California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 3 - Public Employment Relations Board › Chapter 6 - Representation Proceedings Under Public Utilities Code Transit District Acts › Subchapter 3 - Representation Proceedings Under Public Utilities Code Transit Labor Relations Acts Other than TEERA › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 72000 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
As used in this subchapter, the following words have the
						following meanings:
(a) "Certified
					 organization" means an employee organization that has been certified by SMCS as
					 the exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate unit after a
					 proceeding under these regulations.
(b) "Employee" or "PUC transit employee"
					 means any employee of any PUC transit employer, except for supervisory
					 employees of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
					 Authority.
(c) "Employee
					 organization" means any organization of any kind in which PUC transit employees
					 participate and that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing
					 with public transit employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages,
					 hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.
(d) "Employer" or "PUC transit employer"
					 means the governing board of a PUC transit employer, including the
					 Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, the Fresno Metropolitan Transit
					 District, the Golden Empire Transit District, the Marin County Transit
					 District, the North County Transit District, the Orange County Transportation
					 Authority, the Sacramento Regional Transit District, San Diego County Transit
					 District, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System, the San Francisco Bay Area
					 Rapid Transit District, the San Mateo County Transit District, the Santa
					 Barbara Metropolitan Transit District, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation
					 Authority, the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, the Los Angeles County
					 Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the San Joaquin Regional Transit
					 District, or the West Bay Rapid Transit Authority, including any person acting
					 as an agent of the employer.
(e)
					 "Window period" means the 31-day period which is not more than 120 days and not
					 less than 90 days prior to the expiration date of a memorandum of understanding
					 negotiated by the PUC transit employer and the exclusive representative. The
					 memorandum of understanding expiration date means the last effective date of
					 the memorandum. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
					 32130, the date on which the
					 memorandum of understanding expires shall not be counted for the purpose of
					 computing the window period.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  3541.3(g)
						  and
						  3603,
						  Government Code; and Sections 30751, 40122, 70122, 90300, 98162.5, 100301,
						  101344, 102403, 103401, 120505, 125521, Appendix 1, Section 4.4 and Appendix 2,
						  Section 13.91, Public Utilities Code. Reference: Sections 25052, 28851, 30751,
						  40122, 50121, 70122, 90300, 95651, 98162.5, 100301, 101344, 102403, 103401,
						  120505, 125521, Appendix 1, Section 4.4 and Appendix 2, Section 13.91, Public
						  Utilities Code.