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2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 11 - Taxation for Preliminary District Expenses › Section 27205.

27205. Taxes levied by the board of supervisors of a county for the benefit of the district shall be a lien upon all property within the district, and shall have the same force and effect as other liens for taxes. Their collection may be enforced in the same manner as liens for county taxes are enforced.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 11 - Taxation for Preliminary District Expenses › Section 27206.

27206. If during the month of July next preceding the expiration of the time estimated for the construction of the works it shall appear to the board that the construction of the works may be delayed beyond the time so estimated the board shall estimate the period of such delay and cause a tax to be levied and collected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter which shall be sufficient to produce the amount required to pay one year’s interest on the bonds or, if the estimated period of delay will be less than one year, the amount required to pay the interest which will accrue on the bonds during such estimated period of delay.
The amount of any such tax shall be reduced to the extent that the district has funds on hand and available for the purpose of paying such interest.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 12 - Authority for Issuance and Sale of District Bonds › Section 27220.

27220. Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness it shall, by resolution so declare. The resolution shall contain:
(a) A statement of the proposition to be submitted to the electors, including the purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred.
(b) The amount of debt to be incurred, which shall not exceed 15 per cent of the assessed value of all taxable property in the district.
(c) The maximum term, which shall not exceed 40 years, that the bonds proposed to be issued shall run before maturity.
(d) The maximum rate of interest to be paid, which shall not exceed 6 per cent per annum.
(e) A statement that interest, to be paid upon such bonds, during the period of construction of the works of the district and before any revenue is obtained therefrom shall be a capital charge, and shall be payable out of the principal sum realized from the sale of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 12 - Authority for Issuance and Sale of District Bonds › Section 27221.

27221. The board shall fix a date upon which a special election shall be held for the purpose of authorizing the bonded indebtedness to be incurred and shall provide for holding the election on the date so fixed.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 12 - Authority for Issuance and Sale of District Bonds › Section 27222.

27222. The board shall give notice of the holding of the election.
The notice shall:
(a) Refer to the resolution adopted by the board calling the election.
(b) Specify the precincts or consolidated precincts in each county or portion of a county which are adopted for the purposes of the election.
(c) Designate the location of the balloting places, and the names of the officers selected to conduct the election, who shall consist of one inspector and two judges in each precinct.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 12 - Authority for Issuance and Sale of District Bonds › Section 27223.

27223. The notice shall be published for two weeks in at least one newspaper and not more than three newspapers designated by the board, which are published in each county or portion of a county within the district. The notice as published in each county shall contain only the reference to the precincts, polling places and election officers in the county or portion of the county in which it is published.
If there is no newspaper published in any county the notice shall be posted in three public places in that county.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 12 - Authority for Issuance and Sale of District Bonds › Section 27225.

27225. The returns of the election shall be made and the votes canvassed by the board within 30 days after the holding of the election, and the results thereof designated and declared in accordance with the general election laws of the State in so far as they may be applicable, and except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
As soon as the result is declared the secretary shall enter a statement of the results in the records of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 12 - Authority for Issuance and Sale of District Bonds › Section 27226.

27226. If more than two-thirds of the votes cast at the election are in favor of incurring the indebtedness, the board may by resolution at any time it deems proper provide for the form and execution of the bonds, and for the issuance of any part thereof, and may sell or dispose of the bonds so issued at such times or in such manner either for cash in lawful money of the United States, or its equivalent as it may deem to be to the public interest.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 12 - Authority for Issuance and Sale of District Bonds › Section 27227.

27227. All bonds issued by the district shall be legal investments for savings banks, and shall have the same force and effect and shall be equivalent to bonds issued by any municipality, and shall be exempt from all taxation within this State.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 12 - Authority for Issuance and Sale of District Bonds › Section 27229.

27229. Whenever the board deems it necessary or advisable to refund any outstanding bonds, it may, by resolution, declare such necessity or advisability and outline a general plan of refunding, including the issuance of refunding bonds and the terms and conditions thereof.
Upon adopting a general plan of refunding, the board shall, by resolution, provide for submitting to the qualified electors of the district the proposition of whether the refunding bonds shall issue. The resolution shall provide for the manner of submitting the proposition to the electors, and shall state the purpose of the refunding, the terms and conditions of the bonds, and any other facts essential for the information of the electors. The election held on the proposition shall conform to the provisions of this article.
If the proposition is favorably voted upon, the board of directors has plenary power in the matter of executing the bonds and providing for their sale and disposition.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 543.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 13 - Issuance of District Bonds and Disposition of Surplus Proceeds › Section 27240.

