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Public Utilities Code - PUC

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

• § 50039 — The election shall be called by publishing notice calling the election pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code not less than 20 days before the election.
• § 50040 — The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed thereon and in addition thereto the following: Shall
• § 50041 — No person shall be entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included in the proposed district.
• § 50042 — The election may be held on the same day as any other state, county, or city election, and be consolidated therewith.
• § 50043 — The board of supervisors shall meet on the Tuesday next succeeding the day of the election and canvass the returns.
• § 50044 — The board of supervisors shall make all provisions for the holding of the election throughout the entire district as proposed, and shall pay the cost thereof.
• § 50045 — If a special election is held exclusively on the proposition of organizing the district, the expenditure therefor shall be reimbursed to the county by means of a tax on all the taxable property within
• § 50050 — If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition vote in favor of the creation and establishment of the district, the board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy of the order declaring th
• § 50055 — No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of the election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be held to invalidate the incorporation of the district
• § 50060 — The government of the district shall be vested in a board of five directors.
• § 50061 — These appointments shall be made within 30 days after the formation of the district.
• § 50062 — A vacancy on the board shall be filled by the body which appointed the director whose office is vacated and the new appointee shall hold his office for the unexpired term.
• § 50063 — Each director shall, within 10 days after his appointment and before entering upon the discharge of his duties of his office, take and subscribe to an oath in the form set forth in Section 3 of Articl
• § 50064 — A person shall not be appointed to or be a member of the board unless he is a resident of the district and has resided within the district at least one year immediately prior to his appointment to the
• § 50067 — The term of office of each director is four years from the time of his appointment, except that the chairman first appointed shall hold office for two years, and the remaining directors first appointe
• § 50070 — The board shall annually, in January, select one of its members as chairperson to serve at the pleasure of the board.
• § 50071 — The first meeting of the board shall be held within 10 days of the appointment of its chairman.
• § 50072 — The board shall select one of its members vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of its chairman.
• § 50073 — All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which are not provided for in this part shall be provided for by the board.
• § 50074 — 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 of
• § 50075 — The board may either operate the transit system itself, or it may contract with the City of Stockton, or with any other public or private agency, to operate the transit system for the district.
• § 50075.5 — All new intercity, interregional, and rural services provided outside the Stockton Metropolitan Area shall be subject to open competitive bidding at least once every five years.
• § 50076 — The board may adopt a personnel system for the purpose of recruiting and maintaining an effective working force with good morale.
• § 50077 — The board may from time to time contract for or employ any professional service required by the district or for the performance of work or services which cannot satisfactorily be performed by the regu
• § 50078 — The board shall have an annual audit made of all books and accounts of the district by a certified public accountant or public accountant.
• § 50079 — 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
• § 50080 — 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.
• § 50085 — All meetings of the board shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the Ralph M.
• § 50086 — A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
• § 50087 — The board shall adopt rules for its proceedings and may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each member shall receive for each attendance at the meetings of the board and committees the sum of o
• § 50088 — The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.
• § 50089 — All ordinances shall be published after passage.
• § 50090 — The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it enacted by the board of directors of San Joaquin Regional Transit District:” All ordinances shall be signed by the chairperson of the
• § 50095 — The board shall appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have full charge of the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of the facilities of the district, and also of
• § 50096 — All other things being equal, the board shall appoint as general manager, a person who has had experience in the construction or management of transit facilities.
• § 50097 — The general manager need not be a resident of this State at the time of his appointment.
• § 50098 — The general manager may be removed by the board upon the adoption of a resolution by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the board.
• § 50099 — Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 50098, until such time as the district has operated, controlled, or used facilities or parts of facilities for providing the inhabitants within the
• § 50100 — The board shall appoint a secretary and an attorney, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the board.
• § 50101 — The attorney shall be admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of the State, and shall have been actively engaged in the practice of his profession for not less than three years next preceding hi
• § 50102 — The board may consolidate any of the district offices in one person.
• § 50103 — The oath of all appointive officers of the district shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the secretary of the district at any time after the officer has notice of his appointment but not later t
• § 50104 — Each appointive officer shall give such bond and in such amount as the board may require.
• § 50105 — Subject to the control of the board, the powers and duties of the general manager are: (a) To have full charge of the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of the facilities of the dis
• § 50106 — The general manager shall within 90 days from the end of each fiscal year cause to be published a financial report showing the result of operations for the preceding fiscal year and the financial stat
• § 50107 — The attorney shall take charge of all suits and other legal matters to which the district is a party or in which it is legally interested.
• § 50108 — 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.
• § 50109 — The general manager shall provide for the custody of the funds of the district and the keeping of accounts of all receipts and disbursements.
