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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 10 - Dissolution › Section 92006.

92006. Upon dissolution of any district which has boundaries that are coincident with the corporate limits of a city, the district property wherever situated vests absolutely in the city, and upon the dissolution of any district operating no transit facilities and which has boundaries that extend beyond the boundaries of a single city the property of the district wherever situated vests in the county in which the whole or greater portion of the district is situated.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 10 - Dissolution › Section 92007.

92007. If at the time of dissolution, there is any outstanding indebtedness of the district the legislative authority of the city, where the limits of the district lie wholly within the corporate limits of a city, and in all other cases, the board of supervisors of the county in which the whole or greater portion of the district is situated are ex officio the board of directors of the district for the purpose only of the levy and collection of taxes for the payment of the indebtedness of the district existing at the time of dissolution and the interest thereon. The board or legislative authority shall levy the taxes and perform such other acts as are necessary to raise the money necessary for the payment of the indebtedness and the interest thereon.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 10 - Dissolution › Section 92008.

92008. In the event that the proposition for dissolution fails to carry, no subsequent election for the dissolution of the district shall be called until after the expiration of one year from the date of the prior election.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93000.

93000. The district may be consolidated with the Southern California Rapid Transit District organized and operating pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 30000) of this division, in the manner provided in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93001.

93001. Whenever the board finds and determines that:
(a) The Southern California Rapid Transit District is willing to annex the territory comprising the district;
(b) The annexing district has adequate facilities for and is able to supply transit service to the district in a manner equal to or superior to that presently rendered by the district;
(c) Annexation will not result in assumption of financial obligations by the taxpayers of the district disproportionate to the services which they will receive; the board shall thereafter negotiate an agreement with the annexing district specifying the terms and conditions of annexation and such other matters as are necessary and incidental thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93002.

93002. The board shall thereafter, by resolution setting forth the terms and conditions of the proposed contract at length, declare its intention to cause the agreement to be approved and effect consolidation of the district with the Southern California Rapid Transit District.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93003.

93003. The resolution, together with a notice fixing the time and place for hearing thereon, shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district. The time fixed for hearing shall not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of publication of such notice.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93004.

93004. At the hearing any interested person may file with the board written objections to the approval of the terms and conditions of the proposed contract or the consolidation, or both the proposed contract and the consolidation.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93005.

93005. Upon the hearing, the board shall determine whether or not the terms and conditions of the contract will be approved and the consolidation effected, and shall hear and determine all objections thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93006.

93006. Any hearing on the agreement and consolidation 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. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93007.

93007. If no protests are filed, or if the protests filed are overruled and denied by the board, the board shall thereupon by resolution finally approve the terms and conditions of the agreement and proceed with the consolidation.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93008.

93008. At any time after the board of directors of the district has finally approved the agreement the Board of Supervisors of San Diego County shall cause an election to be held in the district to determine whether the San Diego County Transit District will be consolidated with the Southern California Rapid Transit District upon the terms and conditions stated in the agreement.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93009.

93009. Notice of election shall be published once a week for two successive weeks (two publications) in a newspaper of general circulation published within the district, and shall either state that a copy of the consolidation agreement is on file in the office of the Clerk of San Diego County, and open to the inspection of all persons interested, or set forth the terms and conditions of the consolidation agreement at length, in the discretion of the board of supervisors calling the election.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93010.

93010. 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 consolidation substantially as follows:
Shall the San Diego County Transit District be consolidated with the Southern California Rapid Transit District in accordance with and subject to all the terms and conditions of a consolidation agreement dated ____ now on file in the office of the Clerk of San Diego County?
YES
NO
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93011.

93011. 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 consolidation, the proposition and all of the terms and conditions of the consolidation agreement shall be deemed carried and approved by the voters.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93012.

93012. If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall be entered upon the minutes of the Board of Supervisors of San Diego County.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93013.

93013. If the proposition receives the vote of the requisite majority of voters, the Board of Supervisors of San Diego County shall enter in its minutes an order declaring the result of the election and shall thereupon cause the consolidation agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officers.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93014.

93014. Upon receipt by the Southern California Rapid Transit District of a copy of the consolidation agreement properly executed by the district and San Diego County the board of directors of the Southern California Rapid Transit District shall pass a resolution declaring the San Diego County Transit District consolidated with the Southern California Rapid Transit 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 consolidation of the San Diego County Transit District with the Southern California Rapid Transit District is complete.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93015.

