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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 12 - Construction Manager/General Contractor Project Delivery Contracts › Section 103399.

103399. (a) Upon completion of a project using the CMGC project delivery method, the district shall prepare a progress report to the board of directors. The progress report shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following information:
(1) A description of the project.
(2) The entity that was awarded the project.
(3) The estimated and actual costs of the project.
(4) The estimated and actual schedule for project completion.
(5) A description of any written protests concerning any aspect of the solicitation, bid, proposal, or award of the project, including, but not limited to, the resolution of the protests.
(6) An assessment of the prequalification process and criteria utilized under this article.
(7) A description of the method used to evaluate the bid or proposal, including the weighting of each factor and an assessment of the impact of this requirement on a project.
(8) A description of any challenges or unexpected problems that arose during the construction of the project and a description of the solutions that were considered and ultimately implemented to address those challenges and problems.
(9) Recommendations to improve the CMCG project delivery method authorized under this article.
(b) The progress report shall be made available on the district’s Internet Web site.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 320, Sec. 2. (AB 797) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 12 - Construction Manager/General Contractor Project Delivery Contracts › Section 103399.1.

103399.1. (a) The provisions of this article are severable. If any provision of this article or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
(b) Contracts awarded pursuant to this article shall be valid until the project is completed.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 320, Sec. 2. (AB 797) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 103400.

103400. 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. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 103401.

103401. 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, 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, as amended, and, for this purpose, shall adopt appropriate rules and regulations.
The California State Mediation and Conciliation Service shall administer any 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. 134. (SB 1038) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 103402.

103402. Whenever a majority of the employees employed by the district in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by a labor organization and upon determining, as provided in Section 103401, that the 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, pensions, and working conditions.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 103403.

103403. (a) A contract or agreement shall not be made with any labor organization, association, or group 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 district 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. 2004, Ch. 788, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 103404.

103404. If, after a reasonable period of time, representatives of the district 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.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 103405.

103405. If, after a reasonable period of time, representatives of the district 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 district and the representatives of the employees, the dispute may be submitted to an arbitration board.
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 district shall, alternately, strike a name from the list so supplied, and the name remaining after the labor organization and the district have stricken four names, shall be designated as the fifth arbitrator and chairman of the board of arbitration. The labor organization and the district 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 the expenses may include the making of a verbatim record of the proceedings and transcript of that record.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 103406.

103406. In the event the district and the representatives of the employees do not agree to submit any dispute to arbitration as provided in Section 103405, the State Conciliation Service may be notified by either party that a dispute exists and there is no agreement to arbitrate.
Following such notification, the State Conciliation Service shall determine whether or not the dispute may be resolved by the parties and, if not, the issues concerning which the dispute exists. Upon such determination, the service shall certify its findings to the Governor of the State of California. The Governor shall, within 10 days of receipt of certification, appoint a factfinding commission consisting of three persons.
The commission shall immediately convene and inquire into and investigate the issues in the dispute. The commission shall have authority to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and subpoenas duces tecum for the production of books, documents, and other records. Subpoenas shall be served and enforced in accordance with Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1985), Title 3, Part 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The commission shall report to the Governor within 30 days of the date of its creation.
After the creation of such a commission, and for 30 days after such commission has made its report to the Governor, no change, except by mutual agreement, shall be made by the parties to the controversy in the conditions out of which the dispute arose, and service to the public shall be provided.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations › Section 103407.

103407. In the event an exclusive collective bargaining representative is selected pursuant to Section 103401, the provisions of Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500), Division 4, Title 1 of the Government Code are not applicable to the district.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 2 - Rights of Employees of Existing Facilities › Section 103420.

103420. Whenever the district 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 such utility whose duties pertain to the facilities acquired who have been employed by such utility for at least 75 days shall be appointed to comparable positions in the district without examination. 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.
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. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 2 - Rights of Employees of Existing Facilities › Section 103421.

