PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000. - 97007.]
Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.
§§ 95000–97007 · 187 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 95000–95035 · 13 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 95000–95006 · 7 sections
- § 95000 This act shall be known and cited as the “Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District Act of 1965.”
- § 95001 Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this part.
- § 95002 “District” means the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District formed under this act.
- § 95003 “Board” means the board of directors of this district.
- § 95004 “Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.
- § 95005 “Transit” means the transportation of passengers only and their incidental baggage by means other than by chartered bus, sightseeing bus, or any other motor…
- § 95006 “Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and personal property, equipment, rights, or interests owned or to be acquired by the district for…
ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 95030–95035 · 6 sections
- § 95030 It is necessary that a transit district be established in the Santa Barbara metropolitan area which includes the City of Santa Barbara and adjacent territory,…
- § 95031 The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District may be created as provided in this act and when so created may exercise the powers herein granted.
- § 95032 Except as otherwise provided in this act elections shall be held and conducted and the result ascertained, determined, and declared in, all respects as nearly…
- § 95033 Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances and notices which are required to be published shall be published within the district pursuant to…
- § 95034 Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the retirement board or of any officer or employee of the retirement system…
- § 95035 The boundaries of the district shall not be affected by reason of the incorporation of any territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district, or…
CHAPTER 2. Formation of District §§ 95100–95250 · 22 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 95100–95101 · 2 sections
- § 95100 The City of Santa Barbara, together with unincorporated territory, may organize and incorporate as the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District.
- § 95101 The request for the formation of the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District may be made by resolution or by petition as set out in this chapter.
ARTICLE 2. Request by Resolution §§ 95130–95132 · 3 sections
- § 95130 The legislative body, the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara, may pass a resolution declaring that in its opinion public interest or necessity demands…
- § 95131 The resolution may state the transit facilities proposed to be first acquired, but failure to acquire such transit facilities shall not affect the validity of…
- § 95132 Certified copies of the resolution shall be presented to the Board of Supervisors of Santa Barbara County requesting the board of supervisors to call an…
ARTICLE 3. Request by Petition §§ 95160–95163 · 4 sections
- § 95160 Instead of a resolution, a petition may be presented to the board of supervisors signed by voters within the proposed district equal in number to at least 25…
- § 95161 The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and statements required to be contained in the resolution presented to the board of supervisors…
- § 95162 The petition may be on separate papers, but each paper shall contain the affidavit of the person who circulated it certifying that each name signed thereto is…
- § 95163 The County Elections Official of the County of Santa Barbara shall compare the signatures to the petition with the affidavits of registration and certify to…
ARTICLE 4. Election §§ 95190–95200 · 11 sections
- § 95190 Upon receipt of certified copies of the resolution or of a sufficient petition, the board of supervisors shall hold a hearing on the question of forming a…
- § 95191 The board of supervisors shall have the power to exclude unincorporated areas which, in the board’s determination, would not receive reasonable benefit from…
- § 95192 At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board of supervisors approves the resolution or petition as originally presented or in modified form, it shall by…
- § 95193 The election shall be held not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days from the date of the adoption of the resolution prescribed by Section 95192.
- § 95194 The election shall be called by publishing notice calling the election pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code not less than 20 days before the…
- § 95195 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…
- § 95196 No person shall be entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included in the proposed district.
- § 95197 The election may be held on the same day as any other state, county, or city election and be consolidated therewith.
- § 95198 The board of supervisors shall meet on the Tuesday next succeeding the day of the election and canvass the returns.
- § 95199 The board of supervisors shall make all provisions for the holding of the election throughout the entire district as proposed, and shall pay the cost thereof.
- § 95200 If a special election is held exclusively on the proposition of organizing the district, the expenditure therefor shall be reimbursed to the county by means of…
ARTICLE 5. Establishment of the District § 95230 · 1 section
- § 95230 If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition vote in favor of the creation and establishment of the district, the board of supervisors shall cause a…
ARTICLE 6. Contest of Incorporation § 95250 · 1 section
- § 95250 No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of the election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be held to…
CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District §§ 95400–95536 · 38 sections
ARTICLE 1. Government §§ 95400–95404 · 5 sections
- § 95400 The government of the district shall be vested in a board of seven members. Two of the directors shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County…
- § 95401 These appointments shall be made within 30 days after the formation of the district.
