text:
For purpose of this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(a) “District” means the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, including all operations and extensions of its transportation system, regardless of modality or vehicle type.

(b) “Employee organization” means an organization that includes employees of the district and a primary purpose of which is representing those employees in their relations with the district. “Employee organization” also includes any person of an employee organization authorized to act on its behalf.

(c) “Exclusive representative” means an accredited employee organization recognized or certified as the exclusive negotiating representative of employees in an appropriate unit within the district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 2. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)

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code: PUC

text:
(a) It is a primary purpose of this chapter to promote the improvement of personnel management and employer-employee relations within the district by providing a uniform basis for recognizing the right of employees to join employee organizations of their own choice, to be represented, to select one employee organization as the exclusive representative of the employees in an appropriate unit, and to afford employees a voice at work.

(b) The Public Employment Relations Board established pursuant to Section 3541 of the Government Code, and the powers and duties of that board, as described in Section 3541.3 of the Government Code, shall have jurisdiction, as appropriate, to enforce this chapter.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 3. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)

division: 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS

part: 10. SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT

chapter: 4. Labor Provisions


text: Appointments and promotions in the service of the transit district shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained, in so far as is practicable, by competitive examination.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 98160 by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 1. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text:
(a) All individuals shall have equal opportunity to obtain and hold employment, and to advance in that employment, without discrimination on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code, except as otherwise provided in Section 12940 of the Government Code.

(b) An employee shall not be subject to punitive action, denied promotion, or threatened with that treatment for the exercise of lawful action as an elected, appointed, or recognized representative of an employee bargaining unit.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 4. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text:
(a) All employees of the district are to be free from interference, coercion, and restraint in associating themselves together for their mutual benefit in connection with their employment. They may designate representatives of their own choosing and, collectively or individually, may exercise their right of petition to the board concerning wages, hours, or other conditions of employment.

(b) Employees have the right to self-organization; to form, join, or assist labor organizations; and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of collective bargaining.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 368, Sec. 1.)


text:
(a) Any question that may arise with respect to whether a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit desire to be represented by a labor organization shall be submitted to the director of the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service, a division within the Public Employment Relations Board.

(b) In resolving the questions of representation, including the determination of the appropriate unit or units, petitions, and the conduct of hearings and elections, the director shall apply the relevant federal law and administrative practice developed under the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 141 et seq.), as amended, and for this purpose shall adopt appropriate rules and regulations. The rules and regulations shall be administered by the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service and shall provide for a prompt public hearing and a secret ballot election to determine the question of representation.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 5. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text:
Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, to the extent necessary for operation of facilities, all of the employees of such public utility whose duties pertain to the facilities acquired who have been employed by said utility for at least seventy-five (75) days shall be appointed to comparable positions in the district without examination and shall be governed thereafter by the personnel system adopted by the board, and these employees shall be given sick leave, seniority, and vacation credits in accordance with the records of the acquired public utility.

The provisions of this section shall apply only to those officers or supervisory employees of the acquired utility as shall be designated by the board.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)


text:
Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, that has a pension plan in operation, members and beneficiaries of such pension plan shall continue to have the rights, privileges, benefits, obligations and status with respect to such established system.

Whenever any such facilities are acquired by the district, the board shall consider and take into account the outstanding obligations and liabilities of the publicly or privately owned public utility by reason of such pension plan and shall negotiate an allowance in the purchase price of such utility for the assumption of such obligations and liabilities when acquiring the facilities.

The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 98180) of this part and the benefits which are provided shall be specified in the agreement or order by which any public utility is acquired by the district.


text: All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public utility and all persons entitled to pension benefits under the pension plan of such acquired public utility may become members or receive pensions under the retirement system established by the district by mutual agreement of such persons and the district.


text:
(a) Notwithstanding the Government Code, the board may authorize payment of any or all of the premiums on any group life, accident and health insurance, health and welfare plan, or pension or retirement plan on officers or employees of the district.

(b) Upon authorization by its employees, the district may make deductions from the wages and salaries of its employees:

(1) For the payment of contributions pursuant to any health and welfare, pension, or retirement plan.

(2) For any purpose for which deductions may be authorized by employees of any private employer.

(3) For the payment of union dues, fees, assessments, and voluntary political contributions.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 6. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text:
(a) The obligation of the district is to bargain in good faith with a duly designated or certified labor organization and, when an agreement is reached, to execute a written collective bargaining agreement with the labor organization covering the wages, hours, and working conditions of the employees represented by the labor organization in an appropriate unit, and, thereafter, to comply with the terms of the agreement.

(b) The obligation of the district to bargain collectively extends to all subjects of collective bargaining concerning wages, hours, working conditions, and other conditions of employment.

(c) This section supersedes Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code if there is any conflict between this section and that chapter, but in all other situations that chapter governs.

(d) The district shall give reasonable written notice to an exclusive representative of its intent to make any change to matters within the scope of representation of the employees represented by the exclusive representative for purposes of providing the exclusive representative a reasonable amount of time to negotiate with the district regarding the proposed changes.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 7. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text:
(a) The district shall not require any employee, who is a member of a bona fide religion, body, or sect which has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting labor organizations, to join or financially support any public employee labor organization as a condition of employment. However, that employee may be required, in lieu of paying periodic dues, fees, or assessments to a labor organization, to pay sums equal to those dues, fees, or assessments to a nonreligious, nonlabor charitable fund exempt from taxation under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c) (3)), chosen by the employee from a list of at least three qualifying funds, designated in a memorandum of understanding between the district and the labor organization or, if the memorandum of understanding fails to designate the funds, then to any qualifying fund chosen by the employee. Proof of payments made pursuant to this section shall be made on a monthly basis to the district as a condition of continued exemption from the requirement of financial support to a labor organization.

(b) An exclusive representative may represent their bargaining unit members in employer-employee relations with the district, and employees shall have the right to be represented by their exclusive representative.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 8. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text:
It is unlawful for the district to do any of the following:

(a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, to discriminate or threaten to discriminate against employees, or otherwise to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees because of their exercise of rights guaranteed to them by this chapter. As used in this subdivision, “employee” includes an applicant for employment or reemployment with the district.

(b) Deny employee organizations rights guaranteed to them by this chapter.

(c) Refuse or fail to meet and negotiate in good faith with an exclusive representative. Knowingly providing an exclusive representative with inaccurate information, whether or not it is in response to a request for information, constitutes a refusal or failure of the district to meet and negotiate in good faith with the exclusive representative.

(d) Dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of any employee organization, or contribute financial or other support to it, or in any way encourage employees to join any employee organization in preference to another.

(e) Refuse to participate in good faith in mutually agreed upon impasse procedures.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 9. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text:
It is unlawful for an employee organization to do any of the following:

(a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, discriminate or threaten to discriminate against employees, or otherwise interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees because of their exercise of rights guaranteed to them by this chapter.

(b) Refuse or fail to meet and negotiate in good faith with the district concerning any of the employees of which it is the exclusive representative.

(c) Refuse to participate in good faith in mutually agreed upon impasse procedures.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 10. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text:
(a) This chapter shall not displace, or supplant, the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 3610) of Division 4.5 of Title 1 of the Government Code, and the impasse resolution and injunctive relief procedures provided for pursuant to Sections 3612 to 3614, inclusive, of the Government Code shall remain exclusive.

