Cal. GOV § 66540.58 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 66540.58
Section 66540.58
Status: in_force

The authority may maintain its own retirement fund or may provide for benefits to eligible officers and employees, or their beneficiaries, by means of group insurance or other insurance, or by those means that in the opinion of the board will satisfactorily provide an adequate and sure method of meeting the payments contemplated by the retirement system.
Cal. GOV § 66540.315 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 66540.315
Section 66540.315
Status: in_force

The authority may establish a community advisory committee to receive community and passenger recommendations related to consolidation and operational issues affecting existing and proposed water transportation services. The authority shall determine the composition of that committee.
Cal. GOV § 66540.23 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 4 / Section 66540.23
Section 66540.23
Status: in_force

(a) The board may act either by ordinance or resolution in order to regulate the authority and undertake all acts necessary and convenient for the exercise of the authority’s powers.

(b) The board may adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the administration, maintenance, operation, and use of the authority’s facilities and services, including, but not limited to, rates, charges, and fees for those purposes.

(c) The board may employ necessary personnel to enforce the rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to this section.
Cal. GOV § 66540.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 1 / Section 66540.1
Section 66540.1
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:

(a) In 1999, based on the findings and analyses in a study sponsored by the Bay Area Council, the Legislature created the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority for purposes of preparing a bay area water transit implementation and operations plan and operating a comprehensive regional public water transportation system. In 2002, after two years of study, public hearings, collaboration with existing bay area transit and public transportation ferry service providers, and peer review, the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority submitted the required plan to the Legislature. The plan included rationale for expanded ferries, ridership projections and routes, potential terminal locations, capital, operating and maintenance costs, vessel specification, and emergency and safety response capabilities.

(b) While the efforts of the existing San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority to develop a regional water transit plan are commendable, the country has seen several significant disasters, including the 9/11 tragedy and Hurricane Katrina, which have emphasized the need for coordinated emergency response. From the lessons learned from those events, it is apparent that the bay area’s current emergency response infrastructure is not sufficient to respond to emergencies of the magnitude witnessed in the past few years and anticipated in the future.

(c) In 2006, the Bay Area Council sponsored a study on the role a comprehensive public water transportation system would play in the bay area’s emergency response infrastructure. The 2006 study found that a comprehensive water transportation system is vital to emergency preparedness and response for the region. If bridges, roads, highways, tunnels, and trains are out of service as a result of an emergency, only the waters of the bay are certain to remain open for traffic. However, current infrastructure and equipment capabilities are grossly inadequate. Ferry terminals exist in only a few locations on the bay, and the vessel fleet lacks the capacity to make up for even one out-of-service bridge. The few vessels that exist are in the hands of many different public and private owners and operators, and there is no detailed plan or identified leader to activate and coordinate them.

(d) The study further urged that action be taken immediately to strengthen and expand the regional public water transportation system so that the bay area would be prepared in the event of a catastrophic emergency. The San Francisco Bay area is almost certain to experience moderate to severe earthquakes in the foreseeable future. A major earthquake or a series of earthquakes on any of the region’s faults would have the potential of closing thousands of area roads and rendering some or all transbay bridges and mass transit lines impassable. With the regional transportation system disabled, first responders would be unable to help tens of thousands of homeless, injured, and starving victims. A failure of transportation would be particularly devastating to the most vulnerable of our population, the elderly, children, and the poor. The loss of any portion of the regional transportation system, from either a natural or manmade disaster, would place lives and property at risk and would seriously undermine the San Francisco Bay area economy.

(e) It is the responsibility of the state to protect and preserve the right of its citizens to a safe and peaceful existence. To accomplish this goal and to minimize the destructive impact of disasters and other massive emergencies, the actions of numerous public agencies must be coordinated to effectively manage all four phases of emergency activity: preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. It is a matter of statewide interest to establish an expanded and coordinated regional water transportation system to provide necessary security, flexibility, and mobility for disaster response and recovery in the San Francisco Bay area. This transcends any local interest, and requires a single governmental entity with appropriate powers and scope of authority to serve this statewide interest.

(f) As emergencies and other catastrophic events are certain (only the timing is unpredictable), it is crucial for immediate action to be taken to develop and implement these emergency response strategies. It is not only impractical, but rather impossible, to cobble together an emergency water transportation system after the fact. It is a task of years, not months, to make the real changes and create the essential infrastructure for an integrated and comprehensive water transit emergency system. In light of the ever-present threat, it is imperative to begin this crucial effort without delay.

(g) The public interest requires swift action and steadfast resolve to prepare for the coming earthquakes, as well as other emergencies, with the speed and determination that is due for a threat of this magnitude. The water transit emergency response and recovery system must be fully implemented as quickly as possible, as if the lives of bay area residents depend on it, because they do.

(h) It is a matter of statewide interest to stimulate the maximum use of the San Francisco Bay for emergency response and recovery. The geographical situation of the San Francisco Bay makes it ideal for emergency response and recovery, but at the same time prevents the full utilization of the bay by acting as a physical barrier to an effective transportation system between the various jurisdictions surrounding the bay. Only a specially created local entity of regional government can freely operate in the numerous individual units of county, city and county, and city governments located in the area. In order to protect the lives and livelihoods of the bay area, the Legislature in this act establishes a new governmental entity specifically charged and empowered with the responsibility to plan, implement, and manage these critical services and facilities, as a matter of the utmost urgency.
Cal. GOV § 66540.7 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 3 / Section 66540.7
Section 66540.7
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall have the responsibility within the area of its jurisdiction to study, plan, and implement any improvements, expansion, or enhancements of existing or future public transportation ferries and related facilities and services.

