California

Public Utilities Code - PUC

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

• § 60164 — Any action or proceedings wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this chapter or the issuance of any bonds thereunder or any of the proce
• § 6017 — Any member of a governing or legislative body of any county, city and county, or city, who, by his vote, violates or attempts to violate any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeano
• § 6041 — In all cases where application is made to the governing or legislative body of a city or city and county for permission and authority to lay railroad tracks through streets or public highways of any c
• § 6091 — All cities and cities and counties are empowered to grant franchises for the laying of pipes in the streets, roads, avenues, alleys, and public highways therein, for carrying steam heat under high pre
• § 6092 — The granting of franchises under this article shall be pursuant to Article 1 of this chapter.
• § 610 — This article applies only to a corporation or person that is a public utility.
• § 611 — A railroad corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its railroad.
• § 612 — An electrical corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its electric plant.
• § 613 — A gas corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its gas plant.
• § 614 — A heat corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its heating plant.
• § 615 — A pipeline corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its pipeline.
• § 616 — A telephone corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its telephone line.
• § 616.1 — Notwithstanding Section 616, a telephone corporation may not condemn any property on an airport owned by a city and county, and located in another county, unless that property is necessary for that te
• § 617 — A telegraph corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its telegraph line.
• § 618 — A water corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its water system.
• § 619 — A wharfinger may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of facilities for the receipt or discharge of freight or passengers.
• § 620 — A common carrier, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 211, may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of facilities for its transportation of persons or property.
• § 6201 — This chapter may be cited as the Franchise Act of 1937.
• § 6201.3 — As used in this chapter, “industrial gas” means any substance which is in a gaseous state at ambient conditions of temperature and pressure used for commercial, industrial, or scientific purposes, but
• § 6201.5 — As used in this chapter, municipality includes counties, but no county shall grant a franchise pursuant to this chapter in any incorporated area.
• § 6202 — The legislative body of any municipality may grant a franchise to any person, firm, or corporation, whether operating under an existing franchise or not, to use, or to construct and use, poles, wires,
• § 6203 — The legislative body may in such a franchise impose such other and additional terms and conditions not in conflict with this chapter, whether governmental or contractual in character, as in the judgme
• § 6204 — This chapter provides a procedure, alternative to the procedure provided in Article 1 of Chapter 1 of this division, for the granting of franchises by municipalities.
• § 6205 — This chapter does not apply to any municipality having a freeholders’ charter adopted and ratified under the Constitution and having in such charter provisions for the issuance of franchises by the mu
• § 6205.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 6205, all franchises, licenses, permits, or other privileges granted to a public utility by any city, county, or city and county holding a freeholder’s charter containing p
• § 621 — A street railroad corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its street railroad.
• § 622 — (a) As used in this section, “motor carrier” means: A passenger stage corporation as defined in Section 226.
• § 623 — A warehouseman may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its facilities for storing property.
• § 6231 — An applicant for a franchise shall file with the legislative body of the municipality in which the franchise is desired an application stating all of the following: (a) The name of the applicant.
• § 6231.5 — (a) An applicant for a franchise to build and operate a pipeline system transmitting oil or products thereof shall file with the legislative body of the municipality in which the franchise is desired
• § 6232 — Upon receipt of the application the legislative body of the municipality may pass its resolution declaring its intention to grant the franchise applied for, stating the character of the franchise, set
• § 6233 — The notice of the time and place of hearing objections shall state that the grantee of the franchise and its successors and assigns will, during the life of its franchise, pay to the municipality the
• § 6234 — At any time not later than the hour set for the hearing of objections, any person interested may make written protest stating objections against the granting of the franchise.
• § 6235 — A franchise granted under this chapter does not become effective until the grantee files written acceptance thereof with the clerk of the granting municipality.
• § 624 — A sewer system corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its sewer system.
