PART 3. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT [30000. - 33021.]

Part 3 added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.

§§ 30000–33021 · 249 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 30000–30007 · 8 sections

   • § 30000 This part shall be known as the Southern California Rapid Transit District Law.
   • § 30001 The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (a) There is an imperative need for a comprehensive mass rapid transit system in the southern California area, and…
   • § 30002 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.
   • § 30003 Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter govern the construction of this part.
   • § 30004 “District,” as used in this part, means the Southern California Rapid Transit District.
   • § 30005 (a) “Rapid transit,” as used in this part, means the transportation of passengers only and their incidental baggage by means other than by chartered bus,…
   • § 30006 “Board of directors,” “board,” or “directors,” as used in this part, means the board of directors of the district.
   • § 30007 “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…
2. CHAPTER 2. Creation of District §§ 30100–30101 · 2 sections

   • § 30100 There is hereby created the Southern California Rapid Transit District, comprising that territory hereinafter described in this section lying within the…
   • § 30101 The district created in accordance with the provisions of this part is a public corporation created for the purposes set forth in this part.
3. CHAPTER 3. Government of District §§ 30200–30336 · 65 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Board of Directors §§ 30200–30227 · 29 sections

      • § 30200 All powers, privileges and duties vested in or imposed upon the district shall be exercised and performed by and through a board of directors; provided,…
      • § 30201 The board of directors shall consist of 11 members appointed as follows: Five by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, who, in the discretion…
      • § 30201.5 Notwithstanding Section 30201, if a director appointed by the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles is a member of the city council of that city, confirmation by…
      • § 30202 At its first regular meeting after the effective date of this part, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles shall appoint as members of the first…
      • § 30203 At its first regular meeting after the effective date of this part, the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, subject to confirmation by the City Council of the…
      • § 30204 Each member of the board of directors appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing body.…
      • § 30205 Each director appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles shall be appointed by resolution, and each director appointed by the Mayor of…
      • § 30206 Any vacancy in the members of the board of directors appointed by the County of Los Angeles or by the City of Los Angeles shall be filled by appointment in the…
      • § 30207 A city selection committee shall be established which shall consist of one member representing each city within the district as described in Section 30100,…
      • § 30208 On or before the second Monday which is not a holiday following the effective date of this part, the governing body of each city within the district, except…
      • § 30209 Each member of the city selection committee shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body of the city by which he was appointed. If his term of office as a…
      • § 30210 Each member of the city selection committee shall be appointed by a resolution adopted by the governing body of the appointing body. Certified copies of all…
      • § 30211 Any vacancy in the city selection committee shall be filled by appointment by the body which originally made the appointment to the office in which the vacancy…
      • § 30212 No person serving as a member of the city selection committee shall be eligible for appointment to any salaried office or employment in the service of the…
      • § 30213 The county auditor shall furnish the necessary certificates as to assessed valuation to enable the city selection committee to function.
      • § 30214 All meetings of the city selection committee shall be conducted pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1,…
      • § 30215 The presence of members of the city selection committee representing more than fifty (50) percent of the total number of votes of all the members of the city…
      • § 30216 The affirmative votes of members representing more than fifty (50) percent of the total number of votes of all the members of the city selection committee…
      • § 30217 Within ten (10) days after the Secretary of State has received certified copies of the resolutions appointing a majority of the city selection committee, he…
      • § 30218 The city selection committee shall appoint from its members a chairman and such other officers as may be necessary. Until a chairman is appointed, the…
      • § 30219 The city selection committee shall appoint as members the number to be appointed by it under Section 30201 as the first board of directors of the district. All…
      • § 30220 Members of the board of directors who are not members of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles or members of the City Council of the City of…
      • § 30221 Whenever a vacancy occurs in the member of the board appointed by a subcommittee of the city selection committee, the vacancy shall be filled by that…
      • § 30222 The city selection committee shall meet within 45 days after receiving the latest population estimate prepared by the Demographic Research Unit of the…
      • § 30223 Upon petition signed by members of the city selection committee representing more than two-thirds (2/3) of the total number of votes of all the members of the…
      • § 30224 Members of the board of directors shall serve until their respective successors are appointed and qualified.
      • § 30225 Except as provided in Section 30251 of this part, no person serving as a director shall be eligible for appointment to any salaried office or employment in the…
      • § 30226 In order to provide orderly transition from the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (herein sometimes referred to as “authority”) to the district, it…
      • § 30227 Within ten (10) days after the Secretary of State has received certified copies of the resolutions appointing a majority of the directors, he shall call the…
   2. ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors §§ 30250–30264 · 14 sections