(b) The authority may commission planning, engineering, economic, and other studies to provide information to the board for making decisions about the location, design, management, and other features of future public transportation ferries and related facilities and services.

(c) (1) Not later than 60 days after the effective date of this title, the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority shall transfer and assign to the authority all contracts in force for study and development of possible water transportation services in the bay area region.

(2) The transfer of contracts required under this subdivision shall include the contemporaneous transfer of revenue from state or federal grants, local funds, and other sources of revenue committed and adequate to fund the contracts until their completion.

(d) The policy direction for the study described in subdivision (c) shall become the responsibility of the authority. The authority shall consider the concepts and ideas of the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, and other entities, both public and private.

(e) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, or its successor agency, shall cooperate with the authority to include all public transportation ferries plans and facilities selected by the authority in the regional transportation plan consistent with state and federal law.
Cal. GOV § 66540.52 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 66540.52
Section 66540.52
Status: in_force

The authority may insure against loss of revenues from any cause whatsoever.
Cal. GOV § 66540.40 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 66540.40
Section 66540.40
Status: in_force

The authority shall dedicate at least one new vessel, subject to engine manufacturers’ warranties, to employ biodiesel fuel (B20) to assess the practical application of using renewable fuels. If further funding becomes available for this application from regional, state, or federal funding sources, the authority shall consider increasing the use of biodiesel fuel to demonstrate reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The air emission standards set by the authority pursuant to this title shall apply to the use of biodiesel fuel.
Cal. GOV § 66540.59 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 66540.59
Section 66540.59
Status: in_force

Before establishing any retirement system, the authority shall secure a report from a qualified actuary, which shall show the cost of the benefits provided by the system, and the prospective assets and liabilities of the system.
Cal. GOV § 66540.32 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 66540.32
Section 66540.32
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall create and adopt, on or before July 1, 2009, an emergency water transportation system management plan for water transportation services in the bay area region in the event that bridges, highways, and other facilities are rendered wholly or significantly inoperable.

(b) (1) The authority shall create and adopt, on or before July 1, 2009, a transition plan to facilitate the transfer of existing public transportation ferry services within the bay area region to the authority pursuant to this title. In the preparation of the transition plan, priority shall be given to ensuring continuity in the programs, services, and activities of existing public transportation ferry services.

(2) The plan required by this subdivision shall include all of the following:

(A) A description of existing ferry services in the bay area region, as of January 1, 2008, that are to be transferred to the authority pursuant to Section 66540.11 and a description of any proposed changes to those services.

(B) A description of any proposed expansion of ferry services in the bay area region.

(C) An inventory of the ferry and ferry-related capital assets or leasehold interests, including, but not limited to, vessels, terminals, maintenance facilities, and existing or planned parking facilities or parking structures, and of the personnel, operating costs, and revenues of public agencies operating public transportation ferries and providing water transportation services as of January 1, 2008, and those facilities that are to be transferred, in whole or in part, to the authority pursuant to Section 66540.11.

(D) A description of those capital assets, leasehold interests, and personnel identified in subparagraph (C) that the authority proposes to be transferred pursuant to Section 66540.11.

(E) An operating plan that includes, at a minimum, an estimate of the costs to continue the ferry services described in subparagraph (A) for at least five years and a detailed description of current and historically available revenues and proposed sources of revenue to meet those anticipated costs. Further, the operating plan shall identify options for closing any projected deficits or for addressing increased cost inputs, such as fuel, for at least the five-year period.

(F) A description of the proposed services, duties, functions, responsibilities, and liabilities of the authority and those of agencies providing or proposed to provide water transportation services for the authority.

(G) To the extent the plan may include the transfer of assets or services from a local agency to the authority pursuant to Section 66540.11, that transfer shall be subject to negotiation and agreement by the local agency. The authority and the local agency shall negotiate and agree on fair terms, including just compensation, prior to any transfer authorized by this title.

(H) An initial five-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) detailing how the authority and its local agency partners plan to support financing and completion of capital improvement projects, including, but not limited to, those described in subparagraph (C), that are required to support the operation of transferred ferry services. Priority shall be given to emergency response projects and those capital improvement projects for which a Notice of Determination pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act has been filed and which further the expansion, efficiency, or effectiveness of the ferry system.

(I) A description of how existing and expanded water transportation services will provide seamless connections to other transit providers in the bay area region, including, but not limited to, a description of how the authority will coordinate with all local agencies to ensure optimal public transportation services, including supplemental bus services that existed on January 1, 2008, that support access to the ferry system for the immediate and surrounding communities.

(J) The date on which the ferry services are to be transferred to the authority.

(3) To the extent the plan required by this subdivision includes proposed changes to water transportation services or related facilities historically provided by the City of Vallejo or the City of Alameda, the proposed changes shall be consistent with that city’s general plan, its redevelopment plans, and its development and disposition agreements for projects related to the provision of water transportation services. Those projects include, but are not limited to, the construction of parking facilities and transit transfer facilities within close proximity of a ferry terminal or the relocation of a ferry terminal.

(c) In developing the plans described in subdivisions (a) and (b), the authority shall cooperate to the fullest extent possible with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Office of Emergency Services, the Association of Bay Area Governments, and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, and shall, to the fullest extent possible, coordinate its planning with local agencies, including those local agencies that operated, or contracted for the operation of, public water transportation services as of the effective date of this title. To avoid duplication of work, the authority shall make maximum use of data and information available from the planning programs of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Office of Emergency Services, the Association of Bay Area Governments, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the cities and counties in the San Francisco Bay area, and other public and private planning agencies. In addition, the authority shall consider both of the following:

(1) The San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Implementation and Operations Plan adopted by the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority on July 10, 2003.

