Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

The commission shall issue a certificate pursuant to this article to every passenger stage corporation which conducts intrastate passenger transportation service pursuant to federal operating authority, to the extent that regulation of these operations is not preempted by the fed…

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 the foregoing, contracts and stipulations to indemnify and save harmless, to empl…

The district may contract with any department or agency of the United States of America, with any public agency, or with any person upon such terms and conditions as the board finds is for the best interest of the district. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)

(a) The purchase of all supplies, equipment, and materials, when the expenditure required exceeds one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), shall be by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder, or, in the district’s discretion, to the responsible bidder who submitted a …

If, after rejecting bids received under Section 103222, 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 be purchased at a lower price in the open market, the board may proceed to purchase…

The district may insure against any accident or destruction of the system or any part thereof. The district may insure against loss of revenues from any cause whatsoever. It may provide, in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of any bonds, for the carrying of insurance in su…

The district may contract for the services of independent contractors. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)

The commission, in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred upon it by the Constitution of this State and by this part, may grant certificates of public convenience and necessity, make decisions and orders, and prescribe rules affecting passenger stage corporations, notwithstan…

(a) The commission may, at any time for good cause, suspend an operating right acquired by virtue of operations conducted on July 29, 1927, or a certificate of public convenience and necessity and, upon notice to the holder and opportunity to be heard, revoke, alter, or amend the…

(a) Upon receipt of a written recommendation from the Department of the California Highway Patrol that the certificate of a passenger stage corporation be suspended either (1) for failure to maintain any vehicle used in transportation for compensation in a safe operating conditio…

(a) Upon receipt of a stop order issued by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Section 3710.1 of the Labor Code, the commission shall investigate to determine whether the passenger stage corporation has filed a false statement relative to workers’ compensation insura…

When a complaint has been filed with the commission alleging that any passenger stage is being operated without a certificate of public convenience and necessity, contrary to or in violation of the provisions of this part, the commission may, with or without notice, make its orde…

Every corporation or person who knowingly and willfully issues, publishes, or affixes, or causes or permits the issuance, publishing, or affixing, of any oral or written advertisement, broadcast, or other holding out to the public, or any portion thereof, that the corporation or …

Whether or not any stage, auto stage, or other motor vehicle is being, or is proposed to be operated as a passenger stage corporation “between fixed termini or over a regular route” within the meaning of this part is a question of fact, and the finding of the commission thereon i…

(a) Each application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity made under this article shall be accompanied by a fee of five hundred dollars ($500), unless the applicant is already operating in the immediate vicinity under the jurisdiction of the commission. (b) No ce…

Every passenger stage corporation which violates any provision of this article, or aids or abets, or without being present advises or encourages any person or corporation in such violation, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, if a person, shall be punished by…

The interior of every passenger stage operated for hire in this State shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1007.)

A passenger stage corporation shall not operate any motor vehicle on a public highway unless there is displayed on the vehicle a distinctive identifying symbol in the form prescribed by the commission, showing the classification to which the vehicle belongs. The identifying symbo…

In every written or oral advertisement of the service it offers, every passenger stage corporation shall state the number of its certificate or identifying symbol, as specified by the commission. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 382, Sec. 3.)

The commission shall, in issuing a certificate pursuant to this article, require the passenger stage corporation to procure, and to continue in effect during the life of the certificate, adequate protection against liability imposed by law upon the corporation for the payment of …

It is unlawful for the owner of a passenger stage employing or otherwise directing the driver of the passenger stage to permit the operation of the passenger stage upon any public highway for compensation without first having obtained from the commission a certificate pursuant to…

(a) Every passenger stage corporation shall furnish the commission annually with a list, prepared under oath, of all vehicles used in transportation for compensation during the preceding year. This list shall include and identify each modified limousine and the terminal location …

Not later than January 1, 2015, the commission shall provide the Department of the California Highway Patrol with a list of each passenger stage corporation’s modified limousines and their terminal locations in order for the department to promulgate regulations pursuant to Sectio…

Every passenger stage corporation earning over three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) in annual gross operating revenue shall, under oath, file annually a report indicating the number, classification, and compensation of all employees and owner-operator drivers hired or …

When the executive director of the commission determines that any passenger stage corporation, or any officer, director, or agent of any passenger stage corporation, has engaged in, is engaged in, or is about to engage in, any acts or practices in violation of this chapter, or an…

After the cancellation or revocation of a certificate, or during the period of its suspension, it is unlawful for a passenger stage corporation to conduct any operations as a carrier. The commission may either grant or deny an application for a new certificate whenever it appears…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Bus” means a vehicle designed, used, or maintained for carrying more than 10 persons, including the driver, which is used to transport persons for compensation or profit. (2) “Limousine” means…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the creation of the district may adversely affect the collective bargaining rights, wages, benefits, and employment opportunities of employees of the district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 1…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 105140), in order to protect and preserve the collective bargaining rights of employees of the district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Cod…

For a period of four years, commencing with the district’s decision to commence rail service as provided in Section 105151, or until the expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement, whichever is later, employees of the district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commenci…

The district shall recognize and bargain with, as the accredited representative of the employees within the collective bargaining units set forth in Section 105151, the accredited collective bargaining representatives that represent the same or similar bargaining units within the…

Employees of the district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code who transfer to the district and into a collective bargaining unit set forth in Section 105151, shall be credited with any accrued seniority earn…

To facilitate implementation of the employee rights enumerated in this section, the district and the district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code may engage in joint collective bargaining with the accredited…

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 existence of the corporation or utility, and operates the facilities itself, to th…

(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 the corporation or operates the facilities itself, that has a pension plan in op…

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 corporation or utility, by whatever name, as a separate, legal corporate entity, t…

(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 collective bargaining agreement and this section. (b) The pension plan and the funds…

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. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

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.” (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

The board shall provide that both the district and the members shall contribute to the retirement system. Based on tables and assumptions adopted by the board, it shall fix the rates of contributions by officers and employees of the district who are members of the retirement syst…

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 compensation due such members. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

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 the district. Prior service or other liabilities of the district may be met by a…

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, that the board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which a member, whose d…

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 any member of the retirement system, whether in the actual possession of such per…

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 entitled to a retirement allowance or benefit under this chapter, authorizing t…

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 1.1 (commencing with Section 53212) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. (Added by…