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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 5 - Personnel › ARTICLE 2 - Transfer of Collective Bargaining Rights › Section 105155.

105155. To facilitate implementation of the employee rights enumerated in this section, the district and the district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code may engage in joint collective bargaining with the accredited representatives of the collective bargaining units set forth in Section 105151 and the same or similar collective bargaining units within the district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code to establish uniform wages, health benefits, pension benefits, and other uniform terms and conditions of employment. To maintain continuity of pension benefits, the district shall have the right to appoint at least one representative to any joint labor-management retirement board that administers a retirement plan in which employees of the district and employees of the district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code are participants, provided that an equal number of employer and employee representatives on the retirement board is maintained. In addition, the district shall enter into a reciprocity agreement through the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) which recognizes PERS service with the district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code of any district employee employed in a collective bargaining unit set forth in Section 105151 whose members’ pensions are provided through PERS.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 5 - Personnel › ARTICLE 3 - Rights of Employees of Existing Facilities › Section 105160.

105160. (a) Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned utility, either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, to the extent necessary for operation of facilities, all of the employees of the utility whose duties pertain to the facilities acquired who have been employed by the utility for at least 75 days shall be appointed to comparable positions in the district without examination. These employees shall be given sick leave, seniority, and vacation credits in accordance with the records of the acquired public utility. No employee of any acquired public utility shall suffer any worsening of wages, seniority, pension, vacation, or other benefits by reason of the acquisition.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to officers or managerial employees of the acquired utility except as designated by the board.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 5 - Personnel › ARTICLE 3 - Rights of Employees of Existing Facilities › Section 105161.

105161. Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, that has a pension plan in operation, members and beneficiaries of the pension plan shall continue to have the rights, privileges, benefits, obligations, and status with respect to the established system. The outstanding obligations and liabilities of the public utility by reason of that pension plan shall be considered and taken into account and allowance made therefor in the purchase price of the public utility. The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided in this section and the benefits that are provided shall be specified in the agreement or order by which any public utility is acquired by the district.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 5 - Personnel › ARTICLE 4 - Retirement System › Section 105170.

105170. The adoption, terms, and conditions of any retirement system covering employees of the district in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization shall be pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between the labor organization and the district. For purposes of this section, “officers” does not include members of the board.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 5 - Personnel › ARTICLE 4 - Retirement System › Section 105171.

105171. The board may contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or with a retirement system maintained pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 and enter all, or any portion, of its employees under either of those systems. Employees of the district in a bargaining unit that is represented by a labor organization shall not be included in the contract except as authorized by a collective bargaining agreement.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 5 - Personnel › ARTICLE 4 - Retirement System › Section 105172.

105172. All persons receiving pension benefits from an acquired public utility, and all persons entitled to pension benefits under any pension plan of the acquired public utility, may become members or receive pensions under a pension plan established by the district by mutual agreement of those persons and the district. The agreement may provide for the waiver of all rights, privileges, benefits, and status with respect to the pension plan of the acquired public utility.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 5 - Personnel › ARTICLE 5 - Other Benefits › Section 105181.

105181. The district shall obtain coverage for the district and its employees under the workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, and disability and unemployment insurance laws of this state.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 105200.

105200. Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness for the acquisition or improvement of real property authorized by this part or necessary or convenient for the carrying out of the powers of the district, the board shall, by ordinance, adopted by a vote of two-thirds of all members of the board, so declare and call an election to be held in the district for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters thereof the proposition of incurring indebtedness by the issuance of bonds of the district, provided the total amount of bonds issued and outstanding pursuant to this article shall not exceed 15 percent of the assessed value of the taxable property of the district as shown by the last equalized assessment roll of the counties within the district. The ordinance shall state:
(a) The purposes for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include all costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the accomplishment of those purposes, including, without limitation, engineering, inspection, legal, fiscal agents, financial consultant, and other fees; bond and other reserve funds; working capital; bond interest estimated to accrue during the construction period and for a period not to exceed three years thereafter; and expenses of all proceedings for the authorization, issuance, and sale of the bonds.
(b) The estimated cost of accomplishing those purposes.
(c) The amount of the principal of the indebtedness.
(d) The maximum term the bonds proposed to be issued shall run before maturity, which shall not exceed 50 years from the date thereof or the date of each series thereof.
(e) The maximum rate of interest to be paid, which shall not exceed 7 percent per annum.
(f) The proposition to be submitted to the voters, which may include one or more purposes.
(g) The date of the election.
(h) The manner of holding the election and the procedure for voting for or against the measure.
(i) The ordinance may also contain any other matters authorized by this part or any other law.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 105201.