      • § 30250 Each director, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take the oath of office. The oath shall be filed with the Secretary of State and a copy…
      • § 30252 The board of directors is the legislative body of the district and, consistent with the provisions of this part, shall determine all questions of district…
      • § 30253 The board may contract and take any and all actions and proceedings and do any and all other things necessary to carry out the purposes of this part.
      • § 30254 The board shall determine what transit facilities should be acquired, constructed, developed, jointly developed, leased, or disposed of, by means including,…
      • § 30255 In order to provide orderly transition from the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (herein sometimes referred to as “authority”) to the district, it…
      • § 30256 The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated by the district, including the fixing of rates, fares, rentals, charges, and…
      • § 30257 Subject to the provisions of Article 10 (commencing with Section 30750), Chapter 5 of this part, the board may adopt a personnel system for the purpose of…
      • § 30258 The board may contract for or employ any professional services required by the district or for the performance of work or services for the district which, in…
      • § 30259 The board shall have an annual audit made of all books and accounts of the district by an independent certified public accountant or public accountant.
      • § 30260 As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year the board shall submit to the chief administrative officers and legislative bodies of cities and…
      • § 30261 The board may provide by resolution, under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment of demands against the district without prior specific…
      • § 30262 To facilitate the business of the district, the board may provide for the creation and administration of such funds as the needs of the district may require.…
      • § 30263 The board may hold public hearings, subpoena witnesses, and perform all other acts necessary to properly carry out its duties. The board may delegate such…
      • § 30264 Each director may administer oaths and affirmations in any district investigation or proceeding.
   3. ARTICLE 4. Meetings and Legislation §§ 30270–30275 · 6 sections

      • § 30270 All meetings of the board of directors shall be conducted pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1, Division 2,…
      • § 30271 The affirmative votes of a majority of the members of the board shall be necessary and, except as otherwise provided in this part, shall be sufficient to carry…
      • § 30272 The board shall adopt rules for the general conduct of its proceedings including, without limitation, penalties for unexcused absence from meetings.
      • § 30273 (a) The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance. No ordinance shall be passed by the board on the day of its introduction, nor…
      • § 30274 The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it ordained by the Board of Directors of the Southern California Rapid Transit District:”
      • § 30275 All ordinances shall be signed by the president or the vice president of the board and attested by the secretary. All ordinances shall be published once within…
   4. ARTICLE 5. Officers §§ 30300–30308 · 9 sections

      • § 30300 The officers of the district shall consist of the members of the board of directors; a president and a vice president of the board, each of whom shall be a…
      • § 30301 The secretary, general manager, general counsel, treasurer, and auditor shall be full-time officers and shall be appointed by and may be removed by the…
      • § 30302 The compensation of all district officers and employees, except as otherwise provided in this part, shall be fixed by ordinance or resolution of the directors.
      • § 30303 The general counsel shall be a person admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of California and shall have been actively engaged in the practice of law…
      • § 30304 The oath of office of all officers appointed by the board of directors or by the general manager of the district shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the…
      • § 30305 The board may require officers, assistants, deputies and employees to give bonds and may fix the amount thereof.
      • § 30306 Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090), Chapter 1, Division 4, Title 1, of the Government Code shall apply to all officers and contracts of the district.
      • § 30307 The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the district and shall make payments only upon warrants duly and regularly signed by the president or vice…
      • § 30308 The district may designate the treasurer and the auditor of the County of Los Angeles as treasurer and auditor of the district and the treasury of that county…
   5. ARTICLE 6. General Manager §§ 30330–30336 · 7 sections

      • § 30330 The board shall appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have full charge of the acquisition, construction, development, joint development,…
      • § 30331 All other things being equal, the general manager shall be chosen on the basis of his qualifications with special reference to his actual experience in or his…
      • § 30332 The general manager need not be a resident of this State at the time of his appointment.
      • § 30333 The general manager shall hold office for an indefinite term and may be removed by the board upon the adoption of a resolution by the affirmative vote of a…
      • § 30334 The powers and duties of the general manager are: (a) To have full charge of the acquisition, construction, development, joint development, maintenance,…
      • § 30335 The general manager shall attend meetings of the board and be entitled to participate in the deliberations of the board, but shall not have a vote as to any…
      • § 30336 The directors may appoint a general manager pro tempore to serve during any absence or disability of the general manager.
4. CHAPTER 4. Retirement System and Employment Benefits §§ 30400–30471 · 15 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Establishment §§ 30400–30406 · 7 sections

