text: At any time after the approval by the board of the creation of a special service district, as provided in Section 29674, the board may provide for the submission of a proposition for the incurring of a bonded indebtedness to be incurred by the district on behalf of the special service district to pay the costs of acquiring, constructing or completing the whole or any portion of any transit facilities, or for acquiring any works, lands, structures, rights, equipment, or other property necessary or convenient to carry out the objects, purposes or powers of the district within the boundaries of a special service district created pursuant to this chapter.

article: 5. Bond Election

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text: The proposition for incurring a bonded indebtedness under Section 29700 may be submitted to the voters at the same election as the proposition to create the special service district held pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 29680), or at an election subsequent to the creation of the special service district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1495.)

division: 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS

part: 2. SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT

chapter: 10.5. Special Service Districts

article: 5. Bond Election


text: Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 29150) relating to general obligation bonds with the exception of Sections 29150 to 29158, inclusive, shall substantially govern as to all matters pertaining to the manner of calling, giving notice and holding the bond election, the execution, issuance, sale, maturity, redemption, refunding and validation of the bonds authorized by this article, the payment of interest from bond funds, the status of the bonds as investments, the reissuance of bonds, notes, coupons or other evidence of indebtedness which have been lost, destroyed, damaged or mutilated, and past due bonds.

article: 5. Bond Election


text: Only those registered voters residing within the boundaries of the special service district shall be entitled to vote on the proposition for the incurring of a bonded indebtedness. The favorable vote of three-fifths of all the voters voting on the proposition to authorize the issuance of bonds at the election held pursuant to Section 29701 within the special service district as finally established is required to authorize the issuance of the bonds.

article: 5. Bond Election


text: Only the property in the special service district shall be taxable for the payment of the principal and interest on special service district bonds. Until the bonds are paid, taxes shall be levied in substantial compliance with Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 29120) and Section 29183.

article: 5. Bond Election


text: Any proceedings denying the validity of the creation of any special service district, or of any bonds authorized by the voters thereof, pursuant to this part, shall be brought within three months after the date upon which the applicable proposition is approved by the voters.

article: 5. Bond Election


text: Any territory within the boundaries of the district not included within the boundaries of the special service district to which it is proposed to be annexed, may be annexed thereto in the manner provided in this article; provided that no city shall be divided in the annexation of territory to a special service district.

article: 6. Annexation

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text: The board shall by resolution determine that the annexation of the territory will facilitate the acquisition or operation of transit facilities for the special service district, describe the territory, declare its intention to annex the territory to the special service district, set forth the terms and conditions upon which the territory shall be annexed, fix the time and place for hearing on the question of the annexation and provide for notice of the hearing.

article: 6. Annexation


text: Any public agency or portion thereof included as part of the territory proposed to be annexed to a special service district pursuant to this article may, by resolution of its legislative body, or a petition of its voters filed with the secretary of the district prior to the hearing on annexation, require the submission of an annexation proposition to the voters of the public agency, or portion thereof. However, no election shall be held if the board, pursuant to Section 29719, excludes from the territory to be annexed the public agency, or portion thereof, proposed to be annexed in accordance with its resolution or petition.

article: 6. Annexation


text: The petition for election provided for in Section 29712 shall be signed by voters within any public agency, or portion thereof, included within the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed equal in number to at least 10 percent of the registered voters residing within such public agency, or portion thereof. The petition may include one or more documents, but each document shall contain the affidavit of the party who circulated it certifying that each name affixed thereto is the true signature of the person whose name it purports to be.

article: 6. Annexation


text: The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures with the affidavits of registration on file with the county elections official, and shall certify to the board as to the sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 104. Effective January 1, 2003.)

article: 6. Annexation


text: The terms and conditions for the annexation of territory to a special service district may provide, among other matters, for the payment of taxes within the territory to be annexed, in addition to the taxes otherwise provided for in this part, the fixing of rates, rentals, and charges differing from those fixed or existing elsewhere, within the special service district, the making of a payment or payments, or the transfer of property, real and personal, and other assets to the district by the territory proposed to be annexed.

article: 6. Annexation


text: Notice fixing the time and place for hearing on the question of the annexation of territory to a special service district shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district. The board, in its discretion, may give such additional notice as it deems desirable.

article: 6. Annexation


text: The time of hearing shall be not less than 20 nor more than 60 days from the date of the publication of the notice.

article: 6. Annexation


text: At or before the hearing, any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written objections to the annexation of the territory to the special service district or to the inclusion of his property. Upon the hearing the board shall hear and determine all protests and objections.

article: 6. Annexation


text: The hearing may be continued from time to time by the board without further notice other than an order entered upon the minutes of its meeting fixing the time and place of the continued hearing. In the event that no protests are filed, or the protests filed are overruled and denied, and no election is to be held, the board shall, by resolution, declare the territory, or a portion thereof, annexed to the special service district.

article: 6. Annexation


text: If the board finds that protest has been made, prior to the board’s final determination for annexation, by the owners of real property within the area to be annexed the assessed value of which, as shown by the last equalized assessment roll, constitutes more than one-half of the total assessed value of the real property within the area to be annexed, the proceeding shall terminate. The board shall order the proceedings terminated when such protests are received.

article: 6. Annexation


text: From and after the date of filing of the resolution with the secretary of the district, the annexation of the territory, or portion thereof, to the special service district is complete.

article: 6. Annexation


text: If an election is required to be held, pursuant to the provisions of Section 29712, the board shall call such election within 60 days after the petition or resolution is filed with the secretary of the district; provided that if a general election is to be held within the petitioning public agency within 120 days after the petition or resolution is filed with the secretary of the district, the board may consolidate the election required by this article with the general election.

article: 6. Annexation


text: 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 territory in ____ (giving name of public agency or portion thereof) be annexed to San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Special Service District No. ___ (here insert number)?YESNO

article: 6. Annexation


text: No person is entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the public agency, or portion thereof, requesting the election. The election may be held on the same day as any other state, county or city election and may be consolidated.

article: 6. Annexation


text: The costs of the election required by this article shall be borne by the district.

article: 6. Annexation


text: The question of the annexation of territory to a special service district shall be canvassed separately for each public agency, or portion thereof, in which an election is held, and the board shall order and declare the territory annexed to the special service district in each public agency, or portion thereof, in which an election is held and in which a majority of those who voted upon the proposition of annexation of territory to the special service district voted in favor of the proposition, and excluding each public agency, or portion thereof, in which an election was held and in which a majority of those who voted upon the proposition of the annexation of territory to the special service district voted against the proposition.

article: 6. Annexation


text: Upon the completion of the annexation of any territory, in accordance with law, to any city included in a special service district, the city clerk shall file with the secretary of the district a certified copy of the ordinance, resolution or other document completing said annexation containing a description of the property so annexed. Unless the district within 90 days after such filing shall file with the city clerk the district’s written objections to the annexation to the special service district of said territory, such territory shall, upon the termination of such period, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the special service district, and thereafter is subject to taxation along with the entire territory of the special service district in accordance with the assessable valuation of the property thereof for special service district purposes, and for the payment of any indebtedness theretofore or thereafter incurred by the special service district.

article: 6. Annexation


text: If the district shall file its objections, in the manner provided in Section 29726, to the annexation to a special service district of territory annexed to a city included in a special service district, the territory shall not be annexed to the special service district, except in the manner heretofore provided in this Article 6 (commencing with Section 29710). The district may withdraw such objections by filing with the city clerk a certified copy of a resolution of the board stating that such objections are withdrawn. Thereupon such territory shall be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the special service district, as provided in Section 29726.

