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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 5 - Improvement Districts › Section 30966.

30966. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall, by resolution, determine whether it is deemed necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness, and, if so, the resolution shall also state the purposes for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, the estimated cost of accomplishing those purposes, the amount of the proposed debt, that the exterior boundaries of the portion or portions of the district which will be benefited are set forth on a map on file with the secretary of the district, which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the improvement district or districts, and that each portion or portions of the district set forth on the map shall thereupon constitute and be known as “Improvement District No. ____ of the Southern California Rapid Transit District,” and the determinations made in the resolution shall be final and conclusive.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 497, Sec. 26.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 5 - Improvement Districts › Section 30967.

30967. After the formation of the improvement district or districts within the district pursuant to this article, all proceedings for the authorization and issuance of bonds of the district for the improvement district or districts shall be limited and shall apply only to the improvement district or districts; and taxes for the payment of those bonds and the interest thereon shall be levied exclusively upon the taxable property in the improvement district or districts; and the revenues of the district shall be used only to the extent set forth in the resolution declaring the necessity.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 497, Sec. 27.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 5 - Improvement Districts › Section 30968.

30968. After the board has made its determination of the matters required to be determined by resolution pursuant to Section 30966, and if the board deems it necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness, the board shall, by a further resolution, call a special election in the improvement district or districts for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters thereof the proposition of incurring indebtedness by the issuance of bonds of the district for the improvement district or districts. The resolution shall state all of the following:
(a) That the board deems it necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness.
(b) The purposes for which the bonded indebtedness will be incurred.
(c) The estimated cost of accomplishing those purposes.
(d) The amount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incurred.
(e) The improvement district or districts to be benefited by those indebtedness, as set forth in the resolution making determinations, and that a map showing the exterior boundaries of the improvement district or districts is on file with the secretary of the district, which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the improvement district or districts.
(f) That taxes for the payment of those bonds and the interest thereon shall be levied exclusively upon the taxable property in the improvement district or districts; and that revenues of the district shall be used only to the extent set forth in the resolution declaring the necessity.
(g) The maximum term the bonds proposed to be issued shall run before maturity, which shall not exceed 50 years from the date thereof or the date of each series thereof.
(h) The maximum rate of interest to be paid, which shall not exceed the maximum rate allowed by law.
(i) The proposition to be submitted to the voters which may include one or more purposes.
(j) The date of the election.
(k) The manner of holding the election and the procedure for voting for and against the measure.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 497, Sec. 28.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 5 - Improvement Districts › Section 30969.

30969. Thereafter the provisions relating to the authorization and issuance of bonds, Sections 30901 to 30914, inclusive, shall apply.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1215.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 5 - Improvement Districts › Section 30970.

30970. Any action or proceeding, wherein the validity of the formation of the improvement district or districts or of any bonds or of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned, or denied, shall be commenced within three months from the date of the election; otherwise, the bonds and all proceedings in relation thereto, including the formation of the improvement district or districts, is valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 497, Sec. 29.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 30980.

30980. The district may bring an action to determine the validity of any of its bonds, equipment trust certificates, warrants, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 187.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 30981.

30981. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part or any other law, the provisions of all ordinances, resolutions and other proceedings in the issuance by the district of any bonds, bonds with a pledge of revenues, bonds for improvement districts, revenue bonds, equipment trust certificates, notes, or any and all evidences of indebtedness or liability shall constitute a contract between the district and the holders of such bonds, equipment trust certificates, notes or evidences of indebtedness or liability and the provisions thereof shall be enforceable against the district, any or all of its successors or assigns, the state, any department of the state, or any officer thereof, by mandamus or any other appropriate suit, action or proceeding in law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing contained in this part or in any other law shall be held to relieve the district or the territory included within it from any bonded or other debt or liability contracted by the district. Upon dissolution of the district or upon withdrawal of territory therefrom, the property formerly included within the district or withdrawn therefrom shall continue to be liable for the payment of all bonded and other indebtedness or liabilities outstanding at the time of such dissolution or withdrawal the same as if the district had not been so dissolved or the territory withdrawn therefrom, and it shall be the duty of the state or other successors or assigns to provide for the payment of such bonded and other indebtedness and liabilities. Except as may be otherwise provided in the proceedings for the authorization, issuance and sale of any revenue bonds, bonds secured by a pledge of revenues or bonds for improvement districts secured by a pledge of revenues, revenues of any kind or nature derived from any revenue-producing improvements, works, facilities or property owned, operated or controlled by the district shall be pledged, charged, assigned and have a lien thereon for the payment of such bonds as long as the same are outstanding, regardless of any change in ownership, operation or control of such revenue-producing improvements, works, facilities or property and it shall, in such later event or events, be the duty of the state or other successors or assigns to continue to maintain and operate such revenue-producing improvements, works, facilities or property as long as bonds are outstanding.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1215.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness › ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 30982.

