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CA Pub Util Code § 31405 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion|Section 31405.

31405.  Upon the filing in his or her office of the certificate of proceedings, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue a certificate, reciting the filing of those papers in his or her office and the annexation of the corporate area of the city as of the date of the election or the unincorporated county territory to the district. The Secretary of State shall transmit the original of the certificate to the secretary of the district and shall forward a certified copy thereof to the county elections official of each county in which the district or any portion thereof is situated.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 105. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Pub Util Code § 31407 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion|Section 31407.

31407.  If territory is annexed to a city or consolidated with a city, the corporate area of which has been included in the district, or, if a new city is incorporated, a portion of which is within the district, such annexed, consolidated, or incorporated territory as is not already within the district shall simultaneously with its annexation to the city or consolidation with a city or its incorporation as a city be annexed to the district, and shall become and be, an integral part of the district and the taxable property therein shall be subject to taxation thereafter for all purposes of the district, including, without limitation, the payment of bonds and other obligations of the district at the time authorized and outstanding, and the board of directors of the district shall be empowered to do all things necessary to enforce and make effective this section.(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
CA Pub Util Code § 31408 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion|Section 31408.

31408.  If the applicable provisions of law governing such annexation to, or consolidation with, such municipality or such incorporation shall require any notice of any election called for the purpose of determining whether such proposed annexation, consolidation or incorporation shall occur, or shall require any notice of hearing or other notice to be given to the residents or electors of, or owners of property in, such territory, such notice shall contain a statement that the territory shall be annexed to the district, and shall become and be an integral part of the district and the taxable property therein shall be subject to taxation thereafter for all purposes of the district, including, without limitation, the payment of bonds and other obligations of the district at the time authorized and outstanding. The governing body of such city or other officer thereof having the duty of certifying the proceedings resulting in such annexation to, or consolidation with, such city, or such incorporation of, pursuant to the provisions of law applicable thereto, shall include in such certification a record of the proceedings by which such territory has been annexed to the district in accordance with the provisions of this article, and shall file a duplicate of such certificate with the board of directors of the district.(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
CA Pub Util Code § 31409 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion|Section 31409.

31409.  The validity of any proceedings resulting in the annexation of territory to the district shall not be contested in any action unless such action shall have been brought within three months after the completion of such annexation.(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
CA Pub Util Code § 31410 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion|Section 31410.

31410.  If any portion of the corporate area of any city whose corporate area is a part of the district, shall be excluded from such city in accordance with the provisions of law applicable to such exclusions, and, if such area is not within the boundaries of the district as defined in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 30100) of this part, or, if in another county is not surrounded by territory which is a part of the district, then such excluded area shall thereby be excluded from and shall no longer be a part of the district, but the taxable property within such excluded area shall continue taxable pursuant to Section 30981.(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
CA Pub Util Code § 31411 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion|Section 31411.

31411.  Any city whose corporate area is a part of the district and any county with regard to any unincorporated territory which is a part of the district, may apply to the board of directors of the district for consent to exclude the area from the district. The board of directors may grant or deny the application and in granting the same may fix the terms and conditions upon which a corporate area of the city or the unincorporated county territory may be excluded from the district. The terms and conditions shall include, without limitation, exclusion of the city or unincorporated county territory, as the case may be, from representation on the board or in an advisory capacity to the board. The action of the board of directors evidenced by resolution shall be promptly transmitted to the governing body of the applying city or board of supervisors and if the action shall grant consent to the exclusion the governing body of the city or the board or supervisors of the county, as the case may be, may submit to the electors of the city or the unincorporated county territory at any general or special election the proposition of excluding from the district the corporate area of the city or the unincorporated county territory. Notice of the election shall be given in the manner provided in Section 31402. The election shall be conducted and the returns thereof canvassed in the manner provided by law for the conduct of elections in the city or county. In the event that the majority of the electors voting thereon vote in the favor of the withdrawal, the result thereof shall be certified by the governing body of the city or the board of supervisors of the county to the board of directors of the district. A certificate of the proceedings hereunder shall be made by the secretary of the district and filed with the Secretary of State, and upon the filing of the certificate the corporate area of the city or the unincorporated county territory shall be excluded from the district, and shall no longer be a part thereof; provided, however, that the property within the city as the city shall exist at the time of the exclusion, or within the unincorporated county territory shall continue taxable pursuant to Section 30981. Upon the filing in his or her office of the certificate of proceedings the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue a certificate, reciting the filing of the papers in his or her office and the exclusion of the corporate area of the city or the unincorporated county territory from the district. The Secretary of State shall transmit the original of his or her certificate to the secretary of the district and shall forward a certified copy thereof to the county elections official of each county in which the district or any portion thereof is situated.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 106. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Pub Util Code § 31412 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion|Section 31412.