• § 625 — (a) (1) (A) For the purpose of this article, except as specified in paragraph (4), a public utility that offers competitive services may not condemn any property for the purpose of competing with anot
• § 626 — On or after January 1, 2000, a public utility may not enter into any exclusive access agreement with the owner or lessor of, or a person controlling or managing, a property or premises served by the p
• § 6261 — Any franchise granted under this chapter with respect to a given utility service is in lieu of all other franchises, rights, or privileges owned by the grantee, or by any successor of the grantee to a
• § 6262 — No franchise granted under this chapter in any way impairs or affects the right of the granting municipality to acquire the property of the grantee by purchase or condemnation, and nothing contained i
• § 6263 — No franchise granted under this chapter shall ever be given any value before any court or other public authority in any proceeding of any character in excess of the cost to the grantee of the necessar
• § 6264 — Every franchise granted pursuant to this chapter, except when a definite term therefor is specified in the ordinance granting it, is indeterminate, that is to say, every such franchise shall endure in
• § 6265 — Every gas franchise granted pursuant to this chapter confers upon the grantee the right to use, or to lay and use, gas pipes and appurtenances for the purpose of transmitting and distributing gas; eve
• § 6291 — If the grantee of any franchise granted under this chapter fails, neglects or refuses to comply with any of the provisions or conditions prescribed in this chapter, and does not within ten (10) days a
• § 6292 — Any municipality may sue in its own name for the forfeiture of any franchise granted pursuant to this chapter, in the event of noncompliance with any of the conditions thereof by the grantee, its succ
• § 6293 — The grantee shall pay to the municipality a sum of money sufficient to reimburse it for all publication expenses incurred by it in connection with the granting of the franchise.
• § 6294 — The grantee of a franchise under this chapter shall construct, install, and maintain all pipes, conduits, poles, wires, and appurtenances in accordance and in conformity with all of the ordinances and
• § 6295 — The grantee shall pay to the municipality on demand the cost of all repairs to public property made necessary by any of the operations of the grantee under the franchise.
• § 6296 — The grantee shall indemnify and hold harmless the municipality and its officers from all liability for damages proximately resulting from any operations under the franchise.
• § 6297 — The grantee shall remove or relocate without expense to the municipality any facilities installed, used, and maintained under the franchise if and when made necessary by any lawful change of grade, al
• § 6298 — The grantee shall file with the legislative body of the municipality within thirty (30) days after any sale, transfer, assignment, or lease of the franchise or any part thereof, or any of the rights o
• § 6299 — The grantee shall file with the clerk of the municipality, within three (3) months after the expiration of the calendar year, or fractional calendar year, following the date of the granting of the fra
• § 6300 — The grantee shall pay to the municipality within fifteen (15) days after the time for filing its statement of gross receipts, in lawful money of the United States, the specified percentage of its gros
• § 6301 — (a) The grantee of a franchise under this chapter may be required to file a bond running to the municipality approved by the legislative body, in a penal sum prescribed by the legislative body and set
• § 6302 — The grantee of a franchise under this chapter shall be liable to the granting municipality for all damages proximately resulting from the failure of the grantee well and faithfully to observe and perf
• § 631 — In addition to the requirements of Article 1 (commencing with Section 1001) of Chapter 5 and any other provisions of law, the commission shall require every electrical corporation and every gas corpor
• § 632 — For purposes of entering into contracts for consultant or advisory services, the requirements of Sections 11042 and 14615 of the Government Code and Sections 10295 and 10318 of the Public Contract Cod
• § 633 — The requirements of Section 632 do not apply to contracts for legal services.
• § 635 — In a long-term plan adopted by an electrical corporation or in a procurement plan implemented by a local publicly owned electric utility, the electrical corporation or local publicly owned electric ut
• § 6350 — There is hereby created a surcharge to be applied to natural gas and electricity transported over utility and nonutility transmission or distribution systems, or both, constructed under, along, across
• § 6351 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Municipality” includes counties.
• § 6352 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transportation customer who receives transportation service on a natural gas or electric transmission or distribution system, or both, subject to a fr
• § 6353 — For purpose of calculating the surcharge required in Section 6352, the energy transporter shall do all of the following: (a) For each transportation customer, determine the volume of transported gas o
• § 6354 — (a) Surcharges calculated pursuant to Section 6353 shall be recovered from the transportation customer through the energy transporter’s normal billing process.
• § 6354.1 — As an alternative to the requirements of subdivision (h) of Section 6354, an energy transporter may elect to state on each customer’s bill, including both transportation customers and customers receiv
• § 6451 — The governing or legislative body of any city or city and county having on July 27, 1917, a freeholders’ charter adopted under Section 8 of Article XI of the State Constitution, which charter provides
• § 6452 — The resettlement franchise shall be granted after such publication and upon such notice as the governing or legislative body shall by resolution determine, or failing such determination, after such pu
• § 6453 — After the final passage of a resettlement franchise, it shall be referred and submitted to the vote of the electors of the city or city and county at the general or special election next ensuing not l
• § 6454 — No resettlement franchise shall go into effect until it has received the approval of a majority of the electors voting thereon and until it has been accepted in writing by the grantee.