105201. Notice of holding of the election shall be given by publishing, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, the ordinance calling the election in at least one newspaper published in the district. No other notice of the election need be given. Except as otherwise provided in the ordinance, the election shall be conducted as other district elections.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 105202.

105202. If any proposition is defeated by the electors, the board shall not call another election on a substantially similar proposition to be held within six months after the prior election. If a petition requesting submission of this type of a proposition, signed by 15 percent of the district electors, as shown by the votes cast for all candidates for governor within the district at the last gubernatorial election, is filed with the board, the board may call an election before the expiration of six months.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 105203.

105203. If two-thirds of the electors voting on the proposition vote for it, then the board may, by resolution, at the time or times it deems proper, issue bonds of the district for the whole or any part of the amount of the indebtedness so authorized and may from time to time, by resolution, provide for the issuance of any necessary amounts, until the full amount of the bonds authorized shall have been issued. The full amount of bonds may be divided into two or more series and different dates and different dates of payment fixed for the bonds of each series. A bond need not mature on an anniversary of its date. The maximum term the bonds of any series shall run before maturity shall not exceed 50 years from the date of each series respectively. In the resolution or resolutions, the board shall prescribe the form of the bonds (including, without limitation, registered bonds and coupon bonds) and the form of any coupons to be attached thereto, the registration, conversion, and exchange privileges, if any, pertaining thereto, and fix the time when the whole or any part of the principal shall become due and payable.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 105204.

105204. The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding 7 percent per annum, payable semiannually, except that the first interest payable on the bonds or any series thereof may be for any period not exceeding one year as determined by the board. In the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of the bonds, the board may also provide for call and redemption of the bonds prior to maturity at the times and prices and upon any other terms it may specify, but no bond shall be subject to call or redemption prior to maturity unless it contains a recital to that effect or unless a statement to that effect is printed thereon. The denomination or denominations of the bonds shall be stated in the resolution providing for their issuance, but shall not be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000). The principal of and interest on the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer of the district or at any other place or places that may be designated, or at either place or places at the option of the holders of the bonds. The bonds, or series thereof, shall be dated and numbered consecutively and shall be signed by the chairperson of the board and the treasurer, countersigned by the secretary and the official seal of the district attached. The interest coupons of the bonds shall be signed by the treasurer. All signatures, countersignatures, and seal may be printed, lithographed, or mechanically reproduced, except that one of the signatures or countersignatures on the bonds shall be manually affixed. If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on bonds or coupons ceases to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds, his or her signature is as effective as if he or she had remained in office.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 105205.

105205. The bonds may be sold as the board determines by resolution but for not less than par. Before selling the bonds or any part thereof, the board shall give notice inviting sealed bids in a manner as it may prescribe. If satisfactory bids are received, the bonds offered for sale shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder. If no bids are received or if the board determines that the bids received are not satisfactory as to price or responsibility of the bidders, the board may reject all bids received, if any, and either readvertise or sell the bonds at private sale.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 105206.

105206. Delivery of any bonds may be made at any place either inside or outside the state, and the purchase price may be received in cash or bank credits.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 105207.

105207. All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds and the remainder of the proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the treasury to the credit of the proper improvement fund and applied exclusively to the purposes for which the debt was incurred; provided, however, that when those purposes have been accomplished any moneys remaining in the improvement fund (a) shall be transferred to the fund to be used for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds, or (b) shall be placed in a fund to be used for the purchase of outstanding bonds of the district from time to time in the open market at the prices and in the manner, either at public or private sale or otherwise, as the board may determine. Bonds so purchased shall be canceled immediately.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 105208.

105208. After the expiration of three years after a bond election the board may determine, by ordinance adopted by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of the board, that any or all of the bonds authorized at the election remaining unsold shall not be issued or sold. When the ordinance takes effect, the authorization to issue these bonds shall become void.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 105209.

105209. Whenever the board deems that the expenditure of money for the purposes for which the bonds were authorized by the voters is impractical or unwise, it may, by ordinance adopted by a vote of two-thirds of all members of the board, so declare and call an election to be held in the district for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters thereof the proposition of incurring indebtedness by the issuance of these bonds for some other purposes or, in the case where bonds have been sold, the proposition to use the proceeds for some other purposes. The procedure, so far as applicable, shall be the same as when a bond proposition is originally submitted.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 105210.