93015. From and after the date of consolidation the board of directors of the Southern California Rapid Transit District shall levy upon all of the property in the former San Diego County Transit District such taxes, tolls, or charges as are necessary to provide funds for the payment of the indebtedness assumed by the former district or otherwise necessary to comply with the terms and conditions of the consolidation agreement, all in addition to the general district taxes authorized elsewhere in Part 3 (commencing with Section 30000) of this division to be levied and collected.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93016.

93016. The validity of any consolidating proceedings shall not be contested in any action unless the action is brought within three (3) months after the completion of the proceedings.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts › Section 93017.

93017. Upon the completion of such consolidation procedure, the San Diego County Transit District shall be deemed to be dissolved. Thereafter, all property and assets of the district which are not subject to the negotiated contract pertaining to consolidation shall be distributed to the County of San Diego.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 95000.

95000. This act shall be known and cited as the “Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District Act of 1965.”
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 95001.

95001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 95002.

95002. “District” means the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District formed under this act.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 95004.

95004. “Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 95005.

95005. “Transit” means the transportation of passengers only and their incidental baggage by means other than by chartered bus, sightseeing bus, or any other motor vehicle not on an individual passenger fare-paying basis. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the district from leasing its buses to private certified public carriers or to prohibit the district from providing schoolbus service for the transportation of pupils between their homes and schools.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 95006.

95006. “Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and personal property, equipment, rights, or interests owned or to be acquired by the district for transit service.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 95030.

95030. It is necessary that a transit district be established in the Santa Barbara metropolitan area which includes the City of Santa Barbara and adjacent territory, including but not limited to the Carpinteria, Summerland, Montecito and Goleta areas, all situated in Santa Barbara County, in order to meet the public transit problem of the area. The geographic location of the city in relation to the adjacent territory requiring transportation services makes it necessary to develop a single transit system to protect the public interest and welfare.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 595.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 95031.

95031. The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District may be created as provided in this act and when so created may exercise the powers herein granted.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 95032.

95032. Except as otherwise provided in this act elections shall be held and conducted and the result ascertained, determined, and declared in, all respects as nearly as practicable in conformity with the general elections laws of the state.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 95033.

95033. Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances and notices which are required to be published shall be published within the district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 95034.

95034. Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the retirement board or of any officer or employee of the retirement system is authorized or required under the provisions of this act, except in the single instance provided in Section 96443, the signature may be made by the use of a plate bearing facsimiles of such signatures.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 95035.

95035. The boundaries of the district shall not be affected by reason of the incorporation of any territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district, or by reason of annexation to or detachment from any city of territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district, except as provided in this part.
Where territory outside the district is annexed to any city included in the district, said territory shall, upon the completion of such annexation proceeding, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district; provided that, where territory which is incorporated as a new city is partly within and partly outside the district, that territory which is outside the district shall, upon the completion of such incorporation proceeding, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district; and provided further that no incorporated city now lying entirely outside the boundaries of the district shall be included within the district without the consent of the legislative body of said city, and any territory annexed by such city, if such annexed territory is then within the district, shall be automatically excluded from the district, unless the legislative body of the city shall otherwise declare in its ordinance of annexation.
Whenever territory is deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district pursuant to this section, such territory shall be subject to taxation, 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.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 595.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 95100.

95100. The City of Santa Barbara, together with unincorporated territory, may organize and incorporate as the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 95101.

95101. The request for the formation of the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District may be made by resolution or by petition as set out in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 2 - Request by Resolution › Section 95130.

95130. The legislative body, the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara, may pass a resolution declaring that in its opinion public interest or necessity demands the creation and maintenance of the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 2 - Request by Resolution › Section 95131.

95131. The resolution may state the transit facilities proposed to be first acquired, but failure to acquire such transit facilities shall not affect the validity of the district. The resolution shall set forth and describe the boundaries of the proposed district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 2 - Request by Resolution › Section 95132.

95132. Certified copies of the resolution shall be presented to the Board of Supervisors of Santa Barbara County requesting the board of supervisors to call an election without delay for determining whether the district will be created.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 3 - Request by Petition › Section 95160.

95160. Instead of a resolution, a petition may be presented to the board of supervisors signed by voters within the proposed district equal in number to at least 25 percent of the total vote cast at the last general election.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 3 - Request by Petition › Section 95161.

