California Code
Government Code - GOV
TITLE 7.10 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY ACT

CHAPTER 1 - Findings and Declarations of Policy

Section 66540. - 66540. This title shall be known and may be cited...

Section 66540.1. - 66540.1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

Section 66540.2. - 66540.2. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

CHAPTER 2 - Definitions

Section 66540.3. - 66540.3. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...

CHAPTER 3 - San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority

Section 66540.4. - 66540.4. There is hereby established the San Francisco Bay Area...

Section 66540.5. - 66540.5. The authority shall have the authority to plan, manage,...

Section 66540.6. - 66540.6. (a) In order to establish and secure emergency activities...

Section 66540.7. - 66540.7. (a) The authority shall have the responsibility within the...

Section 66540.8. - 66540.8. The authority shall have the power to apply for,...

Section 66540.9. - 66540.9. In order to properly plan and provide for emergency...

Section 66540.10. - 66540.10. The San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority shall...

Section 66540.11. - 66540.11. (a) Public transportation ferries and related water transportation services...

CHAPTER 4 - Governing Body

Section 66540.12. - 66540.12. (a) The authority shall be governed by a board...

Section 66540.13. - 66540.13. A member may be removed only for cause or...

Section 66540.14. - 66540.14. A member may be reappointed to serve additional terms....

Section 66540.15. - 66540.15. The board members shall serve without compensation, but shall...

Section 66540.16. - 66540.16. (a) The board shall have the power to appoint...

Section 66540.17. - 66540.17. The board may do all of the following: (a)...

Section 66540.18. - 66540.18. (a) The chair of the board shall do all...

Section 66540.19. - 66540.19. (a) The time and place of the first meeting...

Section 66540.20. - 66540.20. The board is the legislative body of the authority...

Section 66540.21. - 66540.21. The board shall determine what water transportation services facilities...

Section 66540.22. - 66540.22. (a) The board shall supervise and regulate every water...

Section 66540.23. - 66540.23. (a) The board may act either by ordinance or...

Section 66540.24. - 66540.24. (a) Three members of the board shall constitute a...

Section 66540.25. - 66540.25. The authority may do any and all things necessary...

CHAPTER 5 - Duties and Powers

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 66540.255. - 66540.255. The authority may accept grants, contributions, and appropriations from...

Section 66540.26. - 66540.26. The authority has perpetual succession and may adopt a...

Section 66540.27. - 66540.27. The authority may provide a comprehensive emergency public water...

Section 66540.28. - 66540.28. The authority may sue and be sued. (Repealed and...

Section 66540.29. - 66540.29. The authority may take by grant, purchase, devise, or...

Section 66540.30. - 66540.30. The authority may contract with any department or agency...

Section 66540.31. - 66540.31. No action taken by the authority pursuant to this...

Section 66540.315. - 66540.315. The authority may establish a community advisory committee to...

ARTICLE 2 - Planning

Section 66540.32. - 66540.32. (a) The authority shall create and adopt, on or...

Section 66540.325. - 66540.325. When feeder transportation services are proposed to be established...

Section 66540.33. - 66540.33. The authority shall refer for recommendation the plans of...

ARTICLE 3 - Facilities, Equipment, and Services

Section 66540.34. - 66540.34. The authority may enter into agreements for the joint...

Section 66540.35. - 66540.35. The authority may acquire, own, lease, construct, and operate...

Section 66540.36. - 66540.36. The authority may select private or public franchisees for...

Section 66540.37. - 66540.37. The authority may accept, through purchase of fee, conveyance...

Section 66540.38. - 66540.38. The authority may lease or contract for the use...

Section 66540.39. - 66540.39. The air emission standard for new vessels purchased by...

Section 66540.40. - 66540.40. The authority shall dedicate at least one new vessel,...

ARTICLE 4 - Funding

Section 66540.41. - 66540.41. The authority shall prepare and implement annual operating budgets...

Section 66540.42. - 66540.42. The authority shall set fares for travel on the...

Section 66540.43. - 66540.43. (a) The authority may issue bonds, from time to...

Section 66540.44. - 66540.44. The authority may levy special benefit assessments consistent with...

Section 66540.45. - 66540.45. The authority may borrow money in accordance with Article...

Section 66540.46. - 66540.46. (a) The authority may borrow money in anticipation of...

Section 66540.47. - 66540.47. The authority may bring an action to determine the...

Section 66540.48. - 66540.48. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title or...

Section 66540.49. - 66540.49. The authority may apply for and receive grants from...

Section 66540.50. - 66540.50. The authority may deposit or invest any moneys of...

Section 66540.51. - 66540.51. The authority may insure against any accident to or...

Section 66540.52. - 66540.52. The authority may insure against loss of revenues from...

Section 66540.53. - 66540.53. The authority may insure against public liability or property...

Section 66540.54. - 66540.54. (a) The authority shall maintain accounting records and shall...

ARTICLE 5 - Employee Benefits and Retirement System

Section 66540.55. - 66540.55. The authority shall prescribe a method of securing employees,...

Section 66540.56. - 66540.56. Represented employees of the San Francisco Bay Area Water...

Section 66540.57. - 66540.57. The authority may establish a retirement system for the...

Section 66540.58. - 66540.58. The authority may maintain its own retirement fund or...

Section 66540.59. - 66540.59. Before establishing any retirement system, the authority shall secure...

Section 66540.60. - 66540.60. The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and...

Section 66540.61. - 66540.61. As an alternative method of providing a retirement system,...

Section 66540.62. - 66540.62. The board may also contract with the Board of...

Section 66540.63. - 66540.63. The board may classify and determine the officers and...

Section 66540.64. - 66540.64. The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon...

Section 66540.65. - 66540.65. Any pension or retirement system adopted by the board...

Section 66540.66. - 66540.66. Contributions shall be in amounts that shall accumulate at...

Section 66540.67. - 66540.67. Nothing in any pension or retirement system or plan...

Section 66540.68. - 66540.68. (a) This article does not apply to any employees...

CHAPTER 6 - Severability

Section 66540.69. - 66540.69. If any chapter, article, section, subdivision, subsection, sentence, clause,...