27240. At or before the time of issuing any bonds the board shall estimate:
(a) The total cost of constructing or acquiring or both the works for which the bonds are to be issued.
(b) The period of construction of such works.
(c) The amount of bonds which will be required to pay the total estimated cost and to pay interest on the bonds during the estimated period of construction and for six months thereafter.
No bonds shall be issued if the estimated amount of bonds required to pay the estimated cost and interest exceeds the total amount of bonds authorized to be issued by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 13 - Issuance of District Bonds and Disposition of Surplus Proceeds › Section 27241.

27241. If the estimated amount of bonds required to pay the estimated cost and interest exceeds the total amount of bonds theretofore authorized, the board may submit to the electors of the district the proposition of authorizing additional bonds for the purpose of meeting the estimate. No error or informality in any estimate shall invalidate any bonds of the distirct.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 13 - Issuance of District Bonds and Disposition of Surplus Proceeds › Section 27242.

27242. Bonds may be issued in accordance with the estimate in such amounts not exceeding the total amount of bonds authorized as will produce a sum sufficient to pay the cost of constructing or acquiring or both the works for which they were authorized and interest on the bonds so issued during the period of construction and six months thereafter. The failure to issue the full amount of bonds authorized shall not invalidate any bonds of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 13 - Issuance of District Bonds and Disposition of Surplus Proceeds › Section 27243.

27243. Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds the board may issue temporary bonds of any denomination and with or without coupons and subject to the same restrictions imposed upon the issuance of definitive bonds. Temporary bonds shall be exchangeable for definitive bonds upon the issuance of the latter.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 13 - Issuance of District Bonds and Disposition of Surplus Proceeds › Section 27244.

27244. If, after any bond has been duly signed by any properly authorized officer, that officer ceases to hold office, the bond may nevertheless be delivered with the same effect as if it had been signed by the person holding the office at the time of delivery.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 13 - Issuance of District Bonds and Disposition of Surplus Proceeds › Section 27245.

27245. The district bonds may be made registerable as to principal alone or as to both principal and interest under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the board prior to the issuance thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 13 - Issuance of District Bonds and Disposition of Surplus Proceeds › Section 27247.

27247. If after paying the cost of constructing or acquiring or both the works and interest on the bonds during the actual period of construction and for a period of six months thereafter, there is a surplus of the proceeds of the bonds issued by the district, including all premiums paid there shall be set aside out of such surplus in a reserve interest fund an amount equal to one year’s interest on the bonds, or, if the surplus shall be less than one year’s interest on the bonds, all of the surplus shall be set aside.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 13 - Issuance of District Bonds and Disposition of Surplus Proceeds › Section 27248.

27248. The money in the reserve interest fund shall be deposited in the same manner as other funds of the district or invested in securities which are legal investments for public funds, and the fund shall be used solely for the payment of interest on such bonds whenever there shall be a deficit in the revenues of the works and only to the extent of such deficit.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 13 - Issuance of District Bonds and Disposition of Surplus Proceeds › Section 27249.

27249. If the surplus from the proceeds of the bonds exceeds one year’s interest on the bonds, the balance shall be placed in the fund for the payment of the principal of such bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 13 - Issuance of District Bonds and Disposition of Surplus Proceeds › Section 27250.

27250. A district formed under this part may issue either general obligation bonds or revenue bonds secured solely by tolls.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1592.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 14 - Rights of Way for District Works › Section 27260.

27260. The board may construct works across any stream, strait, bay, water course, street, avenue, highway, railway, canal, ditch, or flume which the route of the works may intersect or cross. The works may also be constructed along any street, avenue, or highway, if they are constructed so as to afford security for life and property. The board shall restore the crossings and intersections as nearly as possible to their former state or in a manner not to have impaired unnecessarily their usefulness.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 14 - Rights of Way for District Works › Section 27261.

27261. Every person, city or county or public corporation whose right of way is intersected or crossed by the works of the district shall cooperate with the board in forming such intersection or crossing, and grant the necessary rights of way therefor. The district shall pay the necessary expenses of any intersection and damages to any public corporation, city or county or abutting property owner for expenses caused by the construction of the works of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 14 - Rights of Way for District Works › Section 27262.