article: 6. Annexation


text: A special service district may be dissolved by resolution of the board if any proposition for the incurring of a bonded indebtedness fails to carry, and if the special service district is then subject to no other indebtedness or liability pursuant to this part and has been organized for not less than two years. Dissolution of a special service district shall not prevent subsequent proceedings for the creation of a special service district including the same or any part of the area of the special service district dissolved.

article: 7. Dissolution

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text: If district bonds for the acquisition or construction of rapid transit facilities have not been voted by the electors within five years of the creation of the district, the board of directors may call an election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether the district will be dissolved. Upon the filing with the secretary of the district of a petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at least 25 percent of the total vote cast in the district for all candidates for Governor at the last preceding general election at which a Governor was elected, asking that the question of dissolution of the district be submitted to the voters of the district, the board shall call an election for that purpose.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 393.)

chapter: 11. Dissolution

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text: The election, for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether or not the district shall be dissolved, shall be held within 60 days following the date on which it is ordered by the board or on which the petition is filed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 181.)


text: Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because of the filing of a petition or ordered by the board without petition, shall be published. The date fixed for the election shall not be less than 30 days from the date of the first publication of the notice.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 182.)


text: The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on ballots for use at general state and county elections and in addition the following: Shall the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District be dissolved?YESNO

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 394.)


text: No other notice of the election other than that provided for in this article need be given and no sample ballots need be sent to the voters.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1056.)


text: If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition at the election were in favor of the dissolution, the dissolution shall be deemed carried and approved by the voters. The board shall meet on Monday next succeeding the election and canvass the votes cast.


text: If a majority of the qualified electors voting at said election vote in favor of such dissolution, the board of directors shall, by resolution entered upon its minutes, declare the district dissolved. A certified copy of said resolution shall be filed with the county and city and county recorders and with the Secretary of State and also with the county and city and county assessors and the State Board of Equalization. Upon the adoption of said resolution, said district shall be dissolved. The board of directors, if dissolution is voted, shall wind up the affairs of the district and pay all indebtedness thereof, and any moneys remaining thereafter shall be paid over to the counties, city and county and cities, in which the district lies, in proportion to the assessed valuation of taxable property in said city and county and cities and in the unincorporated area of the counties included in the district, as shown by the assessment rolls of the city and county and counties last equalized at the date of such dissolution.


text: In the event that the proposition for dissolution fails to carry, no subsequent election for the dissolution of the district shall be called until after the expiration of one year from the date of the prior election.


text: This part shall be known as the Southern California Rapid Transit District Law.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)

chapter: 1. General Provisions and Definitions

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text:
The Legislature hereby finds and declares:

(a) There is an imperative need for a comprehensive mass rapid transit system in the southern California area, and particularly in Los Angeles County. Diminution of congestion on the streets and highways in Los Angeles will facilitate passage of all Californians motoring through the most populous area of this state and will especially benefit domiciliaries of that county who reside both within and without the rapid transit district. It is, further, the declared policy of the state to foster the development of trade and the movement of people in and around the Los Angeles area for the benefit of the entire state, and one of the purposes of the Southern California Rapid Transit District is to further this policy.

(b) In view of the limited powers of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (herein sometimes referred to as “authority”) it has become apparent that the authority is unable to solve the transit problems of the southern California area and provide the needed comprehensive mass rapid transit system.

(c) It is, therefore, necessary to provide a successor corporation to the authority, to wit: a transit district, and to establish such transit district governed by representatives of the governmental agencies in the southern California area so that there will be sufficient power and authority to solve the transportation problems in the southern California area and to provide the needed comprehensive mass rapid transit system.

(d) It is evident, therefore, that such a transit district may plan to meet the transit needs and problems of the whole southern California area; and that the estimates of future population growth for the southern California area make it imperative that a comprehensive plan for rapid transit contain projections of population trends extending over the next 30 years.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 579.)

part: 3. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT


text: The part shall be liberally construed to carry out the objects and purposes and the declared policy of the State of California as in this part set forth.


text: Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter govern the construction of this part.


text: “District,” as used in this part, means the Southern California Rapid Transit District.


text:
(a) “Rapid transit,” as used in this part, means the transportation of passengers only and their incidental baggage by means other than by chartered bus, sightseeing bus, taxi, or any other motor vehicle not on an individual passenger fare paying basis, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b).

(b) This section does not prohibit the district from doing any of the following:

(1) Leasing its buses to private certified public carriers.

(2) Providing school bus service for the transportation of pupils between their homes and schools.

(3) Providing charter bus services to governmental agencies, if comparable service is unavailable through privately operated bus companies, and to special events, other than regular and preseason scheduled professional and amateur sporting events.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), this section does not prohibit the district from providing charter bus services, which are incidental to the holding of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the County of Los Angeles, to any party or to any event during the period from June 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, inclusive, if the district complies with all of the requirements set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 30630.5.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 109, Sec. 3. (SB 153) Effective September 17, 2025.)


text: “Board of directors,” “board,” or “directors,” as used in this part, means the board of directors of the district.


text: “Public agency,” as used in this part, includes the State of California, and any county, city and county, city, district, or other political subdivision or public entity of, or organized under the laws of, this State.


text: There is hereby created the Southern California Rapid Transit District, comprising that territory hereinafter described in this section lying within the boundaries of the County of Los Angeles and such territory in the County of Los Angeles and in other counties as may be hereafter annexed to the district as provided in this part. The territory within the County of Los Angeles which is hereby created into such district is described as follows:

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1068.)

chapter: 2. Creation of District

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text: The district created in accordance with the provisions of this part is a public corporation created for the purposes set forth in this part.


text: All powers, privileges and duties vested in or imposed upon the district shall be exercised and performed by and through a board of directors; provided, however, that the exercise of any and all executive, administrative, and ministerial power may be delegated and redelegated by the board of directors to any of the offices and officers created pursuant to this part or created by the board of directors acting pursuant to this part.

chapter: 3. Government of District

article: 1. Board of Directors

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text:
The board of directors shall consist of 11 members appointed as follows:

Five by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, who, in the discretion of such board of supervisors, may or may not be members of such board of supervisors, but each of whom shall be a resident of a different supervisorial district.

Two by the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, subject to confirmation by the City Council of the City of Los Angeles, who may or may not be members of such city council, but each of whom shall be a resident of such city.

Four by the city selection committee, each of whom, in the discretion of such committee, may or may not be a member of the city selection committee, but who shall be an elected city official, shall be a resident of a different city, and shall not be a resident of the City of Los Angeles. The city selection committee shall adopt rules and regulations grouping or combining the areas of the cities within the district, except the City of Los Angeles, into four corridors based on existing or proposed transit lines. The rules and regulations shall provide that the member of the board to be selected by a subcommittee of the city selection committee shall be a resident of the corridor represented by the subcommittee. The terms of office of these four members of the board shall be for four years. On and after January 1, 1977, any appointment to the board shall be made by a subcommittee of the committee, which subcommittee shall include only members representing those cities within the corridor that the previous director represented. The appointment of a subcommittee shall be deemed approved by the city selection committee unless rejected by a two-thirds vote of the committee within 30 days of the appointment. If the appointment is so rejected, the subcommittee shall make another appointment.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 203.)

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: Notwithstanding Section 30201, if a director appointed by the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles is a member of the city council of that city, confirmation by the city council is not required. If a director appointed by the mayor is not a member of the city council, the person appointed may serve for 60 days without confirmation.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 586, Sec. 1. Effective September 2, 1992.)

