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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 3 - Request by Petition › Section 98042.

98042. The petition may be on separate papers, but each paper shall contain the affidavit of the person who circulated it certifying that each name signed thereto is a true signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 3 - Request by Petition › Section 98043.

98043. The County Elections Official of the County of Santa Cruz shall compare the signatures to the petition with the affidavits of registration and certify to their sufficiency or insufficiency.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 114. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 98050.

98050. Upon adoption of the resolution or of a sufficient petition, the board of supervisors shall hold a hearing on the question of forming a Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District. All interested persons shall be given an opportunity to express their views at the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 98051.

98051. The board of supervisors shall submit the boundaries for the district as described in the resolution or petition to the local agency formation commission for review. The local agency formation commission shall have the authority to adjust the boundaries so as to exclude areas which would not receive reasonable benefit from inclusion in the district, but no incorporated area shall be divided so that part of it is within and part outside the district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 98052.

98052. Upon conclusion of the board of supervisors’ hearing and completion of the review of the boundaries for the proposed district by the local agency formation commission, the board of supervisors shall in case of initiation by petition of voters and in case of initiation by resolution call an election within the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether the proposed district will be created and established.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 98053.

98053. Prior to calling the election, the board of supervisors shall by resolution, entered upon its minutes:
(a) Fix and describe the exterior boundaries of the proposed district as determined by the local agency formation commission.
(b) Fix the date on which an election will be held in the proposed district and the hours during which the polls will be open.
(c) State the purpose for which the election is held.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 98053.5.

98053.5. The election shall be held not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days from the date of the adoption of the resolution prescribed by Section 98030.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 98054.

98054. The election shall be called by publishing notice calling the election pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code not less than 20 days before the election. Said notice need only specify the time and place of the election, the hours during which the polls will be open, the purpose of the election, and the description of the exterior boundaries of the proposed district as determined by the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 98055.

98055. The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed thereon and in addition thereto the following:
Shall the “Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District” be created and established?
YES
NO
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 98056.

98056. No person shall be entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included in the proposed district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 98057.

98057. The election may be held on the same day as any other state, county, or city election, and be consolidated therewith.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 98058.

98058. The board of supervisors shall meet on the Tuesday next succeeding the day of the election and canvass the returns.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 98059.

98059. The board of supervisors shall make all provisions for the holding of the election throughout the district as proposed, and the cost of said election shall be a charge against the general funds of the county.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 98060.

98060. If any special election is held exclusively on the proposition or propositions related to the transit district organization, bond issuance, raising of tax levy, or any other transit district purpose, the expenditures therefor shall be reimbursed to the county by means of a tax on all the taxable property within the district, and this tax shall be added to the next county tax bills by the proper official of the county.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 5 - Establishment of the District › Section 98070.

98070. If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition vote in favor of the creation and establishment of the district, the board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy of the order declaring the result of the election to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, from and after which the establishment of the district shall be deemed complete.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 6 - Contest of Incorporation › Section 98080.

98080. No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of the election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be held to invalidate the incorporation of the district. Any proceedings wherein the validity of incorporation is denied shall be commenced within three months from the date of filing the order declaring the result of the election with the Secretary of State, otherwise the incorporation and the legal existence of the district shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 1 - Government › Section 98100.

98100. The district shall be governed by a board of directors of seven members, which may be increased to 9 or 11 members if the board finds that an increase in the membership of the board is necessary to insure adequate representation to all of the areas in the County of Santa Cruz served by the district. The membership shall be composed of one member appointed by the City Council of Santa Cruz, one member appointed by the City Council of Capitola, one member appointed by the City Council of Scotts Valley, one member appointed by the City Council of Watsonville, one member appointed by the governing bodies of any other incorporated areas in the county within the district to represent those incorporated areas, one member appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Cruz, and other members to be appointed by the above entities in accordance with their proportionate population within the district. However, the membership of the board shall not exceed the number determined by the board.
The apportionment shall be based upon the population distribution within the district, and the board shall reapportion its membership whenever any part of the district is excluded or new territory is added or unincorporated territory within the district incorporates, and, as a result of the exclusion, annexation, or incorporation, representation on the board no longer reflects the population distribution within the district. The board shall also reapportion whenever the county elections official advises the board that the latest official census indicates a need for reapportionment.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 115. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 1 - Government › Section 98101.