(2) Any other plan concerning water transportation within the bay area region developed or adopted by any general purpose local government or special district that operates or sponsors water transit, including, but not limited to, those water transportation services provided under agreement with a private operator.

(d) The authority shall prepare a specific transition plan for any transfer not anticipated by the transition plan required under subdivision (b).

(e) Prior to adopting the plans required by this section, the authority shall establish a process for taking public input on the plans in consultation with existing operators of public ferry services affected by the plans. The public input process shall include at least one public hearing conducted at least 60 days prior to the adoption of the plans in each city where an operational ferry facility existed as of January 1, 2008.
Cal. GOV § 66540.13 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 4 / Section 66540.13
Section 66540.13
Status: in_force

A member may be removed only for cause or incapacity and only by the appointing authority.
Cal. GOV § 66540.12 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 4 / Section 66540.12
Section 66540.12
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall be governed by a board composed of five members, as follows:

(1) Three members shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The Governor shall make the initial appointment of these members of the board no later than January 11, 2008.

(2) One member shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.

(3) One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.

(b) Each member of the board shall be a resident of a county in the bay area region.

(c) Public officers associated with an area of government, including planning or water, whether elected or appointed, may be appointed to serve contemporaneously as members of the board. A public agency shall not have more than one representative on the board of the authority.

(d) The Governor shall designate one member as the chairperson of the board and one member as the vice chairperson of the board.

(e) Except as provided in subdivision (f), the term of a member of the board shall be six years.

(f) (1) The appointments next following the expiration of the terms of the initial appointments shall be for the following terms:

(A) Two of the members appointed by the Governor shall serve terms of two years and one shall serve a term of six years.

(B) The member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules shall serve a term of four years.

(C) The member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly shall serve a term of four years.

(2) Each member appointed after the expiration of the terms set forth in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of paragraph (1) shall serve a term of six years.

(g) Vacancies shall be filled immediately by the appointing power for the unexpired portion of the terms in which they occur.
Cal. GOV § 66540.38 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 66540.38
Section 66540.38
Status: in_force

The authority may lease or contract for the use of its facilities, or any portion thereof, to any operator, and may provide for subleases by that operator upon the terms and conditions that it deems in the public interest. The word “operator,” as used in this section, means any city or public agency or any person, firm, or private corporation.
Cal. GOV § 66540.60 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 66540.60
Section 66540.60
Status: in_force

The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to the initiation, maintenance, and administration of the retirement system.
Cal. GOV § 66540.56 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 66540.56
Section 66540.56
Status: in_force

Represented employees of the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority shall become employees of the authority and shall suffer no loss of employment or reduction in wages, health and welfare benefits, seniority, retirement benefits or contributions made to retirement plans, or any other term or condition of employment solely as a result of the enactment of this title. No represented employee of the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority shall suffer loss of employment or reduction in wages or benefits solely as a result of the enactment of this title.
Cal. GOV § 66540.66 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 66540.66
Section 66540.66
Status: in_force

Contributions shall be in amounts that shall accumulate at retirement a fund sufficient to carry out the promise to pay benefits to the individual on account of his or her service as a member of the system, without further contributions from any source.
Cal. GOV § 66540.42 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 66540.42
Section 66540.42
Status: in_force

The authority shall set fares for travel on the water transportation services system that it operates, and define and set other fares and fees for services related to the water transportation system.
Cal. GOV § 66540.16 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 4 / Section 66540.16
Section 66540.16
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall have the power to appoint all of the following officers of the authority:

(1) Executive director.

(2) General counsel.

(3) Chief financial officer.

(b) The executive director shall be responsible for operation, maintenance, financing, and planning functions, within the policy guidelines established by the board. The executive director shall prepare and submit an annual budget to the board. The executive director shall have the authority to execute contracts, grant documents, and financing documents under the policy guidelines that may be established by the board. The executive director shall appoint all other officers and employees.
Cal. GOV § 66540.44 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 66540.44
Section 66540.44
Status: in_force

The authority may levy special benefit assessments consistent with the requirements of Article XIII D of the California Constitution for operating expenses and to finance capital improvements, including, but not limited to, special benefit assessments levied pursuant to any of the following:

(a) The Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code).

(b) The Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 15 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code).

(c) The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Streets and Highways Code).

(d) The Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (Part 2 (commencing with Section 22500) of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code).
Cal. GOV § 66540.21 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 4 / Section 66540.21
Section 66540.21
Status: in_force

The board shall determine what water transportation services facilities should be acquired or constructed for the common benefit of the bay area region as a whole.
Cal. GOV § 66540.29 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 66540.29
Section 66540.29
Status: in_force

The authority may take by grant, purchase, devise, or lease or otherwise acquire, hold, enjoy, lease, and dispose of, real and personal property within or outside its area of jurisdiction in order to further its purposes.
Cal. GOV § 66540.4 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 3 / Section 66540.4
Section 66540.4
Status: in_force

There is hereby established the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority as a local governmental entity of regional government, with jurisdiction extending throughout the bay area region.
Cal. GOV § 66540.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 3 / Section 66540.5
Section 66540.5
Status: in_force

The authority shall have the authority to plan, manage, operate, and coordinate the emergency activities of all water transportation and related facilities within the bay area region, except those provided or owned by the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. During a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency, as described in Section 8558, the authority, in cooperation with the Office of Emergency Services, the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, shall coordinate the emergency activities for all water transportation services in the bay area region and, for such purposes, shall be known as the Bay Area Maritime Emergency Transportation Coordinator.
Cal. GOV § 66540.41 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 66540.41
Section 66540.41
Status: in_force

The authority shall prepare and implement annual operating budgets for the operation of the San Francisco Bay Area water transportation services system, associated terminals, and related feeder transportation and support services.
Cal. GOV § 66540.6 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 3 / Section 66540.6
Section 66540.6
Status: in_force

