reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers › Section 90268.

90268. The board may consolidate any of the district offices in one person.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers › Section 90269.

90269. The oath of all appointive officers of the district shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the secretary of the district at any time after the officer has notice of his appointment but not later than 15 days after the commencement of his term of office. No other filing is required.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers › Section 90270.

90270. Each appointive officer shall give such bond and in such amount as the board may require.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers › Section 90271.

90271. 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 and collective bargaining agreements 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 applicable provisions of this part or the terms and conditions contained in any applicable collective bargaining agreement.
(e) To attend all meetings of the board and submit a general report of the affairs of the district.
(f) To keep the board advised as to the needs of the district.
(g) To prepare or cause to be prepared all plans and specifications for the construction of the works of the district.
(h) To devote his entire time to the business of the district.
(i) To perform such other and additional duties as the board may require.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers › Section 90272.

90272. The general manager shall within 90 days from the end of each fiscal year cause to be published a financial report showing the result of the 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.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers › Section 90273.

90273. The attorney shall take charge of all suits and other legal matters to which the district is a party or in which it is legally interested. He shall give his advice or opinion in writing whenever required by the board. He shall be the legal advisor of the general manager and other district officers and shall prepare or approve the forms of all ordinances, resolutions, contracts, bonds, and other legal documents connected with the business of the district. He shall perform such other and additional services as the board may require.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers › Section 90274.

90274. 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. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District › ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers › Section 90275.

90275. With the consent of the board, the general manager may:
(a) Authorize the trust department of any state or national bank in this state or a trust company authorized to act as such in this state, to receive as his agent deposits of any securities acquired by the district.
(b) Place and maintain for safekeeping as a trust deposit with the trust department of any state or national banks in this state, or a trust company authorized to act as such in this state, any securities owned by the district.
The bank or trust company selected shall have a total paid-in capital of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000). The general manager shall take from the trust department or trust company a receipt for the securities, and neither the general manager nor the district is responsible for the custody and safe return of the securities until they are withdrawn from the trust department or trust company by the general manager. Any trust department or trust company to which securities are delivered, either as agent or depository for the general manager, shall make such 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. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › Section 90350.

90350. The district is empowered to contract with the State Employees’ Retirement System and may provide retirement and disability benefits for employees under the State Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to its rules and regulations.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › Section 90351.

90351. Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, that has a pension plan in operation, members and beneficiaries of such pension plan shall continue to have the rights, privileges, benefits, obligations and status with respect to such established system.
Whenever any such facilities are acquired by the district, the board shall consider and take into account the outstanding obligations and liabilities of the publicly or privately owned public utility by reason of such pension plan and shall negotiate an allowance in the purchase price of such utility for the assumption of such obligations and liabilities when acquiring the facilities.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power › Section 90400.

90400. The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power › Section 90401.

90401. The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power › Section 90402.

90402. The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this act. The district, in exercising such power shall, in addition to the damage for the taking, injury, or destruction of property, also pay the cost of removal, reconstruction, or relocation of any structure, railways, mains, pipes, conduits, cables, or poles of any public utility which is required to be moved to a new location.
No such taking or acquisition by the district which would involve the abandonment, removal, relocation or use of the property of a railroad corporation, as defined in Section 230 of this code, shall be permitted, unless the Public Utilities Commission, after hearing, shall find and determine that the public interest and necessity require the abandonment, removal, relocation or use of such property and that such taking or acquisition will not unreasonably impair the ability of the railroad corporation involved to provide safe, adequate, economical and efficient service.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1176.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 90420.

90420. The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, contracts and stipulations to indemnify and save harmless, to employ labor, and to do all acts necessary and convenient for the full exercise of the powers granted in this act.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 90420.5.

90420.5. The district further shall be empowered to furnish contractual service outside of the district’s boundaries.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 90421.

90421. 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. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 4 - Property › Section 90460.

90460. The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or condemn in proceedings under eminent domain, or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the district necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its powers. The board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property within or without the district when in its judgment it is for the best interests of the district so to do.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 4 - Property › Section 90461.

90461. Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record, map, book or paper in the possession of the district or any officer or employee thereof is of no further value to the district, the board may authorize its sale, destruction, or other disposition.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 90480.

90480. The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights-of-way, rail lines, buslines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, and any and all such 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 (commencing with Section 670), Chapter 3, Division 1 of the Streets and Highways Code.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 90480.5.

90480.5. The negotiated purchase price of any existing facilities which are acquired by the district shall not exceed the fair market value of the tangible real and personal property which is acquired.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 90481.

90481. The district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, accept contributions of money, rights-of-way, labor, materials, and any other property for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of transit facilities, and may without limitation by any other provisions of this part enter into any contracts and cooperation with and accept cooperation from the federal government, state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, or any public agency in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of, and in financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of, any such transit facilities.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 90482.

