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CA Govt Code § 66540.41 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 4 - Funding|Section 66540.41.

66540.41.  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.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.42 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 4 - Funding|Section 66540.42.

66540.42.  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that it operates, and define and set other fares and fees for services related to the water transportation system.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.44 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 4 - Funding|Section 66540.44.

66540.44.  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and Lighting Act of 1972 (Part 2 (commencing with Section 22500) of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code).(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.45 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 4 - Funding|Section 66540.45.

66540.45.  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.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.47 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 4 - Funding|Section 66540.47.

66540.47.  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.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.48 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 4 - Funding|Section 66540.48.

66540.48.  (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.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.49 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 4 - Funding|Section 66540.49.

66540.49.  The authority may apply for and receive grants from any and all state and federal agencies.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.50 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 4 - Funding|Section 66540.50.

66540.50.  The authority may deposit or invest any moneys of the authority in banks or financial institutions in the state in accordance with state law.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.51 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 4 - Funding|Section 66540.51.

66540.51.  The authority may insure against any accident to or destruction of the public transportation ferry system or any part thereof.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.52 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 4 - Funding|Section 66540.52.

66540.52.  The authority may insure against loss of revenues from any cause whatsoever.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.53 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 4 - Funding|Section 66540.53.

66540.53.  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.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.54 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 4 - Funding|Section 66540.54.

66540.54.  (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.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 179, Sec. 122. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.55 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 5 - Employee Benefits and Retirement System|Section 66540.55.

66540.55.  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.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.56 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 5 - Employee Benefits and Retirement System|Section 66540.56.

66540.56.  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.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.57 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 5 - Employee Benefits and Retirement System|Section 66540.57.

66540.57.  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.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.58 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 5 - Employee Benefits and Retirement System|Section 66540.58.

66540.58.  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.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.59 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 5 - Employee Benefits and Retirement System|Section 66540.59.

66540.59.  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.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.60 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 5 - Employee Benefits and Retirement System|Section 66540.60.

66540.60.  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.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.61 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 5 - Employee Benefits and Retirement System|Section 66540.61.

66540.61.  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.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.62 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 5 - Employee Benefits and Retirement System|Section 66540.62.

66540.62.  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.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.63 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 5 - Employee Benefits and Retirement System|Section 66540.63.

66540.63.  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.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.64 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 5 - Employee Benefits and Retirement System|Section 66540.64.

66540.64.  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.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.65 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 5 - Employee Benefits and Retirement System|Section 66540.65.

66540.65.  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.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.66 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 5 - Employee Benefits and Retirement System|Section 66540.66.

66540.66.  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.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.67 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 5 - Employee Benefits and Retirement System|Section 66540.67.

66540.67.  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.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 66540.68 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers|ARTICLE 5 - Employee Benefits and Retirement System|Section 66540.68.

66540.68.  (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.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 387, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Govt Code § 66663 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.2 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION|CHAPTER 5.5 - San Francisco Bay Dredging|ARTICLE 1 - Findings and Declarations|Section 66663.

66663.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that because of the shallowness and high rate of sedimentation of the San Francisco Bay, dredging is essential to establish and maintain navigational channels for maritime commerce, which contributes substantially to the local, regional, and state economies, as well as for military navigation, flood control, recreational boating, and other public purposes.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 583, Sec. 3.)
CA Govt Code § 66663.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7.2 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION|CHAPTER 5.5 - San Francisco Bay Dredging|ARTICLE 1 - Findings and Declarations|Section 66663.1.

66663.1.  The Legislature further finds and declares that it is in the interest of the state to accomplish the following:(a) Establish the relative importance of dredging needs so that the most important projects can be prioritized and accomplished quickly and unnecessary dredging activities are eliminated. (b) Examine the potential for and promote using dredged materials as a resource, such as creating new wetlands and maintaining existing levees. (c) Establish a broad range of environmentally sound and economically feasible disposal options in order to protect fish and wildlife resources and other beneficial uses of the bay and the ocean. (d) Identify how disposal sites can best be managed and assure adequate monitoring of dredging and disposal activities.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 583, Sec. 3.)