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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 98311.

98311. Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the public interest or necessity demands the acquisition, construction, or completion by the district of any transit facilities or any works, lands, structures, rights, equipment, or other property necessary or convenient to carry out the objects, purposes, or powers of the district, the cost of which will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the district, it may at any subsequent meetings of the board provide by ordinance for the submission of the proposition of incurring a bonded indebtedness for the purpose set forth in the resolution to the voters of the district at a special bond election held for that purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 98312.

98312. The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix the date on which the election will be held, and the manner of holding the election and of voting for or against incurring the indebtedness. It shall also recite the objects and purposes for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred, the estimated cost of the transit facilities, works, lands, structures, rights, equipment, or other property proposed to be acquired, constructed, or completed, the amount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incurred therefor, and the maximum rate of interest to be paid on the indebtedness, which shall not exceed 6 percent per annum, payable semiannually or annually the first year and thereafter semiannually.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 98313.

98313. Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the same election.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 98314.

98314. Any special bond election may be held separately, or may be consolidated with any other election, the provisions of this chapter setting forth the procedure for the calling and holding of the special bond election shall be complied with, except that the ordinance calling the election need not set forth election precincts, polling places, and officers of election, but may provide that the precincts, polling places, and officers of election shall be the same as those set forth in the ordinance, notice, or other proceedings calling the election with which the special bond election is consolidated, and shall refer to the ordinance, notice, or other proceedings by number and title, or by other definite description.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 98315.

98315. The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice of election need be given.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 98316.

98316. The board shall comply with Article 3, (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code, the provisions of which are applicable to any bond election held pursuant to this article. Wherever the words “county clerk” or “county elections official” appear in the Elections Code the words “secretary of the board” shall be substituted, for the purposes of this article, and wherever the words “board of supervisors” appear in the Elections Code, the words “board of directors” shall be substituted, and wherever the words “district attorney or county counsel” appear in the Elections Code, the words “attorney for the district” shall be substituted.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 206. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 98317.

98317. The votes of two-thirds (
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/
3
) of all voters voting on the proposition at the election are required to authorize the issuance of bonds under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 98318.

98318. If the proposition submitted at a special bond election fails to receive the requisite number of votes, the board shall not within six months after the election hold another special election for the submission of a proposition of incurring a bonded indebtedness substantially the same as the proposition voted upon at the prior election unless a petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at least 15 percent of the total vote cast at the last general statewide election is filed with the board, requesting that the proposition, or a proposition substantially the same, be submitted at an election to be called for that purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Form and Content › Section 98330.

98330. Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in amounts to be fixed by the board; except that payment shall begin not later than 10 years from the date thereof and shall be completed in not more than 50 years from that date.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Form and Content › Section 98331.

98331. The board may divide any issue of bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter into two or more series, and may fix different dates of issuance and different maturity dates for the bonds of each series. The bonds of each series shall mature serially in amounts to be fixed by the board, and the board shall fix a date not more than 10 years from the date of issuance of each series for the earliest maturity of such series and shall fix a date not more than 50 years from the date of issuance of each series for the final maturity of such series.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Form and Content › Section 98332.

98332. Pending the actual issuance or delivery of bonds, a district may issue temporary or interim bonds, certificates, or receipts, of any denomination whatsoever, with or without coupon, and in such form as may be prescribed by the board, to be exchanged for definite bonds when ready for delivery.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Form and Content › Section 98333.

98333. The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the board determines, except that no bonds shall be issued of a denomination less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and shall be payable on the day and at the place or places fixed in the bond, and with interest at the rate specified therein, payable semiannually.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Form and Content › Section 98334.

98334. The board may at any time prior to the issuance and sale of any bonds provide for the call and redemption of any or all of the bonds on any interest payment date prior to their fixed maturity at not exceeding the par value and accrued interest plus a premium of not exceeding 5 percent upon the principal amount of the bonds, in which event the call price of such redemption shall be set forth on the face of the bond. Notice of such redemption shall be published. If there is no newspaper of general circulation printed and published within the district, then the publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published within the district, then the publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published within the county, or any part thereof is situated. The first publication shall be at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for the redemption. After the date fixed for such redemption interest on the bonds thereafter shall cease.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Form and Content › Section 98335.

98335. The bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board or by such officer of the district as the board shall by resolution authorize and designate for that purpose. They shall also be signed by the treasurer, and be countersigned by the auditor. The coupons of the bonds shall be numbered consecutively and be signed by the treasurer. All signatures and countersignatures on the bonds, except one of the signatures or countersignatures on the bonds, may be printed, lithographed or engraved. If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, the signature or countersignature is nevertheless valid and sufficient for all purposes as if he had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Issue and Sale › Section 98340.

