CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [50160. - 50220.]

Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 839.

§§ 50160–50220 · 38 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Corporate Power §§ 50160–50162 · 3 sections

   • § 50160 The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
   • § 50161 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.
   • § 50162 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 §§ 50165–50166 · 2 sections

   • § 50165 The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise,…
   • § 50166 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 §§ 50175–50176 · 2 sections

   • § 50175 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…
   • § 50176 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 §§ 50180–50190 · 11 sections

   • § 50180 The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights-of-way, rail lines, buslines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, and any…
   • § 50181 The district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, accept contributions of money, rights-of-way,…
   • § 50182 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…
   • § 50183 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…
   • § 50184 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…
   • § 50185 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…
   • § 50186 The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable.
   • § 50187 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…
   • § 50188 Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Section 50187 the district board shall fix the time and place for hearing. The time fixed shall not be…
   • § 50189 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…
   • § 50190 Within 30 days after submission of the case, the board shall render its decision and its decision shall be final.
5. ARTICLE 6. Indebtedness §§ 50200–50203 · 4 sections

   • § 50200 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…
   • § 50201 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…
   • § 50202 The district shall not incur an indebtedness under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 50225) of this part which in the aggregate exceeds two (2) percent of the…
   • § 50203 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 §§ 50205–50208 · 4 sections

   • § 50205 (a) The district may invest surplus money in its treasury, including money in a sinking fund, in any of the following investments: (1) Its own bonds, notes, or…
   • § 50206 The investment of surplus money may be made by direct purchase of investments at the original sale or by the subsequent investments in the secondary market.
   • § 50207 Any investments purchased and held by the district may from time to time be sold and the proceeds reinvested in investments as provided in this article.
   • § 50208 Sales of any investments purchased and held by the district shall from time to time be made in season so that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for…
7. ARTICLE 8. Taxation §§ 50210–50220 · 12 sections

   • § 50210 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…
   • § 50210.5 The district may only levy and collect taxes pursuant to this article within the Stockton Metropolitan Area, as defined in Section 50007.
   • § 50211 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…
   • § 50212 The board shall, in addition to the general tax levy as set forth in Section 50210, levy and collect annually until the district’s bonds are paid, or until…
   • § 50213 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,…
   • § 50214 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…
   • § 50215 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…
   • § 50216 The board shall, on or before the first weekday in September, or if such weekday falls upon a holiday then on the first business day thereafter, fix the rate…
   • § 50217 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…
   • § 50218 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…
   • § 50219 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…
   • § 50220 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…