103421. Whenever the district 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 such pension plan shall continue to have the rights, privileges, benefits, obligations and status with respect to such established system. The outstanding obligations and liabilities of such public utility by reason of such pension plan shall be considered and taken into account and allowance made therefor in the purchase price of such public utility. The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in this section 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. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 3 - Pension Plan › Section 103440.

103440. The adoption, terms, and conditions of a pension plan covering employees of the district in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization shall be pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between such organization and the district.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 3 - Pension Plan › Section 103441.

103441. 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 such system; provided, that no employees of the district in a bargaining unit which is represented by a labor organization shall be included in such contract except as authorized by a collective bargaining agreement.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 3 - Pension Plan › Section 103442.

103442. All persons receiving pension benefits from an acquired public utility, and all persons entitled to pension benefits under any pension plan of such acquired public utility, may become members or receive pensions under a pension plan established by the district by mutual agreement of such persons and the district. Such agreement may provide for the waiver of all rights, privileges, benefits, and status with respect to the pension plan of such acquired public utility.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 4 - Other Benefits › Section 103450.

103450. The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the district and its employees under Subchapter II of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended, and the related provisions of the Federal Contributions Act, as amended.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Personnel › ARTICLE 4 - Other Benefits › Section 103451.

103451. The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the district and its employees under the workmen’s compensation, unemployment compensation, and disability and unemployment insurance laws of the State of California.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 103500.

103500. Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district 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 district, or for any other purpose authorized by this part, it 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 in the district for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters thereof the proposition of incurring indebtedness by the issuance of bonds of the district; provided the total amount of bonds issued and outstanding pursuant to this article shall not exceed 15 percent of the assessed value of the taxable property of the district as shown by the last equalized assessment roll of the county. 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 such 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 such 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 transaction and use tax imposed pursuant to Article 10 (commencing with Section 103350) of Chapter 5, 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 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.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 103501.

103501. Notice of the holding of such election shall be given by publishing, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, the ordinance calling for election in at least one newspaper published in such district. No other notice of such election need be given. Except as otherwise provided in the ordinance, the election shall be conducted as other district elections.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 103502.

103502. 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. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 103503.

103503. If 60 percent of the electors voting on the proposition vote for it, then the board may, by resolution, at such time or times as it deems proper, issue bonds of the district 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 such amounts as the necessity thereof may appear, until the full amount of such bonds authorized shall have been issued. The full amount of bonds may be divided into two or more series 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 such 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.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 103504.

103504. 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 such bonds, the board may also provide for call and redemption of such bonds prior to maturity at such times and prices and upon such other terms as it may specify, provided that 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 five thousand dollars ($5,000). The principal of, and interest on, such bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer of the district. The bonds, or such series thereof, shall be dated and numbered consecutively and shall be signed by the chairman of the board and the treasurer. All such signatures, countersignatures, and seal may be printed, lithographed, or mechanically reproduced, except that one of such 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 such officer before the delivery of the bonds, his signature is as effective as if he had remained in office.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 103505.

103505. 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. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 103506.

103506. The delivery of any bonds shall be at the office of the district treasurer, and the purchase price may be received in cash or cashier check.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 103507.

103507. 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); provided, however, that when such purposes have been accomplished, any moneys remaining in such 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 district from time to time in the open market at such prices and in such manner, either at public or private sale or otherwise, as the board may determine. Bonds so purchased shall be canceled immediately.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 103508.

103508. 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 those bonds shall become void.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 103509.

103509. 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 in the district for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters thereof the proposition of incurring indebtedness by the issuance of such 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.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 103510.

103510. The board may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the district 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 such outstanding bonds, the interest thereon and the premiums, if any, due upon call and redemption thereof prior to maturity, and all expenses of such refunding. The provisions of this article for the issuance and sale of bonds apply to the issuance and sale of such 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.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 103511.

103511. The provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 53500), Chapter 3, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code are applicable to the district.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 103512.

103512. 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; and 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, and 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. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 103513.

103513. If bonds are authorized that contain a provision for special taxes under subdivision (i) of Section 103500, the board may enter into such covenants as may be deemed proper to provide for issuance of additional parity bonds, 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 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. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 2 - Revenue Bonds › Section 103530.

