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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 24907.

24907. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 24908.

24908. (a) The board may, by ordinance or resolution, provide that each director shall be paid a sum that shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each calendar month that he or she serves as a director. The board may, by ordinance or resolution, provide for an adjustment to the monthly compensation based upon the percentage increase in the California Consumer Price Index, as calculated by the Department of Finance, for each calendar year following the operative date of the last adjustment. The adjustment shall not become effective until the next regular election of the directors following the adoption of the ordinance or resolution.
(b) The ordinance or resolution to authorize a monthly stipend pursuant to subdivision (a), in lieu of per-meeting compensation, shall include a requirement that a director may receive a monthly stipend for a given month only if he or she attends all scheduled and noticed regular board meetings for that month. For those directors meeting this attendance requirement, the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) shall be deducted from the stipend for failure to attend each meeting of a committee on which he or she serves that month. In any month that a director fails to meet these attendance requirements, that director may be compensated at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100) per board or committee meeting attended, not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for that month.
(c) For the purpose of this section, a director who misses a scheduled and noticed meeting of the board or committee while attending to official district business pursuant to authorization shall be deemed to have attended the meeting.
(d) The ordinance or resolution may provide for not more than two excused absences during a calendar year without disqualifying the director for a monthly stipend.
(e) In addition to the compensation otherwise provided in this section, each director may be allowed necessary traveling and personal expenses incurred solely as a result of the performance of his or her duties, in amounts as may be authorized by the board. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 491, Sec. 4. (SB 1318) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 24909.

24909. The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance. No ordinance shall be passed by the board on the day of its introduction, nor within three days thereafter, nor at any time other than a regular or adjourned regular meeting. No ordinance, resolution, or motion shall have any validity or effect unless passed by the affirmative votes of a majority of the directors.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 24910.

24910. All ordinances shall be published after passage.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 24911.

24911. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows:
“Be it enacted by the board of directors of________transit district:”
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 24912.

24912. All ordinances shall be signed by the president of the board or the vice president, and attested by the secretary.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 24926.

24926. The board shall appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have full charge of the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of the facilities of the district and also of the administration of the business affairs of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 24927.

24927. All other things being equal, the board shall appoint as general manager some person who has had experience in the construction or management of transit facilities.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 24928.

24928. The general manager need not be a resident of this State at the time of his appointment.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 24929.

24929. The general manager shall hold office for an indefinite term and may be removed by the board only upon the adoption of a resolution by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the board. Before the general manager may be removed, he shall, if he demands it, be given a written statement of the reasons alleged for his removal and he shall have the right to be publicly heard thereon at a meeting of the board prior to the final vote on the resolution providing for his removal, but pending and during such hearing the board may suspend him from office. The board may not reduce the salary of the general manager below the amount fixed at the time of his original appointment except upon the adoption of a resolution by a like vote and after a like opportunity to be heard. The action of the board in suspending or removing the general manager or reducing his salary, if approved by a majority of the membership of the board, is final.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 24930.

24930. Notwithstanding this article, until such time as the district has operated, controlled, or used facilities or parts of facilities for providing the inhabitants and cities within the boundaries of the district with transit services for a period of six months, the board may or may not appoint a general manager, who during such time holds office at the pleasure of the majority of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 24931.

24931. The board may appoint a secretary and a general counsel who shall hold office during the pleasure of the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 200, Sec. 7. (AB 784) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 24932.

24932. The general counsel shall be admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of the State, and shall have been actively engaged in the practice of law for not less than five years next preceding appointment pursuant to Section 24931.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 200, Sec. 8. (AB 784) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 24932.5.

24932.5. The secretary, and such assistants as the board may determine, shall have the power to administer all oaths or affirmations required by this part, including the oath of office.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 744.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 24934.

24934. The oath of office of all appointive officers of the district shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the secretary of the district at any time after the officer has notice of his appointment but not later than 15 days after the commencement of his term of office. No other filing is required.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 24935.

24935. Each appointive officer shall devote their entire time to the district, meaning that the officer shall not engage in any other business or employment without prior approval from the board.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 200, Sec. 11. (AB 784) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 24936.