• § 50110 — 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
• § 50120 — (a) If a majority of the employees employed by a transit district in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by a labor organization, then the board, after det
• § 50121 — 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
• § 50122 — Whenever any 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 faci
• § 50123 — Whenever any 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
• § 50124 — The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in Section 50123 and the benefits which are provided shall be specified in the agreement or order by which any public utility is acquired by th
• § 50125 — 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
• § 50126 — Notwithstanding any provisions of the Government Code, the board may authorize payment of any or all of the premiums on any group life, accident and health insurance, health and welfare plan, or pensi
• § 50130 — 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
• § 50131 — 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 me
• § 50132 — 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
• § 50133 — 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.
• § 50134 — Nothing in this chapter prevents a 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 distric
• § 50135 — 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.
• § 50140 — 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.
• § 50141 — 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.
• § 50142 — The board shall provide that both the district and the members shall contribute to the retirement system.
• § 50143 — 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
• § 50144 — Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits other than such as are the equivalent of contributions by the members, with accumulated interests, shall be met by contributions by
• § 50145 — 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
• § 50146 — 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
• § 50150 — 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
• § 50151 — All members of the retirement board shall serve without pay.
• § 50152 — 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
• § 50153 — If the district maintains its own retirement fund the retirement board shall have exclusive control of the administration, investment, and disbursement of such fund.
• § 50155 — At least once in each four-year period after the establishment of the retirement system the board shall cause to be made an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the retirement fund, an
• § 50156 — Except as herein provided, no member of the board or of the retirement board, nor any member of the retirement system or employee of the district, shall have any interest direct or indirect in the mak
• § 50160 — The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
• § 50161 — The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 50162 — 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.
• § 50165 — 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
• § 50166 — 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 contr
• § 50175 — 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 with
• § 50176 — Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record, map, book, or paper in the possession of the district or any officer or employee thereof is of no further value to the district, the board
• § 50180 — 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 co
• § 50181 — 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
• § 50182 — The district shall not interfere with or exercise any control over any transit facilities now or hereafter owned, and operated wholly or partly within the district by any city or public agency, unless
• § 50183 — 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 d
• § 50184 — 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 o
• § 50185 — 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; may enter into agreement
• § 50186 — The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable.
• § 50187 — 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 r
• § 50188 — Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Section 50187 the district board shall fix the time and place for hearing.
• § 50189 — At the time fixed for any hearing before the board any board of supervisors or city council eligible to file a request for hearing, not a party to the original request for hearing, may intervene and s
• § 50190 — Within 30 days after submission of the case, the board shall render its decision and its decision shall be final.
• § 50200 — 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
• § 50201 — The board of directors of a district 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 certificate
• § 50202 — The district shall not incur an indebtedness under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 50225) of this part which in the aggregate exceeds two (2) percent of the assessed value of all the real and perso
• § 50203 — 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
• § 50205 — (a) The district may invest surplus money in its treasury, including money in a sinking fund, in any of the following investments: (1) Its own bonds, notes, or obligations.
• § 50206 — The investment of surplus money may be made by direct purchase of investments at the original sale or by the subsequent investments in the secondary market.
• § 50207 — Any investments purchased and held by the district may from time to time be sold and the proceeds reinvested in investments as provided in this article.
• § 50208 — Sales of any investments 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 money with which the investments
• § 50210 — The district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose subject to a maximum limit of five cents ($0.
• § 50210.5 — The district may only levy and collect taxes pursuant to this article within the Stockton Metropolitan Area, as defined in Section 50007.
• § 50211 — If, in the opinion of the board, the transit operation revenues will not be sufficient for any and all lawful purposes the board shall levy a tax for such purpose or purposes and fix the amount of mon
• § 50212 — The board shall, in addition to the general tax levy as set forth in Section 50210, levy and collect annually until the district’s bonds are paid, or until there is a sum in the treasury of the distri
• § 50213 — The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes by the district, including the sale of property to the district for delinquent taxes, with penalties, interest, and cost.
• § 50214 — The board shall avail itself of the assessments made by the assessor of the county and of the assessments made by the State Board of Equalization for the county and shall take such assessments as the
• § 50215 — In such case the county auditor shall, on or before the third Monday in August of each year, transmit to the board a statement in writing showing the total value of all property within the district, a
• § 50216 — The board shall, on or before the first weekday in September, or if such weekday falls upon a holiday then on the first business day thereafter, fix the rate of taxes, designating the number of cents
• § 50217 — The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of taxes as above provided transmit to the county auditor of the county a statement of the rate of taxes fixed by the board.
• § 50218 — The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes.
• § 50219 — 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 by the county treasurer in the proportion which th
• § 50220 — The compensation to be charged by and paid to any county for the performance of services under this article shall be fixed by agreement between the board of supervisors of the county and the board.
