California

Public Utilities Code - PUC

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

• § 10061 — (a) Notwithstanding Article 1 (commencing with Section 10001) and this article, and except as provided in Section 37420.
• § 100610 — (a) The board may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the VTA under this chapter upon the terms, at the times, and in the manner that
• § 100611 — 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; for state school funds; and, when
• § 100612 — The board may change the purposes for which any proposed debt is to be incurred, the estimated cost, the amount of bonded debt to be incurred, or the boundaries of the benefit district or zones, if an
• § 100613 — (a) The board shall not change the purposes, the estimated cost, the boundaries of the benefit district or zones, if any, therein, or the amount of bonded debt to be incurred until after it gives noti
• § 100614 — At the time and place fixed for a hearing on changes, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing.
• § 100615 — All decisions and determinations of the board, upon notice and hearing, are final and conclusive upon all persons entitled to appeal to the board as to all errors, informalities, and irregularities wh
• § 100616 — Any action or proceeding which contests, questions, or denies the validity or legality of the formation of any benefit district or zone, the issuance of any bonds therefor pursuant to this chapter, or
• § 100617 — When the board has imposed a special benefit assessment, the secretary shall so certify to the assessor of the county in which the territory of any benefit district is located and deliver to the asses
• § 100618 — In the event of conflict with any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail with respect to benefit districts within the boundaries of the VTA.
• § 100619 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the VTA shall not pledge any portion of its general fund revenues to pay any part of any bonded indebtedness incurred under this chapter unless req
• § 1007 — No corporation or person shall begin to operate or cause to be operated any vessel for the transportation of persons or property, for compensation, between points in this state, without first having o
• § 1007.5 — The commission, in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred upon it by the Constitution of the state and by this part, and consistent with Section 9 of Article I of the California Constitution and S
• § 1008 — Any municipal corporation or port district operating or maintaining a port may apply to the commission for the issuance of a certificate of convenience and necessity to require any person or corporati
• § 1009 — Any right, privilege, franchise, or permit held, owned or obtained by any person or corporation for the operation of vessels between points in this State may be sold, assigned, leased, transferred, or
• § 101000 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Golden Empire Transit District Act.
• § 101001 — It appears that public interest and necessity may require that a transit district be established in the territory comprising the City of Bakersfield and the unincorporated area of the County of Kern a
• § 101005 — Unless the context otherwise specifically requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter shall govern the construction of this part.
• § 101006 — “District” means the Golden Empire Transit District formed under the provisions of this part.
• § 101007 — “Board” means the board of directors of the district.
• § 101008 — “County” means the County of Kern.
• § 101009 — “Board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the county.
• § 10101 — There is granted to every municipal corporation of the State the right to construct, operate, and maintain water and gas pipes, mains and conduits, electric light and power lines, telephone and telegr
• § 101010 — “Voter” means any elector who is registered to vote under the provisions of the Elections Code and who resides within the territory proposed for formation of the district or within the territory compr
• § 101011 — “Transit” means the transportation of passengers by any means and includes the transportation of the incidental baggage of passengers.
• § 101012 — “Transit works” or “transit facilities” means any and all real or personal property, equipment, rights or interests acquired, constructed, leased, purchased, owned or otherwise operated by the distric
• § 101013 — “Commission” means the local agency formation commission, of the county.
• § 101014 — “Existing system” means any transit service or system of a publicly or privately owned public utility, or division thereof, operating entirely within the district or at least 40 percent of whose reven
• § 10102 — A municipal corporation exercising its rights under this article shall restore the road, street, alley, avenue, highway, canal, ditch, or flume so used to its former state of usefulness as nearly as m
• § 10103 — Before any municipal corporation uses any street, alley, avenue, or highway within any other municipal corporation or county, it shall request of the municipal corporation or county that has control o
• § 101030 — The Golden Empire Transit District may exercise the powers granted in this part.
