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

• § 2833 — (a) (1) Except as specified in paragraph (2), the commission shall require a green tariff shared renewables program to be administered by a participating utility in accordance with this section.
• § 2835 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) (1) “Energy storage system” means commercially available technology that is capable of absorbing energy, storing it f
• § 2836 — (a) (1) On or before March 1, 2012, the commission shall open a proceeding to determine appropriate targets, if any, for each load-serving entity to procure viable and cost-effective energy storage sy
• § 2836.2 — In adopting and reevaluating appropriate energy storage system procurement targets and policies pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2836, the commission shall do all of the following: (a) Consider
• § 2836.4 — (a) An energy storage system may be used to meet the resource adequacy requirements established for a load-serving entity pursuant to Section 380 if it meets applicable standards.
• § 2836.6 — All procurement of energy storage systems by a load-serving entity or local publicly owned electric utility shall be cost effective.
• § 2836.7 — By June 1, 2018, all of the following shall occur: (a) (1) The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power shall, in coordination with the city council of the City of Los Angeles, if it chooses to parti
• § 2837 — Each electrical corporation’s renewable energy procurement plan, prepared and approved pursuant to Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.
• § 2838 — (a) (1) By January 1, 2016, each load-serving entity shall submit a report to the commission demonstrating that it has complied with the energy storage system procurement targets and policies adopted
• § 2838.2 — (a) The following definitions apply to this section: (1) “Distributed energy storage system” means an energy storage system with a useful life of at least 10 years that is connected to the distributio
• § 2838.3 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission, in authorizing an electrical corporation to recover the costs of approved energy storage programs and investments from all customers pursuant t
• § 2838.5 — Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the requirements of this chapter do not apply to either of the following: (a) An electrical corporation that has 60,000 or fewer customer accounts within
• § 2839 — The commission does not have authority or jurisdiction to enforce any of the requirements of this chapter against a local publicly owned electric utility.
• § 2840 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act.
• § 2840.2 — For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Combined heat and power system” means a system that produces both electricity and thermal energy for heating or cool
• § 2840.4 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Combined heat and power systems produce both electricity and thermal energy from a single fuel input, thus achieving much greater efficienc
• § 2840.6 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that state policies dramatically advance the efficiency of the state’s use of natural gas by capturing unused waste heat, and in so doing, help offset the growi
• § 2841 — (a) The commission may require an electrical corporation to purchase from an eligible customer-generator, excess electricity that is delivered to the grid that is generated by a combined heat and powe
• § 2841.5 — A local publicly owned electric utility serving retail end-use customers shall establish a program that does both of the following: (a) Allows retail end-use customers to utilize combined heat and pow
• § 2842 — The commission, in approving a procurement plan for an electrical corporation pursuant to Section 454.
• § 2842.2 — The commission shall ensure that an electrical corporation utilizes long-term planning and a reliability assessment for upgrades to its transmission and distribution systems and that any upgrades are
• § 2842.4 — (a) The commission shall, for each electrical corporation, establish a pay-as-you-save pilot program for eligible customers.
• § 2843 — (a) The Energy Commission shall, by January 1, 2010, adopt guidelines that combined heat and power systems subject to this chapter shall meet, and shall accomplish all of the following: (1) Reduce was
• § 285 — (a) As used in this section, “interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service” has the same meaning as in Section 9.
• § 28500 — This part is known and may be cited as the “San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Act.
• § 28501 — This part is in furtherance of the declared policy of the State to stimulate the maximum use of the harbor in San Francisco Bay in order to foster and develop international and other trade for the ben
• § 28502 — The part shall be liberally construed to carry out the objects and purposes and the declared policy of the State of California as in this part set forth.
• § 28502.1 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter govern the construction of this part.
• § 28503 — “District” as used in this part, means the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
• § 28504 — “San Francisco Bay area,” as used in this part, means the Counties of San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara and San Mateo.
• § 28505 — “Rapid transit,” as used in this part, means the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage by any means.
• § 28506 — For the purpose of establishing the bonded debt limit of the district, “taxable property,” as used in this part, shall not include solvent credits.
• § 28507 — “Board of supervisors,” as used in this part, means the board of supervisors of a county in the San Francisco Bay area.