• § 50225 — 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 facilities,
• § 50226 — Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the public interest or necessity demands the acquisition, construction, or completion by the district o
• § 50227 — 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.
• § 50228 — Whenever any petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at least 15 percent of the total vote cast at the last general statewide election is presented to the board asking for the
• § 50229 — If the required number of signatures is found to be genuine, the secretary shall transmit to the board an authentic copy of the petition without the signatures.
• § 50230 — Upon receiving a petition with the certificate of the secretary stating that it contains the required number of signatures, the board shall formulate for submission to the voters of the district at a
• § 50231 — 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.
• § 50232 — Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the same election.
• § 50233 — Any special bond election may be held separately, or may be consolidated with any other election authorized by law at which the voters of the district may vote.
• § 50234 — The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice of election need be given.
• § 50235 — The board shall comply with the provisions of 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 hel
• § 50236 — 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 chapter.
• § 50237 — 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 s
• § 50240 — 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
• § 50241 — The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the board determines, except that no bonds shall be of a denomination less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor of a greater denomination than one th
• § 50242 — The board may at any time prior to the issuance and sale of any bonds provide for the call and redemption of any or all of the bonds on any interest payment date prior to their fixed maturity at not e
• § 50243 — 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.
• § 50245 — The bonds may be issued and sold for not less than their par value, but otherwise as the board determines.
• § 50246 — 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.
• § 50247 — In lieu of the immediate levy of a tax to pay the interest or any part thereof on any bonded indebtedness incurred in accordance with this division, the board may in the estimate of the amount of mone
• § 50250 — Whenever the board by resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the refunding of the whole or any portion of the bonded indebtedness will be of advantage to the dist
• § 50251 — The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed as the incurring or increase of an indebtedness within the meaning of this act, and the approval of the voters is not required for the issuance o
• § 50252 — 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
• § 50253 — 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
• § 50254 — 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
• § 50255 — 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
• § 50256 — Whenever outstanding bonds are refunded they shall be surrendered to the treasurer of the district, who shall cancel them by endorsing on their face the manner in which the refunding was effected (whe
• § 50260 — All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district are legal investments for all trust funds and for the funds of all insurance companies, banks, both commercial and savings, and trust companies
• § 50261 — 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 the State as security for the deposit of funds of the
• § 50263 — An action to determine the validity of bonds, including refunding bonds, may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
• § 50265 — 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
• § 50266 — The district is a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code).
• § 50270 — Territory may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this chapter.
• § 50271 — Whenever the board finds and determines that additional territory will be benefited by annexation to the district, it shall pass a resolution to that effect.
• § 50272 — The resolution shall be passed by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the board and be approved by the board of supervisors of the county in which the territory is situated.
• § 50273 — The resolution shall: (a) Describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed.
• § 50274 — The resolution, together with the names of the members of the board, voting for and against it shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper published in the territ
• § 50275 — On the day fixed for hearing or any day to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall hear and consider any objections presented to the annexation of the territory.
• § 50276 — After making all necessary and proper changes in the boundaries, by a resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of the members, the board shall order the annexation of the territory so described.
• § 50277 — Whenever any territory is annexed to the district it shall thereupon become a part of the district subject to all the liabilities and entitled to all the benefits of the district.
• § 50500 — If the district operates no transit facilities, or its exterior boundaries become coincident with the boundaries of a single city, the board may call an election at any time for the purpose of submitt
• § 50501 — The election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether or not the district shall be dissolved shall be held within 60 days next succeeding the date on which t
• § 50502 — Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because of the filing of a petition or ordered by the board without petition, shall be published.
• § 50503 — The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on ballots for use at general state and county electi
• § 50504 — The board shall canvass the vote.
• § 50505 — The board shall file a certified copy of the resolution with the Secretary of State and for record in the office of the county recorder.
• § 50506 — Upon dissolution the right, title, and interest to property owned or controlled by the district situated within the limits of any city vests absolutely in the city.
• § 50507 — The board of supervisors is, ex officio, the governing body of any dissolved district.
• § 521 — As used in this article “employees” includes furloughed, pensioned, and superannuated employees of any common carrier subject to the provisions of this part, persons who have become disabled or infirm
• § 522 — Except as provided in this article, Sections 40180.
• § 523 — When approved by the commission, a common carrier may give free or reduced rate transportation between points within this state to: (a) Its officers, agents, employees, and members of their families.
