Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use rights-of-way, rail lines, buslines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, parking lots, and any and all facilities necessary or convenient for transit service within or without the district, undergroun…

The district may lease, or contract for the use of, its transit facilities, or any portion thereof, to any operator, and may provide for subleases by such operator upon such terms and conditions as it deems in the public interest. The word “operator,” as used in this section, mea…

The board may contract with any public agency or person to provide transit facilities and services for the district. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)

The district may construct and operate, or acquire and operate, transit works and facilities in, under, upon, over, across, or along any state or public highway, or any stream, bay, or watercourse, or over any of the lands which are the property of the state, to the same extent t…

The district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district and any public agency or public utility operating transit facilities and may enter into agreements with any public agency or public utility operating any transit facilities, wholly…

The rates and charges, if any, for transit service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)

The district shall be subject to the provisions of Division 14.8 (commencing with Section 34500) of the Vehicle Code with respect to the operation of buses and to the rules and regulations enforceable by the Department of the California Highway Patrol pursuant to that chapter reg…

The district and any one or more school districts located within the district may enter into agreements pursuant to which school transportation equipment may be used for transit purposes within the district during any time that such equipment is not actually required for school p…

No interconnection shall be made into fixed right-of-way facilities of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District without the approval of the voters of the district at an election called for the purpose of securing such approval. Any fixed right-of-way facilities shall be …

The district shall obtain coverage for the district and its employees under the appropriate federal and state workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, and disability and unemployment insurance laws. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 866, Sec. 8. (SB 904) Effective January 1, …

In addition to the requirements of Article 1 (commencing with Section 1001) and any other provision of law, every electrical and every gas corporation proposing to construct or modify any electric or gas plant within the state, or line, or extension, which will in the case of an …

Whenever application is made to the commission for certification of an electric or gas plant, line, or extension subject to this article, the commission shall appoint a construction project board of consultants to evaluate the design, construction, project management, and economi…

(a) The construction project board of consultants shall consist of eminently qualified and highly experienced design, construction, and project management economic specialists who can, as a group or as individuals, independently and objectively address the full scope of design, c…

The members of the construction project board of consultants shall receive fees and expenses from the commission. The corporation whose project the construction project board of consultants is evaluating shall, upon demand of the commission, reimburse the commission for the amoun…

The corporation shall provide the construction project board of consultants with all information the board determines necessary for its evaluation of the project. The corporation shall provide information regarding problems and uncertainties which have been encountered during the…

The construction project board of consultants shall evaluate the design, construction, project management, and economic soundness of the project as directed by the commission, and submit an appropriate written report of its findings and recommendations to the commission and the c…

(a) For purposes of assisting the construction project board of consultants in monitoring project construction, the corporation shall submit the current design, estimate of project costs, implementation schedule, and draft construction contracts to the commission and the construc…

Throughout the design and construction process, the corporation shall submit quarterly progress reports to the commission and the construction project board of consultants on the status of the project. The corporation shall provide complete information on any major problems and d…

Upon completion of the project and commencement of operations, the construction project board of consultants shall submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the commission and the corporation. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1253, Sec. 5.)

The commission and the corporation shall give full consideration to all reports, findings, and recommendations of the construction project board of consultants and provide a public response in writing within 45 days after receiving the reports, findings, and recommendations. Copi…

No provision of this article shall be construed to relieve an electrical or gas corporation of any responsibility for the construction or modification of any electric or gas plant including ultimate costs, cost control mechanisms, schedules, and completion dates. Members of the c…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, and in addition to the requirements of Article 1 (commencing with Section 1001), an electrical corporation proposing to construct an electrical transmission line to the northwestern United States shall provide the commissio…

(a) If a new underground gas storage facility is proposed, the commission shall ensure that a risk assessment evaluating the potential impact of a leak from the facility on public and environmental health, safety, and welfare is conducted by the project proponent. Both acute and …

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 of the Federal Contributions Act, as amended. (Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 150,…

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 insurance laws of the State of California. (Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 150, Sec. …

This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1646, Sec. 2.)

(a) This chapter provides a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and is supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws. (b) The issuance of bonds and refunding bonds under this chapter need not comply with the…

The State of California does hereby pledge to, and agree with, the holders of any bonds issued under this chapter and with those parties who may enter into contracts with the commission pursuant to this chapter that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in th…

To the extent that the provisions of this chapter, with respect to the financing of transit systems or facilities, are inconsistent with the provisions of any general statute or special act or parts thereof, with respect to the financing of transit systems or facilities, the prov…

In addition to any other powers of the district to finance improvements and to provide an independent method of financing from that contained in any other sections of the California Airport District Act, subject to the provisions of this article a district may borrow money to pro…

Revenue bonds under this article shall be authorized, issued and sold under the provisions of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5, Government Code). (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 760.)

The district may provide a rapid transit system for the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage. (Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the district may operate charter bus service, subject to all of the following limitations: (1) Bus equipment that is designed solely for charter service shall not be purchased. A bus equipped with a toilet or underfloor baggage compartme…

(a) The district may acquire, construct, develop, lease, jointly develop, own, operate, maintain, control, use, jointly use, or dispose of rights-of-way, rail lines, monorails, buslines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, parking lots, air rights, land rights, devel…

The district may lease or contract for the use of its facilities, or any portion thereof, to any operator, and may provide for subleases by such operator upon such terms and conditions as it deems in the public interest. The word “operator” as used in this section means any city …

The district may construct, acquire, develop, jointly develop, maintain, operate, lease, and dispose of works and facilities in, under, upon, over, across, or along any road, street, alley, avenue, or public highway or any stream, bay, watercourse, or other public ways or waterwa…

(a) The district may enter into agreements for the joint use or joint development of any property or rights by the district and any city, public agency, or public utility operating transit facilities or nontransit facilities, or both, or any other person, firm, corporation, assoc…

The district may operate such feeder bus lines and other feeder services as necessary. (Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)

As soon as practicable after the effective date of this part, the board shall cause a preliminary report to be made as to a rapid transit service and system which shall include: (a) The estimated cost of the proposed acquisition, and construction and all incidental expenses conne…

In planning the development of a rapid transit system or any part thereof within its territory and in carrying out the provisions of Section 30001, the district may extend its studies to include any city or unincorporated area not within the territory of the district. The distric…

(a) Not later than January 10, 1974, the district shall submit to the Legislature its plan for the implementation of a rapid transit system, and the financing thereof, in the district. (b) Prior to adding any new, or extending any existing, scheduled or regularly scheduled bus se…

The district shall not exercise control over any transit facilities now or hereafter owned and operated wholly or partly within, or without, the district by any city or public agency, unless by consent of such city or public agency and upon such terms as are mutually agreed upon …

(a) The rates, fees, and charges for service or rights furnished, leased, or otherwise transferred pursuant to this part, including, but not limited to, station cost-sharing, connector fees, and land or air rights sales or leasing, shall be fixed by a vote of two-thirds of all of…

Notwithstanding Section 30638, all net income from fees, charges, rents, profits, or other net income arising from joint development of the property of the district which was acquired exclusively for the rail rapid transit system shall be used only for the following purposes: (a)…

The board of supervisors of a county, or the governing body of a city having territory located within the district may file a request for a hearing before the district board as to the reasonableness of any rates or charges fixed by the district and as to any proposal for fixing t…

Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Section 30639, the district board shall fix the time and place for hearing. The time fixed shall not be less than 15 days nor more than 60 days from the date the request is filed. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the …