• § 28508 — “Board of directors,” “board,” or “directors,” as used in this part, means the board of directors of the district.
• § 28509 — “Public agency,” as used in this part, includes the State of California, and any county, city and county, city, district, or other political subdivision or public entity of, or organized under the law
• § 2851 — (a) In implementing the California Solar Initiative, the commission shall do all of the following: (1) (A) The commission shall authorize the award of monetary incentives for up to the first megawatt
• § 2851.1 — (a) As used in this section,“discount rate” means a financial mechanism that provides a given amount of interest as an offset to the loss of the time value of money on solar projects that receive perf
• § 2851.5 — (a) A school district or community college district may request an extension of a reservation expiration date for monetary incentives for a solar energy system.
• § 2852 — (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Affordable housing cost,” “affordable rent,” and “lower income households” have the same meanings as in those set for
• § 2854 — (a) In order to further the state goal of encouraging the installation of 3,000 megawatts of photovoltaic solar energy in California within 10 years, the governing body of a local publicly owned elect
• § 2854.5 — Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (5) of subdivision (d) of Section 2854, a local publicly owned electric utility may adopt, implement, and finance a solar initiative program otherwise in accordance
• § 2854.6 — (a) On or before July 1, 2019, the commission shall develop standardized inputs and assumptions to be used in the calculation and presentation of electric utility bill savings to a consumer that can b
• § 28600 — There is hereby created the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, comprising the territory lying within the boundaries of the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San
• § 28601 — Through compliance with the provisions for withdrawal set forth in Chapter 10 of this part, the territory of any of the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo may be wi
• § 28602 — Through compliance with the provisions for annexation set forth in Chapter 9 of this part, the territory of all or any of the Counties of Napa, Santa Clara, Solano, or Sonoma may be included within th
• § 2868 — The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this article: (a) “Electric utility” means an electrical corporation as defined in Section 218, a local publicly owned electric utility as defined
• § 2869 — (a) (1) An independent solar energy producer contracting for the use or sale of electricity or the lease of a solar energy system, to an entity or person, for use in a residence shall include a disclo
• § 2870 — (a) As used in this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “CARE program” means the California Alternate Rates for Energy program established pursuant to Section 739.
• § 2871 — As used in this article, “automatic dialing-announcing device” means any automatic equipment which incorporates a storage capability of telephone numbers to be called or a random or sequential number
• § 2872 — (a) The connection of automatic dialing-announcing devices to a telephone line is subject to this article and to the jurisdiction, control, and regulation of the commission.
• § 2872.5 — The commission, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, shall open an investigative proceeding to determine whether standardized notification systems and protocol should be utilized by
• § 2873 — Automatic dialing-announcing devices may be used to place calls over telephone lines only pursuant to a prior agreement between the persons involved, whereby the person called has agreed that he or sh
• § 2874 — (a) Whenever telephone calls are placed through the use of an automatic dialing-announcing device, the device may be operated only after an unrecorded, natural voice announcement has been made to the
• § 28745 — On and after November 29, 1974, the governing body of the district shall be a board of directors consisting of nine members elected by election districts, except as provided in Section 28752.
• § 28745.4 — The board, in dividing the district into election districts, shall establish and define the boundaries of the nine election districts within the territory of the district, and shall number the electio
• § 28745.6 — In establishing the election districts, consideration shall be given to the following factors: (a) Community of interest of the population within an election district.
• § 28745.8 — The establishment of election districts shall be made on the basis of the population in the district as shown or estimated from the most recent of any of the following: the last federal decennial cens
• § 28746 — The resolution establishing the election districts shall describe the boundaries of the election districts by reference to a map or maps on file with the district secretary.
• § 28746.2 — All cities, counties, and cities and counties within the district shall provide such information, services, and facilities as may be required in apportioning the district into the nine election distri
• § 28746.4 — Until the election and qualification of the first elected board, the members of the board in office on January 1, 1974, shall remain in office, shall receive the compensation and expenses prescribed i
• § 28746.6 — A general district election for the election of directors whose terms are to expire in that year shall be held and conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-number
• § 28746.8 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, candidates for the board shall be nominated, the election held and conducted, and the ballots canvassed in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform D
• § 28747 — Each candidate for the board shall file a declaration of candidacy in the form and manner prescribed in the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the
• § 28747.2 — A candidate for election from any of the election districts shall be nominated and elected by the voters residing within the election district from which he is elected.