30982. All bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued by the district under the provisions of this part, and the interest thereon, are free and exempt from all taxation within the State of California, except for transfer, franchise, inheritance and estate taxes.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Provisions Relating to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority › Section 31000.

31000. On the date (which is hereinafter referred to as “merger date”) of the second regular meeting of the board held pursuant to Section 30251 that follows the meeting referred to in Section 30227 the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (herein sometimes referred to as “authority”) shall be merged into the district. Such merger shall be effective upon the recording with the Recorder of the County of Los Angeles of the certificate provided for in Section 31001.
Upon such merger the separate existence of the authority ceases, and the district shall succeed, ipso facto and by operation of law and without other transfer, to all the rights and property of the authority, and shall be subject to all the legally enforceable debts and liabilities of the authority, in the same manner as if the district had itself incurred them.
All rights of creditors and all liens upon the property of the authority shall be preserved unimpaired, limited in lien to the property affected by such liens immediately prior to the time of the merger.
Any action or proceeding pending by or against the authority may be prosecuted to judgment, which shall bind the district, or the district may be proceeded against or substituted in its place.
For the protection of the holders of the outstanding, unmatured bonds and other evidences of indebtedness of the authority the district shall have power to take all actions and do all things necessary or required for the protection of such holders and for compliance with the terms of such bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; and the district shall have power to continue all services which the authority is furnishing on the merger date whether such buslines and services are partly or wholly within or without the district, or within or without the County of Los Angeles.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Provisions Relating to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority › Section 31001.

31001. Upon the merger date, the secretary of the district shall record in the office of the Recorder of the County of Los Angeles a certificate setting forth the date upon which the Southern California Rapid Transit Law became effective and stating that the district was created by such law and that by virtue of Section 31000 thereof the district succeeded on the merger date, without other transfer, to all the rights and property of the authority subject to all the legally enforceable debts and liabilities of the authority.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Provisions Relating to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority › Section 31002.

31002. A copy of the certificate provided for in Section 31001 certified by the Recorder of the County of Los Angeles is, except as against the State, conclusive evidence of the transfer to the district of all the rights and property of the authority subject to all the legally enforceable debts and liabilities of the authority, all as provided in Section 31000 of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Provisions Relating to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority › Section 31003.

31003. On said merger date, all employees of the authority shall become employees of the district with all the same rights, privileges and compensation they had as employees of the authority.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Provisions Relating to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority › Section 31004.

31004. It is the intent of this part that the board of directors of the district shall have a free choice as to officers of the district mentioned in Section 30300 who are not members of the board of directors. At the merger date such officers shall be appointed on a permanent or pro tem basis, in the discretion of the board. Prior to that time, however, the following shall serve as ex officio officers of the district:
Secretary—the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles.
General Manager—the Chief Administrative Officer of the County of Los Angeles.
General Counsel—the County Counsel of the County of Los Angeles.
Treasurer—the Treasurer of the County of Los Angeles.
Auditor—the Auditor of the County of Los Angeles.
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles is authorized and directed to make available to the district its hearing room and other space, personnel and facilities so that the district can be organized and the transfer of operations be completed in an orderly businesslike manner.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 8 - Provisions Relating to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority › Section 31005.

31005. Whenever the board deems it necessary, it may issue bonds to refund all outstanding, unmatured bonds of the authority which are subject to call and redemption prior to maturity. The amount of such bonds shall include the principal and, if necessary, the interest of the bonds to be refunded, the premiums payable upon call and redemption thereof and all expenses of the trustee for the refunding, the calling of said bonds for redemption and any other incidental expenses. The refunding bonds shall be authorized and issued in the manner provided for herein as a separate issue or as a part of another issue for any purpose authorized in this part.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion › Section 31400.