      • § 30400 The board may establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the district and provide for the payment of annuities, pensions, retirement…
      • § 30401 The district may maintain its own retirement fund or may provide for benefits to eligible officers and employees, or their beneficiaries, by means of group…
      • § 30402 Before establishing any retirement system the board shall secure a report from a qualified actuary, which shall show the cost of the benefits provided by the…
      • § 30403 The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to the initiation, maintenance, and administration of the…
      • § 30404 As an alternative method of providing a retirement system the board may contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System…
      • § 30405 The board may also contract with the Board of Administration of the State Employees’ Retirement System for participation in the Federal Social Security Act and…
      • § 30406 The board may classify and determine the officers and employees who shall be included as members in the retirement system and may change the classification…
   2. ARTICLE 2. Benefits and Contributions §§ 30430–30433 · 4 sections

      • § 30430 The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the district or their beneficiaries shall be entitled to benefits and…
      • § 30431 Any pension or retirement system adopted shall be on a sound actuarial basis and provide for contributions by both the district and the employee members of the…
      • § 30432 Contributions shall be in amounts which will accumulate at retirement a fund sufficient to carry out the promise to pay benefits to the individual on account…
      • § 30433 Nothing in any pension or retirement system or plan shall prevent the board from, at any time, amending, changing, modifying or terminating any provision for…
   3. ARTICLE 3. Employees Under Bargaining Agreements §§ 30450–30451 · 2 sections

      • § 30450 Articles 1 (commencing with Section 30400) and 2 (commencing with Section 30430) do not apply to any employees of the district in a bargaining unit which is…
      • § 30451 The adoption, terms, and conditions of the retirement systems covering employees of the district in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization shall…
   4. ARTICLE 4. Other Benefits §§ 30470–30471 · 2 sections

      • § 30470 The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage of its employees under Title 2 of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended, and…
      • § 30471 The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the district and its employees under the state laws relating to workers’…
5. CHAPTER 5. Powers and Functions of District §§ 30500–30756 · 66 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Corporate Power §§ 30500–30507 · 8 sections

      • § 30500 The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
      • § 30501 The district and its officers may sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
      • § 30502 The district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose, as provided in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 30800) of this…
      • § 30503 The district may exercise the right of eminent domain within the boundaries of the district to take any property necessary, incidental, or convenient to the…
      • § 30504 The district is authorized to maintain a suitable security force comprised of transit police officers and security guards. Persons designated as transit police…
      • § 30505 The district is entitled to the benefit of any reservation or grant, in all cases, where any right has been reserved or granted to the State or any agency or…
      • § 30506 The district may exercise any and all powers granted by any other law which by its terms is applicable to districts generally, to public corporations…
      • § 30507 Prior to the time the district incurs any bonded indebtedness, the district shall insofar as possible follow the budgetary control procedures for counties,…
   2. ARTICLE 2. Contracts §§ 30530–30536 · 7 sections

      • § 30530 The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise,…
      • § 30531 The district may contract with any department or agency of the United States of America or of the State of California or with any public or private corporation…
      • § 30532 The district may contract with any person, firm, corporation, association, organization, or other entity, public or private, for the acquisition, construction,…
      • § 30533 The district may insure against any accident to or destruction of the system or any part thereof.
      • § 30534 The district may insure against loss of revenues from any cause whatsoever.
      • § 30535 The district may insure against public liability or property damage, or both. It may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of any bonds for the…
      • § 30536 Any bonds, notes, warrants and other evidences of indebtedness issued or incurred by the district shall be signed as provided in the section of this part…
   3. ARTICLE 4. Property § 30600 · 1 section

      • § 30600 The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or by condemnation, or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of…
   4. ARTICLE 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service §§ 30630–30647 · 22 sections