• § 28747.4 — The county elections official of each county within the boundaries of the district shall conduct the election and canvass the returns for those election districts or portions of election districts whi
• § 28747.6 — Members of the board shall be residents and voters of the district and of the geographical area making up the election district from which they are elected.
• § 28747.8 — The candidate from each election district receiving the highest number of votes cast for the board in that election district shall be declared elected.
• § 28748 — If a tie vote makes it impossible to determine which of two or more candidates has been elected, the existing board shall resolve the tie by lot and declare the results thereof as provided in Section
• § 28748.2 — Each member of the first elected board shall take office at noon on November 29, 1974.
• § 28748.4 — Until November 29, 1974, any vacancy on the board shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the vacating member was appointed.
• § 28748.8 — (a) The board may by ordinance or resolution provide that each director shall be paid a sum that shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each calendar month that he or she serves as a direc
• § 2875 — No person shall connect any automatic dialing-announcing device to any telephone line without first making written application to the telephone corporation within whose service area telephone calls th
• § 2875.5 — (a) On and after July 1, 2002, no person operating any automatic equipment that incorporates a storage capability of telephone numbers to be called or a random or sequential number generator capable o
• § 28750 — Following each federal decennial census and using the census as a basis, the board shall, by resolution, adjust the boundaries of the election districts so that the districts shall be as nearly equal
• § 28750.2 — The boundaries of the election districts shall be adjusted by the board before November 1 of the year next succeeding the year in which each federal decennial census is taken.
• § 28750.4 — The resolution reestablishing the election districts shall describe the new boundaries of the election districts by reference to a map or maps on file with the secretary of the district.
• § 28750.6 — If, at any time between each federal decennial census, the district annexes territory, pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 29500), the board, within 90 days after completion of the annexati
• § 28750.8 — (a) The term of office of any director who has been elected and whose term of office has not expired shall not be affected by any change in the boundaries of the election district from which he was el
• § 28752 — Not later than January 31, 1974, the board of supervisors of any county included within the district may adopt a resolution declaring that, in its judgment, the members of the board of directors shoul
• § 28752.2 — (a) If the boards of supervisors of two or more counties included within the district adopt resolutions pursuant to Section 28752, the board of directors shall call a special election which shall be c
• § 28752.4 — If a majority of the votes cast in the district on the proposition are in favor of the proposition, the members of the board of directors from that county shall be elected and shall serve as provided
• § 28752.6 — If a majority of the votes cast in the district on the proposition are not in favor of the proposition, the members of the board of directors shall be appointed and shall serve as provided in Article
• § 28752.8 — The results of the election shall be entered into the minutes of the board of directors.
• § 2876 — Any person violating this article is guilty of a civil offense and is subject to either or both of the following penalties: (a) A fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation,
• § 28760 — Each director, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take the oath of office as provided for in the Constitution and laws of this State.
• § 28761 — The board shall choose one of its members president, and another vice president, who shall be authorized to act for the president during his absence or disability.
• § 28762 — The board of directors is the legislative body of the district and, consistent with the provisions of this part, shall determine all questions of district policy.
• § 28763 — The district may do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of this part.
• § 28764 — The board shall determine what transit facilities should be acquired or constructed, and may establish zones within the district to undertake the acquisition or construction of any transit facilities.
• § 28765 — The board may determine what transit facilities should be acquired or constructed: (a) For the common benefit of the district as a whole; or (b) For the benefit of two or more zones; or (c) For the be
• § 28766 — The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated by the district, including the fixing of rates, rentals, charges, and classifications, and the making and enforcement o
• § 28767 — The board may adopt a personnel system for the purpose of recruiting and maintaining an effective working force with good morale.
• § 28767.3 — Not later than October 12, 1974, the board shall adopt an affirmative action program approved by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance of the Department of Labor.
• § 28767.5 — The district is authorized to maintain a police department.
• § 28767.8 — (a) The board may establish an office of independent police auditor, reporting directly to the board, to investigate complaints against district police personnel.