• § 101031 — The territory of such district shall be composed of the entire City of Bakersfield and such portions of unincorporated territory of the county contiguous thereto as may be benefited by inclusion in th
• § 10104 — If the two municipal corporations, or a municipal corporation and a county, are unable to agree on the terms and conditions and location of a use within three months after a proposal to do so, the mun
• § 10106 — This article does not authorize the construction of any sanitary sewer within the territorial limits of any other municipality if the method of disposition of sewage therefrom is by discharging it in
• § 10107 — Nothing in this article limits in any respect the jurisdiction, powers, and duties vested by law in the Public Utilities Commission or, with respect to state highways, in the Department of Transportat
• § 1011 — The provisions of this article are enacted under the State’s reserved power over public utilities or corporations, or both, as the case may be, for the purpose of acting on the right of the grantee of
• § 101100 — The government of the district shall be vested in a board of directors of five members.
• § 101101 — Each director shall be a resident of the district.
• § 101102 — Except for the first members of the board, the term of office of each director shall be four years commencing at noon on the first Monday following the first day of January and until the appointment a
• § 101103 — The board of directors shall be appointed as follows: (a) Two members shall be appointed by the board of supervisors.
• § 101104 — If the majority of the four members of the board appointed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 101103 fail to appoint the fifth member of the board within 30 days after the appointment of
• § 101105 — Within the 30 days next preceding the date of expiration of the term of any director, a successor shall be appointed to succeed the director whose term is expiring.
• § 101106 — Not later than the 10th day after the commencement of his term of office and before entering upon the discharge of his official duties, each director shall take and file his oath of office pursuant to
• § 101110 — The appointment of the first members of the board of directors shall be made within 30 days after the date of the formation of the district.
• § 101111 — The one member of the first board appointed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 101103 shall hold office until noon on the first Monday following the first day of January in the second odd-numbered
• § 101120 — Immediately following the appointment and qualification of the first board of directors, and thereafter at the first meeting of the board following the first Monday after the first day of January of e
• § 101121 — The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the board.
• § 101122 — In the absence of the chairman at any meeting, the vice chairman shall preside.
• § 101123 — A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
• § 101124 — The acts of the board shall be expressed by minute order, resolution, or ordinance.
• § 101125 — By resolution or ordinance, the board shall prescribe the time and place of the regular meetings of the board.
• § 101126 — In any particular not otherwise provided for by this part, the board, by resolution or ordinance, may prescribe any regulation which it may deem appropriate for the proper conduct of the internal func
• § 101127 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 101304, whenever the signature of any officer or employee of the district is authorized or required under the provisions of this part, the signature may be made
• § 101130 — Each member of the board shall receive a per diem compensation for his services for each day, or portion thereof, in which he is in attendance at meetings of the board.
• § 101131 — In addition to the compensation provided for in Section 101130, each member of the board shall receive reimbursement for his actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his of
• § 101135 — Any vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled for the unexpired term of the member whose office has become vacant, and shall be made by appointment by the body which is authorized, pursua
• § 101136 — The appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made within 30 days after the creation of the vacancy.
• § 101140 — Any member of the board may be removed at any time and without cause by the body which is authorized, pursuant to Section 101103, to make the appointment of the particular class of director who is rem
• § 101141 — Any such removal from office shall create a vacancy to be filled in the manner prescribed by Sections 101135 and 101136.
• § 101150 — All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which are not provided for by this part shall be provided for by the board.
• § 101151 — The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated or controlled by the district, including the fixing of rates, rentals, charges and classifications, and the making and
• § 101152 — The board may either itself operate the transit system, or any part thereof, or it may contract with any other public or private agency or corporation to operate all, or any part, of the transit syste
• § 101153 — The board may contract with the governing body of any school district, and the governing board of any school district may contract with the board, for the transportation by any transit facility of the
• § 101154 — The board may, from time to time, contract for or employ any professional service required by the district and may, from time to time, contract for or employ any other person necessary to perform any
• § 101160 — Prior to the time the district has operated, controlled, or used transit facilities, or any part thereof, for the transportation of passengers under the provisions of this part for a period of six mon
• § 101161 — After the district has operated, controlled, or used transit facilities, or any part thereof, for the transportation of passengers under the provisions of this part for a period of six months, the boa
• § 101162 — All other things being equal, the board shall appoint as general manager a person who has had experience in the acquisition, construction, or management of transit facilities.
