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CA Pub Util Code § 40243 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 7 - Bonds|ARTICLE 2 - Form and Content|Section 40243.

40243.  The bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board or by such officer of the district as the board shall by resolution authorize and designate for that purpose. They shall also be signed by the treasurer, and be countersigned by the auditor. The coupons of the bonds shall be numbered consecutively and be signed by the treasurer. All signatures and countersignatures, except one of the signatures or countersignatures on the bonds, may be printed, lithographed or engraved. If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, the signature or countersignature is nevertheless valid and sufficient for all purposes as if he had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1899.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40245 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 7 - Bonds|ARTICLE 3 - Issue and Sale|Section 40245.

40245.  The bonds may be issued and sold for not less than their par value, but otherwise as the board determines. Before selling any bonds, or any part thereof, the board shall give notice inviting sealed bids in such manner as the board may prescribe. If satisfactory bids are received, the bonds offered for sale 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 again give notice inviting bids or sell the bonds at private sale.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1899.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40246 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 7 - Bonds|ARTICLE 3 - Issue and Sale|Section 40246.

40246.  All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds. The remainder of the proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the district treasury to the credit of the proper fund, and shall be used exclusively for the objects or purposes for which the bonds were voted; provided that when such objects and purposes have been accomplished any moneys remaining shall be transferred to the fund to be used for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds, and that when all principal of and interest on the bonds shall have been paid, any balance of money then remaining shall be transferred to the general fund of the district.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1899.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40260 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 7 - Bonds|ARTICLE 4 - Status as Investments|Section 40260.

40260.  All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district are legal investments for all trust funds and for the funds of all insurance companies, banks, both commercial and savings, and trust companies, and for the State School Fund and for all sinking funds under the control of the State Treasurer. Whenever any money or funds may by law be invested in or loaned upon the security of bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, or school districts, in the state, such money or funds may be invested in or loaned upon the security of the bonds of the district; and whenever bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, or school districts by law may be used as security for the faithful performance or execution of any court or private trust or of any other act, bonds of the district may be so used.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1899.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40261 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 7 - Bonds|ARTICLE 4 - Status as Investments|Section 40261.

40261.  All bonds of the district, to the same extent as bonds of any other municipality, are legal for use by any state or national bank or banks in the state as security for the deposit of funds of the state or of any county, city and county, city, municipality or other public or municipal corporation within the state.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1899.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40263 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 7 - Bonds|ARTICLE 5 - Validation|Section 40263.

40263.  An action to determine the validity of bonds, including refunding bonds, may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1899.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40265 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 7 - Bonds|ARTICLE 6 - Revenue Bonds|Section 40265.

40265.  As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds, the district may issue bonds, payable from revenues of any facility or enterprise to be acquired or constructed by the district, in the manner provided by the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), all of the provisions of which are applicable to the district.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1899.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40266 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 7 - Bonds|ARTICLE 6 - Revenue Bonds|Section 40266.

40266.  The district is a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). The term “enterprise” as used in the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 shall, for all purposes of this part, include transit facilities and any and all parts thereof and all additions, extensions and improvements thereto and all other facilities authorized to be acquired, constructed or completed by the district. A district may issue revenue bonds under the Revenue Bond Law of 1941, for any one or more facilities or enterprises authorized to be acquired, constructed, or completed by a district or, in the alternative, may issue revenue bonds under the Revenue Bond Law of 1941, for the acquisition, construction and completion of any one of such facilities. Nothing in this article shall prevent the district from availing itself of, or making use of, any procedure provided in this part for the issuance of bonds of any type or character for any of the facilities or works authorized hereunder, and all proceedings may be carried on simultaneously or, in the alternative, as the directors may determine.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1899.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 1 - Property Taxation|Section 40300.

40300.  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 valuation within the district exclusive of any tax levied to meet the bonded indebtedness of the district and the interest thereon.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 508.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40301 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 1 - Property Taxation|Section 40301.

40301.  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. 1974, Ch. 508.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40302 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 1 - Property Taxation|Section 40302.

