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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.

• § 120481 — (a) The board, in the ordinance, shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, the tax rate or the maximum tax rate, the purposes for which the revenue derived from the tax will be used, the portio
• § 120482 — (a) The county shall conduct an election called by the board pursuant to Section 120480.
• § 120483 — (a) A transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this article shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 150 days after adoption of the ordinanc
• § 120484 — The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this article may be allocated by the board for public transit purposes consistent with the applicable regional transportation improvement program and th
• § 120485 — The board, subject to the approval of the voters within the portion of the county to which the tax would apply, may impose a maximum tax rate of one-half of 1 percent under this article and the Transa
• § 120486 — The board, as part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, may seek authorization to issue bonds payable from the proceeds of the tax.
• § 120487 — Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this article or the issuance of any bonds thereunder or any of the procee
• § 120488 — The board has no power to impose any tax other than the transactions and use tax imposed upon approval of the voters in accordance with this article.
• § 1205 — If any order of the commission provides for the payment of a portion of the cost of any such grade separation by a political subdivision without authorizing the assessment of all or any part thereof u
• § 1205.5 — (a) The commission, upon initiating a ratesetting proceeding, shall determine whether the proceeding is an exempt railroad crossing application.
• § 120500 — 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
• § 120501 — Whenever a majority of the employees employed by the board in a unit that is the appropriate unit for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by a labor organization and upon determi
• § 120502 — In case of a labor dispute over wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, and benefits on the making or maintaining of collective-bargaining agreements and the terms to be included in such agreement
• § 120503 — In the event the board and the representatives of the employees do not agree to submit the dispute to an arbitration panel as provided in Section 120502, the State Conciliation Service may be notified
• § 120504 — (a) A contract or agreement shall not be made with any labor organization, association, or group that denies membership to, or in any manner discriminates against, any employee on any basis listed in
• § 120505 — If there is a question of whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees or whether the proposed unit is the appropriate unit for collective bargaining, the question shall be submitte
• § 120506 — The obligation of the board to meet and confer in good faith with the duly certified labor organization and to agree on the terms of a written collective-bargaining agreement with such labor organizat
• § 120507 — Notwithstanding the provisions of the Government Code, employees of the board may authorize and, upon such authorization, the board may make deductions from wages and salaries of such employees: (a) P
• § 120508 — (a) This article also applies to the employee relations of employees of a nonprofit entity that operates public mass transit services and that is solely owned by the board.
• § 120509 — (a) Upon the request of the board, as defined in Section 120508, with the consent of any labor organization acting as the exclusive representative of employees whose collective bargaining rights are s
• § 12051 — The general manager shall adopt a civil service system for the selection, examination, employment, classification, advancement, suspension, and discharge of employees included in the “district civil s
• § 12052 — The general manager shall adopt rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of the civil service provisions of this division and may from time to time amend existing rules.
• § 120520 — Whenever the board acquires ownership of existing facilities from a privately or publicly owned corporation or utility, either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise and terminates the legal ex
• § 120521 — (a) Whenever the board acquires ownership of existing facilities from a privately or publicly owned corporation or public utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, and terminates
• § 120522 — Whenever the board acquires ownership of existing facilities from a privately or publicly owned corporation or public utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise and maintains the co
• § 120523 — (a) Any pension plan maintained by the board pursuant to this division for employees of the board who are members of a unit appropriate for collective bargaining shall be maintained pursuant to a coll
• § 12053 — The rules and regulations or any proposed amendments thereto shall be in writing and a copy thereof shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the office of the district and shall not become effective
• § 12054 — The civil service provisions of this chapter do not apply to any district until such time as it has operated, controlled, or used works or parts of works for the providing of any of the utility servic
• § 120540 — It shall be a condition of the operation of any transit facility owned or controlled by the board that Section 5333 of Title 49 of the United States Code shall be given effect to the extent required b
• § 12055 — The “district civil service” includes every employee of the district except all of the following: (a) Officers elected by the people.
• § 120550 — The board may establish and maintain a police force.
• § 1206 — The commission may fix the just compensation to be paid for property or any interest in or to property to be taken or damaged in the separation of grades at any crossing specified in Section 1202, or
• § 120630 — The board may issue bonds, payable from revenue of any facility or enterprise to be acquired or constructed by, or on behalf of, the board, in the manner provided by the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chap
• § 120631 — The board 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).
• § 120650 — The board may purchase transit equipment such as cars, trolley buses, motorbuses, light rail vehicles, or rolling equipment, and may execute agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates in the
• § 120651 — The agreement to purchase or lease may direct the vendor or lessor to sell and assign or lease the rolling equipment to a bank or trust company duly authorized to transact business in the state as tru
• § 120652 — The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before a person authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds and in the form required for acknowledgment of deeds.
