DIVISION 16. HIGHWAY DISTRICTS [25000. - 27567.]
Division 16 added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.
§§ 25000–27567 · 374 sections
PART 1. JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS §§ 25000–25521 · 135 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 25000–25006 · 7 sections
- § 25000 This part may be cited as the Joint Highway District Act.
- § 25001 Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this chapter shall govern the…
- § 25002 “District,” means a joint highway district, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
- § 25003 “Improvement,” and any of its variants, includes the laying out, construction, improvement, and maintenance of public highways and appurtenances thereto,…
- § 25004 This part shall apply only to those districts which are organized or reorganized under this part and to those districts organized or reorganized on or after…
- § 25005 All districts organized or existing prior to August 14, 1931, may continue their operations and the discharge of their obligations pursuant to the provisions…
- § 25006 This part shall be liberally construed, in order to effectuate its purposes. No error, defect, irregularity, informality and no neglect or omission of any…
CHAPTER 2. Organization and Reorganization of Districts §§ 25025–25036 · 12 sections
- § 25025 Districts, to be composed of two or more counties, may be created in accordance with this part for the purpose of improving public highways.
- § 25026 The board of supervisors of any county may initiate proceedings proposing the creation of a district by adopting a resolution reciting: (a) That the public…
- § 25027 Upon the adoption of the resolution the board of supervisors shall name and appoint one of its members to represent that county upon the board of directors of…
- § 25028 The clerk of the board of supervisors adopting the resolution shall transmit certified copies of the resolution to the clerk of the board of supervisors of…
- § 25029 Upon receipt of a copy of the resolution, the boards of supervisors of the several counties affected shall consider the advisability of creating and organizing…
- § 25030 Each resolution of approval shall, in addition to the matter otherwise required therein, name and appoint a member of the board of supervisors of the county…
- § 25031 The adoption of the original resolution by the board of supervisors of the county initiating the proceedings shall constitute a sufficient approval in behalf…
- § 25032 After the receipt by the board of supervisors instituting the proceedings of a copy of the resolution approving the proposal from the board of supervisors of…
- § 25033 The board of supervisors adopting the resolution declaring the creation and organization of the district shall file a certified copy of that resolution with…
- § 25034 The Secretary of State shall furnish and transmit to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county adopting the initial resolution for the organization…
- § 25035 All districts shall be numbered by the Secretary of State, in the order of their creation and he shall keep and maintain in his office a list and register…
- § 25036 All districts organized or tentatively organized prior to August 14, 1931, may reorganize under this part. The board of directors of the district or tentative…
CHAPTER 3. General Powers of Districts §§ 25050–25051 · 2 sections
- § 25050 The district, acting through its board of directors, shall have power to: (a) Improve public highways. (b) Issue bonds and levy and impose taxes and assessment…
- § 25051 The State, the counties composing the district, or any city within the district, may convey to the district such lands, public highways, or rights of way as…
CHAPTER 4. District Boards of Directors §§ 25070–25078 · 9 sections
- § 25070 The district shall be managed by, and the powers conferred upon the district shall be exercised by a board of directors appointed as provided in this part.
- § 25071 The members of the board of directors shall serve during the pleasure of the appointing power. They shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall…
- § 25072 The term of office of any member of the board of directors shall immediately cease upon the termination of the term of office of the director as a member of…
- § 25073 If an even number of counties comprise a district, an additional member of the board of directors shall be appointed by the directors already named in behalf…
- § 25074 If a position on the board of directors becomes vacant, the vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority whose appointee last held the position.
- § 25075 Within 10 days after the receipt of the certificate of organization of the district, the clerk of the initiatory board of supervisors shall notify the persons…
- § 25076 The persons appointed as members of the board of directors shall meet at the time and place fixed for the first meeting. A majority of the members of the board…
- § 25077 At the first meeting the board of directors shall organize by selecting from among its membership a president, vice president and secretary. The officers thus…
- § 25078 The board of directors shall fix a place or places within the district for the transaction of business. It may hold meetings from time to time in any place…
CHAPTER 5. District Officers and Employees §§ 25100–25105 · 6 sections
- § 25100 The board of directors shall appoint a treasurer and a district engineer, and may appoint an assistant secretary. The board may employ such clerical, legal, or…
- § 25101 The treasurer shall be a resident of the district and a person competent in the handling of financial matters. Before entering upon the duties of his office,…
- § 25102 The treasurer shall have charge and custody of all of the funds of the district and he and his bondsmen shall be responsible for the safekeeping of those…
- § 25103 The district engineer shall be a qualified civil engineer, licensed to practice as such under the laws of this State. He shall perform all of the engineering…
- § 25104 All engineering work performed in the district shall be done under the direction and control of the district engineer.