      • § 30630 The district may provide a rapid transit system for the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage.
      • § 30630.5 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the district may operate charter bus service, subject to all of the following limitations: (1) Bus equipment that is…
      • § 30631 (a) The district may acquire, construct, develop, lease, jointly develop, own, operate, maintain, control, use, jointly use, or dispose of rights-of-way, rail…
      • § 30632 The district may lease or contract for the use of its facilities, or any portion thereof, to any operator, and may provide for subleases by such operator upon…
      • § 30633 The district may construct, acquire, develop, jointly develop, maintain, operate, lease, and dispose of works and facilities in, under, upon, over, across, or…
      • § 30634 (a) The district may enter into agreements for the joint use or joint development of any property or rights by the district and any city, public agency, or…
      • § 30635 The district may operate such feeder bus lines and other feeder services as necessary.
      • § 30636 As soon as practicable after the effective date of this part, the board shall cause a preliminary report to be made as to a rapid transit service and system…
      • § 30636.2 In planning the development of a rapid transit system or any part thereof within its territory and in carrying out the provisions of Section 30001, the…
      • § 30636.5 (a) Not later than January 10, 1974, the district shall submit to the Legislature its plan for the implementation of a rapid transit system, and the financing…
      • § 30637 The district shall not exercise control over any transit facilities now or hereafter owned and operated wholly or partly within, or without, the district by…
      • § 30638 (a) The rates, fees, and charges for service or rights furnished, leased, or otherwise transferred pursuant to this part, including, but not limited to,…
      • § 30638.2 Notwithstanding Section 30638, all net income from fees, charges, rents, profits, or other net income arising from joint development of the property of the…
      • § 30639 The board of supervisors of a county, or the governing body of a city having territory located within the district may file a request for a hearing before the…
      • § 30640 Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Section 30639, the district board shall fix the time and place for hearing. The time fixed shall not be…
      • § 30641 At the time fixed for any hearing before the board any board of supervisors or city governing body eligible to file a request for hearing, not a party to the…
      • § 30642 The district, petitioner or petitioners, and the intervenors shall have the right to call and examine witnesses; to introduce exhibits; to cross-examine…
      • § 30643 Oral evidence shall be taken only on oath or affirmation. The hearing need not be conducted according to technical rules relating to evidences and witnesses.…
      • § 30644 A complete record of all proceedings and testimony before the board at such hearing shall be taken down by a reporter appointed by the board. In case an action…
      • § 30645 Within 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall render its decision, in writing, with written findings of fact. Copies of the findings and…
      • § 30646 The district shall be subject to regulations of the Public Utilities Commission relating to safety appliances and procedures, and the commission shall inspect…
      • § 30647 The district shall be subject to the provisions of Division 14.8 (commencing with Section 34500) of the Vehicle Code with respect to the operation of buses and…
   5. ARTICLE 5.5. Citizens’ Advisory Committees §§ 30650–30656 · 6 sections

      • § 30650 Before the district takes action on a route, grades, or station location, including parking and storage facilities, for any portion of a rail transit system,…
      • § 30651 The citizens’ advisory committee may advise the district of the prevalent sentiments of its area and shall advise the board on any and all related transit…
      • § 30652 The district may establish a citizens’ advisory committee in any identifiable area in which rail transportation is not currently contemplated, but in which the…
      • § 30653 (a) The district shall designate the area to be represented by each citizens’ advisory committee, with a separate area for any identifiable segment of a rail…
      • § 30655 A citizens’ advisory committee shall consist of not less than 15 persons and not more than 45 persons.
      • § 30656 Every meeting of a citizens’ advisory committee is open to the general public. Minutes of the proceedings shall be kept and shall be available for inspection…
   6. ARTICLE 6. Claims § 30670 · 1 section

      • § 30670 All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
   7. ARTICLE 7. Indebtedness §§ 30700–30706 · 9 sections

      • § 30700 The district may issue any bonds, borrow money and incur indebtedness as authorized by law or in this part provided.
      • § 30701 The district may accept contributions or loans from the United States, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, for the purpose of financing the…
      • § 30702 The district may cooperate with and enter into agreements with the State of California or any public agency for the acquisition, construction, development,…
      • § 30703 The district may accept contributions or loans from the State of California or any public agency, for the purpose of planning, acquiring, constructing,…
      • § 30703.1 The district may make an irrevocable pledge or contract in connection with the payment of the principal and the interest, sinking or reserve funds, or other…
      • § 30703.2 To the extent permitted by the law governing the source of any transit funds, appropriations, contributions, grants or loans received pursuant to this article…
      • § 30704 The district shall not incur an indebtedness which exceeds in the aggregate 15 percent of the assessed value of all real and personal property in the district.…
      • § 30705 The district may also refund any indebtedness as provided in this part or in any other applicable law. The board may provide for the issuance, sale or exchange…
      • § 30706 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of the following terms shall apply to indebtedness under this part: (a) “Any bond” or “any bonded…
   8. ARTICLE 8. Investments § 30730 · 1 section

