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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of VTA › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 100164.

100164. (a) The VTA may construct and operate or acquire and operate transit works and facilities and may construct, acquire, and provide for repair and maintenance of transportation facilities, in, under, upon, over, across, or along any state or public highway or any stream, bay, or watercourse, or over any of the lands that are the property of the state, to the same extent that the rights and privileges appertaining thereto are granted to municipalities within the state.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), and subject to the approval of the Department of Transportation, the VTA may provide funding for the repair and maintenance of state highways within the boundaries of the VTA.
(2) The VTA shall not directly, or indirectly, except by providing funding pursuant to paragraph (1), repair or maintain any state highway.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 59. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of VTA › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 100165.

100165. The VTA may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the VTA and any public agency or public utility operating transit facilities; may enter into agreements with any public agency or public utility operating any transit facilities, and wholly or partially within or without the boundaries of the VTA, for the joint use of any property of the VTA or of the public agency or public utility, or the establishment of through routes, joint fares, transfer of passengers, or pooling arrangements.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 60. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of VTA › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 100166.

100166. The rates and charges, if any, for transit service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 180.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of VTA › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 100167.

100167. The VTA shall be subject to the provisions of Division 14.8 (commencing with Section 34500) of the Vehicle Code with respect to operation of buses and to the rules and regulations enforceable by the State of California Highway Patrol pursuant to that chapter regulating the safe operation of buses.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 61. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of VTA › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 100168.

100168. The VTA shall be subject to the regulations of the Public Utilities Commission relating to safety appliances and procedures, and the commission shall inspect all work done pursuant to this part and may make further additions or changes necessary for the purpose of safety to employees and the general public. The commission shall enforce the provisions of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 62. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of VTA › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 100169.

100169. The VTA and any one or more school districts located within its boundaries may enter into agreements pursuant to which school transportation equipment may be used for transit purposes within the VTA’s boundaries during any time that the equipment is not actually required for school purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 63. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of VTA › ARTICLE 6 - Public Grants, Loans and Contributions › Section 100170.

100170. The VTA may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, contributions, grants, or loans from any public agency or the United States or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of transit facilities, or the acquisition and construction of transportation facilities. The VTA may enter into contracts and cooperate with, and accept cooperation from, any public agency or the United States, or agency thereof, in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation, and in financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of any transit facilities or in the acquisition and construction of any transportation facilities in accordance with any legislation that Congress or the Legislature of the State of California may have heretofore adopted or may hereafter adopt, under which aid, assistance, and cooperation may be furnished by the United States or any public agency in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of any transit or transportation facilities. The VTA may do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of aid, assistance, and cooperation under any federal or state legislation now or hereafter enacted. Any evidence of indebtedness issued under this section shall constitute a negotiable instrument.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 64. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of VTA › ARTICLE 6 - Public Grants, Loans and Contributions › Section 100171.

100171. The VTA may obtain temporary transfers of funds in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 6 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 65. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of VTA › ARTICLE 9 - Retail Transaction and Use Tax › Section 100250.

100250. A retail transactions and use tax ordinance may be adopted by the board of directors in accordance with the provisions of Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, if the electors voting on the measure vote in accordance with Article XIII C of the California Constitution to authorize its enactment at a special election called for that purpose by the board of directors.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 66. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of VTA › ARTICLE 9 - Retail Transaction and Use Tax › Section 100251.

100251. Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted shall be operative in accordance with Section 7265 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 430, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of VTA › ARTICLE 9 - Retail Transaction and Use Tax › Section 100252.

100252. The VTA may contract with the State Board of Equalization for its service in the preparations necessary to administer a transaction and use tax ordinance. The costs to be covered by the contract are to be for services of the types described in Section 7272 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for preparatory work up to the date of the adoption of the ordinance. Any disputes as to the amount of the costs shall be resolved in the same manner as provided in that section.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 67. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of VTA › ARTICLE 9 - Retail Transaction and Use Tax › Section 100253.

100253. Prior to the operative date of the transaction and use tax ordinance, the VTA shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of the ordinance.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 68. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of VTA › ARTICLE 9 - Retail Transaction and Use Tax › Section 100254.

100254. If the VTA shall not have contracted with the State Board of Equalization prior to the operative date of its transaction and use tax ordinance, it shall nevertheless so contract, and, in that case, the operative date shall be the first day of the first calendar quarter following the execution of the contract.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 69. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of VTA › ARTICLE 9 - Retail Transaction and Use Tax › Section 100255.