• § 101163 — Except as otherwise provided in this part, and subject to the policies established by the board, the general manager shall have the responsibility and the authority for the proper administration of th
• § 101164 — The general manager may be removed from office by resolution.
• § 101165 — The board shall appoint a secretary and an attorney to serve as legal counsel to the district.
• § 101166 — If the moneys of the district, or any part thereof, are deposited in a depositary other than the county treasury, the board shall appoint a treasurer who shall be responsible for the safekeeping and d
• § 101167 — No member of the board of directors, and no county or city officer or employee of the county or a city located within the county, shall be eligible for appointment to any of the offices provided for i
• § 101168 — Within 10 days after his appointment and before entering upon the discharge of his official duties, each of the officers appointed under the provisions of this article shall take and file his oath of
• § 101169 — The board may consolidate any of the district offices provided for by this article.
• § 101170 — The treasurer of the district, if one is appointed by the board, shall give bond for the faithful performance of his or her duties.
• § 101171 — The secretary shall maintain and preserve a permanent written record of all of the official acts of the board as evidenced by minute order, resolution, or ordinance.
• § 101172 — The board shall fix the compensation of the officers provided for in this article.
• § 101173 — The premium upon any bond required under this article is a charge against the district.
• § 101175 — The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
• § 101176 — Except as otherwise provided by law, the district may sue and be sued in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 101177 — The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this part.
• § 101178 — No action in eminent domain to acquire property, or any interest therein, shall be commenced unless the legislative body of the city, as to property which is located within such city, or the board of
• § 101179 — No such taking or acquisition by the district which would involve the abandonment, removal, relocation, or use of the property of a railroad corporation, as defined in Section 230, shall be permitted,
• § 101180 — The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, including, without limiting the generality of t
• § 101181 — No officer or employee of the district shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived therefrom, cont
• § 101190 — The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or condemn in proceedings under eminent domain, or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind wit
• § 101191 — Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record, map, book, or paper which has been in the possession of the district, or any officer or employee thereof, for more than five years is of no
• § 101195 — The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use rights-of-way, rail lines, buslines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, and any and all other facilities necessary or c
• § 101196 — The district may, without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, accept contributions of money, rights-of-way, labor, materials, and any other property for
• § 101197 — The district shall not interfere with, or exercise control over, any transit facilities now or hereafter owned and operated wholly or partly within the district by any city or public agency, unless by
• § 101198 — The district may lease, or contract for the use of, its transit facilities, or any portion thereof, to any operator, and may provide for subleases by such operator upon such terms and conditions as it
• § 101199 — The district may construct and operate or acquire and operate works and facilities in, under, upon, over, across, or along any street or public highway or any stream, bay, or watercourse, or over any
• § 101200 — The district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district and any city, public agency, or public utility operating transit facilities and may enter into agree
• § 101201 — The rates and charges for service furnished by the district shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable.
• § 101202 — The board of supervisors, or the city council of a municipality having territory located within the district, may file a request for a hearing before the district board as to the reasonableness of any
• § 101203 — Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided for in Section 101202, the district board shall fix the time and place for hearing.
• § 101204 — Prior to, or at the time fixed, for hearing, the board of supervisors, or any city council eligible to file a request for hearing, and not a party to the original request for hearing, may intervene by
• § 101205 — Within 30 days after submission of the case, the board shall render its decision and its decision shall be final.
• § 101206 — The district may operate charter bus service subject to the following limitations: (a) No bus equipment which is designed solely for charter service shall be purchased.
• § 101208.1 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, before the district may establish any transit service or system which may at any time divert, lessen, or compete for the patronage or revenues of any
• § 101208.2 — The district shall not establish the proposed service or system, or maintain and operate the service or system, until it has completed the purchase of the existing system or any part thereof.