- § 25105 If an assistant secretary is appointed, he shall perform such duties as the board of directors determine. He may during the absence of the secretary, or under…
CHAPTER 6. Contingent Fund §§ 25120–25122 · 3 sections
- § 25120 Immediately following the organization of the district, the several boards of supervisors of the counties composing the district shall provide the district…
- § 25121 The boards of supervisors of the counties within the district may contribute to the contingent fund from any funds of the several counties not otherwise…
- § 25122 The contingent fund may be used for the following purposes: (a) For any purpose necessary to create and maintain the organization of the district. (b) For…
CHAPTER 7. Preliminary Surveys and Report of District Projects §§ 25150–25155 · 6 sections
- § 25150 The board of directors shall as soon as practicable cause the route of the highway or highways proposed to be improved by the district, to be tentatively…
- § 25151 The district engineer shall make a preliminary report to the board of directors setting forth the result of his preliminary surveys and showing the tentative…
- § 25152 In his preliminary report the district engineer shall also recommend an apportionment of the construction and other costs among the State, if any contribution…
- § 25153 As soon as practicable after the filing of the engineer’s preliminary report, the board of directors shall give it full consideration and shall formulate a…
- § 25154 The report of the board of directors shall contain the following: (a) A general description of the approximate route and location of the highway or highways…
- § 25155 If highways are to be required or improved beyond the boundaries of the district, the consent of the governing body controlling the territory through which the…
CHAPTER 8. State Approval and Contribution §§ 25175–25180 · 6 sections
- § 25175 If the report of the project, as adopted by the board of directors, contains a request for contribution from the state, the board shall, immediately upon its…
- § 25176 Within 90 days after its receipt, the Department of Transportation, through its proper officers, shall consider and pass upon the report so filed. It may…
- § 25177 If the whole or any part of the project proposed in the report is approved and a contribution by the state is recommended, the California Transportation…
- § 25178 The Director of Transportation shall issue and transmit to the secretary of the district a certificate of commitment showing the decision of his department…
- § 25179 The board of directors may amend its report of the project to conform with any suggestions, modifications, or recommendations of the Department of…
- § 25180 The obligation of the State for any contribution shall be contingent upon the approval by all counties comprising the district of the balance of the costs of…
CHAPTER 9. County Approval and Contribution §§ 25200–25209 · 10 sections
- § 25200 Upon the receipt of the certificate of commitment from the Director of Transportation, or upon the adoption of the report if no contribution is requested from…
- § 25201 Upon receipt of the report of the project, each of the boards of supervisors shall forthwith consider it. Within 60 days after the receipt of the report, each…
- § 25202 Each board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy of its resolution adopting or rejecting the report of the project to be sent to the secretary of the…
- § 25203 Upon receipt of the report of the project the clerk of each board of supervisors shall cause a notice to be published twice in a newspaper of general…
- § 25204 No county within the district shall be obligated or committed hereunder until the board of supervisors thereof approves the report of the project and until…
- § 25205 At any time prior to the approval of the report of the project by the board of supervisors of any county, the matter of the participation of the county in any…
- § 25206 The matter may be submitted at a special election called for that purpose or may be consolidated with any other election involving the entire county. All laws…
- § 25207 If at the election a two-thirds majority of the electors voting thereon do not approve the proposition, the county shall not participate in the issue of bonds…
- § 25208 If any county thus refers the matter of its participation in the issuance of bonds to the electors of the county, the time for the approval of the report by…
- § 25209 The provisions of this chapter relating to the submission of the question of county participation in the issuance of bonds to the electors shall not apply to…
CHAPTER 10. Final Surveys, Plans, Specifications and Drawings §§ 25230–25262 · 6 sections
- § 25230 After receiving the certificate of commitment for contribution by the State, if any, and certified copies of the resolutions of approval of the boards of…
- § 25231 In proceeding with a project, or unit thereof, the board of directors shall have all necessary final surveys, plans, specifications and detailed drawings…
- § 25232 The final surveys, plans, specifications, and detailed drawings shall include a final estimate of cost. If the final estimate exceeds by more than 10 per cent…
- § 25233 Upon the adoption of the final surveys, plans, specifications, and detailed drawings by the board of directors, a certified copy thereof shall be transmitted…
- § 25261 During the course of the improvement of any highway, the highway or project shall be under the control of the board of directors. The board of directors may…
- § 25262 All laws relating to the use of state highways are applicable to any highways under the control of any district.
CHAPTER 12. Acquisition of Property and Rights of Way §§ 25280–25281 · 2 sections
- § 25280 The board of directors of the district may request the board of supervisors and the proper officers of any county situated within the district to condemn and…
- § 25281 If it is decided that any money authorized to be expended from the State Treasury shall be expended as required by Section 7 of Article XVI of the California…
CHAPTER 13. Cooperation with Federal Government § 25300 · 1 section
- § 25300 If the Federal Government desires to include any highway improved or to be improved by a district in any scheme of National defense and to use or assume the…
CHAPTER 14. Completion of Projects §§ 25320–25322 · 3 sections
- § 25320 Upon the completion of the improvement of any portion of any highway by the district, the board of directors may, and on the completion of the whole of any…
- § 25321 Control of such completed improvement shall vest in the State, county or city having jurisdiction of the class of highways of which such completed improvement…
- § 25322 The board of directors shall not adopt any resolution of completion until it obtains from the Director of Transportation a certificate in writing showing that…
CHAPTER 15. General Financing and County Levies §§ 25340–25350 · 11 sections
- § 25340 All moneys of the district applicable to the payment of improvement costs shall be placed in a fund designated “construction fund,” the moneys in which shall…
- § 25341 The board of directors of the district shall provide for the financing of any projects to be undertaken by the district in one or more of the methods…
- § 25342 Upon the award of a contract for the improvement of any project or unit thereof, the board of directors shall provide for the payment of the cost thereof…
- § 25343 A levy shall be made within and upon the several counties composing the district to provide for the payment of the costs and expenses of any acquisitions of…
- § 25344 The board of directors shall adopt a resolution setting forth in general terms the amount of money proposed to be raised by the levy and the project or portion…
- § 25345 The resolution shall specifically set forth the sum of money levied upon each county within the district and shall briefly recite the facts requiring the levy.…
- § 25346 The board of supervisors of each county shall, within 90 days after the resolution providing for the levy has been adopted by the board of directors, pay at…
- § 25347 If the board of supervisors of any county within the district does not pay the entire amount of any levy made upon it within 90 days, the board of directors of…
- § 25348 The treasurer of the district shall, prior to the fifteenth day of August in each year, transmit to the board of supervisors of each county within the district…
- § 25349 If, upon receiving the report of the district treasurer showing the amount to be raised within the county for the current year, the board of supervisors pays…
- § 25350 All district taxes shall be collected in behalf of the district by the proper county officers in the several counties in the district at the same time and in…
CHAPTER 15.5. Claims § 25360 · 1 section
- § 25360 All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
CHAPTER 16. General Bond Provisions §§ 25370–25377 · 8 sections
- § 25370 The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all bonds issued under the authority of this part.