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: At its first regular meeting after the effective date of this part, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles shall appoint as members of the first board of directors of the district the number to be appointed by it under Section 30201.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: At its first regular meeting after the effective date of this part, the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, subject to confirmation by the City Council of the City of Los Angeles, shall appoint as members of the first board of directors of the district the number to be appointed by it under Section 30201.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: Each member of the board of directors appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing body. Each member of the board of directors appointed by the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, subject to confirmation by the City Council of the City of Los Angeles, may be removed at any time thereafter by following the same procedure used for appointment. If he is a member of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles or the City Council of the City of Los Angeles and his term of office as a member of such bodies terminates, a vacancy is automatically created in his office as a member of the board of directors. If he is not a member of such bodies his term of office shall terminate at the end of his term as director.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: Each director appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles shall be appointed by resolution, and each director appointed by the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, subject to confirmation by the City Council of the City of Los Angeles, shall be confirmed by resolution, and certified copies of the resolutions, together with notices of appointments made thereby, shall be forwarded without delay to the secretary of the district and to the County Clerk of Los Angeles County.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 829, Sec. 54. Effective January 1, 1999.)

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: Any vacancy in the members of the board of directors appointed by the County of Los Angeles or by the City of Los Angeles shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as the appointment was made to the office in which the vacancy exists, in the manner provided in this part.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: A city selection committee shall be established which shall consist of one member representing each city within the district as described in Section 30100, except the City of Los Angeles. Each member of the city selection committee shall serve without compensation from the district and shall be designated and appointed by and be a member of the governing body of the city they represent. As a member of the city selection committee, each member shall be entitled to vote on all motions coming before the committee or subcommittee thereof of which that member is a member, and shall be entitled to cast one vote for each 10,000, or major fractional part thereof, of population in the city represented by the member as shown by the latest population estimate prepared by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance pursuant to Section 2227 of the Revenue and Taxation Code; provided, that each member shall have at least one vote and no city shall have votes exceeding in number the total number of votes of all the other cities represented on the committee. For the purposes of this section, the term “major fractional part” means a fractional part larger than one-half.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 132. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: On or before the second Monday which is not a holiday following the effective date of this part, the governing body of each city within the district, except the City of Los Angeles, shall appoint from among its members, to serve as members of the city selection committee, the number of members of the city selection committee to be appointed by it under Section 30207.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: Each member of the city selection committee shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body of the city by which he was appointed. If his term of office as a member of such appointing body terminates, a vacancy is automatically created in his office as a member of the city selection committee, and also as a member of the board of directors, if he is so serving.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: Each member of the city selection committee shall be appointed by a resolution adopted by the governing body of the appointing body. Certified copies of all resolutions of appointment, together with notices of appointment made thereby, shall be forwarded without delay to the secretary of the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 875.)

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: Any vacancy in the city selection committee shall be filled by appointment by the body which originally made the appointment to the office in which the vacancy exists, in the manner provided in this part.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: No person serving as a member of the city selection committee shall be eligible for appointment to any salaried office or employment in the service of the district nor shall he become eligible for such appointment within one (1) year after he has ceased to be a member of the city selection committee; provided, however, that, as provided in this part, members of the city selection committee may serve as directors of the district.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: The county auditor shall furnish the necessary certificates as to assessed valuation to enable the city selection committee to function.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: All meetings of the city selection committee shall be conducted pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: The presence of members of the city selection committee representing more than fifty (50) percent of the total number of votes of all the members of the city selection committee shall constitute a quorum.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: The affirmative votes of members representing more than fifty (50) percent of the total number of votes of all the members of the city selection committee shall be necessary and, except as otherwise provided in this part, shall be sufficient to carry any motion coming before the city selection committee.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: Within ten (10) days after the Secretary of State has received certified copies of the resolutions appointing a majority of the city selection committee, he shall call the first meeting of the city selection committee to be held not less than twenty (20) days thereafter at an appropriate time and place. The meeting shall be held in any city within the district designated by the Secretary of State, and may be adjourned from time to time or to a different place as determined by a majority of the total number of votes of all members present whether there be a quorum or less than a quorum.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: The city selection committee shall appoint from its members a chairman and such other officers as may be necessary. Until a chairman is appointed, the Secretary of State, or his deputy, shall act as chairman.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: The city selection committee shall appoint as members the number to be appointed by it under Section 30201 as the first board of directors of the district. All such appointments shall be completed within ten (10) days after the first meeting called by the Secretary of State.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: Members of the board of directors who are not members of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles or members of the City Council of the City of Los Angeles shall, at the first meeting of the board of directors be assigned by lot so far as possible staggered terms of one, two, three and four years in that order and thereafter the terms of such members of the board of directors shall be four years.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text:
Whenever a vacancy occurs in the member of the board appointed by a subcommittee of the city selection committee, the vacancy shall be filled by that subcommittee. The subcommittee shall meet within 30 days following the occurrence to appoint a director to fill the vacancy. The board shall determine promptly the time and place of the meeting of the subcommittee and shall give the members at least 10 days notice thereof. Whenever there shall not be quorum present at the meeting of the subcommittee, the meeting shall be adjourned to a subsequent time and place as determined by a majority of the total number of votes present.

The appointment of the subcommittee shall be deemed approved by the city selection committee unless rejected by a two-thirds vote of the committee within 30 days of the appointment. If the appointment is so rejected, the subcommittee shall make another appointment.

An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired portion of the term.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 469.)

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: The city selection committee shall meet within 45 days after receiving the latest population estimate prepared by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance pursuant to Section 2227 of the Revenue and Taxation Code (1) to determine the number of votes each member is entitled to cast and (2) to enable each subcommittee of the committee to appoint a member to the board on the basis of the newly determined number of votes each member is entitled to cast; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent the reappointment of directors who are currently serving or who have served previously. The board shall determine the time and place of the meeting of the city selection committee and shall give the members at least 10 days’ notice thereof. Whenever there shall not be a quorum present at the meeting of the city selection committee, the meeting shall be adjourned to a subsequent time and place as determined by a majority of the total number of votes present.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 133. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: Upon petition signed by members of the city selection committee representing more than two-thirds (23) of the total number of votes of all the members of the city selection committee, the city selection committee shall meet for the purpose of considering the recall of any member of the board of directors appointed by the city selection committee and named in such petition. The board of directors shall determine promptly the time and place of the meeting of the city selection committee and shall give the members at least ten (10) days notice thereof. Whenever there shall not be a quorum present at the meeting of the city selection committee the meeting shall be adjourned to a subsequent time and place as determined by a majority of the total number of votes present. If at such meeting another person is appointed in place of the person named in the petition such person shall be deemed to be recalled and the vacancy created thereby shall be filled by the new member thus appointed.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: Members of the board of directors shall serve until their respective successors are appointed and qualified.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: Except as provided in Section 30251 of this part, no person serving as a director shall be eligible for appointment to any salaried office or employment in the service of the district nor shall he become eligible for such appointment or employment within one (1) year after he has ceased to be a director.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: In order to provide orderly transition from the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (herein sometimes referred to as “authority”) to the district, it may be desirable for a member or members or former member or members of the authority to serve or continue to serve as a member or members of the board of directors of the district and nothing in this part shall prevent each one of the three appointing bodies from each appointing a member or members of the authority as a member or members of the board of directors of the district if the appointing body involved, in its discretion, wishes so to do.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: Within ten (10) days after the Secretary of State has received certified copies of the resolutions appointing a majority of the directors, he shall call the first meeting of the board of directors at an appropriate time within twenty (20) days thereafter. The meeting shall be held in the City of Los Angeles.