• § 28768 — The board of directors may contract for or employ any professional services required by the district or for the performance of work or services for the district which, in the board of director’s opini
• § 28769 — The board shall have an annual audit made of all books and accounts of the district by an independent certified public accountant or public accountant.
• § 28769.5 — The board shall operate an automated management information system to enable it to submit a report monthly to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the office of the Legislative Analyst on th
• § 28770 — As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year the board of directors shall submit to the chief administrative officer and legislative bodies of cities and counties within the district a f
• § 28771 — The board may provide by resolution, under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment of demands against the district without prior specific approval thereof by the board if the demand
• § 28772 — 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.
• § 28773 — The board of directors may hold public hearings, subpoena witnesses, and perform all other acts necessary to properly carry out its duties.
• § 28774 — Each director may administer oaths and affirmations in any district investigation or proceeding.
• § 28790 — All meetings of the board of directors, whether regular or special, shall be open to the public.
• § 28791 — A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of its business.
• § 28792 — The board of directors shall adopt rules to govern its proceedings.
• § 28793 — The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.
• § 28794 — All ordinances shall be published after passage.
• § 28795 — The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it enacted by the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Distri
• § 28796 — All ordinances shall be signed by the president or the vice president of the board, and attested by the secretary.
• § 2881 — (a) The commission shall design and implement a program to provide a telecommunications device capable of serving the needs of individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, together with a single party
• § 2881.1 — (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 2881, the commission shall design and implement a program to provide a telecommunications device capable of servicing the needs of the deaf or severely h
• § 2881.2 — (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 2881, the commission shall design and implement a program that shall provide for publicly available telecommunications devices capable of servicing the n
• § 2881.4 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Section 278 requires the commission to transfer to the Controller for deposit in the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Admin
• § 28810 — (a) The officers of the district shall consist of the following: (1) The members of the board of directors.
• § 28811 — (a) The secretary, general manager, and general counsel shall be appointed by and may be removed by the affirmative votes of a majority of the members of the board of directors.
• § 28812 — The compensation of all district officers and employees, except as otherwise provided in this part, shall be fixed by ordinance or resolution of the directors.
• § 28813 — The board may consolidate any of the district offices in one person.
• § 28814 — The oath of office of all officers appointed by the board of directors or by the general manager of the district shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the secretary of the district at any time af
• § 28815 — Each officer shall give such bond and in such amount as the board may require.
• § 28816 — Article 4 (commencing at Section 1090), Chapter 1, Division 4, Title 1, of the Government Code shall apply to all officers and contracts of the district.
• § 28817 — The chief financial officer shall be the custodian of the funds of the district and shall make payments only upon warrants duly and regularly signed by the general manager.
• § 28818 — (a) With the consent of the general manager, who shall seek consent from the board when deemed necessary, the chief financial officer may: (1) Authorize any state or national bank in this state, a fed
• § 2883 — (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (A) As originally enacted, Section 2883 required local telephone corporations to provide a residential telephone connection with no cus
• § 28830 — The board shall appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have charge, subject to the direction and control of the board, of the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation
• § 28831 — All other things being equal, the general manager shall be chosen on the basis of his qualifications with special reference to his actual experience in or his knowledge of accepted practices in respec
• § 28832 — The general manager need not be a resident of this State at the time of his appointment.
• § 28833 — The general manager shall hold office for an indefinite term and may be removed by the board only upon the adoption of a resolution by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the board.
• § 28834 — The powers and duties of the general manager are: (a) To have charge, subject to the direction and control of the board, of the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of the facilities
• § 28835 — The general manager shall attend meetings of the board as directed by the board.
• § 28836 — The directors may appoint a general manager pro tempore during any absence or disability of the general manager.
• § 2884 — (a) The commission shall, pursuant to its existing authority, by rule or order, establish procedures governing telephone corporation billing practices and operations to require every telephone corpora
• § 2884.2 — (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), the billing and collection practices of a telephone corporation for services rendered to or for an information service that contains harmful matter, as defi
• § 2884.5 — Notwithstanding Section 2884, the commission shall require that telephone subscriber access to information services providing messages which constitute harmful matter, as defined in Section 313 of the
• § 2884.6 — (a) The commission shall require telephone corporations and providers of information-access telephone services to institute a method of handling subscriber complaints concerning these services, which
• § 28840 — (a) There is hereby created in the district an independent Office of the BART Inspector General to ensure that the district makes effective use of bridge toll revenue and other revenue and operates ef
• § 28841 — The duties and responsibilities of the BART Inspector General shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) To examine the operating practices of the district to identify fraud, was
• § 28842 — The Office of the BART Inspector General shall receive one million dollars ($1,000,000) from an allocation of bridge toll revenue from the Bay Area Toll Authority.