      • § 30730 The board may, by resolution, order that any of the moneys in the funds under its control which are not necessary for current operating expenses be invested in…
   9. ARTICLE 9. Elections §§ 30740–30742 · 4 sections

      • § 30740 All district elections shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exist or may hereafter…
      • § 30740.5 The board of directors or any officer or member or members thereof authorized by that body, or any individual voter or bona fide association, or any…
      • § 30741 The provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exist or may hereafter be amended, governing the initiative and referendum in…
      • § 30742 No irregularities or informalities in conducting any election shall invalidate the same if the election shall have been otherwise fairly conducted.
   10. ARTICLE 10. Labor Provisions §§ 30750–30756 · 7 sections

       • § 30750 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), if a majority of the employees employed by a district in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be…
       • § 30751 Any question which may arise with respect to whether a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit desire to be represented by a labor organization shall…
       • § 30752 Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, to…
       • § 30753 (a) Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise,…
       • § 30754 The district shall not acquire any existing transit system or part thereof whether by purchase, lease, condemnation, or otherwise, or dispose of or lease any…
       • § 30755 Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own…
       • § 30756 (a) In the event the board and the representatives of the employees do not agree to submit a dispute over the terms and conditions of a collective bargaining…
6. CHAPTER 7. Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness §§ 30900–30982 · 36 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Authorization and Issuance of Bonds §§ 30900–30913 · 12 sections

      • § 30900 Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction, development, joint development,…
      • § 30901 Notice of the holding of such election shall be given by publishing, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, the ordinance calling the election in at…
      • § 30902 If any proposition is defeated by the electors, the board shall not call another election on a substantially similar proposition to be held within six months…
      • § 30903 If 60 percent of the electors voting on the proposition vote for it, then the board may, by resolution, at such time or times as it deems proper, issue bonds…
      • § 30904 The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding the maximum rate allowed by law, payable semiannually, except that the first interest payable on…
      • § 30905 The bonds may be sold as the board determines by resolution but for not less than par. Before selling the bonds, or any part thereof, the board shall give…
      • § 30906 Delivery of any bonds may be made at any place either inside or outside the State, and the purchase price may be received in cash or bank credits.
      • § 30907 All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of principal of and interest on the…
      • § 30908 After the expiration of three years after a bond election the board may determine, by ordinance adopted by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of the…
      • § 30909 Whenever the board deems that the expenditure of money for the purposes for which the bonds were authorized by the voters is impractical or unwise, it may, by…
      • § 30912 The provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 53500), Chapter 3, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code are applicable to the district.
      • § 30913 Any bonds which shall be issued under the provisions of this article shall be legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies,…
   2. ARTICLE 2. Revenue Bonds §§ 30930–30932 · 3 sections

      • § 30930 Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a revenue bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction, development, joint…
      • § 30931 The district is hereby declared to be a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941. The term “enterprise” as used in the Revenue Bond Law…
      • § 30932 Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Article 2 shall be subject to the priorities set forth in Section 30638. Revenue bonds shall have a priority…
   3. ARTICLE 3. Equipment Trust Certificates §§ 30940–30943 · 4 sections

      • § 30940 The district shall have power to purchase equipment such as cars, trolley buses and motorbuses, rolling equipment, and may execute agreements, leases and…
      • § 30941 The agreement to purchase or lease may direct the vendor or lessor to sell and assign or lease the rolling equipment to a bank or trust company duly authorized…
      • § 30942 The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before some person authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds and in the form required for…
      • § 30943 The covenants, conditions and provisions of the agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates shall not conflict with any of the provisions of any…
   4. ARTICLE 4. Temporary Borrowing §§ 30950–30952 · 3 sections

      • § 30950 Prior to the time moneys authorized by special taxes under Part 16 (commencing with Section 36000) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and already…
      • § 30951 The district may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized to be issued, but which have not been sold and delivered, and may…
      • § 30952 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of Article 7.7 (commencing with Section 53859) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, the…
   5. ARTICLE 5. Improvement Districts §§ 30960–30970 · 11 sections