(b) The initial determination as to whether the charge of unfair practice is justified and, if so, the appropriate remedy necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, is a matter within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Public Employment Relations Board, except that in an action to recover damages due to an unlawful strike, the Public Employment Relations Board shall not award strike-preparation expenses as damages, and shall not award damages for costs, expenses, or revenue losses incurred during, or as a consequence of, an unlawful strike.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 11. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text:
(a) Any charging party, respondent, or intervenor aggrieved by a final decision or order of the Public Employment Relations Board in an unfair practice case, except a decision of that board not to issue a complaint in such a case, may petition for a writ of extraordinary relief from that decision or order.

(b) A petition for a writ of extraordinary relief shall be filed in the district court of appeal having jurisdiction over any county in which the district operates. The petition shall be filed within 30 days from the date of the issuance of the Public Employment Relations Board’s final decision or order, or order denying reconsideration, as applicable. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall cause notice to be served on the Public Employment Relations Board and thereafter shall have jurisdiction of the proceeding. The Public Employment Relations Board shall file in the court the record of the proceeding, certified by that board, within 10 days after the clerk’s notice unless that time is extended by the court for good cause shown. The court shall have jurisdiction to grant any temporary relief or restraining order it deems just and proper, and in like manner to make and enter a decree enforcing, modifying, and enforcing as modified, or setting aside in whole or in part the decision or order of the Public Employment Relations Board. The findings of the Public Employment Relations Board with respect to questions of fact, including ultimate facts, if supported by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole, shall be conclusive. Title 1 (commencing with Section 1067) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to writs shall, except where specifically superseded by this section, apply to proceedings pursuant to this section.

(c) If the time to petition for extraordinary relief from a Public Employment Relations Board decision or order has expired, the Public Employment Relations Board may seek enforcement of any final decision or order in a district court of appeal or superior court having jurisdiction over the county where the events giving rise to the decision or order occurred. The Public Employment Relations Board shall respond within 10 days to any inquiry from a party to the action as to why the Public Employment Relations Board has not sought court enforcement of the final decision or order. If the response does not indicate that there has been compliance with the Public Employment Relations Board’s final decision or order, the Public Employment Relations Board shall seek enforcement of the final decision or order upon the request of the party. The Public Employment Relations Board shall file in the court the record of the proceeding, certified by that board, and appropriate evidence disclosing the failure to comply with the decision or order. If, after hearing, the court determines that the order was issued pursuant to the procedures established by the Public Employment Relations Board and that the person or entity refuses to comply with the order, the court shall enforce the order by writ of mandamus or other proper process. The court may not review the merits of the order.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 12. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text: This chapter, as amended by the act adding this section, shall not be interpreted as if it were in conflict with any collective bargaining agreement and shall not be implemented to abrogate an agreement entered into between the district and an employee organization before January 1, 2023. This chapter shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the Public Employment Relations Board’s interpretation of parallel provisions in other statutes it enforces.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 13. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text: Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 3555) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code applies to the district and its employees. Notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (I) of Section 3558.8 of the Government Code, the district is a public employer for purposes of Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 3555) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 14. (SB 957) Effective January 1, 2023.)


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.

chapter: 5. Retirement System

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.

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 administrations of the retirement system.

article: 1. Establishment


text: Nothing in this chapter prevents the district from participation in and making all or part of its employees members of the State Employees’ Retirement System by contract entered into between the district and the board of administration of the system under the State Employees’ Retirement Law or from participating in the Federal Social Security Act pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 22000), Division 5, Title 2 of the Government Code, and the district may perform all acts necessary or convenient for such participation. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the district from participating in and making all of its employees members of the Santa Cruz County Employees’ Retirement System.

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. The retirement system shall not apply to members of the board.

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 provided, that said board shall have no such authority respecting the County Employees’ Retirement Act of 1937.

article: 2. Benefits and Contributions

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text: The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon service rendered the district by a member prior to the establishment of the retirement system, which service is known as “prior service”.

article: 2. Benefits and Contributions


text: The board shall provide that both the district and the members shall contribute to the retirement system. The rate of contribution by an officer or employee of the district becoming a member of the retirement system shall be so fixed as to provide, with accumulated interest and based on tables and assumptions adopted by the board, substantially one-half the value of any retirement allowance granted for service, exclusive of any credits allowed for prior service.

article: 2. Benefits and Contributions


text: All members of the retirement system shall contribute in the manner and amount fixed by the board and such contributions may be collected by deducting the amounts thereof from the salary, wages or compensation due such members.

article: 2. Benefits and Contributions


text: Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits other than such as are the equivalent of contributions by the members, with accumulated interests, shall be met by contributions by the district. Prior service or other liabilities of the district may be met by annual appropriation instead of by one appropriation for the total of the liabilities; but until the present value of regular contributions for current service, together with assets then available, equals the present value of all allowances and benefits granted or to be granted under the system, the appropriation for any one year when added to any unused balance of any previous appropriations for such purpose shall not be less than the amount disbursed during that year on account of prior service or other liabilities of the district.

article: 2. Benefits and Contributions


text: If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior to retirement the total amount contributed by him with such interest as may be credited thereto, shall be returned to him, provided, however, that the board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which a member, whose district service has been terminated except by death or retirement, may elect to leave his contributions and interest thereon in the retirement fund, and the terms and conditions upon which a retirement allowance may be made to him after such termination based upon his contributions prior to such termination.

article: 2. Benefits and Contributions


text: All money received by any person as an annuity, pension, retirement, allowance, disability payment or death benefit, from the retirement system, and all contributions and interest thereon returned to any member of the retirement system, whether in the actual possession of such member or deposited, loaned, or invested by him, is exempt from execution or any other process except to the extent permitted by Section 704.110 of the Code of Civil Procedure and is unassignable.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 497, Sec. 169. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 185 of Ch. 497.)

article: 2. Benefits and Contributions


text: The board may create a retirement board of not more than five members, at least two members of which shall be the elected representatives of the employees, to administer the retirement system, and shall define its powers and duties and the tenure of the members.

article: 3. Retirement Board

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text: All members of the retirement board shall serve without pay.

article: 3. Retirement Board


text: The retirement board shall determine the eligibility of officers, employees, and their dependents to participation in the system and shall be the sole authority and judge under such ordinances as may be adopted by the board as to the conditions under which persons may be admitted to and continue to receive benefits of any sort under the retirement system, and may modify allowances for service and disability. The determination of the retirement board shall be final and conclusive and shall not be modified or set aside except for fraud or abuse of discretion.

article: 3. Retirement Board


text: If the district maintains its own retirement fund the retirement board shall have exclusive control of the administration, investment, and disbursement of such fund. Investment of the fund shall be subject to the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions imposed by the laws of this state upon savings banks in the making of investments by savings banks, and cash may be deposited in any licensed national bank or banks in this state or in any bank, banks, or corporations authorized or licensed to do a banking business and organized under the laws of this state.

article: 3. Retirement Board


text: At least once in each four-year period after the establishment of the retirement system the board shall cause to be made an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the retirement fund and upon the basis of such investigation and valuation shall make such revision or change of the rate of contribution, the periods and conditions of service, and amounts of retirement allowances as may be necessary.

article: 4. Investigation and Penalties

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text: Except as herein provided, no member of the board or of the retirement board, nor any member of the retirement system or employee of the district, shall have any interest direct or indirect in the making of any investment or in the gains or profits accruing therefrom, and no such person, directly or indirectly, for himself or as an agent or partner of others shall borrow any of its funds, nor shall any such person in any manner use the same except to make such current and necessary payments as are authorized by the retirement board, nor shall such a person become an endorser or surety as to, or in any manner an obligor for investments of the retirement fund.