105210. The board may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the district upon the terms, at the times, and in the manner which it determines. Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to pay all or any part of the principal of the outstanding bonds, the interest thereon, and the premiums, if any, due upon call and redemption thereof prior to maturity and all expenses of the refunding. The provisions of this article for issuance and sale of bonds apply to the issuance and sale of the refunding bonds, except that (a) no election need be called or held for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds, and (b) when refunding bonds are to be exchanged for outstanding bonds, the method of exchange shall be determined by the board.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 105211.

105211. The provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 53500) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code are applicable to the district.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 105212.

105212. Any bonds that are issued under the provisions of this article shall be legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, banks, both commercial and savings, and trust companies; and for state school funds. Whenever any money or funds may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be invested in bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, school districts, or other districts within the state, the money or funds may be invested in the bonds issued under this part. Whenever bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, school districts, or other districts within this state may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be used as security for the performance of any act or the deposit of any public moneys, the bonds issued under this part may be so used. The provisions of this article shall be in addition to all other laws relating to legal investments and shall be controlling as the latest expression of the Legislature with respect thereto.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds › Section 105213.

105213. The board may enter into any covenants deemed proper to provide for issuance of additional parity bonds and the priority and pledge of special taxes; and any other covenants that are customary or desirable in the issuance of any bonds payable out of special funds or that are necessary, convenient, or desirable to secure the bonds or tending to make them more marketable, subject to the provisions of the ordinance calling the bond election.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 2 - Revenue Bonds › Section 105220.

105220. The district may issue bonds, payable from revenue of any facility or enterprise to be acquired or constructed by the district, in the manner provided by the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), all of the provisions of which are applicable to the district, except that Article 3 (commencing with Section 54380) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code and the limitations set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 54402 and in Sections 54403 and 54418 of the Government Code do not apply to the issuance and sale of bonds pursuant to this article. As used in Section 54315 of the Government Code, “revenues” shall include, but not be limited to, the proceeds of, or any portion of the proceeds of, a sales and use tax imposed under Article 5 (commencing with Section 105115) of Chapter 4 or under any other provisions of law, so long as the resolution authorizing the bonds contains no restriction that would provide that this tax shall not continue to be imposed until the bonds are fully paid or a provision has been made for their payment in full.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 2 - Revenue Bonds › Section 105221.

105221. 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 the system or any or all rail transit facilities and all additions, extensions, and improvements thereto authorized to be acquired, constructed, or completed by the district. The district may issue revenue bonds under the Revenue Bond Law of 1941, for any one or more rail transit facilities authorized to be acquired, constructed, or completed by the district or, in the alternative, may issue revenue bonds under the Revenue Bond Law of 1941, for the acquisition, construction, and completion of any rail transit facilities. Nothing in this article shall prevent the district from availing itself of, or making use of, any procedure provided in this part for the issuance of bonds of any type or character for any of the rail transit facilities authorized hereunder, and all proceedings may be carried on simultaneously or, in the alternative, as the board may determine.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 3 - Equipment Trust Certificates › Section 105230.

105230. The district shall have power to purchase rail transit equipment such as cars or rolling equipment; and may execute agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates in the forms customarily used by private corporations engaged in the rail transit business appropriate to effect purchase and leasing of rail transit equipment and may dispose of the equipment trust certificates upon the terms and conditions the board deems appropriate. Payment for the equipment, or rentals therefor, may be made in installments, and the deferred installments may be evidenced by equipment trust certificates payable from any source or sources of funds specified in the certificates that are or will be legally available to the district. Title to the equipment shall not rest in the district until the equipment trust certificates are paid.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 3 - Equipment Trust Certificates › Section 105231.

105231. The agreement to purchase or lease may direct the vendor or lessor to sell and assign or lease the rolling equipment to a bank or trust company duly authorized to transact business in the state as trustee, for the benefit and security of the equipment trust certificates and may direct the trustee to deliver the rolling equipment to one or more designated officers of the district and may authorize the district to execute and deliver simultaneously therewith an installment purchase agreement or a lease of the equipment to the district.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 3 - Equipment Trust Certificates › Section 105232.

105232. The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before a person authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds and in the form required for acknowledgment of deeds. The agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates shall be authorized by resolution of the district and shall contain the covenants, conditions, and provisions deemed necessary or appropriate to insure the payment of the equipment trust certificates from legally available sources of funds specified in the certificates.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 3 - Equipment Trust Certificates › Section 105233.

