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CA Pub Util Code § 120477 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions|ARTICLE 10 - Transit Service Dispute Resolution|Section 120477.

120477.  (a) The board shall resolve regional transit service disputes between local agencies and transit operators which provide services in the area, pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted by the board.(b) In resolving a regional transit service dispute pursuant to rules and regulations it has adopted, the board, on a case-by-case basis, may, by affirmative vote of two-thirds of the voting members, resolve the dispute, notwithstanding Sections 99280 and 99281.(c) Nothing in this article shall supersede the lawful authority of any local public agency to regulate and provide for transit services within its jurisdiction or the duties and authority of the North San Diego County Transit Development Board pursuant to Sections 125105 and 125260.(d) Regional service shall be characterized by operating speed above the system average, limited stops, and moderate service frequencies connecting different communities or cities.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 745, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120478 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions|ARTICLE 10 - Transit Service Dispute Resolution|Section 120478.

120478.  The rules and regulations adopted by the board shall include, but not be limited to, the following:(a) Criteria to determine the definition and validity of a regional transit service dispute.(b) Procedures for the submission of a regional transit service dispute to the board.(c) The information, such as the matter in dispute, to be included in the notice to be sent to the parties in the regional transit service dispute.(d) The procedure for mediation prior to a hearing before a transit coordination and service committee.(e) The appointment, if mediation fails, of a transit coordination and service committee, consisting of board members, to hold a public hearing on the regional transit service dispute in the locality of the dispute and to make reports of its findings of fact and its recommendations regarding the dispute to the board. (f) The adoption of one or more alternative procedures for the review and resolution of regional disputes involving the San Diego Transit Corporation, to be mutually agreed upon by the parties to the dispute.(g) If the regional dispute involves one or more local agencies not within the area governed by the board, the adoption of one or more alternative procedures for the review and resolution of the dispute, to be mutually agreed upon by the parties to the dispute.(h) Actions the board may take to resolve the dispute.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 18.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120481 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions|ARTICLE 11 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 120481.

120481.  (a) The board, in the ordinance, shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, the tax rate or the maximum tax rate, the purposes for which the revenue derived from the tax will be used, the portion of the area of the board to which the tax would apply, and may set a term during which the tax will be imposed. The purposes for which the tax revenues may be used shall be limited to public transit purposes serving the area of jurisdiction of the board, as determined by the board, including the administration of this division and legal actions related thereto. These purposes include expenditures for planning, environmental reviews, engineering and design costs, and related right-of-way acquisition. The ordinance shall contain an expenditure plan that shall include the allocation of revenues for the purposes authorized by this section.(b) As used in this section, “public transit purposes” includes the public transit responsibilities under the jurisdiction of the board as well as any repair, redesign, or ongoing maintenance of a right-of-way upon which transit is intended to travel, or any bikeway, bicycle path, sidewalk, trail, pedestrian access, or pedestrian accessway.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 758, Sec. 3. (AB 1413) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120482 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions|ARTICLE 11 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 120482.

120482.  (a) The county shall conduct an election called by the board pursuant to Section 120480.(b) The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as provided by law for the conduct of elections by a county.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 658, Sec. 7. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120483 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions|ARTICLE 11 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 120483.

120483.  (a) A 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) Before the operative date of the ordinance, the board shall contract with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of the ordinance. The costs to be covered by the contract may also include services of the types described in Section 7272 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for preparatory work up to the operative date of the ordinance. Any disputes as to the amount of the costs shall be resolved in the same manner as provided in that section.(2) Notwithstanding Section 7272 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the maximum amount of preparatory costs incurred may exceed those costs as described in paragraph (1), if the increased amount reflects necessary preparatory costs.(c) Within 45 days from the date the ordinance is approved by the voters, the board shall provide the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration with a complete alphabetical list of all streets within the affected area under the jurisdiction of the board pursuant to Section 120054, which shall include beginning and ending street numbers, and shall maintain that list on its internet website. The board shall also provide a legal description and a map or plat, that both describe the boundaries of the applicable area of the board pursuant to Section 120054.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 758, Sec. 4. (AB 1413) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120484 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions|ARTICLE 11 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 120484.

120484.  The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this article may be allocated by the board for public transit purposes consistent with the applicable regional transportation improvement program and the applicable regional transportation plan.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 658, Sec. 7. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120485 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions|ARTICLE 11 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 120485.

120485.  The board, subject to the approval of the voters within the portion of the county to which the tax would apply, may impose a maximum tax rate of one-half of 1 percent under this article and the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code). The board shall not levy the tax at a rate other than one-half or one-fourth of 1 percent unless specifically authorized by the Legislature.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 758, Sec. 5. (AB 1413) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120486 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions|ARTICLE 11 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 120486.