98101. The appointees to the board made by the several legislative bodies shall have been residents of the area encompassed by the district for at least 30 days prior to their appointment, and they shall also be residents of the city whose city council appointed them or, a resident of the county if appointed by the board of supervisors.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 96, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 1 - Government › Section 98102.

98102. These appointments shall be made within 30 days after the formation of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 1 - Government › Section 98103.

98103. A person shall not be appointed to, or be a member of, the board unless that person is a resident of the district and has resided within the district at least 30 days immediately prior to his or her appointment to the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 96, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 1 - Government › Section 98104.

98104. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the term of office of each director shall be four years.
(b) For the board first appointed, at least one appointee of each legislative body shall have a two-year term.
(c) If the appointee of any legislative body is one of its own members and the appointee leaves the legislative body, the appointee may continue to serve as appointee until a qualified successor is appointed, unless the legislative body takes express action to unseat the appointee.
(d) An appointment to fill a vacancy on the board, or an appointment made after the expiration of the preceding term, shall be for the unexpired portion of the term.
(e) The failure of a board member to attend three consecutive meetings of the board without good cause shall create a vacancy in the office of the board member.
(f) Each member of the board shall be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the board member’s duties, including for attending each meeting of the board and each committee meeting, as determined by the board. A board member’s reimbursement for attending a meeting shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100), and each member’s reimbursements shall not exceed four hundred dollars ($400) in any month.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 107, Sec. 2. (AB 1089) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 1 - Government › Section 98105.

98105. The first meeting of the board shall be held within 10 days of the appointment of the last director by a legislative body. The board shall make its own rules of procedure and determine the place and time of its meetings.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 1 - Government › Section 98106.

98106. The board shall select one of its members chairman, and one vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of its chairman. The board shall provide for and select a secretary and such other officers as it deems necessary to conduct the affairs of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 98110.

98110. The chairman is the presiding officer of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 98111.

98111. All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which are not provided for in this part shall be provided for by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 98112.

98112. The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated by the district, including the fixing of rates, rentals, charges and classifications, and the making and enforcement of rules, regulations, contracts, practices, and schedules, for or in connection with any transit facility owned or controlled by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 98113.

98113. The board may either operate the transit system itself or a part thereof or it may contract with any other public or private agency or corporation to operate all or part of the transit system for the district or it may contract with any other public or private agency or corporation for the improvement in transit services, facilities, equipment or operations being operated and conducted by said agency or corporation in, and, or, out of, the district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 98114.

98114. The board may adopt a personnel system for the purpose of recruiting and maintaining an effective working force with good morale. The board shall by resolution determine and create such number and character of positions as are necessary properly to carry on the functions of the district and shall establish an appropriate salary, salary range, or wage for each position so created. The board may by resolution abolish any such position. Except as otherwise provided, appointments to such positions shall be made by the general manager.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 98115.

98115. The board may from time to time contract for or employ any professional service required by the district or for the performance of work or services which cannot satisfactorily or economically be performed by the regular employees of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 98116.

98116. The board shall have an annual audit of all books and accounts of the district made by a certified public accountant or public accountant or by the county auditor, for whose services the county will be reimbursed. A copy of the annual audit shall be sent to the board of supervisors and to the city council of each city within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 98117.

98117. The board may provide by resolution, under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment of demands against the district without prior specific approval thereof by the board if the demand is for a purpose for which an expenditure has been previously approved by the board and in an amount no greater than the amount so authorized, and if the demand is approved by the general manager.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 98118.

98118. To facilitate the business of the district, the board may provide for the creation and administration of such funds as the needs of the district may require. The funds shall be disbursed in accordance with rules established by the board and all payments from any fund shall be reported to the board.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 98119.

98119. None of the territory which is within the district shall be annexed to any other transit district unless the board, by resolution, approves the annexation of such territory to such other transit district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 3 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 98130.

98130. All meetings of the board shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 3 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 98131.

98131. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 3 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 98132.

98132. The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and board members shall be allowed necessary traveling and personal expenses incurred in performance of duties authorized by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 3 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 98133.

