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Public Utilities Code
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This act shall be known as the Public Utilities Code.
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The provisions of this code, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provis…
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No action or proceeding commenced before this code takes effect, and no right accrued, is affected b…
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Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions, rules of construction, and …
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Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meanin…
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Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty is imposed upon, a public officer, the power may be exerci…
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Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whe…
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Whenever reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this State, the refere…
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“Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned. “Subdivi…
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The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future, the present.
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The masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter.
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“Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.
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The singular number includes the plural, and the plural, the singular.
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“Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
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“Oath” includes affirmation.
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“Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber cannot write, such signer’…
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“State” means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. I…
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“County” includes city and county.
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“City” includes city and county and “incorporated town,” but does not include “unincorporated town” …
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(a) “Commission” means the Public Utilities Commission created by Section 1 of Article XII of the Ca…
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For the purposes of this code, “recycled water” or “reclaimed water” has the same meaning as recycle…
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If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held inv…
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No corporation formed or existing before 12 o'clock m. of January 1, 1873, is affected by the provis…
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This part may be cited as the “Public Utilities Act.”
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Neither this part nor any provision thereof, except when specifically so stated, shall apply to comm…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this chap…
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“Corporation” includes a corporation, a company, an association, and a joint stock association.
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“Person” includes an individual, a firm, and a copartnership.
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As used in this chapter “person” and “corporation” include the lessees, trustees, receivers or trust…
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“Public or any portion thereof” means the public generally, or any limited portion of the public, in…
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“Transportation of persons” includes every service in connection with or incidental to the safety, c…
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“Transportation of property” includes every service in connection with or incidental to the transpor…
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“Rates” includes rates, fares, tolls, rentals, and charges, unless the context indicates otherwise.
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“Common carrier” means every person and corporation providing transportation for compensation to or …
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(a) “Common carrier” shall not include: (1) Any corporation or person owning, controlling, operating…
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With respect to a motor vehicle used in the transportation of passengers for compensation by a passe…
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“Between fixed termini or over a regular route” means the termini or route between which, or over wh…
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“Food products for human consumption” means articles used for human food or drink and articles used …
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“Nonfood product” means any article, material, substance, or product which is not food.
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(a) (1) “Public utility” includes every common carrier, toll bridge corporation, pipeline corporatio…
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Notwithstanding Section 216, “public utility” does not include a motor carrier of property.
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“Cable television corporation” shall mean any corporation or firm which transmits television program…
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“Cogeneration” means the sequential use of energy for the production of electrical and useful therma…
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“Commercial mobile radio service” means “commercial mobile service,” as defined in subsection (d) of…
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“Electric plant” includes all real estate, fixtures and personal property owned, controlled, operate…
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(a) “Electrical corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or…
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(a) “Electric service provider” means an entity that offers electrical service to customers within t…
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(a) The following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Exempt wholesale generator” has the same m…
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“Express corporation” includes every corporation or person engaged in or transacting the business of…
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“Freight forwarder” means any corporation or person who for compensation undertakes the collection a…
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“Gas plant” includes all real estate, fixtures, and personal property, owned, controlled, operated, …
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“Gas corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing a…
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“Golden State Energy” means the nonprofit public benefit corporation that is incorporated and operat…
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“Heating plant” includes all real estate, fixtures, and personal property owned, controlled, operate…
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“Heat corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing …
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“Landfill gas technology” means the process of extraction of gas or gaseous compounds from sanitary …
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“Local publicly owned electric utility” means a municipality or municipal corporation operating as a…
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(a) “Mobile data service” means the delivery of nonvoice information to a mobile device and includes…
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“Motor carrier of property” means a motor carrier of property as defined in Section 34601 of the Veh…
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“Network railroad transportation” means railroad transportation that is subject to the jurisdiction …
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“Passenger stage” includes every stage, auto stage, or other motor vehicle used in the transportatio…
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(a) “Passenger stage corporation” includes every corporation or person engaged as a common carrier, …
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“Pipe line” includes all real estate, fixtures, and personal property, owned, controlled, operated, …
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“Pipeline corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or manag…
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“Railroad” includes every commercial, interurban, and other railway, other than a street railroad, a…
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“Railroad corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or manag…
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“Service area,” for purposes of the operations of a telephone corporation, means a local access and …
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“Sewer system” includes all real estate, fixtures, and personal property owned, controlled, operated…
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“Sewer system corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or m…
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“Street railroad” includes every railway, and each branch or extension thereof, by whatsoever power …
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“Street railroad corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, o…
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“Telephone line” includes all conduits, ducts, poles, wires, cables, instruments, and appliances, an…
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(a) “Telephone corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or …
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“Telegraph line” includes all conduits, ducts, poles, wires, cables, instruments, and appliances, an…
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“Telegraph corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or mana…
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“Toll-bridge corporation” includes every private corporation or person owning, controlling, operatin…
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“Transportation electrification” means the use of electricity from external sources of electrical po…
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(a) “Vessel” includes every species of watercraft, by whatsoever power operated, which is owned, con…
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(a) (1) “Voice over Internet Protocol” or “VoIP” means voice communications service that does all of…
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“Water system” includes all reservoirs, tunnels, shafts, dams, dikes, headgates, pipes, flumes, cana…
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“Water corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing…
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(a) The commission and Energy Commission shall collaborate to develop and maintain a list of communi…
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This part shall not release or waive any right of action by the State, the commission, or any person…
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No transit district, common carrier, or publicly owned transit system shall require any person to wa…
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A person or corporation shall not be a public utility subject to the jurisdiction, control and regul…
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Any provision of this part that is in conflict with the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, (47 …
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(a) The Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act (Public Law 106-252) was enacted for the purpose of e…
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Any provision of the Public Utilities Act that is in conflict with the railroad provisions of Part A…
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(a) The following funds are hereby created in the State Treasury: (1) The California High-Cost Fund-…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission may authorize the trustee of the Cali…
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For each advisory board created pursuant to this chapter all of the following are applicable: (a) Th…
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Each advisory board created pursuant to this chapter shall do both of the following: (a) Submit an a…
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The commission may on its own order, whenever it determines it to be necessary, conduct audits or re…
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(a) There is hereby created the California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee, which is an ad…
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(a) The commission shall exercise its regulatory authority to maintain the California High-Cost Fund…
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(a) There is hereby created the California High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee, which is an ad…
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(a) The commission shall develop, implement, and maintain a suitable, competitively neutral, and bro…
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(a) There is hereby created the Universal Lifeline Telephone Service Trust Administrative Committee,…
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(a) (1) Commencing on July 1, 2003, there is hereby created the Telecommunications Access for Deaf a…
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(a) The commission shall develop, implement, and administer a program to advance universal service b…
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(a) Of the revenues from fees collected pursuant to Section 14666.8 of the Government Code after the…
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(a) The commission shall develop, implement, and administer the California Advanced Services Fund to…
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Beginning January 1, 2022, the commission may impose the surcharge pursuant to paragraph (4) of subd…
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(a) (1) The Broadband Loan Loss Reserve Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Notwithsta…
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(a) The commission, in collaboration with relevant state agencies and stakeholders, shall maintain a…
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Any moneys that are deposited in funds created pursuant to this chapter shall not be used by the sta…
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(a) As used in this section, “interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service” has the sa…
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The membership of the Public Utilities Commission, and the qualifications and tenure of the members …
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Each commissioner shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the const…
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(a) A public utilities commissioner may not hold an official relation to, nor have a financial inter…
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The annual salary of each commissioner is provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550) …
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The Governor shall designate a president of the commission from among the members of the commission.…
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(a) The office of the commission shall be in the City and County of San Francisco. The office shall …
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(a) The commission may appoint as attorney to the commission an attorney at law of this state, who s…
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There is within the legal division of the commission an ethics officer who shall be designated by th…
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(a) The commission shall appoint a chief administrative law judge, who shall hold office at the plea…
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(a) The commission shall appoint a chief internal auditor, who shall hold office at the pleasure of …
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(a) The commission shall appoint an executive director, who shall hold office during its pleasure. T…
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Persons employed as investigators and investigator supervisors by the commission, who are designated…
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(a) The executive director may employ such officers, administrative law judges, experts, engineers, …
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The Governor may appoint one adviser for each member of the commission upon the request of the commi…
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(a) There is within the commission an independent Public Advocate’s Office of the Public Utilities C…
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(a) The commission shall adopt procedures on the disqualification of commissioners and administrativ…
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(a) The division of the commission responsible for railroad safety shall be responsible for inspecti…
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No vacancy in the commission impairs the right of the remaining commissioners to exercise all the po…
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(a) The commission, each commissioner, the executive director, and the assistant executive directors…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall not consider or require, in determi…
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The commission shall adopt procedures authorizing the submittal of electronic signatures and documen…
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(a) On or after July 1, 2001, the commission shall establish procedures to permit the submission of …
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(a) (1) Prior to commencement of any meeting at which commissioners vote on items on the public agen…
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The commission and each commissioner may issue writs of summons, subpenas, warrants of attachment, w…
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The commission may require, by order served on any public utility, the production within this State …
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(a) The commission, each commissioner, and each officer and person employed by the commission may, a…
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(a) (1) The commission shall apply a risk-based methodology to conduct audits or reviews of the book…
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(a) The commission may conduct financial and performance reviews or audits of any entity or program …
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The commission shall investigate the cause of all accidents occurring within this State upon the pro…
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(a) Each electrical corporation shall cooperate fully with the commission in an investigation into a…
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The commission may request the local agency formation commission to advise it as to any special dist…
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The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy of this state to achieve, whenever feasible an…
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(a) The commission shall appoint a public advisor and establish an office of the public advisor, inc…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission assess the consequences of its decisions…
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The president of the commission shall annually appear before the appropriate policy committees of th…
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(a) The commission shall periodically, at least once each year, compile its rules of procedure toget…
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The commission shall determine, as part of the proceeding in Rulemaking 98-07-038 (Rulemaking for pu…
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(a) Commencing January 1, 1989, the commission shall cause the complete text of each of its orders a…
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Demand-s…
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The executive director of the commission may release to the Director of Industrial Relations any inf…
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(a) The Public Utilities Commission shall publish any data it collects for its clearinghouse minorit…
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No less frequently than once a year, the commission shall make the following information about each …
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The commission shall make available on its Internet Web site audits conducted by the Department of G…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the commission should have the authority to act s…
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(a) By January 1, 2020, the commission shall establish the Wildfire Safety Division within the commi…
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(a) There is hereby established the California Wildfire Safety Advisory Board. The board shall advis…
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The California Wildfire Safety Advisory Board shall do both of the following: (a) Review and provide…
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(a) The electrical corporations and gas corporations that participate in the California Alternate Ra…
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The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) In order to ensure that all core custo…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Basic gas service” in…
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The commission shall require each gas corporation to provide bundled basic gas service to all core c…
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In order to provide guidance in carrying out this chapter, the Legislature finds and declares all of…
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The definitions set forth in this section shall govern the construction of this chapter. (a) “Aggreg…
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For purposes of this chapter, “community choice aggregator” means any of the following entities, if …
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(a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact Item 1 (revised) on the commission’s August 21,…
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Rates set by the commission that are subject to subdivision (f) of Section 332.1 may not result in a…
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Rates set by the commission that are subject to subdivision (f) of Section 332.1 may not result in a…
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The Legislature finds and declares that in order to ensure the success of electric industry restruct…
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In order to ensure that the interests of the people of California are served, a five-member Electric…
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(a) The five-member Oversight Board shall be comprised as follows: (1) Three members, who are Califo…
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(a) The Independent System Operator governing board shall comprise a five-member independent governi…
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The Oversight Board shall have the exclusive right to approve procedures and the qualifications for …
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(a) The Oversight Board is the appeal board for majority decisions of the Independent System Operato…
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The Oversight Board shall take the steps that are necessary to ensure the earliest possible incorpor…
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The Oversight Board may do all of the following: (a) Meet at the times and places it may deem proper…
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Regulations adopted within 120 days of the effective date of this section may be adopted as emergenc…
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The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 …
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Voting members of the Oversight Board shall be required to file financial disclosure statements with…
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The Oversight Board shall appoint, and fix the salary of, an executive director who shall have charg…
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(a) The Independent System Operator and Power Exchange bylaws shall contain provisions that identify…
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(a) The Attorney General shall represent the Department of Finance and shall succeed to, and may exe…
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(a) The Independent System Operator shall ensure the efficient use and reliable operation of the tra…
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The chair of the board of governors and the chief executive officer of the Independent System Operat…
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(a) The Independent System Operator shall develop, publish, and annually update a report that includ…
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(a) The Independent System Operator, as a nonprofit, public benefit corporation, shall conduct its o…
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(a) Notwithstanding the requirements related to energy markets in subdivision (b) of Section 345.5, …
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The Independent System Operator shall immediately participate in all relevant Federal Energy Regulat…
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The Independent System Operator governing board may form appropriate technical advisory committees c…
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The Independent System Operator shall adopt inspection, maintenance, repair, and replacement standar…
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(a) The Independent System Operator shall perform a review following a major outage that affects at …
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(a) Beginning January 15, 2002, and at least once monthly thereafter, the Independent System Operato…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, upon approval by the Independent System …
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(a) The Independent System Operator shall make publicly available a list of all power plants located…
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(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to intentionally disclose proprietary information obtained in …
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As used in this article, “distributed energy resources” means electric generation technology that me…
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(a) As used in this article, “ultraclean and low-emission distributed generation” means any electric…
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(a) The commission shall require each electrical corporation under the operational control of the In…
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Each electrical corporation, as part of its distribution planning process, shall consider nonutility…
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Notwithstanding Section 353.3, nothing in this article may result in any exemption from reasonable i…
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In establishing the rates required under this article, the commission shall create a firewall that s…
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A local publicly owned electric utility or a local publicly owned utility otherwise providing electr…
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(a) The commission shall require each electrical corporation to establish new tariffs on or before J…
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(a) In order to evaluate the efficiency, emissions, and reliability of distributed energy resources …
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The commission shall ensure that existing, and if necessary, additional filings at the Federal Energ…
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The commission shall determine that portion of each existing electrical corporation’s retail rate ef…
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The commission shall ensure that any funds secured by the restructuring trusts established for the p…
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(a) In proceedings pursuant to Section 455.5, 851, or 854, the commission shall ensure that faciliti…
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(a) In order to ensure the continued safe and reliable operation of public utility electric generati…
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(a) The commission shall adopt inspection, maintenance, repair, and replacement standards, and shall…
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The actions of the commission pursuant to this chapter shall be consistent with the findings and dec…
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(a) Except as expressly authorized by this section, and subject to the limitations in subdivisions (…
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The commission shall ensure that bundled retail customers of an electrical corporation do not experi…
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(a) The commission shall post, in a consolidated location on its internet website, each load-serving…
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Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the commission from exercising its authority to investigate a …
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(a) The commission shall take actions as needed to facilitate direct transactions between electricit…
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(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Department” means…
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(a) (1) Customers shall be entitled to aggregate their electrical loads as members of their local co…
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Bundled retail customers of an electrical corporation shall not experience any cost increase as a re…
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(a) No change in the aggregator or supplier of electric power for any small commercial customer may …
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The commission shall identify and determine those costs and categories of costs for generation-relat…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to ensure that individual customers…
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Each electrical corporation shall propose a cost recovery plan to the commission for the recovery of…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the termination of the 10-percent rate reductio…
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The commission shall establish an effective mechanism that ensures recovery of transition costs refe…
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(a) On or before December 31, 2026, the commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, shal…
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The commission shall require, as a prerequisite for any consumer in California to engage in direct t…
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 372 and 374, the uneconomic costs provided in Sections 367, 368, …
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(a) It is the policy of the state to encourage and support the development of cogeneration as an eff…
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(a) Electrical corporations may apply to the commission for an order determining that the costs iden…
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(a) In recognition of statutory authority and past investments existing as of December 20, 1995, and…
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Any electrical corporation serving agricultural customers that have multiple electric meters shall c…
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(a) In order to mitigate potential negative impacts on utility personnel directly affected by electr…
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To the extent that the costs of programs to accommodate implementation of direct access, the Power E…
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The commission shall continue to regulate the facilities for the generation of electricity owned by …
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Section 377 does not apply to the four run-of-river hydroelectric project works located on the Truck…
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Notwithstanding Section 377, a facility for the generation of electricity, or an interest in a facil…
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The commission shall authorize new optional rate schedules and tariffs, including new service offeri…
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Nuclear decommissioning costs shall not be part of the costs described in Sections 367, 368, 375, an…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or before March 7, 2001, the commission, in consultat…
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(a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the self-generation incentive program increase depl…
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(a) As used in this section, “advanced electrical distributed generation technology” means any elect…
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(a) In administering the self-generation incentive program pursuant to Section 379.6, the commission…
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(a) In administering the self-generation incentive program pursuant to Section 379.6, the commission…
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(a) The commission, in consultation with the Independent System Operator, shall establish resource a…
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(a) In establishing a demand response program, the commission shall do all of the following: (1) Est…
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(a) To ensure that the funding for the programs described in subdivision (b) and Section 382 are not…
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(a) No later than July 15, 2003, the commission shall establish policies and procedures by which any…
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(a) (1) The commission shall investigate the ability of electrical corporations and gas corporations…
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The commission shall require an electrical or gas corporation to revise a ratepayer-funded energy ef…
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It is the intent of the Legislature to protect and strengthen the current network of community servi…
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(a) Programs provided to low-income electricity customers, including, but not limited to, targeted e…
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(a) There is hereby established a Low-Income Oversight Board that shall advise the commission on low…
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(a) Funds transferred to the Energy Commission pursuant to this article for purposes of public inter…
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(a) On or before March 1, 2014, the commission shall order electrical corporations to submit, on or …
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(a) Each local publicly owned electric utility shall establish a nonbypassable, usage based charge o…
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(a) Each local publicly owned electric utility shall ensure the following: (1) Low-income families w…
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(a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Carbon-free …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state agency may enter into an energy savings cont…
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(a) Subject to applicable contractual terms, energy prices paid to nonutility power generators by a …
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Any nonutility power generator using renewable fuels that has entered into a contract with an electr…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Electricity is essential to the health,…
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(a) (1) Electrical corporations shall disclose each component of the electrical bill as follows: (A)…
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(a) The commission shall compile and regularly update the names and contact numbers of registered pr…
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(a) As used in this section, “electric service provider” means an entity that offers electrical serv…
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(a) The registration shall be deemed approved and a registration number issued no later than 45 days…
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(a) The commission shall accept, compile, and attempt to informally resolve consumer complaints rega…
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To carry out essential elements of a sustainable and effective consumer protection program in connec…
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Rules that implement the following minimum standards shall be adopted by the commission for electric…
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(a) Except for an electrical corporation as defined in Section 218, or a local publicly owned electr…
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For purposes of this article, service territory of a local publicly owned electric utility means wit…
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(a) The commission shall maintain a list of residential and small commercial customers who do not wi…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, requirements placed on an electric service prov…
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Unclaimed refunds ordered by the commission, and any accrued interest, may be used by the commission…
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(a) The commission may enforce the provisions of Sections 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2107, 2108, and 21…
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When a customer files a claim with an electrical corporation for damages to property resulting from …
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(a) In addition to any other right to revoke an offer, residential and small commercial customers of…
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(a) A consumer damaged by a violation of this article by an electric service provider is entitled to…
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The definitions set forth in this section shall govern the construction of this article. (a) “Greenh…
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(a) Beginning January 1, 1998, or as soon as practicable thereafter, each generator that provides me…
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(a) Retail suppliers shall annually report to the Energy Commission, for each electricity offering f…
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(a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Reliable Electric Service Investments Act.…
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(a) (1) It is the policy of this state, and the intent of the Legislature, to reaffirm that each ele…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 1001 to 1013, inclusive, an application of an electrical corporation fo…
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Nothing in Section 399.2 shall be construed to preclude any of California’s local publicly owned ele…
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(a) (1) In order to ensure that prudent investments in energy efficiency continue to be made that pr…
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(a) In order to ensure that the citizens of this state continue to receive safe, reliable, affordabl…
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(a) No part of this article shall be construed to alter or affect the low-income funding provisions …
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) In order to attain a target of generati…
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 399.12, a small hydroelectric generation facility tha…
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(a) (1) Any procurement of biomethane delivered through a common carrier pipeline under a contract e…
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(a) (1) The commission shall direct each electrical corporation to annually prepare a renewable ener…
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(a) (1) An electrical corporation, pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1001), and in orde…
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(a) In order to fulfill unmet long-term resource needs, the commission shall establish a renewables …
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(a) Various electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources located within the WECC tr…
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The commission and the Energy Commission shall coordinate to revise any relevant rules, regulations,…
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(a) (1) Subject to this section, the requirements of this article apply to an electrical corporation…
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(a) This section applies to an electrical corporation that as of January 1, 2010, met either of the …
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(a) The commission shall modify, and extend until December 31, 2026, or until all available program …
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(a) (1) It is the policy of this state and the intent of the Legislature to encourage electrical gen…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Bioenergy” has the same mean…
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(a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) and paragraph (2) of subdivision (j) of Section…
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(a) The commission, by rule, shall authorize the use of renewable energy credits to satisfy the rene…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “state agency” means any state agency, board, department, or commi…
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(a) To meet the energy and transportation needs of the state, the commission shall adopt policies an…
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The Energy Commission shall do all of the following: (a) Certify eligible renewable energy resources…
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(a) In order for the state to meet the requirements of the California Renewables Portfolio Standard …
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(a) (1) To fulfill unmet long-term generation resource needs, each local publicly owned electric uti…
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A retail seller may procure renewable energy credits associated with deliveries of electricity by an…
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(a) It is the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature to encourage electrical generati…
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(a) This section shall only apply to a gas-fired powerplant that is located inside the state, is own…
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The commission and the Energy Commission shall do all of the following in furtherance of meeting the…
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For the purposes of this article, “green electrolytic hydrogen” means hydrogen gas produced through …
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The commission, State Air Resources Board, and Energy Commission shall consider green electrolytic h…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the public interest is best served by a commission that …
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The Public Utilities Commission Utilities Reimbursement Account is hereby continued in existence. Al…
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There is hereby created the Public Utilities Commission Transportation Reimbursement Account in the …
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(a) All fees paid pursuant to this chapter, exclusive of any penalties for delinquency, shall be all…
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If any person or corporation subject to this chapter is in default of the preparation and submission…
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The commission may bring an action, in its own name or in the name of the people of the state, in an…
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The commission shall authorize refunds of the fees provided for in this chapter when the fees were c…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees and charges collected by the commission pursuan…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees and charges collected pursuant to this code…
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The commission shall maintain those records as are necessary to account separately for all fees and …
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The commission may establish rules and regulations that it deems necessary to carry out the provisio…
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(a) The commission shall annually determine a fee to be paid by every passenger stage corporation, c…
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The commission shall establish the fee pursuant to Section 421 with the approval of the Department o…
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In addition to the requirements of Section 422, the commission may establish a uniform annual fee to…
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Except as provided in Section 404, every carrier and related business subject to Section 421 shall m…
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As used in this article: (a) “Class” means a group of carriers or related businesses as specified by…
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The employees, representatives, and inspectors of the commission may, under its order or direction, …
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The commission shall use all moneys paid into the Public Utilities Commission Transportation Reimbur…
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(a) The commission shall annually determine a fee to be paid by every electrical, gas, telephone, te…
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The commission shall establish the fee pursuant to Section 431 with the approval of the Department o…
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Except as provided in Section 404, every public utility subject to Section 431 shall make payment of…
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(a) The commission may require every public utility subject to this article to furnish information a…
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(a) For purposes of this article, “state franchise,” “video service,” and “video service provider” s…
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The commission shall annually determine a fee to be paid by an applicant or holder of a state franch…
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(a) The commission shall establish the fee pursuant to Section 441 with the approval of the Departme…
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(a) The commission may require a video service provider subject to this article to furnish informati…
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(a) If a video service provider subject to this article is in default of the payment of any fee requ…
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All charges demanded or received by any public utility, or by any two or more public utilities, for …
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Covered wild…
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(a) In an application by an electrical corporation to recover costs and expenses arising from, or in…
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If the commission finds that an electrical corporation is requesting recovery of costs that were pre…
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(a) Any expense resulting from a bonus paid to an executive officer of a public utility that has cea…
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(a) Nonbypassable or departing load surcharges, as defined by the commission, shall not apply to a r…
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(a) Following the approval of each general rate case, the commission shall review which costs, if an…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 451, a gas corporation may cease providing service in an area within its…
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Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit any common carrier from establishing and chargin…
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(a) No public utility shall, as to rates, charges, service, facilities, or in any other respect, mak…
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Whenever the commission orders rate refunds to be distributed, the commission shall require public u…
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(a) Except as provided in Section 455, a public utility shall not change any rate or so alter any cl…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if a customer with a maximum peak electrical demand in ex…
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Notwithstanding Section 454, the commission may establish a “zone of rate freedom” for any passenger…
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The commission may, after a hearing, approve an increase of from one-half of 1 percent to 1 percent …
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The commission shall establish rates for gas which is utilized in cogeneration technology projects n…
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(a) The commission shall specify the allocation of electricity, including quantity, characteristics,…
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(a) A contract entered into pursuant to Section 454.5 by an electrical corporation for the electrici…
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The commission shall, to the extent permitted by federal law and consistent with Section 2771, provi…
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In any decision establishing rates for an electrical or gas corporation reflecting the reasonable an…
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(a) The commission shall authorize public utilities to establish catastrophic event memorandum accou…
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The commission shall do all of the following: (a) Identify a diverse and balanced portfolio of resou…
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(a) (1) Beginning in 2017, and to be updated regularly thereafter, the commission shall adopt a proc…
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(a) It is the policy of the state that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources…
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In addition to the requirements of Section 454.52, the integrated resource plan of each load-serving…
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(a) (1) The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, shall identify all potentially a…
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(a) The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, shall identify all potentially achie…
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(a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Accelerating Renewable Energy Delivery Act…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California must dramatically increa…
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(a) This section applies to the obligations on a state agency, except the State Water Resources Deve…
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Whenever any schedule stating an individual or joint rate, classification, contract, practice, or ru…
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Whenever a water corporation files with the commission, pursuant to an advice letter submitted in ac…
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(a) The commission shall issue its final decision on a general rate case application of a water corp…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited to Section 454, no later …
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(a) In establishing rates for any electrical, gas, heat, or water corporation, the commission may el…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Large electrical corporation…
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Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit any public utility from profiting, to the extent…
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(a) No common carrier, or any officer or agent thereof, or any person acting for or employed by it, …
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(a) No person or corporation, or any officer, agent, or employee of a corporation, shall knowingly, …
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(a) The commission shall prohibit any passenger stage corporation from charging any fare to, or impo…
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(a) Beginning July 1, 1990, and continuing thereafter, every passenger stage corporation shall file …
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For purposes of establishing rates for a telephone or telegraph corporation, the commission shall in…
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(a) (1) No discrimination in charges or facilities for transportation shall be made by any railroad …
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Every street or interurban railroad corporation shall upon such terms as the commission finds to be …
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(a) For purposes of establishing rates for any electrical or gas corporation, the commission shall d…
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(a) Section 463 does not require the commission to undertake a reasonableness review of recorded cos…
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(a) Reasonable expenditures by transmission owners that are electrical corporations to plan, design,…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), whenever any labor of a custodial or janitorial nature is…
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Pursuant to Section 465, the contractor to whom the contract is awarded and any subcontractor under …
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The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement in the Department of Industrial Relations shall enforce …
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(a) For purposes of this section, “expense incurred by a public utility in assisting or deterring un…
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(a) Every common carrier shall file with the commission and shall print and keep open to the public …
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The schedules shall plainly state the places between which property and persons will be carried, and…
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(a) Subject to such rules as the commission may prescribe, the schedules of carriers shall be produc…
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(a) The commission shall, by rule or order, require every public utility other than a common carrier…
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(a) The commission may from time to time determine and prescribe by order changes in the form of the…
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Unless the commission otherwise orders, no change shall be made by any public utility in any rate or…
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Notwithstanding Section 491, the commission may authorize a passenger stage corporation, upon one da…
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The names of the several public utilities which are parties to any joint tariff, rate, contract, or …
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(a) No common carrier subject to this part shall engage or participate in the transportation of pers…
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(a) No common carrier shall charge, demand, collect, or receive a different compensation for the tra…
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Every telegraph and telephone corporation shall print and file with the commission schedules showing…
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(a) Any city, county, or city and county that levies a utility user tax on the consumption of teleph…
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(a) The commission may, by rule or order, establish procedures to allow telephone or telegraph corpo…
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As used in this article “employees” includes furloughed, pensioned, and superannuated employees of a…
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Except as provided in this article, Sections 40180.5 and 99151 of this code, and Section 26002.5 of …
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When approved by the commission, a common carrier may give free or reduced rate transportation betwe…
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(a) Any common carrier may issue free or reduced rate passenger transportation to the proprietors an…
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All blind residents of California may be granted free transportation on all street cars and may be p…
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Nothing in this part shall prevent the interchange of free or reduced rate transportation for passen…
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Nothing in this part shall prevent the interchange of free or reduced rate transportation for passen…
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Nothing in this part shall prevent any of the following: (a) The issue of reduced rate transportatio…
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(a) Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this part may transport, free or at reduced ra…
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Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this part may transport free or at reduced rates c…
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Except as in this article otherwise provided, no public utility shall charge, or receive a different…
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The officers and employees of the Operations and Safety Section of the Transportation Division of th…
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Every common carrier shall afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the prompt and ef…
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Every telephone corporation and telegraph corporation operating in this State shall receive, transmi…
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(a) Nothing in Sections 556 to 558, inclusive, shall limit or modify the duty of a common carrier to…
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Upon the application of any shipper or receiver or contemplated shipper or receiver of freight for a…
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(a) Every railroad corporation, passenger stage corporation, passenger air carrier, and street railr…
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(a) Whenever the commission, on its own motion or upon the complaint of a public utility, finds that…
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By January 1, 2024, the commission shall update General Order 131-D to authorize each public utility…
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Every public utility shall furnish to the commission in such form and detail as the commission presc…
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Whenever required by the commission, every public utility shall deliver to the commission copies of …
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(a) No information furnished to the commission by a public utility, a business that is a subsidiary …
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Every public utility shall furnish such reports to the commission at such time and in such form as t…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), every public utility and business specified in subdivisio…
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Every water corporation with more than 2,000 service connections, and every electrical, gas, and tel…
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(a) Notwithstanding any regulation, tariff, opinion, or interim opinion of the Public Utilities Comm…
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(a) In an existing or new proceeding, the commission shall require the electrical and gas corporatio…
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The commission shall require each electrical corporation to report annually on its compliance with t…
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(a) The commission shall require an electrical or gas corporation to annually notify the commission,…
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A public utility acquiring real property by eminent domain shall provide relocation advisory assista…
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This article applies only to a corporation or person that is a public utility.
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A railroad corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of it…
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An electrical corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of…
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A gas corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its gas…
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A heat corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its he…
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A pipeline corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of it…
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A telephone corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of i…
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Notwithstanding Section 616, a telephone corporation may not condemn any property on an airport owne…
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A telegraph corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of i…
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A water corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its w…
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A wharfinger may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of facilities f…
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A common carrier, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 211, may condemn any property necessary f…
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A street railroad corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenanc…
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(a) As used in this section, “motor carrier” means: A passenger stage corporation as defined in Sect…
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A warehouseman may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its facili…
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A sewer system corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance o…
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(a) (1) (A) For the purpose of this article, except as specified in paragraph (4), a public utility …
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On or after January 1, 2000, a public utility may not enter into any exclusive access agreement with…
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In addition to the requirements of Article 1 (commencing with Section 1001) of Chapter 5 and any oth…
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For purposes of entering into contracts for consultant or advisory services, the requirements of Sec…
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The requirements of Section 632 do not apply to contracts for legal services. The commission shall n…
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In a long-term plan adopted by an electrical corporation or in a procurement plan implemented by a l…
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For purposes of this article, “biomethane” means methane produced from an organic waste feedstock th…
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(a) The commission, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall consider adopting spec…
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Disadvantaged community” means a…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, each gas corporation shall submit to the co…
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(a) On or before January 1, 2026, in a new or existing proceeding and following recommendations from…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2026, in a new or existing proceeding, the commission, in consultation with…
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(a) (1) Beginning on January 1, 2029, the commission, in a new or existing proceeding, shall review …
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In a new or existing proceeding, the commission shall evaluate the costs and benefits of thermal ene…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), this article shall remain in effect only until Jan…
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The commission may supervise and regulate every public utility in the State and may do all things, w…
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(a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that, in addition to other ratepayer protection objective…
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Until the commission completes an electric generation procurement methodology that values the enviro…
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It is the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature that state and municipal electric re…
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With respect to financing arrangements which are established after January 1, 1988, no electrical, g…
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(a) The commission may authorize gas and electrical corporations to include in ratepayer-supported r…
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(a) To ensure that electrical corporations do not operate their transmission and distribution monopo…
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The policy of the State of California is that rates and charges established by the commission for wa…
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Every public utility shall obey and comply with every order, decision, direction, or rule made or pr…
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The commission may investigate all existing or proposed interstate rates, fares, tolls, charges, and…
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Except as otherwise provided in this section, no foreign corporation, other than those which by comp…
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Whenever in Articles 2 (commencing with Section 726), 3 (commencing with Section 761), and 4 (commen…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “compensation” means any annual salary, bonus, benefits, or other …
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(a) Not later than March 1, 2012, the commission shall institute a rulemaking proceeding for the pur…
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The commission shall require every electrical, gas, and telephone corporation to prepare and issue t…
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Whenever a business transaction of an electrical, gas, water corporation with 10,000 or more service…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the policies for telecommunications in California are…
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(a) The commission shall authorize fully open competition for intrastate interexchange telecommunica…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all telecommunications markets subject to commission ju…
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Not later than January 1, 2000, the commission shall commence a proceeding to consider whether to es…
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(a) The commission shall convene, and continue until August 26, 2030, an independent peer review pan…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that in commission Decision 88-12-083 (December 19, 1988) Re …
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(a) (1) The commission shall cause an assessment to be completed by no later than July 1, 2018, of t…
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(a) The commission shall approve both of the following: (1) The full funding for the community impac…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Current expiration dates” ha…
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(a) (1) Golden State Energy may commence an eminent domain action to acquire all or substantially al…
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(a) If an incumbent local exchange carrier files a forbearance petition with the Federal Communicati…
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(a) The commission shall require an electrical or gas corporation to do all of the following: (1) De…
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(a) The commission shall develop policies, rules, or regulations with a goal of reducing, by January…
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(a) For purposes of this section, terms used in this section shall have the same meaning as those te…
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It is the policy of the state that the use of all waterways, ports, and harbors of this state shall …
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(a) In establishing rates for water service, the commission shall consider, and may establish, separ…
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Whenever the commission, after a hearing, finds that the rates or classifications, demanded, observe…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “plant held for future use account” means account number 105 of th…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the commission shall have no jurisdiction or control over…
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(a) No telephone corporation operating within a service area shall remove any public telephone unles…
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A telephone corporation shall list a telephone number as the number for a facsimile machine in its a…
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(a) The commission may establish rates or charges for the transportation of passengers and freight b…
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(a) Prior to authorizing any change in the amount of the payment required of a telephone corporation…
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The commission may, upon a hearing, investigate a single rate, classification, rule, contract, or pr…
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A public utility, other than one-way radio paging services, shall not change a group of customers fr…
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(a) The commission shall, upon a hearing, determine the kind and character of facilities and the ext…
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The commission shall notify every state and local public agency and corporation operating a passenge…
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In determining reimbursement to railroad corporations for the operation of rail passenger service, t…
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Whenever a state agency files with the commission an application for an increase in rates or fares o…
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(a) (1) On or before June 30, 2024, the commission, in coordination and consultation with the Depart…
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(a) Whenever the commission, after a hearing finds that the rates, fares, or charges in force over t…
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(a) If the common carriers do not agree upon the division between them of the joint rates, fares, or…
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When complaint has been made to the commission concerning a rate for a product or commodity furnishe…
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If the public utility does not comply with the order for the payment of reparation within the time s…
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All complaints for damages resulting from the violation of any of the provisions of Sections 494 or …
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All complaints for the collection of the lawful tariff charges or any part thereof, of public utilit…
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(a) (1) A highway carrier, as defined by subdivision (c), a freight forwarder, a party representing …
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For the purpose of Sections 734 to 737, inclusive, the cause of action shall accrue upon the deliver…
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In establishing rates for a public utility operating any portion of its line, plant, or system withi…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Baseline quantity” means a quantity of electricity or gas allocate…
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(a) The commission shall continue a program of assistance to low-income electricity and gas customer…
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(a) The commission’s program of assistance to low-income electric and gas customers shall also inclu…
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(a) Subject to direction and supervision by the commission, each electrical corporation and gas corp…
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(a) Any natural gas customer who enrolls in the CARE program after the effective date of this sectio…
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(a) The commission shall require that, whenever gas or electrical service, or both, is provided by a…
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The commission shall establish rates using cost allocation principles that fairly and reasonably ass…
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In establishing residential rates, the commission shall retain an appropriate inverted rate structur…
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(a) Access to an adequate supply of healthful water is a basic necessity of human life, and shall be…
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(a) “Fixed charge” means any fixed customer charge, basic service fee, demand differentiated basic s…
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The commission shall ensure that errors in estimates of demand elasticity or sales do not result in …
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(a) For bills issued to customers of gas corporations and electrical corporations in which usage is …
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(a) The commission shall continue a program of assistance to residential customers of the state’s th…
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(a) The commission shall develop a definition of energy affordability. (b) The definition of energy …
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(a) The commission shall determine in a scoping ruling or other ruling whether an application from a…
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For purposes of setting the rates to be charged by every electrical corporation, gas corporation, he…
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The commission shall consider the following guidelines in evaluating the research, development, and …
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The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, State Air Resources Board, electrical co…
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(a) The commission, in cooperation with the Energy Commission, the State Air Resources Board, air qu…
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(a) The commission shall authorize public utilities to engage in programs to encourage economic deve…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “21st Century Energy System Decision” means commission Decision 12…
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(a) The commission may authorize investor-owned gas and electric utilities to match grants provided …
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Interruptible service or curtailment programs adopted by the commission shall assure that the progra…
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As used in Section 740.3 or 740.12, “interests” of ratepayers, short- or long-term, mean direct bene…
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(a) Any optional binding mandatory curtailment program adopted by the commission that exempts custom…
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(a) Each public utility electrical corporation shall develop and offer its customers, on or before M…
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In recognition of the fact that agricultural and water supplier customers necessarily have high elec…
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(a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (A) Advanced clean vehicles and fue…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Charging sta…
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(a) By July 30, 2018, in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation, Public Utilities …
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(a) The commission shall consider, in an existing proceeding, all of the following: (1) Facilitating…
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(a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (A) State policy incentivizes and e…
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(a) The purpose of this section is to require the commission to review, modify, if appropriate, and …
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(a) The purpose of this section is to change the commission practice of authorizing the electrical d…
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(a) (1) The commission, the Energy Commission, and the State Air Resources Board shall require that …
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(a) Each electrical corporation, as part of its distribution planning process, shall consider the fl…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “utility” means an electrical corporation or a gas corporation. (b…
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(a) Every owner or operator of telephones available for public use, other than a telephone corporati…
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Every nonpublic utility provider of telephone services, including, but not limited to, a hotel, mote…
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(a) No nonpublic utility provider of telephone services, including, but not limited to, a hotel, mot…
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The commission shall, by rule or order, adopt and enforce operating requirements applicable to opera…
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(a) The commission shall, by rule or order, adopt and enforce operating requirements for telephones …
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(a) The commission shall, by rule or order, adopt and enforce operating requirements for every corpo…
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The commission shall, by rule or order, adopt and enforce an operating requirement for coin-activate…
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(a) No telephone corporation which operates within a service area shall provide billing and collecti…
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(a) As used in this section, “steel producer” means a producer of steel products in California which…
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(a) Beginning January 15, 2002, and at least once monthly thereafter, an electrical corporation shal…
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(a) As used in this section, “agricultural producer” means any person or corporation whose principal…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Public Utilities Commission shall, as soon as is…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “time-variant pricing” includes time-of-use rates, critical peak p…
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The commission shall determine the appropriate ratemaking treatment for incentive compensation paid …
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission reduce rates for electricity and natural gas…
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Except for Golden State Energy, an electrical corporation or gas corporation shall not recover, thro…
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(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), an electrical corporation or gas corporation shall not r…
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(a) For purposes of this section, all of the following definitions apply: (1) “Above-the-line accoun…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (c), (d), and (e), the commission shall require revenues,…
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(a) A local publicly owned electric utility that receives an allowance allocation in addition to the…
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Beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2019, and ending with the fiscal year ending June …
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Public utilities shall develop programs in cooperation with local school districts in reducing their…
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(a) For the purposes of this section, “public school” means a public school, including a charter sch…
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The commission shall develop formal procedures to consider safety in a rate case application by an e…
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(a) This section applies only to those public utilities over which the commission exercises its auth…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that: (1) An electrical, gas, or water corporation that offe…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 755, the commission shall allow a water corporation with 10,000 or more …
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(a) The commission shall allow an electrical corporation to recover in rates amounts assessed to the…
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Whenever the commission, after a hearing, finds that the rules, practices, equipment, appliances, fa…
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 216 and subdivision (c) of Section 218.5, the commiss…
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(a) Where the commission determines that it would be cost-effective, the commission shall authorize …
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Whenever the commission, after a hearing, finds that additions, extensions, repairs, or improvements…
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The commission, as a basis for making any order pursuant to the provisions of Section 762 relating t…
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(a) Whenever the commission, after a hearing, finds that any railroad corporation or street railroad…
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(a) An electrical corporation that has a contract for private fire safety and prevention, mitigation…
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(a) A fire protection district may require an electrical corporation or local publicly owned electri…
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(a) When the federal National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) submits a safety recommendation let…
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(a) The purpose of this section is to provide that the commission takes all appropriate action neces…
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Federal funds available to the commission for rail safety inspection and enforcement purposes shall …
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Whenever the commission, after a hearing finds that a physical connection can reasonably be made bet…
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The commission shall investigate the practices of every telephone corporation in billing its subscri…
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Whenever the commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint of a public utili…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Public utility” includes any person, firm, or corporation, except …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Legislature has encouraged, and…
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The commission may, after a hearing, require every public utility to construct, maintain, and operat…
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The commission may, after a hearing, by general or special orders, rules, or otherwise, require ever…
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(a) The commission shall establish standards for disaster and emergency preparedness plans within an…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “distributed resources” means distributed renewable generation res…
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(a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1720 of the Labor Code, construction…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Community choice aggregator”…
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(a) The commission may establish an expedited distribution grid interconnection dispute resolution p…
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The commission may after hearing: (a) Ascertain and fix just and reasonable standards, classificatio…
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The commissioners and their officers and employees may enter upon any premises occupied by any publi…
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Any consumer or user of any product, commodity, or service of a public utility may have any applianc…
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Section 4200 of the Government Code shall not apply to a public utility under the jurisdiction of th…
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No water corporation which has undertaken to provide fire protection service, nor any employee of su…
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Whenever an electric or gas corporation sells fuel oil which is, or is reasonably expected to be, us…
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(a) The commission shall, upon making the determination pursuant to subdivision (c), develop and imp…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “telecommunications service” has the same meaning as defined in Se…
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(a) In preparation for receiving notifications regarding the deenergization of electrical lines purs…
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(a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant relationship between the residential occupant…
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(a) If an electrical, gas, heat, or water corporation furnishes residential service to residential o…
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The commission shall adopt rules and regulations, which shall become effective on July 1, 1977, rela…
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(a) No electrical, gas, heat, or water corporation may terminate residential service for nonpayment …
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(a) Every electrical, gas, heat, or water corporation shall allow every residential customer at leas…
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(a) No electrical, gas, heat, telephone, or water corporation may terminate residential service for …
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(a) A gas or electrical corporation shall not disconnect service for nonpayment by a residential cus…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “energy utility” means an electrical corporation, a gas corporatio…
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The decision of an electrical, gas, heat, telephone, or water corporation to require a new residenti…
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(a) An electrical or gas corporation shall restore service to a residential customer whose service w…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2025, the commission shall, in a new or existing proceeding, determine whet…
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No electrical, gas, heat, or water corporation shall, by reason of delinquency in the payment of its…
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The commission shall require every residential unit in an apartment house or similar multiunit resid…
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(a) (1) Each water corporation with 500 or more service connections that is not subject to the requi…
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The commission may require a water corporation that furnishes potable water for residential, commerc…
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In order to encourage the development of geothermal resources in the State of California, the commis…
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(a) The commission shall continue to enforce the rules governing the extension of service by gas and…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Disadvantage…
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For each gas corporation, the commission shall adopt pipeline access rules that ensure that each gas…
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(a) The Legislature requests that the California Council on Science and Technology undertake and com…
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Before the exhaustion of the funds made available pursuant to the monetary incentive program for bio…
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To the extent consistent with federal law and regulation and contractual obligations regarding other…
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(a) The commission shall require, after a hearing, every gas corporation to revise its transportatio…
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The commission shall investigate, as part of the rate proceeding for any gas corporation, impediment…
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(a) The commission shall require every gas corporation to adopt and pursue purchasing and procuremen…
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(a) No gas corporation shall charge, directly or indirectly, a higher rate for the transportation of…
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(a) On or before March 1, 1984, and annually thereafter, every telephone corporation operating withi…
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(a) Any public utility, or its contractor, to whom an excavation permit has been issued by any local…
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(a) This section applies only to a telephone corporation that is a provider of local exchange servic…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Water Utility Infrastructure Improvement Act of …
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Water corporations currently are faced …
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(a) Whenever a water corporation sells any real property that was at any time, but is no longer, nec…
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In any proceeding pending after January 1, 1996, the commission shall apply this article in its cons…
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Each public utility shall have an office in a county of this State in which its property or some por…
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The commission may establish a system of accounts to be kept by the public utilities subject to its …
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(a) Whenever the commission authorizes any change in rates reflecting and passing through to custome…
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The system of accounts and the forms of accounts, records, and memoranda prescribed by the commissio…
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The commission may, after notice, and hearing if requested within 15 days after receipt of notice, p…
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The commission may, after hearing if requested, require any or all public utilities to carry a prope…
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(a) The commission shall disallow, for purposes of setting the rates to be charged by any electrical…
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The commission shall periodically audit, or direct that an independent audit be periodically conduct…
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(a) Whenever the commission finds and determines that any water corporation with more than 2,000 ser…
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(a) With respect to all taxes enacted by any local jurisdiction, including any city, county, or city…
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The power of public utilities to issue stocks and stock certificates or other evidence of interest o…
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Nothing in this article or in Article 6 (commencing with Section 851) requires a common carrier by r…
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A public utility may issue stocks and stock certificates or other evidence of interest or ownership,…
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No public utility may issue stocks and stock certificates, or other evidence of interest or ownershi…
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To enable it to determine whether it will issue the order, the commission may hold a hearing and may…
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The commission shall have no power to authorize the capitalization of the right to be a corporation,…
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Subject to the provisions of this article, any public utility may issue bonds, or other interest bea…
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Pursuant to this part the commission may, upon an application for an order to issue stocks, bonds, d…
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(a) No public utility shall, without the consent of the commission, apply any part of the issue of a…
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The commission may require public utilities to account for the disposition of the proceeds of all sa…
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All stock and every stock certificate or other evidence of interest or ownership, and every bond, no…
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Every public utility which, directly or indirectly issues or causes to be issued, any stock or stock…
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Every officer, agent, or employee of a public utility, and every other person is guilty of a felony …
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No provision of this part, and no act done or performed under or in connection therewith, shall obli…
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(a) This article shall not apply to any person or corporation which transacts no business subject to…
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No public utility shall assume any obligation or liability as guarantor, endorser, surety, or otherw…
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For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Bank” …
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(a) An electrical corporation shall, by June 1, 1997, and may from time to time thereafter apply to …
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(a) Financing entities may issue rate reduction bonds upon approval by the commission in the pertine…
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(a) A security interest in transition property is valid, is enforceable against the pledgor and thir…
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(a) A transfer of transition property by an electrical corporation to an affiliate or to a financing…
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Any successor to the electrical corporation, whether pursuant to any bankruptcy, reorganization, or …
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The authority of the commission to issue financing orders pursuant to Section 841 shall expire on Ju…
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 841, for any electrical corporation that ended its ra…
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Regulations adopted to implement this article shall not be subject to the Administrative Procedure A…
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For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Consum…
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(a) No later than 120 days after the effective date of this article, and from time to time thereafte…
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(a) The financing entity may issue recovery bonds upon approval by the commission in the pertinent f…
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(a) A security interest in recovery property is valid, is enforceable against the pledgor and third …
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(a) A transfer of recovery property by the recovery corporation to an affiliate or to a financing en…
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Any successor to the recovery corporation, whether pursuant to any bankruptcy, reorganization, or ot…
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The authority of the commission to issue financing orders pursuant to Section 848.1 shall expire on …
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Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 848.1, the commission shall credit ratepayers, in a manne…
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Notwithstanding any other law, regulations adopted to implement this article are not subject to the …
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Ancillary agreement” means…
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(a) (1) The commission may issue financing orders in accordance with this article to facilitate the …
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(a) A qualifying water utility for which a financing order has been issued shall cause the proceeds …
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(a) Financing entities may issue water rate relief bonds upon approval by the commission in the fina…
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(a) A security interest in water supply property is valid, is enforceable against the pledgor and th…
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(a) A sale, assignment, or transfer of water supply property by a qualifying water utility to an aff…
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A successor to the qualified water utility, whether pursuant to bankruptcy, reorganization, or other…
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(a) This article applies in any of the following circumstances: (1) If an electrical corporation app…
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(a) If an electrical corporation files for recovery of recovery costs and the commission finds some …
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(a) The financing entity may issue recovery bonds upon approval by the commission in a financing ord…
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(a) A security interest in recovery property is valid, is enforceable against the pledgor and third …
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(a) A transfer of recovery property by the electrical corporation to an affiliate or to a financing …
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Any successor to the electrical corporation, whether pursuant to any bankruptcy, reorganization, or …
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The authority of the commission to issue financing orders pursuant to Section 850.1 shall expire on …
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 850.1, if, subsequent to the issuance of a financing …
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This article shall not affect any civil action or proceeding.