100255. Repeal of the transactions and use tax ordinance shall not be operative earlier than the first day of the first calendar quarter following the adoption of the ordinance of repeal.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1204.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of VTA › ARTICLE 9 - Retail Transaction and Use Tax › Section 100256.

100256. Whenever a bond election is held to authorize a bonded indebtedness pursuant to Section 100400, the ordinance calling the election may include a statement that the transaction and use taxes, or a stated portion thereof, shall be levied, or continued to be levied, and used to the extent required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds as they become due, to provide any sinking fund payments required therefor, and to create or maintain any reserve fund required therefor.
A vote in favor of the issuance of the bonds shall authorize the use of such taxes for such purposes. The transactions and use tax ordinance shall not be repealed until all bonds payable from the revenues derived from such taxes have been fully paid or provision has been made for their payment in full.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1204.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 100300.

100300. Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 180.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 100301.

100301. Any question which may arise with respect to whether a majority of employees in an appropriate unit desire to be represented by a labor organization shall be submitted to the Public Employment Relations Board. In resolving those questions of representation including the determination of the appropriate unit or units, petitions, the conduct of hearings and elections, the board shall apply the relevant federal law and administrative practice developed under the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, as amended, and for this purpose shall adopt appropriate rules and regulations. The California State Mediation and Conciliation Service shall administer the rules and regulations and shall provide for a prompt public hearing and secret ballot election to determine the question of representation and shall certify the results to the parties. Any certification of a labor organization to represent or act for the employees in any collective bargaining unit shall not be subject to challenge on the grounds that a new substantial question of representation within the collective bargaining unit exists until the lapse of one year from the date of certification or the expiration of any collective bargaining agreement, whichever is later, except that no collective bargaining agreement shall be considered to be a bar to representation proceedings for a period of more than two years.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 46, Sec. 131. (SB 1038) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 100302.

100302. Whenever a majority of the employees employed by the VTA in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by a labor organization and upon determining, as provided in Section 100301, that said labor organization represents at least a majority of the employees in the appropriate unit, the board and the accredited representative of employees shall bargain in good faith and make all reasonable efforts to reach agreement on the terms of a written contract governing wages, hours, and working conditions.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 70. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 100303.

100303. (a) A contract or agreement shall not be made with any labor organization, association, group, or individual that denies membership 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. However, the organization may preclude from membership any individual who advocates the overthrow of the government by force or violence.
(b) The VTA shall not discriminate with regard to employment against any person 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.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 71. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 100304.

100304. If, after a reasonable period of time, representatives of the VTA and the accredited representatives of the employees fail to reach agreement on the terms of a written contract governing wages, hours, pensions, and working conditions or the interpretation or application of the terms of an existing contract, either party may request mediation services of the State Conciliation Service.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 72. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 100305.

100305. If, after a reasonable period of time, representatives of the VTA and the accredited representatives of the employees fail to reach agreement either on the terms of a written contract governing wages, hours, pensions, and working conditions or the interpretation or application of the terms of an existing contract, upon the agreement of both the VTA and the representatives of the employees, the dispute may be submitted to an arbitration board and the decision of the majority of the arbitration board shall be final and binding. The arbitration board shall be composed of two representatives of the district and two representatives of the labor organization, and they shall endeavor to agree upon the selection of a fifth member. If they are unable to agree, the names of five persons experienced in labor arbitration shall be obtained from the State Conciliation Service. The labor organization and the VTA shall, alternately, strike a name from the list so supplied, and the name remaining after the labor organization and the VTA have stricken four names, shall be designated as the fifth arbitrator and chairman of the board of arbitration. The labor organization and the VTA shall determine by lot who shall first strike a name from the list. The decision of a majority of the arbitration board shall be final and binding upon the parties thereto. Each party shall be responsible for the expense of the presentation of its case. All other expenses of arbitration shall be borne equally by the parties and said expenses may include the making of a verbatim record of the proceedings and transcript of that record.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 73. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 100307.

100307. (a) Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code is not applicable to the VTA.
(b) The amendments to this section made at the 1995–96 Regular Session are not intended to modify, and shall not have the effect of modifying, an existing bargaining unit determination made by the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Section 100301.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 75. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 100308.