98133. The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution or ordinance. No ordinance shall be passed until a public hearing has been held on it, which hearing shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation or posted in at least three public places at least 15 days prior to the hearing. No ordinance shall be adopted by the board on the day of its introduction, and no ordinance, resolution or motion shall have any validity or effect unless passed by the affirmative votes of a majority of the directors.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 3 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 98134.

98134. All ordinances shall be printed after passage, and maintained in the district’s offices.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 3 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 98135.

98135. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows:
“Be it enacted by the Board of Directors of the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District:” All ordinances shall be signed by the chairman of the board or the vice chairman and attested by the secretary.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 4 - Other Offices › Section 98140.

98140. The board may, by an affimative vote of the majority of its members, appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have the responsibility for the proper administration of the district in accordance with state law and such ordinances, resolutions and policies as may be established by the board.
The general manager shall not be a member of the board, nor shall he have been a member of the board within the year immediately preceding his appointment.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 4 - Other Offices › Section 98141.

98141. The general manager may be removed by the board upon the adoption of a resolution by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the board. The board may not reduce the salary of the general manager below the amount fixed at the time of his original appointment except upon the adoption of a resolution by a like vote. The action of the board in suspending or removing the general manager or reducing his salary, if approved by a majority of the membership of the board, is final.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 4 - Other Offices › Section 98142.

98142. The oath of all appointive officers of the district shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the secretary of the district at any time after the officer has notice of his appointment but not later than 15 days after the commencement of his term of office. No other filing is required.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 4 - Other Offices › Section 98143.

98143. Each appointive officer shall give such bond and in such amount as the board may require.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 4 - Other Offices › Section 98144.

98144. The board shall establish by resolution the powers and duties of the general manager.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 4 - Other Offices › Section 98145.

98145. The general manager shall prepare, within 90 days from the end of each fiscal year, a financial report showing the result of operations for the preceding fiscal year and the financial status of the district on the last day thereof. A copy of this report shall be delivered to the board of supervisors, each city council within the district, and a copy shall be made available to the public.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 4 - Other Offices › Section 98146.

98146. At least 30 days prior to the end of the fiscal year, the general manager shall prepare a proposed annual budget for the district. Prior to the time this budget is formally adopted by the board, copies thereof will be sent to the board of supervisors and each city council within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 4 - Other Offices › Section 98147.

98147. The general manager shall provide for the custody of the funds of the district and the keeping of accounts of all receipts and disbursements. Payments shall be made only upon warrants duly and regularly signed by the chairperson or vice chairperson of the board, or other person authorized by the board to do so, and by the general manager or secretary. Alternatively, the board may request the Auditor of the County of Santa Cruz to audit, allow, and draw warrants on the district treasury for all legal claims presented to the county auditor and approved by a majority of the board, and the treasurer shall pay those warrants in the order in which they are presented.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1360, Sec. 137.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 4 - Other Offices › Section 98148.

98148. With the consent of the board, the general manager may:
(a) Authorize the trust department of any state or national bank in this state, or a trust company authorized to act as such in this state, to receive as his agent deposits of any securities acquired by the district.
(b) Place and maintain for safekeeping as a trust deposit with the trust department of any state or national banks in this state, or a trust company authorized to act as such in this state, any securities owned by the district.
The bank or trust company, selected, shall have a total paid-in capital of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000). The general manager shall take from the trust department or trust company a receipt for the securities, and neither the general manager nor the district is responsible for the custody and safe return of the securities until they are withdrawn from the trust department or trust company by the general manager. Any trust department or trust company to which securities are delivered, either as agent or depository for the general manager, shall make such deposition of the securities as the general manager directs and is responsible only for strict compliance with written instructions given to it by the general manager. All such securities are at times subject to the order of the general manager.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 4 - Other Offices › Section 98149.

98149. The board may appoint a regular attorney who shall serve at the pleasure of the board or it may engage an attorney from time to time as the need arises. If they declare themselves available, the county counsel or the attorneys for any of the cities within the district shall be eligible to provide legal advice to the board at a reasonable rate of compensation.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98160.

