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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Refunding › Section 26285.

26285. 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. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Refunding › Section 26286.

26286. 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. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Refunding › Section 26287.

26287. Whenever 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. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 5 - Status as Investments › Section 26311.

26311. 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 by law be invested in or loaned upon the security of bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, or school districts, in the State, such money or funds may be invested in or loaned upon the security of the bonds of a 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 so used.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 5 - Status as Investments › Section 26312.

26312. All bonds of the district, to the same extent as bonds of 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. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 6 - Validating Proceedings › Section 26341.

26341. An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1522.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 7 - Revenue Bonds › Section 26351.

26351. As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds, a district created pursuant to this part is authorized to issue bonds, payable from revenues of any facility or enterprise to be acquired or constructed by a district, in the manner provided by the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing at Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), all of the provisions of which are applicable to a district created pursuant to this part.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 116.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 7 - Revenue Bonds › Section 26352.

26352. A district created pursuant to this part is a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing at 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 under this part. A district may issue revenue bonds under the Revenue Bond Law of 1941, for any one or more facilities or enterprises 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 a 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. 1959, Ch. 116.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 26401.

26401. Any city not included within the boundaries of a district may be annexed thereto in the manner provided in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 26402.

26402. The legislative body of the city proposed to be annexed shall agree in writing with the board upon the terms and conditions of annexation, which agreement (among other things) may provide for the levy and collection of special taxes within the city in addition to the taxes elsewhere in this division provided for, the fixing of rates, rentals, and charges differing from those fixed or existing elsewhere within the district, the incurring or assumption of indebtedness, or the making of a payment or payments, or the transfer of property, real and personal, and other assets to the district by the city.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 26403.

26403. The annexation agreement may also provide that the city’s annexation to the district shall constitute annexation to any existing special transit service district. Approval of the annexation by the voters, pursuant to this chapter, if the annexation agreement includes provision for inclusion in a special transit service district, shall constitute full compliance with the provisions of Article 6 (commencing at Section 27461) of Chapter 10.5.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 116.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 26404.

26404. As an alternative to commencement of annexation proceedings by action of the legislative body of a city, a petition signed by voters within the city proposed to be annexed, equal in number to at least ten (10) percent of the total vote cast, and asking that proceedings be taken for its annexation, may be addressed to the board and filed with the secretary of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 116.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 26405.

26405. The petition may include one or more separate documents, but each document shall contain the affidavit of the party who circulated it, certifying that each name signed thereto is the true signature of the person whose name it purports to be. The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures on the petition with the affidavits of registration on file with the county elections official and if he or she finds that the petition has been signed by the required number of voters he or she shall attach his or her signature thereto and present the petition to the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 95. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 26406.

26406. If the board determines that the annexation of the city, whose voters have petitioned pursuant to Section 26404, would facilitate the acquisition or operation of any transit facilities for the district or be of advantage to the district, then the board shall also determine the terms and conditions upon which the annexation should be made. The terms and conditions of annexation shall be embodied in an annexation agreement. The annexation agreement may provide (among other things) for any or all of the items set forth in Sections 26402 and 26403.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 116.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 26421.

26421. The agreement shall become effective and be binding upon the district and the city when approved in the manner set forth in this chapter.
The board shall by ordinance setting forth the agreement at length declare its intention of causing it to be executed by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 26422.

26422. The ordinance, together with a notice fixing the time and place for hearing thereon, shall be published in the district pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code. The time fixed for the hearing shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of the publication of the ordinance.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 26423.

26423. At the hearing any person interested may file with the board written objections to the execution of the agreement.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 26424.

26424. Upon the hearing the board shall determine whether or not the agreement will be carried into execution and shall hear and determine all objections thereto. Failure of any person interested in the district or in the matter of the proposed execution of the agreement to show cause in writing pursuant to Section 25423 constitutes an assent on his part to a change in the boundaries of the district and to the execution of the agreement.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 26425.