- § 25371 All bonds issued by joint highway districts shall be legal investments for the funds of: (a) Trusts. (b) Insurance companies. (c) Banks, both commercial and…
- § 25372 Whenever bonds of cities, counties, school districts or irrigation districts may be used as security for the performance of any act or the deposit of any…
- § 25373 The State Director of Finance may purchase any bonds issued by joint highway districts and pay for them out of any surplus money in the State treasury which,…
- § 25374 If the report of the board of directors shows that the proposed project or any unit thereof, is estimated to cost more than one million dollars ($1,000,000),…
- § 25375 The issuance of any bonds by the district shall be conclusive evidence of the regularity, validity and legal sufficiency of all proceedings, acts and…
- § 25376 No bonds shall be issued by the district in an amount which will aggregate at any time an obligation in excess of 10 per cent of the assessed value of the…
- § 25377 The taxable property within any county shall not at any time be obligated for all joint highway district purposes, in any amount in excess of the following…
CHAPTER 17. Revenue Bonds §§ 25400–25410 · 11 sections
- § 25400 The board of directors of the district may cause revenue bonds to be issued upon the security of the anticipated unpaid installments of any levies made upon…
- § 25401 All revenue bonds shall be payable out of a fund of the district designated “Joint Highway District No. ____ of the State of California Revenue Bond Fund” and…
- § 25402 The board of directors shall prescribe the denominations of the revenue bonds which shall mature serially in convenient amounts not necessarily equal. Revenue…
- § 25403 Revenue bonds shall be in substantially the following form (filling in blanks as appropriate): REVENUE BOND Joint Highway District No.______ of the State of…
- § 25404 Revenue bonds shall be dated as of the date of the resolution or order of the board of directors authorizing their issuance. The board of directors may use any…
- § 25405 Any number of series of revenue bonds may be issued under this part for any portion of a single or different projects in the district.
- § 25406 All revenue bonds shall be signed by the treasurer of the district, attested by the secretary of the board of directors thereof and shall have the official…
- § 25407 The principal and interest of all revenue bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the office of the treasurer of the district…
- § 25408 The revenue bonds shall be issued and sold by the board of directors at such times and manner and in such amounts as may be required to meet the demands of the…
- § 25409 The board of directors shall levy a tax annually within the district sufficient to meet the principal and interest of all outstanding revenue bonds coming due…
- § 25410 The treasurer of the district shall annually determine the amount of money necessary to be raised for the payment of principal and interest coming due each…
CHAPTER 18. Funding Bonds §§ 25430–25450 · 20 sections
- § 25430 As a separate and cumulative method of financing, the board of directors of the district may issue funding bonds to cover the costs and expenses of the whole…
- § 25431 The provisions of this chapter relating to the issuance of funding bonds shall be cumulative and shall not affect any of the other provisions or sections of…
- § 25432 If the board of directors propose to issue funding bonds, they shall first adopt a resolution setting forth their intention so to do, and the resolution shall…
- § 25433 Upon the adoption of the resolution of intention to issue funding bonds, the secretary shall cause a notice of the time and place of hearing to be published…
- § 25434 The time fixed for the hearing shall not be less than 15 days after the completion of the required publication. Not less than 30 days prior to the time fixed…
- § 25435 All persons interested may appear at the hearing and they may set forth in writing any objections they may have to the issuance of the funding bonds or to the…
- § 25436 The board of directors shall hear and determine all objections presented at the hearing. The board may alter the boundaries of the proposed funding district or…
- § 25437 All decisions, findings and determinations of the board of directors made upon notice and hearing shall, in the absence of actual fraud, be final and…
- § 25438 If at the hearing, the owners of more than 25 per cent in area of the property within any proposed funding district object in writing to the issuance of…
- § 25439 Following the hearing the board of directors shall, if it determines to issue funding bonds, cause its findings in relation thereto to be transmitted to the…
- § 25440 Funding bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be in substantially the following form (filling in blanks as appropriate): FUNDING BOND…
- § 25441 Funding bonds shall be dated as of the date of the resolution or order of the board of directors authorizing their issuance.
- § 25442 The board of directors may use any available moneys of the district, not already allocated to some other purpose, for the payment of any interest or principal…
- § 25443 All funding bonds shall be signed by the treasurer of the district, attested by the secretary, and shall have the official seal of the district affixed…
- § 25445 All funding bonds shall be serial in character and approximately an even proportion of the total amount of each issue shall be payable annually. The amount of…
- § 25446 The funding bonds shall be issued by the board of directors at such time and manner and in such amounts as may be required to meet the demands of the district,…
- § 25447 In each district in which funding bonds have been issued there is hereby created a special fund to be designated “Joint Highway District No. ____ of the State…
- § 25448 The treasurer of the district shall annually before the fifteenth day of August transmit to the several boards of supervisors within the funding district, a…
- § 25449 The special assessment taxes levied for the payment of funding bonds shall be independent of and distinct from any other levies authorized by this part and…
- § 25450 It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of each county within the district to annually cause to be levied upon the lands only, exclusive of…
CHAPTER 19. Emergency Bonds §§ 25490–25498 · 9 sections
- § 25490 If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any contract, proceeding, step or action taken, levy made, or any bonds issued under this part are void,…
- § 25491 If the court finds that any such improvement has been made, or services rendered, or necessary rights of way or property acquired, the court shall order the…
- § 25492 It is the purpose of this chapter to make the costs and expenses of all improvements made, or services rendered, and all necessary acquisitions of property or…
- § 25493 The board of directors shall cause a report on the bond issue proposed under this chapter to be made and filed by the district engineer or some other competent…
- § 25494 The report shall be filed with the secretary of the board of directors, who shall thereupon fix a time and place for hearing the report and shall give notice…
- § 25495 At the time of the hearing, or at any time to which the hearing may be continued, any person interested may appear and be heard upon any of the matters set…
- § 25496 At the conclusion of the hearing the board shall adopt a resolution declaring its findings upon the report. When adopted the resolution shall be final and…
- § 25497 The bonds issued under this chapter shall in terms and form conform substantially to the provisions contained in Chapter 18 relating to funding bonds and shall…
- § 25498 Upon the adoption of the resolution by the board, the treasurer of the district shall immediately cause bonds to be issued in the amount and manner provided in…
CHAPTER 20. Dissolution §§ 25520–25521 · 2 sections
- § 25520 Upon the completion or other termination of the projects for which the district is organized and upon the payment and retirement of all outstanding bonds and…
- § 25521 Any property or money belonging to the district at the time of dissolution shall be distributed by the board of directors to the State and the several…
PART 2. BOULEVARD DISTRICTS §§ 26000–26260 · 65 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 26000–26004 · 5 sections
- § 26000 “District,” means a boulevard district unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
- § 26001 “Commission,” means the boulevard commission unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
- § 26002 “Boulevard,” means a highway not less than 30 and not more than 100 feet in width and upon, along, and over the portion or portions of which where the same is…
- § 26003 Except as otherwise provided in this part, all elections conducted in the district shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the general…
- § 26004 At each election held pursuant to this part, every registered voter residing in the district as proposed or established, who would be entitled on the date of…
CHAPTER 2. Formation Petition §§ 26020–26026 · 7 sections
- § 26020 A boulevard district may be formed from any portion of a county not already contained in a boulevard district. When formed, the district shall be known and…
- § 26021 A petition for the formation of a district may be presented to the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is proposed to be formed. The…
- § 26022 At the time of the filing of the petition for the formation of the district the petitioners shall file a bond with the board of supervisors for not more than…
- § 26023 The petition shall be presented at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors which shall thereupon fix a time, not less than 20 nor more than 60 days after…
- § 26024 The board of supervisors shall publish a notice of the fact that the petition has been filed and refer to it on file with the clerk of the board of supervisors…
- § 26025 The notice shall be published at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published and circulated in the proposed district. If no newspaper…
- § 26026 Upon the day specified, the board of supervisors shall hear the petition and any objections thereto. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time, for not…
CHAPTER 3. Establishing District Boundaries §§ 26040–26043 · 4 sections
- § 26040 In fixing the final boundaries of the district the board of supervisors may exclude any lands which it finds have been improperly included.