27262. The necessary right of way is hereby given, dedicated and set apart to the district to locate, construct and maintain works over and through any of the lands which are the property of this State, including highways, and to have the same rights and privileges appertaining thereto that are granted to cities.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 15 - Toll Charges › Section 27280.

27280. The board shall fix all tolls for the use of the facilities of travel constructed by the district, and shall collect such tolls through the general manager.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 15 - Toll Charges › Section 27281.

27281. The general manager shall furnish the board with an estimate of the tolls necessary to pay the obligations of the district. The board shall, upon the recommendation of the general manager, or such modifications thereof as it may adopt, fix such tolls as will:
(a) First, pay the operating expenses of the district.
(b) Second, provide for repairs and maintenance of works owned or operated by the district, including any payments to be made into a replacement fund for buses and ferries.
(c) Third, provide for the purchase, lease, or other acquisition of district equipment, supplies, and other properties, including provision for interest, sinking funds, reserve funds, or other funds required for the payment of any obligations incurred by the district for the acquisition of such properties.
(d) Fourth, pay any indebtedness or lien that may exist against the district or any of its property or revenues.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1381.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 15 - Toll Charges › Section 27282.

27282. The board may fix tolls for travel in one direction only on a facility of travel constructed by the district, with no tolls collected for travel in the other direction.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1472.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 16 - Disposition and Maintenance of Adequate District Revenues › Section 27300.

27300. The board may in each fiscal year set aside in separate funds out of the revenues of the works a sufficient sum to:
(a) First, pay the operating expenses of the district.
(b) Second, provide for repairs and maintenance of the works owned or operated by the district, including any payments to be made into a replacement fund for buses and ferries.
(c) Third, provide for the purchase, lease, or other acquisition of district equipment, supplies, and other properties, including provision for interest, sinking funds, reserve funds, or other funds required for the payment of any obligations incurred by the district for the acquisition of such properties.
(d) Fourth, pay any indebtedness or lien that may exist against the district or any of its property or revenues.
The revenues of the works are hereby pledged to the aforesaid purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1381.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 16 - Disposition and Maintenance of Adequate District Revenues › Section 27301.

27301. For the purpose of paying the principal or interest of bonds due or to become due within four months, and not otherwise adequately provided for, the district may borrow money in anticipation of the receipt of either the revenues and taxes of the fiscal year in which the loan is made or the revenues and taxes of the next succeeding fiscal year. The money borrowed shall be payable not later than the end of such next succeeding fiscal year.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 16 - Disposition and Maintenance of Adequate District Revenues › Section 27304.

27304. After the completion of construction of the works, the board shall, in the month of July in each year, cause a tax to be levied and collected in the manner provided in Chapter 11 of this part. The amount of such tax, after deducting any available and applicable moneys on hand (exclusive of moneys in the reserve interest fund) and the estimated amount of revenues of the works for the ensuing 12 months, which estimated amount shall not exceed the actual revenues for the preceding 12 months or, if the works have not been in operation for as long as 12 months, not to exceed an amount computed on the basis of the average daily revenues for the lesser period, shall be sufficient to produce the sums required to be set aside into separate funds by Section 27300, as well as any deficit in such funds and the principal and interest of any outstanding revenue and tax anticipation notes.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 16 - Disposition and Maintenance of Adequate District Revenues › Section 27305.

27305. The taxes required to be levied and collected under this chapter shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for county purposes, and all taxable property of the district shall be and remain liable to be taxed as provided in this chapter until the entire principal and interest of the bonded indebtedness of the district has been paid in full.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 17 - Annexation of Territory › Section 27320.

27320. Any county or any portion thereof may be added to the district at any time, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter by resolution of the board upon request of the board of supervisors of the county by an ordinance applying for permission for the county or portion thereof to become a part of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 17 - Annexation of Territory › Section 27321.

27321. If the annexation of any county or portion thereof is proposed to any district already organized the board shall prescribe the terms upon which the territory proposed to be annexed shall be admitted, including the payment of a just proportion of the organization and preliminary expenses originally incurred by the district. No county or portion thereof shall be annexed without first complying with those terms.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 17 - Annexation of Territory › Section 27322.

