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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 5 - Other Officers › Section 95525.

95525. The board may appoint a secretary and an attorney who may hold office during the pleasure of the board.
(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 5 - Other Officers › Section 95526.

95526. The attorney shall be admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of the state, and shall have been actively engaged in the practice of his profession for not less than three years next preceding his appointment.
(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 5 - Other Officers › Section 95527.

95527. The board may consolidate any of the district offices in one person.
(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 5 - Other Officers › Section 95528.

95528. The oath of all appointive officers of the district shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the secretary of the district at any time after the officer has notice of his appointment but not later than 15 days after the commencement of his term of office. No other filing is required.
(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 5 - Other Officers › Section 95529.

95529. Each appointive officer shall give such bond and in such amount as the board may require.
(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 5 - Other Officers › Section 95530.

95530. Subject to the control of the board, the powers and duties of the general manager are:
(a) To have full charge of the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of the facilities of the district.
(b) To have full charge of the administration of the business affairs of the district.
(c) To see that all ordinances of the district are enforced.
(d) To administer the personnel system adopted by the board and except for officers appointed by the board to appoint, discipline or remove all officers and employees subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the board.
(e) To attend all meetings of the board and submit a general report of the affairs of the district.
(f) To keep the board advised as to the needs of the district.
(g) To prepare or cause to be prepared all plans and specifications for the construction of the works of the district.
(h) To devote his entire time to the business of the district.
(i) To perform such other and additional duties as the board may require.
(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 5 - Other Officers › Section 95533.

95533. The attorney shall take charge of all suits and other legal matters to which the district is a party or in which it is legally interested. He shall give his advice or opinion in writing whenever required by the board. He shall be the legal adviser of the general manager and other district officers and shall prepare or approve the forms of all ordinances, resolutions, contracts, bonds, and other legal documents connected with the business of the district. He shall perform such other and additional services as the board may require.
(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 5 - Other Officers › Section 95534.

95534. The general manager shall cause to be installed and maintained a system of auditing and accounting which shall completely and at all times show the financial condition of the district. All warrants for the payment of demands against the district shall be paid in accordance with such rules as the board may establish.
(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 5 - Other Officers › Section 95535.

95535. The general manager shall provide for the custody of the funds of the district and the keeping of accounts of all receipts and disbursements. Payments shall be made only upon warrants duly and regularly signed by the chairman or vice chairman of the board, or other person authorized by the board so to do, and by the general manager, treasurer, or secretary.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 363.)
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 5 - Other Officers › Section 95536.

95536. With the consent of the board, the general manager may:
(a) Authorize the trust department of any state or national bank in this state, or a trust company authorized to act as such in this state, to receive as his agent deposits of any securities acquired by the district.
(b) Place and maintain for safekeeping as a trust deposit with the trust department of any state or national banks in this state, or a trust company authorized to act as such in this state, any securities owned by the district.
The bank or trust company selected shall have a total paid-in capital of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000). The general manager shall take from the trust department or trust company a receipt for the securities, and neither the general manager nor the district is responsible for the custody and safe return of the securities until they are withdrawn from the trust department or trust company by the general manager. Any trust department or trust company to which securities are delivered, either as agent or depository for the general manager, shall make such deposition of the securities as the general manager directs and is responsible only for strict compliance with written instructions given to it by the general manager. All such securities are at all times subject to the order of the general manager.
(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 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 95650.

95650. (a) If a majority of the employees employed by a transit district in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by a labor organization, then the board after determining pursuant to Section 95651 that the labor organization represents the employees in the appropriate unit, shall bargain with the accredited representative of those employees. Both parties shall bargain in good faith and make all reasonable efforts to reach agreement on the terms of a written contract governing wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, and grievance procedures.
(1) If a dispute arises over the terms of a written contract governing wages, salaries, hours, or working conditions that is not resolved by negotiations conducted in good faith between the board and the representatives of the employees, then the board and the representatives of the employees shall submit the dispute to an arbitration board. The decision of a majority of the arbitration board shall be final.
(2) (A) The arbitration board shall be composed of two representatives of the transit board, two representatives of the labor organization, and a fifth member to be agreed upon by the representatives of the transit board and labor organization. If the representatives of the transit board and labor organization are unable to agree on the fifth member, then the names of five persons experienced in labor arbitration shall be obtained from the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service.
(B) The labor organization and the district shall, alternately, strike a name from the list supplied by the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service. The labor organization and the district shall determine by lot who shall first strike a name from the list. After the labor organization and the district have stricken four names, the name remaining shall be designated as the arbitrator.
(C) The transit board and labor organization shall each pay half of the cost of the impartial arbitrator.
(b) A contract or agreement shall not be made with any labor organization, association, group, or individual that denies membership on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code. However, the organization may preclude from membership any individual who advocates the overthrow of the government by force or violence.
(c) The district shall not discriminate with regard to employment against any person on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code, except as otherwise provided in Section 12940 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 46, Sec. 129. (SB 1038) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 95651.

