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CA Pub Util Code § 33002.14 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33002.14.

33002.14.  The board, after the hearing on an exclusion or reduction petition, shall order one of the following by resolution:(a) In the case of an exclusion petition, order the exclusion of all or any part of the real property described in the petition upon its finding that the property will not be benefited by the operations of the district in the vicinity of the benefit district.(b) In the case of a reduction petition, order a change in the benefit assessment to all or any portion of the real property described in the petition to provide that it not exceed the amount of benefit derived by the operations of the district in the vicinity of the benefit district.(c) Confirm the assessment on the real property subject to the petition as correctly reflecting the amount of benefit to the real property.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33004 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33004.

33004.  At the time and place fixed for the hearing on the issuance of bonds payable from special benefit assessments levied under this chapter, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing. Interested persons may appear at the hearing and present matters material to the questions set forth in the resolution. At the conclusion of the hearing on the proposed issuance of bonds, the board shall, by resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members, determine whether to incur the bonded indebtedness.The resolution shall state the amount of the proposed debt, the purposes for which it is to be incurred, and the estimated cost of accomplishing the purposes. The determinations made in the resolution are final and conclusive.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33005 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33005.

33005.  Special benefit assessments for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued for a benefit district shall be levied in the benefit district at rates which are sufficient in the aggregate, together with revenues already collected and available therefor, to pay the principal of, and interest on, all bonds of the district issued for the benefit district. Other revenues of the district shall be used for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds only to the extent set forth in any agreement of the district for the benefit of bondholders.Special benefit assessments in the benefit district and zones, if any, therein shall be calculated to reflect, as accurately as possible, the benefit received by the property assessed in the benefit district or zones, if any, therein as a result of the project to be financed thereby.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33006 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33006.

33006.  The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding 12 percent per annum, payable semiannually, except that the first interest payable on the bonds or any series thereof may be for any period not to exceed one year as determined by the board.In the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of bonds, the board may also provide for call and redemption of the bonds prior to maturity at times and prices and upon any other terms that it may specify. However, no bond is subject to call or redemption prior to maturity unless the bond contains a recital to that effect. The denomination or denominations of bonds shall be stated in the resolution providing for their issuance, but shall not be less than five thousand dollars ($5,000). The principal of, and interest on, the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer of the district or at any other place or places that may be designated by the board, or at either place or places at the option of the holders of the bonds. The bonds shall be dated, numbered consecutively, signed by the president and treasurer, and countersigned by the secretary and shall have the official seal of the district attached. The interest coupons of the bonds shall be signed by the treasurer. The seal and all signatures and countersignatures may be printed, lithographed, or mechanically reproduced, except that one signature or countersignature shall be manually affixed.If an officer, whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds or coupons, leaves office for any reason prior to the delivery of the bonds, the officer’s signature is as effective as if the officer had remained in office.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33007 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33007.

33007.  The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may be sold as the board determines by resolution. The board may sell the bonds at a price below par.If the board determines by resolution that the bonds shall be sold by competitive bid, the board, before selling the bonds, or any part thereof, shall give notice inviting sealed bids in the manner that it prescribes. If satisfactory bids are received, the bonds offered shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder. If no bids are received, or if the board determines that the bids received are not satisfactory as to price or responsibility of the bidders, the board may reject all bids received, if any, and either readvertise or sell the bonds at private sale or by negotiation, or by other lawful means.If the board determines by resolution that the bonds shall not be sold by competitive bid, the board may sell the bonds at public or private sale, by negotiation, or by other lawful means.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33008 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33008.

33008.  Delivery of any bonds issued under this chapter may be made at any place either inside or outside the state, and the purchase price may be received in cash or bank credits.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33009 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33009.

33009.  All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of bonds issued by the district pursuant to this chapter shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of principal of, and interest on, those bonds. The remainder of the proceeds received on the sale of the bonds shall be placed in the treasury to secure those bonds or for the purposes for which the debt was incurred.When the purposes for which the debt was incurred have been accomplished, any money remaining shall be either (a) transferred to the fund to be used for the payment of principal of, and interest on, the bonds or (b) placed in a fund to be used for the purchase of those outstanding bonds of the district, from time to time, in the open market at the prices and in the manner, either at public or private sale or otherwise, that the board determines. Bonds so purchased shall be canceled immediately.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33010 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33010.