- § 26041 The board of supervisors may include any lands adjacent to those described in the petition, either on: (a) Petition of the owners of the adjacent lands; or (b)…
- § 26042 The notice of intention to include adjacent lands shall refer to the petition for the formation of the district on file with the board of supervisors, shall…
- § 26043 Upon the petition and evidence produced at the hearings the board of supervisors shall determine and fix the boundaries of the district and shall, by order…
CHAPTER 4. Calling and Conducting Elections §§ 26060–26066 · 7 sections
- § 26060 Within 30 days after the establishment of the boundaries of the district, the board of supervisors shall, by order, call an election to be held in the proposed…
- § 26061 Notice of the election shall be given by posting a copy of the order for three successive weeks prior to the election, in three public places within the…
- § 26062 At least 15 days prior to the election, the board of supervisors shall select one or more polling places within the proposed district, and make all suitable…
- § 26063 At the election there shall be elected one member of the commission, whose term of office shall be for four years and until the election, or appointment, and…
- § 26064 The ballot shall contain the words “Shall the boulevard district be formed?” To the right of or below these words, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on…
- § 26065 The officers of election shall make a return of the election to the board of supervisors, which shall canvass the returns as provided by law. If a majority of…
- § 26066 If a majority of the votes cast are against the creation of the district, the board of supervisors shall by order entered in its minutes so declare, and no…
CHAPTER 5. Selection of the Boulevard Commission §§ 26080–26088 · 9 sections
- § 26080 The commission shall consist of the chairman of the board of supervisors and the county surveyor, or the county engineer, as the case may be, of the county in…
- § 26081 Any vacancy in the membership of the commission shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term by the board of supervisors from among the bona fide…
- § 26082 Upon the receipt of a petition in writing, signed by at least 25 percent in number of the registered voters residing within the district, the California…
- § 26083 The member appointed by the California Transportation Commission shall hold office for the term of four years from and after his appointment, and until the…
- § 26084 Each member of the commission shall give a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) which has been approved by a judge of the superior court of the…
- § 26085 An election shall be held on the first Monday after the first Tuesday in March in the fourth year after the formation of the district, and in every fourth year…
- § 26086 At least 20 days before the day of the election the commission shall post a notice of the election in three public places in the district. The notice shall…
- § 26087 The commission shall select one or more polling places within the district; shall appoint one inspector and two judges of election in each polling place, and…
- § 26088 The election board shall publicly canvass the votes immediately after the closing of the polls, and shall make return of the election within 24 hours…
CHAPTER 6. Powers and Duties of the Commission §§ 26110–26115 · 6 sections
- § 26110 The commission shall be the governing body of the district, and shall exercise all of the powers which are vested in the district. At its first meeting or as…
- § 26111 The commission shall hold all meetings in the district at an appointed place, at such times as may be convenient. If either the president or the secretary are…
- § 26112 A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and every decision of the majority made when duly…
- § 26113 The district may use a common seal, alterable at the pleasure of the commission and may: (a) Sue and be sued in its own name. (b) Lay out, establish,…
- § 26114 For the purposes of this part the district may take over, control, operate, and use in whole or in part any county road or public highway and may construct any…
- § 26115 At its option, the commission may make application to the Department of Transportation for the exercise by the department of any powers, duties, or authority…
CHAPTER 7. Preliminary Plans and Surveys §§ 26130–26131 · 2 sections
- § 26130 Before the construction of any boulevard and before the calling of any election for the issuance of bonds, the commission shall employ one or more engineers…
- § 26131 The expense of making the preliminary surveys may be allowed by the board of supervisors out of the county general fund or the general county road fund upon…
CHAPTER 9. Approval of Construction Plans §§ 26160–26166 · 7 sections
- § 26160 At any time after the adoption of a plan for a boulevard or the letting of a contract for the construction of the whole or any portion of any boulevard, the…
- § 26161 The order shall fix the day of the election, shall specify the amount of the bond issue, and shall state in general terms that the money raised from the sale…
- § 26162 Notice of the election shall be given in the manner and for the time provided for in Section 26061.
- § 26163 At any time prior to the day fixed for the election the commission shall select one or more polling places within the district, and appoint from among the…
- § 26164 After the vote has been counted and the result announced by the election officers the ballots shall be sealed up and delivered to the secretary of the…
- § 26165 If, at the election, two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of the issuance of bonds, the commission is authorized to issue and sell the bonds as proposed…
- § 26166 A boulevard may be constructed with money raised by taxation instead of a bond issue if authorized by a majority of the votes cast at an election called for…
CHAPTER 10. The Bond Issue §§ 26180–26184 · 5 sections
- § 26180 All bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the commission may determine, except that they shall not be less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more…
- § 26181 All bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the county treasurer of the county in which the district is situated, and…
- § 26182 The bonds shall be signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary of the commission. They shall be numbered consecutively, in the order of their…
- § 26183 The bonds may be sold by the commission in such manner and in such quantities as it may determine. However no bond may be sold for less than its face value.