article: 1. Board of Directors


text: Each director, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take the oath of office. The oath shall be filed with the Secretary of State and a copy thereof with the secretary of the district.

article: 3. Powers and Duties of Directors

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text: The board of directors is the legislative body of the district and, consistent with the provisions of this part, shall determine all questions of district policy.

article: 3. Powers and Duties of Directors


text: The board may contract and take any and all actions and proceedings and do any and all other things necessary to carry out the purposes of this part.

article: 3. Powers and Duties of Directors


text: The board shall determine what transit facilities should be acquired, constructed, developed, jointly developed, leased, or disposed of, by means including, but not limited to, lease, sale, purchase, option, gift, devise, condemnation, grant, or otherwise.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 497, Sec. 1.5.)

article: 3. Powers and Duties of Directors


text: In order to provide orderly transition from the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (herein sometimes referred to as “authority”) to the district, it may be desirable for certain members or former members of the authority or the officers, advisors and staff thereof, or both, to serve in an advisory capacity to the board. The board may, in its discretion, establish an advisory board of the above-named persons or any others that it sees fit, provided that each member of such advisory board shall consent to serve and also that there shall be no compensation paid by the district to members of such advisory board.

article: 3. Powers and Duties of Directors


text: The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated by the district, including the fixing of rates, fares, rentals, charges, and classifications thereof, and the making and enforcement of rules, regulations, contracts, practices, and schedules, for or in connection with any transit facility owned or controlled by the district.

article: 3. Powers and Duties of Directors


text: Subject to the provisions of Article 10 (commencing with Section 30750), Chapter 5 of this part, the board may adopt a personnel system for the purpose of recruiting and maintaining an effective working force with good morale. The board shall by resolution determine and create such number and character of positions as are necessary properly to carry on the functions of the district. The board shall establish an appropriate salary, salary range, or wage for each position so created, except for positions in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization. The board may also establish health and other fringe benefits. The board may by resolution abolish any such position. Except as otherwise provided in this part, appointments to such positions shall be made by the general manager.

article: 3. Powers and Duties of Directors


text: The board may contract for or employ any professional services required by the district or for the performance of work or services for the district which, in the opinion of the board, cannot satisfactorily be performed by the officers or employees of the district.

article: 3. Powers and Duties of Directors


text: The board shall have an annual audit made of all books and accounts of the district by an independent certified public accountant or public accountant.

article: 3. Powers and Duties of Directors


text: As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year the board shall submit to the chief administrative officers and legislative bodies of cities and counties within the district a financial report showing the result of operations during the preceding fiscal year and the financial status of the district on the final day thereof. Copies of the report shall be supplied to the general public upon request in the quantity deemed appropriate by the board.

article: 3. Powers and Duties of Directors


text: The board may provide by resolution, under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment of demands against the district without prior specific approval thereof by the board if the demand is for a purpose for which an expenditure has been previously approved by the board and in an amount no greater than the amount so authorized, and if the demand is approved by the general manager or such other officer or deputy as the board may prescribe.

article: 3. Powers and Duties of Directors


text: To facilitate the business of the district, the board may provide for the creation and administration of such funds as the needs of the district may require. The funds shall be disbursed in accordance with rules established by the board and all payments from any fund shall be reported to the board.

article: 3. Powers and Duties of Directors


text: The board may hold public hearings, subpoena witnesses, and perform all other acts necessary to properly carry out its duties. The board may delegate such authority to other officers of the district who shall report thereon to the board.

article: 3. Powers and Duties of Directors


text: Each director may administer oaths and affirmations in any district investigation or proceeding.

article: 3. Powers and Duties of Directors


text: All meetings of the board of directors shall be conducted pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code.

article: 4. Meetings and Legislation

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text: The affirmative votes of a majority of the members of the board shall be necessary and, except as otherwise provided in this part, shall be sufficient to carry any order, resolution, or ordinance coming before the board of directors.

article: 4. Meetings and Legislation


text: The board shall adopt rules for the general conduct of its proceedings including, without limitation, penalties for unexcused absence from meetings.

article: 4. Meetings and Legislation


text:
(a) The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance. No ordinance shall be passed by the board on the day of its introduction, nor within five days thereafter, nor at any time other than a regular or adjourned regular meeting. No ordinance shall take effect until the expiration of 30 days following its adoption, unless otherwise provided in this part.

(b) The following ordinances shall take effect upon adoption:

(1) An ordinance relating to an election, or to the issuance or sale of bonds, or to the levying or collection of taxes, or the fixing of fares.

(2) An ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation or protection of the property, interests, or welfare of the district, which shall contain a specific statement showing its urgency, passed by two-thirds of the votes of all of the members of the board.

(c) All ordinances except those which take effect upon their adoption shall be subject to referendum as provided in Section 30741.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 106.)

article: 4. Meetings and Legislation


text: The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it ordained by the Board of Directors of the Southern California Rapid Transit District:”

article: 4. Meetings and Legislation


text: All ordinances shall be signed by the president or the vice president of the board and attested by the secretary. All ordinances shall be published once within 15 days after passage in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the district.

article: 4. Meetings and Legislation


text: The officers of the district shall consist of the members of the board of directors; a president and a vice president of the board, each of whom shall be a member of the board; a secretary, a general manager, a general counsel, a treasurer, an auditor, and such other or subordinate officers, assistants, and deputies as the board may deem necessary and provide for by ordinance or resolution.

article: 5. Officers

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text: The secretary, general manager, general counsel, treasurer, and auditor shall be full-time officers and shall be appointed by and may be removed by the affirmative votes of a majority of the members of the board. All other officers and employees shall be appointed by the general manager and shall serve at his pleasure, subject to the provisions of this part relating to personnel.

article: 5. Officers


text: The compensation of all district officers and employees, except as otherwise provided in this part, shall be fixed by ordinance or resolution of the directors.

article: 5. Officers


text:
The general counsel shall be a person admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of California and shall have been actively engaged in the practice of law for not less than seven (7) years next preceding his appointment.

The person appointed auditor shall have been actively engaged in the practice of accounting for not less than seven (7) years next preceding his appointment.

article: 5. Officers


text: The oath of office of all officers appointed by the board of directors or by the general manager of the district shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the secretary of the district at any time after the officer has notice of his appointment but not later than fifteen (15) days after the commencement of his term of office. No other filing is required.

article: 5. Officers


text: The board may require officers, assistants, deputies and employees to give bonds and may fix the amount thereof.

article: 5. Officers


text: Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090), Chapter 1, Division 4, Title 1, of the Government Code shall apply to all officers and contracts of the district.

article: 5. Officers


text: The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the district and shall make payments only upon warrants duly and regularly signed by the president or vice president of the board, or other person authorized by the board so to do, and by the secretary or general manager. He shall keep an account of all receipts and disbursements.

article: 5. Officers


text: The district may designate the treasurer and the auditor of the County of Los Angeles as treasurer and auditor of the district and the treasury of that county may be designated the depositary for district funds for such time as the board may determine.

article: 5. Officers


text: The board shall appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have full charge of the acquisition, construction, development, joint development, maintenance, operation, leasing, and disposition of the facilities of the district and also of the administration of the business affairs of the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 497, Sec. 2.)

article: 6. General Manager

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text: All other things being equal, the general manager shall be chosen on the basis of his qualifications with special reference to his actual experience in or his knowledge of accepted practices in respect to the duties of his office as hereinafter set forth.

article: 6. General Manager


text: The general manager need not be a resident of this State at the time of his appointment.

article: 6. General Manager


text: The general manager shall hold office for an indefinite term and may be removed by the board upon the adoption of a resolution by the affirmative vote of a majority of all members of the board. Before the general manager may be removed, he shall, if he demands it, be given a written statement of the reasons alleged for his removal and he shall have the right to be publicly heard thereon at a meeting of the board prior to the final vote on the resolution providing for his removal, but pending and during such hearing the board may suspend him from office. The board may not reduce the salary of the general manager below the amount fixed at the time of his original appointment except upon the adoption of a resolution by a like vote and after a like opportunity to be heard. The action of the board in suspending or removing the general manager or reducing his salary is final.

article: 6. General Manager


text:
The powers and duties of the general manager are:

(a) To have full charge of the acquisition, construction, development, joint development, maintenance, operation, leasing, and disposition of the facilities of the district.

