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CA Pub Util Code § 95891 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 4 - Investigation and Penalties|Section 95891.

95891.  Except as herein provided, no member of the board or of the retirement board, nor any member of the retirement system or employee of the district, shall have any interest direct or indirect in the making of any investment or in the gains or profits accruing therefrom, and no such person, directly or indirectly, for himself or as an agent or partner of others, shall borrow any of its funds, nor shall any such person in any manner use the same except to make such current and necessary payments as are authorized by the retirement board, nor shall such a person become an endorser or surety as to, or in any manner an obligor for investments of the retirement fund.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power|Section 96000.

96000.  The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power|Section 96001.

96001.  The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power|Section 96002.

96002.  The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this part. The district, in exercising such power shall, in addition to the damage for the taking, injury, or destruction of property, also pay the cost of removal, reconstruction, or relocation of any structure, railways, mains, pipes, conduits, cables or poles of any public utility or public district which is required to be moved to a new location.No action in eminent domain to acquire property within any incorporated city or any county shall be commenced unless the legislative body of the affected city or county has consented to such acquisition by resolution.No such taking or acquisition by the district which would involve the abandonment, removal, relocation, or use of property of a railroad corporation, as defined in Section 230 of this code, shall be permitted, unless the Public Utilities Commission, after hearing, shall find and determine that the public interest and necessity require the abandonment, removal, relocation, or use of such property and that such taking or acquisition will not unreasonably impair the ability of the railroad corporation involved to provide safe, adequate, economical, and efficient service.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1176.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96030 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 2 - Contracts|Section 96030.

96030.  The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, contracts and stipulations to indemnify and save harmless, to employ labor, and to do all acts necessary and convenient for the full exercise of the powers granted in this part.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96031 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 2 - Contracts|Section 96031.

96031.  No officer or employee of the district shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived therefrom contrary to the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090), Chapter 1, Division 4, Title 1 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96090 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 4 - Property|Section 96090.

96090.  The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease, or condemn in proceedings under eminent domain, or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the district necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its powers. The board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property within or without the district when in its judgment it is for the best interests of the district so to do.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96091 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 4 - Property|Section 96091.

96091.  Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record, map, book, or paper in the possession of the district or any officer or employee thereof is of no further value to the district, the board may authorize its sale, destruction, or other disposition.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96120 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 96120.

96120.  The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights-of-way, rail lines, buslines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, and any and all other facilities necessary or convenient for transit service within or partly without the district, underground, upon, or above the ground and under, upon, or over public streets or other public ways or waterways, together with all physical structures necessary or convenient for the access of persons and vehicles thereto, and may acquire any interest in or rights to the joint use of any or all of the foregoing; provided, that installations in any street, road or other property devoted to a public use shall be subject to consent of the governing body in charge of such public use.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96121 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 96121.

96121.  The district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, accept contributions of money, rights-of-way, labor, materials, and any other property for the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of transit facilities, and may without limitation by any other provisions of this part enter into any contracts and cooperation with and accept cooperation from the state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, or any public agency in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of, and in financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of, any such transit facilities.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96122 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 96122.

96122.  The district shall not interfere with or exercise any control over any transit facilities now or hereafter owned, and operated wholly or partly within the district by any city or public agency, unless by consent of such city or public agency and upon such terms as are mutually agreed upon between the board and such city or public agency.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96123 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 96123.

96123.  The district may lease or contract for the use of its transit facilities, or any portion thereof, to any operator, and may provide for subleases by such operator upon such terms and conditions as 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.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96124 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 96124.

96124.  The district may construct and operate or acquire and operate works and facilities in, under, upon, over, across, or along any street or public highway or any stream, bay or watercourse, or over any of the lands which are the property of the state, to the same extent that such rights and privileges appertaining thereto are granted to municipalities within the state, and to install adequate bus stops, including the painting of curbs, subject to the consent of the governing body in charge of such streets, highways, stream, watercourse or lands.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96125 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 96125.

96125.  The district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district and any city, public agency or public utility operating transit facilities; may enter into agreements with any city, public agency or public utility operating any transit facilities, either wholly or partially within, or without, the district, for the joint use of any property of the district or of such city, public agency or public utility, or the establishment of through routes, joint fares, transfer of passengers or pooling arrangements.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96126 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 96126.

96126.  The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96127 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 96127.

96127.  The board of supervisors or the city council of a municipality having territory located within the district may file a request for a hearing before the district board as to the reasonableness of any rates or charges fixed by the district and as to any proposal for fixing the location of facilities by the district. The request shall be in writing and shall state the subject matter on which a hearing is desired.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96128 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 96128.

96128.  Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Section 96127 the district board shall fix the time and place for hearing. The time fixed shall not be less than 15 days nor more than 60 days from the date such request is filed. Notice of such hearing shall be given to the county or city requesting such hearing and shall be published by the board.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96129 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 96129.