article: 4. Investigation and Penalties


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

chapter: 6. Powers and Functions of District

article: 1. Corporate Power

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text: The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.

article: 1. Corporate Power


text: The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this part. The district, in exercising such power, in addition to the damage for the taking, injury, or destruction of property, shall also pay the cost of removal, reconstruction, or relocation of any structure, railways, mains, pipes, conduits, cables, or poles of any public utility or public district which is required to be moved to a new location.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1176.)

article: 1. Corporate Power


text: No action in eminent domain to acquire property or interests therein within any incorporated city or any county shall be commenced unless the legislative body of the affected city or county has consented to such acquisition by resolution.

article: 1. Corporate Power


text: No such taking or acquisition by the district which would involve the abandonment, removal, relocation, or use of property of a railroad corporation, as defined in Section 230 of this code, shall be permitted, unless the Public Utilities Commission, after hearing, shall find and determine that the public interest and necessity require the abandonment, removal, relocation, or use of such property and that such taking or acquisition will not unreasonably impair the ability of the railroad corporation involved to provide safe, adequate, economical, and efficient service.

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 hold harmless, to employ labor, and to do all acts necessary and convenient for the full exercise of the powers granted in this part.

article: 2. Contracts

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text: No officer or employee of the district shall in any manner be interested directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived therefrom contrary to the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090), Chapter 1, Division 4, Title 1 of the Government Code.

article: 2. Contracts


text: The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease, or condemn in proceedings under eminent domain, or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the district necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its powers. The board may lease, sell, mortgage, 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.

article: 4. Property

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text: Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record, map, book, or paper in the possession of the district or any officer or employee thereof is of no further value to the district, the board may authorize its sale, destruction, or other disposition.

article: 4. Property


text: The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights-of-way, rail lines, buslines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, and any and all other facilities necessary or convenient for transit service within or partly without the district, underground, upon, or above the ground and under, upon, or over public streets or other public ways or waterways, together with all physical structures necessary or convenient for the access of persons and vehicles thereto, and may acquire any interest in or rights to the joint use of any or all of the foregoing; provided, that installations in any street, road or other property devoted to a public use shall be subject to consent of the governing body in charge of such public use.

article: 5. Transit Facilities and Service

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text: The district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, accept contributions of money, rights-of-way, labor, materials, and any other property for the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of transit facilities, and may without limitations by any other provisions of this part enter into any contracts and cooperation with and accept cooperation from the state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, or any public agency in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of, and in financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of, any such transit facilities.

article: 5. Transit Facilities and Service


text: The district shall not interfere with or exercise any control over any transit facilities now or hereafter owned, and operated wholly or partly within the 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.

article: 5. Transit Facilities and Service


text: The district may lease or contract for the use of its transit facilities or any portion thereof, to any operator, and may provide for subleases by such 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.

article: 5. Transit Facilities and Service


text: The district may construct and operate or acquire and operate works and facilities in, under, upon, over, across, or along any street or public highway or any stream, bay or watercourse, or over any of the lands which are the property of the state, to the same extent that such rights and privileges appertaining thereto are granted to municipalities within the state, and to install adequate bus stops, including the painting of curbs, subject to the consent of the governing body in charge of such streets, highways, stream, watercourse, or lands.

article: 5. Transit Facilities and Service


text: The district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district and any city, public agency or public utility operating transit facilities; may enter into agreements with any city, public agency or public utility operating any transit facilities, either wholly or partially within, or without, the district, for the joint use of any property of the district or of such city, public agency or public utility, or the establishment of through routes, joint fares, transfer of passengers or pooling arrangements.

article: 5. Transit Facilities and Service


text: The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable.

article: 5. Transit Facilities and Service


text: The board of supervisors or the city council of a municipality having territory located within the district may file a request for a hearing before the 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.

article: 5. Transit Facilities and Service


text: Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 98390) of this part, the district board shall fix the time and place for hearing. The time fixed shall not be less than 15 days nor more than 60 days from the date such request is filed. Notice of such hearing shall be given to the county or city requesting such hearing and shall be published by the board.

article: 5. Transit Facilities and Service


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

article: 5. Transit Facilities and Service


text: Within 30 days after submission of the case, the board shall render its decision and its decision shall be final.

article: 5. 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. Transit Facilities and Service


text: The district may borrow money for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the district lawfully incurred after the commencement of the fiscal year, but prior to the time moneys from the tax levy for the fiscal year are received by the district, in an amount, including interest to be paid thereon, which shall not exceed its estimated tax revenues for the fiscal year, and may evidence such borrowing by notes bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 6 percent per annum. The notes shall be payable from the tax levy from the then current fiscal year, which levy shall contain a sum sufficient to provide for the payment of the notes and the interest thereon. The form of the notes and the proceedings relating to their issuance and sale, shall be governed by the applicable provisions contained in Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 672.)

article: 6. Indebtedness

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text: The district shall not incur an indebtedness under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 98310) of this part which in the aggregate exceeds one (1) percent of the assessed value of all the real and personal property within the district.

article: 6. Indebtedness


text: The district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, contributions or loans from the United States, this state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency of either thereof, for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of transit facilities, and may enter into contracts and cooperate with and accept cooperation from, the United States, this state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency of either thereof, in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation, and in financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation, of any such transit facilities in accordance with any legislation which Congress or the Legislature of the State of California may have heretofore adopted or may hereafter adopt, under which aid, assistance, and cooperation may be furnished by the United States or this state in the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of any such transit facilities. The district may do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of such aid, assistance, and cooperation under any federal or state legislation now or hereafter enacted. Any evidence of indebtedness issued under this section shall constitute a negotiable instrument.

article: 6. Indebtedness


text:
The district may invest any surplus money in its treasury. The county treasurer shall act as treasurer of the district and he shall handle such investments as the board determines to make in accordance with the same policies and procedures that he follows in the investment of surplus county funds.

The board shall pay a reasonable fee to the county for the investment services of the county treasurer.

article: 7. Investments

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text: The district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose subject to a maximum limit of five cents ($0.05) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value of all real estate and personal property within the district; provided, however, that the district shall have the further power to levy, collect or cause to be collected, said property taxes to a maximum limit of ten cents ($0.10) if the matter is first submitted to the voters in the district and a majority of those voting vote in favor of raising the maximum tax limit.

article: 8. Property Taxation

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text: If, in the opinion of the board, the transit operation revenues will not be sufficient for any and all lawful purposes the board shall levy a tax for such purpose or purposes and fix the amount of money necessary to be raised therefor by taxation as part of the general tax levy as set forth in Section 98280.

article: 8. Property Taxation


text: The board shall, as part of the general tax levy as set forth in Section 98280, levy and collect annually until the district’s bonds are paid, or until there is a sum in the treasury of the district set apart for that purpose to meet all sums coming due for principal and interest on the bonds as they become due a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest on the bonds and such part of the principal thereof as becomes due before the proceeds of a tax levied at the next general tax levy will be available. If the maturity of the indebtedness created by the issue of bonds begins more than one year after the date of the issuance thereof, the tax shall be levied and collected annually at the time and in the manner aforesaid, sufficient to pay the interest on the indebtedness as it falls due and to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal on or before maturity.