95651. If there is a question whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees or whether the proposed unit is or is not appropriate, such matters shall be submitted to the State Conciliation Service for disposition. The State Conciliation Service shall promptly hold a public hearing and may, by decision, establish the boundaries of any collective bargaining unit and provide for an election to determine the question of representation. Provided, however, any certification of a labor organization to represent or act for the employees in any collective bargaining unit shall not be subject to challenge on the ground that a new substantial question of representation within such collective bargaining unit exists until the lapse of one year from the date of certification or the expiration of any collective bargaining agreement, whichever is later.
(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 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 95652.

95652. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, to the extent necessary for operation of facilities, all of the employees of such public utility whose duties pertain to the facilities acquired who have been employed by said utility for at least seventy-five (75) days shall be appointed to comparable positions in the district without examination and shall be governed thereafter by the personnel system adopted by the board, and these employees shall be given sick leave, seniority and vacation credits in accordance with the records of the acquired public utility.
The provisions of this section shall apply only to those officers or supervisory employees of the acquired utility as shall be designated by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 95653.

95653. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, that has a pension plan in operation, members and beneficiaries of such pension plan shall continue to have the rights, privileges, benefits, obligations and status with respect to such established system.
Whenever any such facilities are acquired by the district, the board shall consider and take into account the outstanding obligations and liabilities of the publicly or privately owned public utility by reason of such pension plan and shall negotiate an allowance in the purchase price of such utility for the assumption of such obligations and liabilities when acquiring the facilities.
(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 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 95654.

95654. The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in Section 95653 and the benefits which are provided shall be specified in the agreement or order by which any public utility is acquired by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 95655.

95655. All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public utility and all persons entitled to pension benefits under the pension plan of such acquired public utility may become members or receive pensions under the retirement system established by the district by mutual agreement of such persons and 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 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 95656.

95656. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Government Code, the board may authorize payment of any or all of the premiums on any group life, accident and health insurance, health and welfare plan, or pension or retirement plan, on officers or employees of the district. Upon authorization by its employees, the district may make deductions from the wages and salaries of its employees:
(a) Pursuant to collective bargaining agreement with a duly designated or certified labor organization for the payment of union dues, fees, or assessments.
(b) For the payment of contributions pursuant to any health and welfare, pension, or retirement plan.
(c) For any purpose for which deductions may be authorized by employees of any private employer.
(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 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 95800.

95800. The board may establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the district and provide for the payment of annuities, pensions, retirement allowances, disability payments, and death benefits or any of them.
(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 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 95801.

95801. The district may maintain its own retirement fund or may provide for benefits to eligible officers and employees, or their beneficiaries, by means of group insurance, or other insurance, or by such means as in the opinion of the board will satisfactorily provide an adequate and sure method of meeting the payments contemplated by the retirement system.
(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 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 95803.

95803. The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to the initiation, maintenance, and administration of the retirement system.
(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 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 95804.

95804. Nothing in this chapter prevents the district from participating in and making all or part of its employees members of the State Employees’ Retirement System by contract entered into between the district and the board of administration of the system under the State Employees’ Retirement Law or from participating in the Federal Social Security Act pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 22000), Division 5, Title 2 of the Government Code, and the district may perform all acts necessary or convenient for such participation. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the district from participating in and making all of its employees members of the Santa Barbara County Employees’ Retirement System.
(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 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 95805.

