Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the County of Los Angeles may be adopted by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission in accordance with Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the …

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) In authorizing the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to impose a transaction and use tax pursuant to Section 130350.5, the Legislature intends for the net revenues derived from the tax to be…

(a) In addition to any other tax that it is authorized by law to impose, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) may impose, in compliance with subdivision (b), a transactions and use tax at a rate of 0.5 percent that is applicable in the incorporated a…

(a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), in addition to any other tax it is authorized to impose or has imposed, may impose a transactions and use tax, for a period to be determined by the MTA, that is applicable in the incorporated and unincorporat…

The County of Los Angeles shall conduct the special election called by the commission pursuant to Section 130350, and the commission shall reimburse the county for its cost in conducting the special election. The special election shall be called and conducted in the same manner a…

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. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)

Repeal of the transactions and use tax ordinance shall not be operative earlier than the first day of the first calendar quarter following the adoption of the ordinance of repeal. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)

The revenues received by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission from the imposition of the transactions and use taxes shall be used for public transit purposes. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)

Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this article or any of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned, or denied, shall be commenced within 90 days after the date this se…

A district may borrow money and incur or assume indebtedness, and issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

A district may refund or retire any of its existing or assumed indebtedness. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

No district shall incur any funded indebtedness which in the aggregate exceeds 20 percent of the assessed valuation of all real and personal property situated within the district. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

The board of directors or other officers of the district may not incur any debt or liability, either by issuing bonds or otherwise, in excess of the express provisions of this division. Any debt or liability incurred in excess of those express provisions is absolutely void, excep…

A district may issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring or constructing any waterworks necessary or proper for carrying out the objects and purposes of the district, in like manner as other bonds are authorized to be issued under this division, and may pledge the revenue, income,…

Notwithstanding any provision of this division limiting the amount of indebtedness which may be incurred by it, in order to repair and replace structures and equipment impaired or destroyed or both by flood, fire, earthquake, or other catastrophe, upon the unanimous vote of its b…

A district may refinance any indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 16576 by borrowing from the United States or any of its agencies and issuing in connection therewith evidences of indebtedness in the form and upon the terms required by the United States or its agency. The su…

A district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this division requiring approval of indebtedness, contributions or loans from the United States, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, for the purpose of financing the construction, maintenance,…

A district may contract with any state agency to finance any district improvement authorized by Section 16461 that is related to the provision of water for human consumption. The terms of the contract shall be consistent with this chapter. Notwithstanding any other provision in t…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a public utility, other than a common carrier by railroad subject to Part A of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. Sec. 10101 et seq.), shall not sell, lease, assign, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of, or encumber the whole or any par…

No public utility, and no subsidiary or affiliate of, or corporation holding a controlling interest in, a public utility, shall purchase or acquire, take or hold, any part of the capital stock of any other public utility, organized or existing under or by virtue of the laws of th…

(a) This article does not apply to any person or corporation which transacts no business subject to regulation under this part, except performing services or delivering commodities for or to public utilities or municipal corporations or other public agencies primarily for resale …

For a water or sewer system corporation or an entity merging with or acquiring control of a water or sewer system corporation with less than 2,000 service connections, the following shall apply to transactions valued at five million dollars ($5,000,000) or less, notwithstanding S…

(a) A person or corporation, whether or not organized under the laws of this state, shall not directly or indirectly merge, acquire, or control, including pursuant to a change in control as described in subparagraphs (D) or (E) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 854.2…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California’s electric and gas utilities provide essential services to California residents and businesses, which are necessary to maintaining the vitality of California’s economy. (2) Consistent with Sections 913.4,…

(a) For purposes of this section, a “nonstate entity” means a company, corporation, partnership, firm, or other entity or group of entities, whether organized for profit or not for profit. (b) The commission, by order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action, shall not esta…

Every officer, agent, or employee of a public utility, or of a subsidiary or affiliate of, or a corporation holding a controlling interest in, a public utility, and every other person subject to the requirements of this article, who violates or fails to comply with, or procures, …

(a) A public utility that owns real property acquired for purposes of obtaining a utility right-of-way, may lease that property to a governmental entity for purposes of a public park, if the utility retains the use of the right-of-way for public utility purposes. (b) In determini…

Interest earned on funds allocated pursuant to this chapter shall be expended only for those purposes for which the funds were allocated. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1348.)

Notwithstanding Sections 99232, 99233, and 99301, the Orange County Transportation Commission may direct the transportation planning agency to allocate interest accruing from money retained for the development of transit in the local transportation fund of the County of Orange, t…

Interest accruing pursuant to Section 99301.5 shall continue to be allocated under that section for as long as there is a balance of money retained for the development of transit in the local transportation fund of the County of Orange. For this purpose, the amount of the balance…

Notwithstanding the fact that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is not required to adopt a regional transportation plan until June 30, 1973, for the region comprised of the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo…

Before the Orange County Transit District may expend any of its allocation it has retained for the development of rapid transit for purposes other than such development, the Orange County Transportation Commission shall make a determination that the funds are not required for any…

Not less than 75 percent of the unallocated apportionment, as of June 30, 1978, and each June 30th thereafter, for the cities, and that portion of the County of San Diego, under the jurisdiction of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board shall be available to the boa…

Notwithstanding Section 29530 of the Government Code, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission shall, if an unallocated apportionment has been set aside for an operator for specific future expenditures, also set aside annually the interest earned on the unallocated apportionmen…

All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which are not provided for by this part shall be provided for by the board. The powers vested in the board by this part shall be deemed to be inclusive but not exclusive. (Added by Stats…

The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated or controlled by the district, including the fixing of rates, rentals, charges and classifications, and the making and enforcement of regulations, contracts, practices, and schedules for, or in conne…

The board may either itself operate the transit system, or any part thereof, or it may contract with any other public or private agency or corporation to operate all, or any part, of the transit system for the district, or it may contract with any other public or private agency o…

The board may contract with the governing body of any school district, and the governing board of any school district may contract with the board, for the transportation by any transit facility of the transit district of any pupils in attendance at any school maintained and opera…

The board may, from time to time, contract for or employ any professional service required by the district and may, from time to time, contract for or employ any other person necessary to perform any other work or service which cannot be satisfactorily performed by the regular em…

The board 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, acquisition, construction, or operation of public transportation services, and may en…

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, acquisition, construction, or operation of public transit systems, and may enter i…

(a) Not later than February 1, 1980, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, in cooperation with all the transit operators in the County of Los Angeles, shall prepare and submit, for public review and comments, proposed rules and regulations for the resolution of transi…

The rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Criteria to determine the definition and validity of a transit service dispute. (b) Procedures for the submission of a transit service dispute to the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission. (…

(a) The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall have sole authority to resolve any transit service dispute between transit operators in the County of Los Angeles, and its decision with respect to such a dispute shall be final and binding pursuant to the rules and regul…

Prior to January 1, 1981, only a transit service dispute submitted by a transit operator in the County of Los Angeles may be resolved by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 579.)

Receipts from the operation of a public utility shall be paid daily into the treasury of the district in a special fund set aside for such public utility. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)