98160. For purpose of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) “District” means the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, including all operations and extensions of its transportation system, regardless of modality or vehicle type.
(b) “Employee organization” means an organization that includes employees of the district and a primary purpose of which is representing those employees in their relations with the district. “Employee organization” also includes any person of an employee organization authorized to act on its behalf.
(c) “Exclusive representative” means an accredited employee organization recognized or certified as the exclusive negotiating representative of employees in an appropriate unit within the district.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 2. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98160.5.

98160.5. (a) It is a primary purpose of this chapter to promote the improvement of personnel management and employer-employee relations within the district by providing a uniform basis for recognizing the right of employees to join employee organizations of their own choice, to be represented, to select one employee organization as the exclusive representative of the employees in an appropriate unit, and to afford employees a voice at work.
(b) The Public Employment Relations Board established pursuant to Section 3541 of the Government Code, and the powers and duties of that board, as described in Section 3541.3 of the Government Code, shall have jurisdiction, as appropriate, to enforce this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 3. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98160.7.

98160.7. Appointments and promotions in the service of the transit district shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained, in so far as is practicable, by competitive examination.
(Added by renumbering Section 98160 by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 1. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98161.

98161. (a) All individuals shall have equal opportunity to obtain and hold employment, and to advance in that employment, without discrimination on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code, except as otherwise provided in Section 12940 of the Government Code.
(b) An employee shall not be subject to punitive action, denied promotion, or threatened with that treatment for the exercise of lawful action as an elected, appointed, or recognized representative of an employee bargaining unit.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 4. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98162.

98162. (a) All employees of the district are to be free from interference, coercion, and restraint in associating themselves together for their mutual benefit in connection with their employment. They may designate representatives of their own choosing and, collectively or individually, may exercise their right of petition to the board concerning wages, hours, or other conditions of employment.
(b) Employees have the right to self-organization; to form, join, or assist labor organizations; and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of collective bargaining.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 368, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98162.5.

98162.5. (a) Any question that may arise with respect to whether a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit desire to be represented by a labor organization shall be submitted to the director of the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service, a division within the Public Employment Relations Board.
(b) In resolving the questions of representation, including the determination of the appropriate unit or units, petitions, and the conduct of hearings and elections, the director shall apply the relevant federal law and administrative practice developed under the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 141 et seq.), as amended, and for this purpose shall adopt appropriate rules and regulations. The rules and regulations shall be administered by the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service and shall provide for a prompt public hearing and a secret ballot election to determine the question of representation.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 5. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98163.

98163. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, to the extent necessary for operation of facilities, all of the employees of such public utility whose duties pertain to the facilities acquired who have been employed by said utility for at least seventy-five (75) days shall be appointed to comparable positions in the district without examination and shall be governed thereafter by the personnel system adopted by the board, and these employees shall be given sick leave, seniority, and vacation credits in accordance with the records of the acquired public utility.
The provisions of this section shall apply only to those officers or supervisory employees of the acquired utility as shall be designated by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98164.

98164. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, that has a pension plan in operation, members and beneficiaries of such pension plan shall continue to have the rights, privileges, benefits, obligations and status with respect to such established system.
Whenever any such facilities are acquired by the district, the board shall consider and take into account the outstanding obligations and liabilities of the publicly or privately owned public utility by reason of such pension plan and shall negotiate an allowance in the purchase price of such utility for the assumption of such obligations and liabilities when acquiring the facilities.
The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 98180) of this part and the benefits which are provided shall be specified in the agreement or order by which any public utility is acquired by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98165.

98165. All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public utility and all persons entitled to pension benefits under the pension plan of such acquired public utility may become members or receive pensions under the retirement system established by the district by mutual agreement of such persons and the district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98166.

98166. (a) Notwithstanding the Government Code, the board may authorize payment of any or all of the premiums on any group life, accident and health insurance, health and welfare plan, or pension or retirement plan on officers or employees of the district.
(b) Upon authorization by its employees, the district may make deductions from the wages and salaries of its employees:
(1) For the payment of contributions pursuant to any health and welfare, pension, or retirement plan.
(2) For any purpose for which deductions may be authorized by employees of any private employer.
(3) For the payment of union dues, fees, assessments, and voluntary political contributions.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 6. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98167.

