Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

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. The resolution shall set forth and describe the boundaries of the proposed district. (Added by Stats. 1965,…

Certified copies of the resolution shall be presented to the Board of Supervisors of Santa Barbara County requesting the board of supervisors to call an election without delay for determining whether the district will be created. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)

The Board of Supervisors for the County of Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz City Council and the Capitola City Council may pass a joint resolution, declaring that in their opinion, public interest or necessity demands the creation and maintenance of the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit …

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. The resolution shall set forth and describe the boundaries of the proposed district. (Added by Stats. 1967,…

Certified copies of the resolution shall be presented to the Board of Supervisors of Santa Cruz County requesting the board of supervisors to call an election without delay for determining whether the district will be created. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)

Instead of resolutions, a petition may be presented to the board of supervisors of the county containing the largest number of voters within the proposed district, signed by voters within the proposed district equal in number to at least 10 percent of the total vote cast. (Enacte…

The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and statements required to be contained in the resolutions presented to a board of supervisors under this chapter, and declare that, in the opinion of the petitioners, public interest or necessity demands the creation…

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 the true signature of the person whose name it purports to be. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

The clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which the petition is presented shall compare the signatures to the petition with the affidavits of registration and certify to their sufficiency or insufficiency. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

The joint powers agreement, bylaws, and all rules and regulations of the San Diego Association of Governments shall be the established rules for the proceedings and administration of the commission except as provided otherwise in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec…

Meetings of the commission shall be held at least annually and as often as determined necessary by the commission. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)

The acts of the commission shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)

The commission shall expend only that amount of the funds generated pursuant to this chapter for staff support, audit, administrative expenses, and contract services that are necessary and reasonable to carry out its responsibilities pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 198…

The commission shall do all of the following: (a) Adopt an annual budget. (b) Cause a postaudit of the financial transactions and records of the commission and of all revenues expended pursuant to this chapter to be made at least annually by a certified public accountant. (c) Do …

(a) The commission shall publish, pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, notice of the time and place of the public hearing for the adoption of the annual budget not later than 15 days prior to the date of the hearing. (b) The proposed annual budget shall be available f…

The initial meeting of the commission shall be held in the City of San Diego when called by the Board of Directors of the San Diego Association of Governments in order to approve a transactions and use tax ordinance and ballot proposition and call an election in accordance with A…

The special election shall be called by ordinance by each board of supervisors. The ordinance shall specify the purpose and time of the election, establish the election precincts, and designate the polling places and the names of the election officers for each precinct. The elect…

The ordinance calling the election shall be published in the unincorporated territory pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code. If no newspaper is printed, published, and circulated in the territory, publication shall be made in a newspaper printed and published elsewhere …

Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the coun…

The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of such voters and associations of citizens, may file a …

If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters. In selecting the…

The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the district formation question. The ballot pamphlet shall contain the followin…

The election shall be held and conducted, the returns canvassed, and the result declared by the board of supervisors in the manner provided by general law for such elections in the particulars in which provision is made therefor, and in all other respects in the manner provided b…

The proposition submitted at the election shall be stated upon the ballot substantially as follows: “Shall ________ public utility district (naming it) be organized pursuant to Division 7 of the Public Utilities Code. Yes ◻ No ◻” (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

Within five days after the result of the election is declared, and the order is made where required, the chairman of the board of supervisors of each county in which the election is held shall make and execute a certificate, signed by him as such official and authenticated under …

Written protests or objections to the formation of the district or to its extent within the county may be filed in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors of any affected county at any time prior to the hour fixed for the hearing. At the hearing the board of superviso…

The board of supervisors of each affected county shall hold a public hearing to consider the objections or protests at the time fixed for the hearing. The hearing may be continued by order of the board of supervisors entered on its minutes. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)

Each board of supervisors may overrule any protests or objections filed with it. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)

The board of supervisors of each affected county may exclude any territory within the county that in its opinion will not be benefited by inclusion in the district. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)

Instead of a resolution, a petition may be presented to the board of supervisors signed by voters within the proposed district equal in number to at least 25 percent of the total vote cast at the last general election. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 839.)

The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and statements required to be contained in the resolution presented to the board of supervisors under this chapter, including the description of the boundaries, and declare that, in the opinion of the petitioners, pub…

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 it purports to be. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 839.)

The County Elections Official of the County of San Joaquin shall compare the signatures to the petition with the affidavits of registration and certify to their sufficiency or insufficiency. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 107. Effective January 1, 2003.)

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 any rights under the franchise, for transmitting and distributing the utility ser…

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 in such a franchise shall be construed to contract away, modify or abridge either…

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 necessary publication and any other sum paid by it to the municipality therefor at the t…

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 full force and effect until, with the consent of the Public Utilities Commissio…

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; every oil franchise so granted confers upon the grantee thereof the right to use, o…

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 election. (Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 92.)

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 opinion of the petitioners, public interest or necessity demands the creation a…

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 it purports to be. (Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 92.)

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. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 109. Effective January 1, 2003.)

If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition in the City of San Diego and a majority of the electors in the other section specified in Section 90050 vote in favor of the creation and establishment of the district, the board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy o…

Instead of a resolution, a petition may be presented to the board of supervisors signed by voters within the proposed district equal in number to at least 25 percent of the total vote cast at the last general election. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)

The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and statements required to be contained in the resolution presented to the board of supervisors under this chapter, including the description of the boundaries, and declare that, in the opinion of the petitioners, pub…

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 it purports to be. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)