27322. If the board consents to the annexation after any bonded debt of this district has been authorized, the board of supervisors so applying for annexation shall call an election at which the proposition to join the district and assume the obligation of the bonds of the district along with the territory already included therein, shall be submitted to the electors of the county or portion thereof as one proposition. Unless the proposition receives two-thirds of the votes cast at the election the county or part thereof shall not be annexed to the district. If the proposition carries by two-thirds or more of the votes cast at the election the result of the election shall be certified to the Secretary of State by the county elections official and thereupon the Secretary of State shall give notice and call for protests in the same manner as upon the original incorporation of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 296. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 17 - Annexation of Territory › Section 27323.

27323. If the district has not incurred a bonded indebtedness at the time of the application by the board of supervisors to join the district, the county or part thereof may be annexed if the board of supervisors passes an ordinance declaring its intention to join the district and upon petition presented in the manner provided in this part for the organization of the district. The petition shall be presented to the Secretary of State, who shall give notice of the presentation thereof, and of the date set for receiving protests against the annexation in the same manner as for original petitions, and all of the provisions of this part which are applicable to original petitions shall be applicable to petitions for annexations.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 17 - Annexation of Territory › Section 27324.

27324. After all protests have been disposed of in the same manner as protests upon the incorporation of the district, the Secretary of State shall issue his certificate certifying to the annexation and describing the boundaries of the district as finally determined, which certificate shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county wherein any portion of the annexed territory is located, and thereupon the boards of supervisors of the county shall appoint a member or members of the board to serve until the expiration of the term of the directors then holding for the term of office that will soonest expire.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 17 - Annexation of Territory › Section 27325.

27325. Upon the issuance of the certificate of annexation by the Secretary of State the territory named therein shall become a part of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 27500.

27500. Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 678.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 27501.

27501. “District” means the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 678.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 27502.

27502. “Golden Gate Bridge” means the bridge spanning the Golden Gate between the City and County of San Francisco and the County of Marin.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 678.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 27503.

27503. “Transit services” means the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage by the district by means other than sightseeing ferryboats.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 678.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 27510.

27510. The composition of the board of directors of the district shall be as follows:
(a) One director, representing Del Norte County, one director, representing Mendocino County, and one director, representing Napa County, appointed by the board of supervisors of the respective represented county.
(b) Four directors, representing Marin County, appointed by the board of supervisors thereof. One of the directors shall be an elected member of the board of supervisors, another of the directors shall be an elected member of a city council of a city within Marin County, and shall be designated by the Marin Council of Mayors and Councilmen and another of the directors shall be a member of the general public.
(c) Three directors, representing Sonoma County, appointed by the board of supervisors thereof. One of the directors may be an elected member of the board of supervisors, and another of the directors shall be an elected member of a city council of a city within Sonoma County, and shall be designated by the Mayors’ and Councilmen’s Association of Sonoma County.
(d) Nine directors, representing the City and County of San Francisco, eight of whom shall be appointed by the board of supervisors thereof, and one of whom shall be appointed by the mayor thereof by an order of appointment, a certified copy of which shall be immediately forwarded to the Secretary of State. Four of the directors shall be elected members of the board of supervisors.
(Added by renumbering Section 27122 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 139.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 27512.

27512. (a) The adoption, terms, and conditions of a pension plan covering employees of the district in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization shall be pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between that organization and the board and shall be subject to this section.
(b) The pension plan and the funds of the plan shall be managed and administered by a retirement board composed of equal representation of labor and management. Any deadlock among the members of the board with respect to that management and administration shall be resolved in the manner specified in Section 302 of the federal Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 186(c)(5)).
(c) The duties and responsibilities of the retirement board shall be executed in accordance with Section 17 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(d) This section does not apply if the district has, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, provided membership for the district’s represented employees in the Public Employees’ Retirement System, a retirement system established pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, or a pension trust subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 1001 et seq.)
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 845, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District › ARTICLE 2 - Planning › Section 27530.

27530. The Legislature finds and declares that since July 1, 1971, the district has been freed of bonded indebtedness. The prospective continuing role of the district and its responsibilities in the field of transportation are policy questions of major importance to the citizens of California, the people and communities regularly served by the Golden Gate Bridge, the district, and the Legislature.
It is desirable, therefore, that all concerned have a common basis for considering the issues and exercising judgment. To this end, the district is directed to develop a transportation facilities plan.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 678.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District › ARTICLE 2 - Planning › Section 27531.