article: 8. Property Taxation


text: The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes by the district.

article: 8. Property Taxation


text: The board shall avail itself of the assessments made by the assessor of the county and of the assessments made by the State Board of Equalization for the county and shall take such assessments as the basis for the district taxation and have its taxes collected by the tax collector of the county, as part of the annual tax bill.

article: 8. Property Taxation


text: In such case the county auditor shall, on or before the third Monday in August of each year, transmit to the board a statement in writing showing the total value of all property within the district, ascertained from the assessments referred to in Section 98283 as equalized.

article: 8. Property Taxation


text: The board shall on or before the first day of September fix the rate of taxes, designating the number of cents upon each one hundred dollars ($100) using as a basis the value of property transmitted to the board by the county auditor, which rate of taxation shall be sufficient to raise the amount previously fixed by the board. These acts by the board shall constitute a valid assessment of the property and a valid levy of the taxes so fixed but the rate of taxation shall not exceed the limit imposed by this article.

article: 8. Property Taxation


text: The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of taxes as above provided transmit to the county auditor of the county a statement of the rate of taxes fixed by the board.

article: 8. Property Taxation


text: The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes. When collected the net amount, ascertained as provided in this article, shall be paid to the treasurer of the district, under the general requirements and penalties provided by law for the settlement of other taxes.

article: 8. Property Taxation


text: Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes and has been redeemed, the money paid for redemption shall be apportioned and paid to the district by the county treasurer in the proportion which the tax due to the district bears to the total tax for which the property was sold.

article: 8. Property Taxation


text: The compensation to be charged by and paid to any county for the performance of services under this article shall be fixed by agreement between the board of supervisors of the county and the board. The compensation shall in no event exceed one-half of 1 percent of all money collected for the district. The compensation collected by the county shall be placed to the credit of the county general fund.

article: 8. Property Taxation


text: All taxes levied under this article are a lien on the property on which they are levied and shall become a lien at the same time as county taxes. The enforcement of the collection of such taxes shall be in the same manner and by the same means provided by law for the enforcement of liens for county taxes, all the provisions of law relating to the enforcement of the latter being made a part of this article so far as applicable.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 98290 by Stats. 1977, Ch. 672.)

article: 8. Property Taxation


text:
(a) On and after the operative date of the transactions and use tax ordinance pursuant to Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 98290) of this chapter, none of the provisions of this article shall be operative except this section and Section 98289.3.

(b) That portion of any property tax installment payable to the district is canceled if the installment may be paid without a delinquent penalty pursuant to Chapter 2.1 (commencing with Section 2700) of Part 5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code on or after the operative date of the transactions and use tax ordinance.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 672.)

article: 8. Property Taxation


text:
(a) A retail transactions and use tax ordinance may be adopted by the board in accordance with the provisions of Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, provided that two-thirds of the electors voting on the measure vote to authorize its enactment at a special election called for that purpose by the board.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 7251.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, a transactions and use tax rate imposed pursuant to subdivision (a) on or before January 1, 2020, shall not be considered for purposes of the combined rate limit established by that section.

(c) (1) In addition to any other taxes imposed pursuant to this section, the board may impose a retail transactions and use tax pursuant to subdivision (a) after January 1, 2024, if both of the following conditions are met:

(A) The board adopts the ordinance approving the tax before January 1, 2035.

(B) The total tax rate under this subdivision is set at a rate of no more than 0.5 percent.

(2) Notwithstanding Section 7251.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, a transactions and use tax rate imposed pursuant to this subdivision shall not be considered for purposes of the combined rate limit established by that section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 296, Sec. 1. (SB 862) Effective January 1, 2024.)

article: 8.5. Retail Transactions and Use Tax

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text: Notwithstanding any other law, the special taxes authorized in this article may also be imposed by qualified voter initiative, including a qualified voter initiative for which a petition has been circulated on or after January 1, 2026.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2026, Ch. 107, Sec. 1. (AB 1919) Effective August 6, 2026.)

article: 8.5. Retail Transactions and Use Tax


text:
(a) If the board or a qualified voter initiative proposes a measure pursuant to this article, the special election shall be consolidated with a statewide election by the board of supervisors of the County of Santa Cruz and the measure shall be submitted to the voters of the County of Santa Cruz.

(b) For the purpose of placement of a measure on the ballot, the district is a “district,” as defined in Section 317 of the Elections Code. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a measure proposed by the board or by a qualified voter initiative that requires voter approval shall be submitted to the voters of the County of Santa Cruz, as determined by the district, in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code applicable to districts, including the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division 9 of the Elections Code.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10520 of the Elections Code, for any election at which the board or a qualified voter initiative proposes a measure pursuant to this article, the district shall reimburse the County of Santa Cruz for the incremental costs incurred by the county elections official related to submitting the measure to the voters with any eligible funds transferred to the district.

(2) For purposes of this subdivision, “incremental costs” includes all of the following:

(A) The cost to prepare, review, and revise the impartial analysis of the measure.

(B) The cost to prepare a translation of ballot materials into a language other than English by the county.

(C) The additional costs that exceed the costs incurred for other election races or ballot measures, if any, appearing on the same ballot in the County of Santa Cruz, including both of the following:

(i) The printing and mailing of ballot materials.

(ii) The canvass of the vote regarding the measure pursuant to Division 15 (commencing with Section 15000) of the Elections Code.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 9313 of the Elections Code, the legal counsel for the board shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure. The impartial analysis prepared by the legal counsel for the board shall be subject to review and revision by the county counsel.

(e) The county elections official for the County of Santa Cruz shall serve as the elections official of the district for purposes of administering the ballot measure process and any election for the purposes set forth in this chapter.

(f) This section applies to any measure proposed by the board on or after January 1, 2026, or by a qualified voter initiative for which a petition has been circulated on or after January 1, 2026.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2026, Ch. 107, Sec. 2. (AB 1919) Effective August 6, 2026.)

article: 8.5. Retail Transactions and Use Tax


text: Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing not less than 180 days after adoption of the ordinance.

article: 8.5. Retail Transactions and Use Tax


text: The district may contract with the State Board of Equalization for its service in the preparations necessary to administer a transactions and use tax ordinance. The costs to be covered by the contract are to be for services of the types described in Section 7272 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for preparatory work up to the date of the adoption of the ordinance. Any dispute as to the amount of the costs shall be resolved in the same manner as provided in that section.

article: 8.5. Retail Transactions and Use Tax


text: Prior to the operative date of the transactions and use tax ordinance, the district shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of the ordinance.

article: 8.5. Retail Transactions and Use Tax


text: If the district shall not have contracted with the State Board of Equalization prior to the operative date of its transactions and use tax ordinance, it shall nevertheless so contract, and, in such case, the operative date shall be the first day of the first calendar quarter following the execution of the contract.

article: 8.5. Retail Transactions and Use Tax


text: Repeal of the transactions and use tax ordinance shall not be operative earlier than the first day of the first calendar quarter following the adoption of the ordinance of repeal.

article: 8.5. Retail Transactions and Use Tax


text:
Whenever a bond election is held to authorize a bonded indebtedness pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 98310) of Chapter 7, the ordinance calling the election may include a statement that the transactions and use taxes, or a stated portion thereof, shall be levied, or continued to be levied, and used to the extent required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds as they become due, to provide any sinking fund payments required therefor, and to create or maintain any reserve fund required therefor.