24936. Subject to the control of the board, the powers and duties of the general manager are:
(a) To have full charge of the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of the facilities of the district.
(b) To have full charge of the administration of the business affairs of the district.
(c) To see that all ordinances of the district are enforced.
(d) To administer the personnel system adopted by the board and except for officers appointed by the board to appoint, discipline or remove all officers and employees subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the board and the labor provisions of this law, whichever are applicable.
(e) To attend all meetings of the board and submit a general report of the affairs of the district.
(f) To keep the board advised as to the needs of the district.
(g) To prepare or cause to be prepared all plans and specifications for the construction of the works of the district.
(h) To devote his entire time to the business of the district.
(i) To perform such other and additional duties as the board may require.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 24937.

24937. The general manager shall within 180 days from the end of each fiscal year cause to be published a financial report showing the result of operations for the preceding fiscal year and the financial status of the district on the last day thereof. The publication shall be made in the manner provided in this division for the publication of ordinances and notices generally.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 200, Sec. 12. (AB 784) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 24938.

24938. The general counsel shall take charge of all suits and other legal matters to which the district is a party or in which it is legally interested. The general counsel shall give their advice or opinion in writing whenever required by the board. The general counsel shall be the legal adviser of the general manager and other district officers and shall prepare or approve the forms of all ordinances, resolutions, contracts, bonds, and other legal documents connected with the business of the district. The general counsel shall perform other and additional services that the board may require.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 200, Sec. 13. (AB 784) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 24939.

24939. The general manager shall cause to be installed and maintained a system of auditing and accounting which shall completely and at all times show the financial condition of the district. All warrants for the payment of demands against the district shall be paid in accordance with such rules as the board may establish.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 24940.

24940. The general manager shall provide for the custody of the funds of the district and the keeping of accounts of all receipts and disbursements. Payments shall be made only upon warrants duly and regularly signed by the president or vice president of the board, or other person authorized by the board so to do, and by the general manager or secretary.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 24941.

24941. With the consent of the board, the general manager may:
(a) Authorize the trust department of any state or national bank in this State, or a trust company authorized to act as such in this State, to receive as his agent deposits of any securities acquired by the district.
(b) Place and maintain for safekeeping as a trust deposit with the trust department of any state or national bank in this State, or a trust company authorized to act as such in this State, any securities owned by the district.
The bank or trust company selected shall have a total paid-in capital of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000). The general manager shall take from the trust department or trust company a receipt for the securities, and neither the general manager nor the district is responsible for the custody and safe return of the securities until they are withdrawn from the trust department or trust company by the general manager. Any trust department or trust company to which securities are delivered, either as agent or depositary for the general manager, shall make such disposition of the securities as the general manager directs and is responsible only for strict compliance with written instructions given to it by the general manager. All such securities are at all times subject to the order of the general manager.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 25051.

25051. (a) If a majority of the employees employed by a transit district in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by a labor organization, the transit board, after determining pursuant to Section 25052 that the labor organization represents the employees in the appropriate unit, shall bargain with the accredited representative of those employees. Both parties shall bargain in good faith and make all reasonable efforts to reach agreement on the terms of a written contract governing wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, and grievance procedures.
(1) If a dispute arises over the terms of a written contract governing wages, salaries, hours, or working conditions that is not resolved by negotiations conducted in good faith between the transit board and the representatives of the employees, then upon the agreement of both parties, the transit board and the representatives of the employees may submit the dispute to an arbitration board. The decision of a majority of the arbitration board shall be final.
(2) (A) The arbitration board shall be composed of two representatives of the transit board, two representatives of the labor organization, and a fifth member to be agreed upon by the representatives of the transit board and labor organization.
(B) If the representatives of the transit board and labor organization are unable to agree on the fifth member, then the names of five persons experienced in labor arbitration shall be obtained from the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service. The labor organization and the transit district shall, alternately, strike a name from the list supplied by the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service. The labor organization and the transit district shall determine by lot who shall first strike a name from the list. After the labor organization and the transit district have stricken four names, the name remaining shall be designated as the arbitrator.
(C) The transit board and the labor organization shall each pay one-half of the cost of the impartial arbitrator.
(b) A contract or agreement shall not be made with any labor organization, association, group, or individual that denies membership on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code. However, the organization may preclude from membership any individual who advocates the overthrow of the government by force or violence.
(c) The district shall not discriminate with regard to employment against any person on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code, except as otherwise provided in Section 12940 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 46, Sec. 120. (SB 1038) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 25052.