40302.  The board shall, as part of the general tax levy as set forth in Section 40300 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 stated above, in an amount 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. 1974, Ch. 508.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40303 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 1 - Property Taxation|Section 40303.

40303.  The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes by the district, including the sale of property to the district for delinquent taxes, with penalties, interest, and cost.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 508.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40304 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 1 - Property Taxation|Section 40304.

40304.  The board shall avail itself of the assessments made by the assessor of the county and of the assessments made by the State Board of Equalization for the county, and shall take such assessments as the basis for district taxation and have its taxes collected by the tax collector of the county.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 508.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40305 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 1 - Property Taxation|Section 40305.

40305.  In such case, the county auditor shall, on or before the third Monday in August of each year, transmit to the board a statement, in writing, showing the total value of all property within the district, ascertained from the assessments referred to in Section 40304 as equalized.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 508.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40306 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 1 - Property Taxation|Section 40306.

40306.  The board shall, on or before the first day of September, fix the rate of taxes, designating the number of cents upon each one hundred dollars ($100) using as a basis the value of property transmitted to the board by the county auditor, which rate of taxation shall be sufficient to raise the amount previously fixed by the board. These acts by the board shall constitute a valid assessment of the property and a valid levy of the taxes so fixed, but the rate of taxation shall not exceed the limit imposed by this article.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 508.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40307 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 1 - Property Taxation|Section 40307.

40307.  The board shall immediately, after fixing the rate of taxes as provided in Section 40306, transmit to the county auditor of the county a statement of the rate of taxes fixed by the board.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 508.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40308 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 1 - Property Taxation|Section 40308.

40308.  The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes. When collected, the net amount, ascertained as provided in this article, shall be paid to the treasurer of the district under the general requirements and penalties provided by law for the settlement of other taxes.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 508.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40309 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 1 - Property Taxation|Section 40309.

40309.  Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes and has been redeemed, the money paid for redemption shall be apportioned and paid to the district by the county treasurer in the proportion which the tax due to the district bears to the total tax for which the property was sold.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 508.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40310 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 1 - Property Taxation|Section 40310.

40310.  All taxes levied under this article are a lien on the property on which they are levied. The enforcement of the collection of such taxes shall be in the same manner and by the same means provided by law for the enforcement of liens for county taxes, all the provisions of law relating to the enforcement of the latter being made a part of this article so far as applicable.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 508.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40330 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 2 - Transactions and Use Taxes and Revenue Bonds|Section 40330.

40330.  Transactions and use taxes (to be designated in the ballot proposition set forth in Section 40334 as a “sales tax”) may be imposed by the board in accordance with the provisions of Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, except that the rate shall be as set forth in Section 40335.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 508.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40331 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 2 - Transactions and Use Taxes and Revenue Bonds|Section 40331.

40331.  Any transactions and use taxes ordinance adopted pursuant to this article shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 120 days after the approval of such ordinance by the electors as provided in this article.Prior to the operative date of the ordinance, the district shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of the ordinance.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 508.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40332 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 2 - Transactions and Use Taxes and Revenue Bonds|Section 40332.

40332.  (a) The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this article may be used for any lawful purpose of the district.(b) During the first three years the taxes are imposed pursuant to this article, 25 percent of the revenues generated from such taxes shall be allocated by the district to Orange County and the cities therein in the proportion that the population of the county or city, as the case may be, bears to the total population of the district. For purposes of this subdivision, the population of the county shall be the population of the unincorporated territory of the county.(c) The revenues allocated pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be used by the county and the cities to finance public transit services, which shall be coordinated with the public transit services operated by the district. The county or any city may also use the revenues to finance public transit services operated by the district.(d) At the end of four years, as measured from the initial imposition of the taxes pursuant to this article, any of the revenues allocated pursuant to subdivision (b) which has not been expended for public transit services shall revert to the district.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 508.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40333 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 2 - Transactions and Use Taxes and Revenue Bonds|Section 40333.