98340. The bonds may be issued and sold for not less than their par value, but otherwise as the board determines. Before selling any bonds, or any part thereof, the board shall give notice inviting sealed bids in such manner as the board 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 the price or responsibility of the bidders, the board may reject all bids received, if any, and either again give notice inviting bids or sell the bonds at private sale.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Issue and Sale › Section 98341.

98341. All premiums and accrued interest 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. The remainder of the proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the district treasury to the credit of the proper fund, and shall be used exclusively for the objects or purposes for which the bonds were voted; provided that when such objects and purposes have been accomplished any moneys remaining shall be transferred to the fund to be used for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds shall have been paid, any balance of money then remaining shall be transferred to the general fund of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Issue and Sale › Section 98342.

98342. In lieu of the immediate levy of a tax to pay the interest or any part thereof on any bonded indebtedness incurred in accordance with this part the board may, in the estimate of the amount of money necessary to be raised by the bonds, include a sum sufficient to pay interest on all of the bonds or part thereof during the period of acquisition, construction, or completion, but for no period in excess of five years.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Refunding › Section 98350.

98350. Whenever the board by resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the refunding of the whole or any portion of the bonded indebtedness will be of advantage to the district, the board may refund the bonded indebtedness or any portion thereof and issue refunding bonds of the district therefor.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Refunding › Section 98351.

98351. The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed as the incurring or increase of an indebtedness within the meaning of this act, and the approval of the voters is not required for the issuance of refunding bonds. The board may provide for the call and redemption of any or all of the bonds on any interest payment date prior to their fixed maturity in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Refunding › Section 98352.

98352. Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this chapter shall substantially govern as to all matters pertaining to the issuance of refunding bonds, including and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the form, execution, issuance, maturity, redemption, refunding, validation, the payment of interest from bond funds, and the status of the bonds as investments.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Refunding › Section 98353.

98353. Refunding bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the interest rate on the refunded bonds, but payment of the refunding bonds shall begin not later than one year from the date thereof and be completed in not more than 40 years from that date.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Refunding › Section 98354.

98354. The proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds shall be applied only to the purchase, or retirement at not more than par and accrued interest, or the call price, of the bonded indebtedness for which the refunding bonds were issued.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Refunding › Section 98355.

98355. In lieu of selling refunding bonds and using the proceeds to purchase or retire the bonds to be refunded, the board may exchange refunding bonds at not less than par and accrued interest for the bonds so refunded.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Refunding › Section 98356.

98356. Wherever outstanding bonds are refunded they shall be surrendered to the treasurer of the district, who shall cancel them by endorsing on their face the manner in which the refunding was effected, whether by exchange or purchase, and the amount for which so purchased, (if any) and by perforating through each bond and each coupon attached thereto the word “canceled” together with the date of cancellation.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 5 - Status as Investments › Section 98360.

98360. All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district are legal investments for all trust funds and for the funds of all insurance companies, banks, both commercial and savings, and trust companies, and for the State School Fund and for all sinking funds under the control of the State Treasurer. Whenever any money or funds may be invested in or loaned upon the security of the bonds of the district; and whenever bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, or school districts by law may be used as security for the faithful performance or execution of any court or private trust or of any other act, bonds of the district may be used.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 5 - Status as Investments › Section 98361.

98361. All bonds of the district, to the same extent as bonds of any other municipality, are legal for use by any other municipality, are legal for use by any state or national bank or banks in the state as security for the deposit of funds of the state or of any county, city and county, city, municipality or other public or municipal corporation within the state.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 6 - Validation › Section 98370.

98370. An action to determine validity of bonds, including refunding bonds, may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 7 - Revenue Bonds › Section 98380.

98380. As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds, the district may issue bonds, payable from revenues 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) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), all of the provisions of which are applicable to the district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 7 - Revenue Bonds › Section 98381.

98381. The district is a local agency within the meaning of 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). The term “enterprise” as used in the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 shall, for all purposes of this part, include transit facilities and any and all parts thereof and all additions, extensions and improvements thereto and all other facilities authorized to be acquired, constructed, or completed by a 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 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 facilities or works authorized hereunder, and all proceedings may be carried on simultaneously or in the alternative, as the directors may determine.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation › Section 98390.

98390. Territory may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this chapter. Territory to be annexed need not be contiguous to the present district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation › Section 98391.

98391. Whenever the board finds and determines that additional territory will be benefited by annexation to the district, it shall pass a resolution to that effect. Approval of the local agency formation commission shall be required for such annexation, and shall be obtained before the board holds its hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation › Section 98392.