• § 524 — (a) Any common carrier may issue free or reduced rate passenger transportation to the proprietors and employees of newspapers and magazines and the members of their immediate families in exchange for
• § 525 — All blind residents of California may be granted free transportation on all street cars and may be permitted to travel on all other common carriers within the State for one-half the current fare, and
• § 527 — Nothing in this part shall prevent the interchange of free or reduced rate transportation for passenger or express matter between common carriers, their officers, agents, employees, attorneys, physici
• § 528 — Nothing in this part shall prevent the interchange of free or reduced rate transportation for passengers or express matter between a common carrier and a corporation engaged in the carriage of persons
• § 529 — Nothing in this part shall prevent any of the following: (a) The issue of reduced rate transportation by a common carrier to children attending an institution of learning.
• § 530 — (a) Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this part may transport, free or at reduced rates, as follows: (1) Persons for the United States, state, county, or municipal governments, or pers
• § 531 — Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this part may transport free or at reduced rates contractors and their employees engaged in carrying out contracts with the United States, this State,
• § 532 — Except as in this article otherwise provided, no public utility shall charge, or receive a different compensation for any product or commodity furnished or to be furnished, or for any service rendered
• § 533 — The officers and employees of the Operations and Safety Section of the Transportation Division of the commission, shall, when in the performance of their official duties, have the right to pass, free
• § 5351 — This chapter may be cited as the “Passenger Charter-party Carriers’ Act.
• § 5352 — (a) The use of the public highways for the transportation of passengers for compensation is a business affected with a public interest.
• § 5353 — This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (a) Transportation service rendered wholly within the corporate limits of a single city or city and county and licensed or regulated by ordinance.
• § 5353.5 — On and after July 1, 1989, this chapter does not apply to transportation service, other than transportation service furnished in a limousine for hire, rendered wholly within the corporate limits of a
• § 5354 — In construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter relating to the prescribed privileges and obligations of the holder of a permit or certificate issued hereunder, the act, omission, or failur
• § 5355 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 5355.5 — (a) “Chartering party” means the person, corporation, or other entity that prearranges with a charter-party carrier of passengers for transportation services.
• § 5356 — “Corporation” includes a corporation, a company, an association, and a joint stock association.
• § 5357 — “Person” includes an individual, a firm, or a copartnership.
• § 5358 — “Public highway” includes every public street, road, or highway in this State.
• § 5359 — (a) “Motor vehicle” means a vehicle which is self-propelled.
• § 5360 — Subject to the exclusions of Section 5353, “charter-party carrier of passengers” means every person engaged in the transportation of persons by motor vehicle for compensation, whether in common or con
• § 5360.5 — (a) Charter-party carriers of passengers shall operate on a prearranged basis within this state.
• § 5361 — “Modified limousine” means any vehicle that has been modified, altered, or extended in a manner that increases the overall wheelbase of the vehicle, exceeding the original equipment manufacturer’s pub
• § 5362 — With respect to a motor vehicle used in the transportation of persons for compensation by a charter-party carrier of passengers, “owner” means the corporation or person who is registered with the Depa
• § 5363 — (a) Any provision of the Public Utilities Act (Part 1 (commencing with Section 201) of Division 1) or of this chapter applicable to charter bus transportation that conflicts with the federal Transport
• § 5371 — No charter-party carrier of passengers excepting transit districts, transit authorities or cities owning and operating local transit systems themselves or through wholly owned nonprofit corporations s
• § 5371.1 — (a) No charter-party carrier of passengers issued a class A certificate subject to this section shall be restricted as to point of origin or destination in the State of California.
• § 5371.2 — (a) All holders of certificates issued under this section shall operate from a service area to be determined by the commission.
• § 5371.3 — A class C certificate holder is one who provides transportation services incidental to commercial balloon operations, commercial river rafting, or skiing.
• § 5371.4 — (a) The governing body of any city, county, or city and county may not impose a fee on charter-party carriers operating limousines.
• § 5371.5 — (a) Upon receipt of a complaint containing sufficient information to warrant conducting an investigation, the commission shall investigate any business that advertises limousine-for-hire or passenger
• § 5371.6 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that advertising and use of telephone service is essential for charter-party carriers of passengers to obtain business and to conduct intrastate passenger transp
• § 5372 — Applications for permits and certificates shall be in writing, verified under oath, and shall be in such form, contain such information, and be accompanied by such proof of service upon interested par
• § 5373.1 — (a) Each application for a charter-party carrier of passengers certificate or permit shall be accompanied by a filing fee as follows: (1) Class A certificates (new): one thousand five hundred dollars
• § 5373.5 — The commission shall not issue or authorize the transfer of any certificate or permit under this chapter to any person or corporation against whom a final judgment has been entered and whose name has
• § 5374 — (a) (1) Before a permit or certificate is issued or renewed, the commission shall require the applicant to establish reasonable fitness and financial responsibility to initiate and conduct or continue