103530. The district may issue bonds, payable from revenue of any facility or enterprise to be acquired or constructed by the district, in the manner provided by the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code) all of the provisions of which are applicable to the district.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 2 - Revenue Bonds › Section 103531.

103531. The district is a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code). The term “enterprise” as used in the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 shall, for all purposes of this part, include the system or any or all transit facilities and all additions, extensions, and improvements thereto authorized to be acquired, constructed, or completed by the district. The district may issue revenue bonds under the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 for any one or more transit facilities authorized to be acquired, constructed, or completed by the district or, in the alternative, may issue revenue bonds under the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 for the acquisition, construction, and completion of any one of such transit facilities. Nothing in this article shall prevent the district from availing itself of, or making use of, any procedure provided in this part for the issuance of bonds of any type or character for any of the transit facilities authorized hereunder, and all proceedings may be carried on simultaneously or, in the alternative, as the board may determine.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 3 - Equipment Trust Certificates › Section 103550.

103550. The district shall have power to purchase transit equipment such as cars, trolley buses and motorbuses, or rolling equipment, and may execute agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates in the forms customarily used by private corporations engaged in the transit business appropriate to effect such purchase and leasing of transit equipment, and may dispose of such equipment trust certificates upon such terms and conditions as the board may deem appropriate. Payment for such equipment, or rentals therefor, may be made in installments, and the deferred installments may be evidenced by equipment trust certificates payable from any source or sources of funds specified in such certificates that are or will be legally available to the district; and title to such equipment shall not rest in the district until the equipment trust certificates are paid.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 3 - Equipment Trust Certificates › Section 103551.

103551. The agreement to purchase or lease may direct the vendor or lessor to sell and assign or lease the rolling equipment to a bank or trust company duly authorized to transact business in the State of California as trustee, for the benefit and security of the equipment trust certificates and may direct such trustee to deliver the rolling equipment to one or more designated officers of the district and may authorize the district to simultaneously therewith execute and deliver an installment purchase agreement or a lease of the equipment to the district.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 3 - Equipment Trust Certificates › Section 103552.

103552. The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before a person authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds and in the form required for acknowledgment of deeds, and such agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates shall be authorized by resolution of the district and shall contain such covenants, conditions, and provisions which may be deemed necessary or appropriate to insure the payment of the equipment trust certificates from legally available source or sources of funds specified in such certificates.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 3 - Equipment Trust Certificates › Section 103553.

103553. The covenants, conditions, and provisions of the agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates shall not conflict with any of the provisions of any trust agreement securing the payment of bonds, notes, or certificates of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 3 - Equipment Trust Certificates › Section 103554.

103554. An executed copy of each such agreement and lease shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, who shall be entitled to receive one dollar ($1) for each such copy filed with him and which filing shall constitute notice to any subsequent judgment creditor or any subsequent purchaser. Each vehicle so purchased or leased shall have the name of the owner or lessor plainly marked on both sides thereof followed by the appropriate words “Owner and Lessor” or “Owner and Vendor,” as the case may be.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Acts and Special Benefit Districts › Section 103570.

103570. The Improvement Act of 1911, the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913, and the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 are applicable to the district.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Acts and Special Benefit Districts › Section 103571.

103571. The provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 99000) of Part 11 of this division are applicable to the district.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 5 - Temporary Borrowing › Section 103580.

103580. The district may borrow money for the purpose of defraying general administrative and preliminary expenses of the district, lawfully incurred, prior to the time moneys to be raised by the first tax levy for the district are available, a sum which shall not exceed five cents ($0.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of taxable property in the district at the time the moneys are borrowed, and to evidence such borrowing by notes bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 7 percent per annum. The notes shall be payable from the first tax levy made by the district, and the tax levy shall contain a sum sufficient to provide for the payment of the notes and the interest thereon. The form of the notes, and their issuance and sale, shall be governed by the applicable provisions referred to in Section 103583.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 5 - Temporary Borrowing › Section 103581.