25052. If there is a question whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees or whether the proposed unit is or is not appropriate, such matters shall be submitted to the State Conciliation Service for disposition. The State Conciliation Service shall promptly hold a public hearing and may, by decision, establish the boundaries of any collective bargaining unit and provide for an election to determine the question of representation. Provided, however, any certification of a labor organization to represent or act for the employees in any collective bargaining unit shall not be subject to challenge on the grounds that a new substantial question of representation within such collective bargaining unit exists until the lapse of one year from the date of certification or the expiration of any collective bargaining agreement, whichever is later.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 25053.

25053. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, to the extent necessary for operation of facilities, all of the employees of such public utility whose duties pertain to the facilities acquired who have been employed by said utility for at least seventy-five (75) days shall be appointed to comparable positions in the district without examination and shall be governed thereafter by the personnel system adopted by the board, and these employees shall be given sick leave, seniority and vacation credits in accordance with the records of the acquired public utility.
The provisions of this section shall apply only to those officers or supervisory employees of the acquired utility as shall be designated by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 25054.

25054. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, that has a pension plan in operation, members and beneficiaries of such pension plan shall continue to have the rights, privileges, benefits, obligations and status with respect to such established system; provided, however, that the outstanding obligations and liabilities of such public utility by reason of such pension plan have been considered and taken into account and allowance made for in the purchase price of such public utility.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 25055.

25055. The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in Section 25054 and the benefits which are provided shall be specified in the agreement or order by which any public utility is acquired by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 25056.

25056. All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public utility and all persons entitled to pension benefits under any pension plan of such acquired public utility may become members or receive pensions under the retirement system established by the district as provided for in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 25301) of this part, or participated in by the district as provided for in Section 25305 of this part, by mutual agreement of such persons and the district. Such agreement may provide for the waiver of all rights, privileges, benefits and status, with respect to the pension plan of such acquired public utility.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 744.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions › Section 25057.

25057. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Government Code, the board may authorize payment of any or all of the premiums on any group life, accident and health insurance, health and welfare plan, or pension or retirement plan, on officers or employees of a district. Upon authorization by its employees, a district may make deductions from the wages and salaries of its employees:
(1) Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement with a duly designated or certified labor organization for the payment of union dues, fees, or assessments.
(2) For the payment of contributions pursuant to any health and welfare, pension, or retirement plan.
(3) For any purpose for which deductions may be authorized by employees of any private employer.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 116.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 25301.

25301. The board may establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the district and provide for the payment of annuities, pensions, retirement allowances, disability payments, and death benefits or any of them, provided that the adoption, terms and conditions of any retirement system covering employees of the district, a majority of who are represented by a labor organization in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 25051) of this part, shall be pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between such labor organization and the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 744.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 25302.

25302. The district may maintain its own retirement fund or may provide for benefits to eligible officers and employees, or their beneficiaries, by means of group insurance or other insurance, or by such means as in the opinion of the board will satisfactorily provide an adequate and sure method of meeting the payments contemplated by the retirement system.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 25303.

25303. Before establishing any retirement system the board shall secure a report from a qualified actuary, which shall show the cost of the benefits provided by the system, and the prospective assets and liabilities of the system.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 25304.

25304. The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to the initiation, maintenance, and administration of the retirement system.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 25305.

25305. Nothing in this chapter prevents a district from participating in and making all or part of its employees members of the State Employees’ Retirement System by contract entered into between the district and the board of administration of the system under the State Employees’ Retirement Law or from participating in the Federal Social Security Act, or from participating in the retirement system of any other public agency for which it is eligible, and the district may perform all acts necessary or convenient for such participation. Such participation shall not be considered as establishing a retirement system subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 744.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 25306.

