Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

The High-Speed Rail Property Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury for the deposit of revenue received from the sale, lease, or grant of any interest in or use of real property owned or managed by the High-Speed Rail Authority. Revenues in the fund shall be available to th…

Except as otherwise provided in this part, the powers of the district shall be exercised by the board. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)

A district has perpetual succession. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)

A district may do all of the following: (a) Sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction. (b) Adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure. (c) Provide and maintain public airports, spaceports,…

(a) The board of directors may, from time to time, cause to be sold or leased property of the district which in its opinion is not needed for the district’s affairs. (b) Such sales, at the discretion of the board of directors, may be on time, provided at least 20 percent of the t…

A district may also: (a) Employ legal counsel, in addition to its district counsel, and provide all necessary custodians, employees, engineers, and attendants for the proper maintenance of the property of the district and the conduct of the affairs of the district, for any of its…

The board shall make all rules governing the use of the airports and spaceports, landing places for aerial traffic, and other aerial facilities of the district that the board determines to be necessary. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 191, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)

The board may charge and collect fees, tolls, and rentals for the use of all or a part of the aerial facilities of the district in such amounts and at such rates as, so far as possible, will produce revenues sufficient to pay the operating expenses of the district, provide for re…

(a) The district may issue temporary negotiable notes bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 8 percent per annum. However, these notes shall be general obligations of the district payable from revenues and taxes, unless paid from other available funds of the district, in the sa…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 22557, the Big Bear Airport District may issue temporary negotiable notes bearing interest at a rate not exceeding the maximum rate permitted pursuant to Section 53531 of the Government Code. These notes shall be general obligations of the district pay…

In addition to all other powers authorized by this part, the Santa Maria Public Airport District may do both of the following: (a) Employ airport police officers in accordance with subdivision (d) of Section 830.33 of the Penal Code. (b) Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Sec…

The board may by resolution change the name of the district. Certified copies of such resolution shall be recorded in each county within which some portion of the territory of the district is situated and shall be transmitted to the Secretary of State and to the clerk of each suc…

The Legislature, by the enactment of this chapter, intends the additional funds provided government agencies by this chapter to supplement existing local revenues being used for transportation purposes. The government agencies shall maintain their existing commitment of local fun…

The commission may levy a retail transactions and use tax applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the county in accordance with this chapter and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. The ordinance shall only…

(a) The commission, 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, and shall set a term during which the tax will be imposed. (b) The purposes for which…

(a) The county shall conduct an election called by the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 240301. (b) The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as provided by law for the conduct of elections by a county. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 270, Sec. 2. Effective…

(a) Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 120 days after adoption of the ordinance. (b) Prior to the operative date of the ordinance, the commission shall cont…

The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be allocated by the commission for transportation purposes consistent with the adopted regional transportation improvement program and the regional transportation plan. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 270, Sec. 2. Effe…

(a) The commission, subject to the approval of the voters, may impose a maximum tax rate of 1.5 percent under this division and the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code). The commission shall only lev…

Any increase or reduction in the tax rate adopted pursuant to Section 240306 or 240307 shall become effective on the first day of the calendar quarter which commences at least 120 days following the date of the commission’s vote approving the increased or reduced rate. (Added by …

(a) If requested to do so by the commission in its resolution calling for an election, the board of supervisors, as part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, may seek authorization to issue bonds for capital outlay expenditures…

(a) The bonds authorized by the voters concurrently with the approval of the retail transactions and use tax may be issued at any time by the commission and shall be payable from the proceeds of the tax. The bonds shall be referred to as “limited tax bonds.” The bonds may be secu…

Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time by a two-thirds vote of the commission. Each resolution shall provide for the issuance of bonds in the amounts as may be necessary, until the full amount of bonds authorized have been issued. The full …

(a) A resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds shall state all of the following: (1) The purposes for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include all costs and estimated costs incidental to, or connected with, the accomplishment of those purposes, including, …

The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding the maximum allowable by law, payable at intervals determined by the commission, except that the first interest payable on the bonds, or any series thereof, may be for any period not exceeding one year, as determined …

In the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, the commission may also provide for the call and redemption of the bonds prior to maturity at the times and prices and upon other terms as specified. However, no bond is subject to call or redemption prior to maturity, unle…

The principal of, and interest on, the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer of the commission, or at other places as may be designated, or at both the office and other places at the option of the holders of the bonds. (Added b…

The bonds, or each series thereof, shall be dated and numbered consecutively and shall be signed by the chairperson or vice chairperson of the commission and the auditor-controller of the commission, and the official seal, if any, of the commission shall be attached. The interest…

The bonds may be sold as the commission determines by resolution, and the bonds may be sold at a price below par, whether by negotiated or public sale. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 270, Sec. 2. Effective July 28, 1987.)

Delivery of any bonds may be made at any place either inside or outside the state, and the purchase price may be received in cash or bank credits. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 270, Sec. 2. Effective July 28, 1987.)

All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of the bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds, and the remainder of the proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the treasury of the commission and applied…

(a) The commission may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the commission upon the terms, at the times and in the manner which it determines. (b) Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to p…

(a) The commission may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized pursuant to this chapter, but which have not been sold or delivered, and may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes therefor and may renew the bond anticipation notes from time t…

Any bonds issued under this chapter are legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and trust companies; and for state school funds; and whenever any money or funds may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be invested…

Any action or proceeding 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 proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned, or denied, shall be commence…

The commission has no power to impose any tax other than the transactions and use tax imposed upon approval of the voters in accordance with this division. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 270, Sec. 2. Effective July 28, 1987.)

Any owner or operator who knowingly refuses or fails to make any report of an accident as required in Article 1 (commencing with Section 24300) of Chapter 3 of this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000…

Any owner or operator who knowingly makes a false statement or representation of a material fact in a report to or written instrument filed with the department shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor m…

Any owner or operator who refuses or fails to comply with the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 24325) of Chapter 3 of this part or of Section 24360, and who without compliance with such provisions operates any aircraft in this state or knowingly permits any aircra…

Every person permitting another person to operate an aircraft under the terms of any rental agreement which provides for any remuneration for the use of such aircraft who fails to comply with Section 24362 is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not less than tw…

(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, the transit board, after determining pursuant to Section 25052 that the labor organization represents the…

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 Service for disposition. The State Conciliation Service shall promptly hold a pu…

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 facilities, all of the employees of such public utility whose duties pertain to the…

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, members and beneficiaries of such pension plan shall continue to have the rights, priv…

The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in Section 25054 and the benefits which are provided shall be specified in the agreement or order by which any public utility is acquired by the district. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)

All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public utility and all persons entitled to pension benefits under any pension plan of such acquired public utility may become members or receive pensions under the retirement system established by the district as provided …