31400. The governing body of any city, which is not within the district, may apply to the board of directors of the district for consent to annex the corporate area of such city to the district. The board of supervisors of the County of Los Angeles and any other county may apply to the board of directors of the district for consent to annex any unincorporated county territory to the district.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion › Section 31401.

31401. The board of directors may grant or deny such application and in granting the same may fix the terms and conditions upon which the corporate area of city or unincorporated county territory may be annexed to and become a part of the district. Such terms and conditions may provide, among other things, without limitation, (a) for the levy by the district of special taxes upon taxable property within such city or such unincorporated county territory in addition to the taxes elsewhere in this part authorized to be levied by the district, and in case such terms and conditions shall provide for the levy of such special taxes, the board of directors in fixing such terms and conditions shall specify the aggregate amount to be so raised and the number of years prescribed for raising such aggregate sum, and that substantially equal annual levies will be made for the purpose of raising such sum over the period so prescribed, and (b) representation of the city or unincorporated county territory, as the case may be, on the board or in an advisory capacity to the board; provided, however, that the membership of the board and the appointment thereof shall not be changed unless the terms and conditions are approved by a unanimous vote of all members of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion › Section 31402.

31402. The action of the board of directors evidenced by resolution shall be promptly transmitted to the governing body of such applying city or board of supervisors, and if such action shall grant consent to such annexation, such governing body or board of supervisors may thereupon submit to the qualified electors of such city or the unincorporated county territory, at any general or special election held therein, the proposition of such annexation subject to the terms and conditions fixed as herein provided. Notice of such election shall be given by posting at least 10 days and in three public places in the unincorporated county territory and by publication once at least 10 days before the date fixed for the election in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county or in the city.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion › Section 31403.

31403. The notice shall contain the substance of the terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors, as provided in Section 31401. Such election shall be conducted and the returns thereof canvassed in the manner provided by law for elections in such city or county as the case may be. If the proposition shall receive the affirmative vote of a majority of electors voting thereon at such election, the governing body of such city or the board of supervisors of the county shall certify the result of such election on the proposition to the board of directors of the district, together with a legal description of the boundaries of the corporate area of such city as of the date of the election, or the boundaries of such unincorporated county territory, accompanied by a map or plat indicating such boundaries.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion › Section 31404.

31404. A certificate of proceedings shall be made by the secretary of the district and filed with the Secretary of State. Upon the filing thereof in the office of the Secretary of State, the corporate area of such city as of the date of the election or such unincorporated county territory shall become, and be, an integral part of the district, and the taxable property therein shall be subject to taxation thereafter for all purposes of the district, including, without limitation, the payment of bonds and other obligations of the district at the time authorized or outstanding, and the board of directors of the district shall be empowered to do all things necessary to enforce and make effective the terms and conditions of annexation fixed as hereinabove authorized.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion › Section 31405.

31405. Upon the filing in his or her office of the certificate of proceedings, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue a certificate, reciting the filing of those papers in his or her office and the annexation of the corporate area of the city as of the date of the election or the unincorporated county territory to the district. The Secretary of State shall transmit the original of the certificate to the secretary of the district and shall forward a certified copy thereof to the county elections official of each county in which the district or any portion thereof is situated.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 105. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion › Section 31407.

31407. If territory is annexed to a city or consolidated with a city, the corporate area of which has been included in the district, or, if a new city is incorporated, a portion of which is within the district, such annexed, consolidated, or incorporated territory as is not already within the district shall simultaneously with its annexation to the city or consolidation with a city or its incorporation as a city be annexed to the district, and shall become and be, an integral part of the district and the taxable property therein shall be subject to taxation thereafter for all purposes of the district, including, without limitation, the payment of bonds and other obligations of the district at the time authorized and outstanding, and the board of directors of the district shall be empowered to do all things necessary to enforce and make effective this section.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion › Section 31408.