- § 26184 The proceeds of the sale of bonds shall be deposited with the county treasurer and shall be placed by him in a fund in the county treasury to be called the…
CHAPTER 11. Levy and Collection of Taxes §§ 26200–26203 · 4 sections
- § 26200 At or before the first meeting of the board of supervisors in September of each year, the commission shall furnish the board of supervisors and the auditor of…
- § 26201 Annually, at the time of levying county taxes, the board of supervisors shall levy a tax to be known as the “_______ (name of district) boulevard district…
- § 26202 The tax so levied shall be computed and entered on the assessment roll by the county auditor, and if the board of supervisors fails to levy the tax the auditor…
- § 26203 All money raised by taxation which is authorized by this part shall belong to the district.
CHAPTER 12. County Contributions § 26220 · 1 section
- § 26220 The board of supervisors shall set apart and turn over to the commission out of the general fund of the county 25 per cent of the cost of acquiring the rights…
CHAPTER 13. District Funds §§ 26221–26222 · 2 sections
- § 26221 The treasury of the county in which the district is situated shall be the depository for the funds of the district. The county treasurer shall receive and…
- § 26222 The following funds are hereby established in the county treasury to which the money belonging to the district, and raised by taxation shall be apportioned by…
CHAPTER 13.5. Claims § 26225 · 1 section
- § 26225 All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
CHAPTER 14. Transfer of District Boulevards § 26230 · 1 section
- § 26230 After any boulevard has been completely constructed the commission may, at its option, convey all the right, title and interest of the district in and to that…
CHAPTER 15. Dissolution §§ 26240–26242 · 3 sections
- § 26240 Whenever it shall deem it advisable, the commission shall, by resolution, order that an election be held in the district upon the question of dissolution of…
- § 26241 Upon dissolution, any property in unincorporated territory which may have been acquired by the district shall vest in the county, and any property within the…
- § 26242 If at the time of the election to dissolve the district there is outstanding any bonded indebtedness of the district, the vote to dissolve shall dissolve the…
CHAPTER 16. Validating Proceedings § 26260 · 1 section
- § 26260 An action to determine the legality of the existence of a district may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of…
PART 3. BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS §§ 27000–27567 · 174 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 27000–27007 · 8 sections
- § 27000 This part may be cited as the Bridge and Highway District Act.
- § 27001 As used in this part “district” means a bridge and highway district unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
- § 27002 As used in this part “board” means the board of directors of the district unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
- § 27003 As used in this part, “contiguous counties” include those counties separated by any of the waters of this State.
- § 27004 As used in this part, “tolls” include tolls, charges, rentals, rates, traffic charges, and other income and revenue actually received or receivable by, or for…
- § 27005 In any county having a registrar of voters, the powers conferred and the duties imposed by this part upon the county clerk in relation to matters of election…
- § 27006 Except as otherwise provided in this part, all elections held by the district shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the general…
- § 27007 No irregularity or informality in conducting any district election which has been otherwise fairly conducted shall invalidate or affect the election.
CHAPTER 2. Ordinance of Intention §§ 27020–27026 · 7 sections
- § 27020 A bridge and highway district may be organized and incorporated in accordance with this part. When so incorporated it shall be entitled to exercise the powers…
- § 27021 A district may consist of part or all of one or more contiguous counties.
- § 27022 Proceedings for the incorporation of a district may be instituted by the adoption of an ordinance by the board of supervisors of each county desiring to form a…
- § 27023 The ordinance of intention shall provide that a petition for the formation of the district be circulated, and the board of supervisors shall, by resolution…
- § 27024 The ordinance of intention may also contain a distinctive corporate name for the proposed district.
- § 27025 The ordinance of intention may be adopted by the board of supervisors at any time after application shall be made to it for that purpose. If the board of…
- § 27026 If the ordinance is adopted by the board of supervisors, it shall be subject to the referendum provisions applicable to ordinances generally in the county.
CHAPTER 3. Proceeding by Petition §§ 27040–27048 · 9 sections
- § 27040 The petition for the formation of the district shall give the name of the district, which shall be the legal name under which the district shall be known, and…
- § 27041 If only part of any county is proposed to be included in the district, the extent of the part of the county included may be indicated by naming the county and…
- § 27042 Attached to each copy of the petition shall be a copy of the ordinance providing for its circulation.
- § 27043 The petition circulated in each county may consist of any number of separate copies of the original instrument and shall be signed by voters residing within…
- § 27044 The copies of the petition from each county shall be grouped or fastened together and submitted to the county elections official of that county for examination…
- § 27045 If the county elections official finds that the copies of the petition are not signed by the requisite number of registered voters residing within the county…
- § 27046 The county elections official shall within 30 days after the filing of the supplemental copies of the petition examine and verify each of the signatures…
- § 27047 If the petition as supplemented contains a sufficient number of signatures the county elections official shall present it with the certificate to that effect…
- § 27048 If the certificate of the county elections official shows that any petition as originally filed or as supplemented is insufficient he or she shall so certify…
CHAPTER 4. Proceeding by Election §§ 27060–27063 · 4 sections
- § 27060 The board of supervisors of any county may, instead of proceeding by petition, call a special election for the purpose of submitting the question of the…
- § 27061 If a majority of the registered voters voting at the election vote in favor of including the county or a specified part thereof in the district, the county or…
- § 27062 The election shall be called and held in accordance with the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the…
- § 27063 The county elections official shall certify the results of the election to the Secretary of State together with a copy of the action of the board of…
CHAPTER 5. Exclusion of Counties Proposed for Inclusion in the District §§ 27080–27083 · 4 sections
- § 27080 If, within 120 days after application is made to it the board of supervisors of any county named in the petitions from other counties engaged in the formation…
- § 27081 The Secretary of State shall file the affidavit with the certificate attached and he shall exclude the county from which the affidavit and certificate have…
- § 27082 If an ordinance declaring it to be the intention of a county to become part of the district has been submitted to the people and has failed to be adopted, that…
- § 27083 If a county which is excluded because no ordinance of intention is adopted by it, separates another county, from which sufficient petitions have been received…
CHAPTER 6. Incorporation of the District §§ 27100–27113 · 14 sections
- § 27100 When all of the petitions, or certifications of the result of elections have been received from the county elections officials of the counties having any…
- § 27101 The petition and notice shall be published for at least three weeks prior to the last day in which protests may be filed in at least one and not to exceed…
- § 27102 Neither the names attached to the petition, nor the certificates of any of the county elections officials, need be published with the petition. It shall be…
- § 27103 Any owner of property which is subject to taxation within the boundaries of the proposed district may, within the time specified, protest against the formation…
- § 27104 The Secretary of State shall attach the protests which he receives from each county to the petition filed from that particular county, and forward the petition…
- § 27105 At the time specified in the notice, or at such other time to which the said hearing may be continued, the superior court shall have jurisdiction to hear and…
- § 27106 The superior court shall have jurisdiction to exclude any lands from the proposed district, together with any other lands contiguous to the excluded lands, and…
- § 27107 The judgment of the superior court shall not be appealable, and all questions of fact therein contained shall be final and conclusive.