120486.  The board, as part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, may seek authorization to issue bonds payable from the proceeds of the tax.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 658, Sec. 7. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120487 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions|ARTICLE 11 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 120487.

120487.  Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this article or the issuance of any bonds thereunder or any of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned, or denied, shall be commenced within six months from the date of the election at which the ordinance is approved; otherwise, the bonds and all proceedings in relation thereto, including the adoption and approval of the ordinance, shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 658, Sec. 7. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120488 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions|ARTICLE 11 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 120488.

120488.  The board has no power to impose any tax other than the transactions and use tax imposed upon approval of the voters in accordance with this article.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 658, Sec. 7. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|ARTICLE 1 - Employees Relations|Section 120500.

120500.  Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities as permitted under the Federal Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended, for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.It is declared to be in the public interest that the board shall not express any preference for one union over another.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 577.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|ARTICLE 1 - Employees Relations|Section 120501.

120501.  Whenever a majority of the employees employed by the board in a unit that is the appropriate unit for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by a labor organization and upon determining as provided in Section 120505, that such labor organization represents the majority of the employees in that appropriate unit, the board shall meet and confer in a good-faith effort to agree on the terms of a written contract with the recognized representatives of such employees governing wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, and benefits, including, but not limited to, health and welfare, sick leave, insurance, or pension or retirement provisions.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 577.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|ARTICLE 1 - Employees Relations|Section 120502.

120502.  In case of a labor dispute over wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, and benefits on the making or maintaining of collective-bargaining agreements and the terms to be included in such agreements, which is not resolved by negotiations in good faith between the board and the labor organization, upon the joint request of both, the board and the labor organization may submit the dispute to the decision of the majority of an arbitration panel.The arbitration panel shall be composed of one representative of the board, and one representative of the labor organization, and they shall endeavor to agree upon the selection of the third member. If they are unable to agree, the names of five persons experienced in labor arbitration shall be obtained from the State Conciliation Service. The labor organization and the board shall, alternately, strike a name from the list so supplied, and the name remaining, after the labor organization and the board have stricken four names, shall be designated as the third arbitrator. The labor organization and the board shall determine by lot who shall first strike a name from the list. The decision of a majority of the arbitration board shall be final and binding upon the parties thereto. The expenses of arbitration shall be borne equally by the parties. Each party shall bear its own costs.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 577.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|ARTICLE 1 - Employees Relations|Section 120503.

120503.  In the event the board and the representatives of the employees do not agree to submit the dispute to an arbitration panel as provided in Section 120502, the State Conciliation Service may be notified by either party that a labor dispute exists and that there is no agreement to arbitrate.The service shall determine whether or not the labor dispute may be resolved by the parties and, if not, the issues concerning which the dispute exists. Upon such determination, the service shall certify its findings to the Governor of the State of California who shall, within 10 days of receipt of certification, appoint a factfinding commission consisting of three persons. The commission shall immediately convene and inquire into and investigate the issues involved in the dispute and shall report to the Governor within 30 days of the date of its creation.After the creation of such commission, and for 30 days after such commission has made its report to the Governor, no change, except by mutual agreement, shall be made by the parties to the controversy in the conditions out of which the labor dispute arose and service to the public shall be provided.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 577.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|ARTICLE 1 - Employees Relations|Section 120504.

120504.  (a) A contract or agreement shall not be made with any labor organization, association, or group that denies membership to, or in any manner discriminates against, any employee on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code.(b)  The board shall not discriminate with regard to employment against any person on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code, except as otherwise provided in Section 12940 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 788, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|ARTICLE 1 - Employees Relations|Section 120505.

120505.  If there is a question of whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees or whether the proposed unit is the appropriate unit for collective bargaining, the question shall be submitted to the State Conciliation Service for disposition. The service shall promptly hold a public hearing, after due notice to all interested parties, and shall thereupon determine the unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining. In making such determination and in establishing rules and regulations governing petitions and the conduct of hearings and elections, the service shall be guided by relevant federal law and administrative practice developed under the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended.The service shall provide for an election to determine the question of representation and shall certify the results to the parties. Any certification of a labor organization to represent or act for the employees in any collective-bargaining unit shall not be subject to challenge on the grounds that a new substantial question of representation within such collective unit exists until the lapse of one year from the date of certification or the expiration of any collective-bargaining agreement, whichever is later, except that no collective-bargaining agreement shall be construed to be a bar to representation proceedings for a period of more than two years.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 577.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120506 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|ARTICLE 1 - Employees Relations|Section 120506.