• § 6455 — Every resettlement franchise, permit, or privilege shall confer upon the grantee the right to occupy the roads, streets, highways, avenues, boulevards, lanes, alleys, courts, places, and pathways of t
• § 6456 — The grantee shall pay to the city or city and county such a percentage of the net revenue annually collected from any and all sources under and by virtue of the franchise, permit, or privilege as is f
• § 6457 — The legislative or governing body may in a resettlement franchise provide that any new franchise granted to the holder of the resettlement franchise shall be considered as part of the resettlement fra
• § 6458 — The legislative or governing body may in the resettlement franchise provide that in case of consolidation or annexation to the city or city and county of any territory after the date the resettlement
• § 6459 — Every resettlement franchise shall provide that the grantee shall surrender the franchises or rights, owned or claimed by the grantee, to occupy such portion of the roads, streets, highways, avenues,
• § 6460 — The resettlement franchise, permit, or privilege shall be granted for an indeterminate period, subject always to the right of the city or city and county to acquire and possess the property of the gra
• § 6461 — The resettlement franchise shall be granted upon the express condition that the city or city and county may, at a valuation for the purpose of public acquisition, fixed and determined as provided in S
• § 6462 — The valuation for the purpose of public acquisition of property used and useful, or in the discretion of the city or city and county prospectively useful, and owned by the grantee at the time applicat
• § 6463 — All expenses of the valuation by the Public Utilities Commission shall be paid by the city or city and county to the commission.
• § 6464 — The resettlement franchise shall provide that the grantee, its successors or assigns, shall never claim before any court or other public authority in any proceeding of any character any value for the
• § 6465 — The resettlement franchise may be amended from time to time by ordinance passed by the governing or legislative body of the city or city and county and ratified by the electors of the city or city and
• § 6466 — The power of the State, in the exercise of its police power or otherwise through the instrumentality of the Public Utilities Commission or other agency, to provide at any and all times for the supervi
• § 6467 — Nothing in this chapter, nor any provision of any franchise granted under this chapter, shall prevent a city or city and county from acquiring at any time the property of any public utility through th
• § 650 — For purposes of this article, “biomethane” means methane produced from an organic waste feedstock that meets the standards adopted pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 25421 of the Health a
• § 651 — (a) The commission, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall consider adopting specific biomethane procurement targets or goals for each gas corporation and core transport agent, as d
• § 660 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Disadvantaged community” means a community identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.
• § 661 — (a) On or before July 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, each gas corporation shall submit to the commission a map that includes all of the following: (1) The location of all potential gas distributio
• § 662 — (a) On or before January 1, 2026, in a new or existing proceeding and following recommendations from each gas corporation and the opportunity for public comment, the commission shall designate priorit
• § 663 — (a) On or before July 1, 2026, in a new or existing proceeding, the commission, in consultation with the state’s gas corporations, shall establish a voluntary program to facilitate the cost-effective
• § 664 — (a) (1) Beginning on January 1, 2029, the commission, in a new or existing proceeding, shall review the efficacy of the pilot projects established pursuant to Section 663 in providing benefits to gas
• § 665 — In a new or existing proceeding, the commission shall evaluate the costs and benefits of thermal energy networks and identify potential implementation barriers.
• § 666 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), this article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 7 — Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty is imposed upon, a public officer, the power may be exercised or the duty may be performed by a deputy of the officer or by a person authorized, pursuant to l
• § 7000 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, a utility shall mean all of the following: (1) An electric corporation.
• § 70000 — This part shall be known and cited as the “Marin County Transit District Act of 1964.
• § 70001 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this part.
• § 70002 — “District” means the Marin County Transit District formed under this part.
• § 70003 — “Board” means the board of directors of this district.
• § 70004 — “Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.
• § 70005 — “Transit” means the transportation of passengers only and their incidental baggage by means other than by chartered bus, sightseeing bus, or any other motor vehicle not on an individual passenger fare
• § 70006 — “Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and personal property, equipment, rights, or interests owned or to be acquired by the district for transit service.
• § 7001 — For purposes of this chapter, “authority” means the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, as defined in Section 100011.
• § 70010 — It shall be the purpose of the Marin County Transit District to develop, finance, organize, and provide local Marin County transit service in a manner consistent with an overall San Francisco Bay Area
• § 70011 — The Marin County Transit District may be created as provided in this part and when so created may exercise the powers herein granted.