26425. Any hearing on the agreement may be adjourned from time to time by the board without further notice other than an order to be entered upon the minutes of the meeting fixing the time and place of adjournment.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 26426.

26426. If no protests are filed or if the protests filed are overruled and denied the board shall thereupon by resolution finally approve the agreement and authorize its execution, which shall become effective when executed by the city, duly authorized in the manner provided in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 26427.

26427. When executed by the district the agreement shall be dated and an executed copy filed with the secretary of the district. An executed copy shall also be filed with the clerk of the city to be annexed.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by City › Section 26451.

26451. At any time after the board has finally approved the agreement of annexation the legislative body of the city to be annexed shall cause an election to be held in the city to determine whether the city will be annexed to the district upon the terms and conditions stated in the agreement.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by City › Section 26452.

26452. Notice of election shall be published as provided in Section 24533 and shall either state that a copy of the annexation agreement is on file in the office of the secretary or clerk of the city proposed to be annexed, and open to the inspection of all persons interested, or set forth the terms and conditions of the agreement of annexation at length, in the discretion of the legislative body calling the election.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by City › Section 26453.

26453. 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 shall set forth the proposition of annexation substantially as follows:
Shall the _______ (city) be annexed to _______ transit district in accordance with and subject to all of the terms and conditions of an agreement of annexation dated _______ now on file in the office of the clerk of _______ (city)?
YES
NO
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by City › Section 26454.

26454. If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition at the election were cast in favor of the annexation, the proposition and all of the terms and conditions of the agreement of annexation shall be deemed carried and approved by the voters; except that if the terms and conditions of the agreement of annexation provide for the assumption of any indebtedness of the district by any city proposed to be annexed, the proposition of annexation shall not be deemed carried unless approved by the vote of two-thirds of all the voters voting on the proposition at the election.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by City › Section 26455.

26455. If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body of the city.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by City › Section 26456.

26456. If the proposition receives the vote of the requisite majority of voters the governing body of the city shall enter in its minutes an order declaring the result of the election and shall thereupon cause the agreement of annexation to be executed by its duly authorized officers.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of Annexation › Section 26486.

26486. Upon receipt by the district of a copy of the agreement of annexation properly executed by the district and the city proposed to be annexed the board shall pass a resolution declaring the city annexed to the district, and shall cause a certified copy of the resolution to be filed with the Secretary of State. From and after the date of filing of the resolution with the Secretary of State the annexation of the city to the district is complete.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 5 - Annexation of Territory to Cities › Section 26511.

26511. Upon the completion of the annexation of any territory in accordance with law to any city included or partially included in the district, the city clerk shall file with the secretary of the district a certified copy of the ordinance, resolution or other document completing said annexation, containing a description of the territory so annexed. Unless the district within 90 days after such filing shall file with the city clerk the district’s written objections to the annexation to the district of said territory or portion thereof, such territory, or portion thereof, not objected to by the district shall, upon the termination of such period be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district, and thereafter is subject to taxation, along with the entire territory of the district in accordance with the assessable valuation of the property thereof, for general district purposes, and for the payment of any indebtedness theretofore or thereafter incurred by the district.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 744.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 5 - Annexation of Territory to Cities › Section 26512.

26512. If the district shall file its objections in the manner aforesaid to the annexation to the district of such territory or portion thereof, the territory, or portion thereof, shall not be annexed to the district except in the manner provided in Articles 1 (commencing with Section 26401), 2 (commencing with Section 26421), 3 (commencing with Section 26451) and 4 ( commencing with Section 26486) of this chapter. The district may withdraw such objections by filing with the city clerk a certified copy of a resolution of the board stating that such objections are withdrawn. Thereupon said territory, or portion thereof, shall be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district as provided in Section 26511.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 744.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 6 - Effect of Annexation › Section 26531.