98392. The resolution shall be passed by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the board and shall:
(a) Describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed.
(b) Designate the proposed annexation by an appropriate name.
(c) Declare that the area to be annexed to the district will be benefited by such annexation.
(d) Name the time and place for the hearing of objections by any person interested in the proposed annexation.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation › Section 98393.

98393. The resolution, together with the names of the members of the board, voting for and against it shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper published in the territory proposed to be annexed, or if there is no such paper, then in some newspaper of general circulation, circulated in such territory.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation › Section 98394.

98394. On the day fixed for hearing or any day to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall hear and consider any objections presented to the annexation of the territory. After the hearing of objections, if it shall be determined by a vote of two-thirds (
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/
3
) of all the members of the board that the territory proposed to be annexed will be benefited by such annexation, the board shall proceed to fix and determine the boundaries of the territory to be annexed to the district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation › Section 98395.

98395. After making all necessary and proper changes in the boundaries, by a resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of the members, the board shall order the annexation of the territory so described. The resolution together with the names of the members of the board voting for and against the same shall be spread upon the minutes of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation › Section 98396.

98396. Whenever any territory is annexed to the district it shall thereupon become a part of the district subject to all the liabilities and entitled to all the benefits of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 9 - Exclusion › Section 98397.

98397. Territory within the district may be excluded from the district in the manner provided in this chapter. Proceedings for the exclusion of such territory may be initiated by the filing of a petition with the board of supervisors signed by not less than 10 percent of the registered voters in the territory proposed to be excluded. The petition shall:
(a) Describe the boundaries of the territory to be excluded.
(b) Declare that the area to be excluded from the district is not benefited by remaining in the district.
(c) Request exclusion of the territory.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 9 - Exclusion › Section 98398.

98398. After the petition is filed with the board of supervisors, the board of supervisors shall determine whether the petition is signed by a sufficient number of voters and if the petition is sufficient, the board of supervisors shall refer the question to the local agency formation commission, which shall hold a hearing on the question.
The notice shall contain the following:
(a) That a petition for exclusion has been filed with the board of supervisors.
(b) That a public hearing will be held upon the said petition and the proposed exclusion by the local agency formation commission, stating the time and place of such public hearing.
(c) That any interested person may appear and be heard at said public hearing.
(d) Describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be excluded.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 9 - Exclusion › Section 98399.

98399. On the day fixed for the hearing, or any day to which the hearing may be adjourned, the local agency formation commission shall hear persons interested, and shall hear and consider any objections to the proposed exclusion. After the hearing, if it should be determined by a majority of all of the members on the local agency formation commission that the territory proposed to be excluded will not be benefited by remaining in the district, the commission shall recommend to the board of supervisors that the said territory be excluded. The exclusion shall be effective immediately upon resolution by the board of supervisors, provided, however, that the excluded territory shall not be relieved by such exclusion from liability for taxation for the payment of any bonded indebtedness existing at the time of the exclusion. Notice of the exclusion shall be given pursuant to Government Code Sections 54900 et seq.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 10 - Dissolution › Section 98400.

98400. The board may call an election any time for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether the district will be dissolved. Upon the filing with the clerk of the district of a petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the total vote cast within the district at the last general statewide election asking that the question of dissolution of the district be submitted to the voters of the district, the board shall call such an election.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 10 - Dissolution › Section 98401.

98401. The election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether or not the district shall be dissolved shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days next succeeding the date on which the petition is filed.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1146.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 10 - Dissolution › Section 98402.

98402. Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because of the filing of a petition or ordered by the board without petition, shall be published. The election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days from the date of the first publication of the notice.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1146.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 10 - Dissolution › Section 98403.

98403. The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on ballots for use at general state and county elections and in addition the following:
Shall the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District be dissolved?
YES
NO
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 10 - Dissolution › Section 98404.

98404. The board shall canvass the vote. If a majority of the votes favor dissolution, the board shall by resolution dissolve the district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 10 - Dissolution › Section 98405.

98405. The board shall file a certified copy of the resolution with the Secretary of State and for record in the office of the county recorder.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 10 - Dissolution › Section 98406.

98406. Upon dissolution the right, title and interest to property owned or controlled by the district shall be divided among the cities within the district and the county according to the ratio which the assessed valuation of taxable property of each city within the district and the unincorporated area within the district bears to the total assessed valuation of taxable property within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 10 - SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 10 - Dissolution › Section 98407.