95805. The board may classify and determine the officers and employees who shall be included as members in the retirement system and may change the classification from time to time. Membership of all officers and employees so classified and included in the retirement system is compulsory. The retirement system shall not apply to members of the board.
(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 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 95806.

95806. In the event the board elects to adopt and maintain its own retirement system, that system shall comply with this article and the requirements of: (1) Article 2 (commencing with Section 95830), Article 3 (commencing with Section 95860) and Article 4 (commencing with Section 95890) of this chapter; or (2) applicable federal law to establish a qualified plan under Section 401 (a) of, and a tax exempt trust under Section 501 (a) of, the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 968, Sec. 3. Effective September 10, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 95830.

95830. The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the district or their beneficiaries shall be entitled to benefits and the amounts thereof, provided, that said board shall have no such authority respecting the County Employees Retirement Act of 1937.
(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 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 95831.

95831. The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon service rendered the district by a member prior to the establishment of the retirement system, which service is known as “prior 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 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 95832.

95832. The board shall provide that both the district and the members shall contribute to the retirement system. The rate of contribution by an officer or employee of the district becoming a member of the retirement system shall be so fixed as to provide, with accumulated interest and based on tables and assumptions adopted by the board, substantially one-half the value of any retirement allowance granted for service, exclusive of any credits allowed for prior 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 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 95833.

95833. All members of the retirement system shall contribute in the manner and amount fixed by the board and such contributions may be collected by deducting the amounts thereof from the salary, wages or compensation due such members.
(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 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 95834.

95834. Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits other than such as are the equivalent of contributions by the members, with accumulated interests, shall be met by contributions by the district. Prior service or other liabilities of the district may be met by annual appropriations instead of by one appropriation for the total of the liabilities; but until the present value of regular contributions for current service, together with assets then available, equals the present value of all allowances and benefits granted or to be granted under the system, the appropriation for any one year when added to any unused balance of any previous appropriations for such purpose shall not be less than the amount disbursed during that year on account of prior service or other liabilities of 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 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 95835.

95835. If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior to retirement the total amount contributed by him with such interest as may be credited thereto, shall be returned to him; provided, however, that the board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which a member, whose district service is terminated except by death or retirement, may elect to leave his contributions and interest thereon in the retirement fund, and the terms and conditions upon which a retirement allowance may be made to him after such termination based upon his contributions prior to such termination.
(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 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 95836.

95836. All money received by any person as an annuity, pension, retirement allowance, disability payment or death benefit, from the retirement system, and all contributions and interest thereon returned to any member of the retirement system, whether in the actual possession of such member or deposited, loaned, or invested by him, is exempt from execution or any other process except to the extent permitted by Section 704.110 of the Code of Civil Procedure and is unassignable.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 497, Sec. 168. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 185 of Ch. 497.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board › Section 95860.

95860. The board shall create a retirement board of not more than five members, at least two members of which shall be the elected representatives of the employees, to administer the retirement system, and shall define its powers and duties and the tenure of the members.
(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 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board › Section 95862.

95862. The retirement board shall determine the eligibility of officers, employees, and their dependents to participation in the system and shall be the sole authority and judge under such ordinances as may be adopted by the board as to the conditions under which persons may be admitted to and continue to receive benefits of any sort under the retirement system, and may modify allowances for service and disability. The determination of the retirement board shall be final and conclusive and shall not be modified or set aside except for fraud or abuse of discretion.
(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 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board › Section 95863.

95863. If the district maintains its own retirement fund the retirement board shall have exclusive control of the administration, investment, and disbursement of such fund. Investment of the fund shall be subject to the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions imposed by the laws of this state upon savings banks in the making of investments by savings banks, and cash may be deposited in any licensed national bank or banks in this state or in any bank, banks, or corporations authorized or licensed to do a banking business and organized under the laws of this 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 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 4 - Investigation and Penalties › Section 95890.

95890. At least once in each four-year period after the establishment of the retirement system the board shall cause to be made an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the retirement fund and upon the basis of such investigation and valuation shall make such revision or change of the rate of contribution, the periods and conditions of service, and amounts of retirement allowances as may be necessary.
(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 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 4 - Investigation and Penalties › Section 95891.