• § 28843 — The BART Inspector General shall report at least annually to the board of directors and the Legislature with a summary of his or her findings, investigations, and audits.
• § 28844 — Any investigatory file compiled by the BART Inspector General is an investigatory file compiled by a local law enforcement agency subject to disclosure pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 7
• § 28845 — This article shall become operative upon an affirmative vote of the residents of the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, So
• § 28848 — As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “District” means the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, including all operations and extensions of its transportation system,
• § 28849 — (a) It is a primary purpose of this chapter to promote the improvement of personnel management and employer-employee relations within the district by providing a uniform basis for recognizing the righ
• § 2885 — The commission shall, on or before July 1, 1987, determine the feasibility of requiring that, whenever a call is placed from a cellular telephone, the person receiving the call receive a notification
• § 2885.6 — (a) The commission shall require mobile telephony service, as defined in Section 224.
• § 28850 — (a) If a majority of the employees employed by the district in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by an employee organization, the board, after determinin
• § 28851 — If there is a question whether an employee organization represents a majority of employees or whether the proposed unit is or is not appropriate, such matters shall be submitted to the California Stat
• § 28852 — Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, to the extent necessary for operation of fac
• § 28853 — Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, that has a pension plan in operation, member
• § 28854 — The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in Section 28853 and the benefits which are provided shall be specified in the agreement or order by which any public utility is acquired by th
• § 28855 — All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public utility and all persons entitled to pension benefits under the pension plan of such acquired public utility may become members or recei
• § 28856 — (a) Exclusive representatives shall have the right to represent their bargaining unit members in employer-employee relations with the district, and employees shall have the right to be represented by
• § 28857 — The district shall give reasonable written notice to an exclusive representative of its intent to make any change to matters within the scope of representation of the employees represented by the excl
• § 28858 — It is unlawful for the district to do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, to discriminate or threaten to discriminate against employees, or otherwise to inte
• § 28859 — It is unlawful for an employee organization to do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, discriminate or threaten to discriminate against employees, or otherwis
• § 2886 — (a) The commission shall require every telephone corporation furnishing mobile telephony service, as defined in Section 224.
• § 28860 — (a) This chapter shall not displace, or supplant, the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 3610) of Division 4.
• § 28861 — (a) Any charging party, respondent, or intervenor aggrieved by a final decision or order of the Public Employment Relations Board in an unfair practice case, except a decision of that board not to iss
• § 28862 — This chapter, as amended by the act adding this section, shall not be interpreted as if it were in conflict with any collective bargaining agreement and shall not be implemented to abrogate an agreeme
• § 28863 — Chapter 11.
• § 28870 — The board may establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the district and provide for the payment of annuities, pensions, retirement allowances, disability payments, and death ben
• § 28871 — The district may maintain its own retirement fund or may provide for benefits to eligible officers and employees, or their beneficiaries, by means of group insurance or other insurance, or by such mea
• § 28872 — Before establishing any retirement system the board shall secure a report from a qualified actuary, which shall show the cost of the benefits provided by the system, and the prospective assets and lia
• § 28873 — The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to the initiation, maintenance, and administration of the retirement system.
• § 28874 — Nothing in this chapter prevents the district from participating in and making all or part of its employees members of the State Employees’ Retirement System by contract entered into between the distr
• § 28875 — The board may classify and determine the officers and employees who shall be included as members in the retirement system and may change the classification from time to time.
