rules for the imposition of state and local taxes, fees, and
• § 248 — Any provision of the Public Utilities Act that is in conflict with the railroad provisions of Part A of Subtitle 4 of Title 49 of the United States Code shall be inapplicable to railroad transportatio
• § 24801 — The government of every district is vested in a board of seven directors, elected from wards, together with the other officers mentioned in this part.
• § 24821 — The first directors are elected at the formation election as provided in Chapter 2.
• § 24822 — Notice of election shall be published and no other notice of such election need be given.
• § 24823 — The board shall by resolution or ordinance fix the boundaries of the wards for the purpose of electing directors therefrom.