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CA Pub Util Code § 98181 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 1 - Establishment|Section 98181.

98181.  The district 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 such means as in the opinion of the board will satisfactorily provide an adequate and sure method of meeting the payments contemplated by the retirement system.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98182 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 1 - Establishment|Section 98182.

98182.  Before establishing any retirement system the board 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. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98183 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 1 - Establishment|Section 98183.

98183.  The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to the initiation, maintenance, and administrations of the retirement system.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98184 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 1 - Establishment|Section 98184.

98184.  Nothing in this chapter prevents the district from participation in and making all or part of its employees members of the State Employees’ Retirement System by contract entered into between the district and the board of administration of the system under the State Employees’ Retirement Law or from participating in the Federal Social Security Act pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 22000), Division 5, Title 2 of the Government Code, and the district may perform all acts necessary or convenient for such participation. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the district from participating in and making all of its employees members of the Santa Cruz County Employees’ Retirement System.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98185 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 1 - Establishment|Section 98185.

98185.  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. The retirement system shall not apply to members of the board.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98190 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions|Section 98190.

98190.  The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the district or their beneficiaries shall be entitled to benefits and the amounts thereof provided, that said board shall have no such authority respecting the County Employees’ Retirement Act of 1937.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98191 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions|Section 98191.

98191.  The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon service rendered the district by a member prior to the establishment of the retirement system, which service is known as “prior service”.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98192 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions|Section 98192.

98192.  The board shall provide that both the district and the members shall contribute to the retirement system. The rate of contribution by an officer or employee of the district becoming a member of the retirement system shall be so fixed as to provide, with accumulated interest and based on tables and assumptions adopted by the board, substantially one-half the value of any retirement allowance granted for service, exclusive of any credits allowed for prior service.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98193 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions|Section 98193.

98193.  All members of the retirement system shall contribute in the manner and amount fixed by the board and such contributions may be collected by deducting the amounts thereof from the salary, wages or compensation due such members.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98194 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions|Section 98194.

98194.  Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits other than such as are the equivalent of contributions by the members, with accumulated interests, shall be met by contributions by the district. Prior service or other liabilities of the district may be met by annual appropriation instead of by one appropriation for the total of the liabilities; but until the present value of regular contributions for current service, together with assets then available, equals the present value of all allowances and benefits granted or to be granted under the system, the appropriation for any one year when added to any unused balance of any previous appropriations for such purpose shall not be less than the amount disbursed during that year on account of prior service or other liabilities of the district.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98195 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions|Section 98195.

98195.  If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior to retirement the total amount contributed by him with such interest as may be credited thereto, shall be returned to him, provided, however, that the board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which a member, whose district service has been terminated except by death or retirement, may elect to leave his contributions and interest thereon in the retirement fund, and the terms and conditions upon which a retirement allowance may be made to him after such termination based upon his contributions prior to such termination.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98196 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions|Section 98196.

98196.  All money received by any person as an annuity, pension, retirement, allowance, disability payment or death benefit, from the retirement system, and all contributions and interest thereon returned to any member of the retirement system, whether in the actual possession of such member or deposited, loaned, or invested by him, is exempt from execution or any other process except to the extent permitted by Section 704.110 of the Code of Civil Procedure and is unassignable.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 497, Sec. 169. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 185 of Ch. 497.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board|Section 98200.

98200.  The board may create a retirement board of not more than five members, at least two members of which shall be the elected representatives of the employees, to administer the retirement system, and shall define its powers and duties and the tenure of the members.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board|Section 98201.

98201.  All members of the retirement board shall serve without pay.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board|Section 98202.

98202.  The retirement board shall determine the eligibility of officers, employees, and their dependents to participation in the system and shall be the sole authority and judge under such ordinances as may be adopted by the board as to the conditions under which persons may be admitted to and continue to receive benefits of any sort under the retirement system, and may modify allowances for service and disability. The determination of the retirement board shall be final and conclusive and shall not be modified or set aside except for fraud or abuse of discretion.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98203 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board|Section 98203.

98203.  If the district maintains its own retirement fund the retirement board shall have exclusive control of the administration, investment, and disbursement of such fund. Investment of the fund shall be subject to the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions imposed by the laws of this state upon savings banks in the making of investments by savings banks, and cash may be deposited in any licensed national bank or banks in this state or in any bank, banks, or corporations authorized or licensed to do a banking business and organized under the laws of this state.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98204 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 4 - Investigation and Penalties|Section 98204.

98204.  At least once in each four-year period after the establishment of the retirement system the board shall cause to be made an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the retirement fund and upon the basis of such investigation and valuation shall make such revision or change of the rate of contribution, the periods and conditions of service, and amounts of retirement allowances as may be necessary.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98205 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System|ARTICLE 4 - Investigation and Penalties|Section 98205.

98205.  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. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98210 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power|Section 98210.

98210.  The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98211 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power|Section 98211.

98211.  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. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98212 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power|Section 98212.

98212.  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, in addition to the damage for the taking, injury, or destruction of property, shall 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.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1176.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98213 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power|Section 98213.

98213.  No action in eminent domain to acquire property or interests therein 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.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98214 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power|Section 98214.

98214.  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.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98220 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 2 - Contracts|Section 98220.

98220.  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 hold 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. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98221 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 2 - Contracts|Section 98221.

98221.  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. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98233 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 4 - Property|Section 98233.

98233.  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, sell, mortgage, 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. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98234 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 4 - Property|Section 98234.

98234.  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. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98240 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 98240.

98240.  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. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98241 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 98241.

98241.  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 limitations 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. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98242 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 98242.

98242.  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. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98243 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 98243.

98243.  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. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98244 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 98244.

98244.  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. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98245 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 98245.

98245.  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. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98246 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 98246.

98246.  The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
CA Pub Util Code § 98247 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS|PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service|Section 98247.

98247.  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. 1967, Ch. 978.)