98407. The board of supervisors is, ex officio, the governing body of the dissolved district. It may levy taxes and assessments and perform other acts necessary to wind up the district affairs and to raise money for the payment of outstanding indebtedness.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 99150.

99150. In locating its bus stops, park and ride service facilities, and special service terminal points and stations, a transit district shall consult with, and consider the recommendations of, the city if such transit facilities are to be located therein, or the county if such transit facilities are to be located in the unincorporated area thereof, on the proposed locations.
The city or county, as the case may be, in making its recommendations to the transit district on the proposed location of any such transit facilities, shall consider whether the proposed location is consistent with the circulation element of its general plan.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 501.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 99151.

99151. Any transit district whose area is served by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company line from the City of San Jose to the City and County of San Francisco may make a bulk purchase of passenger tickets for that line from the company, or from the Greyhound Bus Lines for transportation services within the area, or from both, for resale at less than the cost to the transit district to residents of the transit district.
The governing body of the transit district shall determine the resale price of tickets purchased by it.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 768.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 99152.

99152. Any public transit guideway planned, acquired, or constructed, on or after January 1, 1979, is subject to regulations of the Public Utilities Commission relating to safety appliances and procedures.
The commission shall inspect all work done on those guideways and may make further additions or changes necessary for the purpose of safety to employees and the general public.
The commission shall develop an oversight program employing safety planning criteria, guidelines, safety standards, and safety procedures to be met by operators in the design, construction, and operation of those guideways. Existing industry standards shall be used where applicable.
The commission shall enforce the provisions of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 483, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 99153.

99153. Any transit district or operator may adopt uniform standards to rate bidders, on the basis of questionnaires and required statements, with respect to contracts for railroad rolling stock upon which each bidder is qualified to bid. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the district or operator may limit bidding and award of contracts for railroad rolling stock to the bidders the district or operator has determined are qualified to bid. However, the district or operator shall qualify at least two persons or entities for bidding on the contracts.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 177, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 99154.

99154. Any transit district or operator may require from prospective bidders for any contract answers to questions contained in a standard questionnaire and financial statement, including a complete statement of the prospective bidder’s financial ability and experience in performing public contracts. When completed, the questionnaire and financial statement shall be verified under oath by the bidder in the manner in which pleadings are verified in civil actions.
The questionnaires and financial statements are not public records and shall not be open to public inspection.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 177, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 99155.

99155. (a) Each transit operator, whether publicly or privately funded all or in part, nonprofit or for profit, which offers reduced fares to senior citizens shall honor the federal Medicare identification card as sufficient identification to receive reduced fares. A transit operator which offers reduced fares to those senior citizens who are less than 65 years old shall also honor the senior citizen identification card issued pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 13000 of the Vehicle Code.
(b) Each transit operator, whether publicly or privately funded, in whole or in part, nonprofit or for profit, which offers reduced fares pursuant to subdivision (a) shall also offer reduced fares to disabled persons, as defined by Section 99206.5, disabled persons, as defined by Section 295.5 of the Vehicle Code, and disabled veterans, as defined by Section 295.7 of the Vehicle Code, at the same rate established for senior citizens. A transit operator shall honor the disabled person or disabled veteran placard identification card issued pursuant to Section 22511.55 of the Vehicle Code.
(c) Every transit operator that offers reduced fares to disabled persons shall honor any current identification card that is valid for the type of transportation service or discount requested and that has been issued to an individual with a disability by another transit operator.
(d) This section also applies to any dial-a-ride, paratransit, or nonfixed route operator which serves the disabled, but does not apply to a private nonprofit entity which serves the disabled or elderly.
(e) Nothing in this section prohibits a transit operator from issuing its own identification card, except that no such card shall be required to be presented in addition to either a federal Medicare card or a card issued pursuant to Section 22511.55 of the Vehicle Code.
(f) A transit operator, as defined in subdivision (b), which receives funds pursuant to the Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200)), shall not require that a person requesting transportation be a resident of that transit operator’s service area.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 769, Sec. 4. (AB 2679) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 99155.1.

99155.1. (a) There shall be close coordination between local transit providers and county welfare departments in order to ensure that transportation moneys available for purposes of assisting recipients of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code are expended efficiently for the benefit of that population.
(1) In areas where public transit service is available, local transit providers shall give priority, in the use of funds allocated under the CalWORKs program and made available by the county, to the enhancement of public transportation services for welfare-to-work purposes.
(2) In areas where public transit services are unavailable, local transit providers shall give priority, in the use of funds allocated under the CalWORKs program and made available by the county, to the enhancement of transportation alternatives, such as, but not limited to, subsidies or vouchers, van pools, and contract paratransit operations, in order to promote welfare-to-work purposes.
(b) In areas where public transit service is available, local transit providers shall consider giving priority in the use of transit funds to the enhancement of public transportation services for welfare-to-work purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 877, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 99155.6.