31408. If the applicable provisions of law governing such annexation to, or consolidation with, such municipality or such incorporation shall require any notice of any election called for the purpose of determining whether such proposed annexation, consolidation or incorporation shall occur, or shall require any notice of hearing or other notice to be given to the residents or electors of, or owners of property in, such territory, such notice shall contain a statement that the territory shall be annexed to the district, and shall become and be an integral part of the district and the taxable property therein shall be subject to taxation thereafter for all purposes of the district, including, without limitation, the payment of bonds and other obligations of the district at the time authorized and outstanding. The governing body of such city or other officer thereof having the duty of certifying the proceedings resulting in such annexation to, or consolidation with, such city, or such incorporation of, pursuant to the provisions of law applicable thereto, shall include in such certification a record of the proceedings by which such territory has been annexed to the district in accordance with the provisions of this article, and shall file a duplicate of such certificate with the board of directors of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion › Section 31409.

31409. The validity of any proceedings resulting in the annexation of territory to the district shall not be contested in any action unless such action shall have been brought within three months after the completion of such annexation.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion › Section 31410.

31410. If any portion of the corporate area of any city whose corporate area is a part of the district, shall be excluded from such city in accordance with the provisions of law applicable to such exclusions, and, if such area is not within the boundaries of the district as defined in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 30100) of this part, or, if in another county is not surrounded by territory which is a part of the district, then such excluded area shall thereby be excluded from and shall no longer be a part of the district, but the taxable property within such excluded area shall continue taxable pursuant to Section 30981.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion › Section 31411.

31411. Any city whose corporate area is a part of the district and any county with regard to any unincorporated territory which is a part of the district, may apply to the board of directors of the district for consent to exclude the area from the district. The board of directors may grant or deny the application and in granting the same may fix the terms and conditions upon which a corporate area of the city or the unincorporated county territory may be excluded from the district. The terms and conditions shall include, without limitation, exclusion of the city or unincorporated county territory, as the case may be, from representation on the board or in an advisory capacity to the board. The action of the board of directors evidenced by resolution shall be promptly transmitted to the governing body of the applying city or board of supervisors and if the action shall grant consent to the exclusion the governing body of the city or the board or supervisors of the county, as the case may be, may submit to the electors of the city or the unincorporated county territory at any general or special election the proposition of excluding from the district the corporate area of the city or the unincorporated county territory. Notice of the election shall be given in the manner provided in Section 31402. The election shall be conducted and the returns thereof canvassed in the manner provided by law for the conduct of elections in the city or county. In the event that the majority of the electors voting thereon vote in the favor of the withdrawal, the result thereof shall be certified by the governing body of the city or the board of supervisors of the county to the board of directors of the district. A certificate of the proceedings hereunder shall be made by the secretary of the district and filed with the Secretary of State, and upon the filing of the certificate the corporate area of the city or the unincorporated county territory shall be excluded from the district, and shall no longer be a part thereof; provided, however, that the property within the city as the city shall exist at the time of the exclusion, or within the unincorporated county territory shall continue taxable pursuant to Section 30981. Upon the filing in his or her office of the certificate of proceedings the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue a certificate, reciting the filing of the papers in his or her office and the exclusion of the corporate area of the city or the unincorporated county territory from the district. The Secretary of State shall transmit the original of his or her certificate to the secretary of the district and shall forward a certified copy thereof to the county elections official of each county in which the district or any portion thereof is situated.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 106. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion › Section 31412.

31412. Whenever any change is made in the boundaries of this district by the annexation or exclusion of any city or any unincorporated county territory pursuant to this chapter, the district shall comply with the provisions of Sections 54900, 54901, and 54902 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion › Section 31413.

31413. No consent to annexation or exclusion shall be made by the board of directors of the district pursuant to this chapter, and no annexation or exclusion shall be made pursuant to this part or pursuant to any other law, which is in violation of all or any part of any ordinance, resolution or other proceeding taken by the district in the issuance of bonds, certificates, notes or any and all other evidences of indebtedness or liability of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 10 - Severability › Section 31520.

31520. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this part, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this part, or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this part, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, be held invalid.
(Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 11 - Preferential Facilities for High-Occupancy Vehicles › Section 32000.