• § 120653 — The covenants, conditions, and provisions of the agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates shall not conflict with any of the provisions of any trust agreement securing the payment of bonds
• § 120654 — An executed copy of each agreement and lease shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, who shall be entitled to receive one dollar ($1) for each copy filed.
• § 120670 — The Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code), the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets an
• § 120671 — Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 99000) of Part 11 of Division 10 is applicable to the board.
• § 120680 — The board may borrow money in accordance with Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820), Article 7.
• § 120681 — The board may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized to be issued, but which have not been sold and delivered, and may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes th
• § 1207 — Proceedings under Section 1206 may be commenced by order on the commission’s own motion or by a petition filed by the State, county, city and county, city, political subdivision, railroad corporation,
• § 120700 — The board may bring an action to determine the validity of any of its bonds, equipment trust certificates, warrants, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Se
• § 120701 — All bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued by the board under this chapter, and the interest thereon, are free and exempt from all taxation within the state, except for transfer, franchise,
• § 120702 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this division or any other law, the provisions of all ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings in the issuance by the board of any bonds, bonds with a ple
• § 1208 — Upon the filing of the petition or the making of the order on the commission’s own motion, the commission shall make its order to show cause.
• § 1209 — Personal service shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure or by depositing a copy of the order to show cause certified under seal of the commission with a copy of
• § 1210 — If any owner or claimant named in the petition or order on the commission’s own motion resides out of the State or has departed from the State or cannot after due diligence be found within the State,
• § 12101 — All appointments under the civil service system shall be made for the good of the public service and solely on the basis of integrity, character, merit, fitness, and industry as established by appropr
• § 12102 — (a) When no list of eligibles is available for a position in the class requisitioned by the department or division head, the general manager may make a noncivil service appointment thereto for a perio
• § 12102.1 — When no list of eligibles is available for a position in the class requisitioned by the department or division head, the general manager of a district which has owned and operated an electric distribu
• § 12103 — The general manager may make appointments to higher positions exclusively promotional by tests from lower ranks.
• § 12104 — Every appointee to a permanent position shall be on probation for six months, except that the general manager may establish a probationary period for up to 12 months for professional, scientific, tech
• § 1211 — Within 10 days prior to the time set for the first hearing on the petition or order on the commission’s own motion, which time shall be not less than 30 days after the filing of the petition or the ma
• § 1212 — The commission at any time subsequent to the filing of the petition, and prior to making and filing its finding of just compensation, may authorize the amendment of the petition, or in case the procee
• § 1213 — At the time and place specified in the order to show cause, or at such other time and place as, for good cause, is otherwise ordered by the commission, the commission shall proceed to a hearing upon t
• § 12131 — The incumbents of permanent positions who have held such positions for a period of at least six months continuously next preceding the time that a civil service system is first adopted shall be contin
• § 12132 — Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, whether by proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, any or all of the officers or employees of
• § 12133 — If a civil service system is adopted for a district during the period of a leave of absence granted under Section 395.
• § 12134 — Whenever a district acquires existing facilities from a public utility, whether by proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, any officer or employee of the public utility who left a permanent positi
• § 1214 — The commission shall also make its order designating the party or parties to the proceeding who shall pay the just compensation so fixed, or any portion thereof, the amounts in which it shall be paid,
• § 1215 — When the just compensation has been paid in accordance with the commission’s order, the commission shall make its final order of condemnation which shall describe the property or interest therein cond
• § 1216 — (a) The finding of the commission on the question of the necessity for the taking and the finding fixing the just compensation to be paid for any property or interest in or to property under Sections
• § 12161 — No person employed under civil service provisions of this division or of any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto in a permanent position shall be removed, discharged, or suspended except fo
• § 12162 — Removal or discharge may be made for any of the following causes: incompetence, habitual intemperance, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public, dishonesty, or inattentio
• § 12163 — The department or division head may for disciplinary purposes suspend a subordinate for a period of not exceeding 15 days and suspension shall carry with it a loss of salary for the period of suspensi
• § 12164 — Within five days after the mailing of written notice of removal, discharge, or suspension, any employee may file a written request with the general manager for an opportunity to be heard in his own de
• § 12165 — When such request is made the general manager shall immediately appoint from officers or assistant officers of the district (other than elected officials), or heads of departments or divisions, a comm
• § 12166 — The committee shall examine into the case and make such decision as it deems just and may among other things order the employee discharged, suspended, or reinstated.