      • § 30960 Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction, development, joint development,…
      • § 30961 Notice of said hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution declaring the necessity pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code prior to…
      • § 30962 At the time and place so fixed, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing. At the hearing, any…
      • § 30963 The board may change the purposes for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, or the estimated cost, or the amount of bonded debt to be incurred, or the…
      • § 30964 The purposes, estimated cost, amount of bonded debt, or boundaries shall not be changed by the board except after notice of its intention to do so, given by…
      • § 30965 At the time and place so fixed, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing. At the hearing, any…
      • § 30966 At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall, by resolution, determine whether it is deemed necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness, and, if so, the…
      • § 30967 After the formation of the improvement district or districts within the district pursuant to this article, all proceedings for the authorization and issuance…
      • § 30968 After the board has made its determination of the matters required to be determined by resolution pursuant to Section 30966, and if the board deems it…
      • § 30969 Thereafter the provisions relating to the authorization and issuance of bonds, Sections 30901 to 30914, inclusive, shall apply.
      • § 30970 Any action or proceeding, wherein the validity of the formation of the improvement district or districts or of any bonds or of the proceedings in relation…
   6. ARTICLE 6. Miscellaneous §§ 30980–30982 · 3 sections

      • § 30980 The district may bring an action to determine the validity of any of its bonds, equipment trust certificates, warrants, notes, or other evidences of…
      • § 30981 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part or any other law, the provisions of all ordinances, resolutions and other proceedings in the issuance by the…
      • § 30982 All bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued by the district under the provisions of this part, and the interest thereon, are free and exempt from all…
7. CHAPTER 8. Provisions Relating to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority §§ 31000–31005 · 6 sections

   • § 31000 On the date (which is hereinafter referred to as “merger date”) of the second regular meeting of the board held pursuant to Section 30251 that follows the…
   • § 31001 Upon the merger date, the secretary of the district shall record in the office of the Recorder of the County of Los Angeles a certificate setting forth the…
   • § 31002 A copy of the certificate provided for in Section 31001 certified by the Recorder of the County of Los Angeles is, except as against the State, conclusive…
   • § 31003 On said merger date, all employees of the authority shall become employees of the district with all the same rights, privileges and compensation they had as…
   • § 31004 It is the intent of this part that the board of directors of the district shall have a free choice as to officers of the district mentioned in Section 30300…
   • § 31005 Whenever the board deems it necessary, it may issue bonds to refund all outstanding, unmatured bonds of the authority which are subject to call and redemption…
8. CHAPTER 9. Annexation and Exclusion §§ 31400–31413 · 13 sections

   • § 31400 The governing body of any city, which is not within the district, may apply to the board of directors of the district for consent to annex the corporate area…
   • § 31401 The board of directors may grant or deny such application and in granting the same may fix the terms and conditions upon which the corporate area of city or…
   • § 31402 The action of the board of directors evidenced by resolution shall be promptly transmitted to the governing body of such applying city or board of supervisors,…
   • § 31403 The notice shall contain the substance of the terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors, as provided in Section 31401. Such election shall be…
   • § 31404 A certificate of proceedings shall be made by the secretary of the district and filed with the Secretary of State. Upon the filing thereof in the office of the…
   • § 31405 Upon the filing in his or her office of the certificate of proceedings, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue a certificate, reciting the filing…
   • § 31407 If territory is annexed to a city or consolidated with a city, the corporate area of which has been included in the district, or, if a new city is…
   • § 31408 If the applicable provisions of law governing such annexation to, or consolidation with, such municipality or such incorporation shall require any notice of…
   • § 31409 The validity of any proceedings resulting in the annexation of territory to the district shall not be contested in any action unless such action shall have…
   • § 31410 If any portion of the corporate area of any city whose corporate area is a part of the district, shall be excluded from such city in accordance with the…
   • § 31411 Any city whose corporate area is a part of the district and any county with regard to any unincorporated territory which is a part of the district, may apply…
   • § 31412 Whenever any change is made in the boundaries of this district by the annexation or exclusion of any city or any unincorporated county territory pursuant to…
   • § 31413 No consent to annexation or exclusion shall be made by the board of directors of the district pursuant to this chapter, and no annexation or exclusion shall be…
9. CHAPTER 10. Severability § 31520 · 1 section

   • § 31520 If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this part, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held invalid,…
10. CHAPTER 11. Preferential Facilities for High-Occupancy Vehicles § 32000 · 1 section

    • § 32000 In cooperation with the Department of Transportation and the cities, counties, and local and regional transportation entities in the district’s service area,…
11. CHAPTER 12. Special Benefit Assessment Districts §§ 33000–33021 · 36 sections