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a public utility, other than a common carrier by railroad…
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No public utility, and no subsidiary or affiliate of, or corporation holding a controlling interest …
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(a) This article does not apply to any person or corporation which transacts no business subject to …
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For a water or sewer system corporation or an entity merging with or acquiring control of a water or…
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(a) A person or corporation, whether or not organized under the laws of this state, shall not direct…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California’s electric and gas utili…
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(a) For purposes of this section, a “nonstate entity” means a company, corporation, partnership, fir…
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Every officer, agent, or employee of a public utility, or of a subsidiary or affiliate of, or a corp…
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(a) A public utility that owns real property acquired for purposes of obtaining a utility right-of-w…
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(a) As used in this section, “special law water district” means the Santa Clara Valley Water Distric…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Moore Universal Telephone Service Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The offering of high-quality basic tele…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Moore Universal Telephone Service A…
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(a) The commission shall annually do all of the following: (1) Designate a class of lifeline service…
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The lifeline telephone service rates and charges shall be as follows: (a) In a residential subscribe…
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(a) In addition to Section 874, every lifeline telephone service subscriber shall be given an allowa…
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The commission shall require every telephone corporation providing telephone service within a servic…
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(a) The commission, its staff, the lifeline program’s third-party administrator, and lifeline servic…
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Nothing in this article precludes the commission from changing any rate established pursuant to Sect…
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(a) A lifeline telephone service subscriber shall be provided with one lifeline subscription, as def…
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The commission shall adopt a portability freeze rule for the lifeline program by January 15, 2017. T…
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(a) (1) Before March 1, 2022, the commission shall, as part of an existing proceeding, adopt updated…
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(a) The commission shall, at least annually, initiate a proceeding to set rates for lifeline telepho…
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Notwithstanding Section 879, the commission shall issue its initial order adopting required rates an…
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The commission may determine any question of fact in its administration of this article.
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(a) The Public Utilities Commission shall, as soon as practicable, open a proceeding or proceedings …
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(a) The commission shall, on or before February 1, 2001, issue an order initiating an investigation …
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that any program administered by the commission that address…
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The commission may require each internet service provider, as defined in Section 3100 of the Civil C…
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(a) This section shall apply to all customers eligible to receive discounts for telecommunications s…
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(a) Any entity offering the services of telephone prepaid debit cards is subject to the registration…
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Entities that are required to register, but have failed to do so, or entities that are denied regist…
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The commission may enforce the standards and requirements of Section 17538.9 of the Business and Pro…
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(a) On and after January 1, 2001, there shall be imposed a surcharge on all natural gas consumed in …
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(a) “Gas utility” means any public utility gas corporation or interstate pipeline as defined in this…
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The revenue from the surcharge imposed pursuant to this article and collected by a public utility ga…
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The surcharges imposed by this part and the amounts thereof required to be collected by public utili…
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On or before the last day of the month following each calendar quarter, a return for the preceding q…
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The State Board of Equalization shall administer the surcharge imposed pursuant to this article in a…
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The State Board of Equalization may collect any unpaid surcharge imposed pursuant to this article.
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Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the Gas Consumption Surcharge Fund a…
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“Consumption” means the use or employment of natural gas. Consumption does not include the use or em…
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Nothing in this article impairs the rights and obligations of parties to contracts approved by the c…
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Notwithstanding Section 890, a municipality, district, or public agency that offers in published tar…
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Sections 890 and 892 do not apply to any gas customer of a municipality, district, or public agency …
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The commission shall determine the most efficient and cost-effective way to provide programs pursuan…
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(a) The commission shall develop, publish, and annually update a report that contains all of the fol…
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(a) The commission shall annually submit a report to the Legislature on the commission’s timeliness …
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(a) The commission shall report to the Legislature the collections from each class of utility and ex…
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(a) (1) The commission shall provide a report to the Legislature on September 1 of each year, on the…
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By February 1 of each year, the commission shall report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee an…
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(a) The commission shall submit a report by April 1 of each year to the Legislature on residential a…
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The commission shall annually submit a report to the Legislature on the commission’s advocacy effort…
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The commission shall annually provide the Legislature with an update on the status of its review of …
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(a) On or before June 30, 2023, the Low-Income Oversight Board established pursuant to Section 382.1…
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(a) Beginning February 1, 2016, the commission shall annually publish a report that includes all inv…
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An action taken by the commission on a safety recommendation letter or advisory bulletin concerning …
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The commission shall report the findings of any risk assessment required by Section 1103 to the Legi…
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A summary of the audits conducted by the commission pursuant to Section 314.5 shall be provided annu…
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The Public Utilities Commission shall conduct an audit of the expenditures of the funds received pur…
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On or before April 1, 2023, and biennially thereafter, the commission shall conduct a fiscal and per…
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Immediately upon completion of an audit of any entity or program created by any order, decision, mot…
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(a) The reporting requirements of this section apply to electrical corporations with at least 1,000,…
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(a) The commission, by May 1, 2010, and by each May 1 thereafter, shall prepare and submit a written…
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In addition to the information required to be submitted pursuant to Section 913, for each large elec…
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 454.5 and Section 583, no later than May 1 of each ye…
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In order to evaluate the progress of the state’s electrical corporations in complying with the Calif…
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(a) (1) Before July 1, 2022, and every three years thereafter, the commission shall submit a report …
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(a) On or before February 1, 2023, and biennially thereafter, the commission, in consultation with t…
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On or before July 30, 2020, and by July 30 of every third year thereafter through 2029, the commissi…
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On or before December 31, 2018, and biennially thereafter, the commission shall, in its annual repor…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2025, the commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, the Calif…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the commission, Energy Commission, and S…
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On or before December 1, 2024, and biennially thereafter, the commission, in consultation with Calif…
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The commission shall annually publish on its internet website and submit to the Legislature a report…
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(a) For purposes of this section, both of the following definitions apply: (1) “Large electrical cor…
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(a) Within 24 months of establishing a community renewable energy program pursuant to Section 769.3,…
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Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before December 1, 2023, and annually …
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Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, in coordination with the Energy Commission, …
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Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the commission shall annually submit a repor…
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(a) The commission may assess the extent to which electrical corporation costs associated with new l…
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The commission shall annually report the information required to be reported by public utilities pur…
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The commission shall annually report to the Legislature, in a document that can be made public, info…
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The commission, in its annual report prepared pursuant to Section 914.1, shall assess whether having…
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By December 31 of each year, the commission shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature a repor…
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The commission shall annually report the information required to be reported by holders of state fra…
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The commission shall report to the Legislature and the Governor annually on the effectiveness of the…
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By April 1, 2019, and by April 1 of each year thereafter, the commission shall provide to the Legisl…
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On or before November 30 of each year, the commission shall report to the Legislature on its rail sa…
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The commission shall annually report the results of its investigation pursuant to subdivision (d) of…
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The commission shall annually report to the Legislature, on or before July 1, on sites on railroad l…
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(a) The commission shall annually report to the Legislature on or before November 30 of each year on…
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An action taken by the commission on a safety recommendation letter or safety advisory pursuant to S…
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By January 1 of each year, the commission shall submit to the Legislature a detailed budget for the …
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The commission shall, within 30 days prior to commencement of the regular session of the Legislature…
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The commission and the Department of Insurance shall collaborate on a study of transportation networ…
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(a) The commission and the Department of Insurance shall collaborate on a study of the impacts of th…
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(a) (1) Unless expressly directed otherwise, a report to be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to…
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Disadvantaged community” means a…
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(a) (1) The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, shall develop and supervise the …
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(a) (1) The commission shall develop and supervise the administration of the Technology and Equipmen…
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This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Powering Up Californians Act.
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Electrification” means any new, …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) It is the policy of the state to re…
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It is the policy of the state that each electrical corporation does all of the following: (a) Upgrad…
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(a) The commission shall determine the criteria for timely service for electric customers to be ener…
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(a) On or before September 30, 2024, the commission shall do both of the following: (1) Establish re…
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(a) As part of each annual report, including any updates pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 934,…
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(a) In addition to the requirements of Section 740.21, the commission shall require an electrical co…
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(a) The commission shall ensure that each electrical corporation has sufficient and timely recovery …
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(a) The commission shall require an electrical corporation that requests the use of a ratemaking mec…
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This article shall not apply to an electrical cooperative, as defined in Section 2776.
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(a) The commission shall require each electrical corporation to retain an independent third-party au…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Commission-regul…
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This chapter shall not apply to gas pipeline facilities owned and operated by a local publicly owned…
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(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011. (b)…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Gas pipeline…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2012, the commission shall open an appropriate proceeding or expand the sco…
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Owners and operators of intrastate transmission and distribution lines, at least once each calendar …
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(a) (1) Unless the commission determines that it is prohibited from doing so by subdivision (c) of S…
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(a) Each gas corporation shall prepare and submit to the commission a proposed comprehensive pressur…
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(a) Twice a year, or as determined by the commission, each gas corporation shall file with the divis…
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Each gas corporation shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commission, in its general rate ca…
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(a) When the federal National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) submits a safety recommendation let…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “gas corporation workforce” means the employees of a gas corporati…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “After-meter …
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In any ratemaking proceeding in which the commission authorizes a gas corporation to recover expense…
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(a) The commission shall perform an analysis of benchmark data and adopt safety performance metrics …
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(a) A penalty assessed against a gas corporation pursuant to this part in regards to a natural gas s…
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(a) For purposes of this chapter, “commission-regulated gas pipeline facility” has the same meaning …
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In order to achieve transparency and accountability for rate revenues and best value for ratepayers,…
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Except as expressly so provided, this article does not expand or in any manner alter the commission’…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms mean the following: (a) “Core gas customer” has the sam…
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(a) A core transport agent shall register with the commission within 90 days after the commission ha…
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(a) The registration shall be deemed approved and a registration number issued no later than 45 days…
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(a) The commission shall accept, compile, and attempt to informally resolve consumer complaints rega…
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(a) (1) The commission may enforce Sections 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2107, 2108, and 2114 against a c…
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If a customer files a claim with a gas corporation for damages to property resulting from the curtai…
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In order to carry out essential elements of a sustainable and effective consumer protection program …
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(a) The commission shall compile and regularly update the following information: names and contact n…
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Rules that implement the following minimum standards shall be adopted by the commission for core tra…
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(a) Except for a gas corporation, or a local publicly owned gas utility offering gas service to core…
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(a) The commission shall maintain a list of core gas customers who do not wish to be solicited by te…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, requirements placed on a core transport agent s…
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Unclaimed refunds ordered by the commission, and any accrued interest, may be used by the commission…
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(a) In addition to any other right to revoke an offer, core gas customers of gas service, have the r…
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(a) A consumer damaged by a violation of this chapter by a core transport agent is entitled to recov…
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(a) A railroad corporation whose railroad is operated primarily by electricity, street railroad corp…
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In a proceeding evaluating the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a p…
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(a) The commission shall exempt the construction of any line, plant, or system, or extension thereof…
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(a) The commission, as a basis for granting any certificate pursuant to Section 1001 shall give cons…
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(a) The commission may, by resolution, adopt successor guidelines to the commission’s Guidelines for…
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In issuing a certificate of convenience and necessity for additional natural gas pipeline capacity p…
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Every electrical and every gas corporation submitting an application to the commission for a certifi…
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Every electrical and gas corporation submitting an application to the commission for a certificate a…
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Before any certificate may issue, under this article, a certified copy of its articles of incorporat…
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(a) The commission may, with or without hearing, issue the certificate as prayed for, or refuse to i…
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(a) The commission shall issue a decision on an application for a certificate within 18 months of th…
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(a) Whenever the commission issues to an electrical or gas corporation a certificate authorizing the…
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When a complaint has been filed with the commission alleging that a public utility of the class spec…
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The commission may, after notice and hearing, prior to authorizing any water or sewer system corpora…
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No corporation or person shall begin to operate or cause to be operated any vessel for the transport…
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The commission, in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred upon it by the Constitution of the sta…
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Any municipal corporation or port district operating or maintaining a port may apply to the commissi…
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Any right, privilege, franchise, or permit held, owned or obtained by any person or corporation for …
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The provisions of this article are enacted under the State’s reserved power over public utilities or…
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(a) The commission may by rule or order, partially or completely exempt certain telecommunications s…
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(a) No passenger stage corporation shall operate or cause to be operated any passenger stage over an…
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The commission shall not issue or authorize the transfer of any certificate under this article to an…
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(a) Every applicant for a certificate or transfer of a certificate shall file in the office of the c…
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(a) The commission shall not issue or transfer a certificate of public convenience and necessity pur…
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The commission shall issue a certificate pursuant to this article to every passenger stage corporati…
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The commission, in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred upon it by the Constitution of this St…
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(a) The commission may, at any time for good cause, suspend an operating right acquired by virtue of…
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(a) Upon receipt of a written recommendation from the Department of the California Highway Patrol th…
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(a) Upon receipt of a stop order issued by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Section …
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When a complaint has been filed with the commission alleging that any passenger stage is being opera…
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Every corporation or person who knowingly and willfully issues, publishes, or affixes, or causes or …
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Whether or not any stage, auto stage, or other motor vehicle is being, or is proposed to be operated…
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(a) Each application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity made under this article s…
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Every passenger stage corporation which violates any provision of this article, or aids or abets, or…
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The interior of every passenger stage operated for hire in this State shall be maintained in a clean…
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A passenger stage corporation shall not operate any motor vehicle on a public highway unless there i…
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In every written or oral advertisement of the service it offers, every passenger stage corporation s…
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The commission shall, in issuing a certificate pursuant to this article, require the passenger stage…
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It is unlawful for the owner of a passenger stage employing or otherwise directing the driver of the…
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(a) Every passenger stage corporation shall furnish the commission annually with a list, prepared un…
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Not later than January 1, 2015, the commission shall provide the Department of the California Highwa…
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Every passenger stage corporation earning over three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) in an…
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When the executive director of the commission determines that any passenger stage corporation, or an…
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After the cancellation or revocation of a certificate, or during the period of its suspension, it is…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Bus” means a…
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In addition to the requirements of Article 1 (commencing with Section 1001) and any other provision …
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Whenever application is made to the commission for certification of an electric or gas plant, line, …
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(a) The construction project board of consultants shall consist of eminently qualified and highly ex…
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The members of the construction project board of consultants shall receive fees and expenses from th…
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The corporation shall provide the construction project board of consultants with all information the…
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The construction project board of consultants shall evaluate the design, construction, project manag…
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(a) For purposes of assisting the construction project board of consultants in monitoring project co…
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Throughout the design and construction process, the corporation shall submit quarterly progress repo…
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Upon completion of the project and commencement of operations, the construction project board of con…
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The commission and the corporation shall give full consideration to all reports, findings, and recom…
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No provision of this article shall be construed to relieve an electrical or gas corporation of any r…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, and in addition to the requirements of Arti…
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(a) If a new underground gas storage facility is proposed, the commission shall ensure that a risk a…
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No public road, highway, or street shall be constructed across the track of any railroad corporation…
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The commission, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, shall adopt rules and regulat…
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An application for a railroad crossing submitted pursuant to Sections 1201 to 1205, inclusive, shall…
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The commission has the exclusive power: (a) To determine and prescribe the manner, including the par…
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In any proceeding under Section 1202, where the application to the commission states that the partie…
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In apportioning the cost of maintenance of automatic grade-crossing protection constructed or altere…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any proceeding under Section 1202, in the ca…
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If a city or county develops and adopts, by resolution upon a majority vote of the city council or t…
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In prescribing the proportions in which the expense of construction, reconstruction, alteration, or …
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(a) To the extent permitted by federal law or regulation, the commission shall develop and implement…
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Any municipal corporation, transit district, rapid transit district, or other public entity which pr…
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Whenever existing automatic grade-crossing safety signal equipment that was installed within the pre…
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Each corporation and political subdivision to which any of the expense is apportioned shall pay from…
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If the legislative body of the political subdivision determines that special benefits will accrue fr…
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If any order of the commission provides for the payment of a portion of the cost of any such grade s…
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(a) The commission, upon initiating a ratesetting proceeding, shall determine whether the proceeding…
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The commission may fix the just compensation to be paid for property or any interest in or to proper…
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Proceedings under Section 1206 may be commenced by order on the commission’s own motion or by a peti…
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Upon the filing of the petition or the making of the order on the commission’s own motion, the commi…
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Personal service shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure or b…
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If any owner or claimant named in the petition or order on the commission’s own motion resides out o…
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Within 10 days prior to the time set for the first hearing on the petition or order on the commissio…
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The commission at any time subsequent to the filing of the petition, and prior to making and filing …
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At the time and place specified in the order to show cause, or at such other time and place as, for …
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The commission shall also make its order designating the party or parties to the proceeding who shal…
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When the just compensation has been paid in accordance with the commission’s order, the commission s…
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(a) The finding of the commission on the question of the necessity for the taking and the finding fi…
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The procedure provided in this chapter shall be alternative and cumulative and not exclusive to the …
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Nothing in this chapter shall entitle any owner or claimant of property and interest in or to proper…
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The Legislature declares that Sections 1201 to 1205, inclusive, are enacted as germane and cognate p…
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The Legislature declares that Sections 1206 to 1218, inclusive, are enacted as a germane and cognate…
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The commission shall allocate and expend any money which may be appropriated, from the State Highway…
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In each annual proposed budget prepared by the Department of Transportation under Section 165 of the…
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At the time the commission makes each allocation under this chapter, it shall so certify to the Stat…
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The commission may ascertain for each purpose specified in this part, the value of the property of e…
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For the purpose of ascertaining the matters and things specified in Section 1351, the commission may…
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(a) The commission may make and file its written findings of fact upon matters concerning which evid…
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The commission may, from time to time, cause further hearings and investigations to be had for the p…
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As used in this chapter, “lands, property, and rights” includes a part or portion thereof.
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As used in this chapter, “political subdivision” means a county, city and county, city, municipal wa…
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Any political subdivision may, at any time, file with the commission either a petition of the first …
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Each such petition shall contain the name of the political subdivision appearing as petitioner there…
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Upon the filing of the petition the commission shall make its order to show cause. The order shall s…
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With respect to water corporations and water companies, the following procedures shall apply: (a) Up…
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Service of the order to show cause shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Ci…
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If any owner or claimant named in the petition resides out of the State or has departed from the Sta…
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Within 10 days prior to the time set for the first hearing on the petition, which time shall be not …
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At the time and place specified in the order to show cause, or at such other time and place as, for …
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The commission may, at any time subsequent to the filing of the petition, and prior to making and fi…
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When the proceeding has been submitted, the commission shall make and file its written finding fixin…
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Within 20 days after the commission has made and filed its finding, the owner of the lands, property…
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In the case of a petition of the first class, if the owner does not file the stipulation within such…
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If the political subdivision, in a petition of the first class, fails to file such action in a court…
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If the commission determines that the political subdivision, in case of a petition of the first clas…
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The finding of the commission fixing the just compensation to be paid by the political subdivision f…
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At any time within 30 days subsequent to the entry of such judgment, the owner of the lands, propert…
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After a hearing, the commission shall make and file its finding fixing, as of the date on which the …
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The commission shall thereupon transmit to the court its finding, certified under the seal of the co…
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(a) The provisions of this part with reference to rehearing and review shall be applicable to the fi…
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The procedure provided in this chapter shall be alternative and cumulative and not exclusive, and th…
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The Legislature recognizes the substantial obligation undertaken by a privately owned public utility…
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(a) As used in this chapter, “political subdivision” means a county, city and county, city, municipa…
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The Legislature finds and declares that whenever a political subdivision constructs facilities to pr…
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Just compensation for the property so taken for public purposes shall be as may be mutually agreed b…
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The provisions of Sections 1503 and 1504 will be applicable to any private utility which constructs …
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The provisions of Sections 1503 and 1504 will be applicable to any political subdivision which const…
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(a) As used in this chapter, “private utility” includes a mutual water company. In its application t…
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This chapter shall not be applicable if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The use is limi…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The School Energy Efficiency Stimulus P…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Local educationa…
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By no later than February 1, 2021, the utilities shall file a joint advice letter pursuant to Sectio…
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Each utility shall work with the Energy Commission to ensure the SRVEVR Program and SNPFA Program ar…
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Not less than 25 percent of projects funded by the SRVEVR Program or SNPFA Program shall be in under…
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The SRVEVR Program and the SNPFA Program shall be considered a third-party program for compliance wi…
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(a) The Energy Commission, in collaboration with each utility, shall adopt guidelines and regulation…
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(a) (1) The commission shall require each utility to fund the School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Prog…
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Moneys for the School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program for each program year shall be allocated as…
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The School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program advances the public interest in maximizing cost-effect…
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Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and energy savings attributed to a project funded by the Scho…
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Certified TAB Technician” means …
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(a) The Energy Commission, in collaboration with each utility, shall develop and administer the Scho…
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As conditions for receiving a grant pursuant to this article, a local educational agency shall compl…
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(a) (1) The local educational agency receiving a grant shall install filtration with a minimum effic…
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If installed HVAC systems or system components are broken, fail to meet minimum ventilation requirem…
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(a) To ensure proper ventilation is maintained throughout the school year, all classrooms shall be e…
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A qualified testing personnel or qualified adjusting personnel shall prepare an assessment report fo…
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(a) Upon completion of all work funded by a grant pursuant to this article, the local educational ag…
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For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Noncompliant app…
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The Energy Commission, in collaboration with each utility, shall develop and administer the School N…
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On or before April 1, 2021, the Energy Commission shall issue a notice to local educational agencies…
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(a) The Energy Commission shall award a grant pursuant to this article if an applicant submits docum…
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This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
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(a) All hearings, investigations, and proceedings shall be governed by this part and by rules of pra…
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(a) The commission shall determine whether each proceeding is a quasi-legislative, an adjudication, …
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(a) This section shall apply to adjudication cases only. (b) If the commissioner assigned pursuant t…
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(a) Except as specified in subdivision (h), this section shall apply only to ratesetting cases, exce…
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(a) This section shall apply only to quasi-legislative cases, except, if the commissioner assigned p…
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(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), in a ratesetting or quasi-legislative case, the commissi…
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(a) In addition to any penalty, fine, or other punishment applicable pursuant to Chapter 11 (commenc…
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(a) The Attorney General may bring an enforcement action in superior court against a decisionmaker o…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Covered wildfire” means any …
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The following provisions apply during the pendency of a commission proceeding, except these provisio…
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Complaint may be made by the commission of its own motion or by any corporation or person, chamber o…
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(a) The commission shall entertain complaints against any electrical, gas, water, heat, or telephone…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any funds entrusted to the commission by any person or co…
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(a) The commission shall, in an existing or new proceeding, develop and implement a safety enforceme…
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All matters upon which complaint may be founded may be joined in one hearing, and no motion shall be…
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Upon the filing of a complaint, the commission shall cause a copy thereof to be served upon the corp…
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At the time fixed for any hearing before the commission or a commissioner, or the time to which the …
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A complete record of all proceedings and testimony before the commission or any commissioner on any …
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Any public utility may complain on any of the grounds upon which complaints are allowed to be filed …
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The commission may at any time, upon notice to the parties, and with opportunity to be heard as prov…
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(a) The commission shall permit interested persons to petition the commission to adopt, amend, or re…
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In all collateral actions or proceedings, the orders and decisions of the commission which have beco…
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No documents or records of a public utility or person or corporation which purport to be statements …
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(a) Where feasible and appropriate, except for adjudication cases, before determining the scope of t…
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(a) The commission shall set an effective date when issuing an order or decision. The commission may…
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The application for a rehearing shall set forth specifically the ground or grounds on which the appl…
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(a) Any application for a rehearing made 10 days or more before the effective date of the order as t…
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If any application for a rehearing is granted without a suspension of the order involved, the commis…
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An application for rehearing shall not excuse any corporation or person from complying with and obey…
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If, after such rehearing and a consideration of all the facts, including those arising since the mak…
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(a) Within 30 days after the commission issues its decision denying the application for a rehearing,…
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In any proceeding reviewing an order or decision of the commission in the Supreme Court or court of …
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(a) No new or additional evidence shall be introduced upon review by the court. In a complaint or en…
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(a) In any proceeding other than a proceeding subject to the standard of review under Section 1757, …
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(a) The commission and each party to the action or proceeding before the commission may appear in th…
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(a) No court of this state, except the Supreme Court and the court of appeal, to the extent specifie…
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Notwithstanding Sections 1757 and 1757.1, in any proceeding wherein the validity of any order or dec…
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(a) Any stay or suspension of an order or decision of the commission shall be granted only in accord…
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(a) Except as provided in this section, no order staying or suspending an order or decision of the c…
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(a) No temporary stay shall be granted by the Supreme Court or court of appeal unless it clearly app…
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In case the order or decision of the commission is stayed or a temporary stay granted, the order of …
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(a) Under no circumstance shall the Supreme Court or court of appeal stay or suspend any order or de…
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All actions and proceedings under this part and all actions or proceedings to which the commission o…
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The following procedures shall apply to judicial review of an order or decision of the commission in…
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The following procedures shall apply to the judicial review of an order or decision of the commissio…
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Each witness who appears by order of the commission or a commissioner shall receive for his attendan…
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In case of the refusal of any witness to attend or testify or produce any papers required by a subpe…
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Upon the filing of the petition the court shall enter an order directing the witness to appear befor…
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The commission or any commissioner or any party may, in any investigation or hearing before the comm…
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No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any book, waybill, document, paper, or …
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The purpose of this article is to provide compensation for reasonable advocate’s fees, reasonable ex…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that: (a) The provisions of this article shall apply to all form…
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As used in this article: (a) “Compensation” means payment for all or part, as determined by the comm…
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A representative of a group representing the interests of small commercial customers who receive bun…
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An eligible local government entity is eligible for an award of compensation pursuant to this articl…
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Participation by a customer that materially supplements, complements, or contributes to the presenta…
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The commission shall award reasonable advocate’s fees, reasonable expert witness fees, and other rea…
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The commission shall adopt a policy to allow reasonable advocate’s fees, reasonable expert witness f…
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(a) (1) A customer who, or eligible local government entity that, intends to seek an award under thi…
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The computation of compensation awarded pursuant to Section 1804 shall take into consideration the m…
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(a) An award made under this article shall be paid by the public utility that is the subject of the …
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The commission shall deny any award to any customer or eligible local government entity that attempt…
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A group or association that represents the interests of small agricultural customers in a proceeding…
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As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Computer model” means a computer prog…
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(a) Any computer model that is the basis for any testimony or exhibit in a hearing or proceeding bef…
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(a) If the commission determines in a proceeding that the appointment of a receiver is warranted pur…
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Whenever the commission determines, after notice and hearing, that any water or sewer system corpora…
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Copies of all official documents and orders filed or deposited according to law in the office of the…
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Every order, authorization, or certificate issued or approved by the commission under the following …
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The commission shall fix the fees to be charged for the making and furnishing of copies, including c…
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The commission shall also charge and collect the following fees: (a) Except as otherwise provided in…
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The commission shall also charge and collect a fee for a certificate authorizing an issue of stock, …
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(a) In every case in which an applicant’s security issues are subject to the jurisdiction of the Fed…
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No fees shall be charged or collected for copies of papers, records, or official documents, furnishe…
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Whenever the commission, after a hearing, finds that any common carrier, other than a railroad corpo…
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The commission shall see that the provisions of the Constitution and statutes of this State affectin…
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Whenever the commission is of the opinion that any public utility is failing or omitting or about to…
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Upon the filing of a petition pursuant to Section 2102, the court shall specify a time, not exceedin…
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(a) Except as provided by Sections 2100 and 2107.5, actions to recover penalties under this part sha…
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Any penalty for violation of any provision of this act, or of any rule, regulation, general order, o…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 2104, all moneys collected pursuant to any settlements, unless restricte…
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All penalties accruing under this part shall be cumulative, and a suit for the recovery of one penal…
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Any public utility that violates or fails to comply with any provision of the Constitution of this s…
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When the commission finds, after hearing, that any person or corporation has knowingly aided or abet…
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Every violation of the provisions of this part or of any part of any order, decision, decree, rule, …
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In construing and enforcing the provisions of this part relating to penalties, the act, omission, or…
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Every public utility and every officer, agent, or employee of any public utility, who violates or fa…
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Every corporation or person, other than a public utility and its officers, agents, or employees, whi…
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Every person who, either individually, or acting as an officer, agent, or employee of a corporation …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who willfully violates the provisions of Sect…
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Every public utility, corporation, or person which fails to comply with any part of any order, decis…
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Any public utility on whose behalf any agent or officer thereof who, having taken an oath that he wi…
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Whenever the commission determines that a railroad corporation has violated any order of the commiss…
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(a) Whenever a written notice to appear has been mailed to the owner of a passenger stage, an exact …
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Every passenger stage corporation and every officer, director, agent, or employee of a passenger sta…
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(a) The commission shall not distribute, expend, or encumber any moneys received by the commission a…
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Any person, firm, or corporation, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any co…
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Any corporation or association which is organized for the purpose of delivering water solely to its …
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Any corporation or association which is organized both for the purpose of delivering water to its st…
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Any owner of a water supply not otherwise dedicated to public use and primarily used for domestic or…
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Any corporation or association that is organized for the purposes of delivering water to its stockho…
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Any person or corporation, and their lessees, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court, that ma…
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(a) (1) A mobilehome park that provides water service only to its tenants from water supplies and fa…
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(a) Any person, firm, or corporation, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by an…
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For the purpose of determining the status of any person, firm, or corporation, their lessees, truste…
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Whenever the commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, finds that any w…
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The commission may require any water corporation to file with the commission a statement in writing …
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When it appears from (a) the statement required by Section 2709, (b) the articles of incorporation o…
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Section 2710 does not apply to territory or consumers which have once been served by the corporation…
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“Whether under contract or otherwise” as used in Section 2701 is not to be construed as authorizing …
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(a) No water corporation subject to the jurisdiction and control of the commission and the provision…
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No water corporation furnishing water for residential use to a tenant shall seek to recover any char…
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(a) A water corporation with more than 10,000 service connections shall maintain on its Internet Web…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Public Water System Investment and Consolidation…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Public water systems are faced with the…
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(a) The commission shall use the standard of fair market value when establishing the rate base value…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Consolidate”…
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The Consolidation For Safe Drinking Water Fund is hereby created. All moneys in the fund are availab…
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As used in this chapter, “mutual water company” means any private corporation or association organiz…
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As used in this chapter, “private irrigation plant” means a water system which is not operated by a …
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In order to increase the output of agricultural products in this State during the time the United St…
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The delivery of water pursuant to Section 2727 is subject to the following restrictions: (a) Until a…
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A mutual water company may exercise the power of eminent domain for water, water rights, canals, dit…
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The commission shall establish priorities among the types or categories of customers of every electr…
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In establishing the priorities pursuant to Section 2771, the commission shall include, but not be li…
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The commission may establish as many priorities of use for a customer as that customer has uses of g…
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Notwithstanding any rule, order, or decision of the commission to the contrary, industrial or commer…
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In the event any electrical or gas corporation experiences any shortage of capacity or capability in…
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(a) (1) The commission shall require an electrical corporation to include in an annual reliability r…
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An electrical corporation or local publicly owned electric utility shall immediately notify the Comm…
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The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, shall develop a program for residential …
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No electrical or gas corporation which reduces or discontinues service in accordance with any order …
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(a) If an electrical or gas corporation desires to manufacture, lease, sell, or otherwise own or con…
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Every request for the recovery in rates of any costs or liability incurred by a gas corporation and …
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(a) (1) If the commission determines that a moratorium on new natural gas service connections is nec…
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As used in this chapter, the term “electrical cooperative” means any private corporation or associat…
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The commission shall have no authority to establish rates or regulate the borrowing of money, the is…
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Except as otherwise specified in this chapter, every electrical cooperative is subject to Part 1 (co…
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As used in this chapter, the term “electric microutility” means any electrical corporation that is r…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission consider the legal, administrative, and …
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As used in this chapter, the term “electrical corporation” shall have the same meaning as prescribed…
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The commission shall permit any electrical or gas corporation to institute a home insulation assista…
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A home insulation assistance and financing program shall meet the requirements specified in Sections…
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A customer of a participating electrical or gas corporation who is the owner or mortgagor of real pr…
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Upon approval of an application, the corporation shall arrange for a licensed contractor to perform …
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An electrical or gas corporation shall provide for payment by a customer for whom home insulation ha…
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As an alternative to the provisions of Section 2786, an electrical or gas corporation may conclude f…
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The commission shall allow for purposes of setting the rates of any electrical or gas corporation pa…
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Notwithstanding any provision of this part, the commission may permit or require any electrical or g…
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(a) The commission shall require an electrical or gas corporation to perform home weatherization ser…
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(a) The owner of a master-metered mobilehome park or manufactured housing community that provides ga…
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(a) Upon receipt of a written notice of intent to transfer from the mobilehome park or manufactured …
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(a) Upon receipt from the park or community owner of a deposit representing the gas or electric corp…
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(a) A gas or electric system shall be considered acceptable for transfer if it is in compliance with…
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The park or community owner and the gas or electric corporation shall develop a cost for the transfe…
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(a) During the pendency of a transfer request, the owner of the park or community shall be responsib…
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The commission shall permit the gas or electric corporation to recover in its revenue requirement an…
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The commission shall adopt a standard form of agreement for transfer of gas and electric distributio…
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(a) The mobilehome park or manufactured housing community owner may, by written notice, stop the tra…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that in order to promote the more rapid development of new…
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“Private energy producer” includes every person, corporation, city, county, district, and public age…
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“Interconnection” means the facilities necessary to physically connect the energy source of and the …
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“Transmission service” means the intrastate transfer of electricity or natural gas by a public utili…
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“Conventional power source” means power derived from nuclear energy or the operation of a hydropower…
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“Fossil fuel” means a mixture of hydrocarbons including coal, petroleum, or natural gas, occurring i…
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“Standby charge” means a charge by an electrical corporation for providing standby generation, trans…
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In order to promote the more efficient use and distribution of natural gas or electric energy and el…
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Upon application of a private energy producer, and after notice to any affected public utility and h…
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Upon application of a private energy producer, and after notice to any affected public utility and h…
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The private energy producer shall be required to provide and to pay the total cost of the interconne…
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Nothing in this chapter shall require that any private energy producer perform any service or delive…
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Every public utility shall keep accurate records of transactions with a private energy producer, and…
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(a) The commission shall approve and establish equitable charges to be paid by an electrical corpora…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Small power producers provide important…
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The commission shall approve and establish standby charges for electrical corporations. The commissi…
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The commission shall approve and establish charges for transmission service. The commission may act …
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(a) The commission shall conduct a review of the charges paid by electrical corporations for electri…
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(a) The commission shall establish requirements for the administration of power purchase contracts b…
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(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Benefiting accoun…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that a program to provide net energy metering combined with n…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “eligible customer-generator,” “large electrical corporation,” and…
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Generation eligible for net energy metering that has all local and state permits required to commenc…
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the following provisions apply to an eligible …
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(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Electrical corpor…
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(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Appropriate TOU t…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “EBMUD” means…
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(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Benefiting accoun…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Building operational generating facilit…
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(a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program. (b…
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(a) On or before March 1, 2014, a participating utility shall file with the commission an applicatio…
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(a) (1) Except as specified in paragraph (2), the commission shall require a green tariff shared ren…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) (1) “Energy stora…
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(a) (1) On or before March 1, 2012, the commission shall open a proceeding to determine appropriate …
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In adopting and reevaluating appropriate energy storage system procurement targets and policies purs…
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(a) An energy storage system may be used to meet the resource adequacy requirements established for …
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All procurement of energy storage systems by a load-serving entity or local publicly owned electric …
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By June 1, 2018, all of the following shall occur: (a) (1) The Los Angeles Department of Water and P…
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Each electrical corporation’s renewable energy procurement plan, prepared and approved pursuant to A…
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(a) (1) By January 1, 2016, each load-serving entity shall submit a report to the commission demonst…
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(a) The following definitions apply to this section: (1) “Distributed energy storage system” means a…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission, in authorizing an electrical corporation to…
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Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the requirements of this chapter do not apply to eith…
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The commission does not have authority or jurisdiction to enforce any of the requirements of this ch…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act.