A vote in favor of the issuance of the bonds shall authorize the use of such taxes for such purposes. The transactions and use tax ordinance shall not be repealed until all bonds payable from the revenues derived from such taxes have been fully paid or provision has been made for their payment in full.

article: 8.5. Retail Transactions and Use Tax


text:
As used in this chapter:

(a) “Establish” includes establish, construct, complete, acquire, extend or reroute. It does not, however, include the maintenance and operation of any existing system by the district.

(b) “Existing system” means any transit service or system of a publicly or privately owned public utility situated entirely within the district or at least 75 percent of whose revenue vehicle miles for the preceding calendar year were operated within the district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)

chapter: 6.5. Existing Systems

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text: Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, before the district may establish any transit service or system which may at any time divert, lessen, or compete for the patronage or revenues of any existing system, the district shall give a written notice to the public utility which is operating the existing system. The written notice shall describe the transit service or system which the district proposes to establish and shall state the time within which the district proposes to establish such service or system.


text: The district shall not establish the proposed service or system, or maintain and operate the service or system until it has offered to purchase the buses and such other facilities of the existing system as it will have need of and use for, and such offer has either been rejected or the purchase completed.


text: The purchase price to be paid for the existing system, or that part thereof which the district desires to purchase, shall be the reasonable market value of the buses and other facilities of the existing system on the date that the district commences negotiations for such purchase.


text: The district and the public utility operating the existing system may agree upon the purchase price or they may agree that the purchase price is to be established by arbitration and upon the method of naming arbitrators and the method of conducting such arbitration. If they do not, the purchase price may be fixed and judgment entered thereon in a suit brought either by the public utility or the district in the superior court in and for the county in which is located that portion of the existing system to be acquired by the district which has the highest value.


text: Section 851 of the Public Utilities Code does not apply to any contract for sale or sale of an existing system, or any portion thereof, pursuant to this chapter, and the Public Utilities Commission shall have no jurisdiction with respect thereto.


text: The district may from time to time incur a bonded indebtedness as provided in this chapter to pay the cost 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. The total amount of bonds issued and outstanding shall not exceed 1 percent of the assessed value of the taxable property of the district as shown by the last equalized assessment roll of the County of Santa Cruz.

chapter: 7. Bonds

article: 1. Issuance

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text: Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the public interest or necessity demands the acquisition, construction, or completion by the district of any transit facilities or any works, lands, structures, rights, equipment, or other property necessary or convenient to carry out the objects, purposes, or powers of the district, the cost of which will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the district, it may at any subsequent meetings of the board provide by ordinance for the submission of the proposition of incurring a bonded indebtedness for the purpose set forth in the resolution to the voters of the district at a special bond election held for that purpose.

article: 1. Issuance


text: The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix the date on which the election will be held, and the manner of holding the election and of voting for or against incurring the indebtedness. It shall also recite the objects and purposes for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred, the estimated cost of the transit facilities, works, lands, structures, rights, equipment, or other property proposed to be acquired, constructed, or completed, the amount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incurred therefor, and the maximum rate of interest to be paid on the indebtedness, which shall not exceed 6 percent per annum, payable semiannually or annually the first year and thereafter semiannually.

article: 1. Issuance


text: Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the same election.

article: 1. Issuance


text: Any special bond election may be held separately, or may be consolidated with any other election, the provisions of this chapter setting forth the procedure for the calling and holding of the special bond election shall be complied with, except that the ordinance calling the election need not set forth election precincts, polling places, and officers of election, but may provide that the precincts, polling places, and officers of election shall be the same as those set forth in the ordinance, notice, or other proceedings calling the election with which the special bond election is consolidated, and shall refer to the ordinance, notice, or other proceedings by number and title, or by other definite description.

article: 1. Issuance


text: The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice of election need be given.

article: 1. Issuance


text: The board shall comply with Article 3, (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code, the provisions of which are applicable to any bond election held pursuant to this article. Wherever the words “county clerk” or “county elections official” appear in the Elections Code the words “secretary of the board” shall be substituted, for the purposes of this article, and wherever the words “board of supervisors” appear in the Elections Code, the words “board of directors” shall be substituted, and wherever the words “district attorney or county counsel” appear in the Elections Code, the words “attorney for the district” shall be substituted.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 206. Effective January 1, 1995.)

article: 1. Issuance


text: The votes of two-thirds (23) of all voters voting on the proposition at the election are required to authorize the issuance of bonds under this chapter.

article: 1. Issuance


text: If the proposition submitted at a special bond election fails to receive the requisite number of votes, the board shall not within six months after the election hold another special election for the submission of a proposition of incurring a bonded indebtedness substantially the same as the proposition voted upon at the prior election unless a petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at least 15 percent of the total vote cast at the last general statewide election is filed with the board, requesting that the proposition, or a proposition substantially the same, be submitted at an election to be called for that purpose.

article: 1. Issuance


text: Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in amounts to be fixed by the board; except that payment shall begin not later than 10 years from the date thereof and shall be completed in not more than 50 years from that date.

article: 2. Form and Content

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text: The board may divide any issue of bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter into two or more series, and may fix different dates of issuance and different maturity dates for the bonds of each series. The bonds of each series shall mature serially in amounts to be fixed by the board, and the board shall fix a date not more than 10 years from the date of issuance of each series for the earliest maturity of such series and shall fix a date not more than 50 years from the date of issuance of each series for the final maturity of such series.

article: 2. Form and Content


text: Pending the actual issuance or delivery of bonds, a district may issue temporary or interim bonds, certificates, or receipts, of any denomination whatsoever, with or without coupon, and in such form as may be prescribed by the board, to be exchanged for definite bonds when ready for delivery.

article: 2. Form and Content


text: The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the board determines, except that no bonds shall be issued of a denomination less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and shall be payable on the day and at the place or places fixed in the bond, and with interest at the rate specified therein, payable semiannually.

article: 2. Form and Content


text: The board may at any time prior to the issuance and sale of any bonds provide for the call and redemption of any or all of the bonds on any interest payment date prior to their fixed maturity at not exceeding the par value and accrued interest plus a premium of not exceeding 5 percent upon the principal amount of the bonds, in which event the call price of such redemption shall be set forth on the face of the bond. Notice of such redemption shall be published. If there is no newspaper of general circulation printed and published within the district, then the publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published within the district, then the publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published within the county, or any part thereof is situated. The first publication shall be at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for the redemption. After the date fixed for such redemption interest on the bonds thereafter shall cease.

article: 2. Form and Content


text: The bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board or by such officer of the district as the board shall by resolution authorize and designate for that purpose. They shall also be signed by the treasurer, and be countersigned by the auditor. The coupons of the bonds shall be numbered consecutively and be signed by the treasurer. All signatures and countersignatures on the bonds, except one of the signatures or countersignatures on the bonds, may be printed, lithographed or engraved. If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, the signature or countersignature is nevertheless valid and sufficient for all purposes as if he had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds.

article: 2. Form and Content


text: The bonds may be issued and sold for not less than their par value, but otherwise as the board determines. Before selling any bonds, or any part thereof, the board shall give notice inviting sealed bids in such manner as the board may prescribe. If satisfactory bids are received, the bonds offered for sale shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder. If no bids are received, or if the board determines that the bids received are not satisfactory as to the price or responsibility of the bidders, the board may reject all bids received, if any, and either again give notice inviting bids or sell the bonds at private sale.