• § 12167 — Nothing in the civil service provisions of this division deprives any person of his rights and remedies in a court of competent jurisdiction.
• § 1217 — The procedure provided in this chapter shall be alternative and cumulative and not exclusive to the right to pursue any other procedure providing for the acquisition under eminent domain proceedings o
• § 1218 — Nothing in this chapter shall entitle any owner or claimant of property and interest in or to property to receive damages when the right to receive such damages does not exist under the laws of this S
• § 1219 — The Legislature declares that Sections 1201 to 1205, inclusive, are enacted as germane and cognate parts of and as aids to the jurisdiction vested in the commission for the supervision, regulation, an
• § 1220 — The Legislature declares that Sections 1206 to 1218, inclusive, are enacted as a germane and cognate part of and as an aid to the jurisdiction of the commission in the supervision and regulation of ra
• § 12301 — The board may establish a retirement system for the officers, whether elective or appointive, or both, and employees of the district and provide for the payment of annuities, pensions, retirement allo
• § 12302 — 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
• § 12303 — 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
• § 12304 — 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.
• § 12305 — A district may make all or part of its officers, whether elective or appointive, or both, and employees members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System by contract entered into between the district
• § 12306 — The board may classify and determine the officers, whether elective or appointive, or both, and employees who shall be included as members in the retirement system and may change the classification fr
• § 12307 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a participant in a deferred compensation plan may also participate in the district’s retirement system, and, in ascertaining the amount of compensation of s
• § 1231 — The commission shall allocate and expend any money which may be appropriated, from the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund or any other fund, for the purposes specified herein, to c
• § 1231.1 — In each annual proposed budget prepared by the Department of Transportation under Section 165 of the Streets and Highways Code, the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be set aside for alloc
• § 1232 — At the time the commission makes each allocation under this chapter, it shall so certify to the State Controller.
• § 12331 — 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.
• § 12332 — 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.
• § 12333 — The board shall provide that both the district and the members shall contribute to the retirement system.
• § 12334 — 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
• § 12335 — 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
• § 12336 — 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
• § 12337 — 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
• § 12337.5 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12337, the retirement board may comply with and give effect to a revocable written authorization signed by a retired member or beneficiary of a retired member
• § 12338 — Nothing in this division shall prevent a district from establishing a deferred compensation plan for some or all of its officers and employees pursuant to Article 1.
• § 12361 — 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
• § 12362 — All members of the retirement board shall serve without pay.
• § 12363 — 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
• § 12364 — If the district maintains its own retirement fund, the retirement board shall have exclusive control of the administration, investment, and disbursement of the retirement fund.
• § 12365.6 — In addition to such other investments that are authorized by this article, the retirement board may, in its discretion, invest the assets of the retirement fund in deeds of trust and mortgages.
• § 12365.7 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the retirement board, or the district’s treasurer with the approval of the retirement board, may enter into security loan agreements with broke
• § 12365.8 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the retirement system may invest in any and all investments authorized by Section 1372 of the Financial Code and Section 12871 of this code.
• § 12366 — Notwithstanding Section 12364, the retirement board may contract with one or more qualified investment managers in connection with the investment program of the retirement board.
• § 12367 — The retirement board may authorize a trust company or a trust department of any state or national bank authorized to conduct the business of a trust company in this state or the Federal Reserve Bank o
• § 12368 — Funds held by a district pursuant to a written agreement between the district and the employees of the district to defer a portion of the compensation otherwise receivable by the district’s employees
• § 12391 — 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
• § 12392 — 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
• § 125000 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the “North County Transit District Act.
• § 125001 — As used in this division, “district” means the North County Transit District.
• § 125002 — It is the intent of the Legislature to improve existing public transportation coordination.
• § 125050 — There is hereby created, in that portion of the County of San Diego as described in Section 125052, the North County Transit District.
• § 125051 — Each of the governing bodies appointing a member of the board pursuant to Section 125050 shall also appoint one alternate to serve on the board when the member is not available.
• § 125052 — The area of jurisdiction of the board shall consist of the following areas: (a) The Cities of Carlsbad, Del Mar, Encinitas, Escondido, Oceanside, San Marcos, Solana Beach, and Vista and each new city
• § 125100 — The board at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the first meeting in January, shall elect a chairman who shall preside at all meetings, and a vice chairman who shall preside in his absence.
• § 125101 — The board shall establish rules for its proceedings.
• § 125102 — (a) A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
• § 125103 — The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.
• § 125104 — All meetings of the board shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by the Ralph M.