103581. At any time prior to the first receipt by the district of revenues from taxation, the county may lend any available money to the district for the purposes of organization and operation. Such expenditures shall constitute a proper expenditure of county funds. Such loans may bear interest.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 5 - Temporary Borrowing › Section 103582.

103582. The district may borrow money in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820), or of Article 7.6 (commencing with Section 53850), of Chapter 4, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 5 - Temporary Borrowing › Section 103583.

103583. The district may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized to be issued, but which have not been sold and delivered, and may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes therefor and may renew the same from time to time, but the maximum maturity of any such notes, including the renewals thereof, shall not exceed five years from the date of delivery of such original notes. Such notes may be paid from any moneys of the district available therefor and not otherwise pledged. If not previously otherwise paid, the notes shall be paid from the proceeds of the next sale of the bonds of the district in anticipation of which they were issued and, if not so paid, taxes may be levied for their payment in the same manner as taxes are levied for the payment of general obligation bonds pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 103340) of Chapter 5 until such bonds are issued. Such notes shall not be issued in any amount in excess of the aggregate amount of bonds which the district has been authorized to issue, less the amount of any bonds of such authorized issue previously sold, and also less the amount of other bond anticipation notes therefor issued and then outstanding. The notes shall be issued and sold in the same manner as the bonds. Such notes and the resolution or resolutions authorizing the same may contain any provisions, conditions, or limitations which a resolution of the district authorizing the issuance of bonds may contain.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 103600.

103600. The district may bring an action to determine the validity of any of its bonds, equipment trust certificates, warrants, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860), Title 10, Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 103601.

103601. All bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued by the district under the provisions of this part, and the interest thereon, are free and exempt from all taxation within the State of California, except for transfer, franchise, inheritance, and estate tax.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 103602.

103602. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part or any other law, the provisions of all ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings in the issuance by the district of any bonds, bonds with a pledge of revenues, bonds for improvement districts, revenue bonds, equipment trust certificates, notes, or any and all evidences of indebtedness or liability shall constitute a contract between the district and the holders of such bonds, equipment trust certificates, notes, or evidences of indebtedness or liability, and the provisions thereof shall be enforceable against the district, or any or all of its successors or assigns, by mandamus or any other appropriate suit, action or proceeding in law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing contained in this part or in any other law shall be held to relieve the district or the territory included within it from any bonded or other debt or liability contracted by the district. Upon dissolution of the district or upon withdrawal of territory therefrom, the property formerly included within the district, or withdrawn therefrom, shall continue to be liable for the payment of all bonded and other indebtedness or liabilities outstanding at the time of such dissolution or withdrawal the same as if the district had not been so dissolved or the territory withdrawn therefrom, and it shall be the duty of the successors or assigns to provide for the payment of such bonded and other indebtedness and liabilities. Except as may be otherwise provided in the proceedings for the authorization, issuance, and sale of any revenue bonds, bonds secured by a pledge of revenues, or bonds for improvement districts secured by a pledge of revenues, revenues of any kind or nature derived from any revenue-producing improvements, works, facilities, or property owned, operated, or controlled by the district shall be pledged, charged, assigned and have a lien thereon for the payment of such bonds as long as the same are outstanding, regardless of any change in ownership, operation, or control of such revenue-producing improvements, works, facilities, or property and it shall, in such later event or events, be the duty of the successors or assigns to continue to maintain and operate such revenue-producing improvements, works, facilities, or property as long as bonds are outstanding.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 15 - SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Dissolution › Section 103700.

103700. The district may be dissolved pursuant to the provisions of the District Reorganization Act of 1965 (Division 1 (commencing with Section 56000), Title 6 of the Government Code).
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 502.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 105000.

105000. This part shall be known and may be cited as the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District Act.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 105001.

105001. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this part to provide for a unified, comprehensive institutional structure for the ownership and governance of a passenger and freight rail system within the Counties of Marin, Napa, Solano, and Sonoma, and any other counties immediately adjacent to those counties.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 423, Sec. 25. (SB 69) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 105002.

105002. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter govern the construction of this part.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)