CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [98020. - 98080.]

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.

§§ 98020–98080 · 24 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 98020–98022 · 3 sections

   • § 98020 The County of Santa Cruz may organize and incorporate the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District.
   • § 98021 The request for the formation of the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District may be made by resolution or by petition as set out in this chapter.
   • § 98022 The district may include incorporated and unincorporated territory within the County of Santa Cruz.
2. ARTICLE 2. Request by Resolution §§ 98030–98032 · 3 sections

   • § 98030 The Board of Supervisors for the County of Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz City Council and the Capitola City Council may pass a joint resolution, declaring that in…
   • § 98031 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…
   • § 98032 Certified copies of the resolution shall be presented to the Board of Supervisors of Santa Cruz County requesting the board of supervisors to call an election…
3. ARTICLE 3. Request by Petition §§ 98040–98043 · 4 sections

   • § 98040 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…
   • § 98041 The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and statements required to be contained in the resolution presented to the board of supervisors…
   • § 98042 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…
   • § 98043 The County Elections Official of the County of Santa Cruz shall compare the signatures to the petition with the affidavits of registration and certify to their…
4. ARTICLE 4. Election §§ 98050–98060 · 12 sections

   • § 98050 Upon adoption of the resolution or of a sufficient petition, the board of supervisors shall hold a hearing on the question of forming a Santa Cruz Metropolitan…
   • § 98051 The board of supervisors shall submit the boundaries for the district as described in the resolution or petition to the local agency formation commission for…
   • § 98052 Upon conclusion of the board of supervisors’ hearing and completion of the review of the boundaries for the proposed district by the local agency formation…
   • § 98053 Prior to calling the election, the board of supervisors shall by resolution, entered upon its minutes: (a) Fix and describe the exterior boundaries of the…
   • § 98053.5 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 98030.
   • § 98054 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…
   • § 98055 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…
   • § 98056 No person shall be entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included in the proposed district.
   • § 98057 The election may be held on the same day as any other state, county, or city election, and be consolidated therewith.
   • § 98058 The board of supervisors shall meet on the Tuesday next succeeding the day of the election and canvass the returns.
   • § 98059 The board of supervisors shall make all provisions for the holding of the election throughout the district as proposed, and the cost of said election shall be…
   • § 98060 If any special election is held exclusively on the proposition or propositions related to the transit district organization, bond issuance, raising of tax…
5. ARTICLE 5. Establishment of the District § 98070 · 1 section

   • § 98070 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…
6. ARTICLE 6. Contest of Incorporation § 98080 · 1 section

   • § 98080 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…