(a) In order to establish and secure emergency activities of all water transportation and related facilities within the bay area region, the authority shall have the authority to operate a comprehensive emergency public water transportation system that includes water transportation services, water transit terminals, and any other transport and facilities supportive of the system for the bay area region, provided that those facilities are consistent with the bay plan adopted by the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, as it may be amended from time to time, and that the authority consults in good faith with affected municipalities, counties, and other public agencies that may be affected by a particular facility. The authority shall have authority and control over public transportation ferries within the bay area region, except that this section shall not affect any vessels, facilities, or services owned, operated, or provided by the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. The planning, management, and operation of any existing or planned public transportation ferries and related facilities and services in the bay area region shall be consolidated under the authority’s control, subject to the adoption of the transition plan required by subdivision (b) of Section 66540.32. The authority shall not compel property transfers or operational changes to water transportation services provided by public agencies on or before January 1, 2008, prior to the adoption of that transition plan.

(b) Because of the importance of an orderly development of a comprehensive bay area region emergency water transportation system, the environmental, health, and public safety issues implicated, and the scarce resources available, the authority shall determine the entry within its jurisdiction of any water transportation service or facility that will affect public lands or receive or benefit from the use of federal, state, or local funds, except those owned, operated, or provided by the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to be in derogation of the existing authority of the California Public Utilities Commission.
Cal. GOV § 66540.63 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 66540.63
Section 66540.63
Status: in_force

The board may classify and determine the officers and employees who shall be included as members in the retirement system and may change the classification from time to time. Membership of all officers and employees so classified and included in the retirement system is compulsory.
Cal. GOV § 66540.57 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 66540.57
Section 66540.57
Status: in_force

The authority may establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the authority and provide for the payment of annuities, pensions, retirement allowances, disability payments, and death benefits or any of them.
Cal. GOV § 66540.17 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 4 / Section 66540.17
Section 66540.17
Status: in_force

The board may do all of the following:

(a) Create committees from its membership.

(b) Appoint advisory committees from other interested public and private groups.

(c) Contract for or employ any professional services required by the authority or for the performance of work and services which in the board’s opinion cannot satisfactorily be performed by its officers and employees.

(d) Do any and all other things necessary to carry out the purposes of this title.
Cal. GOV § 66540.48 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 66540.48
Section 66540.48
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title or any other law, the provisions of all ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings in the issuance by the authority of any bonds, bonds with a pledge of revenues, bonds for improvement districts, revenue bonds, equipment trust certificates, notes, or any and all evidences of indebtedness or liability constitute a contract between the authority and the holders of the bonds, equipment trust certificates, notes, or evidences of indebtedness or liability, and the provisions thereof are enforceable against the authority or any or all of its successors or assigns, by mandamus or any other appropriate suit, action, or proceeding in law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(b) Nothing in this title or in any other law shall be held to relieve the authority or the territory included within it from any bonded or other debt or liability contracted by the authority.

(c) Upon dissolution of the authority or upon withdrawal of territory therefrom, that territory formerly included within the authority, or withdrawn therefrom, shall continue to be liable for the payment of all bonded and other indebtedness or liabilities outstanding at the time of the dissolution or withdrawal as if the authority had not been so dissolved nor the territory withdrawn therefrom, and it shall be the duty of the successors or assigns to provide for the payment of the bonded and other indebtedness and liabilities.

(d) To the extent provided in the proceedings for the authorization, issuance, and sale of any revenue bonds, bonds secured by a pledge of revenues, or bonds for improvement districts secured by a pledge of revenues, revenues of any kind or nature derived from any revenue-producing improvements, works, facilities, or property owned, operated, or controlled by the authority may be pledged, charged, assigned, and have a lien thereon for the payment of the bonds as long as the same are outstanding, regardless of any change in ownership, operation, or control of the revenue-producing improvements, works, facilities, or property and it shall, in any later event or events, be the duty of the successors or assigns to continue to maintain and operate the revenue-producing improvements, works, facilities, or property as long as bonds are outstanding.
Cal. GOV § 66540.18 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 4 / Section 66540.18
Section 66540.18
Status: in_force

(a) The chair of the board shall do all of the following:

(1) Prepare the agenda for each meeting of the board.

(2) Preside over all meetings of the board, including, but not limited to, setting the dates and times of meetings, declaring the opening and closing of each proceeding of the board, ruling on points of order, regulating the individuals that, except for board members, may address the board at its meetings, and putting issues to the vote and announcing decisions following those votes.

(3) Appoint board members to committees and serve as an ex officio member of all committees.

(4) Propose the annual budget for the authority.

(5) Sign all orders issued by the board and contracts and grant documents as approved by the board.

(6) Represent the authority at all proceedings. The chair may appoint individuals to represent the board on other boards or commissions, subject to ratification by the board. Appointees serve at the pleasure of the board and those appointments will be subject to review by the board at least once every two years.

(7) Have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the board.

(b) The chair may delegate any of the powers described in this section, other than the power to delegate, to any member of the board.

(c) In the absence or disability of the chair of the board, the vice chair shall perform all of the duties of the chair and, in so acting, shall have all the powers of the chair. The vice chair shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the board.
Cal. GOV § 66540.67 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 66540.67
Section 66540.67
Status: in_force

Nothing in any pension or retirement system or plan shall prevent the board from, at any time, amending, changing, modifying or terminating any provision for benefits, participation, or contributions thereto or thereunder.
Cal. GOV § 66540.14 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 4 / Section 66540.14
Section 66540.14
Status: in_force

A member may be reappointed to serve additional terms.
Cal. GOV § 66540.20 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 4 / Section 66540.20
Section 66540.20
Status: in_force

The board is the legislative body of the authority and, consistent with the provisions of this title, shall determine all questions of authority policy.
Cal. GOV § 66540.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 2 / Section 66540.3
Section 66540.3
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this title.