31412.  Whenever any change is made in the boundaries of this district by the annexation or exclusion of any city or any unincorporated county territory pursuant to this chapter, the district shall comply with the provisions of Sections 54900, 54901, and 54902 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
CA Pub Util Code § 31413 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion|Section 31413.

31413.  No consent to annexation or exclusion shall be made by the board of directors of the district pursuant to this chapter, and no annexation or exclusion shall be made pursuant to this part or pursuant to any other law, which is in violation of all or any part of any ordinance, resolution or other proceeding taken by the district in the issuance of bonds, certificates, notes or any and all other evidences of indebtedness or liability of the district.(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
CA Pub Util Code § 31520 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 10 - Severability|Section 31520.

31520.  If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this part, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this part, or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this part, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, be held invalid.(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
CA Pub Util Code § 32000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 11 - Preferential Facilities for High-Occupancy Vehicles|Section 32000.

32000.  In cooperation with the Department of Transportation and the cities, counties, and local and regional transportation entities in the district’s service area, the district, after public hearings, shall prepare, and submit to the Legislature by March 31, 1974, a comprehensive plan for the development and operation of preferential facilities for high-occupancy vehicles in its service area.As used in this section, “preferential facilities” shall include, but not be limited to, freeway lanes, freeway ramps, street lanes, transit terminals, and parking facilities.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1175.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33000 (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 33000.

33000.  The Legislature finds and declares that:(a) It is necessary and in the best interest of the citizens of the state to authorize the Southern California Rapid Transit District to levy special benefit assessments for needed public rail rapid transit facilities and services on the property which benefits from those facilities and services.(b) The rail rapid transit facilities and services provide special benefits to parcels of land, and improvements thereon, in the vicinity of rail rapid transit stations, and provide general benefits to the community at large. The Board of Directors of the Southern California Rapid Transit District shall be the conclusive judge of the proportion of special and general benefits produced by the facilities and of the distribution of the special benefits among parcels of property within the benefit assessment district.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33002 (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.

33002.  (a) In determining the amount of a special benefit assessment, the board may measure the benefit to real property in the benefit district or zones therein by the parcel area of unimproved real property and by the parcel area and the floor area of real property and improvements thereto of improved real property, as deemed appropriate by a resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members of the board.(b) The special benefit assessment constitutes a charge imposed on particular real property for a district project of direct benefit to that property, and does not constitute ad valorem taxes or any other form of general tax levy applying a given rate to the assessed valuation of all taxable property within the district.(c) The district shall possess all powers necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for the collection, enforcement, administration, or distribution of the special benefit assessment in accordance with California law.(d) The revenue from a special benefit assessment, which is imposed pursuant to this chapter, or from bonds secured by such a special benefit assessment, for the purpose of financing a rail transit station or rail transit related facility located within the benefit district, shall be used only for financing of the facility for which it was levied, and that revenue shall not be used for any other purpose or the payment of any other expense of the district, including, but not limited to, transit, transportation, or operating expense.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33002.1 (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 33002.1.

33002.1.  The board may order benefit assessment without an election, except as otherwise provided in Section 33002.2.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33002.2 (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 33002.2.

33002.2.  An election shall be held if the board finds that a petition requesting that the proposal be submitted to confirmation by the voters has been signed by the owners of at least 25 percent of the assessed value of real property within the benefit district.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33002.3 (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 33002.3.

33002.3.  (a) For purposes of this chapter, “voter” means an owner of real property which is assessed or proposed to be assessed under this chapter and which is within the boundaries of the benefit district.(b) In any election conducted under this chapter, each voter in the benefit district may cast one vote for each one thousand dollars ($1,000), or fraction thereof, worth of land or improvements owned by the voter in the benefit district as is shown on the most recent equalized assessment roll.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33002.4 (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 33002.4.