26531. From and after the date of annexation the board shall levy upon all of the property in the city annexed such taxes, tolls, or charges as are necessary to provide funds for the payment of the indebtedness assumed by the city or otherwise necessary to comply with the terms and conditions of the annexation agreement, all in addition to the general district taxes authorized elsewhere in this division to be levied and collected.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 6 - Effect of Annexation › Section 26532.

26532. No annexation of a city to a district shall operate to dissolve or terminate the legal existence of the city annexed.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities › ARTICLE 7 - Contest of Annexation › Section 26551.

26551. The validity of any proceedings for the annexation of any city to any district shall not be contested in any action unless the action is brought within three months after the completion of the proceedings.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 26651.

26651. Unincorporated territory may be annexed to a district in the manner provided in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 26652.

26652. Unincorporated territory not contiguous to a district may not be annexed if the district does not possess facilities for supplying transit service to that territory.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 26653.

26653. A petition signed by voters within the territory proposed to be annexed equal in number to at least 10 percent of the total vote cast, describing the territory and asking that proceedings be taken for its annexation, shall be addressed to the board and filed with the secretary of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 116.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 26654.

26654. The secretary shall compare the signatures on the petition with the affidavits of registration on file with the county elections official and if he or she finds that the petition has been signed by the required number of voters he or she shall attach his or her signature thereto and present the petition to the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 96. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 26655.

26655. If the board determines that the annexation of the territory would facilitate the acquisition or operation of any transit facilities for the district, or be of advantage to the district, then the board shall also determine the terms and conditions upon which the annexation should be made.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 26656.

26656. Provisions may be made (among other things) for payment of taxes within the territory to be annexed in addition to the taxes elsewhere in this part provided for, the fixing of rates, rentals, and charges differing from those fixed or existing elsewhere within the district, the incurring or assumption of indebtedness, or the making of a payment or payments, or the transfer of property, real and personal, and other assets to the district by the territory proposed to be annexed. The boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed need not be coterminous with any election precincts. The terms and conditions shall become effective and be binding upon the district and the territory to be annexed when approved in the manner set forth in this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 78.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 26657.

26657. The annexation agreement may also provide that the unincorporated territory’s annexation to the district shall constitute annexation to any existing special transit service district. Approval of the annexation by the voters, pursuant to this chapter, if the agreement includes provision for inclusion in a special transit service district, shall constitute full compliance with the provisions of Article 6 (commencing at Section 27461) of Chapter 10.5.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 116.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 26658.

26658. As an alternative to commencement of annexation proceedings by a petition by the voters within any unincorporated territory, proposed to be annexed, the legislative body of an unincorporated territory may agree in writing upon the terms and conditions of annexation, which agreement may contain (among other things) provisions as set forth in Sections 26656 and 26657.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 116.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 26681.

26681. The board shall by ordinance setting forth the terms and conditions at length declare its intention of causing the agreement to be approved by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 26682.

26682. The ordinance together with a notice fixing the time and place for hearing thereon shall be published in the district pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code. A copy of the ordinance shall be filed with the secretary of the district. The time fixed for hearing shall not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of the publication of the ordinance.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 26683.

26683. At the hearing any person interested may file with the board written objections to the approval of the terms and conditions.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 26684.

26684. Upon the hearing the board shall determine whether or not the terms and conditions will be approved and shall hear and determine all objections thereto. Failure of any person interested in the district or in the matter of the proposed annexation on the terms and conditions set forth in the ordinance to show cause in writing pursuant to Section 26683 constitutes an assent on his part to a change in the boundaries of the district upon the terms and conditions set forth.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 26685.

26685. Any hearing on the agreement may be adjourned from time to time by the board, not exceeding 30 days in all, without further notice other than an order entered upon the minutes of the meeting fixing the time and place of adjournment.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 26686.

26686. If no protests are filed or the protests filed are overruled and denied by the board the board shall thereupon by resolution finally approve the terms and conditions and proceed with the annexation in the manner provided in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 26687.