98167. (a) The obligation of the district is to bargain in good faith with a duly designated or certified labor organization and, when an agreement is reached, to execute a written collective bargaining agreement with the labor organization covering the wages, hours, and working conditions of the employees represented by the labor organization in an appropriate unit, and, thereafter, to comply with the terms of the agreement.
(b) The obligation of the district to bargain collectively extends to all subjects of collective bargaining concerning wages, hours, working conditions, and other conditions of employment.
(c) This section supersedes Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code if there is any conflict between this section and that chapter, but in all other situations that chapter governs.
(d) The district shall give reasonable written notice to an exclusive representative of its intent to make any change to matters within the scope of representation of the employees represented by the exclusive representative for purposes of providing the exclusive representative a reasonable amount of time to negotiate with the district regarding the proposed changes.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 7. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98168.

98168. (a) The district shall not require any employee, who is a member of a bona fide religion, body, or sect which has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting labor organizations, to join or financially support any public employee labor organization as a condition of employment. However, that employee may be required, in lieu of paying periodic dues, fees, or assessments to a labor organization, to pay sums equal to those dues, fees, or assessments to a nonreligious, nonlabor charitable fund exempt from taxation under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c) (3)), chosen by the employee from a list of at least three qualifying funds, designated in a memorandum of understanding between the district and the labor organization or, if the memorandum of understanding fails to designate the funds, then to any qualifying fund chosen by the employee. Proof of payments made pursuant to this section shall be made on a monthly basis to the district as a condition of continued exemption from the requirement of financial support to a labor organization.
(b) An exclusive representative may represent their bargaining unit members in employer-employee relations with the district, and employees shall have the right to be represented by their exclusive representative.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 8. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98169.

98169. It is unlawful for the district to do any of the following:
(a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, to discriminate or threaten to discriminate against employees, or otherwise to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees because of their exercise of rights guaranteed to them by this chapter. As used in this subdivision, “employee” includes an applicant for employment or reemployment with the district.
(b) Deny employee organizations rights guaranteed to them by this chapter.
(c) Refuse or fail to meet and negotiate in good faith with an exclusive representative. Knowingly providing an exclusive representative with inaccurate information, whether or not it is in response to a request for information, constitutes a refusal or failure of the district to meet and negotiate in good faith with the exclusive representative.
(d) Dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of any employee organization, or contribute financial or other support to it, or in any way encourage employees to join any employee organization in preference to another.
(e) Refuse to participate in good faith in mutually agreed upon impasse procedures.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 9. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98170.

98170. It is unlawful for an employee organization to do any of the following:
(a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, discriminate or threaten to discriminate against employees, or otherwise interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees because of their exercise of rights guaranteed to them by this chapter.
(b) Refuse or fail to meet and negotiate in good faith with the district concerning any of the employees of which it is the exclusive representative.
(c) Refuse to participate in good faith in mutually agreed upon impasse procedures.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 10. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98171.

98171. (a) This chapter shall not displace, or supplant, the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 3610) of Division 4.5 of Title 1 of the Government Code, and the impasse resolution and injunctive relief procedures provided for pursuant to Sections 3612 to 3614, inclusive, of the Government Code shall remain exclusive.
(b) The initial determination as to whether the charge of unfair practice is justified and, if so, the appropriate remedy necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, is a matter within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Public Employment Relations Board, except that in an action to recover damages due to an unlawful strike, the Public Employment Relations Board shall not award strike-preparation expenses as damages, and shall not award damages for costs, expenses, or revenue losses incurred during, or as a consequence of, an unlawful strike.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 11. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98173.

98173. This chapter, as amended by the act adding this section, shall not be interpreted as if it were in conflict with any collective bargaining agreement and shall not be implemented to abrogate an agreement entered into between the district and an employee organization before January 1, 2023. This chapter shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the Public Employment Relations Board’s interpretation of parallel provisions in other statutes it enforces.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 13. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 98174.

98174. Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 3555) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code applies to the district and its employees. Notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (I) of Section 3558.8 of the Government Code, the district is a public employer for purposes of Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 3555) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 14. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 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 98180.

98180. The board may establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the district and provide for the payment of annuities, pensions, retirement allowances, disability payments, and death benefits or any of them.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)