article: 3. Issue and Sale

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text: All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds. The remainder of the proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the district treasury to the credit of the proper fund, and shall be used exclusively for the objects or purposes for which the bonds were voted; provided that when such objects and purposes have been accomplished any moneys remaining shall be transferred to the fund to be used for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds shall have been paid, any balance of money then remaining shall be transferred to the general fund of the district.

article: 3. Issue and Sale


text: In lieu of the immediate levy of a tax to pay the interest or any part thereof on any bonded indebtedness incurred in accordance with this part the board may, in the estimate of the amount of money necessary to be raised by the bonds, include a sum sufficient to pay interest on all of the bonds or part thereof during the period of acquisition, construction, or completion, but for no period in excess of five years.

article: 3. Issue and Sale


text: Whenever the board by resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the refunding of the whole or any portion of the bonded indebtedness will be of advantage to the district, the board may refund the bonded indebtedness or any portion thereof and issue refunding bonds of the district therefor.

article: 4. Refunding

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text: The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed as the incurring or increase of an indebtedness within the meaning of this act, and the approval of the voters is not required for the issuance of refunding bonds. The board may provide for the call and redemption of any or all of the bonds on any interest payment date prior to their fixed maturity in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds.

article: 4. Refunding


text: Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this chapter shall substantially govern as to all matters pertaining to the issuance of refunding bonds, including and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the form, execution, issuance, maturity, redemption, refunding, validation, the payment of interest from bond funds, and the status of the bonds as investments.

article: 4. Refunding


text: Refunding bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the interest rate on the refunded bonds, but payment of the refunding bonds shall begin not later than one year from the date thereof and be completed in not more than 40 years from that date.

article: 4. Refunding


text: The proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds shall be applied only to the purchase, or retirement at not more than par and accrued interest, or the call price, of the bonded indebtedness for which the refunding bonds were issued.

article: 4. Refunding


text: In lieu of selling refunding bonds and using the proceeds to purchase or retire the bonds to be refunded, the board may exchange refunding bonds at not less than par and accrued interest for the bonds so refunded.

article: 4. Refunding


text: Wherever outstanding bonds are refunded they shall be surrendered to the treasurer of the district, who shall cancel them by endorsing on their face the manner in which the refunding was effected, whether by exchange or purchase, and the amount for which so purchased, (if any) and by perforating through each bond and each coupon attached thereto the word “canceled” together with the date of cancellation.

article: 4. Refunding


text: All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district are legal investments for all trust funds and for the funds of all insurance companies, banks, both commercial and savings, and trust companies, and for the State School Fund and for all sinking funds under the control of the State Treasurer. Whenever any money or funds may be invested in or loaned upon the security of the bonds of the district; and whenever bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, or school districts by law may be used as security for the faithful performance or execution of any court or private trust or of any other act, bonds of the district may be used.

article: 5. Status as Investments

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text: All bonds of the district, to the same extent as bonds of any other municipality, are legal for use by any other municipality, are legal for use by any state or national bank or banks in the state as security for the deposit of funds of the state or of any county, city and county, city, municipality or other public or municipal corporation within the state.

article: 5. Status as Investments


text: An action to determine validity of bonds, including refunding bonds, may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

article: 6. Validation

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text: As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds, the district may issue bonds, payable from revenues of any facility or enterprise to be acquired or constructed by the district, in the manner provided by the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), all of the provisions of which are applicable to the district.

article: 7. Revenue Bonds

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text: The district is a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). The term “enterprise” as used in the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 shall, for all purposes of this part, include transit facilities and any and all parts thereof and all additions, extensions and improvements thereto and all other facilities authorized to be acquired, constructed, or completed by a district or, in the alternative, may issue revenue bonds under the Revenue Bond Law of 1941, for the acquisition, construction and completion of any one of such facilities. Nothing in this article shall prevent the district from availing itself of, or making use of, any procedure provided in this part for the issuance of bonds of any type or character for any of the facilities or works authorized hereunder, and all proceedings may be carried on simultaneously or in the alternative, as the directors may determine.

article: 7. Revenue Bonds


text: Territory may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this chapter. Territory to be annexed need not be contiguous to the present district.

chapter: 8. Annexation

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text: Whenever the board finds and determines that additional territory will be benefited by annexation to the district, it shall pass a resolution to that effect. Approval of the local agency formation commission shall be required for such annexation, and shall be obtained before the board holds its hearing.


text:
The resolution shall be passed by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the board and shall:

(a) Describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed.

(b) Designate the proposed annexation by an appropriate name.

(c) Declare that the area to be annexed to the district will be benefited by such annexation.

(d) Name the time and place for the hearing of objections by any person interested in the proposed annexation.


text: The resolution, together with the names of the members of the board, voting for and against it shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper published in the territory proposed to be annexed, or if there is no such paper, then in some newspaper of general circulation, circulated in such territory.


text: On the day fixed for hearing or any day to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall hear and consider any objections presented to the annexation of the territory. After the hearing of objections, if it shall be determined by a vote of two-thirds (23) of all the members of the board that the territory proposed to be annexed will be benefited by such annexation, the board shall proceed to fix and determine the boundaries of the territory to be annexed to the district.


text: After making all necessary and proper changes in the boundaries, by a resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of the members, the board shall order the annexation of the territory so described. The resolution together with the names of the members of the board voting for and against the same shall be spread upon the minutes of the board.


text: Whenever any territory is annexed to the district it shall thereupon become a part of the district subject to all the liabilities and entitled to all the benefits of the district.


text:
Territory within the district may be excluded from the district in the manner provided in this chapter. Proceedings for the exclusion of such territory may be initiated by the filing of a petition with the board of supervisors signed by not less than 10 percent of the registered voters in the territory proposed to be excluded. The petition shall:

(a) Describe the boundaries of the territory to be excluded.

(b) Declare that the area to be excluded from the district is not benefited by remaining in the district.

(c) Request exclusion of the territory.

chapter: 9. Exclusion

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text:
After the petition is filed with the board of supervisors, the board of supervisors shall determine whether the petition is signed by a sufficient number of voters and if the petition is sufficient, the board of supervisors shall refer the question to the local agency formation commission, which shall hold a hearing on the question.

The notice shall contain the following:

(a) That a petition for exclusion has been filed with the board of supervisors.

(b) That a public hearing will be held upon the said petition and the proposed exclusion by the local agency formation commission, stating the time and place of such public hearing.

(c) That any interested person may appear and be heard at said public hearing.

(d) Describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be excluded.


text: On the day fixed for the hearing, or any day to which the hearing may be adjourned, the local agency formation commission shall hear persons interested, and shall hear and consider any objections to the proposed exclusion. After the hearing, if it should be determined by a majority of all of the members on the local agency formation commission that the territory proposed to be excluded will not be benefited by remaining in the district, the commission shall recommend to the board of supervisors that the said territory be excluded. The exclusion shall be effective immediately upon resolution by the board of supervisors, provided, however, that the excluded territory shall not be relieved by such exclusion from liability for taxation for the payment of any bonded indebtedness existing at the time of the exclusion. Notice of the exclusion shall be given pursuant to Government Code Sections 54900 et seq.


text: The board may call an election any time 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 clerk of the district of a petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the total vote cast within the district at the last general statewide election asking that the question of dissolution of the district be submitted to the voters of the district, the board shall call such an election.

chapter: 10. Dissolution

path: 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS > 10. SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT > 10. Dissolution


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 on the next established election date not less than 74 days next succeeding the date on which the petition is filed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1146.)