- § 27108 The judgment shall only be subject to review by the Supreme Court of this State, upon a writ of review issued out of that court in such cases as writs of…
- § 27109 After the judgment of the court has become final the county elections official shall certify the judgment together with the petition and the protests which he…
- § 27110 When the results of the final judgments upon all protests have been certified to the Secretary of State, he shall issue his certificate of incorporation…
- § 27111 Upon the issuance of the certificate of incorporation the district shall come into existence and shall have all the rights, powers and privileges expressly or…
- § 27112 After the Secretary of State has issued his certificate of incorporation of the district, the sufficiency of any petition shall not be subject to judicial…
- § 27113 No informality in any proceeding not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any person shall invalidate the incorporation of any district. All…
CHAPTER 7. Appointment and Tenure of the Board of Directors §§ 27120–27125 · 5 sections
- § 27120 Within five days after the issuance of the certificate of incorporation, the Secretary of State shall notify the boards of supervisors of each of the counties…
- § 27121 Within 30 days after the receipt of the notice of incorporation of the district each of the boards of supervisors so notified shall appoint the persons to…
- § 27123 Those directors appointed by the board of supervisors of a county shall be appointed by resolution of the board of supervisors, and a copy of the resolution…
- § 27124 All directors shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority; provided, that notwithstanding this section and Section 27122, any director in office on…
- § 27125 Any vacancy in the board shall be filled by appointment by the appointing authority which originally appointed the director whose position has become vacant.
CHAPTER 8. Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers §§ 27140–27154 · 15 sections
- § 27140 The board shall be the governing body of the district and shall outline rules of policy, approve plans, and vote or withhold appropriations to carry the same…
- § 27141 Within two weeks after the Secretary of State has received certified copies of the resolutions of the board of supervisors of each county in the district,…
- § 27142 At the first meeting the board shall organize by choosing one of its members as president, and choosing a secretary, who shall not be a member of the board. At…
- § 27143 All meetings of the board, whether regular or special, shall be open to the public. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of…
- § 27144 The board shall adopt rules to govern its proceedings, including the use of motions in connection with such proceedings.
- § 27145 The board shall select an office and place of business within the district.
- § 27146 For the purpose of considering questions relating to the bridge and highway district generally or local questions affecting a particular county or group of…
- § 27147 All official action of the board shall be by ordinance or resolution. The ayes and noes shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances and resolutions, and…
- § 27148 The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the board shall be “Be it ordained by the board of directors of ____ bridge and highway district as follows:”…
- § 27149 Each member of the board shall receive the sum of fifty dollars ($50) for attending each meeting of the board and each committee meeting on different days, but…
- § 27150 The board shall at its first meeting, or as soon thereafter as practicable, appoint by a majority vote a general manager, an auditor and a secretary. No…
- § 27151 The general manager shall be the executive officer of the district. He shall employ and discharge at pleasure all subordinate officers, employees and…
- § 27152 The board shall appoint an attorney and all subordinate officers not provided to be appointed by the general manager, and shall fix their salaries. Subordinate…
- § 27153 The board may change the name of the district by resolution, which shall become effective upon the filing of a certified copy of the resolution with the…
- § 27154 Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, or any limitation or restriction contained in any law, the board may: (a) Invest and reinvest all or any part of…
CHAPTER 9. District Powers §§ 27160–27179 · 25 sections
- § 27160 The district shall have perpetual succession and acting through the board shall have the powers prescribed in this chapter in addition to any others expressly…
- § 27161 The district may sue and be sued in its corporate name in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
- § 27162 The district may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
- § 27163 The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or otherwise acquire, and hold, use, and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind…
- § 27164 The district may acquire, or contract to acquire, and may construct under contract, or by its own employees, maintain, improve, and operate bridges, abutments,…
- § 27165 The district may acquire by purchase, gift or condemnation, or lease from the United States, this State, or from any person, or public or private corporation,…
- § 27166 The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary to the exercise of the powers granted in this part, or in any provision of…
- § 27167 The district may borrow money, incur indebtedness and issue bonds or other evidences of such indebtedness; and refund or retire any indebtedness or lien that…
- § 27168 The district may purchase or condemn any works which might be constructed by the district, whether completed or partly completed, and conduct and manage the…
- § 27169 The district may have taxes levied and collected in accordance with the provisions of this part for the purpose of paying running expenses, organization…
- § 27170 The district may make contracts, employ labor, and all kinds of employees, whether skilled or unskilled, for the purpose of carrying on the business of the…
- § 27171 The district may establish all necessary rules, regulation or conditions under which the property of the district may be used by the public and fix and collect…
- § 27172 The district may do all things necessary for the complete exercise of the powers described in this chapter.
- § 27173 The work of constructing, repairing, relocating, or otherwise providing any of the highways or approaches composed of the structures or improvements mentioned…
- § 27173.8 Every purchase or contract made in violation of the competitive bidding requirements of this part shall be void.