95161. The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and statements required to be contained in the resolution presented to the board of supervisors under this chapter, including the description of the boundaries, and declare that, in the opinion of the petitioners, public interest or necessity demands the creation and maintenance of the metropolitan transit district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 3 - Request by Petition › Section 95162.

95162. The petition may be on separate papers, but each paper shall contain the affidavit of the person who circulated it certifying that each name signed thereto is a true signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 3 - Request by Petition › Section 95163.

95163. The County Elections Official of the County of Santa Barbara shall compare the signatures to the petition with the affidavits of registration and certify to their sufficiency or insufficiency.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 112. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 95190.

95190. Upon receipt of certified copies of the resolution or of a sufficient petition, the board of supervisors shall hold a hearing on the question of forming a Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District. The hearing shall be held not less than 20 days nor more than 60 days following the filing of such resolution or petition. A notice of such hearing shall be published at least twice in newspapers of general circulation in the proposed district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 95191.

95191. The board of supervisors shall have the power to exclude unincorporated areas which, in the board’s determination, would not receive reasonable benefit from inclusion in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 95192.

95192. At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board of supervisors approves the resolution or petition as originally presented or in modified form, it shall by resolution entered upon its minutes:
(a) Fix and describe the exterior boundaries of the proposed district as determined by the board of supervisors.
(b) Fix the date on which an election will be held in the proposed district and the hours during which the polls will be open.
(c) State the purpose for which the election is held.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 95193.

95193. The election shall be held not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days from the date of the adoption of the resolution prescribed by Section 95192.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 95194.

95194. The election shall be called by publishing notice calling the election pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code not less than 20 days before the election. The notice need only specify the time and place of the election, the hours during which the polls will be open, the purpose of the election, and the description of the exterior boundaries of the proposed district as determined by the board of supervisors.
No notice of the election other than the notice prescribed by this section need be given except that the county elections official shall mail notice of the polling place and the purpose of the election to each qualified elector of the proposed district.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 113. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 95195.

95195. The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed thereon and in addition thereto the following:
Shall the “Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District” be created and established?
YES
NO
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 95196.

95196. No person shall be entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included in the proposed district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 95197.

95197. The election may be held on the same day as any other state, county, or city election and be consolidated therewith.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 95198.

95198. The board of supervisors shall meet on the Tuesday next succeeding the day of the election and canvass the returns.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 95199.

95199. The board of supervisors shall make all provisions for the holding of the election throughout the entire district as proposed, and shall pay the cost thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 95200.

95200. If a special election is held exclusively on the proposition of organizing the district, the expenditure therefor shall be reimbursed to the county by means of a tax on all the taxable property within the district, and this tax shall be added to the next county tax bills by the proper official of the county.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 5 - Establishment of the District › Section 95230.

95230. If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition vote in favor of the creation and establishment of the district, the board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy of the order declaring the result of the election to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, from and after which the establishment of the district shall be deemed complete.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District › ARTICLE 6 - Contest of Incorporation › Section 95250.

95250. No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of the election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be held to invalidate the incorporation of the district. Any proceedings wherein the validity of incorporation is denied shall be commenced within three months from the date of filing the order declaring the result of the election with the Secretary of State, otherwise the incorporation and the legal existence of the district shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 1 - Government › Section 95400.