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 election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days from the date of the first publication of the notice.


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 Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District be dissolved?YESNO


text: The board shall canvass the vote. If a majority of the votes favor dissolution, the board shall by resolution dissolve the district.


text: The board shall file a certified copy of the resolution with the Secretary of State and for record in the office of the county recorder.


text: Upon dissolution the right, title and interest to property owned or controlled by the district shall be divided among the cities within the district and the county according to the ratio which the assessed valuation of taxable property of each city within the district and the unincorporated area within the district bears to the total assessed valuation of taxable property within the district.


text: The board of supervisors is, ex officio, the governing body of the dissolved district. It may levy taxes and assessments and perform other acts necessary to wind up the district affairs and to raise money for the payment of outstanding indebtedness.


text:
In locating its bus stops, park and ride service facilities, and special service terminal points and stations, a transit district shall consult with, and consider the recommendations of, the city if such transit facilities are to be located therein, or the county if such transit facilities are to be located in the unincorporated area thereof, on the proposed locations.

The city or county, as the case may be, in making its recommendations to the transit district on the proposed location of any such transit facilities, shall consider whether the proposed location is consistent with the circulation element of its general plan.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 501.)

chapter: 3. Miscellaneous

path: 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS > 11. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT > 3. Miscellaneous


text:
Any transit district whose area is served by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company line from the City of San Jose to the City and County of San Francisco may make a bulk purchase of passenger tickets for that line from the company, or from the Greyhound Bus Lines for transportation services within the area, or from both, for resale at less than the cost to the transit district to residents of the transit district.

The governing body of the transit district shall determine the resale price of tickets purchased by it.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 768.)

part: 11. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT


text:
Any public transit guideway planned, acquired, or constructed, on or after January 1, 1979, is subject to regulations of the Public Utilities Commission relating to safety appliances and procedures.

The commission shall inspect all work done on those guideways and may make further additions or changes necessary for the purpose of safety to employees and the general public.

The commission shall develop an oversight program employing safety planning criteria, guidelines, safety standards, and safety procedures to be met by operators in the design, construction, and operation of those guideways. Existing industry standards shall be used where applicable.

The commission shall enforce the provisions of this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 483, Sec. 1.)


text: Any transit district or operator may adopt uniform standards to rate bidders, on the basis of questionnaires and required statements, with respect to contracts for railroad rolling stock upon which each bidder is qualified to bid. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the district or operator may limit bidding and award of contracts for railroad rolling stock to the bidders the district or operator has determined are qualified to bid. However, the district or operator shall qualify at least two persons or entities for bidding on the contracts.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 177, Sec. 1.)


text:
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Continued use” means the continued operation of the diesel engine from the diesel-powered on-track equipment as an internal combustion engine to provide power for on-track equipment or any other purpose.

(2) “Decommission” means to permanently cease the service of on-track equipment when the public entity owning that on-track equipment replaces it with lower emission on-track equipment.

(3) “Diesel-powered on-track equipment” means any locomotive or any other car, rolling stock, equipment, or other device that is operated on stationary rails and has a diesel engine.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a public entity that owns diesel-powered on-track equipment shall not sell, donate, or otherwise transfer ownership of that diesel-powered on-track equipment for continued use after the public entity decommissions the diesel-powered on-track equipment.

(c) A public entity may engage in a transaction otherwise prohibited by subdivision (b) if both of the following criteria are satisfied:

(1) The diesel-powered on-track equipment meets any of the following conditions:

(A) The equipment is deemed to be in Tier 2, Tier 3, or Tier 4, as designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

(B) The equipment produces emissions equivalent to any equipment within any of the tiers described in subparagraph (A).

(C) The diesel engine is removed from the equipment.

(2) The public entity authorizes the transaction in a public hearing.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 735, Sec. 2. (SB 30) Effective January 1, 2026.)


text:
Any transit district or operator may require from prospective bidders for any contract answers to questions contained in a standard questionnaire and financial statement, including a complete statement of the prospective bidder’s financial ability and experience in performing public contracts. When completed, the questionnaire and financial statement shall be verified under oath by the bidder in the manner in which pleadings are verified in civil actions.

The questionnaires and financial statements are not public records and shall not be open to public inspection.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 177, Sec. 2.)


text:
(a) Each transit operator, whether publicly or privately funded all or in part, nonprofit or for profit, which offers reduced fares to senior citizens shall honor the federal Medicare identification card as sufficient identification to receive reduced fares. A transit operator which offers reduced fares to those senior citizens who are less than 65 years old shall also honor the senior citizen identification card issued pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 13000 of the Vehicle Code.

(b) Each transit operator, whether publicly or privately funded, in whole or in part, nonprofit or for profit, which offers reduced fares pursuant to subdivision (a) shall also offer reduced fares to disabled persons, as defined by Section 99206.5, disabled persons, as defined by Section 295.5 of the Vehicle Code, and disabled veterans, as defined by Section 295.7 of the Vehicle Code, at the same rate established for senior citizens. A transit operator shall honor the disabled person or disabled veteran placard identification card issued pursuant to Section 22511.55 of the Vehicle Code.

(c) Every transit operator that offers reduced fares to disabled persons shall honor any current identification card that is valid for the type of transportation service or discount requested and that has been issued to an individual with a disability by another transit operator.

(d) This section also applies to any dial-a-ride, paratransit, or nonfixed route operator which serves the disabled, but does not apply to a private nonprofit entity which serves the disabled or elderly.

(e) Nothing in this section prohibits a transit operator from issuing its own identification card, except that no such card shall be required to be presented in addition to either a federal Medicare card or a card issued pursuant to Section 22511.55 of the Vehicle Code.

(f) A transit operator, as defined in subdivision (b), which receives funds pursuant to the Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200)), shall not require that a person requesting transportation be a resident of that transit operator’s service area.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 769, Sec. 4. (AB 2679) Effective January 1, 2013.)


text:
(a) There shall be close coordination between local transit providers and county welfare departments in order to ensure that transportation moneys available for purposes of assisting recipients of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code are expended efficiently for the benefit of that population.

(1) In areas where public transit service is available, local transit providers shall give priority, in the use of funds allocated under the CalWORKs program and made available by the county, to the enhancement of public transportation services for welfare-to-work purposes.

(2) In areas where public transit services are unavailable, local transit providers shall give priority, in the use of funds allocated under the CalWORKs program and made available by the county, to the enhancement of transportation alternatives, such as, but not limited to, subsidies or vouchers, van pools, and contract paratransit operations, in order to promote welfare-to-work purposes.

(b) In areas where public transit service is available, local transit providers shall consider giving priority in the use of transit funds to the enhancement of public transportation services for welfare-to-work purposes.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 877, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)


text:
(a) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 99155, if the Sacramento Regional Transit District offers reduced fares to senior citizens, it shall not be required to also offer reduced fares to disabled persons or disabled veterans at the same rate established for senior citizens.

(2) A reduced fare offered to senior citizens that is not also offered to disabled persons and disabled veterans pursuant to this subdivision shall not be valid beyond the date specified in subdivision (e).

(3) If the Sacramento Regional Transit District reduces fares for senior citizens below the rate for disabled persons or disabled veterans, the district shall not increase fares for disabled persons or disabled veterans.

