PART 6. YOLO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT [60000. - 60164.]

Part 6 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 457, Sec. 1.

§§ 60000–60164 · 53 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 60000–60062 · 31 sections

   • § 60000 This part shall be known and may be cited as the Yolo County Transportation District Act.
   • § 60002 As used in this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Authority” means the Yolo County Transit Authority, a joint exercise of powers…
   • § 60004 There is hereby created the Yolo County Transportation District. The jurisdiction of the district extends throughout the county, including all of the…
   • § 60006 On and after July 1, 1997, the authority is dissolved and the district succeeds to, and is vested with, all of the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of…
   • § 60008 (a) The district shall be governed by a five-member board of directors representing the county and cities in the county in the district, appointed as follows:…
   • § 60010 Upon dissolution of the authority, employees of the authority shall be deemed to be employees of the district without any break in service nor any loss or…
   • § 60012 (a) The district shall assume the duties of public transit provider performed by the authority. On and after July 1, 1997, the Cities of West Sacramento,…
   • § 60014 The district, at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the meeting designated by the district, shall elect a chairperson who shall preside at all…
   • § 60016 The district shall adopt rules for its proceedings consistent with the laws of the state.
   • § 60018 A majority of the board of directors entitled to vote constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. All official acts of the district require the…
   • § 60020 The acts of the district shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.
   • § 60022 All meetings of the district shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
   • § 60024 The district shall do all the following: (a) Adopt an annual budget. (b) Adopt an administrative code, by ordinance, which prescribes the powers and duties of…
   • § 60026 (a) The district may hire an independent staff of its own or contract with any department or agency of the United States or with any public agency to implement…
   • § 60028 The board of directors shall fix the compensation of the district’s officers and employees.
   • § 60030 (a) Notice of the time and place of a public hearing on the adoption of the annual budget shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code…
   • § 60032 The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
   • § 60034 All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code, except as…
   • § 60036 The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise,…
   • § 60038 The district may contract with any department or agency of the United States, with any public agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of…
   • § 60040 (a) Contracts for the purchase of services, supplies, equipment, and materials in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be awarded to the lowest…
   • § 60042 (a) The district has no authority to impose property, sales, or special taxes, but may, with the concurrence of a majority of the member jurisdictions…
   • § 60046 Notwithstanding any other provision of law which relates to the functioning of the district as the Yolo County Congestion Management Agency District, the…
   • § 60048 The district shall include in its bylaws a process for assuring that member jurisdictions of the district may reasonably determine to what extent their share…
   • § 60050 The district may advocate and act on behalf of all district member jurisdictions with their concurrence to further Yolo County transportation system interests,…
   • § 60052 The district shall act as a countywide forum for the coordination of transportation system planning, programming, and prioritization of significant projects.
   • § 60054 The district may promulgate a plan for funding transportation projects within its jurisdiction.
   • § 60056 The board of directors shall adopt priorities reflecting the district’s goals, including consideration of being designated as the federal Designated Recipient…
   • § 60058 The district bylaws shall establish an advisory committee structure, which shall include a Technical Advisory Committee and a Citizen’s Advisory Committee and…
   • § 60060 Transportation funding and project prioritization decisions made by the board of directors shall endeavor to be mode neutral, not biased in favor of any one…
   • § 60062 The district shall act as the coordinating agency for all state and federal funding applications where appropriate.
2. CHAPTER 2. Transactions and Use Tax §§ 60100–60107 · 7 sections

   • § 60100 A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the county may be imposed by the district in…
   • § 60102 (a) The district, in the ordinance, shall do all of the following: (1) State the nature of the tax to be imposed. (2) Establish the tax rate, which may be in…
   • § 60103 (a) The county shall conduct the special election called by the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 60100. If the measure is approved, the district shall…
   • § 60104 (a) Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more…
   • § 60105 The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this chapter may be allocated by the district for the construction and improvement of state highways, the…
   • § 60106 (a) A county transportation expenditure plan shall be prepared for the expenditure of the revenues expected to be derived from the tax imposed pursuant to this…
   • § 60107 (a) The district may annually review and propose amendments to the county transportation expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 60106 to provide for the…
3. CHAPTER 3. Bonds §§ 60150–60164 · 15 sections

   • § 60150 (a) As part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, authorization may be sought to issue bonds to finance…
   • § 60151 (a) The bonds authorized by the voters concurrently with the approval of the retail transactions and use tax may be issued at any time by the district and…
   • § 60152 Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time by a two-thirds vote of the district. Each resolution shall provide for the…
   • § 60153 (a) A resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds shall state all of the following: (1) The purposes for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may…
   • § 60154 The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding the maximum allowable by law, payable at intervals determined by the commission.
   • § 60155 In the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, the district may also provide for the call and redemption of the bonds prior to maturity at the times…
   • § 60156 The principal of, and interest on, the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer of the district, or at other…
   • § 60157 The bonds, or each series thereof, shall be dated and numbered consecutively and shall be signed by the chairperson or vice chairperson of the district and the…
   • § 60158 The bonds may be sold as the district determines by resolution, and the bonds may be sold at a price below par, whether by negotiated or public sale.
   • § 60159 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.
   • § 60160 All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of the bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of the principal of, and interest…
   • § 60161 (a) The district may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the district upon the terms, at the…
   • § 60162 (a) The district may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized pursuant to this chapter, but which have not been sold or…
   • § 60163 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…
   • § 60164 Any action or proceedings wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this chapter or the issuance of…