CHAPTER 10.5. Special Transit Service Districts [27401. - 27481.]

Chapter 10.5 added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 116.

§§ 27401–27481 · 44 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Proposal of Formation §§ 27401–27406 · 6 sections

   • § 27401 One or more special transit service districts may be created within the boundaries of a district pursuant to this chapter.
   • § 27402 Resolutions shall first be passed by the legislative bodies of half or more, but of not less than two, of the public agencies, within all or any part of the…
   • § 27403 As an alternative to the instigation of the formation of a special transit service district by resolutions, a petition may be filed with the secretary of a…
   • § 27404 The petition shall declare that the public interest or necessity demands the creation of a special transit service district within the area of the district…
   • § 27405 The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures on the petition with the affidavits of registration on file with the county elections official and…
   • § 27406 The board may initiate proceedings for the creation of a special transit service district within the area of the district by passing a resolution declaring…
2. ARTICLE 2. Hearing §§ 27411–27417 · 7 sections

   • § 27411 Within 60 days after receipt of the resolutions of the public agencies or receipt of the certification of the sufficiency of a petition by the secretary of the…
   • § 27412 The notice of hearing shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district.
   • § 27413 The time fixed for the hearing shall be not less than 20 nor more than 60 days from the date of the publication of the notice.
   • § 27414 At or before the hearing, any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written objections to the creation of the special transit service…
   • § 27415 The board may reduce or enlarge the boundaries of the proposed special transit service district, but the boundaries of the proposed special transit service…
   • § 27416 The board shall not approve the creation of a special transit service district containing territory in addition to the territory included in the resolutions or…
   • § 27417 If no protests are filed, or if the protests filed are overruled and denied by the board, the board shall by resolution approve the creation of the special…
3. ARTICLE 3. Election §§ 27421–27430 · 10 sections

   • § 27421 Any public agency included, or partly included, within the boundaries of a special transit service district may, by a resolution adopted by its legislative…
   • § 27422 Instead of the procedure by resolution of a public agency, a petition may be filed with the secretary of the district, signed by voters within any public…
   • § 27423 The petition may include one or more documents, but each document shall contain the affidavit of the party who circulated it, certifying that each name affixed…
   • § 27424 The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures with the affidavits of registration on file with the county elections official and shall certify to…
   • § 27425 The filing of a resolution pursuant to Section 27421, or of a petition pursuant to Section 27422, shall stay the effective creation of the special transit…
   • § 27426 The board shall call the election required by Sections 27421 and 27422 to be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days after the…
   • § 27427 The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed thereon and in addition thereto the following: Shall the…
   • § 27428 No person is entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the public agency or portion thereof requesting the election. The election may be held on…
   • § 27429 The costs of the election required by this article shall be borne equally by the public agency and the district.
   • § 27430 The question of the creation of a special transit service district, submitted to a vote pursuant to this article, shall be canvassed separately for each public…
4. ARTICLE 4. Taxing Subdivision § 27441 · 1 section

   • § 27441 A special transit service district has no separate corporate existence, but shall be deemed to be a taxing subdivision of the district, and within each special…
5. ARTICLE 5. Bond Election §§ 27451–27456 · 6 sections

   • § 27451 At any time after the adoption by the board of the resolution creating a special transit service district, notwithstanding the effective date of the…
   • § 27452 The proposition for incurring a bonded indebtedness under Section 27451 may be submitted to the voters of any public agency or portion thereof at the same…
   • § 27453 Except as otherwise provided in this article, the provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing at Section 26201) shall substantially govern as to all matters pertaining…
   • § 27454 The favorable vote of a majority of all the voters voting on the proposition to authorize the issuance of bonds at the election or elections held pursuant to…
   • § 27455 Only the property in the special transit service district shall be taxable for the payment of the principal and interest on special transit service district…
   • § 27456 Any proceeding denying the validity of the creation of any special transit service district, or of any bonds authorized by the voters thereof, pursuant to this…
6. ARTICLE 6. Annexation §§ 27461–27473 · 13 sections

   • § 27461 Any public agency or portion thereof within the boundaries of a district, hereafter referred to collectively as “territory,” not included within the boundaries…
   • § 27462 The board shall, by resolution, determine that the annexation of the territory will facilitate the acquisition or operation of transit facilities for the…
   • § 27463 Any public agency or portion thereof included as part of the territory to be annexed to a special transit service district pursuant to this article may, by…
   • § 27464 Except as otherwise provided herein, Article 3 (commencing at Section 27421) shall govern the procedure for the submitting of the annexation proposition to the…
   • § 27465 The terms and conditions for the annexation of territory to a special transit service district may provide (among other things) for the payment of taxes within…
   • § 27466 Notice fixing the time and place for hearing on the question of the annexation of territory to a special transit service district shall be published once in a…
   • § 27467 The time for hearing shall be not less than 20 nor more than 60 days from the date of the publication of the notice.
   • § 27468 At or before the hearing, any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written objections to the annexation of the territory to the…
   • § 27469 The hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the board without further notice other than an order entered upon the minutes of its meeting fixing the time…
   • § 27470 From and after the date of filing of the resolution with the secretary of the district the annexation of the territory, or portion thereof, to the special…
   • § 27471 From and after the date of annexation any territory annexed to a special transit service district is liable for payment of its proportionate share of any…
   • § 27472 Upon the completion of the annexation of any territory in accordance with law to any city included, or partially included, in a special transit service…
   • § 27473 If the district shall file its objections in the manner aforesaid to the annexation to a special transit service district of such territory or portion thereof,…
7. ARTICLE 7. Dissolution § 27481 · 1 section

   • § 27481 A special transit service district may be dissolved by resolution of the board if any proposition for the incurring of a bonded indebtedness fails to carry,…