Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

(a) The provisions of this article are severable. If any provision of this article or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. (b) Contracts awarded pu…

The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or condemn in proceedings under eminent domain, or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or outside the district and necessary to the full or convenient exercise of …

Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record, map, book, or paper which has been in the possession of the district, or any officer or employee thereof, for more than five years is of no further value to the district, the board may authorize its sale, destruction, o…

The district shall adopt and maintain a general transit plan for the district. The district may designate one of the transit plans it is otherwise required to prepare as the general transit plan. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 522, Sec. 9. (AB 709) Effective January 1, 2019.)

The general transit plan, or any element or amendment thereof, shall be adopted in the manner provided in this article. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1374.)

Before adopting the plan, or an element or amendment thereof, the board shall refer the plan or element or amendment thereof to the advisory commission, if the commission has been established under Article 3 (commencing with Section 102140) of Chapter 4 of this part. Failure of t…

Before adopting the plan, or an element or amendment thereof, the board shall hold a public hearing. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given at least 30 days before the hearing. The notice shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code and w…

The adoption of the general plan, or an element or amendment thereof, shall be by resolution of the board. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1374.)

The Sacramento Area Council of Governments shall be the long-range planning agency advising the district. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 272, Sec. 32. Effective January 1, 2007.)

The board shall adopt a general transit plan for the district. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)

The general transit plan, or any element or amendment thereof, shall be adopted in the manner provided in this article. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)

The general manager shall submit the proposed plan, or an element or amendment thereof, to the board which shall hold a public hearing thereon. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given at least 30 days before the hearing. The notice shall be published pursuant t…

The adoption of the general plan, or an element or amendment thereof, including any changes or additions, shall be by resolution of the board. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)

The district may adopt official plan lines based on the adopted general plan designating the precise location of planned rights-of-way of transit works and facilities. Official plan lines shall be adopted in the same manner as required for the adoption of the general plan. (Added…

The provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 53090), Chapter 1, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code shall not be applicable to the district. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)

The adoption, terms, and conditions of any retirement system covering employees of the district in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization shall be pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between the labor organization and the district. For purposes of this se…

The board may contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or with a retirement system maintained pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 and enter all, or any portion, of its employees under either of those systems. Employe…

All persons receiving pension benefits from an acquired public utility, and all persons entitled to pension benefits under any pension plan of the acquired public utility, may become members or receive pensions under a pension plan established by the district by mutual agreement …

At least once in each four-year period after the establishment of the retirement system the board shall cause to be made an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the retirement fund, and upon the basis of such investigation and valuation shall make such revision or…

Except as herein provided, no member of the board or of the retirement board, nor any member of the retirement system or employee of the district, shall have any interest direct or indirect in the making of any investment or in the gains or profits accruing therefrom, and no such…

(a) The adoption, terms, and conditions of a pension plan covering employees of the district in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization shall be pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between that organization and the district and shall be subject to this sec…

The district may contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, and in that case the board of administration shall enter into a contract with the district, to enter all, or any portion, of the employees of the district under that system; pro…

All persons receiving pension benefits from an acquired public utility, and all persons entitled to pension benefits under any pension plan of the acquired public utility, may become members or receive pensions under a pension plan established by the district by mutual agreement …

The commission may issue bonds for purposes authorized by this chapter, and to fund or refund them, pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1646, Sec. 2.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) The commission and its revenues are exempt from all taxes on, or measured by, income. (b) Bonds issued by the commission are exempt from all property taxation, and the interest on the bonds are exempt from all taxes on income. (c) A…

The commission may from time to time issue or renew notes in anticipation of the sale of bonds or otherwise. The commission may also issue notes partly to renew notes or to discharge any other outstanding obligation and partly for any other purpose. Notes may be authorized, sold,…

(a) Except as provided in this subdivision and as may be otherwise expressly provided by the commission, all issues of its bonds are special obligations of the commission payable from any revenues or money of the commission available therefor and not otherwise pledged, subject on…

(a) The bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds, or the commission, in its discretion, may issue bonds of both types. (b) The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the commission and shall bear the date or dates, mature at the time or times, not exceeding 50 yea…

(a) At times that the commission desires to issue bonds, it shall adopt a resolution specifying the total amount of bonds proposed to be issued. (b) Any resolution authorizing any bonds, or any issue of bonds, shall, to the extent applicable, contain provisions, which are a part …

Neither the members of the commission, nor any person executing the bonds, are liable personally on the bonds, or are subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1646, Sec. 2.)

The commission may, from any funds available therefor, purchase its bonds. The commission may hold, pledge, cancel, or resell the bonds, subject to, and in accordance with, agreements with the bondholders. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1646, Sec. 2.)

(a) At the discretion of the commission, any bonds issued under this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the commission and a trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. (b) The trust agr…

The commission shall take no action which will materially impair the security pledged for any bonds which it has previously issued. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1646, Sec. 2.)

All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of the trust agreement or resolution may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of a project. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1646, Sec. 2.)

(a) Bonds issued under this chapter do not constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any other public agency, other than the commission, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any other public agency, other than the commission, but shall be payable solely …

The commission may provide for the issuance of bonds of the commission for the purpose of refunding any bond then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or subsequent date of redemption, purchase,…

(a) The proceeds of any bonds issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds may, in the discretion of the commission, be applied to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption of outstanding bonds either on their earliest or any subsequent redemption date or upon…

The proceeds of any bonds issued for the additional purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of constructing and acquiring additions, improvements, extensions, or enlargements of a project may be invested and reinvested by the commission or its trustee in obligations of, or …

Bonds issued pursuant to Section 130542 are subject to this chapter in the same manner and to the same extent as other bonds issued pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1646, Sec. 2.)

The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are legal investments for all trust funds, the funds of all insurance companies, commercial or savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, and investment companies, for executors, administrators, guardians, conservators…

The county transportation authority shall administer the county transportation expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 131055. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 301, Sec. 3. Effective July 14, 1986.)

The county transportation authority shall determine the use of the net revenues derived from the imposition of the retail transactions and use tax in conformance with the priorities established in the adopted county transportation expenditure plan. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 301,…

A county transportation authority shall consult with, and coordinate its actions with, other transportation funding agencies when allocating the net revenues derived from the retail transactions and use tax to the sponsoring agencies of the projects listed in the adopted county t…

The county transportation authority shall prepare and adopt an annual report by January 1 of each year on the progress to achieve the objectives of completion of the projects in the adopted county transportation expenditure plan. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 301, Sec. 3. Effective …

Any amendment to a county transportation expenditure plan proposed by the county transportation authority which adds or deletes a project, or is of major significance, shall be submitted for approval in the same manner as the adopted plan was approved pursuant to Chapter 2 (comme…

If any bonds remain unsold for six months after having been offered for sale, the board of directors of the district for which the bonds were issued or of a district containing any territory which at the time of the bond election was embraced within the district for which the bon…