- § 95402 Any vacancy on the board, including any caused by the death or resignation of a member, shall be filled by the body which appointed the director whose office…
- § 95403 Each director shall, within 10 days after his appointment, and before entering upon the discharge of his duties of his office, take and subscribe to an oath in…
- § 95404 A person shall not be appointed to or be a member of the board unless he is a resident of the district and has resided within the district at least one year…
ARTICLE 2. Terms of Office § 95430 · 1 section
- § 95430 The term of office of each director is four years from the time of his appointment, except that for the board first appointed, the director appointed by the…
ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors §§ 95450–95460 · 11 sections
- § 95450 The chairman is the presiding officer of the board and he shall vote on the propositions passed upon by the board.
- § 95451 The first meeting of the board shall be held within 10 days of the appointment of its chairman. The board may make its own rules of procedure and determine the…
- § 95452 The board shall select one of its members vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of its chairman. The board shall provide for and select such officers…
- § 95453 All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which are not provided for in this act shall be provided for by…
- § 95454 The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated by the district, including the fixing of rates, rentals, charges and…
- § 95455 The board may either operate the transit system itself or a part thereof or it may contract with any other public or private agency or corporation to operate…
- § 95456 The board may adopt a personnel system for the purpose of recruiting and maintaining an effective working force with good morale. The board shall by resolution…
- § 95457 The board may from time to time contract for or employ any professional service required by the district or for the performance of work or services which…
- § 95458 The board shall have an annual audit made of all books and accounts of the district by a certified public accountant or public accountant. The general manager…
- § 95459 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…
- § 95460 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.…
ARTICLE 4. Meetings and Legislation §§ 95490–95495 · 6 sections
- § 95490 All meetings of the board shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950), Part 1, Division 2,…
- § 95491 A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
- § 95492 The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and may provide by ordinance or resolution that each member shall receive for each attendance at the…
- § 95493 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…
- § 95494 All ordinances shall be published after passage.
- § 95495 The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it enacted by the Board of Directors of the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District:” All…
ARTICLE 5. Other Officers §§ 95520–95536 · 15 sections
- § 95520 The board shall appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have full charge of the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of the…
- § 95521 All other things being equal, the board shall appoint as general manager, a person who has had experience in the construction or management of transit…
- § 95522 The general manager need not be a resident of this state at the time of his appointment.
- § 95523 The general manager may be removed by the board upon the adoption of a resolution by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the board. Before the…
- § 95524 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 95523, until such time as the district has operated, controlled, or used facilities or parts of facilities…
- § 95525 The board may appoint a secretary and an attorney who may hold office during the pleasure of the board.
- § 95526 The attorney shall be admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of the state, and shall have been actively engaged in the practice of his profession for…
- § 95527 The board may consolidate any of the district offices in one person.
- § 95528 The oath of all appointive officers of the district shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the secretary of the district at any time after the officer has…
- § 95529 Each appointive officer shall give such bond and in such amount as the board may require.