26687. If protests against the proposed annexation are sustained, all proceedings shall be dismissed and no proceedings shall be undertaken again concerning the territory or any part thereof until after the expiration of one year.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Unincorporated Territory › Section 27011.

27011. The board shall cause an election to be held in the territory proposed to be annexed on the next established election date not less than 74 days after it has finally approved the terms and conditions of annexation to determine whether the territory shall be annexed to the district upon the terms and conditions stated in the ordinance.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1146.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Unincorporated Territory › Section 27012.

27012. Notice of election shall be published and shall either state that a copy of the ordinance containing the terms and conditions of annexation at length is on file in the office of the secretary of the district, and open to the inspection of all persons interested, or itself set forth the terms and conditions of annexation at length, in the discretion of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Unincorporated Territory › Section 27013.

27013. 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 shall set forth the proposition of annexation substantially as follows:
Shall the territory described in the petition filed with the secretary of the ____________ transit district on the ________ day of ________ be annexed to the transit district in accordance with and subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in that certain ordinance passed by the board of directors of the transit district on the _______ day of ________, a copy of which is now on file in the office of the secretary of the transit district?
YES
NO
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Unincorporated Territory › Section 27014.

27014. If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition at the election were cast in favor of the annexation, the proposition and all of the terms and conditions set forth in the ordinance shall be deemed carried and approved by the voters.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Unincorporated Territory › Section 27015.

27015. If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall be entered upon the minutes of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Unincorporated Territory › Section 27016.

27016. If the proposition is defeated by the voters, no annexation proceeding shall be commenced involving the territory or any part thereof until after the expiration of one year.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of Annexation › Section 27041.

27041. In the event the proposition receives the vote of the requisite majority of voters the board shall pass a resolution declaring the territory annexed to the district, and shall cause a certified copy of the resolution to be filed with the Secretary of State, from and after the date of which filing with the Secretary of State the annexation of the territory to the district is complete.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 5 - Annexation Without Election › Section 27061.

27061. Unincorporated territory may be annexed to a district without an election in the manner provided in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 5 - Annexation Without Election › Section 27062.

27062. A petition describing the territory proposed to be annexed and requesting that proceedings be taken for its annexation shall be signed by all of the owners of the real property described therein, verified by the affidavit of one of the petitioners, addressed to the board, and filed with the secretary of the district. If a portion of the territory consists of public highways, streets, roads or paths, it shall not be necessary to secure the signatures to the petition of the owners only of the real property occupied by such public highways, streets, roads or paths.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 5 - Annexation Without Election › Section 27063.

27063. Proceedings shall thereafter be taken and a hearing held in substantial compliance with the provisions of this chapter relating to the annexation of unincorporated territory except that no election shall be held within the territory proposed to be annexed and the territory shall be deemed annexed to the district upon the passage of a resolution of the board declaring the territory annexed and the filing of a certified copy thereof with the Secretary of State.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 6 - Effect of Annexation › Section 27091.

27091. From and after the date of annexation the board shall levy upon all of the property in the territory annexed any taxes, tolls, or charges which are necessary to provide funds for the payment of the indebtedness assumed by the territory or otherwise necessary to comply with the terms and conditions of the annexation, all in addition to the general district taxes authorized elsewhere in this division to be levied and collected.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 390.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › ARTICLE 7 - Contest of Annexation › Section 27111.

27111. The validity of any proceedings for the annexation of any unincorporated territory to any district shall not be contested in any action unless the action is brought within three months after the completion of the proceedings.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 10 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Exclusion of Unincorporated Territory › Section 27251.

27251. Any territory contained within a district not being served by any transit facilities of the district and not included within the boundaries of any incorporated city and not benefited in any manner by the district or by its continued inclusion therein may be excluded therefrom by order of the board upon the verified petition of the owners in fee of lands whose assessed value with improvements is in excess of one-half of the assessed value of all the lands with improvements held in private ownership in the territory sought to be excluded.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 10 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Exclusion of Unincorporated Territory › Section 27252.