32000. In cooperation with the Department of Transportation and the cities, counties, and local and regional transportation entities in the district’s service area, the district, after public hearings, shall prepare, and submit to the Legislature by March 31, 1974, a comprehensive plan for the development and operation of preferential facilities for high-occupancy vehicles in its service area.
As used in this section, “preferential facilities” shall include, but not be limited to, freeway lanes, freeway ramps, street lanes, transit terminals, and parking facilities.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1175.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33000.

33000. The Legislature finds and declares that:
(a) It is necessary and in the best interest of the citizens of the state to authorize the Southern California Rapid Transit District to levy special benefit assessments for needed public rail rapid transit facilities and services on the property which benefits from those facilities and services.
(b) The rail rapid transit facilities and services provide special benefits to parcels of land, and improvements thereon, in the vicinity of rail rapid transit stations, and provide general benefits to the community at large. The Board of Directors of the Southern California Rapid Transit District shall be the conclusive judge of the proportion of special and general benefits produced by the facilities and of the distribution of the special benefits among parcels of property within the benefit assessment district.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33002.

33002. (a) In determining the amount of a special benefit assessment, the board may measure the benefit to real property in the benefit district or zones therein by the parcel area of unimproved real property and by the parcel area and the floor area of real property and improvements thereto of improved real property, as deemed appropriate by a resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members of the board.
(b) The special benefit assessment constitutes a charge imposed on particular real property for a district project of direct benefit to that property, and does not constitute ad valorem taxes or any other form of general tax levy applying a given rate to the assessed valuation of all taxable property within the district.
(c) The district shall possess all powers necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for the collection, enforcement, administration, or distribution of the special benefit assessment in accordance with California law.
(d) The revenue from a special benefit assessment, which is imposed pursuant to this chapter, or from bonds secured by such a special benefit assessment, for the purpose of financing a rail transit station or rail transit related facility located within the benefit district, shall be used only for financing of the facility for which it was levied, and that revenue shall not be used for any other purpose or the payment of any other expense of the district, including, but not limited to, transit, transportation, or operating expense.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33002.1.

33002.1. The board may order benefit assessment without an election, except as otherwise provided in Section 33002.2.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33002.2.

33002.2. An election shall be held if the board finds that a petition requesting that the proposal be submitted to confirmation by the voters has been signed by the owners of at least 25 percent of the assessed value of real property within the benefit district.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33002.3.

33002.3. (a) For purposes of this chapter, “voter” means an owner of real property which is assessed or proposed to be assessed under this chapter and which is within the boundaries of the benefit district.
(b) In any election conducted under this chapter, each voter in the benefit district may cast one vote for each one thousand dollars ($1,000), or fraction thereof, worth of land or improvements owned by the voter in the benefit district as is shown on the most recent equalized assessment roll.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33002.4.

33002.4. (a) Where land in the benefit district is owned in joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or any other multiple ownership, the owners of that land shall designate in writing which one of the owners shall be deemed the owner of that land for purposes of qualifying as a voter.
(b) The legal representative of a corporation or an estate owning real property in the benefit district may act on behalf of the corporation or the estate.
(c) (1) For purposes of this chapter, “legal representative” means an official of a corporation owning real property in the benefit district.
(2) For purposes of this chapter, “legal representative” also means a guardian, conservator, executor, or administrator of the estate of the holder of title to real property in the benefit district who is all of the following:
(A) The person is appointed under the laws of this state.
(B) The person is entitled to the possession of the estate’s real property.
(C) The person is authorized by the appointing court to exercise the particular right, privilege, or immunity which he or she seeks to exercise.
(d) Before a legal representative acts as a voter at a district election, the legal representative shall present to the precinct board a certified copy of his or her authority which shall be kept and filed with the returns of the election.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33002.5.

33002.5. The petition for confirmation by the voters shall be filed with the board within 30 days after the conclusion of the public hearing required by Sections 33001 and 33001.5. If a petition meeting the requirements of Section 33002. 2 is filed, the board shall adopt a resolution approving the proposal to form a benefit district subject to confirmation by the voters of the benefit district.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33002.6.

33002.6. After the board has adopted a resolution approving the proposal to form a benefit district under Section 33002.5, but before the board may levy any assessment, the board shall call an election in the benefit district for the purpose of submitting to the voters the proposition of levying the assessment by the benefit district. The resolution calling the election shall state each of the items required to be contained in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 33001.5.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33002.7.