27531. The transportation facilities plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) A definition of the district’s future responsibilities for providing transportation services. Alternative proposals are encouraged. Abolishment of the district should be one alternative, in which case recommendations should be made for necessary transfer of powers and duties.
(b) A priority schedule for assuming each of any proposed added responsibilities.
(c) Necessary changes in the district’s organizational structure in order to be responsive to any changed responsibilities.
(d) An estimate of the expenditures that may be necessary to support any added responsibilities.
(e) A definition of any capital improvements that may be required.
(f) A long-range estimate of bridge revenues, operating costs, and net revenues that may be available as required to provide proposed transportation services.
(g) A special element addressed to the interfacing of transportation modes.
(h) Explicit consideration must be given to the environmental and social values of the communities affected.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 678.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District › ARTICLE 2 - Planning › Section 27532.

27532. In developing the transportation facilities plan, the district shall hold public hearings so that interested persons and organizations are provided an opportunity to express their viewpoints.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 678.)
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27533. No long-range transportation plan of the district shall be adopted unless such plan is consistent with the regional transportation plan of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and approved by the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 678.)
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27550. The district may study, construct, acquire, improve, maintain, and operate any and all modes of transportation within or partly outside the district, including, but not limited to, water transportation; may join with any cities, counties, districts, or state agencies, or any combinations thereof, to study and to provide any such mode of transportation as may be deemed by the board to be reasonable and appropriate to provide or to assist in providing transportation within or partly outside the district; and may pay for or finance, in whole or in part, any such study and any such mode of transportation.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 678.)
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27551. The district may not, prior to December 30, 1975, expend any of its funds to implement the addition of a second deck to the Golden Gate Bridge or any other proposed plan for transit services, other than for its interim system of buses and ferries.
It is the intention of the Legislature that the district’s interim system of buses and ferries shall be the system outlined in the district’s grant application to the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, dated May 21, 1971, entitled, “Application of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transporation District for a Mass Transportation Capital Grant under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended.”
The district, however, may expend the necessary funds for planning purposes, and for the acquisition of rights-of-way necessary, regardless of what type of transit system is proposed in the Golden Gate Corridor Transportation Facilities Plan submitted to the Legislature in April, 1971, and in the Golden Gate Corridor Transportation Facilities Plan—Phase II submitted to the Legislature in September, 1975.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1079.)
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27552. If the district constructs any rail transit lines, such lines, and the rolling stock and other facilities therefor, shall be coordinated with the system of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
If the district constructs any tunnel within the Geary Corridor in the City and County of San Francisco, such tunnel and its underground stations shall be constructed so that the conversion of such facilities to physically accommodate the equipment used by the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District can be accomplished at a minimum cost.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 678.)
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27553. With respect to its ferryboat operations, the district shall not operate any charter or sightseeing services. However, the district may contract with any common carrier to provide such services and to employ the district’s boats, employees, facilities, or equipment for such purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 678.)
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27554. Prior to the expenditure of any funds for the bus transit and water transportation system of the district, the board shall determine:
(a) The amount which the counties, and the transit districts therein, served by the system shall contribute to the operation of the system for benefits derived from intracounty operation connected with, or related to, the system. The method of computing and receiving such amount shall be the method provided for in the district’s Resolution No. 7030, adopted May 8, 1970.
(b) That the board of supervisors of these counties, and the transit districts therein, have made a commitment to contribute the amount specified in subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 678.)
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27555. It is the intention of the Legislature that the district pursue all avenues to obtain federal financing for both its interim transit system and any long-range transportation facilities approved by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Furthermore, the district shall take no action which may preclude it from obtaining federal grants-in-aid if such grants are reasonably anticipated. Furthermore, the district shall encourage minority enterprise to the maximum extent practicable.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 678.)
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27556. Except for the necessity to finance its interim system of buses and ferries, as described in Section 27551, or the necessity to finance capital improvements or modifications relating to seismic safety of the bridge, the district shall not issue general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, or any other form of long-term indebtedness.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 166, Sec. 1. Effective July 13, 1992.)