100308. County employees and employees of the Santa Clara County Congestion Management Agency who, on a date or dates determined by the board of directors, terminate their employment and immediately thereafter become employees of the VTA, shall transfer to the VTA, and the VTA shall assume liability for, all of their accrued and unused vacation, sick leave, personal leave, compensating time off, STO balances, and days of accrued service in accordance with the records of their former employer in lieu of any payment by the former employer for those balances. Those employees who were covered by a county or congestion management agency pension plan shall be entitled to the same or equivalent rights, options, privileges, benefits, obligations, accrued service, and status under the pension plan of the VTA.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 76. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 100309.

100309. (a) It is a primary purpose of this article to promote the improvement of personnel management and employer-employee relations within the VTA 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 the Public Employment Relations Board as described in Section 3541.3 of the Government Code, shall have jurisdiction pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 100310 to enforce this article and the regulations of the Public Employment Relations Board shall apply to this article. The Public Employment Relations Board shall perform its duties under this section consistent with its regulations and may make additional regulations. The Public Employment Relations Board may also adopt, amend, or repeal all rules and regulations necessary to carry out this article as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). The adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations pursuant to this subdivision is conclusively presumed to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare within the meaning of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 789, Sec. 1. (AB 2524) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 100310.

100310. (a) This article 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) (1) An exclusive representative for employees of the VTA may select to move one or more of its represented bargaining units to the jurisdiction of the Public Employment Relations Board for unfair practice charges. A selection for Public Employment Relations Board jurisdiction pursuant to this paragraph with regard to a bargaining unit shall be irrevocable for that unit. The exclusive representative shall file notification of such a selection with the general counsel of the Public Employment Relations Board, or a designee, and serve one or more of the following:
(A) The general manager, chief executive officer, or the equivalent, of the VTA.
(B) The general legal counsel, or the equivalent, of the VTA.
(C) The VTA, pursuant to applicable regulations.
(2) If a selection is made pursuant to paragraph (1) for Public Employment Relations Board jurisdiction over unfair practice charges, 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 article, 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. 789, Sec. 2. (AB 2524) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 100311.

100311. The VTA 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 VTA regarding the proposed changes.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 789, Sec. 3. (AB 2524) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 2 - Rights of Employees of Existing Facilities › Section 100350.

100350. (a) Whenever the VTA acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned utility, either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, to the extent necessary for operation of facilities, all of the employees of the public utility whose duties pertain to the facilities acquired who have been employed by said utility for at least 75 days shall be appointed to comparable positions in the VTA without examination and these employees shall be given sick leave, seniority, and vacation credits in accordance with the records of the acquired public utility. No employee of any acquired public utility shall suffer any worsening of wages, seniority, pension, vacation, or other benefits by reason of the acquisition.
(b) Whenever the VTA acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, the VTA shall assume and observe all existing labor contracts.
(c) The provisions of this section apply only to those officers or supervisory employees of the acquired utility as shall be designated by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 78. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 2 - Rights of Employees of Existing Facilities › Section 100351.

100351. Whenever the VTA acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, that has a pension plan in operation, members and beneficiaries of the pension plan shall continue to have the rights, privileges, benefits, obligations, and status with respect to the established system. The outstanding obligations and liabilities of the public utility by reason of the pension plan shall be considered and taken into account and allowance made therefor in the purchase price of the public utility. The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in this section and the benefits that are provided shall be specified in the agreement or order by which any public utility is acquired by the VTA.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 79. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 3 - Pension Plan › Section 100370.

100370. The board may establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the VTA and provide for the payment of annuities, pensions, retirement allowances, disability payments, and death benefits or any of them. The adoption, terms, and conditions of any retirement system covering employees of the VTA in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization shall be pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between the labor organization and the VTA. For purposes of this section, “officers” does not include members of the board of directors.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 80. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 3 - Pension Plan › Section 100371.

100371. The board may contract with the board of administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and enter all or any portion of its employees under that system if no employees of the VTA in a bargaining unit that is represented by a labor organization are included in the contract except as authorized by a collective bargaining agreement.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 81. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 3 - Pension Plan › Section 100372.

100372. All persons receiving pension benefits from an acquired public utility and all persons entitled to pension benefits under any pension plan of the acquired public utility may become members or receive pensions under a pension plan established by the VTA by mutual agreement of the persons and the VTA. The agreement may provide for the waiver of all rights, privileges, benefits, and status with respect to the pension plan of the acquired public utility.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 82. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 4 - Other Benefits › Section 100380.

100380. The VTA shall take the steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the VTA and its employees under Title 2 of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended, and the related provisions of the Federal Contributions Act, as amended.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 83. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 4 - Other Benefits › Section 100381.