• § 125105 — The board shall: (a) Acquire, construct, maintain, and operate (or let a contract to operate) public transit systems and related facilities.
• § 125106 — Notice of time and place of the public hearing for the adoption of the annual budget shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, and shall be published not later than the 15th
• § 125107 — Each member of the board, including an alternate member appointed pursuant to Section 125051 when acting on behalf of the member, shall be paid one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for each meeting of the
• § 125200 — The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
• § 125201 — 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.
• § 125202 — All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Division 3.
• § 125220 — The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, including, but not limited to, contracts and st
• § 125221 — The district may contract with any department or agency of the federal government, any other public agency, or any person upon such terms and conditions as the district finds is in its best interest.
• § 125222 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a compelling interest exists in ensuring all federal, state, local, and private moneys available to the district are captured and used in a timely manner.
• § 125222.5 — The district shall not enter into a construction contract over one million dollars ($1,000,000) with any entity unless the entity provides to the district an enforceable commitment that the entity and
• § 125223 — (a) If, after rejecting bids received under Section 125222, the board determines and declares by a two-thirds vote of all of its members that, in its opinion, the supplies, equipment, or materials may
• § 125224 — (a) Upon determining that an immediate remedial measure to avert or alleviate damage to, or to repair or restore the damaged or destroyed property of, the district is necessary to ensure that the dist
• § 125225 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, and upon a finding by two-thirds of all members of the board that a purchase in compliance with Sections 125222 and 125223 does not constitute a me
• § 125225.1 — Notwithstanding Section 125222, the board may direct the purchase of any supplies, equipment, or materials without complying with any contracting, bidding, or advertising requirements upon a finding b
• § 125225.2 — (a) A person who submits, or who plans to submit, a proposal in response to a procurement solicitation may protest any acquisition conducted pursuant to Sections 125222 and 125223 as follows: (1) Prot
• § 125226 — The district may insure against any accident or destruction of the system or any part thereof.
• § 125227 — The district may contract for the services of independent contractors.
• § 125240 — The district may take by grant, purchase, devise, or lease, or condemn in proceedings under eminent domain, or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or
• § 125241 — The district is entitled to the benefit of any reservation or grant, in all cases, where any right has been reserved or granted to any public agency to construct or maintain roads, highways, or other
• § 125260 — The district shall plan, construct, and operate (or let a contract to operate) public transit systems in conformance with, and to the extent provided for in, the San Diego Regional Transportation Cons
• § 125350 — The district shall be deemed a provider of services within the area of its jurisdiction for purposes of Section 1604 of Title 49 of the United States Code.
• § 125351 — The district shall take all action necessary to obtain the maximum amount of funding available pursuant to Section 1602 of Title 49 of the United States Code.
• § 125352 — It is the intent of this section that the district shall file application for funds for public transportation in conformity with, and subject to the limitations set forth in, the San Diego Regional Tr
• § 125400 — The district may accept contributions, grants, or loans from any public agency or the United States or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, for the purpose of financing the planning, ac
• § 125450 — A violation of any ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted by the board relating to the nonpayment of a fare in any transit facility owned or controlled by the district shall be an infraction punishabl
• § 125451 — No person shall give, either orally or in writing, information to a public officer or employee engaged in the enforcement of this article if that person knows that the information is false.
• § 125452 — A violation of any ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted by the board prohibiting unauthorized operation or manipulation of transit facilities owned or controlled by the board, or prohibiting unautho
• § 125453 — A violation of any ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted by the board prohibiting the unauthorized entering into, climbing upon, holding onto, or in any manner attaching oneself to vehicles operated
• § 125480 — (a) A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable to the entirety of, or a portion of, the incorporated and unincorporated territory within the area of the board pursuant to Section 125052 sh
• § 125481 — (a) The board, in the ordinance, shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, the tax rate or the maximum tax rate, the purposes for which the revenue derived from the tax will be used, the portio
• § 125482 — (a) The county shall conduct an election called by the board pursuant to Section 125480.
• § 125483 — (a) A transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this article shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 150 days after adoption of the ordinanc
• § 125484 — The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this article may be allocated by the board for public transit purposes consistent with the applicable regional transportation improvement program and th
• § 125485 — The board, subject to the approval of the voters within the portion of the county to which the tax would apply, may impose a maximum tax rate of one-half of 1 percent under this article and the Transa
• § 125486 — The board, as part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, may seek authorization to issue bonds payable from the proceeds of the tax.
• § 125487 — Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this article or the issuance of any bonds thereunder or any of the procee
• § 125488 — The board has no power to impose any tax other than the transactions and use tax imposed upon approval of the voters in accordance with this article.