(b) To have full charge of the administration of the business affairs of the district.

(c) To see that all ordinances of the district are enforced.

(d) To administer the personnel system and collective bargaining agreements adopted by the board and, except for officers appointed by the board, to appoint, discipline, or remove all officers and employees subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the board and the applicable provisions of this part or the terms and conditions contained in any applicable collective bargaining agreement.

(e) To prepare and submit to the board, as soon as practical after the end of each fiscal year, a complete report of the finances and administrative activities of the district for the preceding year.

(f) To keep the board advised as to the needs of the district.

(g) To prepare, or cause to be prepared, all plans and specifications for the construction of the works of the district.

(h) To devote the manager’s entire time to the business of the district.

(i) To cause to be installed and maintained a system of auditing and accounting which shall completely, and at all times, show the financial condition of the district.

(j) To perform other and additional duties that the board may require.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 497, Sec. 3.)

article: 6. General Manager


text: The general manager shall attend meetings of the board and be entitled to participate in the deliberations of the board, but shall not have a vote as to any matter before the board.

article: 6. General Manager


text: The directors may appoint a general manager pro tempore to serve during any absence or disability of the general manager.

article: 6. General Manager


text: The board may establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the district and provide for the payment of annuities, pensions, retirement allowances, disability payments, and death benefits or any of them.

article: 1. Establishment

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text: The district may maintain its own retirement fund or may provide for benefits to eligible officers and employees, or their beneficiaries, by means of group insurance or other insurance, or by such means as in the opinion of the board will satisfactorily provide an adequate and sure method of meeting the payments contemplated by the retirement system.

chapter: 4. Retirement System and Employment Benefits

article: 1. Establishment


text: Before establishing any retirement system the board shall secure a report from a qualified actuary, which shall show the cost of the benefits provided by the system, and the prospective assets and liabilities of the system.

article: 1. Establishment


text: The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to the initiation, maintenance, and administration of the retirement system.

article: 1. Establishment


text: As an alternative method of providing a retirement system the board may contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and enter all or any portion of its employees under such system pursuant to law and under the terms and conditions of such contract, or may contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System for reciprocal benefits between the Public Employees’ System, or a city, or city and county, or any other public agency contracting with the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the district’s retirement system as authorized by Section 20042 of the Government Code, and may perform all acts necessary or convenient to provide for such reciprocal benefits.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 837.)

article: 1. Establishment


text: The board may also contract with the Board of Administration of the State Employees’ Retirement System for participation in the Federal Social Security Act and may perform all acts necessary or convenient for such participation.

article: 1. Establishment


text: The board may classify and determine the officers and employees who shall be included as members in the retirement system and may change the classification from time to time. Membership of all officers and employees so classified and included in the retirement system is compulsory.

article: 1. Establishment


text: The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the district or their beneficiaries shall be entitled to benefits and the amounts thereof.

article: 2. Benefits and Contributions

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text: Any pension or retirement system adopted shall be on a sound actuarial basis and provide for contributions by both the district and the employee members of the system which shall be based on percentage of pay roll to be changed only by adjustments on account of experience under the system.

article: 2. Benefits and Contributions


text: Contributions shall be in amounts which will accumulate at retirement a fund sufficient to carry out the promise to pay benefits to the individual on account of his service as a member of the system, without further contributions from any source.

article: 2. Benefits and Contributions


text: Nothing in any pension or retirement system or plan shall prevent the board from, at any time, amending, changing, modifying or terminating any provision for benefits, participation, or contributions thereto or thereunder.

article: 2. Benefits and Contributions


text: Articles 1 (commencing with Section 30400) and 2 (commencing with Section 30430) do not apply to any employees of the district in a bargaining unit which is represented by a labor organization.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 107.)

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text: The adoption, terms, and conditions of the retirement systems covering employees of the district in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization shall be pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between such labor organization and the district. Any such retirement system adopted pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement shall be on a sound actuarial basis. The district and the labor organization representing the district’s employees in a bargaining unit shall be equally represented in the administration of such retirement system.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)

article: 3. Employees Under Bargaining Agreements


text: The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage of its employees under Title 2 of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended, and the related provisions of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, as amended.

article: 4. Other Benefits

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text: The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the district and its employees under the state laws relating to workers’ compensation and insurance, unemployment compensation, and disability compensation.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1454.)

article: 4. Other Benefits


text: The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.

chapter: 5. Powers and Functions of District

article: 1. Corporate Power

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text: The district and its officers may sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.

article: 1. Corporate Power


text: The district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose, as provided in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 30800) of this part.

article: 1. Corporate Power


text: The district may exercise the right of eminent domain within the boundaries of the district to take any property necessary, incidental, or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this part.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 2.)

article: 1. Corporate Power


text: The district is authorized to maintain a suitable security force comprised of transit police officers and security guards. Persons designated as transit police officers are peace officers pursuant to Section 830.33 of the Penal Code. The district shall adhere to the standards for recruitment and training of peace officers established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 13500) of Part 4 of the Penal Code in the recruitment and training of its transit police officers. Every transit police officer employed by the district shall conform to the standards for peace officers of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and the commanding officer of the unit shall, not later than July 1, 1979, (1) have at least 10 years of active law enforcement experience in a capacity of employment requiring peace officer status and (2) have met the requirements for the advanced certificate of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, (3) have attended a POST-approved law enforcement management course, and (4) have an associate of arts degree or higher. Any such officer who fails to conform to such standards by July 1, 1979, shall not continue to have the powers of a peace officer.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1165, Sec. 47.)

article: 1. Corporate Power


text: The district is entitled to the benefit of any reservation or grant, in all cases, where any right has been reserved or granted to the State or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any public corporation to construct or maintain roads, highways or other crossings over any public or private lands.

article: 1. Corporate Power


text: The district may exercise any and all powers granted by any other law which by its terms is applicable to districts generally, to public corporations generally, or to any classification of districts or public corporations which includes a district of the type provided for in this part, but no such power shall be exercised contrary to any express provision of this part.

article: 1. Corporate Power


text: Prior to the time the district incurs any bonded indebtedness, the district shall insofar as possible follow the budgetary control procedures for counties, pursuant to Articles 1 to 8, inclusive (commencing with Section 29000), Chapter 1, Division 3, Title 3 of the Government Code. Transfers of funds within, or revisions of, a budget adopted by the district, whether before or after the incurring of any bonded indebtedness, may be made by appropriate act of the board at a regular, adjourned regular or special meeting. After the district incurs any bonded indebtedness the district shall establish suitable budgetary procedures and thereafter copies of each proposed annual budget shall be available to interested persons a reasonable time before the adoption thereof and copies of the final budget shall likewise be available to interested persons. Copies of any special budgets shall be furnished to interested parties on request.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1215.)

