CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100. - 95250.]
Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.
§§ 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…