• § 101208.3 — The purchase price to be paid for the existing system, or any portion thereof to be purchased, shall be the reproduction cost new, including going concern value, at the date upon which the district co
• § 101208.4 — The district and public utility operating the existing system may agree upon the purchase price or they may agree that the purchase price is to be established by arbitration and upon the method of nam
• § 101208.5 — Section 851 shall not apply to any contract for sale or sale of an existing system, or any portion thereof, pursuant to this article, and the Public Utilities Commission shall have no jurisdiction wit
• § 101210 — To facilitate the business of the district, the board may provide for the creation and administration of such funds as the needs of the district may require and may transfer moneys and credits from on
• § 101211 — Whenever the moneys of the district, or any part thereof, are deposited in a depositary other than the county treasury, all withdrawals of funds shall be made by check or warrant of the district signe
• § 101212 — The board may designate the county treasury as the depositary, and in such case the county treasurer shall have custody of all, or any portion, of the moneys of the district.
• § 101213 — If the county treasury is designated as the depositary, the county treasurer shall: (a) Receive and receipt for all of the district’s moneys received by him and place it in the county treasury to the
• § 101214 — When the county treasury has been designated as the depositary, the county treasurer shall have the custody of the district’s moneys and funds, and he shall pay out the same, or any portion thereof, o
• § 101215 — The board shall examine, settle, and allow all accounts legally chargeable against the district, and shall order checks or warrants to be drawn in payment thereof by the treasurer of the district, or
• § 101216 — The board may provide by resolution, under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment of demands against the district without the prior specific approval thereof by the board, if the de
• § 101220 — The district may borrow money for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the district lawfully incurred after the commencement of the fiscal year, but prior to the time moneys from the tax levy for
• § 101221 — The board may, within a period of two years from and after the formation of the district, pursuant to a resolution adopted by it for the purpose, borrow money on certificates of indebtedness, promisso
• § 101222 — The district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, contributions or loans from the United States, this state, or any department, instr
• § 101223 — The authority to incur indebtedness vested in the district by the provisions of this article shall be in addition to any right vested in it to receive a temporary transfer of funds pursuant to the las
• § 101230 — The district may invest any surplus money in its treasury, including money in any sinking fund, in any of the following: (a) Its own bonds.
• § 101231 — Such investment may be made by direct purchase of any issue of such bonds, treasury notes, or obligations, or part thereof, at the original sale or by the subsequent purchase of the bonds, treasury no
• § 101232 — Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held as investments by the district may, from time to time, be sold and the proceeds reinvested in bonds, treasury notes, or obligations as prov
• § 101233 — Sales of any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held by the district shall, from time to time, be made in season so that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for which the mone
• § 101234 — With the consent of the board, the general manager may: (a) Authorize the trust department of any state or national bank in this state, or a trust company authorized to act as such in this state, to r
• § 101240 — The general manager shall cause to be installed and maintained a system of auditing and accounting which shall completely and at all times show the financial condition of the district.
• § 101241 — The fiscal affairs of the district shall be predicated upon a fiscal year commencing on the first day of July of each calendar year and terminating on the 30th day of June of the following calendar ye
• § 101242 — Within 90 days from and after the close of each fiscal year, the general manager shall prepare and file with the secretary of the district a financial report showing the result of the operations of th
• § 101243 — A copy of the financial report shall be kept in the office of the general manager and shall be available to public inspection at all times during the regular office hours of his office.
• § 101244 — Within 15 days after the filing of the financial report, the general manager shall publish a notice of such filing and shall state the fact of such availability for public inspection, together with th
• § 101245 — Within 15 days after the filing of the financial report, the general manager shall transmit a copy thereof to the board of supervisors and to the city council of each city within the district.
• § 101250 — On or before the 30th day prior to the end of each fiscal year, the general manager shall submit to the board a proposed budget covering all of the contemplated operations of the district for the foll
• § 101251 — Prior to the time the board finally adopts the budget, it shall hold a public hearing upon the proposed budget submitted by the general manager.
• § 101252 — The date of the hearing shall be fixed by the board and shall be not later than July 1 of each year.
• § 101253 — At the time and place designated in the published notice, the board shall meet and consider the proposed budget.
• § 101254 — The board may continue the hearing from day to day; provided the hearing shall be concluded not later than July 15 first following its commencement.
• § 101255 — After the conclusion of the hearing, and not later than August 1st of each year, and after making any revisions of the proposed budget which it may deem advisable either during or after the hearing, t
• § 101256 — A copy of the budget as finally adopted by the board shall be filed with the county auditor pursuant to Section 53901 of the Government Code.