article: 1. Corporate Power


text: The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, contracts and stipulations to indemnify and save harmless, and to do all acts necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for the full exercise of the powers granted in this part.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 497, Sec. 5.)

article: 2. Contracts

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text: The district may contract with any department or agency of the United States of America or of the State of California or with any public or private corporation upon such terms and conditions as the directors find is for the best interests of the district.

article: 2. Contracts


text: The district may contract with any person, firm, corporation, association, organization, or other entity, public or private, for the acquisition, construction, development, joint development, maintenance, operation, leasing, and disposition of facilities of the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 497, Sec. 6.)

article: 2. Contracts


text: The district may insure against any accident to or destruction of the system or any part thereof.

article: 2. Contracts


text: The district may insure against loss of revenues from any cause whatsoever.

article: 2. Contracts


text: The district may insure against public liability or property damage, or both. It may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of any bonds for the carrying of such or any other insurance, in such amount and of such character as may be specified, and for the payment of the premiums thereon.

article: 2. Contracts


text: Any bonds, notes, warrants and other evidences of indebtedness issued or incurred by the district shall be signed as provided in the section of this part applicable thereto or as provided in any other law applicable thereto; provided, however, that if the particular section or law does not prescribe the method of such execution, the method provided for bonds of the district shall apply so far as applicable. All other contracts of the district shall be executed on behalf of the district by the general manager; provided, however, that the board may, by resolution, fix any other method of executing such contracts.

article: 2. Contracts


text: The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or by condemnation, or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the district necessary or incidental to the full or convenient exercise of its powers. That property includes, but is not limited to, property necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for joint development and property physically or functionally related to rapid transit service or facilities. The board may lease, sell, jointly develop, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property within or without the district when, in its judgment, it is for the best interests of the district so to do.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 497, Sec. 7.)

article: 4. Property

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text: The district may provide a rapid transit system for the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage.

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service

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text:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the district may operate charter bus service, subject to all of the following limitations:

(1) Bus equipment that is designed solely for charter service shall not be purchased. A bus equipped with a toilet or underfloor baggage compartment shall be deemed to be bus equipment that is designed solely for charter service.

(2) The board shall hold a public hearing before adopting a charter rate schedule or any amendment to the charter rate schedule. Notice of the hearing shall be mailed to each charter-party carrier operating within the district at least 30 days before the date of the hearing. The notice shall include the proposed charter rate schedule. At the close of the public hearing, the board may adopt charter rate schedules, which shall not be less than the average for the three largest private charter-party carriers operating similar service in the district.

(3) Charter service operations by the district shall originate and terminate within the area served by the district, unless a private charter-party carrier requests the district to provide service beyond that area.

(b) (1) The district may provide charter bus service for the 2026 FIFA World Cup during the period from June 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, inclusive, in the County of Los Angeles if all of the following conditions are met:

(A) The district establishes a schedule of rates for charter bus services that are incidental to the holding of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the County of Los Angeles subject to the following requirements:

(i) The rates for charter-party bus services established under this paragraph are sufficient to pay all marginal costs related to those charter bus services and contribute financially to the reduction of deficits incurred by the district in the operation of scheduled route services.

(ii) The rates are at least equal to the average of the lowest rates charged by the three largest private charter-party carriers operating similar service in the County of Los Angeles.

(iii) The schedule of rates are effective from June 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, inclusive.

(B) The district provides charter bus service for the events to the extent that private charter-party carriers are not capable of providing that service.

(C) The district provides charter bus service in compliance with paragraphs (1) and (3) of subdivision (a).

(2) Other public transportation providers, operating under contract with the district, may provide charter bus service under this subdivision in the County of Los Angeles for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

(3) This subdivision does not override any collective bargaining agreement between the district or a public transportation provider operating under contract with the district and a labor organization that represents employees of those entities, as applicable, and does not authorize the district or a public transportation provider operating under contract with the district to provide charter bus service via contracting with private entities. Any charter bus service provided pursuant to this subdivision shall be operated by the district, or a public transportation provider operating under contract with the district, with employees of the entity providing the charter service.

(4) For purposes of this subdivision, “not capable of providing that service” includes, but is not limited to, the inability to meet requirements including, but not limited to, requirements with regard to unique equipment, fuel type, number of doors, frequency, public safety, accommodations for standing passengers, handicap accessibility, or the nature of the service.

(5) This subdivision shall become inoperative on January 1, 2027.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 109, Sec. 4. (SB 153) Effective September 17, 2025.)

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text:
(a) The district may acquire, construct, develop, lease, jointly develop, own, operate, maintain, control, use, jointly use, or dispose of rights-of-way, rail lines, monorails, buslines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, parking lots, air rights, land rights, development rights, entrances and exits, and any and all other facilities for, incidental to, necessary for, or convenient for rapid transit service, including, but not limited to, facilities and structures physically or functionally related to rapid transit service, within or partly without the district, underground, upon, or above the ground and under, upon, or over public street, highways, bridges, or other public ways or waterways, together with all physical structures necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for the access of persons and vehicles thereto, and may acquire, lease, sell, or otherwise contract with respect to any interest in or rights to the use or joint use of any or all of the foregoing. However, installations in state freeways are subject to the approval of the Department of Transportation and installations in other state highways are subject to Article 2 (commencing with Section 670) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of the Streets and Highways Code.

(b) The use of the streets, highways, freeways, and other public places by the district for any of the purposes permitted herein is presumed to be no greater burden on adjoining properties than the uses existing as of August 22, 1964. If facilities, other than state highways or freeways referred to above, (including, but not limited to, streets, highways, pipelines, sewers, water mains, storm drains, poles, communications wires, and electric transmission wires) of another public agency, of the state, or of a private owner are necessarily required to be relocated, replaced, or altered in order for the district to construct or operate its system, or if the construction or operation by the district of its system makes necessary the relocation, replacement, or alteration of any of those facilities of another public agency, of the state, or of a private owner in order to maintain the functioning of the facilities at their previous level of service, the facilities shall be relocated, replaced, or altered with reasonable promptness by the respective public corporation, state, or private owner and the district shall, by prior agreement, reimburse the public corporation, state, or private owner for the actual cost necessarily incurred in the relocation, replacement, or alteration.

(c) The district may enter into an agreement with any city or county having jurisdiction over the street or highway involved, and, as may be provided in the agreement, may close any city street or county highway at or near the point of its interception with any district facility or may make provision for carrying the city street or county highway over or under or to a connection with the district facility and may do any and all work on the city street or county highway as is necessary therefor. No city street or county highway shall be closed, either directly or indirectly, by the construction of district facilities except pursuant to such an agreement or while temporarily necessary during the construction of district facilities if the district has first obtained a temporary street or highway closing permit.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 497, Sec. 8.)

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text: The district may lease or contract for the use of its facilities, or any portion thereof, to any operator, and may provide for subleases by such operator upon such terms and conditions as it deems in the public interest. The word “operator” as used in this section means any city or public agency or any person, firm or private corporation engaged in the transportation of passengers for hire, properly holding a Public Utilities Commission approved and authorized certificate of public convenience and necessity for the transportation of passengers.

