CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [98210. - 98296.]
Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.
§§ 98210–98296 · 47 sections
ARTICLE 1. Corporate Power §§ 98210–98214 · 5 sections
- § 98210 The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
- § 98211 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.
- § 98212 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…
- § 98213 No action in eminent domain to acquire property or interests therein within any incorporated city or any county shall be commenced unless the legislative body…
- § 98214 No such taking or acquisition by the district which would involve the abandonment, removal, relocation, or use of property of a railroad corporation, as…
ARTICLE 2. Contracts §§ 98220–98221 · 2 sections
- § 98220 The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise,…
- § 98221 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 §§ 98233–98234 · 2 sections
- § 98233 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…
- § 98234 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 §§ 98240–98251 · 12 sections
- § 98240 The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights-of-way, rail lines, buslines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, and any…
- § 98241 The district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, accept contributions of money, rights-of-way,…
- § 98242 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…
- § 98243 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…
- § 98244 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…
- § 98245 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…
- § 98246 The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable.
- § 98247 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…
- § 98248 Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 98390) of this part, the district board shall fix the time and place…
- § 98249 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…
- § 98250 Within 30 days after submission of the case, the board shall render its decision and its decision shall be final.
- § 98251 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 §§ 98260–98263 · 3 sections
- § 98260 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…
- § 98262 The district shall not incur an indebtedness under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 98310) of this part which in the aggregate exceeds one (1) percent of the…
- § 98263 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 § 98270 · 1 section
- § 98270 The district may invest any surplus money in its treasury. The county treasurer shall act as treasurer of the district and he shall handle such investments as…
ARTICLE 8. Property Taxation §§ 98280–98289.5 · 13 sections
- § 98280 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…
- § 98280.5 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…
- § 98281 The board shall, as part of the general tax levy as set forth in Section 98280, levy and collect annually until the district’s bonds are paid, or until there…
- § 98282 The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes by the district.
- § 98283 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…
- § 98284 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…
- § 98285 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…
- § 98286 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…
- § 98287 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…
- § 98288 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…
- § 98289 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…
- § 98289.3 All taxes levied under this article are a lien on the property on which they are levied and shall become a lien at the same time as county taxes. The…
- § 98289.5 (a) On and after the operative date of the transactions and use tax ordinance pursuant to Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 98290) of this chapter, none of…
ARTICLE 8.5. Retail Transactions and Use Tax §§ 98290–98296 · 9 sections
- § 98290 (a) A retail transactions and use tax ordinance may be adopted by the board in accordance with the provisions of Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of…
- § 98290.1 Notwithstanding any other law, the special taxes authorized in this article may also be imposed by qualified voter initiative, including a qualified voter…
- § 98290.2 (a) If the board or a qualified voter initiative proposes a measure pursuant to this article, the special election shall be consolidated with a statewide…
- § 98291 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…
- § 98292 The district may contract with the State Board of Equalization for its service in the preparations necessary to administer a transactions and use tax…
- § 98293 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…
- § 98294 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…
- § 98295 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…
- § 98296 Whenever a bond election is held to authorize a bonded indebtedness pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 98310) of Chapter 7, the ordinance calling…