33002.4.  (a) Where land in the benefit district is owned in joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or any other multiple ownership, the owners of that land shall designate in writing which one of the owners shall be deemed the owner of that land for purposes of qualifying as a voter.(b) The legal representative of a corporation or an estate owning real property in the benefit district may act on behalf of the corporation or the estate.(c) (1) For purposes of this chapter, “legal representative” means an official of a corporation owning real property in the benefit district.(2) For purposes of this chapter, “legal representative” also means a guardian, conservator, executor, or administrator of the estate of the holder of title to real property in the benefit district who is all of the following:(A) The person is appointed under the laws of this state.(B) The person is entitled to the possession of the estate’s real property.(C) The person is authorized by the appointing court to exercise the particular right, privilege, or immunity which he or she seeks to exercise.(d) Before a legal representative acts as a voter at a district election, the legal representative shall present to the precinct board a certified copy of his or her authority which shall be kept and filed with the returns of the election.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33002.5 (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 33002.5.

33002.5.  The petition for confirmation by the voters shall be filed with the board within 30 days after the conclusion of the public hearing required by Sections 33001 and 33001.5. If a petition meeting the requirements of Section 33002. 2 is filed, the board shall adopt a resolution approving the proposal to form a benefit district subject to confirmation by the voters of the benefit district.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33002.6 (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 33002.6.

33002.6.  After the board has adopted a resolution approving the proposal to form a benefit district under Section 33002.5, but before the board may levy any assessment, the board shall call an election in the benefit district for the purpose of submitting to the voters the proposition of levying the assessment by the benefit district. The resolution calling the election shall state each of the items required to be contained in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 33001.5.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33002.7 (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 33002.7.

33002.7.  The board shall submit the proposition of levying an assessment to the voters of the benefit district in a special election to be held within 90 days following the adoption of the resolution calling an election. The provisions of the Elections Code relating to the manner of voting, the duties of election officers, the canvassing of returns, and all other particulars in respect to the management of elections, insofar as they may be applicable, shall govern all elections conducted pursuant to this chapter.Ballots for the special election may be distributed to voters by mail with return postage prepaid, and shall be received by the district either by mail or hand delivery at the address shown on the postage prepaid envelope no later than 5:00 p.m. on the special election day.The district shall pay to the county the reasonable expenses that the county incurs in conducting an election under this chapter, and the district may expend funds collected from the benefit assessment approved pursuant to the election for this purpose.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33002.8 (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 33002.8.

33002.8.  If a majority of the votes cast at the election conducted under this chapter approve the proposition, the board may levy the assessment pursuant to the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 33002.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33002.9 (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 33002.9.

33002.9.  (a) Any owner or owners of real property, which is, in whole or in part, within the benefit district, or their legal representatives, may jointly or severally file with the board a petition requesting that the real property owned by them or for which they are the legal representative be excluded from the benefit district on the ground that the real property sought to be excluded is not benefited or that the assessment be reduced on the ground that the assessment exceeds the benefit to that real property.(b) The real property sought to be excluded or upon which the assessment is sought to be reduced shall be described by its legal description and shall be accompanied by a map depicting its location in relation to the benefit district.(c) The petition shall contain a statement of facts in support of the petition and shall be acknowledged by the owner or the legal representative filing the petition.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33002.10 (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 33002.10.

33002.10.  Notice of each hearing upon the petition for exclusion or reduction shall be given in accordance with subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 33001.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33002.11 (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 33002.11.

33002.11.  At the time and place provided in the notice or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board or its appointed hearing officer shall hear all the following:(a) The petition for exclusion or reduction.(b) All evidence or proofs that may be introduced by or on behalf of the petitioners.(c) All objections to the petition that may be presented in writing by any person, including the district.(d) All evidence or proofs that may be introduced in support of objections to the petition.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33002.12 (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 33002.12.

33002.12.  The expenses of giving the notice provided for herein and of the hearing on the exclusion or reduction petition shall be paid by the persons filing the petition.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 33002.13 (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 33002.13.

33002.13.  Upon the hearing on an exclusion or reduction petition by the board, or upon the record of hearing by a hearing officer, the board shall order the petition be denied when the petitioner has not shown by a preponderance of the evidence that in an exclusion petition his or her real property is not benefited or in a reduction petition that the assessment exceeds the benefit to the property.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)