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For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Combined heat an…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Combined heat and power systems produce…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that state policies dramatically advance the efficiency of t…
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(a) The commission may require an electrical corporation to purchase from an eligible customer-gener…
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A local publicly owned electric utility serving retail end-use customers shall establish a program t…
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The commission, in approving a procurement plan for an electrical corporation pursuant to Section 45…
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The commission shall ensure that an electrical corporation utilizes long-term planning and a reliabi…
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(a) The commission shall, for each electrical corporation, establish a pay-as-you-save pilot program…
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(a) The Energy Commission shall, by January 1, 2010, adopt guidelines that combined heat and power s…
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(a) In implementing the California Solar Initiative, the commission shall do all of the following: (…
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(a) As used in this section,“discount rate” means a financial mechanism that provides a given amount…
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(a) A school district or community college district may request an extension of a reservation expira…
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(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Affordable housin…
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(a) In order to further the state goal of encouraging the installation of 3,000 megawatts of photovo…
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Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (5) of subdivision (d) of Section 2854, a local publicly owned el…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2019, the commission shall develop standardized inputs and assumptions to b…
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The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this article: (a) “Electric utility” means an …
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(a) (1) An independent solar energy producer contracting for the use or sale of electricity or the l…
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(a) As used in this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “CARE program” means the Californi…
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As used in this article, “automatic dialing-announcing device” means any automatic equipment which i…
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(a) The connection of automatic dialing-announcing devices to a telephone line is subject to this ar…
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The commission, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, shall open an investigative p…
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Automatic dialing-announcing devices may be used to place calls over telephone lines only pursuant t…
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(a) Whenever telephone calls are placed through the use of an automatic dialing-announcing device, t…
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No person shall connect any automatic dialing-announcing device to any telephone line without first …
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(a) On and after July 1, 2002, no person operating any automatic equipment that incorporates a stora…
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Any person violating this article is guilty of a civil offense and is subject to either or both of t…
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(a) The commission shall design and implement a program to provide a telecommunications device capab…
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(a) In addition to the requirements of Section 2881, the commission shall design and implement a pro…
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(a) In addition to the requirements of Section 2881, the commission shall design and implement a pro…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Section 278 requires the commission…
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(a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (A) As originally enacted, Section …
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(a) The commission shall, pursuant to its existing authority, by rule or order, establish procedures…
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(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), the billing and collection practices of a telephone corp…
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Notwithstanding Section 2884, the commission shall require that telephone subscriber access to infor…
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(a) The commission shall require telephone corporations and providers of information-access telephon…
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The commission shall, on or before July 1, 1987, determine the feasibility of requiring that, whenev…
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(a) The commission shall require mobile telephony service, as defined in Section 224.4, carriers to …
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(a) The commission shall require every telephone corporation furnishing mobile telephony service, as…
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The commission shall pursue all available legal remedies to redraw intrastate inter-exchange, also k…
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(a) An information provider engaged in furnishing any live, recorded, or recorded-interactive audio …
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No telephone corporation or provider of information-access telephone services shall charge the subsc…
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(a) (1) Before a telephone corporation exits the business of providing interexchange services to all…
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(a) A local exchange service provider that offers and charges for pay per use features that do not r…
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(a) No telephone corporation, or any person, firm, or corporation representing a telephone corporati…
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The commission shall, by rule or order, require all local exchange carriers to do both of the follow…
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The commission periodically shall assess the reliability of the public telecommunications network an…
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(a) No person or corporation shall misrepresent its association or affiliation with a telephone carr…
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(a) A telephone bill may only contain charges for products or services, the purchase of which the su…
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The commission shall, on or before July 1, 2001, adopt any additional rules it determines to be nece…
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(a) A provider of mobile telephony services, as defined in Section 224.4, shall provide subscribers …
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(a) A telephone or telegraph corporation shall not make available to any other person or corporation…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 2891, a telephone corporation selling or licensing lists of residential …
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Telephone subscribers shall be annually notified that use of an “800” or “900” telephone number may …
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(a) For purposes of this section, “telecommunications service” means voice communication provided by…
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(a) The commission shall require providers of mobile telephony service, as defined in Section 224.4,…
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(a) As used in this section “public safety agency” means a “public safety agency” as defined in Sect…
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(a) The commission shall, by rule or order, require that every telephone call identification service…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Call” means …
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(a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Consumer Call Protection Act of 2019. (b) …
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 2891, the disclosure of any information by an interex…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that a number of federal and state laws have been enacted to …
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Telecommunications Customer Service Act of 1993.
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The commission shall require telephone corporations to provide customer service to telecommunication…
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A provider of commercial mobile radio service, as defined in Section 216.8, shall provide access for…
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Consistent with other provisions of this code, orders, rules, and applicable tariffs of telecommunic…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, upon receiving a request pursuant to subdivisi…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “incarcerated persons calling services” means communication servic…
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Any municipal corporation may retain or surrender to the commission the powers of control vested in …
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This chapter shall not be construed to authorize any municipal corporation to surrender to the commi…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this arti…
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“Municipal corporation” means a city and county or incorporated city.
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“Legislative body” means the board of supervisors, municipal council, commission, or other legislati…
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“Powers of control” means all powers of control vested in a municipal corporation to supervise and r…
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“Railroad corporation,” “street railroad corporation,” “common carrier,” “gas corporation,” “electri…
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The question whether any municipal corporation shall retain its powers of control respecting one or …
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The ordinance of intention or the petition, as the case may be, shall contain the propositions propo…
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The petition shall be signed by qualified electors of the municipal corporation, equal in number to …
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The petition shall be filed with the clerk of the legislative body of the municipal corporation. Wit…
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Upon completion of the examination, the clerk shall forthwith attach to the petition his certificate…
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If, by the certificate of the clerk, the petition is shown to be insufficient, it may be amended by …
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The clerk shall, within 10 days from the filing of the supplemental petition, make a like examinatio…
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The sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition shall not be subject to review by the legislative b…
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In any city and county having a board of election commissioners and a registrar of voters, the clerk…
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Upon the adoption of an ordinance of intention, or the presentation of a petition, as provided in Ar…
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A special election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days after t…
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Every special election held in any municipal corporation under the provisions of this chapter, shall…
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The ordinance shall, prior to the election, be published five times in a daily newspaper printed and…
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The ballots to be used at any general municipal election or at any special election, at which is sub…
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If the propositions specified in Section 2965 are submitted at a special election in any municipal c…
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Immediately upon the completion of the canvass of the returns of any special or general municipal el…
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If it appears from the result of the election, as so declared, that a majority of the qualified elec…
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If it appears from the result of the election, as so declared, that a majority of the qualified elec…
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Immediately upon the entry of the order declaring the result of the election, the clerk of the legis…
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Immediately upon the filing of a certified copy of the order in the office of the commission, the po…
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Any municipal corporation which has retained the powers of control vested therein respecting any cla…
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The ballots to be used at the election shall have printed thereon, in addition to the other matters …
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The provisions of this chapter, insofar as applicable, shall govern elections called, conducted, and…
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The holding of a special election, or the submission of propositions at any general municipal electi…
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Except as otherwise in this chapter provided, the holding and conducting of elections pursuant to th…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of th…
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“Association” means any corporation which is organized pursuant to this chapter. An association is i…
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“Member” includes members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in assoc…
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“Gas” means all gas produced in this state, natural or manufactured, except propane, for light, heat…
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The purpose of this chapter is to do all of the following: (a) Promote, foster, and encourage the in…
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In enacting this chapter, the Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) California gas producti…
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Associations are “nonprofit,” since they are not organized to make profit for themselves, as such, o…
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Any provision of law which is in conflict with this chapter does not apply to any association.
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Any exemption under any existing law which applies to gas in the possession, or under the control, o…
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No person, corporation, or association, that is hereafter organized or doing business in this state,…
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Any person, corporation, or association which is organized pursuant to any previously existing statu…
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An association is not any of the following: (a) A conspiracy, a combination in restraint of trade, o…
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The marketing contracts and agreements between an association and its members, and any agreements au…
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The General Corporation Law (Division 1 (commencing with Section 100) of Title 1 of the Corporations…
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It is an unfair trade practice, and unlawful, for any gas corporation to do any of the following: (a…
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Three or more natural persons, all of whom are residents of this state, who are engaged in the produ…
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The articles of incorporation of the association shall show that the signers of the articles of inco…
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Articles of incorporation shall be signed, acknowledged, and filed in the manner which is prescribed…
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The articles of incorporation of any association may be amended in the manner and for the purposes w…
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Each association shall, within 30 days after its incorporation, adopt for its government and managem…
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The bylaws may prescribe the time, place, and manner of calling and conducting meetings. Meetings of…
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The bylaws may prescribe the number of stockholders or members which constitutes a quorum.
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The bylaws may prescribe the right of members to vote by proxy or by mail, or both; the conditions, …
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The bylaws may prescribe the number of directors which constitutes a quorum.
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(a) The bylaws may prescribe the qualifications, compensation, duties, and term of office of the dir…
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The bylaws may prescribe penalties for violations of the bylaws.
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The bylaws may prescribe the amount of entrance, organization, and membership fees, if any; the mann…
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The bylaws may prescribe the amount which each member shall be required to pay annually, or from tim…
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The bylaws may prescribe the amount of any dividends which may be declared on the stock or membershi…
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The bylaws may prescribe the number and qualification of members of the association and the conditio…
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The bylaws may prescribe the manner of determining the value of a member’s interest and provision fo…
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The affairs of the association shall be managed by a board of not less than three directors who are …
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The bylaws may provide that the territory in which the association has members shall be divided into…
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The bylaws may provide that primary elections shall be held to nominate directors. If the bylaws pro…
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The bylaws may provide that the territory in which the association has members shall be divided into…
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The bylaws may provide that one or more directors may be appointed by any public official or commiss…
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The bylaws may provide for an executive committee and may delegate to the committee all the function…
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The association may provide a fair remuneration for the time which is actually spent by its officers…
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If a vacancy on the board of directors occurs except by expiration of a term, the remaining members …
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The directors shall elect a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, and an…
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Any member may bring charges against an officer or director by filing them, in writing, with the sec…
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An association may engage in any activity in connection with the selling, transporting, or storing o…
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An association may borrow without limitation as to amount of corporate indebtedness or liability and…
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An association may act as the agent or representative of any member in any of the activites specifie…
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An association may purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, and exercise all rights of ownership in…
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An association may establish reserves and invest the funds of the reserves in bonds or in any other …
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An association may buy, hold, and exercise all privileges of ownership of real or personal property …
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An association may levy assessments in the manner and in the amount as may be provided in its bylaws…
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An association may do all of the following: (a) Do each and every thing which is necessary, suitable…
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An association may organize, form, operate, own, control, and have an interest in, own stock of, or …
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An association may, upon resolution adopted by its board of directors, enter into all necessary and …
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(a) Any share or membership issued by an association is exempt from Part 2 (commencing with Section …
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If an association issues nonpar value stock, the issuance of that stock shall be governed by the ter…
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If an association with preferred shares of stock purchases the stock or any property, or any interes…
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The board of directors of an association shall cause to be sent to the members of the association, n…
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Under the terms and conditions which are prescribed in the bylaws adopted by it, an association may …
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If a member of a nonstock association is other than a natural person, that member may be represented…
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Any association may become a member or stockholder of any other association.
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If a member of an association which is established without shares of stock has paid the prescribed m…
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An association shall not issue a certificate for stock to a member until it has been fully paid for.…
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An association, in its bylaws, may limit the amount of common stock which any member may own.
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The bylaws shall prohibit the transfer of the common stock or membership certificates of the associa…
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The association may, at any time, as specified in the bylaws, except when the debts of the associati…
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A member is not liable for the debts of the association in an amount which exceeds the sum which rem…
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No public utility, corporation holding a controlling interest in a public utility, or subsidiary or …
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No producer of gas owning or controlling petroleum refining capacity of 100,000 or more barrels per …
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The association and its members may make and execute marketing contracts which require the members t…
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The contract may provide that the association may sell or resell any gas which is delivered by its m…
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Notwithstanding any provision of the Civil Code, a contract which is entered into by a member of an …
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The bylaws or the marketing contract may fix, as liquidated damages, specific sums to be paid by the…
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If there is a breach or threatened breach of a marketing contract by a member, the association may f…
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In any action upon a marketing agreement, it is conclusively presumed that a landowner, landlord, or…
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Any corporation which is organized or existing pursuant to any other law may be brought under this c…
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Articles of incorporation are deemed to conform to this chapter within the meaning of Section 3291 i…
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If the amended articles conform, as provided in Section 3222, provisions in the articles of incorpor…
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This article applies retrospectively as well as prospectively, and may be availed of by a corporatio…
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Unless the context otherwise requires the definitions in this article govern the construction of thi…
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“Person” means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, but does not i…
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“Natural gas” means all gas produced in this state, natural or manufactured, except propane, for lig…
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(a) A person involved in the production of natural gas may buy, hold, and exercise all privileges of…
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Nothing in this division prohibits payments pursuant to an agreement authorized by the National Labo…
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For purposes of this part, all of the following definitions apply: (a) “Account” means the Continuat…
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The administrator shall carry out the duties of this part and may do all of the following, subject t…
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There shall be a limited civil immunity, and no criminal liability in a private capacity, on account…
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(a) The administrator shall prepare and submit to the council an annual report on the operations, fi…
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(a) There is hereby created the Wildfire Fund, which is not a fund in the State Treasury. (b) Notwit…
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(a) The fund shall be initially capitalized by a loan from the state’s Surplus Money Investment Fund…
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The Director of Finance may, at any time, examine the books and records of the council and the admin…
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(a) If Section 3291 is operative, the Director of Finance, in consultation with the Treasurer and th…
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(a) (1) No later than July 26, 2019, the commission shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consid…
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(a) The fund shall be established as a revolving liquidity fund that will pay eligible claims as pro…
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(a) If, no later than July 27, 2019, each large electrical corporation not subject to an insolvency …
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A participating electrical corporation shall maintain reasonable insurance coverage. The administrat…
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Costs and expenses of administration of the fund shall be paid from Wildfire Fund assets.
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), within six months after the commission adopts a decision …
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In addition to any rights and remedies of the administrator provided by law, the administrator is au…
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Fund earnings are tax exempt and fund contributions by electrical corporations are tax deductible fo…
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(a) There is hereby created the Continuation Account in the Wildfire Fund, which is hereby continued…
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The administrator shall carry out the duties of this part and may do all of the following, subject t…
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There shall be a limited civil immunity, and no criminal liability in a private capacity, as a resul…
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Upon the determination by the administrator that additional annual contributions are necessary pursu…
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The Director of Finance may, at any time, examine the books and records of the council and the admin…
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(a) On January 1 of the year following the date on which the administrator determines that additiona…
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This chapter shall become inoperative if a large electrical corporation elects not to participate pu…
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(a) (1) (A) Within 15 days of the effective date of this chapter, each large electrical corporation …
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(a) On or after the date the commission provides the notification pursuant to subdivision (b) of Sec…
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(a) Within 15 days of receiving the notification pursuant to Section 3299.1, the commission shall in…
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(a) (1) If the commission imposes a nonbypassable charge pursuant to Section 3299.2, each large elec…
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A large electrical corporation shall maintain reasonable insurance coverage. The administrator shall…
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(a) A large electrical corporation may seek payment from the account to satisfy settled or finally a…
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This chapter shall become inoperative if a large electrical corporation elects not to participate pu…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “third-party entity” means an entity, other than a large electrica…
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The Legislature finds and declares that in order to furnish the citizens of California with reliable…
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This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Consumer Power and Conservation Fina…
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As used in this division, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms have the follow…
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Any action taken pursuant to this division is exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act, as defin…
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The authority may only exercise its powers pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 3340) of C…
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(a) There is hereby created in the state government the California Consumer Power and Conservation F…
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(a) The authority shall be governed by a five-member board of directors that shall consist of the fo…
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(a) The members of the board shall be subject to the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commenci…
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Meetings of the board shall be open to the public and shall be conducted in accordance with the Bagl…
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The California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the …
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The chief executive officer shall manage and conduct the business and affairs of the authority and t…
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The authority is authorized and empowered to do any of the following: (a) Adopt an official seal. (b…
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In connection with the purposes of this division, the authority may do any or all of the following: …
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In connection with an enterprise, the authority may do any or all of the following: (a) Acquire any …
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In connection with a project, the authority may do any or all of the following: (a) Determine the lo…
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In connection with the purposes of this division, the authority shall charge and equitably apportion…
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The fiscal powers granted to the authority by this division may be exercised without regard or refer…
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No member of the board or any person executing bonds of the authority pursuant to this division shal…
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All expenses incurred in carrying out this division shall be payable solely from funds provided unde…
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The authority’s operating budget shall be subject to review and appropriation in the annual Budget A…
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The Bureau of State Audits shall perform an evaluation of the effectiveness of the authority’s effor…
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In evaluating the eligibility for financing of additional generation facilities, the authority shall…
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(a) All generation-related projects and enterprises financed pursuant to this division shall provide…
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In addition to the other powers provided in this division, the activities of the authority under thi…
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The authority shall have the authority to receive and act on applications for financial assistance f…
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All generation facilities constructed or improved pursuant to this division shall comply with Chapte…
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The authority may not invest in any nuclear facilities or develop additional hydroelectric facilitie…
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(a) If the authority determines under Section 3350 that additional electric generation supply is req…
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The authority may provide loans, utilizing up to one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) of the bond au…
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As a condition of receipt of a loan pursuant to Section 3365, a participating party shall be require…
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The authority shall require that any equipment or improvement financed by a loan made pursuant to th…
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The authority may require that a participating party utilize a consumer protection plan for screenin…
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(a) Within 180 days of the effective date of this division, the authority, in consultation with the …
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Nothing in this division shall be construed to obviate the need to review the roles, functions, and …
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(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the California Consumer Power and Conservation Fin…
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For purposes of this division, the authority may incur indebtedness and issue securities of any kind…
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In connection with the issuance of bonds, in addition to the powers otherwise provided in this divis…
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Bonds issued by the authority are legal investments for all trust funds, the funds of all insurance …
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The authority is authorized to obtain loans from the Pooled Money Investment Account pursuant to Sec…
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Bonds issued under this division shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the state …
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This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Golden State Energy Act.
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The safe, efficient, and reliable g…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that all of the following occur if Golden State Energy commences…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construc…
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“Act” means the Golden State Energy Act.
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“Acquisition of Pacific Gas and Electric Company” means the acquisition of the property, as defined …
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“Board” means Golden State Energy’s board of directors described in Part 2 (commencing with Section …
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“Decision 20-05-053” means Decision 20-05-053 (May 28, 2019) Decision Approving Reorganization Plan …
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“Indebtedness” means bonds, notes, commercial paper, variable rate and variable maturity securities,…
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“Pacific Gas and Electric Company” means Pacific Gas and Electric Company, PG&E Corporation, any sub…
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“Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s service territory” means the boundaries and specifications of th…
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“Wildfire Fund” means the Wildfire Fund created pursuant to Section 3284.
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(a) The Governor, or the Governor’s designee, may incorporate Golden State Energy as a nonprofit pub…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law (Par…
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(a) Golden State Energy shall be exempt from the Attorney General’s supervisory authority described …
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A person who, pursuant to a specific provision of Golden State Energy’s articles or bylaws, has the …
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(a) In addition to the purposes described in Section 817, Golden State Energy may issue debt to faci…
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Until Golden State Energy adopts a plan to address organizational and governing issues related to sa…
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(a) Golden State Energy shall be exempt from franchise and corporate income tax pursuant to Section …
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(a) Golden State Energy indebtedness shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the st…
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(a) Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 5700) of Division 6 of Title 1 of the Government Code shall n…
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While any indebtedness issued by or on behalf of Golden State Energy remains outstanding, the State …
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The Legislature hereby ratifies and deems proper all acts by the Governor or the Governor’s designee…
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This division, being necessary for the prosperity of the state and its residents, shall be liberally…
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The acquisition of Pacific Gas and Electric Company by Golden State Energy, for any reason including…
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Nothing in this act shall be construed as diminishing or enlarging any valid existing rights under a…
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This chapter may be cited as the Interstate and Foreign Motor Carriers of Household Goods and Passen…
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(a) No household goods carrier, as defined in Section 5109, shall engage in any interstate or foreig…
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Household goods carriers, as defined in Section 5109, engaged in interstate or foreign transportatio…
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It is a violation of law for any person or corporation to operate, or cause to be operated, on the h…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Gas” means natural or manufactured gas, except propane, used for light…
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(a) The commission shall undertake a gas safety inspection and enforcement program for mobilehome pa…
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(a) The commission shall conduct an initial inspection of each distribution system which shall take …
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(a) Every operator shall prepare and submit to the commission annually a report on the distribution …
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(a) Every operator shall maintain all of the following: (1) A map, drawing, or diagram which indicat…
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Except as specified in Section 4356, after each inspection, the commission shall furnish the operato…
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(a) If the commission determines the presence of a gas leak or other safety hazard in the distributi…
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(a) Any operator who commits a violation enumerated in subdivision (f) of Section 4353, or who fails…
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(a) The commission shall establish a uniform billing per space or lot surcharge to be paid by operat…
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The commission may adopt rules and orders to carry out this chapter.
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Nothing in this chapter affects the requirement that operators of liquefied petroleum gas (propane) …
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(a) In each mobilehome park, the operator shall post on the mobilehome park premises the current eme…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Supplier” means a person or corporation, other than a public utility, …
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(a) On or before July 1, 1995, the commission shall undertake a propane safety inspection and enforc…
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(a) The commission shall conduct an initial inspection of each distribution system which shall take …
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(a) Every operator of a system serving 10 or more units or where any portion of the system is locate…
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(a) Every operator shall maintain all of the following: (1) A map, drawing, or diagram that indicate…
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Except as specified in Section 4456, after each inspection, the commission shall furnish the operato…
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(a) If the commission determines the presence of a propane leak or other safety hazard in the distri…
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(a) Any operator who commits a violation enumerated in subdivision (f) of Section 4453 or who fails …
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(a) The commission shall establish a surcharge to be paid by operators with distribution systems sub…
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The commission may adopt rules and orders to carry out this chapter.
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(a) In each distribution system, the operator shall post on the premises the current emergency telep…
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Prior to January 1, 1996, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board shall adopt by referenc…
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(a) This chapter hereby creates a trust fund known as the propane safety inspection and enforcement …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this chapter, as added by Chapter 388 of the Statutes of…
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(a) The commission in administering the trust fund, shall be responsible for the identification of t…
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(a) If any operator subject to this chapter is in default of the payment of the surcharge required b…
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This chapter may be cited as the “Passenger Charter-party Carriers’ Act.”
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(a) The use of the public highways for the transportation of passengers for compensation is a busine…
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This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (a) Transportation service rendered wholly with…
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On and after July 1, 1989, this chapter does not apply to transportation service, other than transpo…
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In construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter relating to the prescribed privileges and…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this arti…
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(a) “Chartering party” means the person, corporation, or other entity that prearranges with a charte…
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“Corporation” includes a corporation, a company, an association, and a joint stock association.
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“Person” includes an individual, a firm, or a copartnership.
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“Public highway” includes every public street, road, or highway in this State.
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(a) “Motor vehicle” means a vehicle which is self-propelled. (b) “Bus” means a vehicle designed, use…
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Subject to the exclusions of Section 5353, “charter-party carrier of passengers” means every person …
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(a) Charter-party carriers of passengers shall operate on a prearranged basis within this state. (b)…
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“Modified limousine” means any vehicle that has been modified, altered, or extended in a manner that…
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With respect to a motor vehicle used in the transportation of persons for compensation by a charter-…
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(a) Any provision of the Public Utilities Act (Part 1 (commencing with Section 201) of Division 1) o…
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No charter-party carrier of passengers excepting transit districts, transit authorities or cities ow…
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(a) No charter-party carrier of passengers issued a class A certificate subject to this section shal…
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(a) All holders of certificates issued under this section shall operate from a service area to be de…
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A class C certificate holder is one who provides transportation services incidental to commercial ba…
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(a) The governing body of any city, county, or city and county may not impose a fee on charter-party…
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(a) Upon receipt of a complaint containing sufficient information to warrant conducting an investiga…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that advertising and use of telephone service is essential fo…
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Applications for permits and certificates shall be in writing, verified under oath, and shall be in …
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(a) Each application for a charter-party carrier of passengers certificate or permit shall be accomp…
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The commission shall not issue or authorize the transfer of any certificate or permit under this cha…
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(a) (1) Before a permit or certificate is issued or renewed, the commission shall require the applic…
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(a) At the time of each bus terminal inspection conducted by the Department of the California Highwa…
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Every charter-party carrier earning over three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) in annual g…
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The commission may, with or without hearing, issue or refuse to issue a permit or certificate. If th…
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A permit or certificate, or renewal thereof, is effective for three years, unless suspended or revok…
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No permit issued pursuant to this article, or rights to conduct any of the services therein authoriz…
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No certificate issued pursuant to, or rights to conduct any of the services authorized by, this arti…
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(a) The commission may cancel, revoke, or suspend any operating permit or certificate issued pursuan…
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(a) Beginning July 1, 1990, and continuing thereafter, every charter-party carrier shall file with t…
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(a) Upon receipt of a written recommendation from the Department of the California Highway Patrol th…
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(a) The commission shall deny a new or renewal application for a charter-party carrier certificate o…
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(a) Upon receipt of a stop order issued by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Section …
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After the cancellation or revocation of a permit or certificate, or during the period of its suspens…
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The commission may, on a complaint alleging that any corporation or person is operating as a charter…
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To the extent that such is not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, the commission may …
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(a) The commission shall, by rule or other appropriate procedure, ensure that every charter-party ca…
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To the extent that such are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, all general orders…
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The commission shall create the following classifications or types of certificates for charter-party…
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The commission shall issue permits to persons, who are otherwise qualified, whose passenger carrier …
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(a) At the time transportation service is prearranged or the contract of carriage is made, the chart…
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(a) Every charter-party carrier of passengers shall furnish the commission annually with a list, pre…
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(a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Contract cre…
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If the driver of any charter-party carrier of passengers for hire operating under a valid certificat…
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A charter-party carrier of passengers, except those engaged in the provision of a hired driver servi…
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A charter-party carrier shall not operate a modified limousine, as defined in Section 5361, unless t…
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(a) Every charter-party carrier of passengers, including a charter-party carrier that operates a lim…
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No charter-party carrier of passengers shall advertise its services, or in any manner represent its …
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(a) It is unlawful for the owner of a charter-party carrier of passengers to permit the operation of…
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(a) A charter-party carrier described in subdivision (c) of Section 5387, that has received a notice…
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When the commission or an employee of the commission determines that any person or corporation is ho…
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(a) The commission, each commissioner, and each officer and person employed by the commission may, a…
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The commission shall, in granting permits or a certificate pursuant to this chapter, require the cha…
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Notwithstanding Section 5391, in granting certificates to the holders of class C certificates, the c…
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The commission shall commence a rulemaking proceeding to develop uniform operating standards applica…
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(a) The protection required under Sections 5391 and 5391.2 shall be evidenced by the deposit of any …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any charter-party carrier of passengers that contracts t…
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No person, firm, or corporation holding a valid permit issued by the commission pursuant to this cha…
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With the consent of the commission a copy of an insurance policy, certified by the company issuing i…
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A school, school district, or the state is not liable for transportation services provided by an ope…
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Charges for the transportation to be offered or afforded by a charter-party carrier of passengers sh…
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No person, partnership, corporation, or organization shall sell transportation by a passenger stage …
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Every charter-party carrier of passengers and every officer, director, agent, or employee of any cha…
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Every charter-party carrier of passengers, and every officer, director, agent, or employee of a char…
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(a) Whenever a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of …
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Every charter party carrier of passengers and every officer, director, agent, or employee of a chart…
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Every corporation or person other than a charter-party carrier of passengers, who knowingly and will…
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(a) When a person is convicted of the offense of operating a taxicab without a valid certificate or …
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Every officer or person employed by the commission who, except as authorized by the commission or a …
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Every charter-party carrier of passengers and every officer, director, agent, or employee of any cha…
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(a) Whenever the commission, after hearing, finds that any person or corporation is operating as a c…
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Every corporation or person other than a charter-party carrier of passengers who knowingly and willf…
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Every corporation or person who knowingly and willfully issues, publishes, or affixes, or causes or …
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Every violation of the provisions of this chapter or of any order, decision, decree, rule, direction…
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When the executive director of the commission determines that any charter-party carrier of passenger…
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All penalties accruing under this chapter are cumulative, and a suit for the recovery of one penalty…
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(a) Actions to recover penalties under this chapter shall be brought in the name of the people of th…
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(a) The commission shall ensure that this chapter is enforced and obeyed, and that violations thereo…
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In any such action, all penalties incurred up to the time of the commencement of the action may be s…
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All penalties recovered by the State in any action pursuant to this chapter, together with the costs…
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Whenever a written notice to appear has been mailed to the owner of a charter-party carrier of passe…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, this article shall apply to transportation netw…
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For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Participating dr…
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In addition to the definitions provided in Section 5431, the following terms have the following mean…
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(a) A transportation network company shall disclose in writing to participating drivers, as part of …
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(a) A transportation network company and any participating driver shall maintain transportation netw…
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(a) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a private passenger automobile insurance p…
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In a claims coverage investigation, a transportation network company or its insurer shall cooperate …
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(a) The commission shall provide the following information in its annual report submitted on or befo…
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A transportation network company shall not disclose to a third party any personally identifiable inf…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Insurance expedite review of any applicat…
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Transportation network company insurance that meets the requirements of Section 5433 shall be deemed…
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The Legislature makes the following findings and declarations: (a) The commission has initiated regu…
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(a) As part of the regulation of transportation network companies (TNCs) referenced in subdivision (…
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The Legislature does not intend, and nothing in this article shall be construed, to prohibit the com…
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A participating driver of a transportation network company shall carry proof of transportation netwo…
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Notwithstanding Section 11580.9 of the Insurance Code, or any other law affecting whether one or mor…
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Notwithstanding any limitations contained in Section 1808.1 of the Vehicle Code, a transportation ne…
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A transportation network company shall provide all of the following information to a passenger on it…
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(a) (1) A transportation network company shall conduct, or have a third party conduct, a local and n…
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(a) A participating driver is required to possess either of the following: (1) A valid driver’s lice…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the City and County of San Francisco may impose a tax on each rid…
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(a) (1) The program established pursuant to this section shall be known as the California Clean Mile…
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As used in this article, “commercial air operator” means any person owning, controlling, operating, …
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As used in this article, “aircraft” means any contrivance used for navigation of, or flight in, the …
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As used in this article, “person” means any individual, firm, partnership, private, municipal or pub…
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(a) All commercial air operators shall maintain in force at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) o…
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This article does not apply to any person licensed under Article 1 (commencing with Section 11701) o…
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(a) All commercial air operators shall comply with any requirement of a city, county, or city and co…
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(a) The protection against liability shall be continued in effect so long as the commercial air oper…
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Any commercial air operator who knowingly refuses or fails to procure protection against liability, …
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(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5506, a city, county, or city and county shall have th…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Increasing competition for video an…
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(a) Nothing in this division shall be deemed as creating a vested right in a state-issued franchise …
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For purposes of this division, the following words have the following meanings: (a) “Broadband” mean…
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(a) The commission is the sole franchising authority for a state franchise to provide video service …
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(a) A state-issued franchise shall only be valid for 10 years after the date of issuance, and the ho…
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(a) The holder of a state franchise that offers video service within the jurisdiction of the local e…
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(a) The holder of a state franchise shall designate a sufficient amount of capacity on its network t…
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Holders of state franchises shall comply with the Emergency Alert System requirements of the Federal…
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(a) The local entity shall allow the holder of a state franchise under this division to install, con…
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(a) A cable operator or video service provider that has been granted a state franchise under this di…
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(a) The commission shall collect granular data on the actual locations served by the holder of a sta…
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(a) The holder of a state franchise shall comply with Sections 53055, 53055.1, 53055.2, and 53088.2 …
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(a) The holder of a state franchise shall perform background checks of applicants for employment, ac…
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A holder of a state franchise employing more than 750 total employees in California shall annually r…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, any video service provider that currently …
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The holder of a state franchise under this division who also provides stand-alone, residential, prim…
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The commission shall not permit a telephone corporation that is providing video service directly or …
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Subject to the requirements of this division, a state franchise may be transferred to any successor …
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Every franchise or privilege to erect or lay telegraph or telephone wires, to construct or operate s…
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(a) All franchises, licenses, permits, or other privileges granted to a public utility by any city, …
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The grantor may, in such a franchise, impose such other and additional terms and conditions not in c…
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No clause or condition of any kind shall be inserted in any franchise or grant offered or sold under…
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An applicant for a franchise or privilege shall file with the governing or legislative body of the c…
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The advertisement shall state that bids will be received for the franchise and that it will be award…
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The publication shall state the character of the franchise or privilege proposed to be granted, the …
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The advertisement shall also contain a statement that the franchise will be struck off, sold, and aw…
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Each sealed bid shall be accompanied with cash or a certified check payable to the treasurer of the …
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The successful bidder shall deposit with the clerk of the county or municipality, within 24 hours of…
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(a) The advertisement may also contain a statement that the successful bidder for any franchise or p…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any franchise heretofore or hereafter granted s…
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If the franchise is a renewal of a right already in existence, payment of the percentage of gross re…
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If the franchise granted is an extension of an existing street railroad system, the gross receipts s…
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Work to erect or lay telegraph or telephone wires, to construct street or interurban railroads, to l…
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Work to construct street or interurban railroads shall be completed within not more than three years…
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Work under any franchise other than for a street or interurban railroad shall be prosecuted diligent…
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The Attorney General, upon the complaint of any county or municipality, or, in his discretion, upon …
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Any member of a governing or legislative body of any county, city and county, or city, who, by his v…
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In all cases where application is made to the governing or legislative body of a city or city and co…
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All cities and cities and counties are empowered to grant franchises for the laying of pipes in the …
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The granting of franchises under this article shall be pursuant to Article 1 of this chapter.
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This chapter may be cited as the Franchise Act of 1937.