100381. The VTA shall take the steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the VTA and its employees under the workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation disability, and unemployment insurance laws of the State of California.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 84. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 100400.

100400. Whenever the board deems it necessary for the VTA to incur a bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction, or repair of any or all improvements, works, property, or facilities, authorized by this part or necessary or convenient for the carrying out of the powers of the VTA, or for any other purpose authorized by this part, the board shall, by ordinance, adopted by a vote of two-thirds of all members of the board, so declare and call an election to be held within the boundaries of the VTA for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters thereof the proposition of incurring indebtedness by the issuance of bonds of the VTA, if the total amount of bonds issued and outstanding pursuant to this article do not exceed 15 percent of the assessed value of the taxable property of the VTA as shown by the last equalized assessment roll of the County of Santa Clara. The ordinance shall state:
(a) The purposes for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include all costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the accomplishment of those purposes, including, without limitation, engineering, inspection, legal, fiscal agents, financial consultant, and other fees; bond and other reserve funds; working capital; bond interest estimated to accrue during the construction period and for a period not to exceed three years thereafter; and expenses of all proceedings for the authorization, issuance, and sale of the bonds.
(b) The estimated cost of accomplishing those purposes.
(c) The amount of the principal of the indebtedness.
(d) The maximum term the bonds proposed to be issued shall run before maturity, which shall not exceed 50 years from the date thereof or the date of each series thereof.
(e) The maximum rate of interest to be paid, which shall not exceed 7 percent per annum.
(f) The proposition to be submitted to the voters, which may include one or more purposes.
(g) The date of the election.
(h) The manner of holding the election and the procedure for voting for or against the measure.
(i) The ordinance may also contain a statement that the retail transaction and use tax mentioned in Article 9 (commencing with Section 100250) of Chapter 5, or a stated portion thereof, shall be levied, or continued to be levied, and used to the extent required to pay principal of and interest on the bonds as they become due, to provide for any sinking fund payments required therefor, or to create or maintain any reserve fund required therefor.
(j) The ordinance may also contain any other matters authorized by this part or any other law.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 85. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 100401.

100401. Notice of holding of the election shall be given by publishing, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, the ordinance calling the election in at least one newspaper published within the boundaries of the VTA. No other notice of the election need be given. Except as otherwise provided in the ordinance, the election shall be conducted as other district elections.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 86. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 100402.

100402. If any proposition is defeated by the electors, the board shall not call another election on a substantially similar proposition to be held within six months after the prior election. If a petition requesting submission of such a proposition, signed by 15 percent of the district electors, as shown by the votes cast for all candidates for governor within the district at the last gubernatorial election, is filed with the board, it may call an election before the expiration of six months.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1204.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 100403.

100403. If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition vote for it, then the board may, by resolution, at a time or times as it deems proper, issue bonds of the VTA for the whole or any part of the amount of the indebtedness so authorized and may from time to time, by resolution, provide for the issuance of amounts as the necessity thereof may appear, until the full amount of the bonds authorized shall have been issued. The full amount of bonds may be divided into two or more series and different dates and different dates of payment fixed for the bonds of each series. A bond need not mature on an anniversary of its date. The maximum term the bonds of any series shall run before maturity shall not exceed 50 years from the date of each series respectively. In the resolution or resolutions, the board shall prescribe the form of the bonds, including, without limitation, registered bonds and coupon bonds, and the form of any coupons to be attached thereto, the registration, conversion, and exchange privileges, if any, pertaining thereto, and fix the time when the whole or any part of the principal shall become due and payable.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 87. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 100404.

100404. The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding 7 percent per annum, payable semiannually, except that the first interest payable on the bonds or any series thereof may be for any period not exceeding one year as determined by the board. In the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of the bonds, the board may also provide for call and redemption of the bonds prior to maturity at times and prices and upon other terms as it may specify, but no bond shall be subject to call or redemption prior to maturity unless it contains a recital to that effect or unless a statement to that effect is printed thereon. The denomination or denominations of the bonds shall be stated in the resolution providing for their issuance, but shall not be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000). The principal of and interest on the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer of the VTA or at another other place or places as may be designated, or at either place or places at the option of the holders of the bonds. The bonds, or the series thereof, shall be dated and numbered consecutively and shall be signed by the chairman of the board and the treasurer, countersigned by the secretary and the official seal of the VTA attached. The interest coupons of the bonds shall be signed by the treasurer. All signatures, countersignatures, and the seal may be printed, lithographed, or mechanically reproduced, except that one of the signatures or countersignatures on the bonds shall be manually affixed. If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on bonds or coupons ceases to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds, his signature is as effective as if he had remained in office.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 88. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 100405.