90482. The district may plan for, establish, construct, finance and operate rapid transit facilities and service within or without the district’s boundaries, including making whatever contracts are necessary for the accomplishment of this purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 90484.

90484. The district may construct and operate or acquire and operate works and facilities in, under, upon, over, across, or along any street or public highway or any stream, bay or watercourse, or over any of the lands which are the property of the state, to the same extent that such rights and privileges appertaining thereto are granted to municipalities within the state. The district shall not use any street or public highway in a manner to unnecessarily impair its usefulness.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 90485.

90485. The district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district and any city, public agency or public utility operating transit facilities; may enter into agreements with any city, public agency or public utility operating any transit facilities, either wholly or partially within, or without, the district, for the joint use of any property of the district or of such city, public agency or public utility, or the establishment of through routes, joint fares, transfer of passengers or pooling arrangements.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 90486.

90486. The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this act shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 90487.

90487. The board of supervisors or the city council of a municipality having territory located within the district may file a request for a hearing before the district board as to the reasonableness of any rates or charges fixed by the district and as to any proposal for fixing the location of facilities by the district. The request shall be in writing and shall state the subject matter on which a hearing is desired.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 90488.

90488. Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Section 90487 the district board shall fix the time and place for hearing. The time fixed shall not be less than 15 days nor more than 60 days from the date such request is filed. Notice of such hearing shall be given to the county or city requesting such hearing and shall be published by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 90489.

90489. At the time fixed for any hearing before the board any board of supervisors or city council eligible to file a request for hearing, not a party to the original request for hearing, may intervene and shall be entitled to be heard and to introduce evidence.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service › Section 90490.

90490. Within 30 days after submission of the case, the board shall render its decision and its decision shall be final.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 90500.

90500. The district may borrow money and incur indebtedness, and may issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness. No indebtedness shall be incurred exceeding the ordinary annual income and revenue of the district without the approval of 60 percent of the voters voting on the proposition to incur such indebtedness, except that a further vote of the voters is not required for any indebtedness incurred within the purposes and not exceeding the available amount of any previously authorized bond issue, and as to such indebtedness the proceeds of any of the bonds unexpended in the treasury of the district, or the par value of any of the bonds which are unsold shall be deemed a part of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 90501.

90501. The district may borrow money for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the district lawfully incurred after the commencement of the fiscal year, but prior to the time moneys from the tax levy for the fiscal year are received by the district, in a sum which shall not exceed five cents ($0.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of taxable property in the district at the time the moneys are borrowed, and may evidence such borrowing by notes bearing interest at a rate not to exceed six (6) percent per annum. The notes shall be payable from the tax levy from the then current fiscal year, which levy shall contain a sum sufficient to provide for the payment of the notes and the interest thereon. The form of said notes and the proceedings relating to their issuance and sale, will be governed by the applicable provisions contained in Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 90501.5.

90501.5. The board of directors of the district may, within a period of two years from and after the formation of the district, pursuant to a resolution adopted by it for the purpose, borrow money on certificates of indebtedness, promissory notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, in anticipation of the estimated tax revenue for the following fiscal year, to be repaid within four years from the date of borrowing with interest at a rate not to exceed 6 percent per annum, in order to enable the district to meet all of its necessary initial expenses of organization, construction, acquisition, maintenance, and operation. The total amount of money borrowed and indebtedness incurred under this section during this two-year period shall not exceed 50 percent of the total amount of estimated tax revenue as estimated by the county auditor of the county in which the district lies for the following fiscal year.
The form of said notes and the proceedings relating to their issuance and sale, will be governed by the applicable provisions contained in Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 90502.

90502. The district shall not incur an indebtedness for public works which in the aggregate exceeds 15 percent of the assessed value of all the real and personal property within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 90503.

90503. Indebtedness which has been incurred for the acquisition, construction, and operation of transit facilities, where the revenue from the transit facilities for three years or more next preceding has been sufficient to pay the interest and principal due on any bonds issued for its construction or acquisition, in addition to the cost of operation and maintenance, shall not be counted and included in ascertaining the limit of indebtedness.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 90504.

90504. The district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this act requiring approval of indebtedness, contributions or loans from the United States, this state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency of either thereof, for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of transit facilities, and may enter into contracts and cooperate with, and accept cooperation from, the United States, this state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency of either thereof, in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation, and in financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation, of any such transit facilities in accordance with any legislation which Congress or the Legislature of the State of California may have heretofore adopted or may hereafter adopt, under which aid, assistance, and cooperation may be furnished by the United States or this state in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of any such transit facilities. The district may do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of such aid, assistance, and cooperation under any federal or state legislation now or hereafter enacted. Any evidence of indebtedness issued under this section shall constitute a negotiable instrument.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 90505.