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As used in this chapter, “industrial gas” means any substance which is in a gaseous state at ambient…
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As used in this chapter, municipality includes counties, but no county shall grant a franchise pursu…
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The legislative body of any municipality may grant a franchise to any person, firm, or corporation, …
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The legislative body may in such a franchise impose such other and additional terms and conditions n…
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This chapter provides a procedure, alternative to the procedure provided in Article 1 of Chapter 1 o…
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This chapter does not apply to any municipality having a freeholders’ charter adopted and ratified u…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 6205, all franchises, licenses, permits, or other privileges granted to …
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An applicant for a franchise shall file with the legislative body of the municipality in which the f…
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(a) An applicant for a franchise to build and operate a pipeline system transmitting oil or products…
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Upon receipt of the application the legislative body of the municipality may pass its resolution dec…
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The notice of the time and place of hearing objections shall state that the grantee of the franchise…
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At any time not later than the hour set for the hearing of objections, any person interested may mak…
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A franchise granted under this chapter does not become effective until the grantee files written acc…
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Any franchise granted under this chapter with respect to a given utility service is in lieu of all o…
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No franchise granted under this chapter in any way impairs or affects the right of the granting muni…
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No franchise granted under this chapter shall ever be given any value before any court or other publ…
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Every franchise granted pursuant to this chapter, except when a definite term therefor is specified …
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Every gas franchise granted pursuant to this chapter confers upon the grantee the right to use, or t…
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If the grantee of any franchise granted under this chapter fails, neglects or refuses to comply with…
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Any municipality may sue in its own name for the forfeiture of any franchise granted pursuant to thi…
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The grantee shall pay to the municipality a sum of money sufficient to reimburse it for all publicat…
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The grantee of a franchise under this chapter shall construct, install, and maintain all pipes, cond…
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The grantee shall pay to the municipality on demand the cost of all repairs to public property made …
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The grantee shall indemnify and hold harmless the municipality and its officers from all liability f…
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The grantee shall remove or relocate without expense to the municipality any facilities installed, u…
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The grantee shall file with the legislative body of the municipality within thirty (30) days after a…
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The grantee shall file with the clerk of the municipality, within three (3) months after the expirat…
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The grantee shall pay to the municipality within fifteen (15) days after the time for filing its sta…
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(a) The grantee of a franchise under this chapter may be required to file a bond running to the muni…
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The grantee of a franchise under this chapter shall be liable to the granting municipality for all d…
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There is hereby created a surcharge to be applied to natural gas and electricity transported over ut…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Municipality” includes counties. (b) “Energy transporter” means and in…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transportation customer who receives transportatio…
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For purpose of calculating the surcharge required in Section 6352, the energy transporter shall do a…
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(a) Surcharges calculated pursuant to Section 6353 shall be recovered from the transportation custom…
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As an alternative to the requirements of subdivision (h) of Section 6354, an energy transporter may …
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The governing or legislative body of any city or city and county having on July 27, 1917, a freehold…
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The resettlement franchise shall be granted after such publication and upon such notice as the gover…
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After the final passage of a resettlement franchise, it shall be referred and submitted to the vote …
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No resettlement franchise shall go into effect until it has received the approval of a majority of t…
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Every resettlement franchise, permit, or privilege shall confer upon the grantee the right to occupy…
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The grantee shall pay to the city or city and county such a percentage of the net revenue annually c…
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The legislative or governing body may in a resettlement franchise provide that any new franchise gra…
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The legislative or governing body may in the resettlement franchise provide that in case of consolid…
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Every resettlement franchise shall provide that the grantee shall surrender the franchises or rights…
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The resettlement franchise, permit, or privilege shall be granted for an indeterminate period, subje…
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The resettlement franchise shall be granted upon the express condition that the city or city and cou…
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The valuation for the purpose of public acquisition of property used and useful, or in the discretio…
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All expenses of the valuation by the Public Utilities Commission shall be paid by the city or city a…
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The resettlement franchise shall provide that the grantee, its successors or assigns, shall never cl…
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The resettlement franchise may be amended from time to time by ordinance passed by the governing or …
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The power of the State, in the exercise of its police power or otherwise through the instrumentality…
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Nothing in this chapter, nor any provision of any franchise granted under this chapter, shall preven…
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(a) For purposes of this chapter, a utility shall mean all of the following: (1) An electric corpora…
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For purposes of this chapter, “authority” means the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, as …
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When a utility enters into a relocation agreement with the authority in connection with a transit or…
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(a) If a utility, cable television corporation, or cable operator abandons utility relocation work u…
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The rights and remedies available to the authority under this article are nonexclusive and are cumul…
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This chapter applies only if all of the following occurs: (a) The authority has executed a formal, w…
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Any person or any corporation formed under the laws of this State or of any other state within the U…
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(a) Revenue derived from passenger rail service on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad right-of-way so…
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Subject to the provisions of Part 1 of Division 1 and of the Corporations Code, any railroad corpora…
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Every railroad corporation has all of the following powers: (a) To make such examination and surveys…
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Every railroad corporation also has all of the following powers: (a) To carry persons and property o…
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Every person or corporation authorized to operate a railroad is authorized to use steam, diesel, ele…
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Railroad corporations doing business in this State and organized under any law of this State or the …
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Every railroad corporation in this State shall, within a reasonable time after its road is finally l…
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If, at any time after the location of the line of the railroad and the filing of the maps and profil…
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Upon receipt by it of an application, filed with either the federal Surface Transportation Board or …
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The board of directors of any railroad corporation may at any time after the original location and c…
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Whenever the track of one railroad intersects or crosses the track of another railroad, whether it i…
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Whenever the track of a railroad crosses another railroad or a highway, such railroad or highway may…
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The owner of any lands along or through which any railroad is constructed or maintained, may have su…
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At every farm or private grade crossing of a railroad where no automatic grade crossing protective d…
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Every railroad corporation is granted the right of way for the location, construction, and maintenan…
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The Secretary of Transportation may grant to every railroad corporation whose primary business is th…
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(a) To ensure that a fair and reasonable price is paid for public acquisition of railroad rights-of-…
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(a) Every railroad corporation is granted the right, subject to subdivision (b), to take from any of…
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When any selection of a right of way, or land for an adjunct to the works of a railroad corporation,…
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If any corporation receiving state lands or appurtenances thereunder is dissolved, ceases to exist, …
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No railroad corporation may use any street, alley, or highway, or any of the land, whether covered b…
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The governing body of a county, city and county, or city, under such regulations, restrictions, and …
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Notwithstanding Section 7556, to railroad corporations whose primary business is the transportation …
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Where any railroad or street railroad tracks are located on property that a public entity is authori…
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In any contract for the sale of railroad or street railway equipment or rolling stock, it is lawful …
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In any contract for the leasing or hiring of railroad or street railway equipment or rolling stock, …
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No contract of the type provided for in this article shall be valid as against any subsequent judgme…
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Except as provided in Section 7602 every common carrier by railroad operating within this State shal…
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Section 7601 does not apply to any track, siding, spur, or other track owned by private persons for …
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Any corporation, company, or person, or any officer, superintendent, manager, or other agent thereof…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a bell, siren, horn, whistle, or similar audible warnin…
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Every railroad corporation, or receiver or lessee thereof, operating any line of railroad in this St…
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Every steam locomotive used upon a railroad in this State, carrying passengers or freight for hire, …
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Every railroad corporation, or receiver or lessee thereof, operating any line of railroad in this St…
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Every railroad company, or the receiver or receivers of any railroad, operating trains within this s…
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Every railroad company, or the receiver or receivers thereof, operating trains in whole or in part w…
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The employee of any railroad company, or the receiver or receivers thereof, having charge of any pas…
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Any person or any employee of any railroad company, or the receiver or receivers thereof, who remove…
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It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of a railroad running through or within the boundarie…
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On and after July 1, 1954, any owner or operator of a railroad running through or within this State …
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It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of a railroad running through or within the boundarie…
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Every railroad corporation shall make and maintain a good and sufficient fence on both sides of its …
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A railroad corporation that pays to the owner of the land through or along which its road is located…
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The commission may require every railroad corporation operating any steam or electric railroad in th…
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The authority of the commission to require such fences shall be exercised in each instance only when…
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Upon hearing the commission shall determine whether or not any fence or fences are necessary to prot…
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The failure of any railroad corporation to comply with any order of the commission authorized by thi…
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Every railroad corporation shall furnish, on the inside of its passenger cars, sufficient room and a…
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Every railroad corporation shall print and conspicuously post on the inside of its passenger cars it…
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A check shall be affixed to every package or parcel of baggage when taken for transportation by any …
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If any passenger refuses to pay his fare, or to exhibit or surrender his ticket, when reasonably req…
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Every conductor, baggage master, engineer, brakeman, or other employee of any railroad corporation, …
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No city or county or city and county ordinance which establishes a limit on the speed of trains shal…
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Notwithstanding any city or county or city and county ordinance to the contrary, no railroad conduct…
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The commission, in authorizing any restrictions on the speed of rail services, shall do so only upon…
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(a) The commission shall require every railroad corporation operating in this state to develop, with…
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(a) (1) A railroad corporation shall place appropriate signage to notify an engineer of an approachi…
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Whenever the Department of the California Highway Patrol or a designated local public safety agency …
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(a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Local Community Rail Security Act of 2006.…
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Unless the context requires otherwise, for purposes of this article: (a) “Agency” or “office” means …
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By July 1, 2007, every operator of rail facilities shall provide a risk assessment to the commission…
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The office may provide the risk assessment provided pursuant to Section 7665.2 to other law enforcem…
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(a) By January 1, 2008, every rail operator shall develop and implement an infrastructure protection…
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Every rail operator shall, for all facilities that handle hazardous cargo, do all the following: (a)…
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Every rail operator shall provide communications capability that can accomplish all of the following…
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No rail operator or any other person covered by this article may act to punish an employee who repor…
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The provisions of this article are severable. If any provision of this article or its application is…
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The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of this article is to protect the health and saf…
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For purposes of this article, “hazardous material” means either of the following: (a) A hazardous ma…
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Any railroad corporation which is involved in an incident resulting in a release, or threatened rele…
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Each railroad corporation which transports hazardous materials in the state shall do all of the foll…
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Every person who, in making up or running any railroad train, places or runs, or causes to be placed…
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No person, firm, or corporation operating a railroad with more than four trains each way every 24 ho…
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Radio or other means of communication not hereinabove referred to in Section 7677 may be used for th…
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Except as provided in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7604, every pe…
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Any person employed upon any railroad as engineer, conductor, baggage-master, brakeman, switchman, f…
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Every conductor, engineer, brakeman, switchman, or other person having charge, wholly or in part, of…
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Every engineer, conductor, brakeman, switch-tender, or other officer, agent, or servant of any railr…
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By Section 803 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, designated in this …
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The Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the commission and other affected state and lo…
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The Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the commission and other affected state and lo…
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The Department of Transportation shall administer a program of projects for rail service assistance …
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To the maximum extent permitted by federal law, rules, and regulations, the Department of Transporta…
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The Governor, the Secretary of the Business and Transportation Agency, and the Department of Transpo…
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Commission” shall mean the…
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The commission shall collect and analyze near-miss data generated from incidents occurring at railro…
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On or before January 1, 1993, the commission shall adopt regulations, based on its findings and not …
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(a) The Rail Accident Prevention and Response Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury, and the …
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(a) The Hazardous Spill Prevention Account in the Railroad Accident Prevention and Response Fund is …
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(a) In accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to Section 7713, the secretary shall establish a…
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(a) The Railroad Accident Prevention and Immediate Deployment Force is hereby created in the Califor…
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(a) (1) When an appropriate prosecuting agency determines that any person has engaged in, is engagin…
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Every civil action commenced pursuant to this article for civil or criminal penalties authorized by …
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Any civil action brought in the superior court pursuant to this article shall be brought in the coun…
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The civil and criminal penalties provided in this article are separate and in addition to, and do no…
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(a) Any person who commits any of the following acts, shall, upon conviction, be punished by impriso…
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(a) If a person reasonably, and in good faith, believes that the directions or orders given by the s…
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(a) Any person who commits any of the acts set forth in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, shall be l…
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Twenty-five percent of penalties and fines collected pursuant to any action brought under Sections 7…
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(a) When the secretary or the commission determines that any person has engaged in, is engaged in, o…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this chapter shall not be construed to make a reference …
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Street railroads are governed by Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 7501), so far as it is applicabl…
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When a street railroad is constructed, owned, or operated by any natural person, this chapter is app…
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Any street railroad or any street railway corporation may sell, lease, convey, exchange, transfer, o…
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Authority to lay railroad tracks through the streets and public highways of any city or city and cou…
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The city governing body, in granting the right of way to a street railroad corporation, in addition …
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The legislative body of any city or city and county may permit two or more lines of street railway t…
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Where the portion of the street is occupied by a track or tracks of a different gauge from the track…
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Any city or city and county may own and operate street railways within or without its corporate limi…
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Any proposed railroad track may be permitted to cross any track already constructed, the crossing be…
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Street railway cars shall be of the most approved construction for the comfort and convenience of pa…
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Cities in or through which street railroads run may make such further regulations for the government…
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In every grant to construct street railroads, the right to grade, sewer, pave, macadamize, or otherw…
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The right to lay down a track for grading purposes and to maintain it for a period not to exceed thr…
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Any corporation, or agent or employee thereof, demanding or charging a greater sum of money for fare…
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Every street railroad corporation shall provide, and on request furnish to all persons desiring a pa…
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Upon the trial of an action for any of the sums forfeited, as provided in Sections 7814 or 7815, pro…
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Any street railroad corporation operating cars on the streets of cities or on the county roads withi…
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Any person operating or driving a street car who becomes or is intoxicated while so engaged in opera…
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Telegraph or telephone corporations may construct lines of telegraph or telephone lines along and up…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature, consistent with Section 7901, that municipalities shall hav…
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Every agent, operator, or employee of any telegraph or telephone office, who in any way uses or appr…
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Every agent, operator, or employee of any telegraph or telephone office, who wilfully refuses or neg…
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The Public Utilities Commission shall issue regulations requiring every telephone corporation subjec…
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The Public Utilities Commission shall regularly make inquiry of every telephone corporation under it…
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(a) Telephone corporations, holders of a state franchise pursuant to Division 2.5 (commencing with S…
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A public utility employing more than 750 total employees shall annually report to the commission all…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The explosive demand for new area codes…
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(a) This chapter is applicable to telephone corporations, including resellers, and to paging compani…
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(a) Whenever a provider opens a new area code, it shall do all of the following: (1) If the new area…
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The rate structure of any call originating in or made to an area code shall not change with the spli…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The number of area codes in this state …
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(a) The commission shall develop and implement any measures it determines to be available for teleph…
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The commission shall direct the North American Numbering Plan Administrator to obtain utilization da…
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The commission shall require, as an interim measure until the commission develops procedures for num…
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(a) If the commission or an authorized federal agency establishes a process to ensure that telephone…
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A telephone corporation doing business in this state that possesses one or more telephone number pre…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that when the commission has no reasonable alternative other…
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Any person who wilfully and maliciously does any injury to telegraph or telephone or electric power …
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Any person who injures or destroys, through want of proper care, any necessary or useful facility or…
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No telegraph, telephone, electrical or gas corporation can recover damages for the breaking, injury …
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Unless the particular provisions or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general prov…
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“Person” includes any commission, officer, agent, or employee of this State, or of any county, city,…
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“Signal wires or cables” include telephone, telegraph, and other signal wires.
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No person shall run, place, erect, or maintain any wire or cable used to conduct electricity, on any…
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No person shall run, place, erect, or maintain in the vicinity of any pole (and unattached thereto) …
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No person shall run, place, erect, or maintain, above ground, within four feet from any wire or cabl…
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No person shall run, place, erect, or maintain any wire or cable which conducts at any one time more…
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No person shall place, erect, or maintain on any pole any transformer, capacitor, or other electrica…
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No person shall run, place, erect, or maintain any guy wire or guy cable attached to any pole or app…
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No person shall run, place, erect, or maintain vertically on any pole any wire or cable used to cond…
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No person shall place, erect, or maintain on any pole, or any crossarm or other appliance on the pol…
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No person shall run, place, erect, or maintain any wire or cable carrying more than 15,000 volts of …
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No person shall run, place, erect, or maintain any suspension wire to which is attached any aerial c…
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None of the provisions of Sections 8026 to 8034, inclusive, apply to direct current electric wires o…
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No person shall run, place, erect, or maintain any span wire attached to any wire or cable used to c…
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The commission may grant such additional time and shall inspect all work which is included in the pr…
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Any violation of any provision of this article is a misdemeanor.
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No person shall build or rebuild any subway, manhole, chamber, or underground room used or to be use…
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No person shall build or rebuild in any subway, manhole, chamber, or underground room used or to be …
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No person shall build or rebuild in any subway, manhole, chamber, or underground room, used or to be…
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No person shall build or rebuild any subway, manhole, chamber, or underground room, used or to be us…
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No person shall build or rebuild or maintain any subway, manhole, chamber, or underground room used,…
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The commission may inspect all work which is included in the provisions of this article, and may mak…
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Any violation of any provision of this article is a misdemeanor.
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Under certain conditions the sale and distribution of electric power and energy in the same geograph…
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Any utility may petition the commission setting forth in its petition the following: (a) That the pe…
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Thereupon, the commission shall cause an investigation to be made and may conduct such hearings in c…
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If the commission finds that it is for the best interests of the State and of the utility, and not i…
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Where limitation of areas to be served or limitations or designations of areas not to be served by t…
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In any civil or criminal action or proceeding for violation of the Cartwright Act (Chapter 530, Stat…
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If, in any contract submitted and approved by the commission or in any order made by the commission …
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If the commission has jurisdiction of extensions and service in the city it shall enforce a complian…
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“Water company” as used in this article, includes any person, firm, or private corporation engaged i…
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The Governor of the state may, upon the application of any railroad company, appoint and commission …
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Every peace officer designated under Section 8226 shall, when in uniform, wear in plain view a shiel…
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Each violation of this article by any person, firm, association, or corporation is a misdemeanor, an…
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The commission shall prohibit any public utility that has any retirement funds invested in the gover…
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The commission shall require every public utility to provide the commission with a list of its retir…
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The commission shall verify the accuracy of the information provided pursuant to Section 8277, and s…
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This article does not prevent the commission from applying this article to public utility retirement…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the essence of the American economic system of pr…
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For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Control” means exercising th…
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(a) The commission shall require each electrical corporation, gas corporation, water corporation, wi…
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(a) (1) The commission shall, by rule or order, adopt criteria for verifying and determining the eli…
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(a) Any person or corporation, through its directors, officers, or agents, that falsely represents a…
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(a) In order to facilitate the participation of women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business…
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(a) In addition to Section 8281, the Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) Publi…
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(a) (1) The commission shall require each electrical corporation, gas corporation, water corporation…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Nuclear Powerplant Communities Information Act o…
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Every privately owned and publicly owned public utility generating electricity by means of any nucle…
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(a) Each utility, and independent contractor or subcontractor of a utility, shall do both of the fol…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Nuclear Facility Decommissioning Act of 1985.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The citizens of California shoul…
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It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to protect electric customers, both pre…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of th…
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(a) Each electrical corporation owning, in whole or in part, or operating nuclear facilities, locate…
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(a) Each electrical utility owning, in whole or in part, or operating a nuclear facility, located in…
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The commission or the board shall review, in conjunction with each proceeding of the electrical util…
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The expenses associated with decommissioning of nuclear facilities shall be paid from the funds esta…
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The commission or the board shall, for purposes of establishing rates or charges, review and approve…
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Every electrical utility involved in decommissioning, closure, or removal of nuclear facilities, sha…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Baseload generat…
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(a) No load-serving entity or local publicly owned electric utility may enter into a long-term finan…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Load-serving…
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It is the policy of the state to modernize the state’s electrical transmission and distribution syst…
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For purposes of this chapter, “ISO” means the Independent System Operator operating pursuant to Arti…
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(a) By July 1, 2010, the commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, the ISO, and other …
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This chapter shall be implemented in a manner that does not compromise customer or worker safety or …
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(a) By July 1, 2011, each electrical corporation shall develop and submit a smart grid deployment pl…
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Smart grid technology may be deployed in a manner to maximize the benefit and minimize the cost to r…
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The commission may modify or adjust the requirements of this chapter for any electrical corporation …
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Each local publicly owned electric utility with more than 100,000 service connections, shall, by Jul…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Customer” means a customer…
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The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission and the Independent System Operator, shal…
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Nothing in this chapter shall discourage or prohibit the development or ownership of a microgrid by …
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(a) Within 180 days of the first request from a customer or developer to establish a microgrid, the …
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish transparency for renters and home buyers regard…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) (1) “Decarbonization charge” mean…
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(a) This chapter shall apply to any program or initiative administered by an energy supplier that ha…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “electrical or gas consumption data” means data about a customer’s…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “electrical consumption data” means data about a customer’s electr…
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(a) For purposes of this chapter, all of the following definitions apply: (1) “Deenergization event”…
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(a) Each electrical corporation shall construct, maintain, and operate its electrical lines and equi…
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The commission may assess penalties on an electrical corporation that fails to comply with its plan.…
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(a) The commission shall require a safety culture assessment of each electrical corporation to be co…
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(a) (1) (A) The office shall approve or deny each wildfire mitigation plan within nine months of its…
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(a) (1) The commission shall consider the cost of implementing each electrical corporation’s plan in…
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The commission, the office, and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shall enter into a me…
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(a) All electrical line clearance tree trimmers performing work to comply with the vegetation manage…
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(a) The commission shall not allow a large electrical corporation to include in its equity rate base…
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(a) Each local publicly owned electric utility and electrical cooperative shall construct, maintain,…
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(a) An electrical corporation, local publicly owned electric utility, or community choice aggregator…
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(a) The commission shall establish an expedited utility distribution infrastructure undergrounding p…
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(a) The Director of the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety shall issue a certificate to an elect…
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A privately owned public utility may serve as an administrator for purposes of Section 116686 of the…
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As used in this chapter, “utility” means any of the following that furnish electrical, gas, water, o…
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(a) On or before January 1, 2026, for new housing construction, each utility shall publicly post bot…
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For purposes of this chapter, all of the following definitions apply: (a) “Electrical corporation” h…
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(a) (1) The commission, as it deems necessary for the exchange of aggregated data, may establish any…
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(a) (1) The governing board of each local publicly owned electric utility, as it deems necessary for…
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For purposes of this chapter, both of the following definitions apply: (a) “Energy storage system” m…
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An application submitted to a local jurisdiction for an energy storage system shall include the appl…
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For any application submitted after January 1, 2026, a local jurisdiction shall not approve an energ…
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(a) For purposes of this section, all of the following definitions apply: (1) “Dedicated-use buildin…
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This chapter does not prevent a local jurisdiction from adopting and enforcing laws consistent with …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each utility shall, on or before March 1, 2026, automatic…
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(a) Each publicly owned electric and gas utility that provides the energy for space heating for low-…
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Each publicly owned electric and gas utility shall develop and implement its low-income home weather…
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Upon the completion and promulgation of regulations pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25943 of …
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(a) By March 15, 2013, and by March 15 of each year thereafter, each local publicly owned electric u…
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(a) A local publicly owned electric utility shall report to the Energy Commission regarding the ener…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “eligible renewable energy resource” and “renewables portfolio sta…
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(a) In developing the rules and procedures specified in this section and in Section 9507, the Energy…
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A local publicly owned electric utility serving end-use customers shall, upon request, provide the E…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that in order to promote wireline and wireless broadband acce…
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As used in this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Communications service p…
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(a) A local publicly owned electric utility shall make appropriate space and capacity on and in a ut…
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(a) If a local publicly owned electric utility has the authority pursuant to other law to impose a f…
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(a) (1) An annual fee charged by a local publicly owned electric utility for the use of a utility po…
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(a) A local publicly owned electric utility may require an additional one-time charge equal to three…
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Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit a local publicly owned electric utility from req…
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(a) In the event that it becomes necessary for the local publicly owned electric utility to use spac…
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(a) (1) Before adopting, or increasing, a fee described in this part, or adopting or changing the te…
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(a) Any person or entity may protest the adoption or imposition of, or increase of, a fee described …
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(a) A judicial action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an ordinance, resol…
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(a) A person or entity, or trade association representing that person or entity, may request an audi…
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(a) Nothing in this part alters the ability of a local publicly owned electric utility to determine …
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that California’s local publicly owned electric utilities an…
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(a) Except with respect to supply options of the nature specified in Section 218, with the exception…
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(a) After a public hearing, the local regulatory body of each local publicly owned electric utility …
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(a) Not less than six months prior to the date of implementation of direct transactions, the regulat…
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For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply: (a) “Direct transaction” means a con…
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(a) This division and Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 330) of Part 1 of Division 1 do not affec…
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All city-owned electric utilities shall report on the periodic bill the amount expected to be transf…
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(a) The intent of this section is to avoid cost-shifting to customers of an electrical corporation r…
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Sections 454.1 and 9607 of this code and Section 56133 of the Government Code do not apply to an irr…
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Commencing on January 1, 2001, and continuing through December 31, 2025, inclusive, all of the follo…
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Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56100) of Part 1 of Division 3 of the Government Code does not ap…
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The Legislature finds and declares that the policies stated in Section 8101 to 8108, inclusive, woul…
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(a) Beginning January 15, 2002, and at least once monthly thereafter, a local publicly owned electri…
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Each local publicly owned electric utility, in procuring energy to serve the load of its retail end-…
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(a) To the extent that doing so is cost effective, a local publicly owned electric utility providing…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a local publicly owned electric utility that provides e…
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(a) Each local publicly owned electric utility serving end-use customers shall prudently plan for an…
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(a) This section shall apply to a local publicly owned electric utility with an annual electrical de…
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(a) Integrated resource plans and plan updates adopted pursuant to Section 9621 shall be submitted t…
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(a) In its relevant distribution planning process, a local publicly owned electric utility shall con…
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“Public utility” as used in this article, means the supply of a municipal corporation alone or toget…
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A municipal corporation that provides broadband Internet access services shall comply with the requi…
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Any municipal corporation may acquire, construct, own, operate, or lease any public utility.
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The power to acquire and operate a public utility includes the power to complete, reconstruct, exten…
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For the purpose set forth in Sections 10002 and 10003 a municipal corporation may acquire, own, cont…
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(a) Except as provided for in subdivision (b), any judicial action or proceeding against a municipal…
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Whenever, in the operation of a utility, a municipality develops an excess of water, light, heat, or…
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No lease of a public utility is valid for a period of more than 15 years, and all such leases shall …
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(a) Every public utility furnishing light, heat, or power shall expend no funds for advertising when…
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(a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant relationship between the residential occupant…
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(a) If a public utility furnishes light, heat, water, or power to residential occupants through a ma…
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(a) The decision of a public utility to require a new residential applicant to deposit a sum of mone…
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(a) No public utility furnishing light, water, power, or heat may terminate residential service for …
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(a) A public utility furnishing light, heat, water, or power shall not terminate residential service…
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No electrical, gas, heat, or water public utility shall, by reason of delinquency in payment for any…
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Whenever a business transaction of a public utility, as defined in Section 10001, furnishing electri…
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Every public utility shall comply with Section 8029.5.
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(a) Subsequent to signing a contingent franchise, license, or service agreement with a local agency,…
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The commission may enter into a contract with a local agency to provide any technical assistance nee…
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Any municipal corporation incorporated under the laws of this State may as provided in this article …
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Whenever the legislative body of a municipal corporation by a resolution passed by two-thirds of all…
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The ordinance calling the special election shall recite the object for which the election is to be h…
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The ordinance shall be published once a day for at least 12 days in a newspaper published at least s…
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The votes of two-thirds of all voters voting at the election are necessary to authorize the sale of …
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The resolution and ordinance may provide for the sale of more than one public utility, but in such c…
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If the vote cast at the election is in favor of the sale of the public utility mentioned in the ordi…
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At the date fixed for receiving bids the legislative body of the municipal corporation shall open an…
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When a bid is accepted by the legislative body of the municipal corporation, the legislative body ma…
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The proceeds of the sale of the public utility shall be placed in the municipal treasury and shall b…
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(a) Notwithstanding Article 1 (commencing with Section 10001) and this article, and except as provid…
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There is granted to every municipal corporation of the State the right to construct, operate, and ma…
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A municipal corporation exercising its rights under this article shall restore the road, street, all…
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Before any municipal corporation uses any street, alley, avenue, or highway within any other municip…
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If the two municipal corporations, or a municipal corporation and a county, are unable to agree on t…
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This article does not authorize the construction of any sanitary sewer within the territorial limits…
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Nothing in this article limits in any respect the jurisdiction, powers, and duties vested by law in …
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There is granted to every municipal corporation of the State the right of way for the location, cons…
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There is granted to every municipal corporation of the State the right to take from any of the lands…
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There is granted to every municipal corporation of the State the right to take, in the manner provid…
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If the route or location of any works or adjuncts is changed so as not to cover or cross the lands s…
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When any selection of a right of way or land is made under this article by any municipal corporation…
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This article is intended to provide a means of making the work and improvements herein mentioned use…
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When any legislative body elects to proceed under this article, the provisions hereof only shall app…
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This article and all of its provisions shall be liberally construed to the end that the purposes her…
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“District,” as used in this article, includes any district for which the legislative body of any cou…
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Whenever, under any street improvement act under which public work or improvements may be installed …
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Before granting such permission the legislative body of the county or city shall find that the publi…
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The permission shall be signed by the mayor or other chief executive of the city or by the chairman …
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The permission shall state the time for which it is given, which shall not exceed two years, and des…
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If any extensions of or additional installations for the work or improvement are necessary in order …
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The permission shall provide that the charge made by the permittee for gas or water shall not be gre…
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The permission granted under this article to a private corporation or individual, not a public utili…
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The permission shall expressly reserve to the legislative body granting it the right to terminate it…
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The permission shall provide that if any district or public corporation is formed or extended, and i…
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Any person who injures or destroys, through want of proper care, any necessary or useful facility or…
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The Legislature finds and declares that financing the acquisition of privately owned facilities of a…
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As used in this article: (a) “Electrical corporation” means an electrical corporation as defined in …
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The use of certificates of participation by a municipal corporation not previously engaged in furnis…
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This division may be cited as the “Municipal Utility District Act.”
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of thi…
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“District” means a municipal utility district formed under this division or under Chapter 218 of the…
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“Public agency” includes a city, county water district, county sanitation district, or sanitary dist…
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“Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.
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“Sewage disposal” means the acquisition, construction, enlargement, operation, and maintenance of in…
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“Percent of the total vote cast,” when used with reference to the requirements of any petition or no…
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“Solid Waste Resource Recovery” means the acquisition, construction, enlargement, operation, and mai…
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“Electricity district” means a municipal utility district formed under this division that furnishes …
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A municipal utility district may be created as provided in this division and when so created may exe…
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All persons who, at the time this division goes into effect, hold offices under Chapter 218 of the S…
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Except as otherwise provided in this division elections shall be held and conducted and the result a…
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Except as otherwise provided in this division all ordinances, summaries of ordinances, and notices t…
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Whenever in this division publication in a newspaper of general circulation published within the dis…
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Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the Retirement B…
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Any public agency together with unincorporated territory, or two or more public agencies, with or wi…
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A request for the formation of a district may be made by resolution or by petition as set out in thi…
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Legislative bodies of half or more of the public agencies proposed to be included in the proposed di…
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The resolutions may state the kind of utility proposed to be first acquired, but failure to acquire …
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Certified copies of the resolutions shall be presented to the board of supervisors of the county con…
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Instead of resolutions, a petition may be presented to the board of supervisors of the county contai…
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The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and statements required to be contain…
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The petition may be on separate papers, but each paper shall contain the affidavit of the person who…
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The clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which the petition is presented shall compare…
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Upon receipt of certified copies of the resolutions or of a sufficient petition, the board of superv…
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Before calling the election the board of supervisors shall divide the proposed district into five wa…
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Upon establishing the wards, the board of supervisors shall publish notice of the election within th…
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Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which h…
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The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any indiv…
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If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is f…
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The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the dist…
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The notice shall state the name of the proposed district, and describe the boundaries thereof and th…
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The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed the…
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The ballots shall also contain the names of the persons nominated in each ward to serve as a member …
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Any person may be nominated for the office of director upon written petition of at least 50 voters o…
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Candidates for the office of director shall be voted upon at large, and every voter in the proposed …
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No person shall be entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included i…
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The election may be held on the same day as any other state, county, or city election, and be consol…
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The board of supervisors which called the election shall meet on Monday next succeeding the day of t…
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(a) The board of supervisors shall canvass, separately, the returns of each public agency and each p…
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No person may serve as a director unless he is a resident and voter of the district as finally deter…
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The board of supervisors shall also canvass the returns of the election with respect to the persons …
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The board of supervisors calling the election shall make all provision for the holding thereof throu…
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If a special election is held exclusively on the proposition of organizing a district, the expenditu…
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The board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy of the order declaring the result of the elect…
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No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adve…
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The government of every district is vested in a board of five directors, one from each ward, togethe…
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The first directors are elected at the formation election as provided in Chapter 2. All elections of…
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Notice of election shall be published and no other notice of such election need be given.
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The board shall by resolution or ordinance fix the boundaries of the wards for the purpose of electi…
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The notice of election shall refer to the wards established by the board.
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Not more than 113 days prior to the election, upon request, the county elections official of the pri…
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Nomination papers may be circulated throughout the district.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the provisions of the Elections Code prescribed f…
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The board shall in the notice, ordinance, or resolution calling an election consolidate it with the …
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Candidates for the office of director shall be voted upon at large, and every voter in the district …
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Upon receipt of the returns of the canvass by the respective boards of supervisors the board shall m…
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The secretary of the district shall issue certificates of election, signed by him and duly authentic…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any district formed prior to January 1, …
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In any district in which the number of directors is required to be increased from five to seven as p…
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The two additional directors provided for by this article shall be nominated and elected in the mann…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if, in a district subject to this article, by 5 p.m.…
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The two additional directors elected pursuant to this article shall take office immediately upon the…
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The term of office of the additional directors elected pursuant to this article shall be four years …
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Nothing in this article shall effect the term of office of district directors in office on the effec…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, t…
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To effectuate the increase as provided in Section 11857, the board of directors in office on January…
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The two additional directors provided for by this article shall be nominated and elected in the mann…
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The two additional directors elected pursuant to this article shall take office immediately upon the…
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The term of office of the additional directors elected pursuant to this article shall be four years …
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Nothing in this article shall affect the term of office of district directors in office on the effec…
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The directors elected at the formation election shall hold their respective offices only until the f…
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Of the directors elected at the first election following the formation election, those three elected…
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Directors elected at the formation election shall enter upon their official duties immediately upon …
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Vacancies on the board shall be filled as provided in this section: (a) (1) The remaining board memb…
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The oath of office of directors shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the secretary of the dist…
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The board shall choose one of its members president, and another vice president, who shall be author…
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The board is the legislative body of the district and determines all questions of policy.
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All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which …
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The board shall supervise and regulate every utility owned and operated by the district, including t…
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The board shall by resolution determine and create such number and character of positions as are nec…
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The board of a district which has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least ei…
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The board of any district having 600 or more employees may appoint not to exceed 15 employees to pos…
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The board of a district which has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least ei…
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The board of a district which has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least ei…
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The board may from time to time contract for or employ any professional service required by the dist…
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The board shall employ an expert who shall examine and report, at least annually, upon the system of…
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The salaries or wages of all officers and employees of a district shall be paid periodically as the …
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The board may provide by resolution, under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment…
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The board of any district which has owned and operated a water distribution system for at least 10 y…
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The board of a district which has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least ei…
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To facilitate the business of the district, the board may provide for the creation and administratio…
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Notwithstanding Section 11892, the board of a district which has owned and operated an electric dist…
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If a legal holiday falls on a Saturday, the board may provide by resolution that the Friday precedin…
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The board may provide by resolution, if necessary to implement a memorandum of understanding adopted…
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A district may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the board, change its name. A certified copy …
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A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
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The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and may provide, by ordinance or resolution, tha…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 11908, a district with a board having seven directors may provide, by re…
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Notwithstanding Section 11908, the board of a district which has owned and operated an electric dist…
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The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance. No ordinance, resoluti…
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(a) No ordinance shall be passed by the board within five days of the day of its introduction or at …
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The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it enacted by the board of directors …
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All ordinances shall be signed by the president of the board or the vice president, and attested by …
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The board shall appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have full charge and cont…
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All other things being equal, the board shall appoint as general manager some person who has had exp…
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The general manager need not be a resident of this State at the time of his appointment.
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The general manager shall hold office for an indefinite term and may be removed by the board only up…
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Notwithstanding this article, until such time as the district has operated, controlled, or used work…
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The board may appoint an accountant, a secretary, a treasurer, and an attorney, who shall hold offic…
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The attorney shall be admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of the State, and shall have bee…
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The board may also provide for assistants to any officer of the district who shall hold office at th…
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The board may consolidate any of the district offices in one person.
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The oath of office of all appointive officers of the district shall be taken, subscribed, and filed …
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Each appointive officer shall give such bond and in such amount as the board may require.
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The powers of the general manager are: (a) To see that all ordinances of the district are enforced. …
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The general manager shall within 90 days from the end of each fiscal year cause to be published a su…
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The attorney shall take charge of all suits and other legal matters to which the district is a party…
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The accountant shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting which shall completely…
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The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the district and shall make payments and execut…
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With the consent of the board, the treasurer may: (a) Authorize the trust department of any state or…
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The initiative and referendum provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division 9 o…
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The general manager shall adopt a civil service system for the selection, examination, employment, c…
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The general manager shall adopt rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of the civil service…
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The rules and regulations or any proposed amendments thereto shall be in writing and a copy thereof …
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The civil service provisions of this chapter do not apply to any district until such time as it has …
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The “district civil service” includes every employee of the district except all of the following: (a…
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All appointments under the civil service system shall be made for the good of the public service and…
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(a) When no list of eligibles is available for a position in the class requisitioned by the departme…
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When no list of eligibles is available for a position in the class requisitioned by the department o…
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The general manager may make appointments to higher positions exclusively promotional by tests from …
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Every appointee to a permanent position shall be on probation for six months, except that the genera…
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The incumbents of permanent positions who have held such positions for a period of at least six mont…
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Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility…
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If a civil service system is adopted for a district during the period of a leave of absence granted …
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Whenever a district acquires existing facilities from a public utility, whether by proceedings in em…
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No person employed under civil service provisions of this division or of any rules and regulations a…
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Removal or discharge may be made for any of the following causes: incompetence, habitual intemperanc…
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The department or division head may for disciplinary purposes suspend a subordinate for a period of …
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Within five days after the mailing of written notice of removal, discharge, or suspension, any emplo…
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When such request is made the general manager shall immediately appoint from officers or assistant o…
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The committee shall examine into the case and make such decision as it deems just and may among othe…
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Nothing in the civil service provisions of this division deprives any person of his rights and remed…
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The board may establish a retirement system for the officers, whether elective or appointive, or bot…
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The district may maintain its own retirement fund or may provide for benefits to eligible officers a…
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Before establishing any retirement system the board shall secure a report from a qualified actuary, …
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The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to t…
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A district may make all or part of its officers, whether elective or appointive, or both, and employ…
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The board may classify and determine the officers, whether elective or appointive, or both, and empl…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a participant in a deferred compensation plan may also p…
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The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the distri…
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The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon service rendered the district by a member pr…
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The board shall provide that both the district and the members shall contribute to the retirement sy…
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All members of the retirement system shall contribute in the manner and amount fixed by the board an…
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Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits other than such as are the equi…
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If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior to retirement the total amount contributed …
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All money received by any person as an annuity, pension, retirement allowance, disability payment, o…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12337, the retirement board may comply with and give effec…
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Nothing in this division shall prevent a district from establishing a deferred compensation plan for…
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The board shall create a retirement board of not more than five members, at least two members of whi…
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All members of the retirement board shall serve without pay.
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The retirement board shall determine the eligibility of officers, employees, and their dependents to…
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If the district maintains its own retirement fund, the retirement board shall have exclusive control…
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In addition to such other investments that are authorized by this article, the retirement board may,…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the retirement board, or the district’s tre…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the retirement system may invest in any and all…
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Notwithstanding Section 12364, the retirement board may contract with one or more qualified investme…
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The retirement board may authorize a trust company or a trust department of any state or national ba…
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Funds held by a district pursuant to a written agreement between the district and the employees of t…
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At least once in each four-year period after the establishment of the retirement system the board sh…
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Except as herein provided, no member of the board or of the retirement board, nor any member of the …
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A district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
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A district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings,…
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(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), any judicial action or proceeding against a district tha…
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A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to …
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A district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in connec…
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Neither the general manager nor any director of the district shall in any manner be interested, dire…
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Whenever the board, by resolution passed by a majority of its members, determines that the public in…
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(a) Except as specified in Section 12751.5, the purchase of all supplies and materials, when the exp…
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Notwithstanding Section 12751, the board of a district which has owned and operated an electric dist…
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Notwithstanding Section 12751, the board of a district which has owned and operated water distributi…
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(a) The purpose of this section is to provide affected districts with an alternative acquisition pro…
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If after the bids have been rejected, the board determines and declares by a four-fifths vote of all…
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In case of any great emergency, the board may, by resolution passed by a four-fifths vote of all the…
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A district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or condemn in proceedings under emin…
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A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 …
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(a) For purposes of this section, “security” has the same meaning as defined in Section 25019 of the…
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A district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use, within or without, or partly withi…
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A district that provides broadband Internet access services shall comply with the requirements of Ar…
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A district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this division requiring approva…
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Except as provided in this division with reference to sewage disposal, a district shall not interfer…
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Whenever there is a surplus of water, light, heat, or power above that which is required by inhabita…
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Whenever any of the facilities, works, or utilities of the district, or part thereof, is not used or…
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The district and any public agencies included therein may at any time enter into appropriate contrac…
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A district may sell or otherwise dispose of any water, sewage effluent, fertilizer, or other by-prod…
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A district may construct works across or along any street or public highway, or over any of the land…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 53091 and 65402 of the Government Code, Section 12808 of the Public Uti…
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The rates and charges for commodities or service furnished by a district shall be fixed by the board…
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The board may provide that rates, tolls, and charges for any sewage disposal enterprise or service m…
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The board may provide for the collection of fees, tolls, rates, rentals, or other charges in any law…
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(a) Except when prohibited by Section 12822.6, a district may, by resolution or ordinance, require t…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district may establish a temporary relief program …
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The board may apportion all or a portion of the expenses of operation and maintenance of any sewage …
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Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this article, the board may, in its discretion, finance any…
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A district may add fluorine or fluorine compounds to the water supply of the district only if the vo…
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The board may call a special election at any time for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the…
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The board shall adopt an ordinance, in accordance with Section 12815, calling an election for the pu…
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Petitions which meet the requirements of this article shall be certified as sufficient.
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Before circulating the petition, its proponents shall publish a notice of intention to do so. The no…
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The petition shall declare that the public interest or necessity demands that a special election be …
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Any registered voter who is a resident of the district may circulate the petition anywhere within th…
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The petition shall be filed by the proponents, or by any person or persons authorized, in writing, b…
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If the petition contains more than 500 signatures, the secretary shall, within 30 days from the date…
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In determining valid signatures from voter registration records, the secretary may use the duplicate…
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If the petition is found insufficient, no action shall be taken on it. However, the failure to secur…
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The secretary shall attach to the petition, a certificate showing the result of the signature examin…
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(a) At least 90 days prior to the election provided for in Sections 12815 and 12815.1, notice of the…
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A district may, through contract or otherwise, construct, maintain, improve and operate public recre…
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(a) No publicly owned utility shall commence the distribution or sale of water for municipal, domest…
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(a) Every district furnishing light, heat, or power shall expend no funds for advertising when the a…
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Whenever a business transaction of a municipal utility district furnishing electricity, gas, water s…
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(a) A district may employ a suitable security force. The employees of the district that are designat…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 117070 or 117120 of the Health and Safety Code, any violation of a rule …
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(a) Whenever residential light, heat, or power is furnished through a submeter system by a master-me…
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(a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant relationship between the residential occupant…
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(a) If a district furnishes residential light, heat, water, or power to residential occupants throug…
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(a) The decision of a district to require a new residential applicant to deposit a sum of money with…
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(a) A district furnishing its inhabitants with light, water, power, or heat shall not terminate resi…
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(a) A district furnishing light, heat, water, or power shall not terminate residential service on ac…
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No electrical, gas, heat, or water municipal utility district shall, by reason of delinquency in pay…
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(a) A district furnishing light, heat, or power may engage in activities to reduce wasteful, unecono…
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Every district shall comply with Section 8029.5.
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The board of a district that has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least eig…
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All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section…
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A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness, and may issue bonds or other evidences of indebt…
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No district shall incur an indebtedness for public works which in the aggregate exceeds 20 percent o…
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Indebtedness which has been incurred for the construction and operation of a public utility, where t…
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A district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this division requiring approva…
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This article shall apply only to districts which have owned and operated an electric distribution, w…
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A district may, from time to time, issue bonds in accordance with the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chap…
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Article 3 (commencing with Section 54380) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Gov…
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When bonds are issued under this article, the preliminary resolution of the board adopted pursuant t…
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Upon any such resolution taking effect subject to the right of referendum pursuant to this article, …
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If no such referendary petition is presented within the period of 60 days, then upon the expiration …
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The board at any time may, and upon the filing of a referendum petition as provided in Section 12854…
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The authority herein contained shall be in addition to the authority conferred by Chapter 7 of this …
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Bonds issued by a district, pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 53540) of Chapter 3 of Pa…
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A district may invest any surplus money in its treasury, including money in any sinking fund, in any…
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Such investment may be made by direct purchase of any issue of such bonds, treasury notes, or obliga…
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Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held as investments by the district may from…
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Sales of any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held by the district shall from tim…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district which has owned and operated a water distribu…
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A district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose.
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A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapt…
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If, in the opinion of the board, the revenues will not be sufficient for any and all lawful purposes…
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The board shall, at the time of fixing the general tax levy and in the manner provided for the gener…
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The taxes required to be levied and collected on account of interest, principal, and sinking fund of…
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Nothing in this division prevents the issuance of revenue bonds by a district for the entire distric…
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The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes by the district, including t…
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The board may elect to avail itself of the assessments made by the assessors of the counties in whic…
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In such case the county auditor shall, on or before August 15th of each year, transmit to the board …
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In case the board elects to avail itself of the assessments referred to in Section 12897 it shall, o…
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The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of taxes as above provided transmit to the county …
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The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county …
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Whenever any real property situate in any district which has availed itself of the provisions of Sec…
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The compensation to be charged by and paid to any county for the performance of services under this …
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All taxes levied under this division are a lien on the property on which they are levied. Unless the…
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The Improvement Act of 1911 may be used by a district formed pursuant to this division for the const…
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The powers and duties conferred by the Improvement Act of 1911 on boards, officers and agents of cit…
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The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 may be used by a district formed pursuant to this division for…
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This article shall apply only to the ownership, operation, control, or use by a district of a system…
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(a) A district which acquires, constructs, owns, operates, controls, or uses works for supplying its…
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(a) Any district levying a standby charge, which has elected under Section 12897 to use county and s…
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Any funds derived from the standby charges levied pursuant to this article may be used by the distri…
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This chapter is complete authority for the issuance of bonds hereunder, and no action or proceeding …
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Unless otherwise clearly indicated by the context, all of the provisions of this chapter shall be un…
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This chapter shall apply only to districts which have owned and operated an electric distribution sy…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of thi…
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“Bonds” includes the meaning of “notes, certificates and other evidences of indebtedness” and in eve…
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“Refund” includes the meaning of “extend” and “renew.”