(a) “Authority” means the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority created by Section 66540.4.

(b) “Bay area region” means the region described in Section 66502.

(c) “Board” means the board of directors of the authority.

(d) “Public agency” includes, but is not limited to, the federal government or any officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission or other body or agency thereof; the state government or any officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission or other body or agency thereof; other state governments or any officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission or other body or agency thereof; any town, city, county, city and county, and municipal corporation, whether incorporated or not and whether chartered or not, or any officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission or other body or agency thereof; any school district, political subdivision, district or local agency or any officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission or other body or agency thereof.

(e) “Public transportation ferries” means ferryboats operated, sponsored, funded, or subsidized by any public agency, including, but not limited to, those ferryboats operated under agreement with a private operator.

(f) “Water transportation services” means the transportation of passengers, their incidental baggage, including wheelchairs and bicycles, and small packages by water-borne vessels, and the loading, unloading, and ancillary activities related thereto. Water transportation services does not include the continuous transportation of goods in interstate or international commerce.
Cal. GOV § 66540.8 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 3 / Section 66540.8
Section 66540.8
Status: in_force

The authority shall have the power to apply for, receive, and expend funds for public transportation ferries and related facilities and services, and emergency water transportation for disaster recovery within the bay area region, including, but not limited to, all direct and indirect distributions of federal, state, and regional funds and the issuance of any future state or local bonds. Any allocation or distribution of federal, state, and regional funds designated for the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority shall be transferred to the authority and the authority shall be as fully entitled to new allocation or distribution of funds as if it were the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority, including, without limitation, funds derived from the increase in tolls on state-owned bridges in the bay area pursuant to the expenditures plan approved by the Legislature in Chapter 715 of the Statutes of 2003. The authority shall be entitled to receive and shall be disbursed funds under subdivision (b) of Section 8879.57 that would have been allocated to any waterborne transit agency that, as of the effective date of that section, would not be or have been eligible to receive State Transit Assistance Funds but for the effect of this act. Pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8879.61, if the authority receives grant awards allocated from funds pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8879.57, it shall not be eligible to receive grant awards from funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 8879.57.
Cal. GOV § 66540.51 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 66540.51
Section 66540.51
Status: in_force

The authority may insure against any accident to or destruction of the public transportation ferry system or any part thereof.
Cal. GOV § 66540.62 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 66540.62
Section 66540.62
Status: in_force

The board may also contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System for participation in the Federal Social Security Act and may perform all acts necessary or convenient for that participation.
Cal. GOV § 66540.43 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 66540.43
Section 66540.43
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may issue bonds, from time to time, payable from revenue of any facility or enterprise operated, acquired, or constructed by the authority, for any of the purposes authorized by this title in accordance with the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5), excluding Article 3 (commencing with Section 54380) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 and the limitations set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 54402 which shall not apply to the issuance and sale of bonds pursuant to this section.

(b) The authority is a local agency within the meaning of Section 54307. The water transportation services system or any or all facilities and all additions and improvements that the authority’s governing board authorizes to be acquired or constructed and any purpose, operation, facility, system, improvement, or undertaking of the authority from which revenues are derived or otherwise allocable, which revenues are, or may by resolution or ordinance be, required to be separately accounted for from other revenues of the authority, shall constitute an enterprise within the meaning of Section 54309.

(c) The board shall authorize the issuance of bonds pursuant to this section by resolution, which resolution shall be adopted by a majority vote and shall specify all of the following:

(1) The purposes for which the bonds are to be issued, which may include one or more purposes permitted by this title.

(2) The maximum principal amount of bonds.

(3) The maximum term of bonds.

(4) The maximum rate of interest, fixed or variable, to be payable upon the bonds.

(5) The maximum discount or premium payable on sale of the bonds.

(d) For purposes of the issuance and sale of bonds pursuant to this section, the following definitions shall be applicable to the Revenue Bond Law of 1941:

(1) “Fiscal agent” means any fiscal agent, trustee, paying agent, depository, or other fiduciary provided for in the resolution providing the terms and conditions for the issuance of the bonds, which fiscal agent may be located within or without the state.

(2) “Resolution” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the instrument providing the terms and conditions for the issuance of bonds, which instrument may be an indenture, trust agreement, installment sale agreement, lease, ordinance, or other instrument in writing.

(e) Each resolution shall provide for the issuance of bonds in the amounts as may be necessary, until the full amount of bonds authorized has been issued. The full amount of bonds may be divided into two or more series with different dates of payment fixed for bonds of each series. A bond need not mature on its anniversary date.

(f) The authority may issue refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the authority upon the terms, at the times, and in the manner which the authority’s governing body determines by resolution. Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to pay all, or any part of, the principal of the outstanding bonds, the premium, if any due upon call redemption thereof prior to maturity, all expenses of redemption, and either of the following:

(1) The interest upon the refunding bonds from the date of sale thereof to the date of payment of the bonds to be refunded out of the sale of the refunding bonds or to the date upon which the bonds to be refunded will be paid pursuant to call or agreement with the holders of the bonds.

(2) The interest upon the bonds to be refunded from the date of sale of the refunding bonds to the date of payment of the bonds to be refunded or to the date upon which the bonds to be refunded will be paid pursuant to call or agreement with the holders of the bonds.

(g) The authority may enter into any liquidity or credit agreement it may deem necessary in connection with the issuance of bonds authorized by this section.