96129.  At the time fixed for any hearing before the board any board of supervisors or city council eligible to file a request for hearing, not a party to the original request for hearing, may intervene and shall be entitled to be heard and to introduce evidence.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96130 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 96130.

96130.  Within 30 days after submission of the case, the board shall render its decision and its decision shall be final.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96150 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness|Section 96150.

96150.  The district may borrow money for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the district lawfully incurred after the commencement of the fiscal year, but prior to the time moneys from the tax levy for the fiscal year are received by the district, in a sum which shall not exceed five cents ($0.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of taxable property in the district at the time the moneys are borrowed, and may evidence such borrowing by notes bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 6 percent per annum. The notes shall be payable from the tax levy from the then current fiscal year, which levy shall contain a sum sufficient to provide for the payment of the notes and the interest thereon. The form of said notes and the proceedings relating to their issuance and sale, will be governed by the applicable provisions contained in Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96151 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness|Section 96151.

96151.  The board of directors of a district may, within a period of two years from and after the formation of the district, pursuant to a resolution adopted by it for the purpose, borrow money on certificates of indebtedness, promissory notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, in anticipation of the estimated tax revenue for the following fiscal year, to be repaid within four years from the date of borrowing with interest at a rate not to exceed 6 percent per annum, in order to enable the district to meet all of its necessary initial expenses of organization, construction, acquisition, maintenance, and operation. The total amount of money borrowed and indebtedness incurred under this section during this two-year period shall not exceed 50 percent of the total amount of estimated tax revenue as estimated by the county auditor of the county in which the district lies for the following fiscal year.The form of said notes and the proceedings relating to their issuance and sale, will be governed by the applicable provisions contained in Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96152 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness|Section 96152.

96152.  The district shall not incur an indebtedness under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 96400) of this part which in the aggregate exceeds two (2) percent of the assessed value of all the real and personal property within the district.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96153 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness|Section 96153.

96153.  The district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, contributions or loans from the United States, this state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency of either thereof, for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of transit facilities, and may enter into contracts and cooperate with, and accept cooperation from, the United States, this state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency of either thereof, in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation, and in financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of any such transit facilities in accordance with any legislation which Congress or the Legislature of the State of California may have heretofore adopted or may hereafter adopt, under which aid, assistance, and cooperation may be furnished by the United States or this state in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation or in financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of any such transit facilities. The district may do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of such aid, assistance, and cooperation under any federal or state legislation now or hereafter enacted. Any evidence of indebtedness issued under this section shall constitute a negotiable instrument.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96180 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 7 - Investments|Section 96180.

96180.  The district may invest any surplus money in its treasury, including money in any sinking fund, in any of the following:(a) Its own bonds.(b) Treasury notes, certificates of indebtedness, bills, bonds of the United States, or any other evidence of indebtedness secured by the full faith and credit of the United States.(c) Obligations issued pursuant to the Federal Home Loan Bank Act or the National Housing Act.(d) Treasury notes or bonds of this state, or of any public corporation, municipal corporation, public district, or political subdivision within this state which are legal as security for the deposit of public funds.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96190 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 7 - Investments|Section 96190.

96190.  Such investment may be made by direct purchase of any issue of such bonds, treasury notes, or obligations, or part thereof, at the original sale or by the subsequent purchase of the bonds, treasury notes, or obligations.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96191 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 7 - Investments|Section 96191.

96191.  Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held as investments by the district may from time to time be sold and the proceeds reinvested in bonds, treasury notes, or obligations as provided in this article.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96192 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 7 - Investments|Section 96192.

96192.  Sales of any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held by the district shall from time to time be made in season so that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for which the money with which the bonds, treasury notes, or obligations were originally purchased was placed in the treasury of the district.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96220 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 8 - Taxation|Section 96220.

96220.  The district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose subject to a maximum limit of five cents ($0.05) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value of all real estate and personal property; provided however, the district shall have the further power to levy, collect or cause to be collected, said property taxes to a maximum limit of ten cents ($0.10) if approval is first obtained from the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara and the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96221 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 8 - Taxation|Section 96221.

96221.  If, in the opinion of the board, the transit operation revenues will not be sufficient for any and all lawful purposes the board shall levy a tax for such purpose or purposes and fix the amount of money necessary to be raised therefor by taxation.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
CA Pub Util Code § 96222 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 8 - Taxation|Section 96222.

96222.  The board shall, in addition to the general tax levy as set forth in Section 96220, levy and collect annually until the district’s bonds are paid, or until there is a sum in the treasury of the district set apart for that purpose to meet all sums coming due for principal and interest on the bonds as they become due a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest on the bonds and such part of the principal thereof as becomes due before the proceeds of a tax levied at the next general tax levy will be available. If the maturity of the indebtedness created by the issue of bonds begins more than one year after the date of the issuance thereof, the tax shall be levied and collected annually at the time and in the manner aforesaid, sufficient to pay the interest on the indebtedness as it falls due and to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal on or before maturity.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)