- § 95530 Subject to the control of the board, the powers and duties of the general manager are: (a) To have full charge of the acquisition, construction, maintenance,…
- § 95533 The attorney shall take charge of all suits and other legal matters to which the district is a party or in which it is legally interested. He shall give his…
- § 95534 The general manager shall cause to be installed and maintained a system of auditing and accounting which shall completely and at all times show the financial…
- § 95535 The general manager shall provide for the custody of the funds of the district and the keeping of accounts of all receipts and disbursements. Payments shall be…
- § 95536 With the consent of the board, the general manager may: (a) Authorize the trust department of any state or national bank in this state, or a trust company…
CHAPTER 4. Labor Provisions §§ 95650–95656 · 7 sections
- § 95650 (a) If a majority of the employees employed by a transit district in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by a…
- § 95651 If there is a question whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees or whether the proposed unit is or is not appropriate, such matters…
- § 95652 Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, to…
- § 95653 Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise,…
- § 95654 The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in Section 95653 and the benefits which are provided shall be specified in the agreement or order by…
- § 95655 All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public utility and all persons entitled to pension benefits under the pension plan of such acquired…
- § 95656 Notwithstanding any provisions of the Government Code, the board may authorize payment of any or all of the premiums on any group life, accident and health…
CHAPTER 5. Retirement System §§ 95800–95891 · 19 sections
ARTICLE 1. Establishment §§ 95800–95806 · 6 sections
- § 95800 The board may establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the district and provide for the payment of annuities, pensions, retirement…
- § 95801 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…
- § 95803 The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to the initiation, maintenance, and administration of the…
- § 95804 Nothing in this chapter prevents the district from participating in and making all or part of its employees members of the State Employees’ Retirement System…
- § 95805 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…
- § 95806 In the event the board elects to adopt and maintain its own retirement system, that system shall comply with this article and the requirements of: (1) Article…
ARTICLE 2. Benefits and Contributions §§ 95830–95836 · 7 sections
- § 95830 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…
- § 95831 The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon service rendered the district by a member prior to the establishment of the retirement system, which…
- § 95832 The board shall provide that both the district and the members shall contribute to the retirement system. The rate of contribution by an officer or employee of…
- § 95833 All members of the retirement system shall contribute in the manner and amount fixed by the board and such contributions may be collected by deducting the…
- § 95834 Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits other than such as are the equivalent of contributions by the members, with accumulated…
- § 95835 If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior to retirement the total amount contributed by him with such interest as may be credited thereto, shall…
- § 95836 All money received by any person as an annuity, pension, retirement allowance, disability payment or death benefit, from the retirement system, and all…
ARTICLE 3. Retirement Board §§ 95860–95863 · 4 sections
- § 95860 The board shall create a retirement board of not more than five members, at least two members of which shall be the elected representatives of the employees,…
- § 95861 All members of the retirement board shall serve without pay.
- § 95862 The retirement board shall determine the eligibility of officers, employees, and their dependents to participation in the system and shall be the sole…
- § 95863 If the district maintains its own retirement fund the retirement board shall have exclusive control of the administration, investment, and disbursement of such…
ARTICLE 4. Investigation and Penalties §§ 95890–95891 · 2 sections
- § 95890 At least once in each four-year period after the establishment of the retirement system the board shall cause to be made an actuarial valuation of the assets…
- § 95891 Except as herein provided, no member of the board or of the retirement board, nor any member of the retirement system or employee of the district, shall have…
CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District §§ 96000–96230 · 37 sections
ARTICLE 1. Corporate Power §§ 96000–96002 · 3 sections
- § 96000 The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
- § 96001 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.
- § 96002 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 §§ 96030–96031 · 2 sections
- § 96030 The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise,…
- § 96031 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 §§ 96090–96091 · 2 sections
- § 96090 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…
- § 96091 Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record, map, book, or paper in the possession of the district or any officer or employee thereof is of no…
ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service §§ 96120–96130 · 11 sections
- § 96120 The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights-of-way, rail lines, buslines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, and any…
- § 96121 The district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, accept contributions of money, rights-of-way,…
- § 96122 The district shall not interfere with or exercise any control over any transit facilities now or hereafter owned, and operated wholly or partly within the…
- § 96123 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…
- § 96124 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…
- § 96125 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…
- § 96126 The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable.
- § 96127 The board of supervisors or the city council of a municipality having territory located within the district may file a request for a hearing before the…
- § 96128 Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Section 96127 the district board shall fix the time and place for hearing. The time fixed shall not be…
- § 96129 At the time fixed for any hearing before the board any board of supervisors or city council eligible to file a request for hearing, not a party to the original…
- § 96130 Within 30 days after submission of the case, the board shall render its decision and its decision shall be final.