• § 70012 — Except as otherwise provided in this part elections shall be held and conducted and the result ascertained, determined, and declared in all respects as nearly as practicable in conformity with the gen
• § 70013 — Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances and notices which are required to be published shall be published within the district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.
• § 70014 — Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the retirement board or of any officer or employee of the retirement system is authorized or required under the prov
• § 7002 — When a utility enters into a relocation agreement with the authority in connection with a transit or transportation capital improvement project, the agreement may include, but not be limited to, the f
• § 70020 — The County of Marin may organize and incorporate as the Marin County Transit District.
• § 70021 — The request for the formation of the Marin County Transit District may be made by resolution or by petition as set out in this chapter.
• § 70022 — The district may include incorporated or unincorporated territory within the County of Marin.
• § 70025 — The Board of Supervisors of the County of Marin may pass a resolution declaring that in its opinion public interest or necessity demands the creation and maintenance of the Marin County Transit Distri
• § 70026 — The resolution may state the transit facilities proposed to be first acquired, but failure to acquire such transit facilities shall not affect the validity of the district.
• § 7003 — (a) If a utility, cable television corporation, or cable operator abandons utility relocation work under a relocation agreement with the authority in connection with a transit or transportation capita
• § 70030 — Instead of a resolution, a petition may be presented to the board of supervisors signed by voters within Marin County equal in number to at least 25 percent of the total vote cast at the last general
• § 70031 — The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and statements required to be contained in the resolution adopted by the board of supervisors under this chapter and declare that, in the
• § 70032 — The petition may be on separate papers, but each paper shall contain the affidavit of the person who circulated it certifying that each name signed thereto is a true signature of the person whose name
• § 70033 — The County Elections Official of the County of Marin shall compare the signatures to the petition with the affidavits of registration and certify to their sufficiency or insufficiency.
• § 70035 — Upon adoption of the resolution or of a sufficient petition, the board of supervisors shall hold a hearing on the question of forming a Marin County Transit District.
• § 70036 — The board of supervisors shall have the power to exclude areas which in the board’s determination would not receive reasonable benefit from inclusion in the district.
• § 70037 — After the conclusion of the hearing, the board of supervisors shall in case of initiation by petition and may in case of initiation by resolution call an election within the proposed district for the
• § 70038 — The board of supervisors shall publish notice of the election within the proposed district.
• § 70039 — The notice shall state the name of the proposed district, and describe the boundaries thereof.
• § 7004 — The rights and remedies available to the authority under this article are nonexclusive and are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available to the authority under all other laws
• § 70040 — 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
• § 70041 — No person shall be entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included in the proposed district.
• § 70042 — The election may be held on the same day as any other state, county, or city election, and be consolidated therewith.
• § 70043 — The board of supervisors shall meet on the Tuesday next succeeding the day of the election and canvass the returns.
• § 70044 — The board of supervisors shall make all provisions for the holding of the election throughout the district as proposed, and the cost of said election shall be a charge against the general funds of the
• § 7005 — This chapter applies only if all of the following occurs: (a) The authority has executed a formal, written utility relocation agreement with the utility, cable television corporation, or cable operato
• § 70050 — 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
• § 70055 — 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
• § 70060 — The governing body of the district shall consist of the members of the board of supervisors and two members, who shall be a mayor or councilman of a city, selected by the city selection committee whic
• § 70061 — The city members of the governing body of the district shall serve for terms of two years commencing on the first Monday of January in each even-numbered year, and until their successors are selected
• § 70070 — The chairman is the presiding officer of the board and he shall vote on the propositions passed upon by the board.
• § 70071 — The first meeting of the board shall be held within 10 days after the board of supervisors certifies the results of the election to the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 70050.
• § 70072 — The board shall select one of its members vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of its chairman.
• § 70073 — 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.
• § 70074 — 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
• § 70075 — The board may either operate the transit system itself or a part thereof or it may contract with any other public or private agency or corporation to operate all or part of the transit system for the
• § 70076 — Marin County Ordinance 617 (Merit System Ordinance) as amended or hereafter amended shall be applicable to all personnel of the district, except to the extent the provisions of such ordinance are in c
• § 70077 — 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
• § 70078 — The auditor shall provide the board with an annual audit of all books and accounts of the district.
• § 70079 — Payment of demands against the district and disbursement of district funds shall be in the manner provided for demands against a county and disbursements of funds of a county.
• § 70085 — All meetings of the board shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the Ralph M.