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text: The district may construct, acquire, develop, jointly develop, maintain, operate, lease, and dispose of works and facilities in, under, upon, over, across, or along any road, street, alley, avenue, or public highway or any stream, bay, watercourse, or other public ways or waterways, or over any of the lands which are the property of the state, including, but not limited to, facilities and structures physically or functionally related to rapid transit service, to the same extent that those rights and privileges relating to public ways or waterways are granted to municipalities within the state for those uses or any other use or uses, including, but not limited to, those uses specified in Article 3 (commencing with Section 10101) of Chapter 1 of Division 5.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 497, Sec. 9.)

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text:
(a) The district may enter into agreements for the joint use or joint development of any property or rights by the district and any city, public agency, or public utility operating transit facilities or nontransit facilities, or both, or any other person, firm, corporation, association, organization, or other entity, public or private, either, in whole or in part, within or outside the district, for the joint use or development of any property of the district or of the city, public agency, public utility, person, firm, corporation, association, organization, or other entity, public or private, or the establishment of through routes, joint fares, station cost-sharing, connector fees, or land, air, or development rights sales or leasing, transfer of passengers, pooling arrangements, or for any other purpose necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for the full exercise of the powers granted in this part. As to any service which the district is authorized to perform pursuant to this part, the district may contract for the performance of the service by any city, county, or public utility operating transit facilities, the territory of which is, in whole or in part, within the district.

(b) “Joint development” includes, but is not limited to, agreements with any person, firm, corporation, association, organization, or other entity, public or private, to develop or to engage in the planning, financing, or construction of district facilities or development projects adjacent, or physically or functionally related, to district facilities.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, no joint development of nontransit facilities may be accomplished without the prior approval of the legislative body of the local jurisdiction within which the development is to take place.

(d) “Transit facilities,” as used in this section, includes land, buildings, and equipment, or any interest therein, whether or not the operation thereof produces revenue, which have as their primary purpose the operation of a rail transit system or the providing of services to the passengers of a rail transit system.

(e) “Nontransit facilities,” as used in this section, includes any land, buildings, or equipment, or interest therein, which is used primarily for the production of transit revenue not arising from the operation of a rail transit system.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 3.)

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text: The district may operate such feeder bus lines and other feeder services as necessary.

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this part, the board shall cause a preliminary report to be made as to a rapid transit service and system which shall include:

(a) The estimated cost of the proposed acquisition, and construction and all incidental expenses connected therewith.

(b) The probable sources of income from the system and the estimated amount thereof.

(c) The estimated cost of maintenance and operation thereof.

(d) The proposed method or methods of financing.

(e) Any other information deemed pertinent, including, without limitation, a preliminary sketch or sketches, plan or plans or design of stations, platforms, terminals, structures and facilities constituting a method of rapid transit (all of the foregoing being hereafter referred to in this section by the word “facilities”), the proposed locations thereof and the proposed routes of the system.

The district shall, in connection with the studies necessary to determine the possible routes and locations for the said facilities, confer with the appropriate local governing bodies and other agencies that may be affected thereby and with their technical and planning personnel, obtaining where available any master or general plan in the affected areas.

The district shall give written notice of the preliminary report to each affected city or county that it may, within a period prescribed by the district (which period shall not be less than sixty (60) days), submit comments or evidence as to the effect that the design, location and routes of said facilities would have in their areas, including, without limitation, the effect upon property values, state and local facilities, and city street and county highway traffic.

When sufficient information has been accumulated to permit intelligent discussion, the district shall publicize and hold such public meeting or meetings as may be reasonably necessary to acquaint interested individuals, officials and civic or other groups with the studies made and the information developed and to obtain their views with respect to the preliminary report.

Using the information developed the district shall then prepare a final report containing the foregoing subdivisions (a) to (e) and such other matters deemed pertinent, including, without limitation, the information obtained at conferences and meetings, the relationship between all proposed routes and locations of such facilities and any master or general plans of the affected local agency or agencies and any information submitted by affected cities or counties pursuant to this section. The final report shall conclude with a recommendation as to the routes, location and design of such facilities.

The district shall serve written notice of the final report to each affected city or county that it may, within a period to be prescribed by the district (which period shall be not less than sixty (60) days), request a public hearing. Such notification shall include a statement that the district will hold a public hearing, if requested to do so by the governing body, within thirty (30) days following receipt of such written notification by the governing body; provided, however, that if, prior to receipt of such notification from the district, the governing body or bodies shall have, by resolution, declared that no public hearing by the district is necessary, then the notification by the district shall advise such governing body only of the intention of the district to consider the matter.

If any such governing body requests such hearing, the district shall hold a hearing, after public notice given in such manner as the district may determine, at which time and place all persons, and official bodies and other organizations interested in the matter, shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard. The district may also, on its own motion, call a public meeting or hold such hearings as it may deem appropriate. If no hearing is requested, the district may determine the routes, locations and design for the said facilities within the limits of the cities or counties to which the notice required by this section was given after the expiration of such period of thirty (30) days. If a hearing is requested, the district must determine the routes, location and design for said facilities within the limits of the cities or counties to which the notice required by this section was given within ninety (90) days after the first day on which such hearing is held.

This section is not intended to require in any report or reports made under the section prior to a bond election for the acquisition and construction of a line or lines or system (or such part thereof as the board determines to call a bond election on, and whether such report or reports be designated preliminary or final) detailed plans and specifications such as would be necessary for the acquisition and construction of the facilities or any part thereof, nor is it the intent of this section to prevent the district from taking advantage in the final plans and specifications of any technological advances, if the same occur, or from making changes due to additional information based on the results of surveys, experiments or tests.

Failure to comply in whole or part, or any defect in compliance with this section prior to a bond election, shall not affect the validity of the bond election or of the bonds, but as to any line to be acquired or constructed from the proceeds of the bonds this section must be substantially complied with prior to the expenditure of the proceeds of the bonds on such line, and no substantial change in any route theretofore determined following the procedure required by this section may be made without holding further hearings pursuant to notice given in such manner as the district may determine if the proposed change in the route is objected to by any city or county affected thereby.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 875.)

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text: In planning the development of a rapid transit system or any part thereof within its territory and in carrying out the provisions of Section 30001, the district may extend its studies to include any city or unincorporated area not within the territory of the district. The district may invite the participation in such studies of government agencies having planning jurisdiction in such extended areas, and the studies shall be coordinated with regional comprehensive and transportation planning programs. The district may accept and use for the purpose of rapid transit planning in such extended areas any funds provided for such purpose.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1184.)

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text:
(a) Not later than January 10, 1974, the district shall submit to the Legislature its plan for the implementation of a rapid transit system, and the financing thereof, in the district.

(b) Prior to adding any new, or extending any existing, scheduled or regularly scheduled bus service, the district shall prepare a cost-benefit study of the proposed added or extended bus service.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1101.)

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text:
The district shall not exercise control over any transit facilities now or hereafter owned and operated wholly or partly within, or without, the district by any city or public agency, unless by consent of such city or public agency and upon such terms as are mutually agreed upon between the board and such city or public agency.

The district shall not establish, construct, complete, acquire, operate, extend, or reroute (all of the foregoing being hereinafter referred to by the word “establish” in all forms thereof), directly or indirectly, either itself or by lease or contract with any other person or otherwise, any rapid transit service or system in such manner or form as will or may, either then or at any time in the future, divert, lessen, or compete for the patronage or revenues of the existing system of a publicly or privately owned public utility without the consent of the public utility, if the existing system has been in operation since at least August 1, 1974.

The maintenance and operation, but not the extension or rerouting, of any existing system acquired by the district from a publicly or privately owned public utility shall not be deemed to be the establishment of a rapid transit service or system within the meaning of this section.