95400. The government of the district shall be vested in a board of seven members. Two of the directors shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara. Two of the directors shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara. One of the directors shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Carpinteria. One of the directors shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Goleta. The six directors so appointed shall choose and appoint the seventh director. The board shall elect its chairman, and a majority vote is necessary for the election of the chairman of the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 103, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
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95401. These appointments shall be made within 30 days after the formation of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95402. Any vacancy on the board, including any caused by the death or resignation of a member, shall be filled by the body which appointed the director whose office is vacated and the new appointee shall hold his office for the unexpired term.
Any vacancy created by the expiration of a term shall likewise be filled by the body which appointed the director whose term has expired.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 595.)
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95403. Each director shall, within 10 days after his appointment, and before entering upon the discharge of his duties of his office, take and subscribe to an oath in the form set forth in Section 3 of Article XX of the Constitution of California before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. The oaths shall be filed in the office of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95404. A person shall not be appointed to or be a member of the board unless he is a resident of the district and has resided within the district at least one year immediately prior to his appointment to the board.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95430. The term of office of each director is four years from the time of his appointment, except that for the board first appointed, the director appointed by the board as herein provided shall hold office for two years, and the remaining directors first appointed to the board shall classify themselves by lot, so that the two appointed by the board of supervisors shall hold office for one and three years and the two appointed by the city council shall hold office for two and four years.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95450. The chairman is the presiding officer of the board and he shall vote on the propositions passed upon by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95451. The first meeting of the board shall be held within 10 days of the appointment of its chairman. The board may make its own rules of procedure and determine the place and time of its meeting.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95452. The board shall select one of its members vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of its chairman. The board shall provide for and select such officers as it deems necessary to conduct the affairs of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95453. All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which are not provided for in this act shall be provided for by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95454. The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated by the district, including the fixing of rates, rentals, charges and classifications, and the making and enforcement of rules, regulations, contracts, practices, and schedules, for or in connection with any transit facility owned or controlled by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95455. The board may either operate the transit system itself or a part thereof or it may contract with any other public or private agency or corporation to operate all or part of the transit system for the district or it may contract with any other public or private agency or corporation for the improvement in transit services, facilities, equipment or operations being operated and conducted by said agency or corporation in, and, or, out of, the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95456. The board may adopt a personnel system for the purpose of recruiting and maintaining an effective working force with good morale. The board shall by resolution determine and create such number and character of positions as are necessary properly to carry on the functions of the district and shall establish an appropriate salary, salary range, or wage for each position so created. The board may by resolution abolish any such position. Except as otherwise provided, appointments to such positions shall be made by the general manager.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95457. The board may from time to time contract for or employ any professional service required by the district or for the performance of work or services which cannot satisfactorily be performed by the regular employees of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95458. The board shall have an annual audit made of all books and accounts of the district by a certified public accountant or public accountant. The general manager shall cause copies of such audit to be made available to the public at the cost of printing only.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 363.)
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95459. The board may provide by resolution, under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment of demands against the district without prior specific approval thereof by the board if the demand is for a purpose for which an expenditure has been previously approved by the board and in an amount no greater than the amount so authorized, and if the demand is approved by the general manager.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95460. To facilitate the business of the district, the board may provide for the creation and administration of such funds as the needs of the district may require. The funds shall be disbursed in accordance with rules established by the board and all payments from any fund shall be reported to the board.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95490. All meetings of the board shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95491. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95492. The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and may provide by ordinance or resolution that each member shall receive for each attendance at the meetings of the board the sum of sixty dollars ($60) but not to exceed one hundred eighty dollars ($180) in any calendar month and shall be allowed such necessary traveling and personal expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties as authorized by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 452, Sec. 2.)
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95493. The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance. No ordinance shall be passed by the board on the day of its introduction, nor within three days thereafter, nor at any time other than a regular or adjourned regular meeting. No ordinance, resolution, or motion shall have any validity or effect unless passed by the affirmative votes of a majority of the directors.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95494. All ordinances shall be published after passage.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95495. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows:
“Be it enacted by the Board of Directors of the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District:” All ordinances shall be signed by the chairman of the board or the vice chairman and attested by the secretary.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95520. The board shall appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have full charge of the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of the facilities of the district, and also of the administration of the business affairs of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95521. All other things being equal, the board shall appoint as general manager, a person who has had experience in the construction or management of transit facilities.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95522. The general manager need not be a resident of this state at the time of his appointment.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95523. The general manager may be removed by the board upon the adoption of a resolution by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the board. Before the general manager may be removed, he shall, if he demands it, be given a written statement of the reasons alleged for his removal and he shall have the right to be publicly heard thereon at a meeting of the board prior to the final vote on the resolution providing for his removal, but pending and during such hearing the board may suspend him from office. The board may not reduce the salary of the general manager below the amount fixed at the time of his original appointment except upon the adoption of a resolution by a like vote and after a like opportunity to be heard. The action of the board in suspending or removing the general manager or reducing his salary, if approved by a majority of the membership of the board, is final.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
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95524. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 95523, until such time as the district has operated, controlled, or used facilities or parts of facilities for providing the inhabitants within the boundaries of the district with transit services for a period of six months, the board may, but is not required to, appoint a general manager. A general manager appointed during such time holds office at the pleasure of the majority of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)