Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

(a) The board may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the VTA under this chapter upon the terms, at the times, and in the manner that it determines. Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient 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; for state school funds; and, whenever any money or funds may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be invested in…

The board may change the purposes for which any proposed debt is to be incurred, the estimated cost, the amount of bonded debt to be incurred, or the boundaries of the benefit district or zones, if any, therein or one or all of those matters, except that the board shall not chang…

(a) The board shall not change the purposes, the estimated cost, the boundaries of the benefit district or zones, if any, therein, or the amount of bonded debt to be incurred until after it gives notice of its intention to do so, stating each proposed change in the purpose and st…

At the time and place fixed for a hearing on changes, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing. At the hearing, interested persons may appear and present matters material to the changes set forth in the notice. At the co…

All decisions and determinations of the board, upon notice and hearing, are final and conclusive upon all persons entitled to appeal to the board as to all errors, informalities, and irregularities which the board might have avoided or remedied during the progress of the proceedi…

Any action or proceeding which contests, questions, or denies the validity or legality of the formation of any benefit district or zone, the issuance of any bonds therefor pursuant to this chapter, or any proceedings relating thereto, shall be commenced within six months from the…

When the board has imposed a special benefit assessment, the secretary shall so certify to the assessor of the county in which the territory of any benefit district is located and deliver to the assessor copies of all maps and diagrams of the benefit district and zones, if any, t…

In the event of conflict with any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail with respect to benefit districts within the boundaries of the VTA. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 120. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the VTA shall not pledge any portion of its general fund revenues to pay any part of any bonded indebtedness incurred under this chapter unless required by provisions of the California Constitution. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch.…

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 for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or pr…

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, the district, upon determining as provided in Section 101344 that the labor organization represents the emplo…

In the event the board and the representatives of the employees do not agree to submit the dispute to an arbitration board as provided in Section 101341, the State Conciliation Service may be notified by either party that a dispute exists and that there is no agreement to arbitra…

(a) A contract or agreement shall not be made, or assumed under this part, with any labor organization, association, or group that denies membership to, or in any manner discriminates against, any employee on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government …

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 the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, the district shall assume and observe all existing labor contracts. To the extent necessary for operation of facilities, all…

The district shall not acquire any existing system or part thereof whether by purchase, lease, condemnation, or otherwise, nor shall the district dispose of or lease any transit system or part thereof, nor merge, consolidate, or coordinate any transit system or part thereof, or r…

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Government Code, employees of the district may authorize and, upon such authorization, the district shall make deductions from wages and salaries of such employees: (a) Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement with a duly designated or c…

The obligation of the district to bargain in good faith with a duly designated or certified labor organization and to execute a written collective bargaining agreement with such labor organization covering the wages, hours, and working conditions of the employees represented by s…

If the district operates no rail transit facilities, the board may call an election at any time for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether the district shall be dissolved. Upon the filing with the secretary of the district of a petition si…

The election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether or not the district shall be dissolved shall be held within 60 days following the date on which the petition is filed. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 200…

Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because of the filing of a petition or ordered by the board without petition, shall be published. The date fixed for the election shall not be less than 30 days from the date of the first publication of the notice. (Added by …

The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on ballots for use at general state and county elections and, in addition, the following: Shall the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District be dissolved? YES NO (Added by Stats. 2002,…

The board shall canvass the vote. If a majority of the votes favor dissolution, the board shall by resolution dissolve the district. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)

The board shall file a certified copy of the resolution with the Secretary of State and for record in the office of the county recorder of the Counties of Marin and Sonoma and any other county in which territory of the district is situated. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4.…

Upon dissolution, the right, title, and interest to any property owned or controlled by the district that was acquired by the district from the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District shall be returned to the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District…

The board shall wind up the affairs of the district. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Any territory within a district which is not benefited in any manner by the district or its continued inclusion therein may be excluded from the district by proceedings under and pursuant to the District Reorganization Act of 1965 (commencing at Section 56000, Government Code). (…

The governing body of any city, which is not within the district, may apply to the board of directors of the district for consent to annex the corporate area of such city to the district. The board of supervisors of the County of Los Angeles and any other county may apply to the …

The board of directors may grant or deny such application and in granting the same may fix the terms and conditions upon which the corporate area of city or unincorporated county territory may be annexed to and become a part of the district. Such terms and conditions may provide,…

The action of the board of directors evidenced by resolution shall be promptly transmitted to the governing body of such applying city or board of supervisors, and if such action shall grant consent to such annexation, such governing body or board of supervisors may thereupon sub…

The notice shall contain the substance of the terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors, as provided in Section 31401. Such election shall be conducted and the returns thereof canvassed in the manner provided by law for elections in such city or county as the case may …

A certificate of proceedings shall be made by the secretary of the district and filed with the Secretary of State. Upon the filing thereof in the office of the Secretary of State, the corporate area of such city as of the date of the election or such unincorporated county territo…

Upon the filing in his or her office of the certificate of proceedings, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue a certificate, reciting the filing of those papers in his or her office and the annexation of the corporate area of the city as of the date of the election …

If territory is annexed to a city or consolidated with a city, the corporate area of which has been included in the district, or, if a new city is incorporated, a portion of which is within the district, such annexed, consolidated, or incorporated territory as is not already with…

If the applicable provisions of law governing such annexation to, or consolidation with, such municipality or such incorporation shall require any notice of any election called for the purpose of determining whether such proposed annexation, consolidation or incorporation shall o…

The validity of any proceedings resulting in the annexation of territory to the district shall not be contested in any action unless such action shall have been brought within three months after the completion of such annexation. (Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)

If any portion of the corporate area of any city whose corporate area is a part of the district, shall be excluded from such city in accordance with the provisions of law applicable to such exclusions, and, if such area is not within the boundaries of the district as defined in C…

Any city whose corporate area is a part of the district and any county with regard to any unincorporated territory which is a part of the district, may apply to the board of directors of the district for consent to exclude the area from the district. The board of directors may gr…

Whenever any change is made in the boundaries of this district by the annexation or exclusion of any city or any unincorporated county territory pursuant to this chapter, the district shall comply with the provisions of Sections 54900, 54901, and 54902 of the Government Code. (Ad…

No consent to annexation or exclusion shall be made by the board of directors of the district pursuant to this chapter, and no annexation or exclusion shall be made pursuant to this part or pursuant to any other law, which is in violation of all or any part of any ordinance, reso…

The board may call an election any time for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether the district will be dissolved. Upon the filing with the clerk of the district of a petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at leas…

The election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether or not the district shall be dissolved shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days next succeeding the date on which the petition is filed. (Amended by S…

Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because of the filing of a petition or ordered by the board without petition, shall be published. The date fixed for the election shall not be less than 30 days from the date of the first publication of the notice. (Added by …

The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on ballots for use at general state and county elections and in addition the following: Shall the Orange County Transit District be dissolved? YES NO (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1899.)…

The board shall canvass the vote. If a majority of the votes favor dissolution, the board shall by resolution dissolve the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1899.)