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“Assented to by the voters” means that the proposition indicated by the context has been submitted t…
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“Payments on principal” means payments on account of the principal of bonds, whether upon maturity o…
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A district may borrow money from time to time for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, repla…
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A district may also refund from time to time, whether at or prior to maturity, any outstanding indeb…
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Whenever a district exercises the power to borrow money pursuant to this chapter the board may autho…
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The limitations prescribed in Section 13093 shall not be applicable to the issuance of any refunding…
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Any bond for the payment and discharge of which, upon maturity or upon redemption prior to maturity,…
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The board shall have power to determine all the terms and conditions of the issuance and sale of bon…
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Whenever a district proposes to exercise the power to borrow money, or to refund indebtedness, pursu…
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When bonds are issued under this chapter, the preliminary resolution of the board adopted pursuant t…
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Upon any such resolution taking effect subject to the right of referendum, pursuant to this article,…
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If no such referendary petition is presented within the aforesaid period of 60 days, then upon the e…
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The provisions of any resolution constituting a part of the proceedings for the issuance of any bond…
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The board at any time may adopt a resolution providing for submission to the voters of the district …
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All bonds issued by a district pursuant to this chapter shall be, and shall recite upon their face t…
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The provisions of this article shall not preclude any of the following: (1) The payment of any such …
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In connection with the exercise of the power to borrow money, to issue bonds, and to refund indebted…
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Money set aside and placed in any such reserve fund or special trust account shall remain therein un…
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Money in any such reserve fund shall be drawn therefrom only upon demands authenticated by the signa…
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Money in any such special trust account shall be drawn therefrom only in accordance with directions …
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So long as any bonds of the district are outstanding and unpaid, or so long as provision has not bee…
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The board shall fix rates for service from the electric system to which the indebtedness pertains, a…
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Bonds issued under this chapter shall be issued without any priority with respect to payment of prin…
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The electric system of the district to which the indebtedness pertains shall not be sold or otherwis…
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No indebtedness payable out of revenues shall be created in contravention of the provisions of any r…
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Anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, the board, in any resolution constituting …
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The board may provide in the resolution authorizing the issue of any bonds under this chapter that a…
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The board may provide in the resolution authorizing the issue of any bonds under this chapter the te…
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Without limiting in any way the generality of its power, the board is expressly authorized, in its d…
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The board may provide for such bonds being in such amounts, of such denominations, payable at such t…
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The board may provide for such bonds being negotiable or nonnegotiable.
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The board may provide for such bonds and the interest thereon, and premiums, if any, due upon the re…
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The board may provide for such bonds being payable to bearer or only to the registered holder, eithe…
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The board may provide for such bonds being redeemable, either at the option of the district, or in t…
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The board may provide for the issuance by the district of a duplicate, in the manner and on such ter…
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The board may provide for the appointment and payment of fiscal, paying, sinking fund or other agent…
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The board may provide for the appointment of the treasurer of the district to act as such fiscal, pa…
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The board may provide for the custody by the district of bonds and coupons, whether pending delivery…
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The board may provide for the sale of any such bonds upon such terms and conditions as the board in …
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The board may provide for the issuance of interim receipts or of temporary bonds, in such form as th…
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The board may provide for any signatures to such bonds and to any coupons thereto attached, and to a…
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The board may provide for restrictions on the incurring of additional indebtedness of the district p…
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The board may provide for restrictions on future transfers out of the revenues out of which the bond…
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The board may provide for covenants with the holders of bonds to the same effect as set forth in Art…
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The board may provide for the issuance and distribution in such form as the board may determine of o…
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The board may provide for the making of contracts, or the placing of orders, for the engraving or pr…
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Each issue of bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall conform to the following requirements: (1)…
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Prior to the issue of any bonds to be issued pursuant to this chapter, the board, after satisfying i…
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The board may also, by resolution, find and determine any other facts relevant to the legality of th…
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The board, by resolution adopted in connection with any issue of bonds pursuant to this chapter, may…
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From and after the issuance of any issue of bonds the findings and determinations of the board respe…
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Bonds shall be deemed to be issued, within the meaning of this article whenever the definitive bonds…
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The validity of bonds reciting that they have been issued pursuant to this chapter shall not be affe…
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All sums received as accrued interest on the sale of any issue of bonds issued pursuant to this chap…
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All sums received as principal and premiums on the sale of any issue of bonds shall be applied to th…
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The board may from time to time establish and maintain a separate fund or funds in the district trea…
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Money set aside and placed in any such separate fund shall remain therein until from time to time ex…
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Money in any such separate fund shall be drawn therefrom only upon demands authenticated by the sign…
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If the board shall determine by resolution that the expenditure of the whole or any portion of the s…
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If any excess of the principal sum of the proceeds of any issue of bonds shall remain unexpended aft…
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A district may also have the power to borrow money from time to time for any or all of the purposes …
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All notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued under the authority of this article shall contai…
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No amount shall be borrowed under the authority of this article which when added to the amount of al…
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All of the provisions of this chapter not inconsistent with the terms of this article, and not by th…
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Pending use for the purposes for which any reserve fund or special trust account or any other separa…
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Any bonds or other securities so purchased shall constitute a part of such reserve fund, separate fu…
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Bonds issued under this chapter may be presented to the State Treasurer for certification under Divi…
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A district may from time to time incur a bonded indebtedness as provided in this chapter to pay the …
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Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the…
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In lieu of a resolution passed by the board, proceedings for the issuance of bonds for the purposes …
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Whenever any petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at least 15 percent of…
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If the required number of signatures is found to be genuine, the secretary shall transmit to the boa…
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Upon receiving a petition with the certificate of the secretary stating that it contains the require…
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The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix the date on which the election will be held,…
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Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the …
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All special bond elections held in even-numbered years shall be consolidated with the direct primary…
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The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice of election need be given.
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The votes of two-thirds of all the voters voting on the proposition at the election are required to …
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If the proposition submitted at a special bond election fails to receive the requisite number of vot…
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Bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter shall mature serially in amounts to be fixed by the board;…
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The bonds shall be issued in such denomination or denominations as the board determines, and shall b…
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The board may at any time prior to the issuance and sale of any bonds provide for the call and redem…
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The bonds shall be signed by the president of the board or by such officer of the district as the bo…
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The bonds may be issued and sold for not less than their par value, but otherwise as the board deter…
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The proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the district treasury to the credit of the proper fund,…
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In lieu of the immediate levy of a tax to pay the interest or any part thereof on any bonded indebte…
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Whenever the board by resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that t…
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The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed as the incurring or increase of an indebtedne…
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Only the property in a special district is taxable for the payment of the principal and interest on …
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Except as provided in this article, matters pertaining to the issuance of refunding bonds under this…
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The proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds shall be applied only to the purchase, or retirement at …
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In lieu of selling refunding bonds and using the proceeds to purchase or retire the bonds to be refu…
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Whenever outstanding bonds are refunded they shall be surrendered to the treasurer of the district, …
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All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district are legal investments for all trust funds a…
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All bonds of the district, to the same extent as bonds of any other municipality, are legal for use …
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An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with S…
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Whenever the board, by resolution adopted by a four-fifths vote of all members of the board of a fiv…
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Whenever the board makes the finding and determination as described in Section 13345, the district m…
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Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this chapter shall be payable from any sources of available funds,…
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The district may issue refunding bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness for the purpose of…
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General obligation indebtedness issued pursuant to this chapter shall be payable from any sources of…
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This chapter applies only to districts which have owned and operated an electric distribution system…
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As used in this chapter, the term “revenues of the district” shall have the same meaning as is provi…
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When bonds are issued under this article, the preliminary resolution of the board adopted pursuant t…
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Whenever a resolution authorizes the issuance of bonds pursuant to Section 13371, the board shall ca…
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If no such referendum petition is presented within the period of 60 days, then upon the expiration o…
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The board at any time may, and upon the filing of a referendum petition as provided in Section 13377…
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A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness for the purchasing of electricity; provided, that…
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All provisions of this chapter not inconsistent with this article and not by their terms made inappl…
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One or more special districts for sewage disposal or solid waste resource recovery purposes may be c…
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Resolutions shall first be passed by the legislative bodies of half or more, but of not less than tw…
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Instead of procedure by resolutions, a petition may be filed with the secretary of a district signed…
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The petition shall declare that the public interest or necessity demands the creation of a special d…
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The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures with the affidavits of registration and s…
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The board may initiate proceedings for the creation of a special district for sewage disposal or sol…
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Within 60 days after receipt of the resolutions of the public agencies or receipt of the certificati…
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The notice of hearing shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the…
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The time fixed for the hearing shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of the …
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At or before the hearing, any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written …
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The board may reduce or enlarge the boundaries of the proposed special district, but the boundaries …
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The board shall not approve the creation of a special district containing territory in addition to t…
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No public agency or portion thereof shall be included within the boundaries of a special district un…
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If no protests are filed, or if the protests filed are overruled and denied by the board, the board …
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At any time after the board has approved the creation of the proposed special district, and fixed it…
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No person is entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included in the …
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If a proposition for incurring a bonded indebtedness is submitted at the same election with the prop…
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On the question of the creation of a special district, the returns of each public agency and of each…
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A special district has no separate corporate existence but shall be deemed to be a taxing subdivisio…
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Connections of all sewers within the special district to intercepting sewers of the district shall b…
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Nothing in this division shall require the district to construct any sewers other than intercepting …
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Upon completion of sewage disposal facilities for any special district all sewage and industrial was…
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Without limiting in any way the foregoing provisions of this division, the respective public agencie…
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Each utility which a district is authorized to acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use pur…
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The board shall supervise and regulate sewage disposal within a special district, including the fixi…
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Without limiting in any way the provisions of this division, and in addition to the powers granted t…
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Rules and regulations pertaining to the control of quantity, quality or flow of waste water may prov…
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No person shall discharge waste water into a community sewer system connected to or directly into a …
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Whenever a discharge of waste water is in violation of the district’s regulations or otherwise cause…
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(a) Any person who fails to comply with any order issued by the district, shall be subject to a civi…
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(a) The district may issue a complaint to any person on whom civil liability may be imposed pursuant…
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Any party aggrieved by a final order issued by the board under Section 13575.5, after granting revie…
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(a) Within 30 days after service of a copy of a decision and order issued by the board pursuant to S…
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Any person who intentionally discharges waste water in any manner, in violation of any order issued …
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Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or representation in any record, report, plan, or…
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Any abatement actions taken pursuant to the foregoing sections with respect to contamination, pollut…
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The district may enter upon private property of any person and sample at, inspect or survey the wast…
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The board may use temporarily any district funds for the payment of any costs or expenses incident t…
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The board shall recover all district funds advanced under this article by means of taxes levied upon…
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Nothing in this article limits the general powers of a district with reference to sewage disposal or…
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At any time after the creation of a special district a proposition of incurring bonded indebtedness …
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Except as otherwise provided herein the provisions of Chapter 7 shall substantially govern as to all…
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The favorable vote of two-thirds of all the voters within the special district voting on the proposi…
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Only the property in the special district shall be taxable for the payment of the principal and inte…
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Any proceeding denying the validity of the creation of any special district, or of any bonds authori…
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The board may utilize the provisions of Chapter 7.1 (commencing with Section 13345) to authorize eme…
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The special district may borrow money and incur indebtedness in anticipation of the sale of bonds wh…
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The special district may issue refunding bonds, notes, or other securities for the purpose of paying…
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Evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to this article shall be payable from any sources of avail…
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Any public agency or portion thereof or unincorporated territory within the boundaries of a district…
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The board shall by resolution determine that the annexation of the territory will facilitate the acq…
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No public agency or portion thereof shall be annexed to a special district unless the legislative bo…
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The terms and conditions for the annexation of territory to a special district may provide, among ot…
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Notice fixing the time and place for hearing on the question of the annexation of territory to a spe…
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The time for hearing shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of the first publ…
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At or before the hearing any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written o…
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The hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the board without further notice other than an ord…
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From and after the date of filing of the resolution with the secretary of the district the annexatio…
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No annexation to a special district shall operate to dissolve or terminate the legal existence of an…
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From and after the date of annexation any territory annexed to a special district is liable for paym…
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A special district may be dissolved by resolution of the board if any proposition for the incurring …
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Any public agency not included within the boundaries of a district may be annexed to the district in…
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The legislative body of the public agency proposed to be annexed shall agree in writing with the boa…
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The terms and conditions of annexation may provide, among other things, for the levy and payment of …
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After the legislative body of the public agency and the board have concurred upon the proposed terms…
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After the filing of the proposed agreement with the executive officer, proceedings thereon shall be …
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The agreement shall become effective and be binding upon the district and the public agency when app…
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The ordinance, together with a notice fixing the time and place for hearing thereon, shall be publis…
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At the hearing any person interested may file with the board written objections to the execution of …
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Upon the hearing the board shall determine whether or not the agreement will be carried into executi…
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Any hearing on the agreement may be adjourned from time to time by the board without further notice …
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If no protests are filed or if the protests filed are overruled and denied the board shall thereupon…
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When executed by the district the agreement shall be dated and an executed copy filed with the secre…
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At any time after the board has finally approved the agreement of annexation the legislative body of…
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Notice of election shall be published as provided in Section 11534 and shall either state that a cop…
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The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on …
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If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition a…
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If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing bod…
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If the proposition receives the vote of the requisite majority of voters the governing body of the p…
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Upon receipt by the district of a copy of the agreement of annexation properly executed by the distr…
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Upon the completion of the annexation of any territory in accordance with law to any city included i…
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If the district shall file its objections in the manner aforesaid to the annexation of said territor…
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From and after the date of annexation the board shall levy upon all of the property in the public ag…
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No annexation of a public agency to a district shall operate to dissolve or terminate the legal exis…
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Unincorporated territory may be annexed to a district in the manner provided in the Cortese-Knox-Her…
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Unincorporated territory not contiguous to a district may not be annexed if the district does not po…
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Any territory contained within a district not operating any utility and not included within the boun…
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If the city to which any territory included in any district has been annexed already serves electric…
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The agreement for exclusion shall be authorized and executed and proceedings for such exclusion take…
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If an order of exclusion is granted, the board and the governing body of the city shall by contract …
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The order of exclusion does not invalidate in any manner any taxes or assessments theretofore levied…
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Before any rates and charges for commodities or service furnished by a district are fixed or changed…
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A district or any interested person may bring an action pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Secti…
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Before the board adopts any change in rates and charges for commodities or services furnished by an …
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The report and recommendation of the general manager of an electricity district filed pursuant to Se…
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At the hearing held pursuant to Section 14403, the board shall do both of the following: (a) Permit …
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This division may be cited as “The Public Utility District Act.”
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of thi…
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“District” means a public utility district formed pursuant to this division.
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“Board” means the board of directors of a district.
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“Elector,” “voter,” or “qualified elector,” means a voter whose name appears on the great register o…
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“Original and primary proposition” means the proposition to incorporate the proposed district with a…
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“Person” means an individual, a firm or a copartnership.
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The great register or supplement thereto, and certificates in due form of notaries public or verific…
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Nothing in this division shall be construed as repealing or modifying the provisions of any other la…
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Whenever all the territory comprising a district becomes part of a city, the legislative body of the…
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A district may be incorporated and managed in unincorporated territory pursuant to this division and…
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Whenever the people of unincorporated territory desire to organize a district, they shall present to…
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The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, all of which shall constitute one pe…
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Each petition shall name or describe the territory within which the registered voters signing it res…
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The county elections official shall within 30 days examine and verify the signatures to the petition…
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If the county elections official, by his or her certificate, finds that a petition is insufficient, …
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If a supplemental petition is filed, all signatures appended to the petition and to the supplemental…
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After the election for the incorporation of the proposed district, the sufficiency of the petition i…
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Notwithstanding any provision of law, for purposes of this division all territory in the Kirkwood Me…
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By resolution each board of supervisors to which a petition is presented shall fix a time for a hear…
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Within 10 days after a petition is presented to it, the board of supervisors shall publish a copy of…
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The hearing may be adjourned from time to time for the determination of facts, not exceeding two wee…
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If the signatures attached to the petition are sufficient, no defect in the contents of the petition…
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The publication of notice shall be pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code in a newspaper of…
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At the hearing or at any time prior thereto, any owner of taxable property within the proposed distr…
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Any person owning land adjoining any land described in the petition, upon his verified application, …
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At the hearing the board shall determine whether or not the petition complies with the requirements …
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The special election shall be called by ordinance by each board of supervisors. The ordinance shall …
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The ordinance calling the election shall be published in the unincorporated territory pursuant to Se…
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Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which h…
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The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any indiv…
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If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is f…
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The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the dist…
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The election shall be held and conducted, the returns canvassed, and the result declared by the boar…
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The proposition submitted at the election shall be stated upon the ballot substantially as follows: …
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Within five days after the result of the election is declared, and the order is made where required,…
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The board of supervisors receiving the certificates delivered pursuant to Section 15765 shall meet a…
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If it appears from the certificates that a majority of the electors voting at the election has voted…
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When the board of supervisors has completed its examination of the certificates, and has made the or…
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The board of supervisors shall immediately deposit one roll for filing in the office of the Secretar…
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Upon the receipt of the duplicate roll the Secretary of State shall issue his certificate reciting t…
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No charge shall be made by either the Secretary of State or any county recorder or county elections …
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From and after the date the duplicate roll is filed with the Secretary of State, the district is inc…
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The board may change the name of the district by adoption of an ordinance changing the name of the d…
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No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adve…
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Any such contest shall be brought in the superior court of the county where the district, or the gre…
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Verification deputies shall be qualified electors residing within the territory of the district or t…
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Verification deputies required to verify signatures to petitions for the formation of a district, or…
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Appointments of verification deputies shall be made upon written application of not less than five (…
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Verification deputies need not use a seal, and shall not have power to administer oaths for any purp…
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Verification deputies shall not be paid, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, out of the cou…
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Before appointment a verification deputy shall make and file with the clerk appointing him an oath a…
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At an election held in the district on the next established election date not less than 74 days afte…
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A director at large shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district.
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All unincorporated territories situated in the same county and included within the district shall be…
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Candidates for the office of director to be elected by a unit shall be nominated from each such terr…
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Each directorship is a separate office for the purpose of nomination and election, and for the filli…
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(a) Candidates for directors at large shall be designated in all declarations of candidacy, nominati…
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Candidates for director from the several territorial units entitled to one director each shall be de…
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If only one unit of unincorporated territory is contained in the district, it may be designated as “…
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If two or more units of unincorporated territory are contained in the district, they shall be number…
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The board of supervisors shall number, name, and designate each territorial unit of the district by …
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Designations of directors by name or number have no significance whatever after election and qualifi…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the division, the candidates for director of any district…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the candidates for director of any distric…
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The population of each unit of unincorporated territory within the district shall be determined at t…
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The board of directors shall determine the boundaries of each unit of unincorporated territory withi…
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The election of directors shall be held in the unincorporated territory included within the district…
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(a) Not less than 30 days prior to the election, any five or more electors in the district may file …
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A certificate of election shall be issued by the board of supervisors to each person elected and dec…
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Immediately after receiving his or her certificate of election and before assuming the duties of off…
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All official oaths shall be in the form provided by law for official oaths of county officers.
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If a person elected fails to qualify, the office shall be filled as if there were a vacancy in the o…
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Elections of directors after election of the first board shall be called and held by the board of di…
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The board of directors of a district which lies entirely within one county may submit to the qualifi…
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Within 30 days after an increase in the number of directors has been authorized, the board of direct…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 15951, 15972, and 15973, the local agency formation commission, in appr…
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Notwithstanding Section 15952 or any other provision of this division, each member of the board of d…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, candidates for director of the Georgetown …
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Notwithstanding any provision of law, the Board of Directors of the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility …
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On the first Tuesday after their election and qualification, the directors shall meet and classify t…
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(a) Each member of the board may receive the compensation that the board by ordinance provides, not …
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A vacancy in the office of director shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.
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Except as otherwise provided in this division, the powers of the district shall be exercised by the …
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The board of directors shall choose one of its members president.
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The president shall sign all contracts on behalf of the district and perform such other duties as ma…
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The board may from time to time contract for or employ any professional services required by the dis…
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At the first meeting of the board, after the board has qualified and organized, it shall appoint the…
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In lieu of appointing a treasurer, the board may elect that the duties of treasurer be performed by …
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The board may consolidate two or more offices in the same person.
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The board may provide for an assistant to any officer of the district who may perform the acts his p…
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At the first meeting after the end of each fiscal year, the board shall render and immediately cause…
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The financial statement shall show particularly the receipts and disbursements since the publication…
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Publication of the financial statement shall be made pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code…
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A neglect or refusal of the board to comply with Sections 16601 to 16614, inclusive, 16644 to 16659,…
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No director or other officer of the district shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirect…
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A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 …
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The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and shall provide for the time and place of hold…
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The board shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or motion. The ayes and noes shall be taken upon …
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The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be: “Be it enacted by the board of directors of _______ …
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All resolutions and ordinances shall be signed by the president of the board and attested by the sec…
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No ordinance passed by the board takes effect less than 30 days after its passage. At least one week…
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An order entered in the minutes of the board that an ordinance has been duly posted and published is…
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All tax levies for a purpose other than interest or sinking fund payments shall be first authorized …
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During the 30 days following passage of an ordinance pursuant to Section 16077 a petition, signed by…
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Immediately upon receipt of a petition submitted pursuant to Section 16078 the board shall cause the…
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Within 10 days after the filing of a supplemental petition, the clerk shall examine it and certify t…
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An ordinance is suspended from going into operation until the examination, verification, and certifi…
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If a petition, or petition as amended, is certified to be sufficient the ordinance is suspended from…
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If the board does not entirely repeal the ordinance upon reconsideration, it shall submit the ordina…
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Unless otherwise provided in this division, petitions made pursuant to this article, in the matter o…
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The officers of the district, other than the board of directors, are: (a) A clerk, who is also ex of…
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The officers, other than the board of directors, shall be appointed by the board, hold office at its…
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When the district acquires, constructs, owns, or operates two or more public utilities, a general ma…
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Subject to such restrictions as the board may impose, the general manager shall have full charge and…
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The clerk shall countersign all contracts on behalf of the district. He shall give his full time dur…
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The accountant shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting which completely and a…
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The biennial election for the election of directors shall be held on the first Tuesday after the fir…
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Except as otherwise provided in this division, districts governed by this division are subject to th…
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No person may vote at any district election unless he possesses all the requirements of an elector u…
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If land is annexed to a district, the board shall reestablish the boundaries of the units and electi…
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Whenever a special election is called pursuant to Articles 1 or 2 of Chapter 5 for the purpose of su…
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At the special election all propositions formulated pursuant to Articles 1 or 2 of Chapter 5 may be …
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The ordinance calling the election shall set forth the following: (a) The purposes for which it is c…
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The election shall be held as provided for holding elections in the district.
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The maximum time of labor or service required of any laborer, workman, or mechanic employed upon any…
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The board shall fix the hours of labor or service required of all employees of the district, and the…
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The board shall classify all places of employment under the district and its offices and departments…
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The board shall make rules to effect a civil service system, and for examinations, appointments, pro…
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Examinations shall be practical, and shall relate to those matters only which will fairly test the r…
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The manager, engineer, clerk, accountant, and treasurer shall not be included within the classified …
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A district has perpetual succession.
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Except as otherwise provided, a district may sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings, in all …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any judicial action or proceeding against a district that…
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A district may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
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A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to …
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A district has the same powers with reference to improvement districts as are conferred upon irrigat…
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Improvement districts also may be formed of land proposed to be annexed to the district, contingent …
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For the purpose of obtaining and supplying water for domestic, irrigation, and fire protection purpo…
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A district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or otherwise acquire, hold and enjoy…
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The legal title to all property acquired under this division vests immediately and by operation of l…
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A district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use, within or without or partly within…
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(a) The Shasta Dam Area Public Utility District may construct those public works necessary for the i…
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A district that provides broadband Internet access services shall comply with the requirements of Ar…
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A district may also purchase any of such commodities or services from any other utility district, mu…
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A district may acquire, construct, own, complete, use, and operate a fire department, street lightin…
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(a) A district may exercise any of the powers, functions, and duties which are vested in, or imposed…
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A district may construct works across or along any street or public highway, or over any land which …
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A district may construct its works across any stream of water or watercourse.
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A district using a street or highway shall restore it to its former state as nearly as possible and …
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Only revenue producing utilities shall be acquired, owned, or operated by a district. So far as poss…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16467 of this code, fire departments, street lighting syst…
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Charges fixed by the board for commodities or services furnished may be made payable in advance.
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), charges unpaid at the time specified for the fixing of th…
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Charges added to an assessment are a lien on the land, except that if, during the year preceding the…
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If the assessment is divided and made payable in two installments, the unpaid charges may be added t…
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When the board declares that charges are to be added to the annual assessment and the district is av…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 16469 to 16472, inclusive, and as an alternative to the procedures spec…
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(a) In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the district, including an ordinance fixi…
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Whenever there is a surplus of available water, light, heat, or power above that which is required b…
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Whenever any of the facilities, works, or utilities of all or part of a district is not used or empl…
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(a) A public utility district which acquires, constructs, owns, operates, controls or uses works for…
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(a) The Tahoe City Public Utility District may acquire, construct, install, maintain, improve, or op…
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Notwithstanding Section 16475, the Board of Directors of the Fallbrook Public Utility District may, …
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The Board of Directors of the Tahoe City Public Utility District, the Board of Directors of the Sout…
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If the Board of Directors of the Tahoe City Public Utility District or of the North Tahoe Public Uti…
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(a) Every district furnishing light, heat, or power shall expend no funds for advertising when such …
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Whenever a business transaction of a public utility district furnishing electricity, gas, water serv…
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(a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant relationship between the residential occupant…
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(a) If a district furnishes residential light, heat, water, or power to residential occupants throug…
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The decision of a district to require a new residential applicant to deposit a sum of money with the…
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(a) No district furnishing its inhabitants with light, water, power, heat, or means for the disposit…
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(a) A district furnishing light, heat, water, or power, or means for the disposition of garbage, sew…
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No electrical, gas, heat, or water public utility district shall, by reason of delinquency in paymen…
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(a) A public utility district which acquires, constructs, owns, operates, controls or uses works for…
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(a) In addition to all other powers, excepting telephone service, authorized by this division, the K…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District may issue b…
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Every district shall comply with Section 8029.5.
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The June Lake Public Utility District may exercise all of the powers of a mosquito abatement distric…
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Except as otherwise provided, the board shall determine annually what goods, merchandise, stores, su…
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A district may borrow money and incur or assume indebtedness, and issue bonds or other evidences of …
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A district may refund or retire any of its existing or assumed indebtedness.
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No district shall incur any funded indebtedness which in the aggregate exceeds 20 percent of the ass…
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The board of directors or other officers of the district may not incur any debt or liability, either…
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A district may issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring or constructing any waterworks necessary or …
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Notwithstanding any provision of this division limiting the amount of indebtedness which may be incu…
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A district may refinance any indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 16576 by borrowing from the U…
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A district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this division requiring approva…
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A district may contract with any state agency to finance any district improvement authorized by Sect…
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Receipts from the operation of a public utility shall be paid daily into the treasury of the distric…
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The board may from time to time make appropriations from individual public utility funds for the fol…
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Whenever a reserve fund exceeds one-half of the payment for operating expenses in the preceding fisc…
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The books of account of the district shall show all of the following: (a) The true and complete fina…
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The accounts of the district shall be examined at least once a year by an expert accountant, who sha…
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Every two years the board may, and upon petition of 15 percent of the electors of the district shall…
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The expense of employing an expert shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) at any one ti…
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Experts shall be selected by the Public Utilities Commission, and their names and addresses certifie…
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Whenever an expert is to be employed pursuant to Section 16606, at least four months before each bie…
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Within 10 days after receipt of a certification the board shall by resolution entered on its minutes…
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In his report the expert shall make such recommendations and suggestions as to him seem proper and r…
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In his report the expert shall make such recommendations and suggestions as to: (a) The system of ac…
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The expert shall enter upon his duties at least 90 days before the next impending biennial district …
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The expert’s report shall be made in duplicate to the electors of the district. One copy shall be fi…
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A district may levy and collect, or cause to be levied and collected, taxes for the purpose of carry…
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A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapt…
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Farm products and crops which are stored within the exterior boundaries of the district are not subj…
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The board shall annually levy and collect a tax sufficient (a) to pay the annual interest on bonds, …
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If from any cause the revenues of a district are inadequate to pay the principal or interest on any …
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The board shall state the purposes for which taxes are necessary, and shall fix by ordinance the amo…
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By ordinance, the provisions of which conform to general law, the board may provide the manner of as…
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The board may provide for the collection of delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and costs by acti…
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The board may elect to avail itself of the assessments made by the assessors of the counties in whic…
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An election pursuant to Section 16648 is effective with respect to all taxes levied and assessed aft…
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Upon receipt of the certified copy filed pursuant to Section 16648 the county auditors shall, on or …
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If the board elects to avail itself of county assessments, it shall, before September 1st, fix the r…
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Immediately after fixing the rate of taxes the board shall transmit to the county auditors of the co…
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The county auditors shall compute and enter in the assessment rolls, the district tax on the propert…
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Taxes levied pursuant to Sections 16648 to 16653, inclusive, shall be collected at the same time and…
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Each county auditor and tax collector shall annually file with the board of supervisors of his count…
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The boards of supervisors may provide extra help for their county offices or officers as in their ju…
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Whenever any real property situate in any district which has availed itself of county assessments ha…
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District taxes are a lien on the property on which they are levied, except that if, during the year …
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Where a district has not availed itself of county assessments, delinquent property sold by the tax c…
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Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, in the case of a sale of property for…
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No claims shall be paid until allowed by the board, and only upon a warrant signed by any two office…
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All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section…
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As used in this chapter “acquisition of public utility works” includes construction, completion, or …
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Whenever any petition signed by electors of the district equal in number to 15 percent of all votes …
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Upon receiving a petition certified to contain the required number of signatures, the board shall fo…
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In the formulation of a proposition the board shall procure plans and estimates of the cost of origi…
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In securing estimates of the cost of original construction and completion of water works by the dist…
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Before submitting propositions to the electors for the acquisition of any public utility works, the …
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The board may apply to the Public Utilities Commission to ascertain the value of existing utility wo…
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Upon application by the board the commission without delay shall make a valuation in accordance with…
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When the commission has made and filed its findings and decision, the board may have the findings re…
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Upon the filing of plans and estimates the board shall determine whether the cost of the public util…
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When the cost of any public utility works named in a petition can be paid out of the revenues of the…
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If the cost of any public utility works named in a petition so far exceeds the revenues of the distr…
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At the next regular meeting after formulation of a proposition for the acquisition of the public uti…
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All propositions formulated pursuant to Section 16803 shall be submitted within six months after fil…
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The affirmative vote of a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition is necessary to accep…
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The affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the electors voting upon the proposition is necessary…
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At as early a date after determination of the election result as the board deems is for the best int…
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Whenever the board determines that the public interest or necessity of the district demands the acqu…
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The board shall procure plans and estimates and negotiate for offers for the sale to the district of…
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When the cost of the public utility works can be paid out of the revenues of the district derived fr…
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The ordinance shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in some newspaper o…
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If the cost of the public utility works so far exceeds the revenues of the district derived from the…
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Propositions submitted pursuant to Section 16845 shall specify the amount of bonded indebtedness nec…
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As used in this article, “public agency” includes the Federal Government or any of its branches, and…
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As used in this article, “sewage disposal facilities” includes sewers or other works or facilities f…
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A district may contract with any public agency or with any person, firm, or corporation, for the joi…
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A contract may provide for the construction and maintenance of sewage disposal facilities, and for t…
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A contract may provide for the joint use of any sewage disposal facilities upon such terms and condi…
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A district which has acquired or constructed or which proposes to acquire or construct any sewage di…
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Sections 16873 to 16876, inclusive, shall be liberally construed to the end that sewer systems may b…
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Any contract or agreement made under Sections 16873 to 16876, inclusive, is not subject to the limit…
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A district may contract with any public agency or with any person, firm, or corporation for the join…
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A contract may provide for the construction and maintenance of water works or other facilities and f…
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A contract may provide for the joint use of any water works or other facilities upon such terms and …
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A district which has acquired or constructed or which proposes to acquire or construct any water wor…
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No agreement under Sections 16880 to 16883, inclusive, shall run for a longer period than 30 years; …
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Sections 16880 to 16884, inclusive, shall be liberally construed to the end that water works and sys…
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District bonds shall be of such form and shall be redeemed at such times and in such amounts as the …
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The bonds are payable, principal and interest, in lawful money of the United States.
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The interest on the bonds, other than bonds for sewage works, shall not exceed 8 percent a year. The…
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The bonds shall be issued in such denomination or denominations as the board may prescribe and may b…
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District bonds have the same force, value, and use as bonds issued by a municipality.
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The proceeds from the sale of bonds shall be placed in the treasury to the credit of the proper fund…
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The bonds shall be signed by the president of the board and countersigned by the clerk, and shall ha…
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Notwithstanding the fact that an officer whose signature, countersignature, or attestation appears o…
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In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the legislative body may include: (a) All costs and…
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Whenever, in the opinion of the board, the public interest or convenience may require, it may order …
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In the application of said acts to proceedings under this section the terms used in said acts shall …
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The powers and duties conferred by said acts and supplementary acts upon boards, officers, and agent…
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The improvements authorized to be constructed or acquired by this chapter are restricted to those pe…
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An action to determine the validity of bonds or indebtedness, authorized for the acquisition, constr…
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Unincorporated territory contiguous or noncontiguous to a district may be annexed to the district in…
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Any district in the Lake Tahoe Basin which is able to provide to incorporated territory contiguous t…
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As used in this article, “petitioning district” means any public utility district, water district, o…
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As used in this article, “annexing district” means any public utility district to which land is to b…
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Land not a part of and not contiguous to any district, containing at least 10 privately owned acres,…
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The board of directors or other governing body of the petitioning district may request by petition t…
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The petition shall be addressed to the board of directors of the annexing district and filed with th…
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The execution and filing of the petition by the petitioning district shall be authorized by resoluti…
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If the board of directors of the annexing district determines that the annexation of the territory w…
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In the terms and conditions, the board may provide for any of the following: (a) That the territory …
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The terms and conditions may also provide for any of the following: (a) That any and all property, s…
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The terms and conditions shall become effective and binding upon the annexing district and upon the …
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The resolution of the board of directors of the annexing district shall describe the territory propo…
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After the board of directors of the annexing district shall have adopted a resolution declaring its …
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After said resolution has been filed with the executive officer, proceedings thereon shall be taken …
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After receipt of the resolution of the local agency formation commission making determinations, the …
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The time fixed for hearing shall not be less than 20 days nor more than 60 days after the date of th…
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At the hearing or any continuance thereof, the board of directors of the annexing district shall hea…
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At the hearing or any prior time, any person interested may file with the board of directors of the …
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If written protests are filed by the owners of taxable property in the territory proposed to be anne…
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If the board of supervisors finds and determines at the hearing that the property described in the p…
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Any person who is interested in any land located within the annexing district or the territory to be…
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After the hearing, the board of directors of the annexing district may adopt a resolution ordering a…
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The annexing board shall by resolution describe the territory ordered to be annexed, and set forth t…
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After adoption of the resolution ordering the annexation, the secretary of the annexing district sha…
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The inclusion in, or annexation or addition to, a public utility district of the corporate area of a…
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Any territory within a district which is not benefited in any manner by the district or its continue…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any public utility district in the Lake Tahoe Basin whic…
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(a) The zones authorized by this chapter shall be formed in the same manner as assessment districts …
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Bonds of a zone formed pursuant to this chapter shall be issued in the amount of the costs of the im…
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The board shall annually, at the time of levying taxes for general district purposes, fix a rate of …
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that special facts exist with respect to public utility di…
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This part may be cited as the “State Aeronautics Act.”
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The purpose of this part is to further and protect the public interest in aeronautics and aeronautic…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this chap…
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The acquisition of any land or interest therein pursuant to this part, the planning, acquisition, es…
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This part shall not be construed as limiting any power of the state or a political subdivision to re…
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This chapter or any other law shall not be construed as prohibiting, restricting, or permitting the …
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“Department” means the Department of Transportation.
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Whenever the term “California Aeronautics Commission,” “Division of Aeronautics,” or “Department of …
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“Director” means the Director of Transportation. Any reference in any law or regulation to the Direc…
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“Division” means the Division of Aeronautics in the department.
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“Commission” means the California Transportation Commission.
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“Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, company, a…
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“Political subdivision” means any county, city, city and county, public corporation, district or oth…
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“Aeronautics” means: (a) The science and art of flight, including transportation by aircraft. (b) Th…
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“Aircraft” means any manned contrivance used or designed for navigation of, or flight in, the air re…
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“Airport” means any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and ta…
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“Air navigation facility” means any facility, other than facilities owned or operated by the United …
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“Operation of aircraft” or “operate aircraft” means the use, navigation, or piloting of aircraft in …
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“Airman” means any individual who engages, as the person in command, or as pilot, mechanic, or membe…
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“Airport hazard” means any structure, object of natural growth, or use of land, which obstructs the …
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“Airway” means a route in the navigable air space over the land or waters of this State, designated …
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A person who violates this part, other than Section 21407.1 or Section 21709, or any of the rules or…
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“Land” includes tide and submerged lands or other lands subject to the public trust for commerce, na…
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The department may adopt, administer, and enforce rules and regulations for the administration of th…
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The department shall prepare a statement of all estimated revenues of the Aeronautics Account in the…
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Whenever a political subdivision owning and operating an airport constructs or implements a noise mi…
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(a) The State Aeronautics Board is hereby abolished, and the California Transportation Commission su…
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Any person or entity injured or aggrieved by any procedure or action of the department with respect …
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This state recognizes the authority of the federal government to regulate the operation of aircraft …
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The department shall encourage, foster, and assist in the development of aeronautics in this state a…
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The department may: (a) Draft and recommend necessary legislation to advance the interest of the sta…
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The department may make and amend general or special rules, regulations, and procedures and establis…
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For the purpose of protecting and insuring the general public interest and safety and the safety of …
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The department shall keep on file with the Secretary of State, and at its principal office, a copy o…
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The department shall provide for the publication and general distribution of all its orders, rules, …
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The department may enter into any contracts necessary to the execution of its powers under this part…
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The department may exercise any of its powers under this part jointly with any political subdivision…
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The department may confer or hold joint hearings with any federal agency in connection with any matt…
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The department may avail itself of the cooperation, services, records, and facilities of the federal…
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In administering this part the department may use the facilities and services of other state agencie…
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(a) (1) The department, its members, the director, officers and employees of the department, and eve…
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In the name of the state, the department may enforce this part and rules and orders issued under thi…
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The department may report to the appropriate federal agencies and agencies of other states all proce…
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The department may receive reports of penalties and other data from agencies of the federal governme…
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The department may accept, receive, receipt for, disburse, and expend federal and other money, publi…
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The department may own and operate aircraft for use in the furtherance of its duties, employ airmen …
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The department shall represent the state and local agencies before the Civil Aeronautics Board and o…
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Sovereignty in the space above the land and waters of this state rests in the state, except where gr…
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The ownership of the space above the land and waters of this State is vested in the several owners o…
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(a) Flight in aircraft over the land and waters of this state is lawful, unless at altitudes below t…
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Liability of the owner or pilot of an aircraft carrying passengers for injury or death to the passen…
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(a) The liability of an owner, bailee of an owner, or personal representative of a decedent imposed …
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The liability of the owner of one aircraft to the owner of another aircraft, or to operators or pass…
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It is unlawful for any person to operate an aircraft in the air, or on the ground or water in a care…
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(a) It is unlawful for any person, who is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, …
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(a) (1) (A) Any person who operates an aircraft in the air or on the ground or water is deemed to ha…
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(a) Any person convicted under Section 21407.1 shall be punished upon a first conviction by imprison…
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For any violation of Section 21407 or 21407.1, in addition to the penalties provided by Section 2101…
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It is unlawful for any person to engage in aeronautics as an airman in the State unless he has an ap…
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Every airman shall keep any certificate, permit, rating, or license required for him by the United S…
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It is unlawful for any person to operate, or cause or authorize to be operated, any civil aircraft w…
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Any certificate, permit, or license required by the United States for an aircraft shall be carried i…
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The department shall report to the appropriate federal agency all accidents in aeronautics in this s…
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No person shall be in, or perform any act in connection with the maintenance or operation of, any ai…
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On all commercial aircraft which transport passengers for compensation or hire the door which separa…
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The department may make available its engineering and other technical services, with or without char…
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(a) Subject to the terms and within the limits of special appropriations made by the Legislature, th…
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Upon the request of any political subdivision or political subdivisions acting jointly, the departme…
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No proprietor of any permitted airport which is open to the public and has received public funds sha…
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From appropriations or other money made available for the purpose, the department, on behalf of and …
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(a) The department may also acquire existing airports and air navigation facilities, but it shall no…
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For the purposes of this article, the department, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation, or…
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The department may dispose of any property, airport, air navigation facility, or portion or interest…
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In operating an airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by the state, the department …
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The department shall call for bids for the operation of any state-owned airport and shall lease the …
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The department shall grant no exclusive right for the use of any airport or air navigation facility …
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To enforce the payment of any charges for repairs, improvements, storage, or care of any personal pr…
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It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to release or fly or cause to be released or flown, within …
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“Airport” for the purposes of this article means an airport not open to the general public.
