CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [70160. - 70223.5.]
Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 92.
§§ 70160–70223.5 · 34 sections
ARTICLE 1. Corporate Power §§ 70160–70162 · 3 sections
- § 70160 The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
- § 70161 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.
- § 70162 The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this part. The…
ARTICLE 2. Contracts §§ 70165–70166 · 2 sections
- § 70165 The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise,…
- § 70166 No officer or employee of the district shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in…
ARTICLE 4. Property §§ 70175–70176 · 2 sections
- § 70175 The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease, or condemn in proceedings under eminent domain, or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real…
- § 70176 Exercise of the powers provided under Section 70175 shall be undertaken in the same manner and pursuant to the same procedures as in the exercise of like…
ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service §§ 70180–70187 · 7 sections
- § 70180 The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights-of-way, rail lines, buslines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals and any…
- § 70181 The district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, accept contributions of money, rights-of-way,…
- § 70183 The district may lease or contract for the use of its transit facilities, or any portion thereof, to any operator, and may provide for subleases by such…
- § 70184 The district may construct and operate or acquire and operate works and facilities in, under, upon, over, across, or along any street or public highway or any…
- § 70185 The district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district and any city, public agency or public utility operating…
- § 70186 The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable.
- § 70187 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…
ARTICLE 6. Indebtedness §§ 70200–70201 · 2 sections
- § 70200 The district shall have the power to obtain temporary transfers of funds in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 31, Article IV of the State…
- § 70201 The district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, contributions or loans from the United…
ARTICLE 7. Property Taxation §§ 70210–70220 · 12 sections
- § 70210 The district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose subject to a maximum limit of five cents ($0.05) per one hundred…
- § 70210.5 The maximum tax rate set forth in Section 70210 may be increased to an amount approved by a majority of the electors of the district voting at a special…
- § 70211 If, in the opinion of the board, the transit operation revenues will not be sufficient for any and all lawful purposes the board shall levy a tax for such…
- § 70212 The board shall, in addition to the general tax levy as set forth in Section 70210, levy and collect annually until the district’s bonds are paid, or until…
- § 70213 The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes by the district, including the sale of property to the district for delinquent taxes,…
- § 70214 The board shall avail itself of the assessments made by the assessor of the county and of the assessments made by the State Board of Equalization for the…
- § 70215 In such case the county auditor shall, on or before the third Monday in August of each year, transmit to the board a statement in writing showing the total…
- § 70216 The board shall on or before the first day of September fix the rate of taxes, designating the number of cents upon each one hundred dollars ($100) using as a…
- § 70217 The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of taxes as above provided transmit to the county auditor of the county a statement of the rate of taxes…
- § 70218 The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes. When collected the net amount, ascertained as…
- § 70219 Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes and has been redeemed, the money paid for redemption shall be apportioned and paid to the district by the…
- § 70220 All taxes levied under this part are a lien on the property on which they are levied. The enforcement of the collection of such taxes shall be in the same…
ARTICLE 8. Retail Transactions and Use Tax §§ 70223–70223.5 · 6 sections
- § 70223 A retail transactions and use tax ordinance may be adopted by the board in accordance with Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue…
- § 70223.1 Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing not less than 180 days after…
- § 70223.2 The district may contract with the State Board of Equalization for its service in the preparations necessary to administer a transactions and use tax…
- § 70223.3 Prior to the operative date of the transactions and use tax ordinance, the district shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all…
- § 70223.4 If the district shall not have contracted with the State Board of Equalization prior to the operative date of its transactions and use tax ordinance, it shall…
- § 70223.5 Repeal of the transactions and use tax ordinance shall not be operative earlier than the first day of the first calendar quarter following the adoption of the…