25306. The board may classify and determine the officers and employees who shall be included as members in the retirement system and may change the classification from time to time. Membership of all officers and employees so classified and included in the retirement system is compulsory. The retirement system shall not apply to elective officers.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 25331.

25331. (a) The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the district or their beneficiaries shall be entitled to benefits and the amounts of the benefits.
(b) If a former employee is elected as a board member, the retirement system shall not apply to their service on the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 200, Sec. 14. (AB 784) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 25332.

25332. The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon service rendered the district or any predecessor public utility, whether publicly or privately owned, acquired by the district in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, by a member prior to the establishment of the retirement system, which service is known as “prior service.”
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 744.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 25333.

25333. The board may require the district to contribute the entire cost of the retirement system or may require an officer or employee of the district, upon becoming a member of the retirement system, to contribute a portion of the cost, as permitted or required by law. The amount of the officer or employee contribution shall be determined by the board, as permitted or required by law.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 200, Sec. 15. (AB 784) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 25334.

25334. All members of the retirement system shall contribute in the manner and amount fixed by the board and such contributions may be collected by deducting the amounts thereof from the salary, wages, or compensation due such members.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 25335.

25335. Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits other than such as are the equivalent of contributions by the members, with accumulated interest, shall be met by contributions by the district. Prior service or other liabilities of the district may be met by annual appropriations instead of by one appropriation for the total of the liabilities; but until the present value of regular contributions for current service, together with assets then available, equals the present value of all allowances and benefits granted or to be granted under the system, the appropriation for any one year when added to any unused balance of any previous appropriations for such purpose shall not be less than the amount disbursed during that year on account of prior service or other liabilities of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 25336.

25336. If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior to retirement the total amount contributed by him with such interest as may be credited thereto shall be returned to him; provided, however, that the board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which a member, whose district service is terminated except by death or retirement, may elect to leave his contributions and interest thereon in the retirement fund, and the terms and conditions upon which a retirement allowance may be made to him after such termination.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 744.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 25337.

25337. All money received by any person as an annuity, pension, retirement allowance, disability payment, or death benefit from the retirement system, and all contributions and interest thereon returned to any member of the retirement system, whether in the actual possession of such person or deposited, loaned, or invested by him, is unassignable, and is exempt from execution or any other process except to the extent permitted by Section 704.110 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 497, Sec. 165. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 185 of Ch. 497.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board › Section 25361.

25361. The board, upon establishing a retirement system pursuant to this chapter, shall create a retirement board of not more than five members, at least two members of which shall be the elected representatives of the employees, to administer the retirement system, and shall define its powers and duties and the tenure of the members.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 744.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board › Section 25362.

25362. All members of the retirement board shall serve without pay.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board › Section 25363.

25363. The retirement board shall determine the eligibility of officers, employees, and their dependents to participation in the system and shall be the sole authority and judge under such ordinances as may be adopted by the board as to the conditions under which persons may be admitted to and continue to receive benefits of any sort under the retirement system, and may modify allowances for service and disability. The determination of the retirement board shall be final and conclusive and shall not be modified or set aside except for fraud or abuse of discretion.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board › Section 25364.

25364. If the district maintains its own retirement fund, the retirement board shall have exclusive control of the administration, investment, and disbursement of the retirement fund. The retirement fund is a trust fund held for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to members of the retirement system and their survivors and beneficiaries. Investment of the fund is subject to the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with these matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 283, Sec. 1. Effective July 17, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 4 - Investigation and Penalties › Section 25391.

25391. At least once in each four-year period after the establishment of the retirement system the board shall cause to be made an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the retirement fund, and upon the basis of such investigation and valuation shall make such revision or change of the rates of contribution, the periods and conditions of service, and amounts of retirement allowances as may be necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 4 - Investigation and Penalties › Section 25392.