120506.  The obligation of the board to meet and confer in good faith with the duly certified labor organization and to agree on the terms of a written collective-bargaining agreement with such labor organization covering the wages, hours, working conditions, and benefits of the employees represented by such labor organization in the appropriate unit, and to comply with the terms thereof, shall not be limited or restricted by the provisions of the Government Code or other laws or statutes. The obligations of the board to bargain collectively shall extend to all subjects of collective bargaining which are, or may be, mandatory subjects of collective bargaining with a private employer, including retroactive provisions and benefits for retired employees.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 577.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120507 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|ARTICLE 1 - Employees Relations|Section 120507.

120507.  Notwithstanding the provisions of the Government Code, employees of the board may authorize and, upon such authorization, the board may make deductions from wages and salaries of such employees:(a) Pursuant to a collective-bargaining agreement with a duly designated or certified labor organization for the payment of union dues, fees, or assessments. (b) For the payment of contributions pursuant to any health and welfare plan or pension or retirement plan.(c) For any purpose for which deductions may be authorized by employees of any private employer.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 577.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120508 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|ARTICLE 1 - Employees Relations|Section 120508.

120508.  (a) This article also applies to the employee relations of employees of a nonprofit entity that operates public mass transit services and that is solely owned by the board. For employee relations regarding these employees, “board,” as used in this article, means the board and the board of directors of the nonprofit entity as the joint employer of the employees.(b) The board may, at any time in its sole discretion, abolish any nonprofit entity or merge any nonprofit entity with another nonprofit entity or with the board.(c) Upon abolishing or merging a nonprofit entity pursuant to subdivision (b), the board shall become the sole employer of the employees of the nonprofit entity and shall assume sole responsibility to observe all existing labor contracts established and maintained pursuant to this article.(d) Except as may be agreed upon through the collective bargaining process, nothing in this section shall prohibit or limit the right of the board to contract with common carriers of persons operating under a franchise, license, or other agreement. Any provision in an existing collective bargaining agreement made applicable to the board in its capacity as a joint employer with a nonprofit entity pursuant to subdivision (a) or sole successor employer pursuant to subdivision (b) that is intended to prohibit or limit the right of a nonprofit entity to contract out covered bargaining unit services to another common carrier of persons shall not be binding upon the board with respect to any contract for services entered into, renewed, or extended by the board prior to January 1, 2004, and thereafter shall apply only to contracts for bargaining unit services covered by an existing collective bargaining agreement assumed by or binding upon the board as a joint employer unless otherwise agreed upon through the collective bargaining process. The amendments to this subdivision made by Chapter 557 of the Statutes of 2005 are intended solely to clarify existing law and shall not be interpreted either to enlarge or contract the board’s right to contract out for public transportation services.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 140, Sec. 167. (AB 1164) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120509 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|ARTICLE 1 - Employees Relations|Section 120509.

120509.  (a) Upon the request of the board, as defined in Section 120508, with the consent of any labor organization acting as the exclusive representative of employees whose collective bargaining rights are subject to Section 120508, the board may enter into a contract to enroll the collectively bargained employees as members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or another retirement system.(b) A contract to enroll employees in the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall be subject to the provisions of Part 3 (commencing with Section 20000) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(c) Employees transferred from any existing retirement system or pension plan to the Public Employees’ Retirement System or any other retirement system by operation of this section shall receive benefits immediately after enrollment in, or transfer to, the system that are at least equal to, or greater than, the benefits the employees would have been entitled to immediately before enrollment in, or transfer to, the system.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 202, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Pub Util Code § 120520 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 11 - TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARDS|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|ARTICLE 2 - Rights of Employees of Existing Facilities|Section 120520.

120520.  Whenever the board acquires ownership of existing facilities from a privately or publicly owned corporation or utility, either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise and terminates the legal existence of the corporation or utility, and operates the facilities itself, to the extent necessary for operation of facilities, any of the employees whose duties pertain to the facilities acquired who have been employed by the corporation or utility, as the case may be, for at least 75 days shall be appointed to comparable positions by the board without examination. These employees shall be given sick leave, seniority, and vacation credits in accordance with the records of the corporation or other acquired utility, as the case may be. No employee of the former corporation or utility shall suffer any worsening of wages, seniority, pension, vacation, or other benefits as they exist at the time of and by reason of the acquisition.The board shall assume and observe all existing labor contracts of the former corporation or utility, as the case may be, insofar as they relate to the acquired facilities.This section applies only to those officers or supervisory employees of the former corporation or utility, as the case may be, as shall be designated by the board.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 19.)