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27557. The district may purchase transit equipment, such as cars, trolley buses and motorbuses, or rolling equipment, and may execute agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates in the forms customarily used by private corporations engaged in the transit business appropriate to effect the purchase and leasing of transit equipment, and may dispose of the equipment trust certificates on terms and conditions that the board may deem appropriate. Payment for the equipment, or rentals therefor, may be made in installments. The deferred installments may be evidenced by equipment trust certificates payable from any source of funds specified in the certificates that are or will be legally available to the district. Title to the equipment shall not vest in the district until the equipment trust certificates are paid.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 50, Sec. 5. Effective March 22, 1984.)
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27558. The agreement to purchase or lease may direct the vendor or lessor to sell and assign or lease the rolling equipment to a bank or trust company duly authorized to transact business in the state as trustee for the benefit and security of the equipment trust certificates, may direct the trustee to deliver the rolling equipment to one or more designated officers of the district, and may authorize the district to simultaneously therewith execute and deliver an installment purchase agreement or a lease of the equipment to the district.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 50, Sec. 6. Effective March 22, 1984.)
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27559. The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before a person authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds and in the form required for acknowledgment of deeds. The agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates shall be authorized by resolution of the district and shall contain the covenants, conditions, restrictions, and provisions which may be deemed necessary or appropriate to insure the payment of the equipment trust certificates from legally available source of funds specified in the certificates.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 50, Sec. 7. Effective March 22, 1984.)
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27560. The covenants, conditions, restrictions, and provisions of the agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates shall not conflict with any of the provisions of any trust agreement securing the payment of bonds, notes, or certificates of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 50, Sec. 8. Effective March 22, 1984.)
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27561. An executed copy of each agreement and lease shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, who may receive one dollar ($1) for each copy filed with the Secretary of State. The filing constitutes notice to any subsequent judgment creditor or any subsequent purchaser. Each vehicle so purchased or leased shall have the name of the owner or lessor plainly marked on both sides of the vehicle followed by the appropriate words “Owner and Lessor” or “Owner and Vendor,” as the case may be.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 50, Sec. 9. Effective March 22, 1984.)
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27562. Whenever the district offers for sale to the public coupons or commuter ticket books redeemable for the toll on the Golden Gate Bridge, the district shall make the coupons or commuter ticket books available at locations convenient to the public, which shall not be limited to toll bridge facilities, and by mail.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 932, Sec. 1.)
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27563. Any person who, without the consent of the board of directors of the district, uses any district mark, name, word, or phrase, or combination, simulation, or colorable imitation thereof, which has or which may in the future be adopted by the district, including, but not limited to, the name “Golden Gate Bridge,” for the purpose of manufacturing, advertising, or selling equipment or merchandise, or for the purpose of advertising and selling services, or to promote any activity in which the district may engage, which use has a tendency to cause confusion, mistake, or deception with the district as to the origin of goods or services, or has a tendency to falsely represent or suggest an association or connection with the district or any district activity, shall be subject to a civil action by the district, for an injunction, and (1) defendant’s profits, (2) any damages sustained by the district, and (3) the costs of the action. In the court’s assessment of profits, the district shall be required to prove the defendant’s sales only, and the defendant shall prove all elements of costs or deduction claimed. In the court’s assessment of damages, the court may enter judgment according to the circumstances of the case, for any sum above the amount found as actual damages, not exceeding three times that amount. If the court shall find that the amount of the recovery based on profits is either inadequate or excessive, the court may, in its discretion, enter judgment for such sum as the court shall find to be just, according to the circumstances of the case, and may award reasonable attorneys’ fees to the prevailing party. Nothing in this section shall interfere with the vested rights of any person in any name, word, mark, symbol, or device.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 499, Sec. 1. Effective July 24, 1986.)
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27564. The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(a) Automatic vehicle identification systems when used for toll collection can speed up the flow of traffic at toll facilities and reduce collection costs.
(b) More than one system and technology is available.
(c) Currently, the department and the district operate toll bridges and other entities may soon operate toll roads or bridges.
(d) There are no permanent automatic vehicle identification systems for toll collection in the state at this time and none of the facility operators have selected a system or technology for future implementation.
(e) It is in the best interest of vehicle owners and operators that the automatic vehicle identification systems and technology used by all toll facility operators are compatible with one another.
(f) Compatible automatic vehicle identification systems can be selected for statewide use without requiring the purchase and installation from a single vendor or producer.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1080, Sec. 1.)