99155.6. (a) The Transportation Agency, in consultation with public transit operators, shall conduct an assessment of the procedures public transit operators use to provide dial-a-ride and paratransit services to individuals with disabilities who are visiting their service territories and are certified to use another in-state public transit operator’s similar dial-a-ride and paratransit services, to the extent available. The assessment shall include, but not be limited to, timelines and methods for qualifying individuals to submit certification documents, including by electronic submission, to transit operators.
(b) On or before July 1, 2021, the Transportation Agency shall publish the assessment on its internet website.
(c) After conducting and publishing the assessment, the Transportation Agency shall adopt guidelines for the development of a statewide program to enable individuals with disabilities who a public transit operator has certified to use its dial-a-ride and paratransit services to use another in-state public transit operator’s similar dial-a-ride and paratransit services, to the extent available.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 627, Sec. 1. (AB 1351) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 99156.

99156. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transit district may provide compensation to a member of the governing board of the district only for attendance at a meeting of the board or for each day the member is engaged in other district business within or without the district. A member who engages in district business other than attendance at board meetings shall first obtain authorization of the board for reimbursement of travel expenses or other compensation before engaging in that business and shall submit a report thereof to the board for all expenditures.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1160, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 99157.

99157. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transit district may not provide any life, accident, or health insurance plan to any member or former member of the governing board of the district who first served as a member of the governing board after January 1, 1989, that exceeds the benefits provided to full-time active or retired district employees. The terms, conditions, or contributions applicable to any plan provided for employees shall also apply to any plan provided for those members of the governing board.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1160, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 99158.

99158. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transit district may not establish or contribute to a pension or retirement benefits plan or purchase an annunity for any member of its governing board who first served as a member of the governing board after January 1, 1989. This section does not apply to a deferred compensation plan described in Section 53213 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1160, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 99159.

99159. (a) Any retirement system established or maintained pursuant to this division for employees of a transit district who are members of a unit appropriate for collective bargaining shall be maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement and this section.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the retirement system and the funds of the system shall be managed and administered by a retirement board composed of equal representation of labor and management. Any deadlock among the members of the board with respect to that management and administration shall be resolved in the manner specified in Section 302 of the federal Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 186(c)(5)).
(c) The duties and responsibilities of the retirement board shall be executed in accordance with Section 17 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(d) This section does not apply to any public transit district that has, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, provided membership for the district’s represented employees in the Public Employees’ Retirement System, a retirement system established pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, or a pension trust subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 1001 et seq.) or any transit district where the membership of the governing board of the transit district is directly elected by the voters.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 845, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 99160.

99160. Any public entity which plans the development of, or which operates, a rail transit system, shall, with respect to any current or future rail transit system, (a) develop motor vehicle parking facilities to serve the system’s passengers at stations planned to be park and ride facilities, and (b) expand private enterprise participation in the development of air space and publicly owned assets to provide those parking facilities.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 579, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 99161.

99161. (a) Space at a publicly owned transportation facility may be leased by competitive bid, taking into consideration affordability and quality of care, to a child care operator who has obtained licensure as required by Section 1596.80 of the Health and Safety Code. Priority for child care services provided by the center shall be given to the children of public agency employees who work at the transportation facility and children of users of the transportation facility.
(b) No state funds shall be provided to any child care operator pursuant to this section unless all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The child care facility is open to children without regard to any child’s religious beliefs or any other factor related to religion.
(2) No religious instruction is included in the child care program.
(3) The space in which the child care program is operated is not utilized in any manner to foster religion during the time it is used for child care.
(c) The Legislature finds and declares that the use of publicly owned transportation facilities for the purpose of furnishing child care services for the benefit of persons using public transit is in the public interest and serves a public purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 792, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 99162.

99162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, one or more local agencies listed in subdivision (i) of Section 99602 may undertake a study or a joint study concerning the feasibility of extending the commuter rail or intercity rail service described in subdivision (c) of Section 99622 beyond the City of Davis to the City of Dixon.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 314, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 99163.

99163. On and after January 1, 2005, whenever a transit operator improves or replaces a ticket vending machine at a public transit station to include video instructions, the transit operator shall also equip the ticket vending machine with audio instructions that will enable visually impaired persons to follow the visual prompts. State funds made available to the operator through the State Transportation Assistance Program under Section 99312 shall be available for the purposes of this section.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 141, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)