25392. Except as herein provided, no member of the board or of the retirement board, nor any member of the retirement system or employee of the district, shall have any interest direct or indirect in the making of any investment or in the gains or profits accruing therefrom, and no such person, directly or indirectly, for himself or as an agent or partner of others, shall borrow any of its funds, nor shall any such person in any manner use the same except to make such current and necessary payments as are authorized by the retirement board, nor shall such a person become an endorser or surety as to, or in any manner an obligor for investments of the retirement fund.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power › Section 25701.

25701. A district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power › Section 25702.

25702. A district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
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25703. A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this division. The district, in exercising such power, shall in addition to the damage for the taking, injury, or destruction of property, also pay the cost of removal, reconstruction, or relocation of any structure, railways, mains, pipes, conduits, wires, cables or poles of any public utility which is required to be moved to a new location.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1176.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 25721.

25721. A district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, contracts and stipulations to indemnify and save harmless, to employ labor, and to do all acts necessary and convenient for the full exercise of the powers granted in this division.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 25722.

25722. Neither the general manager nor any director of the district shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived therefrom. Any violation of this provision is a misdemeanor, and conviction shall work a forfeiture of office. This section has no application to contracts awarded to corporations in which such officer owns less than 1 percent of the entire capital stock.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 4 - Property › Section 25771.

25771. A district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or condemn in proceedings under eminent domain, or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the district necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its powers. The board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property within or without the district when in its judgment it is for the best interests of the district so to do.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 4 - Property › Section 25772.

25772. Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record, map, book, or paper in the possession of the district or any officer or employee thereof is of no further value to the district, the board may authorize its sale, destruction, or other disposition.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 25801.

25801. A district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights of way, rail lines, bus lines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, and any and all other facilities necessary or convenient for transit service within or partly without the district, underground, upon, or above the ground and under, upon, or over public streets or other public ways or waterways, together with all physical structures necessary or convenient for the access of persons and vehicles thereto, and may acquire any interest in or rights to the joint use of any or all of the foregoing; provided, that installations in state freeways shall be subject to the approval of the State Department of Public Works and installations in other state highways shall be subject to Article 2, Chapter 3, Division 1 of the Streets and Highways Code.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 25802.

25802. A district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, accept contributions of money, rights-of-way, labor, materials, and any other property for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of transit facilities, and may without limitation by any other provisions of this part enter into any contracts and cooperate with and accept cooperation from the state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, or any public agency of the state in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of, and in financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of, any such transit facilities.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 78.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 25803.

25803. A district shall not interfere with or exercise any control over any transit facilities now or hereafter owned and operated wholly or partly within the district by any city or public agency, unless by consent of such city or public agency and upon such terms as are mutually agreed upon between the board and such city or public agency.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 25804.

25804. A district may lease or contract for the use of its transit facilities, or any portion thereof, to any operator, and may provide for subleases by such operator upon such terms and conditions as it deems in the public interest. The word “operator” as used in this section means any city or public agency or any person, firm or private corporation.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 25805.

25805. A district may construct and operate or acquire and operate works and facilities in, under, upon, over, across, or along any street or public highway or any stream, bay or watercourse, or over any of the lands which are the property of the State, to the same extent that such rights and privileges appertaining thereto are granted to municipalities within the State. The district shall with respect to the operation of any rail facilities maintain the area of the street or public highway between such rails and for two feet on either side thereof and shall upon removal of such rails restore any such street or public highway to a like condition as the surrounding street or highway area, all in accordance with local ordinances. The district shall not use any street or public highway in a manner to unnecessarily impair its usefulness. The district shall upon acquiring by condemnation or otherwise the facilities of a private transit company assume any and all obligations of such private company to maintain, repair or replace any street, public highway or part thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 25806.

25806. A district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district and any city, public agency or public utility operating transit facilities; may enter into agreements with any city, public agency or public utility operating any transit facilities, either wholly or partially within, or without, the district, for the joint use of any property of the district or of such city, public agency or public utility, or the establishment of through routes, joint fares, transfer of passengers or pooling arrangements.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 25807.

25807. The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 78.)