The construction by the district of any structures constituting a method of rapid transit, and the operation therein and thereon of any equipment except buses, shall not be deemed to be the establishment, construction, completion, acquisition, operation, or extension of rapid transit within the meaning of this section.

No publicly owned public utility shall establish, construct, complete, acquire, or extend, directly or indirectly, either itself or by lease or contract with any other person or otherwise, any rapid transit service system in such manner or form as will then substantially divert or reduce the patronage or revenues of the system operated by the district. Any municipality may acquire and operate any existing transportation system within its existing transit service area without being in violation of this paragraph and may make route extensions to such system within its existing transit service area where such extensions do not compete with the established services of the district.

Nothing in this part shall be construed as in any way preventing or restricting the City of Los Angeles or any other city from exercising any powers which it has under Section 9 of Article XI of the California Constitution, including, without limitation, the establishing and operation of any point to point lines or system of rapid transit to operate in connection with any other transportation services established and operated by such city.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 532.)

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text:
(a) The rates, fees, and charges for service or rights furnished, leased, or otherwise transferred pursuant to this part, including, but not limited to, station cost-sharing, connector fees, and land or air rights sales or leasing, shall be fixed by a vote of two-thirds of all of the members of the board and shall be reasonable. Insofar as practicable, the rates, fees, and charges shall be determined and fixed so as to result in revenue which will make the transit system self-supporting and shall be sufficient to accomplish all of the following:

(1) Pay the operating expenses of the district.

(2) Provide for repairs, maintenance, and depreciation of works owned or operated by the district.

(3) Provide for the purchase, lease, or acquisition of equipment under Article 3 (commencing with Section 30940) of Chapter 7.

(4) Provide for the payment of the interest and principal of the bonded debt, subject to the applicable provisions of this part authorizing the issuance and retirement of bonds.

(5) Provide for the payment of contracts, agreements, leases, equipment, trust certificates, and other legal liabilities assumed under Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 31000).

(b) After making any current allocations of funds required for the purposes prescribed by pargraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) and by the terms of any indebtedness incurred under Article 1 (commencing with Section 30900), Article 2 (commencing with Section 30930), and Article 5 (commencing with Section 30960) of Chapter 7, the board may provide funds for any purpose the board deems necessary and desirable to carry out the purposes of this part.

(c) This section does not constitute a covenant to the holders of any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the district unless the ordinance, resolution, or indenture providing for the issuance of those instruments so provides.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 683, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 1988.)

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text:
Notwithstanding Section 30638, all net income from fees, charges, rents, profits, or other net income arising from joint development of the property of the district which was acquired exclusively for the rail rapid transit system shall be used only for the following purposes:

(a) Pay the capital and operating expenses of the rail rapid transit system.

(b) Provide for the payment of interest and principal of the bonded debt for the rail rapid transit system, subject to the applicable provisions of this part authorizing the issuance and retirement of bonds.

(c) Provide for the payment of contracts, agreements, leases, equipment, and other legal liabilities assumed under Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 31000).

As used in this section, “operating expenses” includes the expenses of operation, maintenance, and repair of all personal or real property physically or functionally related to rail rapid transit services or facilities.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 497, Sec. 11.5.)

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text: The board of supervisors of a county, or the governing body of a city having territory located within the district may file a request for a hearing before the district board as to the reasonableness of any rates or charges fixed by the district and as to any proposal for fixing the location of facilities by the district. The request shall be in writing and shall state the subject matter on which a hearing is desired.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text: Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Section 30639, the district board shall fix the time and place for hearing. The time fixed shall not be less than 15 days nor more than 60 days from the date the request is filed. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the county or city requesting the hearing, shall be mailed to the governing body of each city and county located, in whole or in part, within the district, and shall be published once by the board.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 183.)

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text: At the time fixed for any hearing before the board any board of supervisors or city governing body eligible to file a request for hearing, not a party to the original request for hearing, may intervene and shall be entitled to be heard and to introduce evidence.

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text: The district, petitioner or petitioners, and the intervenors shall have the right to call and examine witnesses; to introduce exhibits; to cross-examine opposing witnesses on any matter relevant to the issues even though that matter was not covered in direct examination; and to rebut evidence introduced by other parties.

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text: Oral evidence shall be taken only on oath or affirmation. The hearing need not be conducted according to technical rules relating to evidences and witnesses. Any relevant evidence shall be admitted if it is the sort of evidence on which responsible persons are accustomed to rely in the conduct of serious business affairs, regardless of the existence of any common law or statutory rule which might make improper the admission of such evidence over objection in a civil action. Hearsay evidence may be used for the purpose of supplementing or explaining any direct evidence but shall not be sufficient in itself to support a finding unless it would be admissible over objection in a civil action.

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text: A complete record of all proceedings and testimony before the board at such hearing shall be taken down by a reporter appointed by the board. In case an action is brought to review any decision of the board, a transcript of such testimony, together with all exhibits or copies thereof introduced, together with the written request for hearing and other proceedings in the cause shall constitute the record on review; provided, however, that the board and other parties may stipulate in writing that a specified portion of the evidence be certified to the court for judgment and in such case the portion of the evidence specified and the stipulation specifying such evidence shall be the record on review.

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text: Within 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall render its decision, in writing, with written findings of fact. Copies of the findings and decision shall be sent immediately to the petitioners and intervenors by certified mail, postage prepaid.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 184.)

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text:
The district shall be subject to regulations of the Public Utilities Commission relating to safety appliances and procedures, and the commission shall inspect all work done pursuant to this part and may make such further additions or changes necessary for the purpose of safety to employees and the general public.

The district shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission with respect to safety rules and other regulations governing the operation of street railways.

The commission shall enforce the provisions of this section.

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text: 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 to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Department of the California Highway Patrol pursuant to that chapter regulating the safe operation of buses.

article: 5. Rapid Transit Facilities and Service


text: Before the district takes action on a route, grades, or station location, including parking and storage facilities, for any portion of a rail transit system, the district may establish a citizens’ advisory committee in the area for any identifiable segment of a rail transit system.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 725, Sec. 1.)

article: 5.5. Citizens’ Advisory Committees

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text: The citizens’ advisory committee may advise the district of the prevalent sentiments of its area and shall advise the board on any and all related transit issues currently under the jurisdiction of, or contemplated by, the district.

article: 5.5. Citizens’ Advisory Committees


text: The district may establish a citizens’ advisory committee in any identifiable area in which rail transportation is not currently contemplated, but in which the district determines that the board can benefit from public communication, advice, and reaction to district operations, policies, procedures, and plans.

article: 5.5. Citizens’ Advisory Committees


text:
(a) The district shall designate the area to be represented by each citizens’ advisory committee, with a separate area for any identifiable segment of a rail transit system and for any identifiable area in the district in which rail transportation is not currently contemplated.

(b) “Identifiable segment of a rail transit system” means an area of a communality of interest surrounding a station structure or structures and the lines between structures.

article: 5.5. Citizens’ Advisory Committees


text: A citizens’ advisory committee shall consist of not less than 15 persons and not more than 45 persons.

article: 5.5. Citizens’ Advisory Committees


text: Every meeting of a citizens’ advisory committee is open to the general public. Minutes of the proceedings shall be kept and shall be available for inspection at the district office.

article: 5.5. Citizens’ Advisory Committees


text: 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 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.

article: 6. Claims

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text: The district may issue any bonds, borrow money and incur indebtedness as authorized by law or in this part provided.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1215.)

article: 7. Indebtedness

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