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An airport shall be marked as required by rule of the department with letters or symbol selected by …
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Nothing shall prevent an airport from applying for and receiving a permit pursuant to Article 3 (com…
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(a) Any person authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain for airport purposes may acquire b…
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Any person authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain for airport purposes may provide, by p…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the proposed site of any state building or other encl…
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No person shall erect or add to the height of any structure within the boundaries of this state whic…
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The department may refuse issuance of a permit under Section 21656 if it determines that the erectio…
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No public utility shall construct any pole, pole line, distribution or transmission tower, or tower …
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(a) No person shall construct or alter any structure or permit any natural growth to grow at a heigh…
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This article does not apply to any temporary seaplane landing site, ultralight vehicle flightpark, o…
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(a) No political subdivision, any of its officers or employees, or any person may submit any applica…
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(a) Prior to the acquisition of land or any interest therein, including tide and submerged lands or …
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The department shall have the authority to issue airport site approval permits, amended airport site…
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(a) At or as near as practical to the site of a medical emergency and at a medical facility, an offi…
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(a) Emergency aircraft flights for medical purposes by law enforcement, firefighting, military, or o…
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Notwithstanding Section 21006 or Section 21661 or any other provision of law to the contrary, no hel…
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It is unlawful for any political subdivision, any of its officers or employees, or any person to ope…
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Any political subdivision or person planning to construct, establish, or expand an airport shall app…
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(a) An amended airport permit shall be required for every expansion of an existing airport. An appli…
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The department shall issue a permit if it is satisfied that all of the following requirements have b…
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The department may revoke any airport permit if it determines that any of the following conditions a…
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In lieu of revoking an airport permit pursuant to Section 21668, the department may suspend any airp…
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The department shall adopt noise standards governing the operation of aircraft and aircraft engines …
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(a) Land use conversion involving existing residential communities shall generally be considered the…
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In its deliberations, the department shall be governed by the following guidelines: (a) Statewide un…
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Any regulations designed to establish a noise monitoring program at an airport entering service afte…
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(a) The violation of the noise standards by any aircraft shall be deemed a misdemeanor and the opera…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) (A) “Avigatio…
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Hearings under this article required by the provisions of Sections 21666, 21668, 21668.2, and 21669,…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (1) It is in the public interest to provide for …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if the board of supervisors and the city se…
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(a) Sections 21670 and 21670.1 do not apply to the County of Los Angeles. In that county, the county…
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(a) Sections 21670 and 21670.1 do not apply to the County of San Diego. In that county, the San Dieg…
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(a) As used in this section, “intercounty airport” means any airport bisected by a county line throu…
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Any action brought in the superior court relating to this article may be subject to a mediation proc…
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In any county where there is an airport operated for the general public which is owned by a city or …
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(a) Except for the terms of office of the members of the first commission, the term of office of eac…
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Each commission shall adopt rules and regulations with respect to the temporary disqualification of …
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In any county not having a commission or a body designated to carry out the responsibilities of a co…
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The commission has the following powers and duties, subject to the limitations upon its jurisdiction…
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(a) The Department of Transportation shall develop and implement a program or programs to assist in …
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(a) An airport land use commission that formulates, adopts, or amends an airport land use compatibil…
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(a) Each commission shall formulate an airport land use compatibility plan that will provide for the…
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(a) By June 30, 1991, each commission shall adopt the airport land use compatibility plan required p…
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(a) If a commission fails to act to approve or disapprove any actions, regulations, or permits withi…
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(a) Each local agency whose general plan includes areas covered by an airport land use compatibility…
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(a) If the commission finds that a local agency has not revised its general plan or specific plan or…
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Notwithstanding the two-thirds vote required by Section 21676, any public agency in the County of Ma…
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With respect to a publicly owned airport that a public agency does not operate, if the public agency…
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(a) In any county in which there is no airport land use commission or other body designated to assum…
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(a) Until June 30, 1991, no action pursuant to Section 21679 to postpone the effective date of a zon…
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(a) The Aeronautics Fund is hereby continued in existence as the Aeronautics Account in the State Tr…
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As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Own and operate” mean…
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(a) The department shall establish individual revolving fund subaccounts for eligible airports in th…
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The department shall pay, from the Aeronautics Account to the Transportation Planning and Developmen…
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Any public entity may apply to the department each year for the allocation of funds for the acquisit…
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(a) At the discretion of the commission, any balance remaining in the Aeronautics Account, after the…
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Any balance remaining in the Aeronautics Account, after the payments made under Section 21682 and Se…
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(a) No payment shall be made to a public entity pursuant to this article unless the public entity ha…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 21683, any balance remaining in the fund after the payment…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of this article inasmuch as they require matching funds the departmen…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, inasmuch as they require matching funds, the departm…
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Any public entity may pay any part of the money in its special aviation fund to a state college or b…
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(a) (1) If an airport, for which payments have been made from the Aeronautics Account, ceases to be …
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(a) No payments shall be made from the Aeronautics Account for expenditure on any airport or for the…
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The proper operation of California’s publicly own…
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The provisions of this article shall apply to any airport owned or operated by a political subdivisi…
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The governing bodies of publicly owned or operated airports shall manage airport facilities and gran…
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The Legislature recognizes that to further the policies and fulfill the objectives stated in this ar…
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Before entering any exclusive or limited agreement in connection with the management of any airport …
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Nothing in this article shall excuse any local agency from complying with applicable state or local …
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The Legislature hereby finds that Los Angeles International Airport is one of the important air term…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern the construction of th…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department is authorized to: (a) Assist homeowners d…
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The department is authorized to expend any available funds, including state and federal funds, for t…
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Upon establishment of a program for additional payments to homeowners by the department pursuant to …
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Upon establishment by the department of a program for such additional compensation, the mayor shall …
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The members of the board shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor, and any action taken by a majorit…
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The Board of Airport Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles is directed to pay any sum awarded by …
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The provisions of this article are available only to persons who own residential property which has …
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If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held i…
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The department, any member, the director, or any officer or employee of the department designated by…
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In order to facilitate the making of investigations by the department in the interest of public safe…
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Every order of the department requiring performance of certain acts or compliance with certain requi…
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The division, in consultation with transportation planning agencies as designated by the director pu…
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The California Aviation System Plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following eleme…
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The division shall submit the California Aviation System Plan to the commission.
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The division, in consultation with the transportation planning agencies, shall biennially revise the…
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The commission shall review, hold public hearings on, and, based on these hearings, adopt or revise …
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The division shall require that every project submitted for funding from the Aeronautics Account in …
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Any funds necessary to carry out Sections 21701, 21702, and 21704 shall be obtained from federal gra…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “Tyler’s Law.”
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(a) To the extent allowed by federal law, the owners and operators of a skydiving or sport parachuti…
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For purposes of this chapter, “aviation retail establishment” means any public or private entity tha…
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An airport operator or aviation retail establishment shall not sell, distribute, or otherwise make a…
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If a provision of this chapter conflicts with a federal grant assurance in effect on or before Decem…
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This part may be cited as the “California Airport District Act.”
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The purpose of this part is to facilitate the formation of intercity and county airport districts ha…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this chap…
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Airport districts may be created, maintained, and managed as provided in this part and may exercise …
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A district may lie within or include the territories of one or more counties. It may include one or …
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The boundaries of a district may be altered and outlying contiguous territory in the same or an adjo…
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Except as otherwise provided in this part, the law governing the qualifications of electors, the man…
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“District” means airport district, formed and proposed to be formed, pursuant to this part.
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“Principal county” means the county in which all of the territory of the district is situated, or if…
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“Affected county” means any county in which the territory of the district is situated.
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“Board” means the board of directors of the district.
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“Director” means member of the board.
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“Secretary” means secretary of the board.
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“Bond election” means an election provided for in Article 2 (commencing with Section 22731) of Chapt…
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“Formation election” means an election provided for in Article 4 (commencing with Section 22226) of …
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“Bond tax” means the tax levied pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 22901) for the paymen…
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“District tax” means the tax levied pursuant to Chapter 6 for the payment of expenses of, and claims…
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The board of supervisors of each county desiring to form, or join in forming, a district shall adopt…
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Each resolution shall contain: (a) A statement of intention to form a district. (b) The boundaries o…
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Each resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in the county con…
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, the District Investigation Law of 1933 applies to dist…
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Section 22178 of this code supersedes Section 58680 of the Government Code, with respect to district…
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The requirements of the District Investigation Law for the mailing of the notice of hearing, and for…
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Written protests or objections to the formation of the district or to its extent within the county m…
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The board of supervisors of each affected county shall hold a public hearing to consider the objecti…
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Each board of supervisors may overrule any protests or objections filed with it.
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The board of supervisors of each affected county may exclude any territory within the county that in…
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If after the hearing the board of supervisors of each affected county determines that the district s…
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The resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in each county and…
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The proposition submitted at the election shall be “Shall the proposition to form __________________…
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, the election shall be called, noticed, and conducted, …
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Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which h…
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The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any indiv…
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If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is f…
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The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the dist…
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At the first election the board of supervisors of each affected county and its clerk have the powers…
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The canvass of the returns of the election shall be made at the time, in the manner, and by the offi…
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If the canvass is made by an officer other than the board of supervisors of the affected county, the…
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By a resolution entered on its minutes, the board of supervisors of each affected county shall decla…
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The resolution shall contain the name of the district and a description or other designation of its …
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A certified copy of the resolution shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of each affected …
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Upon the filing with the Secretary of State, the formation of the district is complete.
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A board of five directors is the governing body of the district. Each director shall be a resident o…
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Each district shall hold a general district election, governed by the provisions of the Uniform Dist…
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Within 30 days after notice of election or appointment each member of the board shall qualify by tak…
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The terms of office of the directors elected at the formation election are governed by the provision…
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The board shall fill any vacancies occurring in the office of director. The appointee shall hold off…
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(a) Each member of the board of directors shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one …
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The board shall hold its first meeting in the meeting room of the board of supervisors of the princi…
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At its first meeting the board shall provide for the time and place of holding its meetings and the …
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A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
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A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 …
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At its first meeting the board shall choose one of its members president. The president shall sign a…
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At its first meeting or as soon thereafter as practicable, by a majority vote the board shall appoin…
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The secretary shall countersign all contracts on behalf of the district and perform such other dutie…
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The general manager has the following powers and functions: (a) Full charge and control of the const…
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The general manager shall report to the board in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by th…
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The auditor shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting which shall competently a…
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The board shall designate depositories for the custody of the funds of the district. A depository sh…
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The general manager, secretary, auditor, and all other employees or assistants of the district who m…
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Except as otherwise provided in this part, the powers of the district shall be exercised by the boar…
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A district has perpetual succession.
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A district may do all of the following: (a) Sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in…
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(a) The board of directors may, from time to time, cause to be sold or leased property of the distri…
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A district may also: (a) Employ legal counsel, in addition to its district counsel, and provide all …
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The board shall make all rules governing the use of the airports and spaceports, landing places for …
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The board may charge and collect fees, tolls, and rentals for the use of all or a part of the aerial…
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(a) The district may issue temporary negotiable notes bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 8 per…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 22557, the Big Bear Airport District may issue temporary negotiable note…
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In addition to all other powers authorized by this part, the Santa Maria Public Airport District may…
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The board may by resolution change the name of the district. Certified copies of such resolution sha…
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All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section…
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As used in this chapter, “board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the principal coun…
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District bonds may be issued and sold pursuant to this chapter for all of the following purposes: (a…
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If the board deems it advisable it may call an election and submit to the electors of the district t…
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The board shall call and conduct the bond election in the manner prescribed by this chapter.
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The order calling the bond election shall be signed by a majority of the directors.
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In the order calling the bond election, the board may submit to the electors as one proposal the que…
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When bonds issued pursuant to this part have been investigated and certified by any authorized offic…
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If any officer whose signature, countersignature, or attestation appears on the bonds or coupons cea…
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A notice of the bond election, signed by a majority of the directors, shall be posted in three publi…
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The notice shall contain: (a) The time and place of holding the bond election. (b) The names of the …
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For the purpose of the bond election, the board may divide the district into election precincts and …
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The board shall appoint one inspector, one judge, and two clerks of election in each precinct.
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If the board fails to appoint the election officers, or if those appointed are not present at the op…
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The board may fix the compensation of the election officers but not exceeding seven dollars ($7) for…
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The polls shall be open on election day from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m.
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Every resident of the district, who is a qualified elector of the county, and who is registered in t…
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The secretary shall obtain uniform ballots for the bond election. No other form of ballot shall be u…
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The ballot shall contain the following: (a) “Official ballot provided by the board of directors of t…
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The board shall provide a booth or private room in which the voter may prepare his ballot in secret.
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No electioneering shall be carried on within 100 feet of the polls.
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Each voter shall completely select the voting target next to either “Yes” or “No” respectively, to i…
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After marking his ballot the voter shall hand it to the inspector. The inspector, in the presence of…
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Any person offering to vote may be challenged by any elector of the district. In the case of a chall…
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The secretary shall provide the election officers with official poll and tally lists.
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The heading of the poll list shall read “Official poll list of ____ airport district for the airport…
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The heading of the tally list shall read “An official tally list of ____ airport district for the ai…
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The election officers shall publicly canvass the votes immediately after closing the polls. They sha…
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The election officers shall transmit the returns of the election to the board of directors. The boar…
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If two-thirds of the votes cast at the election were for the issuance of bonds, the board shall ente…
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The board of supervisors shall issue the district bonds in the number and amount specified in the bo…
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By an order entered in its minutes, the board of supervisors shall: (a) Prescribe the form of the bo…
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The total amount of bonds issued shall not exceed 15 percent of the taxable property of the district…
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The term of the bonds shall not exceed 40 years.
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The bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States as to principal and interest.
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The board of supervisors may make the principal and interest of the bonds payable at the office of t…
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The bonds shall be sold at the times and in the amounts prescribed by the board of supervisors, but …
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Before selling all or any part of the bonds, the board of supervisors shall advertise for bids pursu…
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If satisfactory bids are received the bonds offered for sale shall be awarded to the highest bidder.…
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The proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in the treasury of the principal county to …
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If any bonds remain unsold for six months after having been offered for sale, the board of directors…
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Upon receiving a petition signed by a majority of the members of the board of directors, the board o…
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The board of supervisors shall publish a notice stating the time and place of the hearing and the ob…
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At the time and place designated in the notice, or at any subsequent time to which the hearing is po…
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In addition to any other powers of the district to finance improvements and to provide an independen…
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Revenue bonds under this article shall be authorized, issued and sold under the provisions of the Re…
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As used in this chapter, “board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the principal coun…
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If the revenues of the district are inadequate to pay the interest or principal of the bonded indebt…
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The board shall transmit the estimates to the board of supervisors and the county auditor at least 1…
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Annually, after receiving the estimates, the board of supervisors shall levy a tax sufficient for th…
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The bond tax shall be sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds for the year and the portion of th…
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The proceeds of the bond tax shall be paid into the treasury of the principal county to the credit o…
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The rate of the district tax levied in any one year shall not exceed twenty cents ($0.20) on each on…
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The bond and district taxes shall be levied on all the taxable property in the district. They shall …
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A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapt…
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This part may be cited as the Uniform Aircraft Financial Responsibility Act.
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This part shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this chap…
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“Department” means the Department of Aeronautics in the Business and Transportation Agency.
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“Aircraft” means any contrivance now known, or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation o…
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“Judgment” means any judgment which has become final by expiration without appeal of the time within…
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“Operator” means any person who is exercising actual physical control of an aircraft.
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“Owner” means any of the following persons who may be legally responsible for the operation of an ai…
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“Passenger” means any person in, on or boarding an aircraft for the purpose of riding therein, or al…
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“Person” means any individual, firm, copartnership, association or corporation, public or private, i…
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“Notification” means notice in writing served upon a person by either: (a) Actual delivery or offer …
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“State” means any state, the District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the United States …
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“Claimants” means any person having a claim for damages as the result of an accident within this sta…
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This part does not apply to: (a) Any aircraft owned and operated by or leased to and subject to the …
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This part shall not apply with respect to any accident occurring prior to the effective date of this…
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Nothing in this part shall be construed as precluding any party in any action or proceeding from emp…
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A discharge in bankruptcy shall not relieve any person from the requirements of this part.
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Nothing in this part shall be construed as authorizing the state to license the operators of aircraf…
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The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this part and may make rules and regul…
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The department shall provide for hearings upon request of any person who may be affected by its orde…
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Any person aggrieved by any rule, regulation, order or act of the department or by a failure of the …
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The records of and proceedings before the department shall be inadmissible in evidence and shall not…
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(a) The operation of an aircraft on the land or waters of, or in the air over, this state shall be d…
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The operator of any aircraft involved in an accident within this state in which any person is killed…
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The report, the form of which shall be prescribed by the department, shall include information to en…
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The operator and the owner shall furnish such additional information as the department may require.
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As promptly as practicable but not later than 30 days after receipt of an accident report as require…
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As promptly as practicable but not later than 30 days after the entry of the order required by Secti…
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The requirements as to security do not apply: (a) To the operator of an aircraft involved in an acci…
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A policy or bond is not effective under Article 2 unless: (a) Issued either (1) by an insurer or sur…
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The policy or bond need not cover: (a) Any liability on account of bodily injury to or death of any …
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Any person may at any time apply to the department for a certificate of self-insurance, whether or n…
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The department may in its discretion issue a certificate of self-insurance when satisfied that the a…
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Upon not less than 10 days notification of a self-insurer the department may for reasonable cause ca…
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The security required under this part shall be cash or securities permissible under state law as sec…
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Upon 10 days notification of the parties concerned, the department may reduce, or, within the limits…
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Security deposited in compliance with the requirements of this part shall be delivered to the depart…
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Such security shall be available for the following purposes: (a) Payment of a final judgment or judg…
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Every judgment shall for the purposes of this part be deemed satisfied: (a) When fifty thousand doll…
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Whenever any evidence of proof of ability to respond in damages filed by any person under the provis…
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No insurance policy meeting the requirements of Section 24350 shall be canceled unless 30 days’ prio…
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Every person permitting another person to operate an aircraft under the terms of any rental agreemen…
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Any owner or operator who knowingly refuses or fails to make any report of an accident as required i…
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Any owner or operator who knowingly makes a false statement or representation of a material fact in …
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Any owner or operator who refuses or fails to comply with the provisions of Article 2 (commencing wi…
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Every person permitting another person to operate an aircraft under the terms of any rental agreemen…
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It is the purpose of this part to establish minimum standards for aircraft financial responsibility,…
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Any person who causes damage to any aircraft that may reasonably be expected to affect the airworthi…
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Any person failing to comply with the requirements of Section 24550 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and …
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This part may be cited as the “Transit District Law.”
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except Section 24826, elections for the Alameda-Contra C…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of thi…
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“District” means a transit district formed under this part; “board” means the board of directors of …
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“Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.
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“Transit” means the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage by any means.
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“Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and personal property, equipment, rights, or …
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“Percent of the total vote cast,” when used with reference to the requirements of any petition or no…
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“City” includes city and county and incorporated town, but does not include unincorporated town or v…
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“Public agency” includes a city, city and county, a county, the State of California, or any public d…
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A transit district may be created as provided in this part and when so created may exercise the powe…
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Except as otherwise provided in this part elections shall be held and conducted and the result ascer…
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Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances and notices which are required to be publis…
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Whenever in this part publication is required and there is no newspaper of general circulation publi…
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Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the retirement b…
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The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District formed pursuant to this section, as it read on January 1, …
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The government of every district is vested in a board of seven directors, elected from wards, togeth…
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The first directors are elected at the formation election as provided in Chapter 2. All elections of…
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Notice of election shall be published and no other notice of such election need be given.
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The board shall by resolution or ordinance fix the boundaries of the wards for the purpose of electi…
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The notice of election shall refer to the wards established by the board.
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Upon the filing of a sufficient nomination paper and affidavit by any candidate the name of the cand…
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(a) The nomination paper for a director shall contain the name of the candidate and other informatio…
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Nomination papers may be circulated throughout each ward.
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Except as otherwise provided in this part, the provisions of the Elections Code prescribed for indep…
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The board shall in the notice, ordinance, or resolution calling an election consolidate it with the …
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Candidates for the office of director shall be voted upon and elected one from each ward.
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Upon receipt of the returns of the canvass by the respective boards of supervisors the board shall m…
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The secretary of the district shall issue certificates of election, signed by him and duly authentic…
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At each biennial general election, a number of directors corresponding to the number whose terms of …
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(a) Effective with the November, 3, 2026, statewide general election, the terms of directors elected…
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Every director is subject to recall by voters of the district, in accordance with the recall provisi…
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Notwithstanding Section 1780 of the Government Code, the board shall fill all vacancies on the board…
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The person appointed to fill any vacancy on the board shall hold office for the remainder of the une…
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The oath of office of directors shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the secretary of the dist…
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The board shall choose one of its members president, and another vice president, who shall be author…
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The board is the legislative body of the district and determines all questions of policy.
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All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which …
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The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated by the district, in…
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The board may adopt a personnel system for the purpose of recruiting and maintaining an effective wo…
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The board may from time to time contract for or employ any professional service required by the dist…
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The board shall have an annual audit made of all books and accounts of the district by a certified p…
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The board may provide by resolution, under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment…
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To facilitate the business of the district, the board may provide for the creation and administratio…
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All legislative sessions of the board, whether regular or special, are open to the public.
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A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
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(a) The board may, by ordinance or resolution, provide that each director shall be paid a sum that s…
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The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance. No ordinance shall be …
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All ordinances shall be published after passage.
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The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it enacted by the board of directors …
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All ordinances shall be signed by the president of the board or the vice president, and attested by …
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The board shall appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have full charge of the a…
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All other things being equal, the board shall appoint as general manager some person who has had exp…
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The general manager need not be a resident of this State at the time of his appointment.
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The general manager shall hold office for an indefinite term and may be removed by the board only up…
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Notwithstanding this article, until such time as the district has operated, controlled, or used faci…
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The board may appoint a secretary and a general counsel who shall hold office during the pleasure of…
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The general counsel shall be admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of the State, and shall h…
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The secretary, and such assistants as the board may determine, shall have the power to administer al…
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The oath of office of all appointive officers of the district shall be taken, subscribed, and filed …
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Each appointive officer shall devote their entire time to the district, meaning that the officer sha…
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Subject to the control of the board, the powers and duties of the general manager are: (a) To have f…
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The general manager shall within 180 days from the end of each fiscal year cause to be published a f…
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The general counsel shall take charge of all suits and other legal matters to which the district is …
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The general manager shall cause to be installed and maintained a system of auditing and accounting w…
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The general manager shall provide for the custody of the funds of the district and the keeping of ac…
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With the consent of the board, the general manager may: (a) Authorize the trust department of any st…
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(a) If a majority of the employees employed by a transit district in a unit appropriate for collecti…
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If there is a question whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees or whether th…
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Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility…
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Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility…
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The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in Section 25054 and the benefits which are…
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All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public utility and all persons entitled to…
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Notwithstanding any provisions of the Government Code, the board may authorize payment of any or all…
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The board may establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the district and provi…
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The district may maintain its own retirement fund or may provide for benefits to eligible officers a…
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Before establishing any retirement system the board shall secure a report from a qualified actuary, …
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The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to t…
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Nothing in this chapter prevents a district from participating in and making all or part of its empl…
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The board may classify and determine the officers and employees who shall be included as members in …
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(a) The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the di…
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The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon service rendered the district or any predece…
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The board may require the district to contribute the entire cost of the retirement system or may req…
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All members of the retirement system shall contribute in the manner and amount fixed by the board an…
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Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits other than such as are the equi…
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If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior to retirement the total amount contributed …
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All money received by any person as an annuity, pension, retirement allowance, disability payment, o…
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The board, upon establishing a retirement system pursuant to this chapter, shall create a retirement…
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All members of the retirement board shall serve without pay.
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The retirement board shall determine the eligibility of officers, employees, and their dependents to…
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If the district maintains its own retirement fund, the retirement board shall have exclusive control…
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At least once in each four-year period after the establishment of the retirement system the board sh…
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Except as herein provided, no member of the board or of the retirement board, nor any member of the …
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A district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
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A district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings,…
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A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to …
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A district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in connec…
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Neither the general manager nor any director of the district shall in any manner be interested, dire…
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A district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or condemn in proceedings under emin…
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Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record, map, book, or paper in the possession o…
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A district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights of way, rail lines, bus lines…
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A district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebte…
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A district shall not interfere with or exercise any control over any transit facilities now or herea…
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A district may lease or contract for the use of its transit facilities, or any portion thereof, to a…
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A district may construct and operate or acquire and operate works and facilities in, under, upon, ov…
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A district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district an…
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The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and sh…
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The board of supervisors of a county or a city and county, or the city council of a municipality hav…
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Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Section 25808 the district board shall fix t…
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At the time fixed for any hearing before the board any board of supervisors or city council eligible…
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The district, petitioner or petitioners, and the intervenors shall have the right to call and examin…
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Oral evidence shall be taken only on oath or affirmation. The hearing need not be conducted accordin…
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The general counsel for the district shall be present at the hearing and shall advise the board on m…
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A complete record of all proceedings and testimony before the board at such hearing shall be taken d…
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Within 30 days after submission of the case the board shall render its decision in writing together …
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Within 40 days after the mailing of the decision to the petitioner, the petitioner may apply for a w…
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A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness, and may issue bonds or other evidences of indebt…
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A district may borrow money for the purpose of defraying the expenses of a district lawfully incurre…
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No district shall incur an indebtedness for public works which in the aggregate exceeds 20 percent o…
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Indebtedness which has been incurred for the acquisition, construction, and operation of transit fac…
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A district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this division requiring approva…
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The district may purchase equipment such as cars, trolley buses and motorbuses, and rolling equipmen…
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The agreement to purchase or lease may direct the vendor or lessor to sell and assign or lease the r…
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The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before a person authorized by law to take ackno…
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The covenants, conditions and provisions of the agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates…
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An executed copy of each agreement or lease shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, …
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A district may invest any surplus money in its treasury, including money in any sinking fund, in any…
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Such investment may be made by direct purchase of any issue of such bonds, treasury notes, or obliga…
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Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held as investments by the district may from…
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Sales of any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held by the district shall from tim…
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A district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose.
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If, in the opinion of the board, the revenues will not be sufficient for any and all lawful purposes…
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(a) The district board may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 500…
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The board shall, at the time of fixing the general tax levy and in the manner provided for the gener…
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The taxes required to be levied and collected on account of interest, principal, and sinking fund of…
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The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes by the district, including t…
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The board may elect to avail itself of the assessments made by the assessors of the counties in whic…
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In such case the county auditor shall, on or before the third Monday in August of each year, transmi…
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In case the board elects to avail itself of the assessments referred to in Section 25896 it shall, o…
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The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of taxes as above provided transmit to the county …
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The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county …
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Whenever any real property situate in any district which has availed itself of the provisions of Sec…
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The compensation to be charged by and paid to any county for the performance of services under this …
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All taxes levied under this part are a lien on the property on which they are levied. Unless the boa…
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Whenever one or more special transit service districts are created and established pursuant to Chapt…
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All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section…
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A district may from time to time incur a bonded indebtedness as provided in this chapter to pay the …
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Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the…
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In lieu of a resolution passed by the board, proceedings for the issuance of bonds for the purposes …
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Whenever any petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at least 15 percent of…
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If the required number of signatures is found to be genuine, the secretary shall transmit to the boa…
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Upon receiving a petition with the certificate of the secretary stating that it contains the require…
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The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix the date on which the election will be held,…
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Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the …
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Any special bond election may be held separately, or may be consolidated with any other election aut…
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The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice of election need be given.
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The board shall comply with Article 3 (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of t…
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The votes of two-thirds of all the voters voting on the proposition at the election are required to …
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If the proposition submitted at a special bond election fails to receive the requisite number of vot…
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Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in amounts to be fixed by the board; except t…
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The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the board determines, except that no bonds shall …
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The board may at any time prior to the issuance and sale of any bonds provide for the call and redem…
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The bonds shall be signed by the president of the board or by such officer of the district as the bo…
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The bonds may be issued and sold for not less than their par value, but otherwise as the board deter…
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All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be us…
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In lieu of the immediate levy of a tax to pay the interest or any part thereof on any bonded indebte…
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Whenever the board by resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that t…
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The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed as the incurring or increase of an indebtedne…
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Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this chapter shall substantially govern as to all ma…
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Refunding bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the interest rate on the refunded bonds,…
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The proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds shall be applied only to the purchase, or retirement at …
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In lieu of selling refunding bonds and using the proceeds to purchase or retire the bonds to be refu…
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Whenever outstanding bonds are refunded they shall be surrendered to the treasurer of the district, …
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All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district are legal investments for all trust funds a…
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All bonds of the district, to the same extent as bonds of any other municipality, are legal for use …
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An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with S…
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As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds, a district created pursuant to this part is au…
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A district created pursuant to this part is a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond La…
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Any city not included within the boundaries of a district may be annexed thereto in the manner provi…
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The legislative body of the city proposed to be annexed shall agree in writing with the board upon t…
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The annexation agreement may also provide that the city’s annexation to the district shall constitut…
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As an alternative to commencement of annexation proceedings by action of the legislative body of a c…
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The petition may include one or more separate documents, but each document shall contain the affidav…
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If the board determines that the annexation of the city, whose voters have petitioned pursuant to Se…
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The agreement shall become effective and be binding upon the district and the city when approved in …
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The ordinance, together with a notice fixing the time and place for hearing thereon, shall be publis…
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At the hearing any person interested may file with the board written objections to the execution of …
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Upon the hearing the board shall determine whether or not the agreement will be carried into executi…
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Any hearing on the agreement may be adjourned from time to time by the board without further notice …
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If no protests are filed or if the protests filed are overruled and denied the board shall thereupon…
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When executed by the district the agreement shall be dated and an executed copy filed with the secre…
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At any time after the board has finally approved the agreement of annexation the legislative body of…
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Notice of election shall be published as provided in Section 24533 and shall either state that a cop…
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The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on …
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If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition a…
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If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing bod…
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If the proposition receives the vote of the requisite majority of voters the governing body of the c…
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Upon receipt by the district of a copy of the agreement of annexation properly executed by the distr…
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Upon the completion of the annexation of any territory in accordance with law to any city included o…
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If the district shall file its objections in the manner aforesaid to the annexation to the district …
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From and after the date of annexation the board shall levy upon all of the property in the city anne…
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No annexation of a city to a district shall operate to dissolve or terminate the legal existence of …
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The validity of any proceedings for the annexation of any city to any district shall not be conteste…
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Unincorporated territory may be annexed to a district in the manner provided in this chapter.
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Unincorporated territory not contiguous to a district may not be annexed if the district does not po…
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A petition signed by voters within the territory proposed to be annexed equal in number to at least …
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The secretary shall compare the signatures on the petition with the affidavits of registration on fi…
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If the board determines that the annexation of the territory would facilitate the acquisition or ope…
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Provisions may be made (among other things) for payment of taxes within the territory to be annexed …
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The annexation agreement may also provide that the unincorporated territory’s annexation to the dist…
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As an alternative to commencement of annexation proceedings by a petition by the voters within any u…
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The board shall by ordinance setting forth the terms and conditions at length declare its intention …
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The ordinance together with a notice fixing the time and place for hearing thereon shall be publishe…
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At the hearing any person interested may file with the board written objections to the approval of t…
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Upon the hearing the board shall determine whether or not the terms and conditions will be approved …
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Any hearing on the agreement may be adjourned from time to time by the board, not exceeding 30 days …
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If no protests are filed or the protests filed are overruled and denied by the board the board shall…
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If protests against the proposed annexation are sustained, all proceedings shall be dismissed and no…
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The board shall cause an election to be held in the territory proposed to be annexed on the next est…
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Notice of election shall be published and shall either state that a copy of the ordinance containing…
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The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on …
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If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition a…
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If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall be entered upon the minutes of the board.
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If the proposition is defeated by the voters, no annexation proceeding shall be commenced involving …
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In the event the proposition receives the vote of the requisite majority of voters the board shall p…
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Unincorporated territory may be annexed to a district without an election in the manner provided in …
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A petition describing the territory proposed to be annexed and requesting that proceedings be taken …
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Proceedings shall thereafter be taken and a hearing held in substantial compliance with the provisio…
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From and after the date of annexation the board shall levy upon all of the property in the territory…
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The validity of any proceedings for the annexation of any unincorporated territory to any district s…
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Any territory contained within a district not being served by any transit facilities of the district…
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The petition shall describe the territory sought to be excluded and shall set forth that the territo…
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The petition shall be filed with the secretary of the district and shall be accompanied by a deposit…
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Upon the filing of the petition the secretary shall cause it to be set for hearing at a regular or a…
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Any landowner or taxpayer within the district may appear at the hearing either in behalf of or in op…
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The petition shall come on for hearing before the board at the time and place specified in the notic…
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If upon the hearing the board determines that it is for the best interests of the district that the …
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A copy of the order of exclusion certified by the secretary of the district shall be recorded in the…
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From and after the making of the order of exclusion and the record thereof the lands excluded are no…
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If the city to which any territory included in any district has been annexed already provides transi…
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The petition shall contain the information prescribed for petitions for exclusion under Article 1 of…
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If an order of exclusion is granted, the board and the governing body of the city shall by contract …
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The order of exclusion does not invalidate in any manner any taxes or assessments theretofore levied…
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The provisions of this article are alternative to any other provisions for the exclusion of territor…
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Any time after the defeat of a bond issue by the voters of the district any city or unincorporated t…
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The petition or resolution shall state the reasons for the proposed exclusion and that the area will…
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(a) If the exclusion is initiated by a city council or a board of supervisors, such legislative body…
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Within 60 days after the receipt of a petition for exclusion, the board shall hear the petition or r…
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Any landowner or taxpayer within the district may appear at the hearing, either in behalf of or in o…
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The petition or resolution shall be heard by the board at the time and place specified in the notice…
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If, upon the hearing the board determines that it is in the best interests of the district that the …
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In the event that the board shall not make the order excluding all of the area proposed to be exclud…
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In the event that a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the exclusion, the bo…
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A copy of the order of exclusion, certified by the secretary of the district, shall be recorded in t…
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Subsequent to the making and recording of the order of exclusion, the lands excluded shall no longer…
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One or more special transit service districts may be created within the boundaries of a district pur…
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Resolutions shall first be passed by the legislative bodies of half or more, but of not less than tw…
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As an alternative to the instigation of the formation of a special transit service district by resol…
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The petition shall declare that the public interest or necessity demands the creation of a special t…
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The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures on the petition with the affidavits of re…
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The board may initiate proceedings for the creation of a special transit service district within the…
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Within 60 days after receipt of the resolutions of the public agencies or receipt of the certificati…
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The notice of hearing shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the…
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The time fixed for the hearing shall be not less than 20 nor more than 60 days from the date of the …
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At or before the hearing, any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written …
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The board may reduce or enlarge the boundaries of the proposed special transit service district, but…
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The board shall not approve the creation of a special transit service district containing territory …
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If no protests are filed, or if the protests filed are overruled and denied by the board, the board …
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Any public agency included, or partly included, within the boundaries of a special transit service d…
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Instead of the procedure by resolution of a public agency, a petition may be filed with the secretar…
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The petition may include one or more documents, but each document shall contain the affidavit of the…
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The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures with the affidavits of registration on fi…
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The filing of a resolution pursuant to Section 27421, or of a petition pursuant to Section 27422, sh…
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The board shall call the election required by Sections 27421 and 27422 to be held on the next establ…
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The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed the…
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No person is entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the public agency or portion t…
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The costs of the election required by this article shall be borne equally by the public agency and t…
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The question of the creation of a special transit service district, submitted to a vote pursuant to …
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A special transit service district has no separate corporate existence, but shall be deemed to be a …
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At any time after the adoption by the board of the resolution creating a special transit service dis…
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The proposition for incurring a bonded indebtedness under Section 27451 may be submitted to the vote…
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, the provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing at Section 262…
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The favorable vote of a majority of all the voters voting on the proposition to authorize the issuan…
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Only the property in the special transit service district shall be taxable for the payment of the pr…
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Any proceeding denying the validity of the creation of any special transit service district, or of a…
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Any public agency or portion thereof within the boundaries of a district, hereafter referred to coll…
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The board shall, by resolution, determine that the annexation of the territory will facilitate the a…
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Any public agency or portion thereof included as part of the territory to be annexed to a special tr…
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Except as otherwise provided herein, Article 3 (commencing at Section 27421) shall govern the proced…
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The terms and conditions for the annexation of territory to a special transit service district may p…
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Notice fixing the time and place for hearing on the question of the annexation of territory to a spe…
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The time for hearing shall be not less than 20 nor more than 60 days from the date of the publicatio…
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At or before the hearing, any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written …
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The hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the board without further notice other than an ord…
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From and after the date of filing of the resolution with the secretary of the district the annexatio…
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From and after the date of annexation any territory annexed to a special transit service district is…
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Upon the completion of the annexation of any territory in accordance with law to any city included, …
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If the district shall file its objections in the manner aforesaid to the annexation to a special tra…
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A special transit service district may be dissolved by resolution of the board if any proposition fo…
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The board of any district which operates no transit facilities, or with exterior boundaries coincide…
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The election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether or …
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Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because of the filing of a petition or ordere…
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The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on …
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No other notice of the election other than that provided for in this chapter need be given and no sa…
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If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition a…
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Upon dissolution of any district which has boundaries that are coincident with the corporate limits …
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If at the time of dissolution there is any outstanding indebtedness of the district the legislative …
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In the event that the proposition for dissolution fails to carry, no subsequent election for the dis…
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This part is known and may be cited as the “San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Act.”
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This part is in furtherance of the declared policy of the State to stimulate the maximum use of the …
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The part shall be liberally construed to carry out the objects and purposes and the declared policy …
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter govern the construction of thi…
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“District” as used in this part, means the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
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“San Francisco Bay area,” as used in this part, means the Counties of San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, …
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“Rapid transit,” as used in this part, means the transportation of passengers and their incidental b…
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For the purpose of establishing the bonded debt limit of the district, “taxable property,” as used i…
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“Board of supervisors,” as used in this part, means the board of supervisors of a county in the San …
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“Board of directors,” “board,” or “directors,” as used in this part, means the board of directors of…
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“Public agency,” as used in this part, includes the State of California, and any county, city and co…
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There is hereby created the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, comprising the territory …
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Through compliance with the provisions for withdrawal set forth in Chapter 10 of this part, the terr…
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Through compliance with the provisions for annexation set forth in Chapter 9 of this part, the terri…
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On and after November 29, 1974, the governing body of the district shall be a board of directors con…
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The board, in dividing the district into election districts, shall establish and define the boundari…
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In establishing the election districts, consideration shall be given to the following factors: (a) C…
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The establishment of election districts shall be made on the basis of the population in the district…
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The resolution establishing the election districts shall describe the boundaries of the election dis…
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All cities, counties, and cities and counties within the district shall provide such information, se…
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Until the election and qualification of the first elected board, the members of the board in office …
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A general district election for the election of directors whose terms are to expire in that year sha…
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, candidates for the board shall be nominated, the elect…
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Each candidate for the board shall file a declaration of candidacy in the form and manner prescribed…
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A candidate for election from any of the election districts shall be nominated and elected by the vo…
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The county elections official of each county within the boundaries of the district shall conduct the…
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Members of the board shall be residents and voters of the district and of the geographical area maki…
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The candidate from each election district receiving the highest number of votes cast for the board i…
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If a tie vote makes it impossible to determine which of two or more candidates has been elected, the…
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Each member of the first elected board shall take office at noon on November 29, 1974. The term of o…
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Until November 29, 1974, any vacancy on the board shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired…
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(a) The board may by ordinance or resolution provide that each director shall be paid a sum that sha…
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Following each federal decennial census and using the census as a basis, the board shall, by resolut…
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The boundaries of the election districts shall be adjusted by the board before November 1 of the yea…
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The resolution reestablishing the election districts shall describe the new boundaries of the electi…
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If, at any time between each federal decennial census, the district annexes territory, pursuant to C…
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(a) The term of office of any director who has been elected and whose term of office has not expired…
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Not later than January 31, 1974, the board of supervisors of any county included within the district…
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(a) If the boards of supervisors of two or more counties included within the district adopt resoluti…
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If a majority of the votes cast in the district on the proposition are in favor of the proposition, …
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If a majority of the votes cast in the district on the proposition are not in favor of the propositi…
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The results of the election shall be entered into the minutes of the board of directors.
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Each director, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take the oath of office as provi…
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The board shall choose one of its members president, and another vice president, who shall be author…
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The board of directors is the legislative body of the district and, consistent with the provisions o…
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The district may do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of this part.
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The board shall determine what transit facilities should be acquired or constructed, and may establi…
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The board may determine what transit facilities should be acquired or constructed: (a) For the commo…
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The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated by the district, in…
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The board may adopt a personnel system for the purpose of recruiting and maintaining an effective wo…
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Not later than October 12, 1974, the board shall adopt an affirmative action program approved by the…
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The district is authorized to maintain a police department. The employees of the district that are a…
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(a) The board may establish an office of independent police auditor, reporting directly to the board…
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The board of directors may contract for or employ any professional services required by the district…
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The board shall have an annual audit made of all books and accounts of the district by an independen…
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The board shall operate an automated management information system to enable it to submit a report m…
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As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year the board of directors shall submit to th…
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The board may provide by resolution, under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment…
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To facilitate the business of the district, the board may provide for the creation and administratio…
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The board of directors may hold public hearings, subpoena witnesses, and perform all other acts nece…
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Each director may administer oaths and affirmations in any district investigation or proceeding.
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All meetings of the board of directors, whether regular or special, shall be open to the public.
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A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of its business.
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The board of directors shall adopt rules to govern its proceedings.
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The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance. No ordinance shall be …
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All ordinances shall be published after passage.
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The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it enacted by the Board of Directors …
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All ordinances shall be signed by the president or the vice president of the board, and attested by …
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(a) The officers of the district shall consist of the following: (1) The members of the board of dir…
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(a) The secretary, general manager, and general counsel shall be appointed by and may be removed by …
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The compensation of all district officers and employees, except as otherwise provided in this part, …
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The board may consolidate any of the district offices in one person.