(h) This section provides a complete, additional, and alternative method of performing the acts authorized by this article, and the issuance of bonds, including refunding bonds, need not comply with any other law applicable to borrowing or the issuance of bonds. Any provision of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 which is inconsistent with this section or this title shall not be applicable.

(i) Nothing in this section prohibits the authority from availing itself of any procedure provided in this article for the issuance of bonds of any type or character for any of the authorized water transportation facilities. All bond proceedings may be carried on simultaneously or, in the alternative, as the authority may determine.
Cal. GOV § 66540.255 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 66540.255
Section 66540.255
Status: in_force

The authority may accept grants, contributions, and appropriations from any public agency, private foundation, or individual.
Cal. GOV § 66540.11 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 3 / Section 66540.11
Section 66540.11
Status: in_force

(a) Public transportation ferries and related water transportation services and facilities within the bay area region shall be transferred to the authority in accordance with the transition plan required under subdivision (b) of Section 66540.32. This section shall not affect any vessels, services, or facilities owned, operated, or provided by the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.

(b) The authority may accept the transfer of ownership, leasehold interests, operation, and management of any other public transportation ferries and related water transportation services and facilities within the bay area region developed or adopted by any general purpose local government or special district that operates or sponsors water transit, including, but not limited to, those water transportation services provided under agreement with a private operator.

(c) All transfers pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be consistent with the adopted transition plan required under subdivision (b) of Section 66540.32 and may include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) All real and personal property, including, but not limited to, all terminals, ferries, vehicles or facilities, parking facilities for passengers and employees, and buildings and facilities used to operate, maintain, and manage the water transportation services system.

(2) All personnel currently employed by the water transportation services system, subject to the provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 66540.55) of Chapter 5.

(3) All contracts with tenants, concessionaires, leaseholders, and others.

(4) All nondiscretionary local funds and subsidies for the water transportation services system, other than the direct subsidy the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District currently provides to the water transportation services system it provides.

(5) All financial obligations generated from the operations of the water transportation services system, including, but not limited to, bonded indebtedness and subsidies associated with the public transportation ferry system.

(d) In accepting a transfer, the authority shall commit to maintaining public transportation ferries and related water transportation services and facilities provided by the transferring agency or operator for a period of at least five years following the transfer. The authority shall attempt to maintain the service levels provided by the transferring agency or operator pursuant to the operating plan prepared pursuant to subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 66540.32. The authority may assume no financial obligations other than the financial obligations associated with the operation of the services and facilities being transferred to the authority.

(e) Reasonable administrative costs incurred by operators of water transportation services as of January 1, 2008, related to the transfers required by this section or the implementation of this title shall be borne by the authority. The authority may use Regional Measure 2 operating funds pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (d) of Section 30914 of the Streets and Highways Code, in an amount not to exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) to support development of the transition plan specified in subdivision (b) of Section 66540.32 and for transition-related costs incurred by the authority or the transferring agencies on or after July 1, 2008, upon a determination by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission that the costs are reasonable and are substantially a result of the transition. After adoption of the transition plan and formal agreement by the Cities of Vallejo and Alameda to transition their ferry services to the authority in accordance with the transition plan, the authority may use additional Regional Measure 2 operating funds above the limits referenced in this subdivision for transition and transition-related activities, incurred before or after the actual transfer of services and facilities, as specified in the transition plan and approved by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

(f) After adoption of the transition plan and after formal agreement by the Cities of Vallejo and Alameda to transition their services and facilities to the authority in accordance with the transition plan, the authority may use Regional Measure 2 operating funds in accordance with paragraph (6) of subdivision (d) of Section 30914 of the Streets and Highways Code for operation of the Vallejo and Alameda services and facilities if consistent with the transition plan and approved by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, if a transfer of assets occurs, the authority shall indemnify the state against any claims or liability relating to the ferry vessel operations and facilities transferred, or any act or failure to act when the authority has a legal obligation under the laws of this state, except for any claims or liability arising out of or related to City of Vallejo v. State of California (Solano County Superior Court, Case No. FCS031170).
Cal. GOV § 66540 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 1 / Section 66540
Section 66540
Status: in_force

This title shall be known and may be cited as the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Response and Disaster Recovery Act.
Cal. GOV § 66540.36 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 66540.36
Section 66540.36
Status: in_force

The authority may select private or public franchisees for those operating elements of the water transportation services system and related facilities of the authority.
Cal. GOV § 66540.15 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 4 / Section 66540.15
Section 66540.15
Status: in_force

The board members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their duties. However, in lieu of this reimbursement for attendance at board meetings, each member of the board may receive a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100), but not to exceed a combined total of five meetings in any one calendar month, plus reasonable expenses as may be authorized by the board. The authority shall pay all costs pursuant to this section.
Cal. GOV § 66540.9 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 3 / Section 66540.9
Section 66540.9
Status: in_force

In order to properly plan and provide for emergency water transportation services and facilities, the authority shall have the authority to plan, develop, and operate all aspects of water transportation facilities within the bay area region, including, but not limited to, the location and development of terminals, parking lots and structures, and all other facilities and services necessary to serve passengers and other customers of the water transportation services system.
Cal. GOV § 66540.46 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 66540.46
Section 66540.46
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of any bonds that have been authorized to be issued, but have not been sold and delivered, and may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes therefor, and may renew the bond anticipation notes from time to time, but the maximum maturity of any bond anticipation notes, including the renewals thereof, may not exceed five years from the date of delivery of the original bond anticipation notes. The bond anticipation notes may be paid from any money of the authority available therefor and not otherwise pledged.

