Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

The VTA may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 34. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)

All claims for money or damages against the VTA are governed by Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 35. (A…

(a) The VTA shall not levy any tax pursuant to Section 100250 unless approved by the electors voting on the measure in accordance with Article XIII C of the California Constitution at a special election called for that purpose by the board of directors. (b) Whenever a bond electi…

Except as otherwise provided in this part, VTA elections shall be called, held, and conducted as provided by the Uniform District Election Law. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 37. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)

The VTA may exercise any and all powers granted by any other law that, by its terms, is applicable to transit districts generally, to public agencies generally, or to any classification of districts or public agencies that includes an entity of the type provided for in this part,…

(a) The VTA may administer and implement any adopted countywide transportation expenditure plan funded in an amount greater than 50 percent from revenues derived from a retail transaction and use tax, if so designated in the plan or if the VTA and the entity that imposes the tax …

(a) The commission, as a basis for granting any certificate pursuant to Section 1001 shall give consideration to the following factors: (1) Community values. (2) Recreational and park areas. (3) Historical and aesthetic values. (4) Influence on environment, except that in the cas…

(a) The commission may, by resolution, adopt successor guidelines to the commission’s Guidelines for Energy Project Applications Requiring CEQA Compliance: Pre-filing and Proponent’s Environmental Assessments (November 2019) at a publicly noticed meeting to address its receipt an…

In issuing a certificate of convenience and necessity for additional natural gas pipeline capacity proposed for construction within this state, the commission shall consider the state’s need to provide sufficient and competitively priced natural gas supplies for both present and …

Every electrical and every gas corporation submitting an application to the commission for a certificate authorizing the new construction of any electric plant, line, or extension, or gas plant, line, or extension, not subject to the provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Secti…

Every electrical and gas corporation submitting an application to the commission for a certificate authorizing the new construction of an electric plant, line, or extension, or gas plant, line, or extension, which is subject to the provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section…

Before any certificate may issue, under this article, a certified copy of its articles of incorporation or charter, if the applicant is a corporation, shall be filed in the office of the commission. Every applicant for a certificate shall file in the office of the commission such…

(a) The commission may, with or without hearing, issue the certificate as prayed for, or refuse to issue it, or issue it for the construction of a portion only of the contemplated street railroad line, plant, or system, or extension thereof, or for the partial exercise only of th…

(a) The commission shall issue a decision on an application for a certificate within 18 months of the date of filing of the completed application, when all of the following are true: (1) The application is for a certificate for building or upgrading an electrical transmission lin…

(a) Whenever the commission issues to an electrical or gas corporation a certificate authorizing the new construction of any addition to or extension of the corporation’s plant estimated to cost greater than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), the commission shall specify in the…

When a complaint has been filed with the commission alleging that a public utility of the class specified in Section 1001 is engaged or is about to engage in construction work without having secured from the commission a certificate of public convenience and necessity as required…

The commission may, after notice and hearing, prior to authorizing any water or sewer system corporation having annual gross operating revenues under two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to construct, operate, acquire, expand, or improve its line, plant, or system, prescribe, …

No corporation or person shall begin to operate or cause to be operated any vessel for the transportation of persons or property, for compensation, between points in this state, without first having obtained from the commission a certificate declaring that public convenience and …

The commission, in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred upon it by the Constitution of the state and by this part, and consistent with Section 9 of Article I of the California Constitution and Section 10 of Article I of the United States Constitution, may grant certificates…

Any municipal corporation or port district operating or maintaining a port may apply to the commission for the issuance of a certificate of convenience and necessity to require any person or corporation operating vessels between points in this State, to serve that port. The commi…

Any right, privilege, franchise, or permit held, owned or obtained by any person or corporation for the operation of vessels between points in this State may be sold, assigned, leased, transferred, or inherited as other property, only upon authorization by the commission. The com…

The provisions of this article are enacted under the State’s reserved power over public utilities or corporations, or both, as the case may be, for the purpose of acting on the right of the grantee of a public utility franchise granted by a city, county, or city and county, to ex…

The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1161.)

Except as otherwise provided by law, the district may sue and be sued in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1161.)

The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this part. In the exercise of such power, in addition to the damage for the taking, injury, or destruction of property, the district shall a…

No action in eminent domain to acquire property, or any interest therein, shall be commenced unless the legislative body of the city, as to property which is located within such city, or the board of supervisors, as to property which is located within the unincorporated territory…

No such taking or acquisition by the district which would involve the abandonment, removal, relocation, or use of the property of a railroad corporation, as defined in Section 230, shall be permitted, unless the Public Utilities Commission, after hearing, shall find and determine…

(a) The commission may by rule or order, partially or completely exempt certain telecommunications services offered by telephone and telegraph corporations from the certification requirements of Section 1001 and instead subject them to registration as the commission may determine…

The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1374.)

The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1374.)

All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1374.)

Subject to the provisions of Article 7 (commencing with Section 102330) or Article 8 (commencing with Section 102350) of this chapter, the district may levy, and collect, or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose, as provided by law. (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 948.…

Except as otherwise provided in this part, district elections shall be called, held, and conducted as provided by law for county elections. Except in cases of emergency or compelling public need, as determined by the district, district elections, including those held pursuant to …

(a) The district shall annually submit its tentative or proposed budget to the legislative body of each voting entity, within the time and in the manner required in this section. (b) The tentative or proposed budget and the final adopted budget shall, at a minimum, include the fo…

The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)

The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)

All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)

The district may levy and collect, or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose, as provided by law. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)

Except as otherwise provided in this part, district elections shall be called, held, and conducted as provided by law for county elections. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)

Except as otherwise provided in this article and in Article 2 (commencing with Section 105150), the determination of questions concerning employee representation and the conduct of employee-employer relations within the district shall be governed by the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (C…

Except as otherwise provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 105150), whenever a majority of the employees employed by the district in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by a labor organization, and upon determining that the lab…

(a) If, after a reasonable period of time, representatives of the district and the accredited representatives of the employees fail to reach agreement either on the terms of a written contract governing wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment or the interpretat…

The district may contract for management services with any public agency or person and may contract for operations and maintenance services with the district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code. However, the…

Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities as permitted under the Federal Labor Management Relations Act, 194…

Whenever a majority of the employees employed by the board in a unit that is the appropriate unit for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by a labor organization and upon determining as provided in Section 120505, that such labor organization represents the …

In case of a labor dispute over wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, and benefits on the making or maintaining of collective-bargaining agreements and the terms to be included in such agreements, which is not resolved by negotiations in good faith between the board and the…