100405. The bonds may be sold as the board determines by resolution but for not less than par. Before selling the bonds, or any part thereof, the board shall give notice inviting sealed bids in such manner as it may prescribe. If satisfactory bids are received, the bonds offered for sale shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder. If no bids are received or if the board determines that the bids received are not satisfactory as to price or responsibility of the bidders, the board may reject all bids received, if any, and either readvertise or sell the bonds at private sale.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1204.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 100406.

100406. Delivery of any bonds may be made at any place either inside or outside the state, and the purchase price may be received in cash or bank credits.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1204.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 100407.

100407. All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds and the remainder of the proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the treasury to the credit of the proper improvement fund and applied exclusively to the purposes for which the debt was incurred, which purposes shall be in conformity with an approved general transit plan or element thereof then in effect. When those purposes have been accomplished any moneys remaining in the improvement fund (a) shall be transferred to the fund to be used for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds, or (b) shall be placed in a fund to be used for the purchase of outstanding bonds of the VTA from time to time in the open market at prices and in a manner, either at public or private sale or otherwise, as the board may determine. Bonds so purchased shall be canceled immediately.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 89. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 100408.

100408. After the expiration of three years after a bond election the board may determine, by ordinance adopted by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of the board, that any or all of the bonds authorized at the election remaining unsold shall not be issued or sold. When the ordinance takes effect, the authorization to issue such bonds shall become void.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1204.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 100409.

100409. Whenever the board deems that the expenditure of money for the purposes for which the bonds were authorized by the voters is impractical or unwise, it may, by ordinance adopted by a vote of two-thirds of all members of the board, so declare and call an election to be held within the boundaries of the VTA for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters thereof the proposition of incurring indebtedness by the issuance of the bonds for some other purposes or, in the case where bonds have been sold, the proposition to use the proceeds for some other purposes. The procedure, so far as applicable, shall be the same as when a bond proposition is originally submitted.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 90. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 100410.

100410. The board may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the VTA upon the terms, at the times, and in the manner which it determines. Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to pay all or any part of the principal of outstanding bonds, the interest thereon, and the premiums, if any, due upon call and redemption thereof prior to maturity and all expenses of the refunding. The provisions of this article for issuance and sale of bonds apply to the issuance and sale of the refunding bonds, except that (a) no election need be called or held for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds, and (b) when refunding bonds are to be exchanged for outstanding bonds, the method of exchange shall be as determined by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 91. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 100411.

100411. The provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 53500) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code are applicable to the VTA.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 92. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 100412.

100412. Any bonds which shall be issued under the provisions of this article shall be legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, banks, both commercial and savings, and trust companies; and for state school funds. Whenever any money or funds may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be invested in bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, school districts, or other districts within the State of California, such money or funds may be invested in the bonds issued under this part. Whenever bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, school districts, or other districts within this state may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be used as security for the performance of any act or the deposit of any public moneys, the bonds issued under this part may be so used. The provisions of this article shall be in addition to all other laws relating to legal investments and shall be controlling as the latest expression of the Legislature with respect thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1204.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 100413.

100413. If bonds are authorized that contain a provision for special taxes under subdivision (i) of Section 100400, the board may enter into such convenants as may be deemed proper to provide for issuance of additional parity bonds and the priority and pledge of special taxes; and such other covenants as are customary or desirable in the issuance of any bonds payable out of special funds or as are necessary, convenient, or desirable to secure the bonds or tending to make them more marketable, subject to the provisions of the ordinance calling the bond election.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1204.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 12 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 2 - Revenue Bonds › Section 100450.

100450. The VTA may issue bonds, payable from revenue of any facility or enterprise to be acquired or constructed by the VTA, in the manner provided by the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), all of the provisions of which are applicable to the VTA, except that these bonds may be paid, in whole or in part, from revenues made available under Article 9 (commencing with Section 100250) of Chapter 5 and, in that case, the bonds may be issued without an election if the resolution authorizing the bonds provides that the retail transactions and use tax shall continue to be imposed under that Article 9 until the bonds are fully paid or provision has been made for their payment in full.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 93. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)