27252. The petition shall describe the territory sought to be excluded and shall set forth that the territory is not benefited in any manner by the district or by its continued inclusion therein, and shall pray that the territory be excluded from the district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 10 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Exclusion of Unincorporated Territory › Section 27253.

27253. The petition shall be filed with the secretary of the district and shall be accompanied by a deposit with the secretary of the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) to meet the expenses of advertising and other costs incident to the proceedings for the exclusion of the territory, including the cost of recording a certified copy of the order provided for in this chapter. Any unconsumed balance of the deposit shall be returned to the petitioners.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 10 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Exclusion of Unincorporated Territory › Section 27254.

27254. Upon the filing of the petition the secretary shall cause it to be set for hearing at a regular or adjourned regular meeting of the board and shall cause a notice of the filing thereof to be published. The notice shall also state the date of the filing of the petition and that it will come on for hearing before the board and shall state the time and place of the hearing. The time fixed for hearing shall not be less than 30 days from the date of the first publication of the notice. The property to be excluded may or may not be specifically described in the notice, but if not described the notice shall refer to the petition on file with the secretary for a particular description of the property sought to be excluded.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 10 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Exclusion of Unincorporated Territory › Section 27255.

27255. Any landowner or taxpayer within the district may appear at the hearing either in behalf of or in opposition to the granting of the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 10 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Exclusion of Unincorporated Territory › Section 27256.

27256. The petition shall come on for hearing before the board at the time and place specified in the notice of hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 10 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Exclusion of Unincorporated Territory › Section 27257.

27257. If upon the hearing the board determines that it is for the best interests of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition or some portion thereof be excluded from the district, or if it appears that the lands or some portion thereof will not be benefited by their continued inclusion in this district, then the board shall make an order that the lands, or such portion thereof as the board may determine, be excluded from the district, describing specifically the lands so excluded.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 10 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Exclusion of Unincorporated Territory › Section 27258.

27258. A copy of the order of exclusion certified by the secretary of the district shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the lands are situated. The record of the certified copy is prima facie evidence of the exclusion from the district of the lands purporting to be excluded thereby.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 10 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Exclusion of Unincorporated Territory › Section 27259.

27259. From and after the making of the order of exclusion and the record thereof the lands excluded are no longer included in the district. The order of exclusion does not invalidate in any manner any taxes or assessments theretofore levied or assessed against the lands excluded nor relieve the property excluded from any outstanding bonds which are a lien thereon at the time of exclusion, nor from any taxes to pay the principal or interest thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 10 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Incorporated Territory › Section 27281.

27281. If the city to which any territory included in any district has been annexed already provides transit service in the territory annexed, or if any territory in any district is annexed to a city, not a part of any district as originally established pursuant to this part, and not annexed thereto pursuant to this part, the city council or other governing body of the city may petition the district for the exclusion of such territory from the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 116.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 10 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Incorporated Territory › Section 27282.

27282. The petition shall contain the information prescribed for petitions for exclusion under Article 1 of this chapter, a deposit for expenses shall be made as therein provided, and thereafter all proceedings shall be had as provided therein for such petitions after filing.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 10 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Incorporated Territory › Section 27283.

27283. If an order of exclusion is granted, the board and the governing body of the city shall by contract provide for the payment by the city of the proportion of the taxes and bonded indebtedness for which the territory excluded is justly liable. If they do not agree, either may petition the superior court in and for the county in which the property is located for a judgment declaring the proportion of the taxes and bonded indebtedness for which the territory excluded is justly liable. The proceeding shall be governed by the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to declaratory relief.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 10 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Incorporated Territory › Section 27284.

27284. The order of exclusion does not invalidate in any manner any taxes or assessments theretofore levied or assessed against the lands excluded nor relieve the property excluded from any outstanding bonds which are a lien thereon at the time of exclusion, nor from any taxes to pay the principal or interest thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)