90505. The district may purchase equipment such as cars, trolley buses and motorbuses, and rolling equipment, and may execute agreements, leases and equipment trust certificates in the forms customarily used by private corporations engaged in the transit business appropriate to effect the purchase and leasing of rolling equipment and may dispose of the equipment trust certificates upon the terms and conditions as the board may deem appropriate. All money required to be paid by the district pursuant to the agreements, leases and equipment trust certificates provided for in this section shall be payable solely from the revenues or income to be derived from the transit facilities and from grants and loans as provided in Section 90504. Payment for equipment, or the rental of equipment, may be made in installments and the deferred installments may be evidenced by equipment trust certificates payable solely from revenue or income as provided in this section, and title to the equipment shall not vest in the district until the equipment trust certificates are paid.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 90506.

90506. The agreement to purchase or lease may direct the vendor or lessor to sell and assign or lease the rolling equipment to a bank or trust company, duly authorized to transact business in the State of California, as trustee, for the benefit and security of the equipment trust certificates and may direct the trustee to deliver the rolling equipment to one or more designated officers of the district and may authorize the district to simultaneously execute and deliver an installment purchase agreement or a lease of the equipment to the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 90507.

90507. The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before a person authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds and in the form required for acknowledgment of deeds. The agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates shall be authorized by resolution of the district and shall contain such covenants, conditions and provisions as may be deemed necessary or appropriate to insure the payment of the equipment trust certificates from the revenue or income to be derived from the transit system.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 90508.

90508. The covenants, conditions and provisions of the agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates shall not conflict with any of the provisions of any trust agreement securing the payment of bonds, notes or certificates of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 7 - Investments › Section 90520.

90520. The district may invest any surplus money in its treasury, including money in any sinking fund, in any of the following:
(a) Its own bonds.
(b) Treasury notes, certificates of indebtedness, bills, bonds of the United States, or any other evidence of indebtedness secured by the full faith and credit of the United States.
(c) Obligations issued pursuant to the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1421) or the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1701).
(d) Treasury notes or bonds of this state, or of any public corporation, municipal corporation, public district, or political subdivision within this state which are legal as security for the deposit of public funds.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 7 - Investments › Section 90521.

90521. Such investment may be made by direct purchase of any issue of such bonds, treasury notes, or obligations, or part thereof, at the original sale or by the subsequent purchase of the bonds, treasury notes, or obligations.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 7 - Investments › Section 90522.

90522. Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held as investments by the district may from time to time be sold and the proceeds reinvested in bonds, treasury notes, or obligations as provided in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 90540.

90540. A district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 90541.

90541. If, in the opinion of the board, the revenues will not be sufficient for any and all lawful purposes, the board shall levy a tax for such purpose or purposes and fix the amount of money necessary to be raised therefor by taxation.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 90542.

90542. The board shall, at the time of fixing the general tax levy and in the manner provided for the general tax levy, levy and collect annually until the district’s bonds are paid, or until there is a sum in the treasury of the district set apart for that purpose to meet all sums coming due for principal and interest on the bonds as they become due a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest on the bonds and such part of the principal thereof as becomes due before the proceeds of a tax levied at the next general tax levy will be available. If the maturity of the indebtedness created by the issue of bonds begins more than one year after the date of the issuance thereof, the tax shall be levied and collected annually at the time and in the manner aforesaid, sufficient to pay the interest on the indebtedness as it falls due and to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal on or before maturity.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 90543.

90543. The taxes required to be levied and collected on account of interest, principal and sinking fund of district bonds shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for district purposes, and shall be collected at the time and in the same manner as other district taxes are collected and be used for no other purpose than the payment of the bonds and accruing interest.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 90544.

90544. The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes by the district, including the sale of property to the district for delinquent taxes, with penalties, interest, and cost.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 90545.

90545. The board shall avail itself of the assessments made by the assessor of the county and of the assessments made by the State Board of Equalization for the county and shall take such assessments as the basis for district taxation and have its taxes collected by the tax collector of the county.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 90546.

90546. In such case the county assessor shall, on or before the third Monday in August of each year, transmit to the board a statement in writing showing the total value of all property within the district, ascertained from the assessments referred to in Section 90545 as equalized.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 90547.

90547. The board shall, on or before the first weekday in September, or if such weekday falls upon a holiday then on the first business day thereafter, fix the rate of taxes, designating the number of cents or fractions thereof upon each hundred dollars, using as a basis the value of property transmitted to the board by the county assessor, which rate of taxation shall be sufficient to raise the amount previously fixed by the board, subject to a maximum limitation of five cents ($0.05) per one hundred dollars ($100) assessed valuation. These acts by the board shall constitute a value assessment of the property and a valid levy of the taxes so fixed.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 90548.