ARTICLE 6. Indebtedness §§ 96150–96153 · 4 sections
- § 96150 The district may borrow money for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the district lawfully incurred after the commencement of the fiscal year, but prior…
- § 96151 The board of directors of a district may, within a period of two years from and after the formation of the district, pursuant to a resolution adopted by it for…
- § 96152 The district shall not incur an indebtedness under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 96400) of this part which in the aggregate exceeds two (2) percent of the…
- § 96153 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. Investments §§ 96180–96192 · 4 sections
- § 96180 The district may invest any surplus money in its treasury, including money in any sinking fund, in any of the following: (a) Its own bonds. (b) Treasury notes,…
- § 96190 Such investment may be made by direct purchase of any issue of such bonds, treasury notes, or obligations, or part thereof, at the original sale or by the…
- § 96191 Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held as investments by the district may from time to time be sold and the proceeds reinvested in bonds,…
- § 96192 Sales of any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held by the district shall from time to time be made in season so that the proceeds may be…
ARTICLE 8. Taxation §§ 96220–96230 · 11 sections
- § 96220 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…
- § 96221 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…
- § 96222 The board shall, in addition to the general tax levy as set forth in Section 96220, levy and collect annually until the district’s bonds are paid, or until…
- § 96223 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,…
- § 96224 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…
- § 96225 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…
- § 96226 The board shall, on or before the first day in September, fix the rate of taxes, designating the number of cents upon each hundred dollars, using as a basis…
- § 96227 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…
- § 96228 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…
- § 96229 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…
- § 96230 The compensation to be charged by and paid to any county for the performance of services under this article shall be fixed by agreement between the board of…
CHAPTER 7. Bonds §§ 96400–96591 · 32 sections
ARTICLE 1. Issuance §§ 96400–96412 · 13 sections
- § 96400 The district may from time to time incur a bonded indebtedness as provided in this chapter to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, or completing the whole…
- § 96401 Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the public interest or necessity demands the acquisition,…
- § 96402 In lieu of a resolution passed by the board, proceedings for the issuance of bonds for the purposes provided in this chapter may be initiated by petition of…
- § 96403 Whenever any petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at least 15 percent of the total vote cast at the last general statewide election…
- § 96404 If the required number of signatures is found to be genuine, the secretary shall transmit to the board an authentic copy of the petition without the signatures.
- § 96405 Upon receiving a petition with the certificate of the secretary stating that it contains the required number of signatures, the board shall formulate for…
- § 96406 The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix the date on which the election will be held, and the manner of holding the election and of voting for…
- § 96407 Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the same election.
- § 96408 Any special bond election may be held separately, or may be consolidated with any other election authorized by law at which the voters of the district may…
- § 96409 The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice of election need be given.
- § 96410 The board shall comply with Article 3, (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code, the provisions of which are applicable…
- § 96411 The votes of two-thirds (2/3) of all the voters voting on the proposition at the election are required to authorize the issuance of bonds under this chapter.