• § 125500 — This chapter shall become operative on the date the district first begins to operate a public transit system pursuant to Section 125105.
• § 125520 — 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
• § 125521 — Any question which may arise with respect to whether a majority of employees in an appropriate unit desire to be represented by a labor organization shall be submitted to the Public Employment Relatio
• § 125522 — Whenever a majority of the employees employed by the district in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by a labor organization and upon determining, as provi
• § 125523 — (a) A contract or agreement shall not be made with any labor organization, association, or group that denies membership on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code,
• § 125524 — If, after a reasonable period of time, representatives of the district and the accredited representatives of the employees fail to reach agreement on the terms of a written contract governing wages, h
• § 125525 — If, after a reasonable period of time, representatives of the district and the accredited representatives of the employees fail to reach agreement either on the terms of a written contract governing w
• § 125526 — If the district and the representatives of the employees do not agree to submit any dispute to arbitration as provided in Section 125525, the State Conciliation Service may be notified by either party
• § 125527 — If an exclusive collective-bargaining representative is selected pursuant to Section 125521, the provisions of Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code
• § 125540 — Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned utility, either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, to the extent necessary for operation of facilities
• § 125541 — Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, that has a pension plan in operation, members and b
• § 125550 — (a) The adoption, terms, and conditions of a pension plan covering employees of the district in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization shall be pursuant to a collective bargaining agree
• § 125551 — The district may contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, and in that case the board of administration shall enter into a contract with the district, to en
• § 125552 — All persons receiving pension benefits from an acquired public utility, and all persons entitled to pension benefits under any pension plan of the acquired public utility, may become members or receiv
• § 125560 — The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the board and its employees under Subchapter II of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended, and the related provisions
• § 125561 — The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the board and its employees under the workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, and disability and unemployment in
• § 125600 — The district may establish and maintain a police force.
• § 125700 — The district may issue bonds, payable from revenue of any facility or enterprise to be acquired or constructed by the district, in the manner provided by the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (comme
• § 125701 — 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).
• § 125702 — The district may purchase transit equipment such as cars, trolley buses, motorbuses, light rail vehicles, or rolling equipment, and may execute agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates in
• § 125703 — The agreement to purchase or lease transit equipment may direct the vendor or lessor to sell and assign or lease the transit equipment to a bank or trust company duly authorized to transact business i
• § 125704 — The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before a person authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds and in the form required for acknowledgment of deeds.
• § 125705 — The covenants, conditions, and provisions of the agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates may not conflict with any trust agreement or similar document securing the payment of bonds, notes
• § 125706 — An executed copy of each agreement and lease shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, for a fee of one dollar ($1) for each copy filed.
• § 125707 — The Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code), the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets an
• § 125708 — Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 99000) of Part 11 of Division 10 is applicable to the district.
• § 125709 — The district shall be considered a “local agency,” as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 53317 of the Government Code, and the provisions of Chapter 2.
• § 125710 — The district shall be considered to be a “local agency” as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 6585 of the Government Code, and Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of
• § 125711 — The district may borrow money in accordance with Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820), Article 7.
• § 125712 — The district may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds that have been authorized to be issued, but that have not been sold and delivered, and may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes t
• § 125713 — The district may issue negotiable promissory notes pursuant to this section to acquire funds for any district purposes.
• § 125714 — The district may bring an action to determine the validity of any of its bonds, equipment trust certificates, warrants, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with
• § 125715 — All bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued by the district under this chapter, and the interest thereon, are free and exempt from all taxation within the state, except for transfer, franchis
• § 125716 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this division or of any other law, the provisions of all ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings in the issuance by the district of any bonds, bonds with
• § 12701 — A district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
• § 12702 — A 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.
• § 12702.5 — (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), any judicial action or proceeding against a district that provides electric utility service, to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an ordinance, reso
• § 12703 — A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this division.
• § 12721 — A 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 the
• § 12722 — Neither the general manager nor any director 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 d
• § 12723 — Whenever the board, by resolution passed by a majority of its members, determines that the public interest will be served, a district constructing or operating plants and appurtenant facilities for th
• § 12751 — (a) Except as specified in Section 12751.
• § 12751.1 — Notwithstanding Section 12751, the board of a district which has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least eight years and has a population of 250,000 or more may authorize the g
• § 12751.2 — Notwithstanding Section 12751, the board of a district which has owned and operated water distribution or sewage disposal systems for at least eight years and has a population of 250,000 or more may a
• § 12751.3 — (a) The purpose of this section is to provide affected districts with an alternative acquisition process that will result in reduced costs to ratepayers.