33010.  The board may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the district under this chapter upon the terms, at the times, and in the manner that it determines. Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to pay all, or any part, of the principal of the outstanding bonds issued under this chapter, the interest thereon, and the premiums, if any, due upon call and redemption thereof prior to maturity and all expenses of the refunding.The provisions of this chapter, for the issuance and sale of bonds apply to the issuance and sale of refunding bonds, except that, when refunding bonds are to be exchanged for outstanding bonds, the method of exchange shall be as determined by the board.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33011 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33011.

33011.  Any bonds issued under this chapter are legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and trust companies; for state school funds; and, whenever any money or funds may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be invested in bonds of cities, counties, school districts, or other districts within this state, the money or funds may be invested in the bonds issued under this chapter.Whenever bonds of cities, counties, school districts, or other districts within this state may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be used as security for the performance of any act or the deposit of any public money, bonds issued under this chapter may be so used.The provisions of this chapter are in addition to all other laws relating to legal investments and are controlling as the latest expression of the Legislature with respect thereto.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33012 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33012.

33012.  The board may change the purposes for which any proposed debt is to be incurred, the estimated cost, the amount of bonded debt to be incurred, or the boundaries of the benefit district or zones, if any, therein or one or all of those matters, except that the board shall not change the boundaries to include any territory which will not, in its judgment, be benefited by the district action.For all purposes of this chapter, it is conclusively presumed that any right-of-way of a common carrier will not be benefited by the district action.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33013 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33013.

33013.  (a) The board shall not change the purposes, the estimated cost, the boundaries of the benefit district or zones, if any, therein, or the amount of bonded debt to be incurred until after it gives notice of its intention to do so, stating each proposed change in the purpose and stating, if applicable, that the exterior boundaries proposed to be changed are set forth on a map on file with the secretary of the district. The notice shall also specify the time and place set for hearing.(b) The notice shall be published prior to the time set for the hearing pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.(c) The notice shall also be mailed at least 30 days prior to the hearing to all owners of real property affected by the proposed change whose names and addresses appear on the last equalized assessment roll or are otherwise known to the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles or to the district.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33014 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33014.

33014.  At the time and place fixed for a hearing on changes, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing. At the hearing, interested persons may appear and present matters material to the changes set forth in the notice.At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall, by resolution, determine whether to make any or all of the changes set forth in the notice. The determinations made in the resolution are conclusive and final.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33015 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33015.

33015.  All decisions and determinations of the board, upon notice and hearing, are final and conclusive upon all persons entitled to appeal to the board as to all errors, informalities, and irregularities which the board might have avoided or remedied during the progress of the proceedings or which it can, at that time, remedy.Any objection, appeal, or protest not made at the time of any hearing is deemed to be waived voluntarily by any person who might have made the appeal, protest, or objection, and the person is deemed to have consented to the action taken following the hearing and any other matter on which objection, protest, or appeal could have been made.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33016 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33016.

33016.  Any action or proceeding, other than a petition for election pursuant to Section 33002.2, which contests, questions, or denies the validity or legality of the formation of any benefit district or zone, the issuance of any bonds therefor pursuant to this chapter, or any proceedings relating thereto, shall be commenced within six months from the date of the formation; otherwise, the formation of the benefit district or zone, the issuance of the bonds, and all proceedings relating thereto shall be held to be in every respect valid, legal, and incontestable.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33017 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33017.

33017.  When the board has imposed a special benefit assessment, the secretary shall so certify to the assessor of the county in which the territory of any benefit district is located and deliver to the assessor copies of all maps and diagrams of the benefit district and zones, if any, therein, indicating the amount of the special benefit assessment to be levied within the benefit district and zones, if any, therein.Special benefit assessments authorized by this chapter shall be levied and collected by the county at the same time and in the same manner as taxes are levied and collected. The county may deduct its reasonable expenses of collection and shall transmit the balance of the assessments to the district.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33019 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33019.