105233. The covenants, conditions, and provisions of the agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates shall not conflict with any of the provisions of any trust agreement securing the payment of bonds, notes, or certificates of the district.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Acts and Special Benefit Districts › Section 105240.

105240. The Improvement Act of 1911 (Part 1 (commencing with Section 5000) of Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code), the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10000) of Division 12 of the Streets and Highways Code), and the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Part 1 (commencing with Section 8500) of Division 10 of the Streets and Highways Code) are applicable to the district.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Acts and Special Benefit Districts › Section 105241.

105241. The provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 99000) of Part 11 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code are applicable to the district.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 5 - Temporary Borrowing › Section 105250.

105250. The district may borrow money in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820), or of Article 7.6 (commencing with Section 53850) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 5 - Temporary Borrowing › Section 105251.

105251. The district may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds that have been authorized to be issued, but have not been sold and delivered, and may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes therefor and may renew the same from time to time. The maximum maturity of those notes, including the renewals thereof, shall not exceed five years from the date of delivery of the original notes. The notes may be paid from any moneys of the district available therefor and not otherwise pledged. If not previously otherwise paid, the notes shall be paid from the proceeds of the next sale of the bonds of the district in anticipation of which they were issued. The notes shall not be issued in any amount in excess of the aggregate amount of bonds which the district has been authorized to issue, less the amount of any bonds of that authorized issue previously sold, and also less the amount of other bond anticipation notes therefor issued and then outstanding. The notes shall be issued and sold in the same manner as the bonds. The notes and the resolution or resolutions authorizing them may contain any provisions, conditions, or limitations that a resolution of the district authorizing the issuance of bonds may contain.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 105260.

105260. The district may bring an action to determine the validity of any of its bonds, equipment trust certificates, warrants, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 105261.

105261. All bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued by the district under the provisions of this part, and the interest thereon, are free and exempt from all taxation within the state, except for transfer, franchise, inheritance, and estate taxes.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 105262.

105262. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part or any other law, the provisions of all ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings in the issuance by the district of any bonds, bonds with a pledge of revenues, bonds for improvement districts, revenue bonds, equipment trust certificates, notes, or any and all evidences of indebtedness or liability shall constitute a contract between the district and the holders of the bonds, equipment trust certificates, notes, or evidences of indebtedness or liability and the provisions thereof shall be enforceable against the district, or any or all of its successors or assigns, by mandamus or any other appropriate suit, action, or proceeding in law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing contained in this part or in any other law shall be held to relieve the district or the territory included within it from any bonded or other debt or liability contracted by the district. Upon dissolution of the district or upon withdrawal of territory therefrom, the property formerly included within the district or withdrawn therefrom shall continue to be liable for the payment of all bonded and other indebtedness or liabilities outstanding at the time of the dissolution or withdrawal the same as if the district had not been so dissolved or the territory withdrawn therefrom, and it shall be the duty of the successors or assigns to provide for the payment of the bonded and other indebtedness and liabilities. Except as may be otherwise provided in the proceedings for the authorization, issuance, and sale of any revenue bonds, bonds secured by a pledge of revenues or bonds for improvement districts secured by a pledge of revenues, revenues of any kind or nature derived from any revenue-producing improvements, works, facilities, or property owned, operated or controlled by the district shall be pledged, charged, assigned, and have a lien thereon for the payment of the bonds as long as they are outstanding, regardless of any change in ownership, operation, or control of those revenue-producing improvements, works, facilities, or property and it shall, in such later event or events, be the duty of the successors or assigns to continue to maintain and operate the revenue-producing improvements, works, facilities, or property as long as bonds are outstanding.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Annexation › Section 105280.

105280. Territory may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Annexation › Section 105281.

105281. A county contiguous to the district may, by majority vote of the board of supervisors of that county, petition the district to annex all or part of the territory within the county. Alternatively, the board of the district may propose annexation of any territory contiguous to the district.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Annexation › Section 105282.

105282. If annexation is proposed pursuant to Section 105281, the board shall determine whether the additional territory proposed to be annexed will be benefited by annexation to the district, and shall pass a resolution to that effect. The resolution shall be passed by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the board and be approved by the board of supervisors of the county in which the territory is situated.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Annexation › Section 105283.