33002.7. The board shall submit the proposition of levying an assessment to the voters of the benefit district in a special election to be held within 90 days following the adoption of the resolution calling an election. The provisions of the Elections Code relating to the manner of voting, the duties of election officers, the canvassing of returns, and all other particulars in respect to the management of elections, insofar as they may be applicable, shall govern all elections conducted pursuant to this chapter.
Ballots for the special election may be distributed to voters by mail with return postage prepaid, and shall be received by the district either by mail or hand delivery at the address shown on the postage prepaid envelope no later than 5:00 p.m. on the special election day.
The district shall pay to the county the reasonable expenses that the county incurs in conducting an election under this chapter, and the district may expend funds collected from the benefit assessment approved pursuant to the election for this purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33002.8.

33002.8. If a majority of the votes cast at the election conducted under this chapter approve the proposition, the board may levy the assessment pursuant to the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 33002.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33002.9.

33002.9. (a) Any owner or owners of real property, which is, in whole or in part, within the benefit district, or their legal representatives, may jointly or severally file with the board a petition requesting that the real property owned by them or for which they are the legal representative be excluded from the benefit district on the ground that the real property sought to be excluded is not benefited or that the assessment be reduced on the ground that the assessment exceeds the benefit to that real property.
(b) The real property sought to be excluded or upon which the assessment is sought to be reduced shall be described by its legal description and shall be accompanied by a map depicting its location in relation to the benefit district.
(c) The petition shall contain a statement of facts in support of the petition and shall be acknowledged by the owner or the legal representative filing the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33002.10.

33002.10. Notice of each hearing upon the petition for exclusion or reduction shall be given in accordance with subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 33001.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33002.11.

33002.11. At the time and place provided in the notice or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board or its appointed hearing officer shall hear all the following:
(a) The petition for exclusion or reduction.
(b) All evidence or proofs that may be introduced by or on behalf of the petitioners.
(c) All objections to the petition that may be presented in writing by any person, including the district.
(d) All evidence or proofs that may be introduced in support of objections to the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33002.12.

33002.12. The expenses of giving the notice provided for herein and of the hearing on the exclusion or reduction petition shall be paid by the persons filing the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33002.13.

33002.13. Upon the hearing on an exclusion or reduction petition by the board, or upon the record of hearing by a hearing officer, the board shall order the petition be denied when the petitioner has not shown by a preponderance of the evidence that in an exclusion petition his or her real property is not benefited or in a reduction petition that the assessment exceeds the benefit to the property.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33002.14.

33002.14. The board, after the hearing on an exclusion or reduction petition, shall order one of the following by resolution:
(a) In the case of an exclusion petition, order the exclusion of all or any part of the real property described in the petition upon its finding that the property will not be benefited by the operations of the district in the vicinity of the benefit district.
(b) In the case of a reduction petition, order a change in the benefit assessment to all or any portion of the real property described in the petition to provide that it not exceed the amount of benefit derived by the operations of the district in the vicinity of the benefit district.
(c) Confirm the assessment on the real property subject to the petition as correctly reflecting the amount of benefit to the real property.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33004.

33004. At the time and place fixed for the hearing on the issuance of bonds payable from special benefit assessments levied under this chapter, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing. Interested persons may appear at the hearing and present matters material to the questions set forth in the resolution. At the conclusion of the hearing on the proposed issuance of bonds, the board shall, by resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members, determine whether to incur the bonded indebtedness.
The resolution shall state the amount of the proposed debt, the purposes for which it is to be incurred, and the estimated cost of accomplishing the purposes. The determinations made in the resolution are final and conclusive.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts › Section 33005.

33005. Special benefit assessments for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued for a benefit district shall be levied in the benefit district at rates which are sufficient in the aggregate, together with revenues already collected and available therefor, to pay the principal of, and interest on, all bonds of the district issued for the benefit district. Other revenues of the district shall be used for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds only to the extent set forth in any agreement of the district for the benefit of bondholders.
Special benefit assessments in the benefit district and zones, if any, therein shall be calculated to reflect, as accurately as possible, the benefit received by the property assessed in the benefit district or zones, if any, therein as a result of the project to be financed thereby.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.)