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CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000. - 96230.]

Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.

§§ 96000–96230 · 37 sections

  1. 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…
  2. 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…
  3. 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…
  4. 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.
  5. 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…
  6. 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…
  7. 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…