- § 27174 The district may contract with the State for the construction, repair or relocation of highways or approaches to any structure or improvement maintained or…
- § 27174.1 (a) The district may adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the Vehicle Code for the control of traffic on any facility of travel constructed by the…
- § 27174.2 (a) Every person who, without permission of the board or its authorized officers or agents, climbs upon any railing, cable, suspender rope, tower, or…
- § 27174.3 Every person who stands in the roadway or on the sidewalk of any district toll bridge, or the approaches thereto, for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the…
- § 27175 The district shall cause to be published and made available to the public at the toll gates of any facilities of travel constructed by the district, copies of…
- § 27176 Violation of any rules or regulations provided for in Section 27174.1, notice of which has been given by a sign on the facility of travel constructed by the…
- § 27177 The California Highway Patrol shall have the authority and it shall be its duty to provide for proper and adequate policing of all facilities of travel…
- § 27177.5 A towing service may be maintained by a bridge and highway district on each vehicular crossing under its jurisdiction, and said district may furnish such…
- § 27178 Within the district, the Department of Transportation may restrict any portion of a state highway to a particular mode of vehicular transportation during such…
- § 27179 A bridge and highway district may contract with the State to furnish regular highway patrol officers to serve for 24-hour police or patrol duty on the bridge…
CHAPTER 10. Duties of District Officers §§ 27180–27189 · 10 sections
- § 27180 The president shall sign all contracts on behalf of the district, and perform such other duties as may be imposed by the board.
- § 27181 The secretary shall countersign all contracts on behalf of the district and perform such other duties as may be imposed by the board. The secretary shall…
- § 27182 The auditor under the direction of the board of directors shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting which shall completely show the…
- § 27183 The engineer, under the direction of the general manager, shall have full charge of the constructions and of the works of the district. No person shall serve…
- § 27184 The attorney shall have full charge of the legal matters pertaining to the district, and shall be the legal adviser to the board, the general manager, and all…
- § 27185 The board shall designate a bank or a savings and loan association of good standing, or both, as a depositary for district funds. The board may also designate…
- § 27186 The general manager, secretary, auditor, engineer, and attorney, and any other officers or employees of the district who may be required to do so by the board,…
- § 27187 After the organization of the district the board, the general manager, and all of the other officers of the district shall prepare plans, both engineering and…
- § 27188 The board of directors shall, for the protection of a bridge and highway district, insure any bridge or other facility constructed or acquired under the…
- § 27189 In cases of great emergency, including but not limited to states of emergency as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 8558 of the Government Code, the board…
CHAPTER 10.5. Claims § 27190 · 1 section
- § 27190 All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
CHAPTER 10.6. Annual Audit of the District §§ 27195–27196 · 2 sections
- § 27195 (a) The district shall contract with a certified public accountant or public accountant to make an annual audit, the scope and content of which shall be…
- § 27196 The accountant who is under contract to perform the audit provided for in Section 27195 may at any reasonable time and place examine the books and records of…
CHAPTER 11. Taxation for Preliminary District Expenses §§ 27200–27206 · 7 sections
- § 27200 No taxes shall be levied under the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of carrying out new projects undertaken by the district after the original…
- § 27201 During July of each year the board shall determine the amount of money required by the district which must be raised by taxation, and shall fix a rate of…
- § 27202 All running expenses of the district prior to the time the works of the district are earning revenue, being a part of the cost of constructing or acquiring or…
- § 27203 Within a reasonable time prior to the time that the boards of supervisors of the counties having any portion of their territory within the boundaries of the…
- § 27204 All county officers charged with the duty of collecting taxes shall collect district taxes at the same time and in the same form and manner as county taxes are…
- § 27205 Taxes levied by the board of supervisors of a county for the benefit of the district shall be a lien upon all property within the district, and shall have the…
- § 27206 If during the month of July next preceding the expiration of the time estimated for the construction of the works it shall appear to the board that the…
CHAPTER 12. Authority for Issuance and Sale of District Bonds §§ 27220–27229 · 9 sections
- § 27220 Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness it shall, by resolution so declare. The resolution shall contain: (a) A…
- § 27221 The board shall fix a date upon which a special election shall be held for the purpose of authorizing the bonded indebtedness to be incurred and shall provide…
- § 27222 The board shall give notice of the holding of the election. The notice shall: (a) Refer to the resolution adopted by the board calling the election. (b)…
- § 27223 The notice shall be published for two weeks in at least one newspaper and not more than three newspapers designated by the board, which are published in each…
- § 27224 All the expenses of holding the election shall be borne by the district.
- § 27225 The returns of the election shall be made and the votes canvassed by the board within 30 days after the holding of the election, and the results thereof…
- § 27226 If more than two-thirds of the votes cast at the election are in favor of incurring the indebtedness, the board may by resolution at any time it deems proper…
- § 27227 All bonds issued by the district shall be legal investments for savings banks, and shall have the same force and effect and shall be equivalent to bonds issued…
- § 27229 Whenever the board deems it necessary or advisable to refund any outstanding bonds, it may, by resolution, declare such necessity or advisability and outline a…
CHAPTER 13. Issuance of District Bonds and Disposition of Surplus Proceeds §§ 27240–27250 · 10 sections
- § 27240 At or before the time of issuing any bonds the board shall estimate: (a) The total cost of constructing or acquiring or both the works for which the bonds are…
- § 27241 If the estimated amount of bonds required to pay the estimated cost and interest exceeds the total amount of bonds theretofore authorized, the board may submit…
- § 27242 Bonds may be issued in accordance with the estimate in such amounts not exceeding the total amount of bonds authorized as will produce a sum sufficient to pay…
- § 27243 Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds the board may issue temporary bonds of any denomination and with or without coupons and subject to the same…
- § 27244 If, after any bond has been duly signed by any properly authorized officer, that officer ceases to hold office, the bond may nevertheless be delivered with the…
- § 27245 The district bonds may be made registerable as to principal alone or as to both principal and interest under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the…
- § 27247 If after paying the cost of constructing or acquiring or both the works and interest on the bonds during the actual period of construction and for a period of…
- § 27248 The money in the reserve interest fund shall be deposited in the same manner as other funds of the district or invested in securities which are legal…
- § 27249 If the surplus from the proceeds of the bonds exceeds one year’s interest on the bonds, the balance shall be placed in the fund for the payment of the…
- § 27250 A district formed under this part may issue either general obligation bonds or revenue bonds secured solely by tolls.