• § 70086 — A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
• § 70087 — The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and board members shall be allowed necessary traveling and personal expenses incurred in performance of duties authorized by the board.
• § 70088 — The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution or ordinance.
• § 70089 — The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it ordained by the board of directors of the Marin County Transit District.
• § 70095 — The board may 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 the
• § 701 — The commission may supervise and regulate every public utility in the State and may do all things, whether specifically designated in this part or in addition thereto, which are necessary and convenie
• § 701.1 — (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that, in addition to other ratepayer protection objectives, a principal goal of electric and natural gas utilities’ resource planning and investment shall be
• § 701.10 — The policy of the State of California is that rates and charges established by the commission for water service provided by water corporations shall do all of the following: (a) Provide revenues and e
• § 701.3 — Until the commission completes an electric generation procurement methodology that values the environmental and diversity costs and benefits associated with various generation technologies, the commis
• § 701.4 — It is the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature that state and municipal electric resource acquisition programs recognize and include a value for the resource diversity provided by ren
• § 701.5 — With respect to financing arrangements which are established after January 1, 1988, no electrical, gas, or telephone corporation, whose rates are set by the commission on a cost-of-service basis, shal
• § 701.6 — (a) The commission may authorize gas and electrical corporations to include in ratepayer-supported research and development programs, activities that relate to improving the energy efficiency of manuf
• § 701.8 — (a) To ensure that electrical corporations do not operate their transmission and distribution monopolies in a manner that impedes the ability of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART
• § 70120 — 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
• § 70121 — (a) A contract or agreement shall not be made, or assumed, with any labor organization, association, group, or individual that denies membership to, or in any manner discriminates against, any employe
• § 70122 — 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
• § 70123 — 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
• § 70124 — 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
• § 70125 — Notwithstanding any provision of the Government Code, employees of this district may authorize and, upon that authorization, the district may make deductions from their wages and salaries as follows:
• § 70126 — 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
• § 70127 — The district may provide for a retirement system; provided, that the adoption, terms and conditions of any retirement system covering employees of the district represented by a labor organization in a
• § 70128 — The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the district and its employees under Title II of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended, and the related provisions o
• § 70129 — The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the district and its employees under the workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation disability and unemployment insu
• § 70130 — The Marin County Employees Retirement System and the laws relating thereto or as hereafter amended shall be applicable to the officers and employees of the district, except as otherwise provided in Ch
• § 70160 — The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
• § 70161 — 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.
• § 70162 — 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.
• § 70165 — 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
• § 70166 — 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
• § 70175 — 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
• § 70176 — Exercise of the powers provided under Section 70175 shall be undertaken in the same manner and pursuant to the same procedures as in the exercise of like powers by the County of Marin, except as may o
• § 70180 — 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 con
• § 70181 — 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
• § 70183 — 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
• § 70184 — 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
• § 70185 — 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
• § 70186 — The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable.
• § 70187 — The district shall be subject to the provisions of Division 14.
• § 702 — Every public utility shall obey and comply with every order, decision, direction, or rule made or prescribed by the commission in the matters specified in this part, or any other matter in any way rel
• § 70200 — The district shall have the power to obtain temporary transfers of funds in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 31, Article IV of the State Constitution.
• § 70201 — 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
• § 70210 — 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.
• § 70210.5 — The maximum tax rate set forth in Section 70210 may be increased to an amount approved by a majority of the electors of the district voting at a special election called for such purpose.
• § 70211 — 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
• § 70212 — The board shall, in addition to the general tax levy as set forth in Section 70210, levy and collect annually until the district’s bonds are paid, or until there is a sum in the treasury of the distri
• § 70213 — 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.
• § 70214 — 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
• § 70215 — 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
• § 70216 — The board shall on or before the first day of September fix the rate of taxes, designating the number of cents upon each one hundred dollars ($100) using as a basis the value of property transmitted t
• § 70217 — 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.
• § 70218 — The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes.
• § 70219 — 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
• § 70220 — All taxes levied under this part are a lien on the property on which they are levied.
• § 70223 — A retail transactions and use tax ordinance may be adopted by the board in accordance with Part 1.
• § 70223.1 — Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing not less than 180 days after adoption of the ordinance.
• § 70223.2 — The district may contract with the State Board of Equalization for its service in the preparations necessary to administer a transactions and use tax ordinance.
• § 70223.3 — Prior to the operative date of the transactions and use tax ordinance, the district shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all functions incident to the administration and oper