Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

The VTA may obtain temporary transfers of funds in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 6 of Article XVI of the California Constitution. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 65. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, before the district may establish any transit service or system which may at any time divert, lessen, or compete for the patronage or revenues of any existing system, the district shall give a written notice to the public utility …

The district shall not establish the proposed service or system, or maintain and operate the service or system, until it has completed the purchase of the existing system or any part thereof. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1161.)

The purchase price to be paid for the existing system, or any portion thereof to be purchased, shall be the reproduction cost new, including going concern value, at the date upon which the district commences negotiations for the purchase of the existing system, or the portion of …

The district and public utility operating the existing system may agree upon the purchase price or they may agree that the purchase price is to be established by arbitration and upon the method of naming arbitrators and the method of conducting such arbitration. (Added by Stats. …

Section 851 shall not apply to any contract for sale or sale of an existing system, or any portion thereof, pursuant to this article, and the Public Utilities Commission shall have no jurisdiction with respect thereto. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1161.)

The district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, contributions, grants, or loans from any public agency or the United States or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, for the purpose of financing the…

The district shall have the power to obtain temporary transfers of funds in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 6 of Article XVI of the California Constitution. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 272, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2007.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, before the district may establish any transit service or system which may significantly divert, lessen, or compete for the patronage or revenues of any existing system, other than an existing taxi service, the district shall give …

Where notice is required pursuant to Section 103300, the district shall not establish the proposed service or system, or maintain and operate the service or system, until it has completed the purchase of any existing system or any part thereof. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1358.)…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, before the district may establish any demand-activated service or system which may, at any time, divert, lessen, or compete for the patronage or revenues of any existing taxi service, the district shall give a written notice to th…

If any demand-activated service or system operated by the district diverts or lessens the patronage or revenues of any existing taxi service by causing a loss of patronage or revenues in the affected service area of any existing taxi service to the extent of 10 percent or more, t…

The district and entity operating the existing system or the existing taxi service may agree upon the purchase price or they may agree that the purchase price is to be established by arbitration and upon the method of naming arbitrators and the method of conducting such arbitrati…

Section 851 shall not apply to any contract for sale or sale of an existing system or existing taxi service, or any portion thereof, pursuant to this chapter, and the Public Utilities Commission shall have no jurisdiction with respect thereto. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1358.)

The district may establish and maintain a police force. Those employees of the district appointed by the executive director to the police force and who are duly sworn are peace officers, subject to Section 830.33 of the Penal Code. The district shall comply with the standards for…

All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicabl…

The district may levy and collect, or cause to be collected, property taxes for any lawful purpose. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1374.)

(a) In addition to revenues and receipts from other sources, the board may levy and collect a property tax in the entirety of, or a portion of, the incorporated and unincorporated territory. The board may impose different rates of taxation in areas within the district. Authority …

The district shall not levy or collect a property tax within any city or within the unincorporated area of the district until: (a) The legislative body of the city or county adopts a resolution declaring there is need for the district to operate and levy a tax within the city or …

The district may conduct a single election in an area comprising the area of a city and the unincorporated area of the district, or any combination of those areas, with the approval of the cities and the unincorporated area of the district concerned, in which event two-thirds of …

Each election shall be called and conducted by the district in the same manner as provided by law for the conduct of special elections by a county. The board may contract with a county, or delegate to the appropriate county officials the authority, to conduct the election within …

The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed thereon and in addition thereto, the following: Shall the Sacramento Regional Transit District be authorized to operate and levy a property tax at an annual rate which shall not excee…

(a) The district board 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, subject to any applicable constitutional requirements. The special taxes shall be applied uniformly to a…

The board shall avail itself of the assessments made by the assessor of any county in which it operates and of the assessments made by the State Board of Equalization for the county and shall take such assessments as the basis for district property taxation and have its property …

The county auditor shall, on or before the third Monday in August of each year, transmit to the board a statement in writing showing the total value of all property within the county lying within an authorized taxing area of the district, ascertained from the assessments referred…

The board shall, on or before the first day of September, fix the rate or rates of taxes, designating the number of cents upon each one hundred dollars ($100), and use as a basis the value of property transmitted to the board by the county auditor, which rate of taxation shall be…

The board shall, immediately after fixing the rate or rates of taxes, transmit to the county auditor of each county in which the board has levied a tax, a statement of the rate of taxes fixed by the board. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1374.)

The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes. When collected, the net amount, ascertained as provided in this article, shall be paid to the treasurer of the district under the general requirements and penalties provided…

Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes and has been redeemed, the money paid for redemption shall be apportioned and paid to the district by the county treasurer in the proportion which the tax due to the district bears to the total tax for which the property was sold…

All taxes levied under this part are a lien on the property on which they are levied. The enforcement of the collection of such taxes shall be in the same manner and by the same means provided by law for the enforcement of liens for county taxes, all the provisions of law relatin…

The county shall be compensated for services under this article at the rate of 1 percent for collecting the first twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), and one-fourth of 1 percent for all sums over that amount. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1374.)

In lieu of, or in addition to, any taxes which may be levied by the district pursuant to this article, the legislative body of any city or county may enter into agreement with the district to make annual contributions to the district from its general funds or from any other sourc…

The district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, contributions, grants, or loans from any public agency or the United States or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, for the purpose of financing the…

The district shall have the power to obtain temporary transfers of funds in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 6 of Article XVI of the California Constitution. (Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 140, Sec. 166. (AB 1164) Effective January 1, 2010.)

The district may issue any bonds, borrow money and incur indebtedness as authorized by law or in this part provided. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1215.)

The district may accept contributions or loans from the United States, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, development, joint development, maintenance, and operation of transit facilities, and may ente…

The district may cooperate with and enter into agreements with the State of California or any public agency for the acquisition, construction, development, joint development, completion, maintenance, operation, or repair, joint or otherwise, and in whole or in part, of transit fa…

The district may accept contributions or loans from the State of California or any public agency, for the purpose of planning, acquiring, constructing, developing, jointly developing, operating, or maintaining a rapid transit system, including, without limitation, the payment of …

The district may make an irrevocable pledge or contract in connection with the payment of the principal and the interest, sinking or reserve funds, or other obligation of any bonded indebtedness created under this part of any transit funds or other continuing or annual appropriat…

To the extent permitted by the law governing the source of any transit funds, appropriations, contributions, grants or loans received pursuant to this article or under any other law or otherwise, such funds or moneys may also be used to pay construction costs directly and reduce …

The district shall not incur an indebtedness which exceeds in the aggregate 15 percent of the assessed value of all real and personal property in the district. Within the meaning of this section, “indebtedness” includes, without limitation, any and all forms thereof which the dis…

The district may also refund any indebtedness as provided in this part or in any other applicable law. The board may provide for the issuance, sale or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the district upon the terms, at the times and in the manner w…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of the following terms shall apply to indebtedness under this part: (a) “Any bond” or “any bonded indebtedness” means bonds or indebtedness of any kind or nature issued or authorized, respectively, pursuant to Chapter 7 (comm…

(a) A retail transactions and use tax ordinance may be adopted by the board in accordance with the provisions of Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, provided two-thirds of the electors voting on the measure vote to authorize its…

(a) The retail transactions and use tax ordinance shall provide for a rate of one-eighth of 1 percent or a multiple thereof. The ordinance shall provide for the tax to be imposed on the entirety of, or a portion of, the incorporated and unincorporated territory within the boundar…

(a) Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this article shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 150 days after adoption of the ordinance. (b) (1) Prior to the operative date of the ordinance, the district shall co…