(b) If not previously otherwise paid, the bond anticipation notes shall be paid from the proceeds of the next sale of the bonds of the authority in anticipation of which they were issued. The bond anticipation notes may not be issued in any amount in excess of the aggregate amount of bonds that the authority has been authorized to issue, less the amount of any bonds of the authorized issue previously sold, and also less the amount of other bond anticipation notes therefore issued and then outstanding. The bond anticipation notes shall be issued and sold in the same manner as the bonds. The bond anticipation notes and the resolution or resolutions authorizing them may contain any provisions, conditions, or limitations that a resolution of the authority authorizing the issuance of bonds may contain.

(c) Exclusively for the purpose of securing financing or refinancing for any of the purposes permitted by this title through the issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations, including certificates of participation, by a joint powers authority, and, notwithstanding any other provision contained in this title or any other law, the authority may borrow money or purchase or lease property from a joint powers authority and, in connection therewith, may sell or lease property to the joint powers authority, in each case at the interest rate or rates, maturity date or dates, installment payment or rental provisions, security, pledge of revenues and other assets, covenants to increase rates and charges, default, remedy, and other terms or provisions as may be specified in the installment sale, lease, loan, loan purchase, or other agreement or agreements between the authority and the joint powers authority. The authority may enter into any liquidity or credit agreement it may deem necessary or appropriate in connection with any financing or refinancing authorized by this section. This section provides a complete, additional, and alternative method of performing the acts authorized by this section, and the borrowing of money, incurring indebtedness, sale, purchase, or lease of property from or to a joint powers authority, and any agreement for liquidity or credit enhancement entered into in connection therewith, pursuant to this section, need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to borrowing, incurring indebtedness, sale, purchase, lease, or credit except for compliance with this section.
Cal. GOV § 66540.31 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 66540.31
Section 66540.31
Status: in_force

No action taken by the authority pursuant to this title shall require the approval of the Public Utilities Commission.
Cal. GOV § 66540.24 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 4 / Section 66540.24
Section 66540.24
Status: in_force

(a) Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting any business of the board.

(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided to the contrary in this title, a recorded majority vote of the total authorized membership of the board is required on each action.
Cal. GOV § 66540.55 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 66540.55
Section 66540.55
Status: in_force

The authority shall prescribe a method of securing employees, shall adopt rules and regulations governing the employment of employees, and shall prescribe the compensation to be paid to employees, including the provision of compensation based upon successful accomplishment of goals and objectives specified in advance.
Cal. GOV § 66540.22 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 4 / Section 66540.22
Section 66540.22
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall supervise and regulate every water transportation services facility owned, operated, maintained, or controlled by the authority, including the establishment of rates, rentals, charges, and classifications, and the making and enforcement of rules, regulations, contracts, practices, and schedules, for or in connection with any transportation facility owned, operated, or controlled by the authority.

(b) If the board proposes to establish or change rates or schedules for or in connection with a facility described in subdivision (a), the board shall establish a process for taking public input on those proposed rates, schedules, or changes and shall conduct a public hearing prior to the adoption of those rates, schedules, or changes. The board shall provide written notification of the proposed rates, schedules, or changes to the city where the ferry terminal affected by those rates, schedules, or changes is located at least 30 days prior to the public hearing.
Cal. GOV § 66540.54 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 66540.54
Section 66540.54
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall maintain accounting records and shall report accounting transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as adopted by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) of the Financial Accounting Foundation for both public reporting purposes and for reporting of activities to the Controller.

(b) The authority shall contract with an independent certified public accountant for an annual audit of the financial records, books, and performance of the authority. The accountant shall submit a report of the audit to the board and the board shall make copies of the report available to the public and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature.
Cal. GOV § 66540.45 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 66540.45
Section 66540.45
Status: in_force

The authority may borrow money in accordance with Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820) of, Article 7.6 (commencing with Section 53850) of, or Article 7.7 (commencing with Section 53859) of, Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.
Cal. GOV § 66540.28 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 66540.28
Section 66540.28
Status: in_force

The authority may sue and be sued.
Cal. GOV § 66540.47 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 66540.47
Section 66540.47
Status: in_force

The authority may bring an action to determine the validity of any of its bonds, equipment trust certificates, warrants, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness or any of its revenues, rates, or charges pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Cal. GOV § 66540.19 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 4 / Section 66540.19
Section 66540.19
Status: in_force

(a) The time and place of the first meeting of the board shall be at a time and place within the bay area region fixed by the chair of the board, but no later than April 1, 2008.

(b) After the first meeting described in subdivision (a), the board shall hold meetings at times and places determined by the board.

(c) Meetings of the board are subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5).
Cal. GOV § 66540.65 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 66540.65
Section 66540.65
Status: in_force

Any pension or retirement system adopted by the board shall be on a sound actuarial basis and provide for contributions by both the authority and the employee members of the system which shall be based on percentage of payroll to be changed only by adjustments on account of experience under the system.
Cal. GOV § 66540.37 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 66540.37
Section 66540.37
Status: in_force

The authority may accept, through purchase of fee, conveyance of title, long-term lease, or other means deemed appropriate, the vessels, terminals, maintenance and support facilities, and other assets of public water transportation services providers.
Cal. GOV § 66540.53 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 66540.53
Section 66540.53
Status: in_force

The authority may insure against public liability or property damage, or both. It may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of any bonds for the carrying of such or any other insurance, in such amount and of such character as may be specified, and for the payment of the premiums thereon.
Cal. GOV § 66540.39 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 66540.39
Section 66540.39
Status: in_force

The air emission standard for new vessels purchased by the authority shall exceed the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s air quality standards for Tier II 2007 marine engines by at least 85 percent.
Cal. GOV § 66540.27 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 66540.27
Section 66540.27
Status: in_force

The authority may provide a comprehensive emergency public water transportation services system and, for this purpose, may have the power to provide all of the following:

(a) Planning, as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 66540.32).