• § 101260 — Whenever the district avails itself of the services of any officer or department of the County of Kern, or of any city within the district, in the performance of any function of the district, the dist
• § 101265 — (a) The district may cause to be levied and collected taxes for any lawful purpose, subject to a maximum limit of fifteen cents ($0.
• § 101266 — If, in the opinion of the board, the transit operation revenues will not be sufficient to pay for any and all lawful purposes of the district, the board shall fix the amount of money necessary to be r
• § 101267 — The board shall, in addition to the general tax levy as set forth in Section 101265, levy and collect annually until the district’s bonds are paid, or until there is a sum in the treasury of the distr
• § 101268 — On or before the second Monday in August of each year, the county auditor shall transmit to the board a statement in writing showing the total value of all property within the district referred to in
• § 101269 — On or before the last Friday in July of each year, the board shall file with the board of supervisors and with the county auditor a statement in writing which shall contain the following: (a) An estim
• § 101270 — Annually at the time of levying county taxes, the board of supervisors shall levy a tax upon all the taxable real and personal property within the district.
• § 101271 — The taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes and, when collected, shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the district, or to the treasu
• § 101272 — The performance of the acts provided for by this chapter shall constitute a valid assessment of the property within the district and a valid levy of the taxes so fixed.
• § 101273 — All taxes levied under this part are a lien on the property on which they are levied and shall become a lien at the same time as county taxes.
• § 101274 — Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes and has been redeemed, the money paid for redemption shall be apportioned and paid to the district treasurer, or deposited in the county treasury for
• § 101280 — The district may, from time to time, incur a bonded indebtedness as provided in this chapter to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, or completing the whole, or any portion, of any transit facilit
• § 101281 — The district shall not incur a total bonded indebtedness which exceeds 5 percent of the assessed value of all the taxable real and personal property within the district.
• § 101282 — Whenever the board, by resolution passed by vote of four-fifths of all its members, determines that the public interest or necessity demands the acquisition, construction, or completion by the distric
• § 101283 — In lieu of a resolution passed by the board, proceedings for the issuance of bonds for the purposes provided in this chapter may be initiated by petition of the voters of the district.
• § 101284 — The petition may be presented to the board, and shall be executed and attested in the same manner as provided a petition for the formation of the district in Article 2 (commencing with Section 101035)
• § 101285 — Whenever any petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at least 15 percent of the total vote cast within the district at the last general statewide election is presented to the
• § 101286 — Within 30 days after the receipt of the petition, the county elections official shall examine the petition and determine the number of valid signers thereof by comparing the signatures thereon with th
• § 101287 — If the county elections official certifies that the percentage of registered voters signing the petition is less than that required by Section 101284, a supplemental petition may be presented to the s
• § 101288 — If the petition has been executed in the manner provided and by the required number of signers, the secretary of the district shall forthwith transmit to the board and to the general manager a copy of
• § 101289 — Upon receiving a petition so executed by the required number of signers, the board shall provide by ordinance for the submission of the proposition of incurring a bonded indebtedness for the purpose s
• § 101290 — The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix the date on which the election will be held, and the manner of holding the election and of voting for or against incurring the indebtedness.
• § 101291 — Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose, or propositions proposed by resolution or petition, may be submitted at the same election.
• § 101292 — The bond election may be held separately, or it may be held on the same day as any other state, county, or city election, or any election held under the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commenci
• § 101293 — If a special bond election is consolidated with any other election, the provisions of this article setting forth the procedure for the calling and holding of the special bond election shall be complie
• § 101294 — The board shall cause the ordinance to be published in accord with Section 6061 of the Government Code; the publication shall be made not less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the day of the
• § 101295 — If the ordinance calling the election so provides, the election shall be conducted by the county elections official in accord with the manner of holding the election prescribed by the board pursuant t
• § 101296 — The board shall comply with Article 3 (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code, the provisions of which are applicable to any bond election held pursuant to this
• § 101297 — The votes of a majority of all the voters voting on the proposition at the election are required to authorize the issuance of bonds under this article.
