Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

Propositions for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the same election. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1400.)

The ordinance shall recite: (a) The object and purpose of incurring the indebtedness. (b) The estimated cost of the public improvements. (c) The amount of the principal of the indebtedness. (d) The rate or maximum rate of interest on the indebtedness, which shall not exceed 7 per…

The ordinance may provide that the estimated cost stated therein of the public improvements includes any or all of the following: (a) Legal or other fees incidental to or connected with the authorization, issuance and sale of the bonds. (b) The costs of printing the bonds and oth…

The ordinance shall be published once a day for at least seven days in a newspaper published at least six days a week in the county, or once a week for two weeks in a newspaper published less than six days a week in the county. If there are no such newspapers, it shall be posted …

If an election called pursuant to this article is consolidated with any other election, the ordinance calling the bond election need not set forth the election precincts, polling places and officers of election, but may provide that the precincts, polling places and officers of e…

Except as otherwise provided in the ordinance, the election shall be conducted as other county elections. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1400.)

If two-thirds of the electors voting on the proposition vote for it, the bonds shall be issued. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1400.)

When two or more propositions for incurring indebtedness are submitted at the same election, the votes cast for and against each proposition shall be counted separately. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1400.)

If any proposition is defeated, the transportation planning agency shall reconsider the application pertaining thereto. Another election on a substantially similar proposition shall not be called within the county pursuant to this article within six months after the prior electio…

Prior to the time the district has operated, controlled, or used transit facilities, or any part thereof, for the transportation of passengers under the provisions of this part for a period of six months, the board may, but is not required to, appoint a general manager. A general…

After the district has operated, controlled, or used transit facilities, or any part thereof, for the transportation of passengers under the provisions of this part for a period of six months, the board shall forthwith appoint a general manager. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1161.)

All other things being equal, the board shall appoint as general manager a person who has had experience in the acquisition, construction, or management of transit facilities. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1161.)

Except as otherwise provided in this part, and subject to the policies established by the board, the general manager shall have the responsibility and the authority for the proper administration of the affairs of the district and the maintenance and operation of the transit facil…

The general manager may be removed from office by resolution. Before the general manager may be removed, he shall, if he so demands, be given a written statement of the grounds for his removal, and he shall have the right to be publicly heard thereon at a meeting of the board pri…

The board shall appoint a secretary and an attorney to serve as legal counsel to the district. These officers shall serve at the pleasure of the board. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1161.)

If the moneys of the district, or any part thereof, are deposited in a depositary other than the county treasury, the board shall appoint a treasurer who shall be responsible for the safekeeping and disbursing of all district moneys and funds held by him. The treasurer shall serv…

No member of the board of directors, and no county or city officer or employee of the county or a city located within the county, shall be eligible for appointment to any of the offices provided for in this article. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1161.)

Within 10 days after his appointment and before entering upon the discharge of his official duties, each of the officers appointed under the provisions of this article shall take and file his oath of office pursuant to Sections 1360 and 1363 of the Government Code. (Added by Stat…

The board may consolidate any of the district offices provided for by this article. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1161.)

The treasurer of the district, if one is appointed by the board, shall give bond for the faithful performance of his or her duties. The board may require any other officer to give a similar bond. The amount of each bond shall be fixed by the board. All bonds shall be approved by …

The secretary shall maintain and preserve a permanent written record of all of the official acts of the board as evidenced by minute order, resolution, or ordinance. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1161.)

The board shall fix the compensation of the officers provided for in this article. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1161.)

The premium upon any bond required under this article is a charge against the district. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1161.)

Violation of any ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted by the board relating to the nonpayment of a fare on any transit vehicle or in any transit station owned, controlled, or used by the board shall be an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding seventy-five dollars ($75),…

No person shall give, either orally or in writing, information to a public officer or employee engaged in the enforcement of the provisions of this article when that person knows that the information is false. A violation of this section is an infraction punishable by a fine not …

Violation of any ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted by the board prohibiting unauthorized operation or manipulation of transit facilities owned, controlled, or used by the board, or prohibiting unauthorized tampering or interference with, or loitering in or about, transit fac…

Violation of any ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted by the board prohibiting the unauthorized entering into, climbing upon, holding onto, or in any manner attaching oneself to vehicles operated upon exclusive public mass transit guideways owned or controlled by the board, is …

A violation of any ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted by the board relating to the nonpayment of a fare in any transit facility owned or controlled by the district shall be an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding seventy-five dollars ($75), except that a violation by…

No person shall give, either orally or in writing, information to a public officer or employee engaged in the enforcement of this article if that person knows that the information is false. A violation of this section is an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed seventy-fi…

A violation of any ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted by the board prohibiting unauthorized operation or manipulation of transit facilities owned or controlled by the board, or prohibiting unauthorized tampering or interference with, or loitering in or about, transit faciliti…

A violation of any ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted by the board prohibiting the unauthorized entering into, climbing upon, holding onto, or in any manner attaching oneself to vehicles operated upon exclusive public mass transit guideways owned or controlled by the board, i…

Prior to October 1, 1980, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, in cooperation with all transit operators in the County of Los Angeles, shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, the county and the cities therein, and the Department of Transportation, for review and…

The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall adopt by eight affirmative votes of the voting members, or designated alternates, a transit coordination and service program not later than January 10, 1981, after a public hearing held at least 30 days prior to its adoption.…

(a) After April 1, 1981, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall implement the recommendations of the transit coordination and service program, except as otherwise provided in Section 130385. (b) To the extent necessary to implement those recommendations, Sections …

The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall adopt an updated transit coordination and service program not later than January 10, 1983, and biennially thereafter, and may amend the program at such time as it deems appropriate, in order to meet changing conditions in pro…

(a) The updated transit coordination and service program, and any amendment to the program, shall be adopted by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission by eight affirmative votes of the voting members or designated alternates. (b) The proposed updated program or the prop…

(a) Any transit operator in the County of Los Angeles which disagrees with any portion of the transit coordination and service program, or any amendment thereto, that impacts its transit services may request the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission to, and the commission …

A district may levy and collect, or cause to be levied and collected, taxes for the purpose of carrying on its operations and paying its obligations. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. The special taxes shall be applied uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the district, except that …

Farm products and crops which are stored within the exterior boundaries of the district are not subject to taxation by the district. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

The board shall annually levy and collect a tax sufficient (a) to pay the annual interest on bonds, (b) to pay such part of the principal as will fall due within the succeeding year, and (c) to provide for the sinking fund payments of the next succeeding fiscal year. When the int…

If from any cause the revenues of a district are inadequate to pay the principal or interest on any bonded debt as it becomes due, the board shall, or if funds are needed to carry out the objects and purposes of the district which cannot be provided out of the revenues of the dis…

The board shall state the purposes for which taxes are necessary, and shall fix by ordinance the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

By ordinance, the provisions of which conform to general law, the board may provide the manner of assessing and of correcting and equalizing assessments upon the taxable property situated within the district. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

The board may provide for the collection of delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and costs by actions or legal proceedings brought, prosecuted, and maintained in the name of the district against the several owners of property from whom taxes are due and delinquent. (Added by St…

The board may elect to avail itself of the assessments made by the assessors of the counties in which the district is situated, and may take such assessments as the basis for district taxation. It shall declare its election by ordinance and file a certified copy of the ordinance …