CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1056.

§§ 28500–28509 · 11 sections

• § 28500 This part is known and may be cited as the “San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Act.”
• § 28501 This part is in furtherance of the declared policy of the State to stimulate the maximum use of the harbor in San Francisco Bay in order to foster and develop…
• § 28502 The part shall be liberally construed to carry out the objects and purposes and the declared policy of the State of California as in this part set forth.
• § 28502.1 Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter govern the construction of this part.
• § 28503 “District” as used in this part, means the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
• § 28504 “San Francisco Bay area,” as used in this part, means the Counties of San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara and San…
• § 28505 “Rapid transit,” as used in this part, means the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage by any means.
• § 28506 For the purpose of establishing the bonded debt limit of the district, “taxable property,” as used in this part, shall not include solvent credits.
• § 28507 “Board of supervisors,” as used in this part, means the board of supervisors of a county in the San Francisco Bay area.
• § 28508 “Board of directors,” “board,” or “directors,” as used in this part, means the board of directors of the district.
• § 28509 “Public agency,” as used in this part, includes the State of California, and any county, city and county, city, district, or other political subdivision or…