• § 2888 — The commission shall pursue all available legal remedies to redraw intrastate inter-exchange, also known as local access and transport area, or LATA, boundaries for the purpose of eliminating restrict
• § 2889 — (a) An information provider engaged in furnishing any live, recorded, or recorded-interactive audio text through information access telephone service shall provide a (1) delayed timing of information
• § 2889.2 — No telephone corporation or provider of information-access telephone services shall charge the subscribing party for a call made to a telephone number with an “800” prefix, unless the telephone number
• § 2889.3 — (a) (1) Before a telephone corporation exits the business of providing interexchange services to all of its customers or to an entire class of its customers, the telephone corporation or any person, f
• § 2889.4 — (a) A local exchange service provider that offers and charges for pay per use features that do not require an access code to be dialed to activate the service shall provide a new residential subscribe
• § 2889.5 — (a) No telephone corporation, or any person, firm, or corporation representing a telephone corporation, shall make any change or authorize a different telephone corporation to make any change in the p
• § 2889.6 — The commission shall, by rule or order, require all local exchange carriers to do both of the following: (a) Include in their telephone directory information concerning emergency situations which may
• § 2889.8 — The commission periodically shall assess the reliability of the public telecommunications network and, if necessary, develop recommendations for improvement.
• § 2889.9 — (a) No person or corporation shall misrepresent its association or affiliation with a telephone carrier when soliciting, inducing, or otherwise implementing the subscriber’s agreement to purchase the
• § 28890 — The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the district or their beneficiaries shall be entitled to benefits and the amounts thereof.
• § 28891 — The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon service rendered the district by a member prior to the establishment of the retirement system, which service is known as “prior service.
• § 28892 — The board shall provide that both the district and the members shall contribute to the retirement system.
• § 28893 — All members of the retirement system shall contribute in the manner and amount fixed by the board and such contributions may be collected by deducting the amounts thereof from the salary, wages, or co
• § 28894 — Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits other than such as are the equivalent of contributions by the members, with accumulated interest, shall be met by contributions by
• § 28895 — If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior to retirement the total amount contributed by him with such interest as may be credited thereto shall be returned to him; provided, however, th
• § 28896 — All money received by any person as an annuity, pension, retirement allowance, disability payment, or death benefit from the retirement system, and all contributions and interest thereon returned to a
• § 2890 — (a) A telephone bill may only contain charges for products or services, the purchase of which the subscriber has authorized.
• § 2890.1 — The commission shall, on or before July 1, 2001, adopt any additional rules it determines to be necessary to implement the billing safeguards of Section 2890, for the inclusion of noncommunications-re
• § 2890.2 — (a) A provider of mobile telephony services, as defined in Section 224.
• § 2891 — (a) A telephone or telegraph corporation shall not make available to any other person or corporation, without first obtaining the residential subscriber’s consent, in writing, any of the following inf
• § 2891.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 2891, a telephone corporation selling or licensing lists of residential subscribers shall not include the telephone number of any subscriber assigned an unlisted or unpubli
• § 2891.2 — Telephone subscribers shall be annually notified that use of an “800” or “900” telephone number may result in the disclosure of the subscriber’s telephone number to the called party.
• § 28910 — The board shall create a retirement board of not more than five members, at least two members of which shall be the elected representatives of the employees, to administer the retirement system, and s
• § 28911 — All members of the retirement board shall serve without pay.
• § 28912 — The retirement board shall determine the eligibility of officers, employees, and their dependents to participation in the system and shall be the sole authority and judge under such ordinances as may
• § 28913 — If the district maintains its own retirement fund the retirement board shall have exclusive control of the administration, investment, and disbursement of such fund.
• § 2892.1 — (a) For purposes of this section, “telecommunications service” means voice communication provided by a telephone corporation as defined in Section 234, voice communication provided by a provider of sa
• § 2892.3 — (a) The commission shall require providers of mobile telephony service, as defined in Section 224.
• § 2892.5 — (a) As used in this section “public safety agency” means a “public safety agency” as defined in Section 53102 of the Government Code.
• § 2893 — (a) The commission shall, by rule or order, require that every telephone call identification service offered in this state by a telephone corporation, or by any other person or corporation that makes
• § 2893.2 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Call” means the initiation of telecommunications service by accessing a number issued pursuant to the North Amer
• § 2893.5 — (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Consumer Call Protection Act of 2019.
• § 2894 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 2891, the disclosure of any information by an interexchange telephone corporation, a local exchange telephone corporation, or a provider of commercial mo
• § 2894.10 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a number of federal and state laws have been enacted to protect residential telephone subscribers’ privacy rights with respect to telephone solicitations.