CHAPTER 14. Rights of Way for District Works §§ 27260–27262 · 3 sections
- § 27260 The board may construct works across any stream, strait, bay, water course, street, avenue, highway, railway, canal, ditch, or flume which the route of the…
- § 27261 Every person, city or county or public corporation whose right of way is intersected or crossed by the works of the district shall cooperate with the board in…
- § 27262 The necessary right of way is hereby given, dedicated and set apart to the district to locate, construct and maintain works over and through any of the lands…
CHAPTER 15. Toll Charges §§ 27280–27282 · 3 sections
- § 27280 The board shall fix all tolls for the use of the facilities of travel constructed by the district, and shall collect such tolls through the general manager.
- § 27281 The general manager shall furnish the board with an estimate of the tolls necessary to pay the obligations of the district. The board shall, upon the…
- § 27282 The board may fix tolls for travel in one direction only on a facility of travel constructed by the district, with no tolls collected for travel in the other…
CHAPTER 16. Disposition and Maintenance of Adequate District Revenues §§ 27300–27305 · 4 sections
- § 27300 The board may in each fiscal year set aside in separate funds out of the revenues of the works a sufficient sum to: (a) First, pay the operating expenses of…
- § 27301 For the purpose of paying the principal or interest of bonds due or to become due within four months, and not otherwise adequately provided for, the district…
- § 27304 After the completion of construction of the works, the board shall, in the month of July in each year, cause a tax to be levied and collected in the manner…
- § 27305 The taxes required to be levied and collected under this chapter shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for county purposes, and all taxable property…
CHAPTER 17. Annexation of Territory §§ 27320–27325 · 6 sections
- § 27320 Any county or any portion thereof may be added to the district at any time, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter by resolution of the board upon…
- § 27321 If the annexation of any county or portion thereof is proposed to any district already organized the board shall prescribe the terms upon which the territory…
- § 27322 If the board consents to the annexation after any bonded debt of this district has been authorized, the board of supervisors so applying for annexation shall…
- § 27323 If the district has not incurred a bonded indebtedness at the time of the application by the board of supervisors to join the district, the county or part…
- § 27324 After all protests have been disposed of in the same manner as protests upon the incorporation of the district, the Secretary of State shall issue his…
- § 27325 Upon the issuance of the certificate of annexation by the Secretary of State the territory named therein shall become a part of the district.
CHAPTER 18. Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District §§ 27500–27567 · 28 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 27500–27512 · 6 sections
- § 27500 Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
- § 27501 “District” means the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.
- § 27502 “Golden Gate Bridge” means the bridge spanning the Golden Gate between the City and County of San Francisco and the County of Marin.
- § 27503 “Transit services” means the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage by the district by means other than sightseeing ferryboats.
- § 27510 The composition of the board of directors of the district shall be as follows: (a) One director, representing Del Norte County, one director, representing…
- § 27512 (a) The adoption, terms, and conditions of a pension plan covering employees of the district in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization shall be…
ARTICLE 2. Planning §§ 27530–27533 · 4 sections
- § 27530 The Legislature finds and declares that since July 1, 1971, the district has been freed of bonded indebtedness. The prospective continuing role of the district…
- § 27531 The transportation facilities plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) A definition of the district’s future responsibilities for…
- § 27532 In developing the transportation facilities plan, the district shall hold public hearings so that interested persons and organizations are provided an…
- § 27533 No long-range transportation plan of the district shall be adopted unless such plan is consistent with the regional transportation plan of the Metropolitan…
ARTICLE 3. Powers and Functions §§ 27550–27567 · 18 sections
- § 27550 The district may study, construct, acquire, improve, maintain, and operate any and all modes of transportation within or partly outside the district,…
- § 27551 The district may not, prior to December 30, 1975, expend any of its funds to implement the addition of a second deck to the Golden Gate Bridge or any other…
- § 27552 If the district constructs any rail transit lines, such lines, and the rolling stock and other facilities therefor, shall be coordinated with the system of the…
- § 27553 With respect to its ferryboat operations, the district shall not operate any charter or sightseeing services. However, the district may contract with any…
- § 27554 Prior to the expenditure of any funds for the bus transit and water transportation system of the district, the board shall determine: (a) The amount which the…
- § 27555 It is the intention of the Legislature that the district pursue all avenues to obtain federal financing for both its interim transit system and any long-range…
- § 27556 Except for the necessity to finance its interim system of buses and ferries, as described in Section 27551, or the necessity to finance capital improvements or…
- § 27557 The district may purchase transit equipment, such as cars, trolley buses and motorbuses, or rolling equipment, and may execute agreements, leases, and…
- § 27558 The agreement to purchase or lease may direct the vendor or lessor to sell and assign or lease the rolling equipment to a bank or trust company duly authorized…
- § 27559 The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before a person authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds and in the form required for…
- § 27560 The covenants, conditions, restrictions, and provisions of the agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates shall not conflict with any of the…
- § 27561 An executed copy of each agreement and lease shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, who may receive one dollar ($1) for each copy filed with…
- § 27562 Whenever the district offers for sale to the public coupons or commuter ticket books redeemable for the toll on the Golden Gate Bridge, the district shall make…
- § 27563 Any person who, without the consent of the board of directors of the district, uses any district mark, name, word, or phrase, or combination, simulation, or…
- § 27564 The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Automatic vehicle identification systems when used for toll collection can speed up the flow of traffic at…
- § 27565 (a) The department, in cooperation with the district and all known entities planning to implement a toll facility in this state, shall develop and adopt…
- § 27566 (a) In its role as administrator of the automatic vehicle identification system described in Section 27565, the Bay Area Toll Authority shall provide vehicle…
- § 27567 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no toll shall be imposed on the passage of a pedestrian, a bicycle, or a personal micromobility device, as defined…