105283. The board of supervisors of the county in which the territory to be annexed is situated shall agree in writing with the board of directors of the district upon the terms and conditions of annexation. The agreement may provide for the levy and collection of special taxes within the county in addition to the taxes elsewhere provided for in this part, the fixing of rates, rentals, and charges differing from those fixed or existing elsewhere within the district, the incurring or assumption of indebtedness, the making of a payment or payments, or the transfer of property, real and personal, and other assets to the district by the county.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Annexation › Section 105284.

105284. The resolution 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 annexation.
(d) Name the time and place for the hearing of objections by any person interested in the proposed annexation.
(e) Describe any terms and conditions of annexation agreed to between the district and the county pursuant to Section 105283.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Annexation › Section 105285.

105285. 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 paper, then in some newspaper of general circulation, circulated in the territory.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Annexation › Section 105286.

105286. On the day fixed for hearing or on 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 is determined by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of the board that the territory proposed to be annexed will be benefited by annexation, the board shall proceed to fix and determine the boundaries of the territory to be annexed to the district.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Annexation › Section 105287.

105287. 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 set forth in the minutes of the board.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Annexation › Section 105288.

105288. 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. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Service Zones › Section 105300.

105300. One or more service zones to provide different levels of service, to provide different facilities or other improvements, or to raise additional revenues within specific areas of the district, may be created within the boundaries of the district. A service zone may consist of one or more cities, with or without unincorporated territory, or unincorporated territory alone.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Service Zones › Section 105301.

105301. (a) Proceedings for the creation of a service zone may be initiated by resolution of the legislative body or bodies of the city or cities proposed to be included in the service zone, and if unincorporated territory is proposed to be included in the service zone, by resolution of the board or boards of supervisors of the county or counties in which the unincorporated territory is situated.
(b) The resolution or resolutions shall declare that the public interest or necessity demands the creation of a service zone, shall describe its boundaries, and shall request the formation of the service zone.
(c) When the entire area of a public agency is to be included in the service zone, it may be described by name.
(d) Certified copies of the resolution or resolutions shall be filed with the secretary of the district.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Service Zones › Section 105302.

105302. (a) As an alternative to the initiation of proceedings for the formation of a service zone by resolution or resolutions, a petition may be filed with the secretary of the district signed by voters equal in number to at least 25 percent of the registered voters registered within the proposed service zone as determined from the affidavits of registration. The boundaries of the proposed service zone shall be described in the petition. When the entire area of a public agency is to be included in the service zone, it may be described by name.
(b) The petition shall declare that the public interest or necessity demands the creation of a service zone within the area of the district described in the petition. 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.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Service Zones › Section 105303.

105303. The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures in the petition with the affidavits of registration on file with the county election official. The secretary of the district also shall certify to the sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 296, Sec. 42.1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Service Zones › Section 105304.

105304. (a) Within 30 days after receipt of the resolution or resolutions of the legislative body or bodies or receipt of the certification of the sufficiency of a petition by the secretary of the district, the board shall initiate proceedings for the formation of a new service zone by adopting a resolution that does all of the following:
(1) States that formation of a service zone has been initiated pursuant to either Section 105301 or 105302.
(2) Sets forth a description of the boundaries of the territory to be included in the service zone.
(3) States the different services, different levels of service, or additional revenues that the service zone will provide.
(4) Sets forth the methods by which those services or levels of service will be financed.
(5) States the reasons for forming the service zone.
(6) Proposes a name or number for the service zone.
(7) Fixes the date, time, and place for the public hearing regarding the formation of the service zone.
(b) The district shall publish notice of the hearing, including the information required by subdivision (a), pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the district. The district shall mail the notice to all owners of property within the proposed service zone. The district shall post the notice in at least three public places within the territory of the proposed service zone.
(c) At the hearing, the board shall hear and consider any protests to the formation of the service zone. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board may adopt a resolution ordering the formation of the service zone.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Service Zones › Section 105305.

105305. The board may change the boundaries of a service zone or dissolve a zone by following the procedures in Section 105301.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Service Zones › Section 105306.

105306. A local agency formation commission shall have no power or duty to review and approve or disapprove a proposal to create a service zone, a proposal to change the boundaries of a zone, or a proposal to dissolve a zone.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Service Zones › Section 105307.

105307. As determined by the board, a service zone may provide any service at any level within its boundaries that the district may provide.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Service Zones › Section 105308.

105308. As determined by the board and pursuant to the requirements of this part, a service zone may exercise any fiscal powers within its boundaries that the district may exercise.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)