95891. Except as herein provided, no member of the board or of the retirement board, nor any member of the retirement system or employee of the district, shall have any interest direct or indirect in the making of any investment or in the gains or profits accruing therefrom, and no such person, directly or indirectly, for himself or as an agent or partner of others, shall borrow any of its funds, nor shall any such person in any manner use the same except to make such current and necessary payments as are authorized by the retirement board, nor shall such a person become an endorser or surety as to, or in any manner an obligor for investments of the retirement fund.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power › Section 96000.

96000. The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power › Section 96001.

96001. The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power › Section 96002.

96002. The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this part. The district, in exercising such power shall, in addition to the damage for the taking, injury, or destruction of property, also pay the cost of removal, reconstruction, or relocation of any structure, railways, mains, pipes, conduits, cables or poles of any public utility or public district which is required to be moved to a new location.
No action in eminent domain to acquire property within any incorporated city or any county shall be commenced unless the legislative body of the affected city or county has consented to such acquisition by resolution.
No such taking or acquisition by the district which would involve the abandonment, removal, relocation, or use of property of a railroad corporation, as defined in Section 230 of this code, shall be permitted, unless the Public Utilities Commission, after hearing, shall find and determine that the public interest and necessity require the abandonment, removal, relocation, or use of such property and that such taking or acquisition will not unreasonably impair the ability of the railroad corporation involved to provide safe, adequate, economical, and efficient service.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1176.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 96030.

96030. The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, contracts and stipulations to indemnify and save harmless, to employ labor, and to do all acts necessary and convenient for the full exercise of the powers granted in 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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 96031.

96031. No officer or employee of the district shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived therefrom contrary to the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090), Chapter 1, Division 4, Title 1 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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 4 - Property › Section 96090.

96090. The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease, or condemn in proceedings under eminent domain, or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the district necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its powers. The board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property within or without the district when in its judgment it is for the best interests of the district so to do.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 4 - Property › Section 96091.

96091. Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record, map, book, or paper in the possession of the district or any officer or employee thereof is of no further value to the district, the board may authorize its sale, destruction, or other disposition.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 96120.

96120. The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights-of-way, rail lines, buslines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, and any and all other facilities necessary or convenient for transit service within or partly without the district, underground, upon, or above the ground and under, upon, or over public streets or other public ways or waterways, together with all physical structures necessary or convenient for the access of persons and vehicles thereto, and may acquire any interest in or rights to the joint use of any or all of the foregoing; provided, that installations in any street, road or other property devoted to a public use shall be subject to consent of the governing body in charge of such public use.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 96121.

96121. The district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, accept contributions of money, rights-of-way, labor, materials, and any other property for the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of transit facilities, and may without limitation by any other provisions of this part enter into any contracts and cooperation with and accept cooperation from the state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, or any public agency in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of, and in financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of, any such transit facilities.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 96122.

96122. The district shall not interfere with or exercise any control over any transit facilities now or hereafter owned, and operated wholly or partly within the district by any city or public agency, unless by consent of such city or public agency and upon such terms as are mutually agreed upon between the board and such city or public agency.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 96123.

96123. The district may lease or contract for the use of its transit facilities, or any portion thereof, to any operator, and may provide for subleases by such operator upon such terms and conditions as it deems in the public interest. The word “operator” as used in this section means any city or public agency or any person, firm or private corporation.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 96124.

96124. The district may construct and operate or acquire and operate works and facilities in, under, upon, over, across, or along any street or public highway or any stream, bay or watercourse, or over any of the lands which are the property of the state, to the same extent that such rights and privileges appertaining thereto are granted to municipalities within the state, and to install adequate bus stops, including the painting of curbs, subject to the consent of the governing body in charge of such streets, highways, stream, watercourse or lands.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 96125.

96125. The district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district and any city, public agency or public utility operating transit facilities; may enter into agreements with any city, public agency or public utility operating any transit facilities, either wholly or partially within, or without, the district, for the joint use of any property of the district or of such city, public agency or public utility, or the establishment of through routes, joint fares, transfer of passengers or pooling arrangements.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 96126.

96126. The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 96127.

96127. The board of supervisors or the city council of a municipality having territory located within the district may file a request for a hearing before the district board as to the reasonableness of any rates or charges fixed by the district and as to any proposal for fixing the location of facilities by the district. The request shall be in writing and shall state the subject matter on which a hearing is desired.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 96128.