40333.  The taxes authorized by this article shall not be imposed unless the board shall have authorized it by ordinance adopted by a vote of two-thirds of all members of the board and the ordinance shall be approved by two-thirds of the votes cast by the qualified electors of the district voting on the proposition at an election called for that purpose. The board, in the ordinance, shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, shall provide the tax rate or rates or the maximum tax rate or rates, and shall specify the purposes for which the revenue derived from the tax will be used.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 345, Sec. 4. (AB 2752) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40334 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 2 - Transactions and Use Taxes and Revenue Bonds|Section 40334.

40334.  The actual wording of the proposition on any short form of ballot card, label, or other device, regardless of the system of voting used, shall read as follows:TRANSITAuthorizes the Orange County Transit District to impose a ____ percent sales tax for transit purposes.YesNoThe proposition shall set forth the actual percent of the transaction and use taxes upon which the electors are voting.The sample ballot to be mailed to the voters, under Section 13303 of the Elections Code, shall be the full proposition as set forth in the ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 40333.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 200. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40335 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 2 - Transactions and Use Taxes and Revenue Bonds|Section 40335.

40335.  The board is authorized to impose a maximum tax rate of 1 percent under this article and the board may state the maximum tax rate in terms of not to exceed 1 percent, or any lesser percentage thereof. The district shall not levy the tax at a rate other than 1, 3/4, 1/2, or 1/4 percent, unless specifically authorized by the Legislature. The board, in the ordinance, may provide for limitations upon the time when the tax shall be in effect, or the board may provide that the tax shall be in effect until repealed. Any tax rate or maximum tax rate adopted pursuant to this article, unless otherwise prohibited, may be increased when authorized by the board by ordinance adopted in the manner and by the vote stated in Section 40333 and approved by a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors of the district voting at an election called for that purpose.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 508.)
CA Pub Util Code § 40336 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 8 - Taxation|ARTICLE 2 - Transactions and Use Taxes and Revenue Bonds|Section 40336.

40336.  The district is hereby authorized to issue revenue bonds, payable, in whole or in part, from revenues made available under this article. Such revenues are hereby declared to be revenues of the enterprise for all purposes of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code), and the restrictions therein provided against the securing of bonds by the taxing power or the proceeds of taxation shall not apply. The district shall be deemed a “local agency” and the planning, acquiring, constructing, operating, or maintaining of the district’s transit facilities, or any part thereof, shall be deemed an “enterprise” within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941. The provisions of such law not inconsistent with any of the provisions of this article are hereby made applicable to the district, except that no election shall be required for the issuance of bonds under such law which are secured, in whole or in part, by the revenues of the tax imposed pursuant to this article. The resolution or indenture authorizing the issuance of any revenue bonds secured, in whole or in part, by the revenues of the tax imposed pursuant to this article shall provide that use of such revenues by the district to redeem such bonds shall be continued in effect until such bonds are fully paid or provision has been made for their payment in full.The district may borrow money in anticipation of the revenues made available under this article and may, from time to time, issue negotiable notes for that purpose.In addition to pledging revenues for the payment of any revenue bonds, the district may pledge for the payment of such bonds all other income or receipts of the district which are not required by law to be used for other purposes.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 508.)
CA Pub Util Code § 50000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 5 - SAN JOAQUIN REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 50000.

50000.  This part shall be known and cited as the “San Joaquin Regional Transit District Act.”(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 704, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Pub Util Code § 50001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 5 - SAN JOAQUIN REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 50001.

50001.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this part.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 839.)
CA Pub Util Code § 50002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 5 - SAN JOAQUIN REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 50002.

50002.  “District” means the San Joaquin Regional Transit District formed under this part.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 704, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Pub Util Code § 50003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 5 - SAN JOAQUIN REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 50003.

50003.  “Board” means the board of directors of this district.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 839.)
CA Pub Util Code § 50004 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 5 - SAN JOAQUIN REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 50004.

50004.  “Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 839.)
CA Pub Util Code § 50005 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 5 - SAN JOAQUIN REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 50005.

50005.  “Transit” means the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage by any means.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 839.)
CA Pub Util Code § 50006 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 5 - SAN JOAQUIN REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 50006.

50006.  “Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and personal property, equipment, rights, or interests owned or to be acquired by the district for transit service.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 839.)