(b) If the Sacramento Regional Transit District reduces fares for senior citizens below the rate for disabled persons or disabled veterans, the district shall submit a report to the Legislature that includes all of the following information:

(1) The number of people per month who purchase a fare or monthly pass, at a reduced fare that is offered to senior citizens, disabled persons, or disabled veterans, for the year before the implementation of the new rate.

(2) The farebox revenue recovered from the fares and monthly passes described in paragraph (1).

(3) The rate change for fares offered to senior citizens, disabled persons, and disabled veterans.

(4) The number of people affected by the rate change each month.

(5) The cost of a reduced fare for senior citizens, disabled persons, or disabled veterans, before and after the implementation of the reduced fare rate for senior citizens.

(6) A description of any service changes made on or after January 1, 2025.

(7) The amount of farebox revenue collected after January 1, 2025.

(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Disabled person” shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 99206.5 and in Section 295.5 of the Vehicle Code.

(2) “Disabled veteran” shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 295.7 of the Vehicle Code.

(3) “Service changes” include, but are not limited to, any of the following:

(A) A change made to routes, including the addition or removal of service on a route.

(B) A change to the frequency of service on a route.

(C) A delay in a project that is intended to improve customer service, including implementation of real-time General Transit Feed Specification.

(D) A change, unrelated to retirements, in staffing levels, including security.

(d) The report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted on or before January 1, 2026, and shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 111, Sec. 3. (AB 2634) Effective January 1, 2025. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)


text:
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Eligible persons” means persons who receive, or who are eligible to receive, paratransit services based on a disability and whose disability cannot reasonably be expected to improve over time, as determined by the person’s qualified licensed medical professional, and whose ability to access the fixed route system cannot reasonably be expected to improve over time, as determined by the transit operator.

(2) “Recertification process” means the process by which a transit operator may require persons who have previously been determined eligible for the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.) complementary paratransit service to have their eligibility reviewed again.

(3) “Transit operator” means a transit district, municipal operator, county transportation commission, transportation authority, joint powers authority, or other public transit operator that provides, or contracts for the provision of, paratransit service for individuals with disabilities and that receives public funding pursuant to the Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200)).

(b) (1) On or before January 1, 2027, a transit operator shall establish a streamlined recertification process for eligible persons.

(2) The streamlined recertification process established by a transit operator pursuant to paragraph (1) shall use a telephone interview, mail-in form, teleconference, or online survey and collect for the purposes of verification only the following information:

(A) Physical address.

(B) Mailing address, if different from physical address.

(C) Emergency contact.

(D) Telephone number.

(E) Updated mobility devices.

(F) Status of disability, with identification of any worsening of the person’s disability, any additional disability, any changes to the person’s functional abilities, and any changes to the person’s use of an assistive device.

(G) First and last name.

(H) Date of birth.

(3) A transit operator may also request, as part of the streamlined recertification process, an updated photo of the eligible person if the transit operator requires a photo for its initial eligibility determination.

(4) (A) A transit operator shall require eligible persons to complete the streamlined recertification process established pursuant to this subdivision once every five years.

(B) An eligible person may request recertification at any time and shall complete the recertification every five years thereafter.

(c) On and after June 1, 2027, a transit operator shall only use the streamlined recertification process described in subdivision (b) for eligible persons unless one of the following conditions applies:

(1) There is a review to broaden the person’s eligibility for paratransit services based on either the person’s disability worsening or the person having an additional disability.

(2) The person is temporarily eligible for paratransit services.

(3) The transit operator has implemented service changes or improvements that may impact the person’s eligibility for paratransit services.

(4) The eligible person has moved to a new physical address and the change of physical address is reasonably expected to modify their eligibility for paratransit services.

(d) This section does not prohibit a transit operator from establishing and using a different recertification process for persons who do not meet the definition of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).

(e) This section shall not prevent a transit operator from contracting the eligibility recertification process for paratransit services, so long as the final decision regarding an eligible person’s eligibility to be recertified for paratransit services is made by the transit operator.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. (AB 1250) Effective January 1, 2026.)


text:
(a) The Legislature intends that dial-a-ride and paratransit services be accessible to disabled persons, as defined in Section 99206.5. It is intended that transportation service be provided for employment, education, medical, and personal reasons. Transportation for individuals with disabilities is a necessity, and allows these persons to fully participate in our society.

The Legislature finds and declares that the term “paratransit,” as used in the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336), refers to transportation services with specific criteria of quality and quantity, and which are required to be made available to limited classes of persons based on eligibility categories; this is often referred to as “ADA paratransit” or “complementary paratransit.” The Legislature finds and declares that the terms “paratransit” and “dial-a-ride,” as used in the laws of this state, apply to a broader range of transportation services and that not all individuals with disabilities under the laws of this state are eligible for “ADA paratransit” under the federal law.

(b) Each transit operator, for profit or nonprofit, which provides, or contracts for the provision of, dial-a-ride or paratransit service for individuals with disabilities and which receives public funding pursuant to the Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200)) for that service shall provide the service without regard to either of the following:

(1) Whether the person is a member of a household which owns a motor vehicle.

(2) Whether the place of residence of the person who requests transportation service is within the service area of the provider. To the extent that they are eligible for the specified service requested, all persons requesting transportation service in the service area of the provider shall be provided service on the same terms and at the same price that service is provided to other persons residing within the service area of the provider.

(c) Subdivision (b) does not preclude a provider from offering a subscription service, and does not require a reduction in the amount the provider charges other public or private agencies.

(d) Except as required by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336) and federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto or by higher standards prescribed by the laws of this state, nothing in this section requires any transit operator which provides service to individuals with disabilities in a manner consistent with subdivision (b) to make those services available outside the operator’s established operating service area, or requires the operator to make the presentation of identification a condition to using the service.

(e) A transit operator shall honor any current identification card which is valid for the type of transportation service or discount requested and which has been issued to an individual with disabilities by another transit operator.

(f) Any person who believes an operator has violated Section 99155 or 99155.5 may file a report of the alleged violation with the transportation planning agency or county transportation commission. Any individual with disabilities may request the Attorney General to resolve any dispute as to compliance with Section 99155 or this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 769, Sec. 5. (AB 2679) Effective January 1, 2013.)


text:
(a) The Transportation Agency, in consultation with public transit operators, shall conduct an assessment of the procedures public transit operators use to provide dial-a-ride and paratransit services to individuals with disabilities who are visiting their service territories and are certified to use another in-state public transit operator’s similar dial-a-ride and paratransit services, to the extent available. The assessment shall include, but not be limited to, timelines and methods for qualifying individuals to submit certification documents, including by electronic submission, to transit operators.

(b) On or before July 1, 2021, the Transportation Agency shall publish the assessment on its internet website.

(c) After conducting and publishing the assessment, the Transportation Agency shall adopt guidelines for the development of a statewide program to enable individuals with disabilities who a public transit operator has certified to use its dial-a-ride and paratransit services to use another in-state public transit operator’s similar dial-a-ride and paratransit services, to the extent available.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 627, Sec. 1. (AB 1351) Effective January 1, 2020.)


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transit district may provide compensation to a member of the governing board of the district only for attendance at a meeting of the board or for each day the member is engaged in other district business within or without the district. A member who engages in district business other than attendance at board meetings shall first obtain authorization of the board for reimbursement of travel expenses or other compensation before engaging in that business and shall submit a report thereof to the board for all expenditures.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1160, Sec. 1.)