96128. Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Section 96127 the district board shall fix the time and place for hearing. The time fixed shall not be less than 15 days nor more than 60 days from the date such request is filed. Notice of such hearing shall be given to the county or city requesting such hearing and shall be published by the board.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 96129.

96129. At the time fixed for any hearing before the board any board of supervisors or city council eligible to file a request for hearing, not a party to the original request for hearing, may intervene and shall be entitled to be heard and to introduce evidence.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 96130.

96130. Within 30 days after submission of the case, the board shall render its decision and its decision shall be final.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 96150.

96150. The district may borrow money for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the district lawfully incurred after the commencement of the fiscal year, but prior to the time moneys from the tax levy for the fiscal year are received by the district, in a sum which shall not exceed five cents ($0.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of taxable property in the district at the time the moneys are borrowed, and may evidence such borrowing by notes bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 6 percent per annum. The notes shall be payable from the tax levy from the then current fiscal year, which levy shall contain a sum sufficient to provide for the payment of the notes and the interest thereon. The form of said notes and the proceedings relating to their issuance and sale, will be governed by the applicable provisions contained in Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 96151.

96151. The board of directors of a district may, within a period of two years from and after the formation of the district, pursuant to a resolution adopted by it for the purpose, borrow money on certificates of indebtedness, promissory notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, in anticipation of the estimated tax revenue for the following fiscal year, to be repaid within four years from the date of borrowing with interest at a rate not to exceed 6 percent per annum, in order to enable the district to meet all of its necessary initial expenses of organization, construction, acquisition, maintenance, and operation. The total amount of money borrowed and indebtedness incurred under this section during this two-year period shall not exceed 50 percent of the total amount of estimated tax revenue as estimated by the county auditor of the county in which the district lies for the following fiscal year.
The form of said notes and the proceedings relating to their issuance and sale, will be governed by the applicable provisions contained in Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 96152.

96152. The district shall not incur an indebtedness under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 96400) of this part which in the aggregate exceeds two (2) percent of the assessed value of all the real and personal property within 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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 96153.

96153. The district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, contributions or loans from the United States, this state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency of either thereof, for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of transit facilities, and may enter into contracts and cooperate with, and accept cooperation from, the United States, this state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency of either thereof, in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation, and in financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of any such transit facilities in accordance with any legislation which Congress or the Legislature of the State of California may have heretofore adopted or may hereafter adopt, under which aid, assistance, and cooperation may be furnished by the United States or this state in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation or in financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of any such transit facilities. The district may do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of such aid, assistance, and cooperation under any federal or state legislation now or hereafter enacted. Any evidence of indebtedness issued under this section shall constitute a negotiable instrument.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 7 - Investments › Section 96180.

96180. The district may invest any surplus money in its treasury, including money in any sinking fund, in any of the following:
(a) Its own bonds.
(b) Treasury notes, certificates of indebtedness, bills, bonds of the United States, or any other evidence of indebtedness secured by the full faith and credit of the United States.
(c) Obligations issued pursuant to the Federal Home Loan Bank Act or the National Housing Act.
(d) Treasury notes or bonds of this state, or of any public corporation, municipal corporation, public district, or political subdivision within this state which are legal as security for the deposit of public funds.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 7 - Investments › Section 96190.

96190. Such investment may be made by direct purchase of any issue of such bonds, treasury notes, or obligations, or part thereof, at the original sale or by the subsequent purchase of the bonds, treasury notes, or obligations.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 7 - Investments › Section 96191.

96191. Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held as investments by the district may from time to time be sold and the proceeds reinvested in bonds, treasury notes, or obligations as provided in this article.
(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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 7 - Investments › Section 96192.

96192. Sales of any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held by the district shall from time to time be made in season so that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for which the money with which the bonds, treasury notes, or obligations were originally purchased was placed in the treasury of 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 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 96220.

96220. The district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose subject to a maximum limit of five cents ($0.05) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value of all real estate and personal property; provided however, the district shall have the further power to levy, collect or cause to be collected, said property taxes to a maximum limit of ten cents ($0.10) if approval is first obtained from the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara and the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)