33019.  In the event of conflict with any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail with respect to benefit districts within the district.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33020 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33020.

33020.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the district shall not pledge any portion of its general fund revenues to pay any part of any bonded indebtedness incurred under this chapter unless required by provisions of the California Constitution.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33021 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts|Section 33021.

33021.  Notwithstanding Section 5097 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, any petition or claim for refund seeking an exclusion of real property or the reduction of an assessment on any grounds for the 2004–05 fiscal year or in any subsequent fiscal year pursuant to this chapter shall be filed within two years after the making of the payment sought to be refunded.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 590, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40120 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions|Section 40120.

40120.  Whenever a majority of the employees employed by the district in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by a labor organization, the district, upon determining as provided in Section 40122 that the labor organization represents the employees in the appropriate unit, shall enter into a written contract with the accredited representative of those employees governing wages, salaries, hours, and working conditions. In case of a dispute over wages, salaries, hours, or working conditions, which is not resolved by negotiations in good faith between the district and the labor organization, upon the request of both, the district and the labor organization may submit the dispute to the decision of the majority of an arbitration board, and the decision of the majority of the arbitration board shall be final. The arbitration board shall be composed of two representatives of the district, and two representatives of the labor organization, and they shall endeavor to agree upon the selection of the fifth member. If they are unable to agree, the names of five persons experienced in labor arbitration shall be obtained from the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service. The labor organization and the district shall, alternately, strike a name from the list so supplied, and the name remaining after the labor organization and the district have stricken four names, shall be designated as the arbitrator. The labor organization and the district shall determine by lot who shall first strike 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 his or her own costs.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 46, Sec. 124. (SB 1038) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40121 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions|Section 40121.

40121.  No contract or agreement shall be made with any labor organization, association, group, or individual, or be assumed under the provisions of this section, where such organization, association, group, or individual denies membership to or in any manner discriminates against any employee on the grounds of race, creed, color or sex; provided, that such organization may preclude from membership any individual who advocates the overthrow of the government by force or violence. The district shall not discriminate in regard to employment against any person because of his race, creed, or color.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1899.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40122 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions|Section 40122.

40122.  If there is a question whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees or whether the proposed unit is or is not appropriate, such matters shall be submitted to the State Conciliation Service for disposition. The State Conciliation 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, the conduct of hearings and elections, the State Conciliation Service shall be guided by relevant federal law and administrative practice, developed under the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as presently amended.The State Conciliation 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 bargaining unit exists until the lapse of one year from the date of certification or the expiration of any collective bargaining agreement, whichever is later; provided, 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. 1965, Ch. 1899.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40122.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions|Section 40122.1.

40122.1.  (a) The Public Employment Relations Board established pursuant to Section 3541 of the Government Code, and the powers and duties of that board, as described in Section 3541.3 of the Government Code, shall apply, as appropriate, to this chapter and shall include the authority as set forth in subdivision (b).(b) A complaint alleging any violation of this chapter or of any rules and regulations adopted by the district shall be processed as an unfair practice charge by the Public Employment Relations Board. The initial determination as to whether the charge of unfair practice is justified and, if so, the appropriate remedy necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, shall be a matter within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Public Employment Relations Board, except that in an action to recover damages due to an unlawful strike, the Public Employment Relations Board shall have no authority to award strike-preparation expenses as damages, and shall have no authority to award damages for costs, expenses, or revenue losses incurred during, or as a consequence of, an unlawful strike. The Public Employment Relations Board shall apply and interpret unfair labor practices consistent with existing judicial interpretations of this chapter.(c) The Public Employment Relations Board shall not find it an unfair practice for an employee organization to violate a rule or regulation adopted by a public agency if that rule or regulation is itself in violation of this chapter. This subdivision shall not be construed to restrict or expand that board’s jurisdiction or authority as set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b).(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 713, Sec. 1. (AB 355) Effective January 1, 2020.)