- § 96412 If the proposition submitted at a special bond election fails to receive the requisite number of votes, the board shall not within six months after the…
ARTICLE 2. Form and Content §§ 96440–96443 · 4 sections
- § 96440 Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in amounts to be fixed by the board; except that payment shall begin not later than 10 years from the…
- § 96441 The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the board determines, except that no bonds shall be of a denomination less than one hundred dollars ($100),…
- § 96442 The board may at any time prior to the issuance and sale of any bonds provide for the call and redemption of any or all of the bonds on any interest payment…
- § 96443 The bonds shall be signed by the president of the board or by such officer of the district as the board shall by resolution authorize and designate for that…
ARTICLE 3. Issue and Sale §§ 96470–96472 · 3 sections
- § 96470 The bonds may be issued and sold for not less than their par value, but otherwise as the board determines. Before selling any bonds, or any part thereof, the…
- § 96471 All premiums and accrued interest 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…
- § 96472 In lieu of the immediate levy of a tax to pay the interest or any part thereof on any bonded indebtedness incurred in accordance with this division, the board…
ARTICLE 4. Refunding §§ 96500–96506 · 7 sections
- § 96500 Whenever the board by resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the refunding of the whole or any portion of the bonded…
- § 96501 The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed as the incurring or increase of an indebtedness within the meaning of this act, and the approval of the…
- § 96502 Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this chapter shall substantially govern as to all matters pertaining to the issuance of refunding bonds,…
- § 96503 Refunding bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the interest rate on the refunded bonds, but payment of the refunding bonds shall begin not later…
- § 96504 The proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds shall be applied only to the purchase, or retirement at not more than par and accrued interest, or the call price,…
- § 96505 In lieu of selling refunding bonds and using the proceeds to purchase or retire the bonds to be refunded, the board may exchange refunding bonds at not less…
- § 96506 Whenever outstanding bonds are refunded they shall be surrendered to the treasurer of the district, who shall cancel them by endorsing on their face the manner…
ARTICLE 5. Status as Investments §§ 96530–96531 · 2 sections
- § 96530 All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district are legal investments for all trust funds and for the funds of all insurance companies, banks, both…
- § 96531 All bonds of the district, to the same extent as bonds of any other municipality, are legal for use by any state or national bank or banks in the state as…
ARTICLE 6. Validation § 96560 · 1 section
- § 96560 An action to determine the validity of bonds, including refunding bonds, may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part…
ARTICLE 7. Revenue Bonds §§ 96590–96591 · 2 sections
- § 96590 As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds, the district may issue bonds, payable from revenues of any facility or enterprise to be acquired or…
- § 96591 The district is a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5…
CHAPTER 8. Annexation §§ 96750–96757 · 8 sections
- § 96750 Territory may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this chapter.
- § 96751 Whenever the board finds and determines that additional territory will be benefited by annexation to the district, it shall pass a resolution to that effect.
- § 96752 The resolution shall be passed by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the board and be approved by the board of supervisors of the county in which the…
- § 96753 The resolution shall: (a) Describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed. (b) Designate the proposed annexation by an appropriate name. (c)…
- § 96754 The resolution, together with the names of the members of the board, voting for and against it shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government…
- § 96755 On the day fixed for hearing or any day to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall hear and consider any objections presented to the annexation of the…
- § 96756 After making all necessary and proper changes in the boundaries, by a resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of the members, the board shall order the…
- § 96757 Whenever any territory is annexed to the district it shall thereupon become a part of the district subject to all the liabilities and entitled to all the…
CHAPTER 9. Exclusion §§ 96900–96902 · 3 sections
- § 96900 Territory within the district may be detached from the district by a four-fifths vote of the board of directors.
- § 96901 The detachment of territory from the district shall become effective upon giving of the notice required in Section 96902, provided that the detached territory…
- § 96902 Notice of detachment of territory from the district shall be given to each assessor whose roll is used for the tax levy made pursuant to this part and with the…
CHAPTER 10. Dissolution §§ 97000–97007 · 8 sections
- § 97000 If the district operates no transit facilities, or its exterior boundaries become coincident with the boundaries of a single city, the board may call an…
- § 97001 The election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether or not the district shall be dissolved shall be held within 60…
- § 97002 Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because of the filing of a petition or ordered by the board without petition, shall be published. The…
- § 97003 The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on ballots for use at general state and county elections and…
- § 97004 The board shall canvass the vote. If a majority of the votes favor dissolution, the board shall by resolution dissolve the district.
- § 97005 The board shall file a certified copy of the resolution with the Secretary of State and for record in the office of the county recorder.
- § 97006 Upon dissolution the right, title, and interest to property owned or controlled by the district situated within the limits of any city vests absolutely in the…
- § 97007 The board of supervisors is, ex officio, the governing body of any dissolved district. It may levy taxes and assessments and perform other acts necessary to…