90548. The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of taxes as above provided transmit to the county assessor of the county a statement of the rate of taxes fixed by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 90549.

90549. The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes. When collected the net amount, ascertained as provided in this article, shall be paid to the treasurer of the district, under the general requirements and penalties provided by law for the settlement of other taxes.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 90550.

90550. Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes and has been redeemed, the money paid for redemption shall be apportioned and paid to the district by the county treasurer in the proportion which the tax due to the district bears to the total tax for which the property was sold.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 90551.

90551. The compensation to be charged by and paid to any county for the performance of services under this article shall be fixed by agreement between the board of supervisors of the county and the board. The compensation shall in no event exceed one-half of 1 percent of all money collected for the district. The compensation collected by the county shall be placed to the credit of the county general fund.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 90552.

90552. All taxes levied under this act are a lien on the property on which they are levied. The enforcement of the collection of such taxes shall be in the same manner and by the same means provided by law for the enforcement of liens for county taxes, all the provisions of law relating to the enforcement of the latter being made a part of this act so far as applicable.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 9 - Claims › Section 90570.

90570. All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 700) of Division 3.5 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 90600.

90600. The district may from time to time incur a bonded indebtedness as provided in this chapter to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, or completing the whole or any portion of any, transit facilities, or for acquiring any works, lands, structures, rights, equipment, or other property necessary or convenient to carry out the objects, purposes, or powers of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 90601.

90601. Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the public interest or necessity demands the acquisition, construction, or completion by the district of any transit facilities or any works, lands, structures, rights, equipment, or other property necessary or convenient to carry out the objects, purposes, or powers of the district, the cost of which will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the district, it may at any subsequent meeting of the board provide by ordinance for the submission of the proposition of incurring a bonded indebtedness for the purpose set forth in the resolution to the voters of the district at a special bond election held for that purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 90602.

90602. In lieu of a resolution passed by the board, proceedings for the issuance of bonds for the purposes provided in this chapter may be initiated by petition of the voters of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 90603.

90603. Whenever any petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at least 15 percent of the total vote cast at the last general election is presented to the board asking for the acquisition, construction, or completion of the whole or any portion of any transit facilities or for acquiring any works, lands, structures, rights, equipment, or other property necessary or convenient to carry out the objects, purposes, or powers of the district, and also asking that a bonded indebtedness be incurred to pay the cost thereof, the secretary of the district shall immediately examine and verify the signatures of the petition and certify the result of the examination to the board.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 90604.

90604. If the required number of signatures is found to be genuine, the secretary shall transmit to the board an authentic copy of the petition without the signatures.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 90605.

90605. Upon receiving a petition with the certificate of the secretary stating that it contains the required number of signatures, the board shall formulate for submission to the voters of the district at a special bond election called for that purpose the proposition of incurring a bonded indebtedness for the purposes set forth in the petition. In its discretion the board may defer the calling of the election until the next general election to be held in the district in order to consolidate them.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 90606.

90606. The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix the date on which the election will be held, and the manner of holding the election and of voting for or against incurring the indebtedness. It shall also recite the objects and purposes for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred, the estimated cost of the transit facilities, works, lands, structures, rights, equipment, or other property proposed to be acquired, constructed, or completed, the amount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incurred therefor, and the maximum rate of interest to be paid on the indebtedness, which shall not exceed 6 percent per annum, payable semiannually or annually the first year and thereafter semiannually.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 90607.

90607. Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the same election.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 90608.

90608. Any special bond election may be held separately, or may be consolidated with any other election authorized by law at which the voters of the district may vote. If a special bond election is consolidated with any other election, the provisions of this chapter setting forth the precedure for the calling and holding of the special bond election shall be complied with, except that the ordinance calling the election need not set forth the election precincts, polling places, and officers of election shall be the same as those set forth in the ordinance, notice, or other proceedings calling the election with which the special bond election is consolidated, and shall refer to the ordinance, notice, or other proceedings by number and title, or by other definite description.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 90609.

90609. The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice of election need be given.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2039.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 90610.

90610. The board shall comply with Article 3 (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code, the provisions of which are applicable to any bond election held pursuant to this article. Wherever the words “county clerk” or “county elections official” appear in the Elections Code the words “secretary of the board” shall be substituted, for the purposes of this article, and wherever the words “board of supervisors” appear in the Elections Code, the words “board of directors” shall be substituted, and wherever the words “district attorney or county counsel” appear in the Elections Code, the words “attorney for the district” shall be substituted.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 204. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 8 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 7 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance › Section 90611.

90611. The votes of 60 percent of all the voters voting on the proposition at the election are required to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds under this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 102.)