• § 101298 — If the proposition submitted at a special bond election fails to receive the requisite number of votes, the board shall not, within six months after the election, hold another special election for the
• § 1013 — (a) The commission may by rule or order, partially or completely exempt certain telecommunications services offered by telephone and telegraph corporations from the certification requirements of Secti
• § 101300 — If the board has appointed a treasurer of the district pursuant to Section 101166, then the word “treasurer” as used in this chapter shall refer to such treasurer of the district so appointed.
• § 101301 — Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in amounts to be fixed by the board, except that payment shall begin not later than 10 years from the date thereof and shall be completed in not
• § 101302 — The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the board shall determine and shall be payable on the day and at the place or places fixed in the bonds, and with interest at the rate specified ther
• § 101303 — 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
• § 101304 — 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.
• § 101310 — The bonds may be issued and sold for not less than their par value, but otherwise as the board determines.
• § 101311 — All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds.
• § 101312 — 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 chapter, the board may, in the estimate of the amount of mo
• § 101315 — Whenever the board, by resolution passed by a vote of four-fifths of all its members, determines that the refunding of the whole, or any portion of, the bonded indebtedness will be of advantage to the
• § 101316 — The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed as the incurring or increase of an indebtedness within the meaning of this part, and the approval of the voters is not required for the issuance
• § 101317 — Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this chapter shall substantially govern as to all matters pertaining to the issuance of refunding bonds, including and without limiting the generality o
• § 101318 — Refunding bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the interest rate on the refunded bonds, but payment of the refunding bonds shall begin not later than one year from the date thereof and be
• § 101319 — 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
• § 101320 — 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
• § 101321 — Whenever outstanding bonds are refunded, they shall be surrendered to the treasurer of the district, or the county treasurer, as the case may be, who shall cancel them by endorsing on their face the m
• § 101325 — 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 compani
• § 101326 — 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
• § 101330 — An action to determine the validity of bonds, including refunding bonds, may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860), Title 10, Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
• § 101335 — As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds, the district may issue bonds, payable from revenues of any facility or enterprise to be acquired or constructed by the district, in the manner pro
• § 101336 — The district is a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code).
• § 101340 — Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concert
• § 101341 — Whenever a majority of the employees employed by the district in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by a labor organization, the district, upon determinin
• § 101342 — In the event the board and the representatives of the employees do not agree to submit the dispute to an arbitration board as provided in Section 101341, the State Conciliation Service may be notified
• § 101343 — (a) A contract or agreement shall not be made, or assumed under this part, with any labor organization, association, or group that denies membership to, or in any manner discriminates against, any emp
• § 101344 — If there is a question whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees or whether the proposed unit is or is not appropriate, such matters shall be submitted to the State Conciliation
• § 101345 — Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, the district shall assume and observe all ex
• § 101346 — The district shall not acquire any existing system or part thereof whether by purchase, lease, condemnation, or otherwise, nor shall the district dispose of or lease any transit system or part thereof
• § 101347 — Notwithstanding the provisions of the Government Code, employees of the district may authorize and, upon such authorization, the district shall make deductions from wages and salaries of such employee
• § 101348 — The obligation of the district to bargain in good faith with a duly designated or certified labor organization and to execute a written collective bargaining agreement with such labor organization cov
• § 101355 — Subject to Sections 101356 and 101357, the board shall provide for retirement benefits for the officers and employees of the district.
• § 101356 — (a) At its discretion, the board shall select one of the following plans to provide retirement benefits to officers and employees of the district: (1) By contracting with the retirement system maintai
• § 101357 — (a) The board shall determine and classify the officers and employees who shall be eligible to participate in the retirement system.
• § 101358 — The retirement system provided for by this chapter shall not include the members of the board.
• § 101359 — As to the members of the retirement system provided for by this chapter, the board may provide for their coverage under Title II of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended, and the related provisi
• § 101365 — The board shall provide for the coverage of the officers and employees of the district under the workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation disability, and unemployment insurance laws of the Sta
• § 101366 — Subject to such regulations and schedule of contributions of premiums as it shall determine, the board shall provide for group health and medical insurance for such officers and employees of the distr