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The oath of office of all officers appointed by the board of directors or by the general manager of …
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Each officer shall give such bond and in such amount as the board may require.
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Article 4 (commencing at Section 1090), Chapter 1, Division 4, Title 1, of the Government Code shall…
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The chief financial officer shall be the custodian of the funds of the district and shall make payme…
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(a) With the consent of the general manager, who shall seek consent from the board when deemed neces…
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The board shall appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have charge, subject to t…
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All other things being equal, the general manager shall be chosen on the basis of his qualifications…
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The general manager need not be a resident of this State at the time of his appointment.
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The general manager shall hold office for an indefinite term and may be removed by the board only up…
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The powers and duties of the general manager are: (a) To have charge, subject to the direction and c…
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The general manager shall attend meetings of the board as directed by the board.
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The directors may appoint a general manager pro tempore during any absence or disability of the gene…
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(a) There is hereby created in the district an independent Office of the BART Inspector General to e…
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The duties and responsibilities of the BART Inspector General shall include, but are not limited to,…
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The Office of the BART Inspector General shall receive one million dollars ($1,000,000) from an allo…
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The BART Inspector General shall report at least annually to the board of directors and the Legislat…
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Any investigatory file compiled by the BART Inspector General is an investigatory file compiled by a…
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This article shall become operative upon an affirmative vote of the residents of the City and County…
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As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “District” means the San Francisco Bay…
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(a) It is a primary purpose of this chapter to promote the improvement of personnel management and e…
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(a) If a majority of the employees employed by the district in a unit appropriate for collective bar…
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If there is a question whether an employee organization represents a majority of employees or whethe…
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Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility…
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Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility…
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The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in Section 28853 and the benefits which are…
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All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public utility and all persons entitled to…
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(a) Exclusive representatives shall have the right to represent their bargaining unit members in emp…
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The district shall give reasonable written notice to an exclusive representative of its intent to ma…
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It is unlawful for the district to do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisa…
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It is unlawful for an employee organization to do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to im…
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(a) This chapter shall not displace, or supplant, the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Sec…
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(a) Any charging party, respondent, or intervenor aggrieved by a final decision or order of the Publ…
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This chapter, as amended by the act adding this section, shall not be interpreted as if it were in c…
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Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 3555) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code applies …
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The board may establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the district and provi…
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The district may maintain its own retirement fund or may provide for benefits to eligible officers a…
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Before establishing any retirement system the board shall secure a report from a qualified actuary, …
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The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to t…
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Nothing in this chapter prevents the district from participating in and making all or part of its em…
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The board may classify and determine the officers and employees who shall be included as members in …
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The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the distri…
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The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon service rendered the district by a member pr…
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The board shall provide that both the district and the members shall contribute to the retirement sy…
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All members of the retirement system shall contribute in the manner and amount fixed by the board an…
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Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits other than such as are the equi…
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If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior to retirement the total amount contributed …
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All money received by any person as an annuity, pension, retirement allowance, disability payment, o…
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The board shall create a retirement board of not more than five members, at least two members of whi…
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All members of the retirement board shall serve without pay.
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The retirement board shall determine the eligibility of officers, employees, and their dependents to…
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If the district maintains its own retirement fund the retirement board shall have exclusive control …
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The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
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The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceeding…
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The district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose, as provid…
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The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient t…
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The Public Utilities Commission of the State shall have and exercise power and jurisdiction to fix j…
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The district is entitled to the benefit of any reservation or grant, in all cases, where any right h…
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The district may be merged into or consolidated with any other public agency which may be establishe…
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The board may authorize the temporary transfer of cash balances in any fund (except moneys in any fu…
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Notwithstanding Sections 53090 and 53091 of the Government Code, commercial outdoor advertising sign…
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The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in conn…
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The district may contract with any department or agency of the United States of America or of the St…
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The district may insure against any accident to or destruction of the system or any part thereof.
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The district may insure against loss of revenues from any cause whatsoever.
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The district may insure against public liability or property damage, or both. It may provide in the …
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The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or condemn in proceedings under em…
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(a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “BART TOD place type” m…
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(a) The district may take by gift, or take or convey by grant, purchase, devise, or lease, and hold …
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Notwithstanding Sections 53091 and 53094 of the Government Code, nor any zoning override which may h…
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) boar…
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(a) (1) This section shall only apply to an eligible TOD project that meets both of the following re…
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(a) The district shall do all of the following to avoid the loss of affordable housing units and to …
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 65913.4 of the Government Code, a local jurisdiction may exercise full d…
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(a) When the district enters into an exclusive negotiating agreement with a developer for the develo…
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(a) Before July 1, 2027, the district shall submit a report to the Legislature assessing whether the…
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(a) This article shall not apply to a district station without unentitled or undeveloped land on Jul…
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Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record, map, book, or paper in the possession o…
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The district may provide a rapid transit system for the transportation of passengers and their incid…
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The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use rights-of-way, rail lines, bus li…
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The district may lease or contract for the use of its facilities, or any portion thereof, to any ope…
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The district may construct and operate or acquire and operate works and facilities in, under, upon, …
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The district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district …
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(a) The district may approve annexation of areas to the district pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing w…
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(a) Not later than 1991, the district shall proceed to commence construction of an extension of its …
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(a) Not later than December 31, 1991, the district shall proceed to commence construction of an exte…
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The district may operate such feeder bus lines and other feeder services as necessary.
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Metropolitan Transportation Commission Resolution 3434, in December 2001, established the following …
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The board of directors shall refer for recommendation the plans of routes, rights of way, terminals,…
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The district shall not interfere with or exercise any control over any transit facilities now or her…
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The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by a two-thirds vot…
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The board of supervisors of a county or a city and county, or the city council of a municipality hav…
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Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Section 29039 the district board shall fix t…
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At the time fixed for any hearing before the board any board of supervisors or city council eligible…
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The district, petitioner or petitioners, and the intervenors shall have the right to call and examin…
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Oral evidence shall be taken only on oath or affirmation. The hearing need not be conducted accordin…
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A complete record of all proceedings and testimony before the board at such hearing shall be taken d…
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Within thirty (30) days after submission of the case the board shall render its decision in writing …
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Within forty (40) days after the mailing of the decision to the petitioner, the petitioner may apply…
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The district shall be subject to regulations of the Public Utilities Commission relating to safety a…
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All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section…
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The district may accept, subject to the procedures and limitations provided in Chapter 8 of this par…
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The district may cooperate with and enter into agreements with the State of California or any public…
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Subject to any agreement or covenant between the district and the holders of any of its obligations …
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Such investment may be made by direct purchase of any issue of such bonds, treasury notes, or obliga…
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Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held as investments by the district may from…
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Sales of any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held by the district shall from tim…
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The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes by the district, including t…
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The board shall, at the time of fixing the general tax levy and in the manner provided for the gener…
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The taxes required to be levied and collected on account of interest, principal, and sinking fund of…
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The tax rate for taxes levied in any fiscal year for all district purposes other than taxes levied p…
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All assessments shall be made for the district by the State Board of Equalization and the county ass…
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Each county auditor shall, on or before the third Monday in August of each year, transmit to the boa…
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The board shall, on or before the first weekday in September, or if such weekday falls upon a holida…
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If in the determination of any tax rate a fraction of a cent occurs, the board may adopt a rate endi…
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The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of taxes as above provided transmit to the county …
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The district’s taxes levied pursuant to this article shall be collected at the same time and in the …
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Whenever any real property situate in any district which has availed itself of the provisions of Sec…
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The compensation to be charged by and paid to any county for the performance of services under this …
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All taxes levied under this part are a lien on the property on which they are levied. Unless the boa…
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(a) The board shall, by ordinance, impose transactions and use taxes in conformity with Part 1.6 (co…
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Any transactions and use taxes ordinance adopted pursuant to this article shall be operative on the …
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(a) Revenues derived from the transactions and use taxes, not to exceed an aggregate principal amoun…
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Notwithstanding Section 7271 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, after deduction for the cost of the S…
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No funds shall be allocated to an entity pursuant to Section 29142.2, after January 1, 1978, unless,…
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On and after July 1, 1984, for purposes of meeting the requirement of subdivision (b) of Section 291…
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Upon determination by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission that an operator has met the condit…
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(a) Any portion of the transactions and use tax revenues available for allocation and not allocated …
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(a) The district is hereby authorized to issue revenue bonds, payable, in whole or in part, from rev…
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The district may borrow money, incur a bonded indebtedness in respect thereto, and levy taxes for th…
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Before submitting a proposal to incur any bonded indebtedness, the district shall employ such engine…
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Such engineers, economists, fiscal experts and others shall make reports to the district, which shal…
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After receiving such reports, the board shall determine and declare by resolution whether or not the…
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After adoption by the board of the reports made pursuant to Section 29152 the board shall refer such…
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After receiving the reports, each board of supervisors shall fix a time and place for a public heari…
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Within 15 days from the date of the public hearing held pursuant to Section 29155, each board of sup…
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If a majority of any board of supervisors does not approve the reports, the district may make additi…
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Whenever it appears to the board that bonded indebtedness heretofore authorized pursuant to the prov…
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When the district has received unanimous approval from the boards of supervisors of the counties com…
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The resolution calling the special election shall contain: (a) A statement of the general object and…
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The provisions of Section 37.5 of Chapter 1239 of the Statutes of 1949, the San Francisco Bay Area M…
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Any election submitting the proposition of incurring indebtedness and the issuance of bonds called p…
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Whenever a special bond election is called pursuant to this part and is not consolidated with any ot…
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Notice of a special bond election shall be given by publication of the text of the resolution callin…
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All the expenses of holding the election shall be borne by the district, except when the election is…
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No error, irregularity or omission in the calling, holding or conducting of any special bond electio…
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(a) The returns of the election shall be made and the votes shall be canvassed by the county electio…
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At any special bond election called pursuant to this part, all residents of the district who are qua…
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At any special bond election two or more propositions for incurring indebtedness may be submitted at…
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Whenever three-fifths of the votes cast at any special bond election or on any proposition submitted…
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Bonds may be issued in form payable to bearer, with coupons attached for payment of interest and, if…
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Coupon bonds may be issued in denominations of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or multiples thereof, …
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Registered bonds may be issued without limitation as to principal amount, as may be determined by th…
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Bonds shall bear interest at a rate of not to exceed 8 percent per annum, payable semiannually, exce…
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The district may provide for redemption of bonds prior to maturity, on such notice and at such time …
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The district may provide for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds at any place within …
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Bonds shall bear dates prescribed by the district.
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Bonds may be serial or sinking fund bonds, or in part serially and in part sinking fund bonds, with …
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No bond by its terms shall mature in more than fifty (50) years from its own date, and in the event …
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The district may divide any authorized issue into one or more series or division and fix different d…
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The district may prescribe the form of bonds issued pursuant to this chapter, and of the interest co…
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Pending the actual issuance or delivery of bonds, the district may issue temporary or interim bonds,…
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The district may provide that interest on bonds may be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the b…
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The district shall provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds by the levy…
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Any general obligation bonds which shall be issued under the provisions of this part shall be legal …
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The district may by resolution at any time, or from time to time, provide for the authorization and …
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Before making a sale of any of the bonds, notice shall be given by publication once a week, for two …
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The published notice of sale shall describe the bonds and set forth the terms and conditions of sale…
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The district may provide for the funding or refunding of outstanding general obligation indebtedness…
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The district by a two-thirds vote of the board may fund or refund its general obligation indebtednes…
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Refunding general obligations may be issued and may be sold in accordance with Articles 2 (commencin…
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Refunding bonds issued pursuant to this article will have the same weight and force and may be used …
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The proceeds of any sale of refunding bonds for cash shall be deposited with the chief financial off…
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Any proceeds of the refunding bonds remaining after the indebtedness has been paid shall be deposite…
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At the time of making the general tax levy after incurring the bonded indebtedness and annually ther…
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If the earliest maturity of the refunding bonds is more than one year after the date of issuance, th…
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The taxes shall be levied and collected as other district taxes, and are in addition to all other ta…
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Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to provide funds for (a) the payment …
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When sufficient money is in the Funding Fund to redeem one or more outstanding past due bonds, notes…
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At the same time, the chief financial officer shall deposit in the post office a copy of the notice,…
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When any outstanding bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness are surrendered and paid, the …
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The chief financial officer shall keep a record of bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness …
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Any money remaining in the Funding Fund, after all outstanding bonds, warrants, judgments, notes, or…
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Refunding of revenue bonds of the district may be accomplished in the manner provided by the Revenue…
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The district may borrow money for the purpose of defraying general administrative and preliminary ex…
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At any time prior to the first receipt by the district of revenues from taxation, the counties withi…
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The treasurers of the counties within the district shall pay into the treasury of the district all f…
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The district may borrow money in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (commencing at Section …
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The district may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized to be …
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(a) The district may borrow money for the purchase of transit vehicles, as defined in subdivision (b…
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In addition to any other existing authority, the district may borrow money and incur indebtedness pu…
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As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds, the district is hereby authorized to issue bon…
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The district is hereby declared to be a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1…
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The district shall have power to purchase equipment such as cars, trolley buses and motor buses, rol…
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The agreement to purchase or lease may direct the vendor or lessor to sell and assign or lease the r…
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The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before some person authorized by law to take ac…
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The covenants, conditions and provisions of the agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates…
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In addition to all other powers granted under this part, the district shall have the right to acquir…
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An assessment district formed or proposed to be formed under this part, on the acquisition of any pr…
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An assessment district formed or proposed to be formed under this part, on the acquisition of any pr…
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If lost or completely destroyed, any bond, note, coupon, or other evidence of indebtedness may be re…
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If defaced, mutilated, or partially destroyed, any bond, note, coupon, or other evidence of indebted…
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When a bond, note, interest coupon, or other evidence of indebtedness payable from funds in the cust…
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Upon receipt of the first money in the treasury applicable to their payment, the chief financial off…
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If the registered bonds, notes, coupons, and other evidences of indebtedness are not presented for p…
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All bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued by the district under the provisions of this pa…
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An action to determine the validity of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness may be brought pursu…
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Any person who, without probable cause, institutes in any court, state or federal, any action or pro…
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Notwithstanding any other statutory provision to the contrary, the district may pledge all or any pa…
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Any county not included within the boundaries of the district, including a county which has withdraw…
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The board of supervisors of the county proposed to be annexed shall agree in writing with the board …
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As a condition of annexation, the district shall require any county seeking to annex to the district…
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As an alternative method of annexation, a petition may be presented to the board of supervisors of a…
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Upon receipt of a petition pursuant to Section 29503, the board of supervisors shall communicate wit…
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The agreement shall become effective and be binding upon the district and the county when approved i…
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The ordinance, together with a notice fixing the time and place for hearing thereon, shall be publis…
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At the hearing any person interested may file with the board of directors of the district written ob…
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Upon the hearing the board of directors of the district shall determine whether or not the agreement…
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Any hearing on the agreement may be adjourned from time to time by the board of directors of the dis…
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If no protests are filed or if the protests filed are overruled and denied, the board of directors o…
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When executed by the district the agreement shall be dated and an executed copy filed with the secre…
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At any time after the board of directors of the district has finally approved the agreement of annex…
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Notice of election shall be published once a week for two successive weeks (two publications) in a n…
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The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on …
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If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition a…
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If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall be entered upon the minutes of the board of supe…
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If the proposition receives the vote of the requisite majority of voters, the board of supervisors o…
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Upon receipt by the district of a copy of the agreement of annexation properly executed by the distr…
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From and after the date of annexation the board of directors of the district shall levy upon all of …
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The validity of any proceedings for the annexation of any county to the district shall not be contes…
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When the district is the sole owner of any tract of land within the County of San Mateo upon which i…
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Any county, the board of supervisors of which does not approve the reports of the board of directors…
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In addition to the right of withdrawal of a county as provided in Section 29650, any county may with…
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Withdrawal from the district shall be by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the board of sup…
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The withdrawal of any county from the district pursuant to this chapter shall not be effective until…
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The withdrawal of a county pursuant to this chapter does not invalidate any taxes or assessments lev…
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Any county which is withdrawn from the district pursuant to this chapter may be subsequently annexed…
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One or more special service districts for any of the purposes in which the district is authorized to…
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Proceedings for the creation of a special service district may be initiated by resolution of the leg…
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As an alternative to the initiation of proceedings for the formation of a special service district b…
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The petition shall declare that the public interest or necessity demands the creation of a special s…
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The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures in the petition with the affidavits of re…
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The following provisions of the Government Code shall not apply to this chapter or any proceeding ta…
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Nothing contained herein shall allow the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, or any speci…
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Within 30 days after receipt of the resolution or resolutions of the legislative body or bodies or r…
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The notice of hearing shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the…
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The time fixed for the hearing shall be not less than ten (10) nor more than thirty (30) days from t…
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At or before the hearing, any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written …
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If no protests are filed or if the protests filed are overruled and denied by the board, the board s…
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At the time of the approval of the creation of a special service district, the board shall call an e…
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Such election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days after the bo…
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The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed the…
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No person is entitled to vote at the election unless he is a registered voter residing within the te…
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The costs of the election required by this article shall be borne by the district.
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The question of the creation of a special service district shall be canvassed separately for each pu…
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A special service district has no separate corporate existence, but shall be deemed to be a taxing s…
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The proposition for incurring a bonded indebtedness under Section 29700 may be submitted to the vote…
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 2…
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Only those registered voters residing within the boundaries of the special service district shall be…
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Only the property in the special service district shall be taxable for the payment of the principal …
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Any proceedings denying the validity of the creation of any special service district, or of any bond…
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Any territory within the boundaries of the district not included within the boundaries of the specia…
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The board shall by resolution determine that the annexation of the territory will facilitate the acq…
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Any public agency or portion thereof included as part of the territory proposed to be annexed to a s…
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The petition for election provided for in Section 29712 shall be signed by voters within any public …
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The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures with the affidavits of registration on fi…
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The terms and conditions for the annexation of territory to a special service district may provide, …
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Notice fixing the time and place for hearing on the question of the annexation of territory to a spe…
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The time of hearing shall be not less than 20 nor more than 60 days from the date of the publication…
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At or before the hearing, any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written …
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The hearing may be continued from time to time by the board without further notice other than an ord…
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If the board finds that protest has been made, prior to the board’s final determination for annexati…
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From and after the date of filing of the resolution with the secretary of the district, the annexati…
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If an election is required to be held, pursuant to the provisions of Section 29712, the board shall …
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The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed the…
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No person is entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the public agency, or portion …
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The costs of the election required by this article shall be borne by the district.
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The question of the annexation of territory to a special service district shall be canvassed separat…
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Upon the completion of the annexation of any territory, in accordance with law, to any city included…
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If the district shall file its objections, in the manner provided in Section 29726, to the annexatio…
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A special service district may be dissolved by resolution of the board if any proposition for the in…
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If district bonds for the acquisition or construction of rapid transit facilities have not been vote…
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The election, for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether or…
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Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because of the filing of a petition or ordere…
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The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on …
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No other notice of the election other than that provided for in this article need be given and no sa…
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If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition a…
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If a majority of the qualified electors voting at said election vote in favor of such dissolution, t…
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In the event that the proposition for dissolution fails to carry, no subsequent election for the dis…
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This part shall be known as the Southern California Rapid Transit District Law.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (a) There is an imperative need for a comprehensive mass …
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The part shall be liberally construed to carry out the objects and purposes and the declared policy …
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter govern the construction of thi…
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“District,” as used in this part, means the Southern California Rapid Transit District.
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(a) “Rapid transit,” as used in this part, means the transportation of passengers only and their inc…
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“Board of directors,” “board,” or “directors,” as used in this part, means the board of directors of…
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“Public agency,” as used in this part, includes the State of California, and any county, city and co…
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There is hereby created the Southern California Rapid Transit District, comprising that territory he…
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The district created in accordance with the provisions of this part is a public corporation created …
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All powers, privileges and duties vested in or imposed upon the district shall be exercised and perf…
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The board of directors shall consist of 11 members appointed as follows: Five by the Board of Superv…
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Notwithstanding Section 30201, if a director appointed by the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles is a …
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At its first regular meeting after the effective date of this part, the Board of Supervisors of the …
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At its first regular meeting after the effective date of this part, the Mayor of the City of Los Ang…
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Each member of the board of directors appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Ang…
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Each director appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles shall be appointed …
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Any vacancy in the members of the board of directors appointed by the County of Los Angeles or by th…
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A city selection committee shall be established which shall consist of one member representing each …
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On or before the second Monday which is not a holiday following the effective date of this part, the…
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Each member of the city selection committee shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body of the…
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Each member of the city selection committee shall be appointed by a resolution adopted by the govern…
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Any vacancy in the city selection committee shall be filled by appointment by the body which origina…
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No person serving as a member of the city selection committee shall be eligible for appointment to a…
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The county auditor shall furnish the necessary certificates as to assessed valuation to enable the c…
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All meetings of the city selection committee shall be conducted pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act, …
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The presence of members of the city selection committee representing more than fifty (50) percent of…
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The affirmative votes of members representing more than fifty (50) percent of the total number of vo…
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Within ten (10) days after the Secretary of State has received certified copies of the resolutions a…
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The city selection committee shall appoint from its members a chairman and such other officers as ma…
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The city selection committee shall appoint as members the number to be appointed by it under Section…
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Members of the board of directors who are not members of the Board of Supervisors of the County of L…
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Whenever a vacancy occurs in the member of the board appointed by a subcommittee of the city selecti…
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The city selection committee shall meet within 45 days after receiving the latest population estimat…
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Upon petition signed by members of the city selection committee representing more than two-thirds ( …
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Members of the board of directors shall serve until their respective successors are appointed and qu…
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Except as provided in Section 30251 of this part, no person serving as a director shall be eligible …
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In order to provide orderly transition from the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (herein s…
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Within ten (10) days after the Secretary of State has received certified copies of the resolutions a…
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Each director, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take the oath of office. The oat…
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The board of directors is the legislative body of the district and, consistent with the provisions o…
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The board may contract and take any and all actions and proceedings and do any and all other things …
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The board shall determine what transit facilities should be acquired, constructed, developed, jointl…
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In order to provide orderly transition from the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (herein s…
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The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated by the district, in…
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Subject to the provisions of Article 10 (commencing with Section 30750), Chapter 5 of this part, the…
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The board may contract for or employ any professional services required by the district or for the p…
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The board shall have an annual audit made of all books and accounts of the district by an independen…
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As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year the board shall submit to the chief admin…
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The board may provide by resolution, under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment…
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To facilitate the business of the district, the board may provide for the creation and administratio…
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The board may hold public hearings, subpoena witnesses, and perform all other acts necessary to prop…
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Each director may administer oaths and affirmations in any district investigation or proceeding.
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All meetings of the board of directors shall be conducted pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapte…
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The affirmative votes of a majority of the members of the board shall be necessary and, except as ot…
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The board shall adopt rules for the general conduct of its proceedings including, without limitation…
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(a) The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance. No ordinance shall…
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The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it ordained by the Board of Directors…
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All ordinances shall be signed by the president or the vice president of the board and attested by t…
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The officers of the district shall consist of the members of the board of directors; a president and…
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The secretary, general manager, general counsel, treasurer, and auditor shall be full-time officers …
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The compensation of all district officers and employees, except as otherwise provided in this part, …
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The general counsel shall be a person admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of California an…
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The oath of office of all officers appointed by the board of directors or by the general manager of …
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The board may require officers, assistants, deputies and employees to give bonds and may fix the amo…
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Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090), Chapter 1, Division 4, Title 1, of the Government Code sha…
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The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the district and shall make payments only upon …
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The district may designate the treasurer and the auditor of the County of Los Angeles as treasurer a…
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The board shall appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have full charge of the a…
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All other things being equal, the general manager shall be chosen on the basis of his qualifications…
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The general manager need not be a resident of this State at the time of his appointment.
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The general manager shall hold office for an indefinite term and may be removed by the board upon th…
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The powers and duties of the general manager are: (a) To have full charge of the acquisition, constr…
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The general manager shall attend meetings of the board and be entitled to participate in the deliber…
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The directors may appoint a general manager pro tempore to serve during any absence or disability of…
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The board may establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the district and provi…
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The district may maintain its own retirement fund or may provide for benefits to eligible officers a…
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Before establishing any retirement system the board shall secure a report from a qualified actuary, …
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The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to t…
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As an alternative method of providing a retirement system the board may contract with the Board of A…
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The board may also contract with the Board of Administration of the State Employees’ Retirement Syst…
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The board may classify and determine the officers and employees who shall be included as members in …
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The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the distri…
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Any pension or retirement system adopted shall be on a sound actuarial basis and provide for contrib…
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Contributions shall be in amounts which will accumulate at retirement a fund sufficient to carry out…
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Nothing in any pension or retirement system or plan shall prevent the board from, at any time, amend…
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Articles 1 (commencing with Section 30400) and 2 (commencing with Section 30430) do not apply to any…
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The adoption, terms, and conditions of the retirement systems covering employees of the district in …
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The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage of its employees under Tit…
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The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the district and its e…
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The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
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The district and its officers may sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and …
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The district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose, as provid…
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The district may exercise the right of eminent domain within the boundaries of the district to take …
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The district is authorized to maintain a suitable security force comprised of transit police officer…
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The district is entitled to the benefit of any reservation or grant, in all cases, where any right h…
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The district may exercise any and all powers granted by any other law which by its terms is applicab…
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Prior to the time the district incurs any bonded indebtedness, the district shall insofar as possibl…
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The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in conn…
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The district may contract with any department or agency of the United States of America or of the St…
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The district may contract with any person, firm, corporation, association, organization, or other en…
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The district may insure against any accident to or destruction of the system or any part thereof.
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The district may insure against loss of revenues from any cause whatsoever.
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The district may insure against public liability or property damage, or both. It may provide in the …
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Any bonds, notes, warrants and other evidences of indebtedness issued or incurred by the district sh…
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The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or by condemnation, or otherwise a…
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The district may provide a rapid transit system for the transportation of passengers and their incid…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the district may operate charter bus service, subject to …
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(a) The district may acquire, construct, develop, lease, jointly develop, own, operate, maintain, co…
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The district may lease or contract for the use of its facilities, or any portion thereof, to any ope…
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The district may construct, acquire, develop, jointly develop, maintain, operate, lease, and dispose…
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(a) The district may enter into agreements for the joint use or joint development of any property or…
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The district may operate such feeder bus lines and other feeder services as necessary.
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As soon as practicable after the effective date of this part, the board shall cause a preliminary re…
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In planning the development of a rapid transit system or any part thereof within its territory and i…
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(a) Not later than January 10, 1974, the district shall submit to the Legislature its plan for the i…
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The district shall not exercise control over any transit facilities now or hereafter owned and opera…
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(a) The rates, fees, and charges for service or rights furnished, leased, or otherwise transferred p…
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Notwithstanding Section 30638, all net income from fees, charges, rents, profits, or other net incom…
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The board of supervisors of a county, or the governing body of a city having territory located withi…
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Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Section 30639, the district board shall fix …
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At the time fixed for any hearing before the board any board of supervisors or city governing body e…
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The district, petitioner or petitioners, and the intervenors shall have the right to call and examin…
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Oral evidence shall be taken only on oath or affirmation. The hearing need not be conducted accordin…
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A complete record of all proceedings and testimony before the board at such hearing shall be taken d…
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Within 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall render its decision, in writing,…
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The district shall be subject to regulations of the Public Utilities Commission relating to safety a…
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The district shall be subject to the provisions of Division 14.8 (commencing with Section 34500) of …
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Before the district takes action on a route, grades, or station location, including parking and stor…
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The citizens’ advisory committee may advise the district of the prevalent sentiments of its area and…
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The district may establish a citizens’ advisory committee in any identifiable area in which rail tra…
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(a) The district shall designate the area to be represented by each citizens’ advisory committee, wi…
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A citizens’ advisory committee shall consist of not less than 15 persons and not more than 45 person…
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Every meeting of a citizens’ advisory committee is open to the general public. Minutes of the procee…
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All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section…
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The district may issue any bonds, borrow money and incur indebtedness as authorized by law or in thi…
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The district may accept contributions or loans from the United States, or any department, instrument…
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The district may cooperate with and enter into agreements with the State of California or any public…
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The district may accept contributions or loans from the State of California or any public agency, fo…
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The district may make an irrevocable pledge or contract in connection with the payment of the princi…
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To the extent permitted by the law governing the source of any transit funds, appropriations, contri…
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The district shall not incur an indebtedness which exceeds in the aggregate 15 percent of the assess…
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The district may also refund any indebtedness as provided in this part or in any other applicable la…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of the following terms shall apply to indebte…
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The board may, by resolution, order that any of the moneys in the funds under its control which are …
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All district elections shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code of the …
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The board of directors or any officer or member or members thereof authorized by that body, or any i…
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The provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exist or may hereaf…
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No irregularities or informalities in conducting any election shall invalidate the same if the elect…
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(a) Subject to subdivision (b), if a majority of the employees employed by a district in a unit appr…
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Any question which may arise with respect to whether a majority of the employees in an appropriate u…
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Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility…
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(a) Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public uti…
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The district shall not acquire any existing transit system or part thereof whether by purchase, leas…
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Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, t…
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(a) In the event the board and the representatives of the employees do not agree to submit a dispute…
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Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness for the acquis…
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Notice of the holding of such election shall be given by publishing, pursuant to Section 6066 of the…
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If any proposition is defeated by the electors, the board shall not call another election on a subst…
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If 60 percent of the electors voting on the proposition vote for it, then the board may, by resoluti…
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The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding the maximum rate allowed by law, paya…
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The bonds may be sold as the board determines by resolution but for not less than par. Before sellin…
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Delivery of any bonds may be made at any place either inside or outside the State, and the purchase …
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All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be us…
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After the expiration of three years after a bond election the board may determine, by ordinance adop…
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Whenever the board deems that the expenditure of money for the purposes for which the bonds were aut…
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The provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 53500), Chapter 3, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 …
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Any bonds which shall be issued under the provisions of this article shall be legal investment for a…
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Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a revenue bonded indebtedness for th…
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The district is hereby declared to be a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1…
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Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Article 2 shall be subject to the priorities set f…
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The district shall have power to purchase equipment such as cars, trolley buses and motorbuses, roll…
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The agreement to purchase or lease may direct the vendor or lessor to sell and assign or lease the r…
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The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before some person authorized by law to take ac…
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The covenants, conditions and provisions of the agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates…
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Prior to the time moneys authorized by special taxes under Part 16 (commencing with Section 36000) o…
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The district may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized to be …
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(a) Notwithstanding any provision of Article 7.7 (commencing with Section 53859) of Chapter 4 of Par…
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Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness for the acquis…
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Notice of said hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution declaring the necessity…
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At the time and place so fixed, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the boar…
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The board may change the purposes for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, or the estimated co…
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The purposes, estimated cost, amount of bonded debt, or boundaries shall not be changed by the board…
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At the time and place so fixed, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the boar…
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At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall, by resolution, determine whether it is deemed nec…
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After the formation of the improvement district or districts within the district pursuant to this ar…
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After the board has made its determination of the matters required to be determined by resolution pu…
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Thereafter the provisions relating to the authorization and issuance of bonds, Sections 30901 to 309…
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Any action or proceeding, wherein the validity of the formation of the improvement district or distr…
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The district may bring an action to determine the validity of any of its bonds, equipment trust cert…
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part or any other law, the provisions of all ordinances…
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All bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued by the district under the provisions of this pa…
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On the date (which is hereinafter referred to as “merger date”) of the second regular meeting of the…
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Upon the merger date, the secretary of the district shall record in the office of the Recorder of th…
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A copy of the certificate provided for in Section 31001 certified by the Recorder of the County of L…
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On said merger date, all employees of the authority shall become employees of the district with all …
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It is the intent of this part that the board of directors of the district shall have a free choice a…
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Whenever the board deems it necessary, it may issue bonds to refund all outstanding, unmatured bonds…
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The governing body of any city, which is not within the district, may apply to the board of director…
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The board of directors may grant or deny such application and in granting the same may fix the terms…
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The action of the board of directors evidenced by resolution shall be promptly transmitted to the go…
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The notice shall contain the substance of the terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors, …
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A certificate of proceedings shall be made by the secretary of the district and filed with the Secre…
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Upon the filing in his or her office of the certificate of proceedings, the Secretary of State shall…
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If territory is annexed to a city or consolidated with a city, the corporate area of which has been …
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If the applicable provisions of law governing such annexation to, or consolidation with, such munici…
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The validity of any proceedings resulting in the annexation of territory to the district shall not b…
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If any portion of the corporate area of any city whose corporate area is a part of the district, sha…
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Any city whose corporate area is a part of the district and any county with regard to any unincorpor…
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Whenever any change is made in the boundaries of this district by the annexation or exclusion of any…
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No consent to annexation or exclusion shall be made by the board of directors of the district pursua…
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If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this part, or the application thereof to …
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In cooperation with the Department of Transportation and the cities, counties, and local and regiona…
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) It is necessary and in the best interest of the citizen…
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(a) Whenever the board finds that property adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, one or more rail tran…
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(a) At the time and place fixed for the hearing on the establishment of the benefit district, or at …
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(a) In determining the amount of a special benefit assessment, the board may measure the benefit to …
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The board may order benefit assessment without an election, except as otherwise provided in Section …
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An election shall be held if the board finds that a petition requesting that the proposal be submitt…
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(a) For purposes of this chapter, “voter” means an owner of real property which is assessed or propo…
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(a) Where land in the benefit district is owned in joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or any other mu…
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The petition for confirmation by the voters shall be filed with the board within 30 days after the c…
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After the board has adopted a resolution approving the proposal to form a benefit district under Sec…
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The board shall submit the proposition of levying an assessment to the voters of the benefit distric…
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If a majority of the votes cast at the election conducted under this chapter approve the proposition…
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(a) Any owner or owners of real property, which is, in whole or in part, within the benefit district…
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Notice of each hearing upon the petition for exclusion or reduction shall be given in accordance wit…
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At the time and place provided in the notice or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjour…
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The expenses of giving the notice provided for herein and of the hearing on the exclusion or reducti…
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Upon the hearing on an exclusion or reduction petition by the board, or upon the record of hearing b…
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The board, after the hearing on an exclusion or reduction petition, shall order one of the following…
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(a) Following formation of the benefit district or concurrently therewith, if the board deems it nec…
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At the time and place fixed for the hearing on the issuance of bonds payable from special benefit as…
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Special benefit assessments for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued for a…
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The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding 12 pe…
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The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may be sold as the board determines by resolution. The boa…
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Delivery of any bonds issued under this chapter may be made at any place either inside or outside th…
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All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of bonds issued by the district pursuant to t…
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The board may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any…
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Any bonds issued under this chapter are legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insur…
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The board may change the purposes for which any proposed debt is to be incurred, the estimated cost,…
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(a) The board shall not change the purposes, the estimated cost, the boundaries of the benefit distr…
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At the time and place fixed for a hearing on changes, or at any time and place to which the hearing …
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All decisions and determinations of the board, upon notice and hearing, are final and conclusive upo…
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Any action or proceeding, other than a petition for election pursuant to Section 33002.2, which cont…
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When the board has imposed a special benefit assessment, the secretary shall so certify to the asses…
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In the event of conflict with any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail with respe…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the district shall not pledge any portion of it…
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Notwithstanding Section 5097 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, any petition or claim for refund seek…
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This part shall be known and cited as the “Orange County Transit District Act of 1965.”
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“District” means the Orange County Transit District formed under this part.
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“Board” means the board of directors of this district.
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“Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.
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“Transit” means the transportation of passengers only and their incidental baggage by means other th…
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“Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and personal property, equipment, rights, or …
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It is necessary that a transit district be established in Orange County in order to provide an inter…
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The Orange County Transit District as created and established by the voters of the County of Orange …
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Except as otherwise provided in this part elections shall be held and conducted and the result ascer…
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Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances and notices which are required to be publis…
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Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the retirement b…
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The members of the Orange County Transportation Authority, comprised as specified by Section 130052,…
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The board of directors shall select one of its members as chairman.
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The board shall determine the number of, and appoint the officers of the district. Any officer of th…
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The chairman is the presiding officer of the board and he shall vote on the propositions passed upon…
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The first meeting of the board shall be held within 10 days after the board of supervisors certifies…
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The board shall select one of its members vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of its cha…
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All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which …
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The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated by the district, in…
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The board may either operate the transit system itself or a part thereof or it may contract with any…
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The board may, from time to time, contract for or employ any professional service required by the di…
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(a) The Auditor of the County of Orange shall provide the board with an annual audit of all books an…
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Payment of claims against the district and disbursement of district funds shall be in the manner pro…
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None of the territory which is within the district shall be annexed to any other transit district un…
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To facilitate the business of the district, the board may provide for the creation and administratio…
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All meetings of the board shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapt…
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A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
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The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution or ordinance. No ordinance, resolutio…
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The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it ordained by the board of directors…
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The board may appoint and fix the salary of a general manager who shall have full charge of the acqu…
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The board may designate the Treasurer, the Auditor, the County Counsel, and the Clerk of the County …
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The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the district and shall make payments only upon …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law which requires warrants to be paid by the county auditor,…
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Whenever a majority of the employees employed by the district in a unit appropriate for collective b…
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No contract or agreement shall be made with any labor organization, association, group, or individua…
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If there is a question whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees or whether th…
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(a) The Public Employment Relations Board established pursuant to Section 3541 of the Government Cod…
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(a) Any charging party, respondent, or intervenor aggrieved by a final decision or order of the Publ…
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Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility…
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Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 40221) of this part, the distri…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of the Government Code, employees of this district may authorize and,…
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The obligation of the district to bargain in good faith with a duly designated or certified labor or…
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The district may provide for a retirement system; provided, that the adoption, terms and conditions …
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The district shall take the necessary steps to obtain coverage for the district and its employees un…
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The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the district and its e…
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The Orange County Employees Retirement System and the laws relating thereto or as hereafter amended …
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The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
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The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceeding…
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The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient t…
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All the provisions of the County Transportation Commissions Act (Division 12 (commencing with Sectio…
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The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in conn…
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No officer or employee of the district shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in…
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The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease, or condemn in proceedings under emi…
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Exercise of the powers provided under Section 40175 shall be undertaken in the same manner and pursu…
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The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights-of-way, rail lines, busline…
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The district may make bulk purchases of passenger tickets for scheduled passenger rail services prov…
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The district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indeb…
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The district may acquire, construct, own, or operate air terminal facilities within the district and…
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The district may lease or contract for the use of its transit facilities, or any portion thereof, to…
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The district may construct and operate or acquire and operate works and facilities in, under, upon, …
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The district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district …
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The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and sh…
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The district shall be subject to the provisions of Division 14.8 (commencing with Section 34500) of …
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The district shall have the power to obtain temporary transfers of funds in accordance with the last…
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The district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval …
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Establish” includes establish, construct, complete, acquire, extend, o…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, before the district may propose to establish any t…
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The district shall not establish the proposed service or system, or maintain and operate the service…
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The purchase price to be paid for the existing system, or any portion thereof to be purchased, shall…
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The district and the public utility operating the existing system may agree upon the purchase price …
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Section 851 does not apply to any contract for sale or sale of an existing system, or any portion th…
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The district may from time to time incur a bonded indebtedness as provided in this chapter to pay th…
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Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the…
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The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix the date on which the election will be held,…
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Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the …
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Any special bond election may be held separately, or may be consolidated with any other election aut…
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The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice of election need be given.
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The board shall comply with Article 3 (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of t…
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The votes of sixty percent (60%) of all voters voting on the proposition at the election are require…
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If the proposition submitted at a special bond election fails to receive the requisite number of vot…
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Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in amounts to be fixed by the board; except t…
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The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the board determines, except that no bonds shall …
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The board may at any time prior to the issuance and sale of any bonds provide for the call and redem…
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The bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board or by such officer of the district as the boa…
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The bonds may be issued and sold for not less than their par value, but otherwise as the board deter…
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All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be us…
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All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district are legal investments for all trust funds a…
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All bonds of the district, to the same extent as bonds of any other municipality, are legal for use …
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An action to determine the validity of bonds, including refunding bonds, may be brought pursuant to …
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As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds, the district may issue bonds, payable from rev…
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The district is a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commen…
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The district may levy and collect, or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose subject to…
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If, in the opinion of the board, the transit operation revenues will not be sufficient for any and a…
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The board shall, as part of the general tax levy as set forth in Section 40300 levy and collect annu…
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The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes by the district, including t…
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The board shall avail itself of the assessments made by the assessor of the county and of the assess…
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In such case, the county auditor shall, on or before the third Monday in August of each year, transm…
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The board shall, on or before the first day of September, fix the rate of taxes, designating the num…
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The board shall immediately, after fixing the rate of taxes as provided in Section 40306, transmit t…
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The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county …
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Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes and has been redeemed, the money paid for redempt…
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All taxes levied under this article are a lien on the property on which they are levied. The enforce…
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Transactions and use taxes (to be designated in the ballot proposition set forth in Section 40334 as…
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Any transactions and use taxes ordinance adopted pursuant to this article shall be operative on the …
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(a) The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this article may be used for any lawful purpose …
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The taxes authorized by this article shall not be imposed unless the board shall have authorized it …
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The actual wording of the proposition on any short form of ballot card, label, or other device, rega…
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The board is authorized to impose a maximum tax rate of 1 percent under this article and the board m…
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The district is hereby authorized to issue revenue bonds, payable, in whole or in part, from revenue…
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The board may call an election any time for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district …
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The election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether or …
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Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because of the filing of a petition or ordere…
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The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on …
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The board shall canvass the vote. If a majority of the votes favor dissolution, the board shall by r…
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The board shall file a certified copy of the resolution with the Secretary of State and for record i…
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Upon dissolution the right, title, and interest to property owned or controlled by the district situ…
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The board of supervisors is, ex officio, the governing body of the dissolved district. It may levy t…
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The district may be consolidated with the Southern California Rapid Transit District organized and o…
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Whenever the board finds and determines that: (a) The Southern California Rapid Transit District is …
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The board shall thereafter, by resolution setting forth the terms and conditions of the proposed con…
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The resolution, together with a notice fixing the time and place for hearing thereon, shall be publi…
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At the hearing any interested person may file with the board written objections to the approval of t…
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Upon the hearing, the board shall determine whether or not the terms and conditions of the contract …
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Any hearing on the agreement and consolidation may be adjourned from time to time by the board, not …
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If no protests are filed, or if the protests filed are overruled and denied by the board, the board …
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At any time after the board of directors of the district has finally approved the agreement the Boar…
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Notice of election shall be published once a week for two successive weeks (two publications) in a n…
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The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on …
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If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition a…
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If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall be entered upon the minutes of the Board of Supe…
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If the proposition receives the vote of the requisite majority of voters, the Board of Supervisors o…
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Upon receipt by the Southern California Rapid Transit District of a copy of the consolidation agreem…
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From and after the date of consolidation the board of directors of the Southern California Rapid Tra…
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The validity of any consolidating proceedings shall not be contested in any action unless the action…
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Upon the completion of such consolidation procedure, the Orange County Transit District shall be dee…
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This part shall be known and cited as the “San Joaquin Regional Transit District Act.”