    • § 33000 The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) It is necessary and in the best interest of the citizens of the state to authorize the Southern California Rapid…
    • § 33001 (a) Whenever the board finds that property adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, one or more rail transit stations, or proposed rail transit stations, of the…
    • § 33001.5 (a) At the time and place fixed for the hearing on the establishment of the benefit district, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the…
    • § 33002 (a) In determining the amount of a special benefit assessment, the board may measure the benefit to real property in the benefit district or zones therein by…
    • § 33002.1 The board may order benefit assessment without an election, except as otherwise provided in Section 33002.2.
    • § 33002.2 An election shall be held if the board finds that a petition requesting that the proposal be submitted to confirmation by the voters has been signed by the…
    • § 33002.3 (a) For purposes of this chapter, “voter” means an owner of real property which is assessed or proposed to be assessed under this chapter and which is within…
    • § 33002.4 (a) Where land in the benefit district is owned in joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or any other multiple ownership, the owners of that land shall designate…
    • § 33002.5 The petition for confirmation by the voters shall be filed with the board within 30 days after the conclusion of the public hearing required by Sections 33001…
    • § 33002.6 After the board has adopted a resolution approving the proposal to form a benefit district under Section 33002.5, but before the board may levy any assessment,…
    • § 33002.7 The board shall submit the proposition of levying an assessment to the voters of the benefit district in a special election to be held within 90 days following…
    • § 33002.8 If a majority of the votes cast at the election conducted under this chapter approve the proposition, the board may levy the assessment pursuant to the…
    • § 33002.9 (a) Any owner or owners of real property, which is, in whole or in part, within the benefit district, or their legal representatives, may jointly or severally…
    • § 33002.10 Notice of each hearing upon the petition for exclusion or reduction shall be given in accordance with subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 33001.
    • § 33002.11 At the time and place provided in the notice or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board or its appointed hearing officer shall hear…
    • § 33002.12 The expenses of giving the notice provided for herein and of the hearing on the exclusion or reduction petition shall be paid by the persons filing the…
    • § 33002.13 Upon the hearing on an exclusion or reduction petition by the board, or upon the record of hearing by a hearing officer, the board shall order the petition be…
    • § 33002.14 The board, after the hearing on an exclusion or reduction petition, shall order one of the following by resolution: (a) In the case of an exclusion petition,…
    • § 33003 (a) Following formation of the benefit district or concurrently therewith, if the board deems it necessary to incur a bonded indebtedness for the acquisition,…
    • § 33004 At the time and place fixed for the hearing on the issuance of bonds payable from special benefit assessments levied under this chapter, or at any time and…
    • § 33005 Special benefit assessments for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued for a benefit district shall be levied in the benefit district…
    • § 33006 The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding 12 percent per annum, payable semiannually, except that the…
    • § 33007 The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may be sold as the board determines by resolution. The board may sell the bonds at a price below par. If the board…
    • § 33008 Delivery of any bonds issued under this chapter may be made at any place either inside or outside the state, and the purchase price may be received in cash or…
    • § 33009 All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of bonds issued by the district pursuant to this chapter shall be placed in the fund to be used for the…
    • § 33010 The board may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the district under this chapter upon the…
    • § 33011 Any bonds issued under this chapter are legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and trust…
    • § 33012 The board may change the purposes for which any proposed debt is to be incurred, the estimated cost, the amount of bonded debt to be incurred, or the…
    • § 33013 (a) The board shall not change the purposes, the estimated cost, the boundaries of the benefit district or zones, if any, therein, or the amount of bonded debt…
    • § 33014 At the time and place fixed for a hearing on changes, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing. At…
    • § 33015 All decisions and determinations of the board, upon notice and hearing, are final and conclusive upon all persons entitled to appeal to the board as to all…
    • § 33016 Any action or proceeding, other than a petition for election pursuant to Section 33002.2, which contests, questions, or denies the validity or legality of the…
    • § 33017 When the board has imposed a special benefit assessment, the secretary shall so certify to the assessor of the county in which the territory of any benefit…
    • § 33019 In the event of conflict with any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail with respect to benefit districts within the district.
    • § 33020 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the district shall not pledge any portion of its general fund revenues to pay any part of any bonded…
    • § 33021 Notwithstanding Section 5097 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, any petition or claim for refund seeking an exclusion of real property or the reduction of an…