(b) Facilities, equipment, and services, as provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 66540.34).

(c) Funding, as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 66540.41).

(d) Employee benefits and retirement, as provide in Article 5 (commencing with Section 66540.55).
Cal. GOV § 66540.64 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 66540.64
Section 66540.64
Status: in_force

The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the authority or their beneficiaries shall be entitled to benefits and the amounts thereof.
Cal. GOV § 66540.34 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 66540.34
Section 66540.34
Status: in_force

The authority may enter into agreements for the joint use or joint development of any property rights, including air rights, owned or controlled by the authority.
Cal. GOV § 66540.61 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 66540.61
Section 66540.61
Status: in_force

As an alternative method of providing a retirement system, the board may contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and enter all or any portion of its employees under that system pursuant to law and under the terms and conditions of that contract, or may contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System for reciprocal benefits between the Public Employees’ System, or a city, or city and county, or any other public agency contracting with the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the authority’s retirement system as authorized by Section 20042, and may perform all acts necessary or convenient to provide for those reciprocal benefits.
Cal. GOV § 66540.26 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 66540.26
Section 66540.26
Status: in_force

The authority has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
Cal. GOV § 66540.50 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 66540.50
Section 66540.50
Status: in_force

The authority may deposit or invest any moneys of the authority in banks or financial institutions in the state in accordance with state law.
Cal. GOV § 66540.69 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 6 / Section 66540.69
Section 66540.69
Status: in_force

If any chapter, article, section, subdivision, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase in this title, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is for any reason held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the title, or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this title and each chapter, article, section, subdivision, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subdivisions, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, be held invalid.
Cal. GOV § 66540.33 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 66540.33
Section 66540.33
Status: in_force

The authority shall refer for recommendation the plans of routes, rights of way, terminals, yards, and related facilities and improvements to the city councils and boards of supervisors within the jurisdiction of which those facilities and improvements lie and to other state, regional, and local agencies and commissions as may be deemed appropriate by the authority. The authority shall give due consideration to all recommendations submitted.
Cal. GOV § 66540.2 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 1 / Section 66540.2
Section 66540.2
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this title to provide for a unified, comprehensive institutional structure for the ownership and governance of a water transportation system that shall provide comprehensive water transportation and emergency coordination services for the bay area region. It is further the intent of the Legislature that the authority established by this act shall succeed to the powers, duties, obligations, liabilities, immunities, and exemptions of any general purpose local government or special district that operates or sponsors water transit, except the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.
Cal. GOV § 66540.68 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 66540.68
Section 66540.68
Status: in_force

(a) This article does not apply to any employees of the authority in a bargaining unit that is represented by a labor organization, except as to the protection of the rights of those employees that were employees of the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority as specifically provided in Section 66540.56.

(b) The adoption, terms, and conditions of the retirement systems covering employees of the authority in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization shall be pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between that labor organization and the authority. Any such retirement system adopted pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement shall be on a sound actuarial basis. The authority and the labor organization representing the authority’s employees in a bargaining unit shall be equally represented in the administration of that retirement system.

(c) (1) The authority shall assume and be bound by the terms and conditions of employment set forth in any collective bargaining agreement or employment contract between the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority and any labor organization or employee affected by the creation of the authority, as well as the duties, obligations, and liabilities arising from, or relating to, labor obligations imposed by state or federal law upon the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority.

(2) The authority shall assume and be bound by the terms and conditions of employment set forth in any collective bargaining agreement or employment contract between any entity, whether public or private, whose services the authority directly assumes, and any labor organization or employee included within the assumption of those services.
Cal. GOV § 66540.325 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 66540.325
Section 66540.325
Status: in_force

When feeder transportation services are proposed to be established to or from the facilities operated by the authority, the authority shall coordinate with the public transit agency or agencies in whose service territory the feeder service will operate.
Cal. GOV § 66540.35 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 66540.35
Section 66540.35
Status: in_force

The authority may acquire, own, lease, construct, and operate water transportation vessels and equipment, including, but not limited to, real and personal property, equipment, and any facilities of the authority, except those facilities providing access to national parks.
Cal. GOV § 66540.25 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 4 / Section 66540.25
Section 66540.25
Status: in_force

The authority may do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of this title.
Cal. GOV § 66540.10 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 3 / Section 66540.10
Section 66540.10
Status: in_force

The San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority shall transfer the title and ownership of all property within its control and ownership to the authority. Funds necessary for the establishment and organization of the authority, as determined by the board, shall be transferred immediately upon request by the authority. All other transfers shall be consistent with the transition plan required under subdivision (b) of Section 66540.32 and shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(a) All real and personal property, including, but not limited to, all terminals, ferries, vehicles or facilities, parking facilities for passengers and employees, and related buildings and facilities convenient or necessary to operate, support, maintain, and manage the water transportation services system and its services to customers.

(b) All contracts with tenants, concessionaires, leaseholders, and others.

(c) All financial obligations secured by revenues and fees generated from the operations of the water transportation services system, including, but not limited to, bonded indebtedness associated with the water transportation services system.

(d) All financial reserves, including, but not limited to, sinking funds and other credits.

(e) All office equipment, including, but not limited to, computers, records and files, and software required for financial management, personnel management, and accounting and inventory systems.
Cal. GOV § 66540.49 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 66540.49
Section 66540.49
Status: in_force

The authority may apply for and receive grants from any and all state and federal agencies.
Cal. GOV § 66540.30 — California Code / Code gov / Title 7.10 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 66540.30
Section 66540.30
Status: in_force

The authority may contract with any department or agency of the United States, with any state or local governmental agency, or with any person upon those terms and conditions that the authority finds are in its best interests.