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of thi…
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“District” means the San Joaquin Regional Transit District formed under this part.
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“Board” means the board of directors of this district.
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“Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.
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“Transit” means the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage by any means.
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“Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and personal property, equipment, rights, or …
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For purposes of this part, “Stockton Metropolitan Area” means that area which was included within th…
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It is necessary that a transit district be established in the Stockton metropolitan area which inclu…
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The San Joaquin Regional Transit District may be created as provided in this part and when so create…
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Except as otherwise provided in this part elections shall be held and conducted and the result ascer…
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Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances and notices which are required to be publis…
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Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the retirement b…
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The City of Stockton, together with unincorporated territory, may organize and incorporate as the St…
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The request for the formation of the Stockton Metropolitan Transit District may be made by resolutio…
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The legislative body of the City of Stockton may pass a resolution declaring that in its opinion pub…
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The resolution may state the transit facilities proposed to be first acquired, but failure to acquir…
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Certified copies of the resolution shall be presented to the Board of Supervisors of San Joaquin Cou…
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Instead of a resolution, a petition may be presented to the board of supervisors signed by voters wi…
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The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and statements required to be contain…
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The petition may be on separate papers, but each paper shall contain the affidavit of the person who…
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The County Elections Official of the County of San Joaquin shall compare the signatures to the petit…
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Upon receipt of certified copies of the resolution or of a sufficient petition, the board of supervi…
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The board of supervisors shall have the power to exclude unincorporated areas which, in the board’s …
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At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board of supervisors approves the resolution or petition as…
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The election shall be held not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days from the date of the adoption…
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The election shall be called by publishing notice calling the election pursuant to Section 6066 of t…
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The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed the…
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No person shall be entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included i…
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The election may be held on the same day as any other state, county, or city election, and be consol…
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The board of supervisors shall meet on the Tuesday next succeeding the day of the election and canva…
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The board of supervisors shall make all provisions for the holding of the election throughout the en…
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If a special election is held exclusively on the proposition of organizing the district, the expendi…
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If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition vote in favor of the creation and establishm…
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No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of the election, not substantially affecting adve…
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The government of the district shall be vested in a board of five directors. Two of the directors sh…
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These appointments shall be made within 30 days after the formation of the district.
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A vacancy on the board shall be filled by the body which appointed the director whose office is vaca…
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Each director shall, within 10 days after his appointment and before entering upon the discharge of …
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A person shall not be appointed to or be a member of the board unless he is a resident of the distri…
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The term of office of each director is four years from the time of his appointment, except that the …
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The board shall annually, in January, select one of its members as chairperson to serve at the pleas…
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The first meeting of the board shall be held within 10 days of the appointment of its chairman. The …
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The board shall select one of its members vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of its cha…
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All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which …
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The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated by the district, in…
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The board may either operate the transit system itself, or it may contract with the City of Stockton…
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All new intercity, interregional, and rural services provided outside the Stockton Metropolitan Area…
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The board may adopt a personnel system for the purpose of recruiting and maintaining an effective wo…
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The board may from time to time contract for or employ any professional service required by the dist…
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The board shall have an annual audit made of all books and accounts of the district by a certified p…
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The board may provide by resolution, under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment…
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To facilitate the business of the district, the board may provide for the creation and administratio…
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All meetings of the board shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapt…
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A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
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The board shall adopt rules for its proceedings and may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that ea…
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The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance. No ordinance shall be …
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All ordinances shall be published after passage.
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The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it enacted by the board of directors …
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The board shall appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have full charge of the a…
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All other things being equal, the board shall appoint as general manager, a person who has had exper…
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The general manager need not be a resident of this State at the time of his appointment.
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The general manager may be removed by the board upon the adoption of a resolution by the affirmative…
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 50098, until such time as the district has opera…
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The board shall appoint a secretary and an attorney, who shall hold office during the pleasure of th…
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The attorney shall be admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of the State, and shall have bee…
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The board may consolidate any of the district offices in one person.
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The oath of all appointive officers of the district shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the s…
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Each appointive officer shall give such bond and in such amount as the board may require.
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Subject to the control of the board, the powers and duties of the general manager are: (a) To have f…
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The general manager shall within 90 days from the end of each fiscal year cause to be published a fi…
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The attorney shall take charge of all suits and other legal matters to which the district is a party…
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The general manager shall cause to be installed and maintained a system of auditing and accounting w…
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The general manager shall provide for the custody of the funds of the district and the keeping of ac…
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With the consent of the board, the general manager may: (a) Authorize the trust department of any st…
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(a) If a majority of the employees employed by a transit district in a unit appropriate for collecti…
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If there is a question whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees or whether th…
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Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility…
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Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility…
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The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in Section 50123 and the benefits which are…
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All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public utility and all persons entitled to…
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Notwithstanding any provisions of the Government Code, the board may authorize payment of any or all…
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The board may establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the district and provi…
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The district may maintain its own retirement fund or may provide for benefits to eligible officers a…
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Before establishing any retirement system the board shall secure a report from a qualified actuary, …
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The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to t…
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Nothing in this chapter prevents a district from participating in and making all or part of its empl…
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The board may classify and determine the officers and employees who shall be included as members in …
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The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the distri…
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The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon service rendered the district by a member pr…
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The board shall provide that both the district and the members shall contribute to the retirement sy…
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All members of the retirement system shall contribute in the manner and amount fixed by the board an…
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Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits other than such as are the equi…
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If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior to retirement the total amount contributed …
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All money received by any person as an annuity, pension, retirement allowance, disability payment, o…
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The board shall create a retirement board of not more than five members, at least two members of whi…
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All members of the retirement board shall serve without pay.
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The retirement board shall determine the eligibility of officers, employees, and their dependents to…
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If the district maintains its own retirement fund the retirement board shall have exclusive control …
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At least once in each four-year period after the establishment of the retirement system the board sh…
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Except as herein provided, no member of the board or of the retirement board, nor any member of the …
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The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
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The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceeding…
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The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient t…
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The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in conn…
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No officer or employee of the district shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in…
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The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease, or condemn in proceedings under emi…
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Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record, map, book, or paper in the possession o…
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The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights-of-way, rail lines, busline…
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The district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indeb…
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The district shall not interfere with or exercise any control over any transit facilities now or her…
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The district may lease or contract for the use of its transit facilities, or any portion thereof, to…
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The district may construct and operate or acquire and operate works and facilities in, under, upon, …
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The district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district …
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The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and sh…
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The board of supervisors or the city council of a municipality having territory located within the d…
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Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Section 50187 the district board shall fix t…
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At the time fixed for any hearing before the board any board of supervisors or city council eligible…
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Within 30 days after submission of the case, the board shall render its decision and its decision sh…
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The district may borrow money for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the district lawfully inc…
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The board of directors of a district may, within a period of two years from and after the formation …
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The district shall not incur an indebtedness under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 50225) of this…
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The district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval …
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(a) The district may invest surplus money in its treasury, including money in a sinking fund, in any…
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The investment of surplus money may be made by direct purchase of investments at the original sale o…
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Any investments purchased and held by the district may from time to time be sold and the proceeds re…
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Sales of any investments purchased and held by the district shall from time to time be made in seaso…
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The district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose subject to…
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The district may only levy and collect taxes pursuant to this article within the Stockton Metropolit…
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If, in the opinion of the board, the transit operation revenues will not be sufficient for any and a…
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The board shall, in addition to the general tax levy as set forth in Section 50210, levy and collect…
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The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes by the district, including t…
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The board shall avail itself of the assessments made by the assessor of the county and of the assess…
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In such case the county auditor shall, on or before the third Monday in August of each year, transmi…
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The board shall, on or before the first weekday in September, or if such weekday falls upon a holida…
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The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of taxes as above provided transmit to the county …
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The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county …
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Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes and has been redeemed, the money paid for redempt…
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The compensation to be charged by and paid to any county for the performance of services under this …
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The district may from time to time incur a bonded indebtedness as provided in this chapter to pay th…
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Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the…
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In lieu of a resolution passed by the board, proceedings for the issuance of bonds for the purposes …
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Whenever any petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at least 15 percent of…
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If the required number of signatures is found to be genuine, the secretary shall transmit to the boa…
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Upon receiving a petition with the certificate of the secretary stating that it contains the require…
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The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix the date on which the election will be held,…
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Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the …
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Any special bond election may be held separately, or may be consolidated with any other election aut…
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The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice of election need be given.
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The board shall comply with the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 …
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The votes of a majority of all the voters voting on the proposition at the election are required to …
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If the proposition submitted at a special bond election fails to receive the requisite number of vot…
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Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in amounts to be fixed by the board; except t…
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The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the board determines, except that no bonds shall …
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The board may at any time prior to the issuance and sale of any bonds provide for the call and redem…
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The bonds shall be signed by the president of the board or by such officer of the district as the bo…
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The bonds may be issued and sold for not less than their par value, but otherwise as the board deter…
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All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be us…
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In lieu of the immediate levy of a tax to pay the interest or any part thereof on any bonded indebte…
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Whenever the board by resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that t…
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The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed as the incurring or increase of an indebtedne…
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Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this chapter shall substantially govern as to all ma…
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Refunding bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the interest rate on the refunded bonds,…
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The proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds shall be applied only to the purchase, or retirement at …
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In lieu of selling refunding bonds and using the proceeds to purchase or retire the bonds to be refu…
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Whenever outstanding bonds are refunded they shall be surrendered to the treasurer of the district, …
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All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district are legal investments for all trust funds a…
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All bonds of the district, to the same extent as bonds of any other municipality, are legal for use …
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An action to determine the validity of bonds, including refunding bonds, may be brought pursuant to …
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As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds, the district may issue bonds, payable from rev…
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The district is a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commen…
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Territory may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this chapter.
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Whenever the board finds and determines that additional territory will be benefited by annexation to…
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The resolution shall be passed by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the board and be approved b…
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The resolution shall: (a) Describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed. (b) Desig…
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The resolution, together with the names of the members of the board, voting for and against it shall…
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On the day fixed for hearing or any day to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall hear and …
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After making all necessary and proper changes in the boundaries, by a resolution passed by a vote of…
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Whenever any territory is annexed to the district it shall thereupon become a part of the district s…
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If the district operates no transit facilities, or its exterior boundaries become coincident with th…
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The election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether or …
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Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because of the filing of a petition or ordere…
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The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on …
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The board shall canvass the vote. If a majority of the votes favor dissolution, the board shall by r…
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The board shall file a certified copy of the resolution with the Secretary of State and for record i…
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Upon dissolution the right, title, and interest to property owned or controlled by the district situ…
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The board of supervisors is, ex officio, the governing body of any dissolved district. It may levy t…
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This part shall be known and may be cited as the Yolo County Transportation District Act.
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As used in this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Authority” means the Yol…
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There is hereby created the Yolo County Transportation District. The jurisdiction of the district ex…
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On and after July 1, 1997, the authority is dissolved and the district succeeds to, and is vested wi…
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(a) The district shall be governed by a five-member board of directors representing the county and c…
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Upon dissolution of the authority, employees of the authority shall be deemed to be employees of the…
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(a) The district shall assume the duties of public transit provider performed by the authority. On a…
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The district, at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the meeting designated by the distric…
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The district shall adopt rules for its proceedings consistent with the laws of the state.
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A majority of the board of directors entitled to vote constitutes a quorum for the transaction of bu…
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The acts of the district shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.
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All meetings of the district shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950…
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The district shall do all the following: (a) Adopt an annual budget. (b) Adopt an administrative cod…
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(a) The district may hire an independent staff of its own or contract with any department or agency …
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The board of directors shall fix the compensation of the district’s officers and employees.
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(a) Notice of the time and place of a public hearing on the adoption of the annual budget shall be p…
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The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceeding…
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All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Division 3.6 (commencing with S…
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The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in conn…
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The district may contract with any department or agency of the United States, with any public agency…
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(a) Contracts for the purchase of services, supplies, equipment, and materials in excess of ten thou…
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(a) The district has no authority to impose property, sales, or special taxes, but may, with the con…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law which relates to the functioning of the district as the Y…
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The district shall include in its bylaws a process for assuring that member jurisdictions of the dis…
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The district may advocate and act on behalf of all district member jurisdictions with their concurre…
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The district shall act as a countywide forum for the coordination of transportation system planning,…
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The district may promulgate a plan for funding transportation projects within its jurisdiction.
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The board of directors shall adopt priorities reflecting the district’s goals, including considerati…
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The district bylaws shall establish an advisory committee structure, which shall include a Technical…
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Transportation funding and project prioritization decisions made by the board of directors shall end…
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The district shall act as the coordinating agency for all state and federal funding applications whe…
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A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territ…
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(a) The district, in the ordinance, shall do all of the following: (1) State the nature of the tax t…
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(a) The county shall conduct the special election called by the board of supervisors pursuant to Sec…
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(a) Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be operative on th…
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The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this chapter may be allocated by the district for th…
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(a) A county transportation expenditure plan shall be prepared for the expenditure of the revenues e…
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(a) The district may annually review and propose amendments to the county transportation expenditure…
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(a) As part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax…
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(a) The bonds authorized by the voters concurrently with the approval of the retail transactions and…
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Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time by a two-thirds vote …
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(a) A resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds shall state all of the following: (1) The purpose…
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The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding the maximum allowable by law, payable…
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In the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, the district may also provide for the call …
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The principal of, and interest on, the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States a…
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The bonds, or each series thereof, shall be dated and numbered consecutively and shall be signed by …
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The bonds may be sold as the district determines by resolution, and the bonds may be sold at a price…
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Delivery of any bonds may be made at any place either inside or outside the state, and the purchase …
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All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of the bonds shall be placed in the fund to b…
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(a) The district may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or ret…
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(a) The district may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized pu…
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Any bonds issued under this chapter are legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insur…
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Any action or proceedings wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use ta…
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This part shall be known and cited as the “Marin County Transit District Act of 1964.”
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of thi…
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“District” means the Marin County Transit District formed under this part.
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“Board” means the board of directors of this district.
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“Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.
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“Transit” means the transportation of passengers only and their incidental baggage by means other th…
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“Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and personal property, equipment, rights, or …
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It shall be the purpose of the Marin County Transit District to develop, finance, organize, and prov…
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The Marin County Transit District may be created as provided in this part and when so created may ex…
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Except as otherwise provided in this part elections shall be held and conducted and the result ascer…
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Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances and notices which are required to be publis…
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Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the retirement b…
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The County of Marin may organize and incorporate as the Marin County Transit District.
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The request for the formation of the Marin County Transit District may be made by resolution or by p…
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The district may include incorporated or unincorporated territory within the County of Marin.
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The Board of Supervisors of the County of Marin may pass a resolution declaring that in its opinion …
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The resolution may state the transit facilities proposed to be first acquired, but failure to acquir…
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Instead of a resolution, a petition may be presented to the board of supervisors signed by voters wi…
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The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and statements required to be contain…
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The petition may be on separate papers, but each paper shall contain the affidavit of the person who…
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The County Elections Official of the County of Marin shall compare the signatures to the petition wi…
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Upon adoption of the resolution or of a sufficient petition, the board of supervisors shall hold a h…
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The board of supervisors shall have the power to exclude areas which in the board’s determination wo…
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After the conclusion of the hearing, the board of supervisors shall in case of initiation by petitio…
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The board of supervisors shall publish notice of the election within the proposed district.
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The notice shall state the name of the proposed district, and describe the boundaries thereof.
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The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed the…
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No person shall be entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included i…
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The election may be held on the same day as any other state, county, or city election, and be consol…
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The board of supervisors shall meet on the Tuesday next succeeding the day of the election and canva…
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The board of supervisors shall make all provisions for the holding of the election throughout the di…
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If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition vote in favor of the creation and establishm…
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No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of the election, not substantially affecting adve…
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The governing body of the district shall consist of the members of the board of supervisors and two …
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The city members of the governing body of the district shall serve for terms of two years commencing…
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The chairman is the presiding officer of the board and he shall vote on the propositions passed upon…
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The first meeting of the board shall be held within 10 days after the board of supervisors certifies…
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The board shall select one of its members vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of its cha…
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All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which …
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The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated by the district, in…
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The board may either operate the transit system itself or a part thereof or it may contract with any…
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Marin County Ordinance 617 (Merit System Ordinance) as amended or hereafter amended shall be applica…
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The board may from time to time contract for or employ any professional service required by the dist…
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The auditor shall provide the board with an annual audit of all books and accounts of the district.
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Payment of demands against the district and disbursement of district funds shall be in the manner pr…
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All meetings of the board shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapt…
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A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
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The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and board members shall be allowed necessary tra…
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The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution or ordinance. No ordinance, resolutio…
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The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it ordained by the board of directors…
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The board may appoint and fix the salary of a general manager who shall have full charge of the acqu…
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Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, t…
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(a) A contract or agreement shall not be made, or assumed, with any labor organization, association,…
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If there is a question whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees or whether th…
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Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility…
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The district shall not acquire any existing system or part thereof whether by purchase, lease, conde…
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Notwithstanding any provision of the Government Code, employees of this district may authorize and, …
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The obligation of the district to bargain in good faith with a duly designated or certified labor or…
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The district may provide for a retirement system; provided, that the adoption, terms and conditions …
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The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the district and its e…
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The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the district and its e…
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The Marin County Employees Retirement System and the laws relating thereto or as hereafter amended s…
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The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
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The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceeding…
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The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient t…
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The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in conn…
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No officer or employee of the district shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in…
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The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease, or condemn in proceedings under emi…
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Exercise of the powers provided under Section 70175 shall be undertaken in the same manner and pursu…
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The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights-of-way, rail lines, busline…
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The district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indeb…
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The district may lease or contract for the use of its transit facilities, or any portion thereof, to…
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The district may construct and operate or acquire and operate works and facilities in, under, upon, …
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The district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district …
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The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and sh…
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The district shall be subject to the provisions of Division 14.8 (commencing with Section 34500) of …
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The district shall have the power to obtain temporary transfers of funds in accordance with the last…
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The district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval …
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The district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose subject to…
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The maximum tax rate set forth in Section 70210 may be increased to an amount approved by a majority…
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If, in the opinion of the board, the transit operation revenues will not be sufficient for any and a…
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The board shall, in addition to the general tax levy as set forth in Section 70210, levy and collect…
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The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes by the district, including t…
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The board shall avail itself of the assessments made by the assessor of the county and of the assess…
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In such case the county auditor shall, on or before the third Monday in August of each year, transmi…
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The board shall on or before the first day of September fix the rate of taxes, designating the numbe…
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The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of taxes as above provided transmit to the county …
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The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county …
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Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes and has been redeemed, the money paid for redempt…
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All taxes levied under this part are a lien on the property on which they are levied. The enforcemen…
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A retail transactions and use tax ordinance may be adopted by the board in accordance with Part 1.6 …
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Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted shall be operative on the first day of the first cale…
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The district may contract with the State Board of Equalization for its service in the preparations n…
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Prior to the operative date of the transactions and use tax ordinance, the district shall contract w…
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If the district shall not have contracted with the State Board of Equalization prior to the operativ…
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Repeal of the transactions and use tax ordinance shall not be operative earlier than the first day o…
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The district may from time to time incur a bonded indebtedness as provided in this chapter to pay th…
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Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the…
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The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix the date on which the election will be held,…
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Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the …
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Any special bond election may be held separately, or may be consolidated with any other election aut…
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The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice of election need be given.
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The board shall comply with Article 3 (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of t…
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The votes of sixty percent (60%) of all voters voting on the proposition at the election are require…
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If the proposition submitted at a special bond election fails to receive the requisite number of vot…
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Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in amounts to be fixed by the board; except t…
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The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the board determines, except that no bonds shall …
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The board may at any time prior to the issuance and sale of any bonds provide for the call and redem…
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The bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board or by such officer of the district as the boa…
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The bonds may be issued and sold for not less than their par value, but otherwise as the board deter…
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All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be us…
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All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district are legal investments for all trust funds a…
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All bonds of the district, to the same extent as bonds of any other municipality, are legal for use …
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An action to determine the validity of bonds, including refunding bonds, may be brought pursuant to …
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As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds, the district may issue bonds, payable from rev…
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The district is a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commen…
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Territory within Marin County may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this chapter.
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Whenever the board finds and determines that additional territory will be benefited by annexation to…
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The resolution shall be passed by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the board.
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The resolution shall: (a) Describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed. (b) Desig…
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The resolution, together with the names of the members of the board, voting for and against it shall…
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On the day fixed for hearing or any day to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall hear and …
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After making all necessary and proper changes in the boundaries, by a resolution passed by a vote of…
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Whenever any territory is annexed to the district it shall thereupon become a part of the district s…
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The board may call an election any time for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district …
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The election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether or …
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Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because of the filing of a petition or ordere…
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The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on …
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The board shall canvass the vote. If a majority of the votes favor dissolution, the board shall by r…
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The board shall file a certified copy of the resolution with the Secretary of State and for record i…
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Upon dissolution the right, title, and interest to property owned or controlled by the district situ…
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The board of supervisors is, ex officio, the governing body of the dissolved district. It may levy t…
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The district may be consolidated with any other transit district organized and operating pursuant to…
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Whenever the board finds and determines that: (a) Another transit district is willing to annex the t…
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The board shall thereafter, by resolution setting forth the terms and conditions of the proposed con…
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The resolution, together with a notice fixing the time and place for hearing thereon, shall be publi…
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At the hearing any interested person may file with the board written objections to the approval of t…
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Upon the hearing, the board shall determine whether or not the terms and conditions of the contract …
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Any hearing on the agreement and consolidation may be adjourned from time to time by the board, not …
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If no protests are filed, or if the protests filed are overruled and denied by the board, the board …
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Thereafter such consolidation shall be effected by such other district in the manner provided for an…
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Upon the completion of such consolidation procedure, the Marin County Transit District shall be deem…
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This part shall be known and cited as the “San Diego County Transit District Act of 1965.”
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of thi…
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“District” means the San Diego County Transit District.
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“Board” means the board of directors of the district.
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“Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.
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“Transit” means the transportation of passengers only and their incidental baggage by means other th…
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“Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and personal property, equipment, rights, or …
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It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of California to develop transit system district…
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The San Diego County Transit District may be created as provided in this part and when so created ma…
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Except as otherwise provided in this part, elections shall be held and conducted and the result asce…
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Except as otherwise provided in this part, all ordinances and notices which are required to be publi…
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Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the retirement b…
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The district is hereby designated a rapid transit district and the transit facilities and services t…
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The area to be embraced in the district shall include all of the corporate area of each of the Citie…
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The Board of Supervisors of San Diego County shall call an election in the area to be included withi…
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Each signer of a petition within a particular city shall be a registered voter and resident of that …
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Upon receipt of the resolutions or petitions, or sufficient combination of both, the board of superv…
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At any time within 30 days following the receipt by the board of supervisors of petitions or resolut…
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At the hearing, the board of supervisors shall have the power to exclude any unincorporated territor…
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The election shall be called, noticed, held, and conducted, election officers appointed, voting prec…
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The count of the votes of the election shall be conducted in two parts (see Section 90050). One part…
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If from the canvass it appears and the board of supervisors finds that a majority of the votes cast …
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If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition in the City of San Diego and a majority of t…
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No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of the election, not substantially affecting adve…
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The government of the district shall be vested in a board of directors elected concurrent with the d…
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The directors elected shall be residents of the respective city they represent at the time of their …
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The term of each director shall be for four years, except as provided in this article.
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Any vacancy, including any caused by death or resignation of any member, shall be filled by appointm…
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The person to fill any vacancy on the board shall serve temporarily to fill the unexpired term or un…
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The first members of the board of directors elected after the formation of the district shall so cla…
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Every director is subject to recall by voters of the district, in accordance with the recall provisi…
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The oath of office of directors shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the secretary of the dist…
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The board shall choose one of its members president, and another vice president, who shall be author…
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The board is the legislative body of the district and determines all questions of policy.
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All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which …
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The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated by the district, in…
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The board may adopt a personnel system for the purpose of recruiting and maintaining an effective wo…
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The board may from time to time contract for or employ any professional service required by the dist…
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The board shall have an annual audit made of all books and accounts of the district by a certified p…
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The board may provide by resolution, under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment…
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To facilitate the business of the district, the board may provide for the creation and administratio…
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All meetings of the board shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapt…
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A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
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The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and may provide by ordinance or resolution that …
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The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance. No ordinance shall be …
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All ordinances shall be published after passage.
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The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it ordained by the Board of Directors…
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The board shall appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have full charge of the a…
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All other things being equal, the board shall appoint as general manager some person who has had exp…
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The general manager need not be a resident of this state at the time of his appointment.
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The general manager shall hold office for an indefinite term and may be removed by the board only up…
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Notwithstanding this article, until such time as the district has operated, controlled, or used faci…
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The board shall appoint a secretary and an attorney, who shall hold office during the pleasure of th…
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The attorney shall be admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of the state, and shall have bee…
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The secretary and such assistants as the board may determine, and shall have the power to administer…
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The board may consolidate any of the district offices in one person.
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The oath of all appointive officers of the district shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the s…
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Each appointive officer shall give such bond and in such amount as the board may require.
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Subject to the control of the board, the powers and duties of the general manager are: (a) To have f…
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The general manager shall within 90 days from the end of each fiscal year cause to be published a fi…
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The attorney shall take charge of all suits and other legal matters to which the district is a party…
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The general manager shall provide for the custody of the funds of the district and the keeping of ac…
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With the consent of the board, the general manager may: (a) Authorize the trust department of any st…
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(a) Employees have the right to self-organize, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to barg…
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The district is empowered to contract with the State Employees’ Retirement System and may provide re…
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Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility…
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The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
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The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceeding…
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The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient t…
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The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in conn…
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The district further shall be empowered to furnish contractual service outside of the district’s bou…
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Neither the general manager nor any director of the district shall in any manner be interested, dire…
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The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or condemn in proceedings under em…
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Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record, map, book or paper in the possession of…
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The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights-of-way, rail lines, busline…
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The negotiated purchase price of any existing facilities which are acquired by the district shall no…
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The district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indeb…
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The district may plan for, establish, construct, finance and operate rapid transit facilities and se…
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The district may construct and operate or acquire and operate works and facilities in, under, upon, …
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The district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district …
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The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this act shall be fixed by the board and sha…
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The board of supervisors or the city council of a municipality having territory located within the d…
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Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Section 90487 the district board shall fix t…
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At the time fixed for any hearing before the board any board of supervisors or city council eligible…
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Within 30 days after submission of the case, the board shall render its decision and its decision sh…
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The district may borrow money and incur indebtedness, and may issue bonds or other evidences of inde…
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The district may borrow money for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the district lawfully inc…
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The board of directors of the district may, within a period of two years from and after the formatio…
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The district shall not incur an indebtedness for public works which in the aggregate exceeds 15 perc…
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Indebtedness which has been incurred for the acquisition, construction, and operation of transit fac…
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The district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this act requiring approval o…
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The district may purchase equipment such as cars, trolley buses and motorbuses, and rolling equipmen…
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The agreement to purchase or lease may direct the vendor or lessor to sell and assign or lease the r…
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The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before a person authorized by law to take ackno…
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The covenants, conditions and provisions of the agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates…
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The district may invest any surplus money in its treasury, including money in any sinking fund, in a…
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Such investment may be made by direct purchase of any issue of such bonds, treasury notes, or obliga…
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Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held as investments by the district may from…
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A district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose.
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If, in the opinion of the board, the revenues will not be sufficient for any and all lawful purposes…
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The board shall, at the time of fixing the general tax levy and in the manner provided for the gener…
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The taxes required to be levied and collected on account of interest, principal and sinking fund of …
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The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes by the district, including t…
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The board shall avail itself of the assessments made by the assessor of the county and of the assess…
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In such case the county assessor shall, on or before the third Monday in August of each year, transm…
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The board shall, on or before the first weekday in September, or if such weekday falls upon a holida…
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The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of taxes as above provided transmit to the county …
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The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county …
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Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes and has been redeemed, the money paid for redempt…
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The compensation to be charged by and paid to any county for the performance of services under this …
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All taxes levied under this act are a lien on the property on which they are levied. The enforcement…
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All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Sect…
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The district may from time to time incur a bonded indebtedness as provided in this chapter to pay th…
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Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the…
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In lieu of a resolution passed by the board, proceedings for the issuance of bonds for the purposes …
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Whenever any petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at least 15 percent of…
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If the required number of signatures is found to be genuine, the secretary shall transmit to the boa…
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Upon receiving a petition with the certificate of the secretary stating that it contains the require…
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The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix the date on which the election will be held,…
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Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the …
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Any special bond election may be held separately, or may be consolidated with any other election aut…
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The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice of election need be given.
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The board shall comply with Article 3 (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of t…
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The votes of 60 percent of all the voters voting on the proposition at the election are required to …
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If the proposition submitted at a special bond election fails to receive the requisite number of vot…
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Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in amounts to be fixed by the board; except t…
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The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the board determines, except that no bonds shall …
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The board may at any time prior to the issuance and sale of any bonds provide for the call and redem…
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The bonds shall be signed by the president of the board or by such officer of the district as the bo…
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The bonds may be issued and sold for not less than their par value, but otherwise as the board deter…
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All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be us…
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In lieu of the immediate levy of a tax to pay the interest or any part thereof on any bonded indebte…
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Whenever the board by resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that t…
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The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed as the incurring or increase of an indebtedne…
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Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this chapter shall substantially govern as to all ma…
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Refunding bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the interest rate on the refunded bonds,…
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The proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds shall be applied only to the purchase, or retirement at …
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In lieu of selling refunding bonds and using the proceeds to purchase or retire the bonds to be refu…
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Whenever outstanding bonds are refunded they shall be surrendered to the treasurer of the district, …
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All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district are legal investments for all trust funds a…
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All bonds of the district, to the same extent as bonds of any other municipality, are legal for use …
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An action to determine the validity of bonds, including refunding bonds, may be brought pursuant to …
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As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds, the district is authorized to issue bonds, pay…
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The district is a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commen…
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Any city not included within the boundaries of the district may be annexed thereto in the manner pro…
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The legislative body of the city proposed to be annexed shall agree in writing with the board upon t…
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As an alternative to commencement of annexation proceedings by action of the legislative body of a c…
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The petition may include one or more separate documents, but each document shall contain the affidav…
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If the board determines that the annexation of the city, whose voters have petitioned pursuant to Se…
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The agreement shall become effective and be binding upon the district and the city when approved in …
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The ordinance, together with a notice fixing the time and place for hearing thereon, shall be publis…
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At the hearing any person interested may file with the board written objections to the execution of …
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Upon the hearing the board shall determine whether or not the agreement will be carried into executi…
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Any hearing on the agreement may be adjourned from time to time by the board without further notice …
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If no protests are filed or if the protests filed are overruled and denied, the board shall by resol…
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When executed by the district the agreement shall be dated and an executed copy filed with the secre…
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At any time after the board has finally approved the agreement of annexation the legislative body of…
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The city shall cause to be held, concurrent with the annexation election, an election for the purpos…
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Notice of election shall be published as provided in Section 6066 of the Government Code and shall e…
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The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on …
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If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition a…
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If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing bod…
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If the proposition receives the vote of the requisite majority of voters, the governing body of the …
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Upon receipt by the district of a copy of the agreement of annexation properly executed by the distr…
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Any territory annexed in accordance with law to any city included in the district shall, upon the co…
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From and after the date of annexation, the board shall levy upon all of the property in the city ann…
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No annexation of a city to a district shall operate to dissolve or terminate the legal existence of …
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The validity of any proceedings for the annexation of any city to any district shall not be conteste…
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Unincorporated territory may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this chapter.
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Unincorporated territory not contiguous to the district may not be annexed if the district does not …
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A petition signed by voters within the territory proposed to be annexed equal in number to at least …
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The secretary shall compare the signatures on the petition with the affidavits of registration on fi…
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If the board determines that the annexation of the territory would facilitate the acquisition or ope…
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Provisions may be made, among other things, for payment of taxes within the territory to be annexed …
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As an alternative to commencement of annexation proceedings by a petition by the voters within any u…
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The board shall by ordinance setting forth the terms and conditions at length declare its intention …
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The ordinance together with a notice fixing the time and place for hearing thereon shall be publishe…
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At the hearing any person interested may file with the board written objections to the approval of t…
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Upon the hearing, the board shall determine whether or not the terms and conditions will be approved…
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If no protests are filed or the protests filed are overruled and denied by the board, the board shal…
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If protests against the proposed annexation are sustained, all proceedings shall be dismissed and no…
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Within 90 days after the board has finally approved the terms and conditions of annexation, the boar…
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Notice of election shall be published and shall either state that a copy of the ordinance containing…
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The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on …
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In the event that no unincorporated territory shall have been included in the original formation of …
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If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition a…
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If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall be entered upon the minutes of the board.
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If the proposition is defeated by the voters, no annexation proceeding shall be commenced involving …
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In the event the proposition receives the vote of the requisite majority of voters, the board shall …
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Unincorporated territory may be annexed to a district without an election in the manner provided in …
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A petition describing the territory proposed to be annexed and requesting that proceedings be taken …
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Proceedings shall thereafter be taken and a hearing held in substantial compliance with the provisio…
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From and after the date of annexation, the board shall levy upon all of the property in the territor…
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The validity of any proceedings for the annexation of any unincorporated territory to any district s…
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If the district operates no transit facilities, or its exterior boundaries become coincident with th…
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The election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether or …
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Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because of the filing of a petition or ordere…
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The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on …
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No other notice of the election other than that provided for in this chapter need be given and no sa…
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If upon a canvass of the election, it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition …
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Upon dissolution of any district which has boundaries that are coincident with the corporate limits …
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If at the time of dissolution, there is any outstanding indebtedness of the district the legislative…
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In the event that the proposition for dissolution fails to carry, no subsequent election for the dis…
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The district may be consolidated with the Southern California Rapid Transit District organized and o…
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Whenever the board finds and determines that: (a) The Southern California Rapid Transit District is …
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The board shall thereafter, by resolution setting forth the terms and conditions of the proposed con…
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The resolution, together with a notice fixing the time and place for hearing thereon, shall be publi…
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At the hearing any interested person may file with the board written objections to the approval of t…
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Upon the hearing, the board shall determine whether or not the terms and conditions of the contract …
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Any hearing on the agreement and consolidation may be adjourned from time to time by the board, not …
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If no protests are filed, or if the protests filed are overruled and denied by the board, the board …
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At any time after the board of directors of the district has finally approved the agreement the Boar…
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Notice of election shall be published once a week for two successive weeks (two publications) in a n…
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The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on …
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If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition a…
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If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall be entered upon the minutes of the Board of Supe…
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If the proposition receives the vote of the requisite majority of voters, the Board of Supervisors o…
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Upon receipt by the Southern California Rapid Transit District of a copy of the consolidation agreem…
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From and after the date of consolidation the board of directors of the Southern California Rapid Tra…
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The validity of any consolidating proceedings shall not be contested in any action unless the action…
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Upon the completion of such consolidation procedure, the San Diego County Transit District shall be …
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This act shall be known and cited as the “Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District Act of 1965.”
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of thi…
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“District” means the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District formed under this act.
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“Board” means the board of directors of this district.
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“Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.
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“Transit” means the transportation of passengers only and their incidental baggage by means other th…
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“Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and personal property, equipment, rights, or …
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It is necessary that a transit district be established in the Santa Barbara metropolitan area which …
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The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District may be created as provided in this act and when so c…
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Except as otherwise provided in this act elections shall be held and conducted and the result ascert…
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Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances and notices which are required to be publis…
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Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the retirement b…
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The boundaries of the district shall not be affected by reason of the incorporation of any territory…
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The City of Santa Barbara, together with unincorporated territory, may organize and incorporate as t…
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The request for the formation of the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District may be made by reso…
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The legislative body, the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara, may pass a resolution declaring…
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The resolution may state the transit facilities proposed to be first acquired, but failure to acquir…
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Certified copies of the resolution shall be presented to the Board of Supervisors of Santa Barbara C…
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Instead of a resolution, a petition may be presented to the board of supervisors signed by voters wi…
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The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and statements required to be contain…
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The petition may be on separate papers, but each paper shall contain the affidavit of the person who…
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The County Elections Official of the County of Santa Barbara shall compare the signatures to the pet…
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Upon receipt of certified copies of the resolution or of a sufficient petition, the board of supervi…
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The board of supervisors shall have the power to exclude unincorporated areas which, in the board’s …
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At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board of supervisors approves the resolution or petition as…
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The election shall be held not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days from the date of the adoption…
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The election shall be called by publishing notice calling the election pursuant to Section 6066 of t…
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The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed the…
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No person shall be entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included i…
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The election may be held on the same day as any other state, county, or city election and be consoli…
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The board of supervisors shall meet on the Tuesday next succeeding the day of the election and canva…
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The board of supervisors shall make all provisions for the holding of the election throughout the en…
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If a special election is held exclusively on the proposition of organizing the district, the expendi…
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If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition vote in favor of the creation and establishm…
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No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of the election, not substantially affecting adve…
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The government of the district shall be vested in a board of seven members. Two of the directors sha…
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These appointments shall be made within 30 days after the formation of the district.
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Any vacancy on the board, including any caused by the death or resignation of a member, shall be fil…
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Each director shall, within 10 days after his appointment, and before entering upon the discharge of…
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A person shall not be appointed to or be a member of the board unless he is a resident of the distri…
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The term of office of each director is four years from the time of his appointment, except that for …
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The chairman is the presiding officer of the board and he shall vote on the propositions passed upon…
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The first meeting of the board shall be held within 10 days of the appointment of its chairman. The …
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The board shall select one of its members vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of its cha…
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All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which …
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The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated by the district, in…
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The board may either operate the transit system itself or a part thereof or it may contract with any…
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The board may adopt a personnel system for the purpose of recruiting and maintaining an effective wo…
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The board may from time to time contract for or employ any professional service required by the dist…
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The board shall have an annual audit made of all books and accounts of the district by a certified p…
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The board may provide by resolution, under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment…
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To facilitate the business of the district, the board may provide for the creation and administratio…
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All meetings of the board shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapt…
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A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
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The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and may provide by ordinance or resolution that …
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The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance. No ordinance shall be …
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All ordinances shall be published after passage.
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The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it enacted by the Board of Directors …
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The board shall appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have full charge of the a…
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All other things being equal, the board shall appoint as general manager, a person who has had exper…
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The general manager need not be a resident of this state at the time of his appointment.
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The general manager may be removed by the board upon the adoption of a resolution by the affirmative…
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 95523, until such time as the district has opera…
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The board may appoint a secretary and an attorney who may hold office during the pleasure of the boa…
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The attorney shall be admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of the state, and shall have bee…
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The board may consolidate any of the district offices in one person.
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The oath of all appointive officers of the district shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the s…
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Each appointive officer shall give such bond and in such amount as the board may require.
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Subject to the control of the board, the powers and duties of the general manager are: (a) To have f…
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The attorney shall take charge of all suits and other legal matters to which the district is a party…
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The general manager shall cause to be installed and maintained a system of auditing and accounting w…
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The general manager shall provide for the custody of the funds of the district and the keeping of ac…
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With the consent of the board, the general manager may: (a) Authorize the trust department of any st…
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(a) If a majority of the employees employed by a transit district in a unit appropriate for collecti…
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If there is a question whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees or whether th…
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Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility…
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Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility…
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The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in Section 95653 and the benefits which are…
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All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public utility and all persons entitled to…
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Notwithstanding any provisions of the Government Code, the board may authorize payment of any or all…
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The board may establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the district and provi…
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The district may maintain its own retirement fund or may provide for benefits to eligible officers a…
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The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to t…
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Nothing in this chapter prevents the district from participating in and making all or part of its em…
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The board may classify and determine the officers and employees who shall be included as members in …
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In the event the board elects to adopt and maintain its own retirement system, that system shall com…
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The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the distri…
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The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon service rendered the district by a member pr…
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The board shall provide that both the district and the members shall contribute to the retirement sy…
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All members of the retirement system shall contribute in the manner and amount fixed by the board an…
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Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits other than such as are the equi…
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If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior to retirement the total amount contributed …
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All money received by any person as an annuity, pension, retirement allowance, disability payment or…
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The board shall create a retirement board of not more than five members, at least two members of whi…
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All members of the retirement board shall serve without pay.
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The retirement board shall determine the eligibility of officers, employees, and their dependents to…
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If the district maintains its own retirement fund the retirement board shall have exclusive control …
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At least once in each four-year period after the establishment of the retirement system the board sh…
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Except as herein provided, no member of the board or of the retirement board, nor any member of the …
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The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
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