California Code
DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS
PART 1 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 24501. - 24501. This part may be cited as the “Transit District...

Section 24501.5. - 24501.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except Section 24826,...

Section 24502. - 24502. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this...

Section 24503. - 24503. “District” means a transit district formed under this part;...

Section 24504. - 24504. “Voter” means any elector who is registered under the...

Section 24505. - 24505. “Transit” means the transportation of passengers and their incidental...

Section 24506. - 24506. “Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and...

Section 24507. - 24507. “Percent of the total vote cast,” when used with...

Section 24508. - 24508. “City” includes city and county and incorporated town, but...

Section 24509. - 24509. “Public agency” includes a city, city and county, a...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 24531. - 24531. A transit district may be created as provided in...

Section 24532. - 24532. Except as otherwise provided in this part elections shall...

Section 24533. - 24533. Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances...

Section 24534. - 24534. Whenever in this part publication is required and there...

Section 24535. - 24535. Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of...

CHAPTER 2 - Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District

Section 24561. - 24561. The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District formed pursuant to this...

CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts

ARTICLE 1 - Government

Section 24801. - 24801. The government of every district is vested in a...

ARTICLE 2 - Election of Directors

Section 24821. - 24821. The first directors are elected at the formation election...

Section 24822. - 24822. Notice of election shall be published and no other...

Section 24823. - 24823. The board shall by resolution or ordinance fix the...

Section 24824. - 24824. The notice of election shall refer to the wards...

Section 24825. - 24825. Upon the filing of a sufficient nomination paper and...

Section 24826. - 24826. (a) The nomination paper for a director shall contain...

Section 24827. - 24827. Nomination papers may be circulated throughout the district for...

Section 24828. - 24828. Except as otherwise provided in this part, the provisions...

Section 24829. - 24829. The board shall in the notice, ordinance, or resolution...

Section 24830. - 24830. Candidates for the office of director shall be voted...

Section 24831. - 24831. Upon receipt of the returns of the canvass by...

Section 24832. - 24832. The secretary of the district shall issue certificates of...

ARTICLE 3 - Terms of Office of Directors

Section 24861. - 24861. The directors elected at the formation election shall hold...

Section 24862. - 24862. Of the directors elected at the first election following...

Section 24863. - 24863. Directors elected at the formation election shall enter upon...

Section 24864. - 24864. Every director is subject to recall by voters of...

Section 24865. - 24865. Notwithstanding Section 1780 of the Government Code, the board...

Section 24866. - 24866. The person appointed to fill any vacancy on the...

ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors

Section 24881. - 24881. The oath of office of directors shall be taken,...

Section 24882. - 24882. The board shall choose one of its members president,...

Section 24883. - 24883. The board is the legislative body of the district...

Section 24884. - 24884. All matters and things necessary for the proper administration...

Section 24885. - 24885. The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility...

Section 24886. - 24886. The board may adopt a personnel system for the...

Section 24887. - 24887. The board may from time to time contract for...

Section 24888. - 24888. The board shall have an annual audit made of...

Section 24889. - 24889. The board may provide by resolution, under such terms...

Section 24890. - 24890. To facilitate the business of the district, the board...

ARTICLE 5 - Meetings and Legislation

Section 24906. - 24906. All legislative sessions of the board, whether regular or...

Section 24907. - 24907. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for...

Section 24908. - 24908. (a) The board may, by ordinance or resolution, provide...

Section 24909. - 24909. The acts of the board shall be expressed by...

Section 24910. - 24910. All ordinances shall be published after passage. (Added by...

Section 24911. - 24911. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as...

Section 24912. - 24912. All ordinances shall be signed by the president of...

ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers

Section 24926. - 24926. The board shall appoint and fix the salary of...

Section 24927. - 24927. All other things being equal, the board shall appoint...

Section 24928. - 24928. The general manager need not be a resident of...

Section 24929. - 24929. The general manager shall hold office for an indefinite...

Section 24930. - 24930. Notwithstanding this article, until such time as the district...

Section 24931. - 24931. The board may appoint a secretary and a general...

Section 24932. - 24932. The general counsel shall be admitted to practice law...

Section 24932.5. - 24932.5. The secretary, and such assistants as the board may...

Section 24934. - 24934. The oath of office of all appointive officers of...

Section 24935. - 24935. Each appointive officer shall devote their entire time to...

Section 24936. - 24936. Subject to the control of the board, the powers...

Section 24937. - 24937. The general manager shall within 180 days from the...

Section 24938. - 24938. The general counsel shall take charge of all suits...

Section 24939. - 24939. The general manager shall cause to be installed and...

Section 24940. - 24940. The general manager shall provide for the custody of...

Section 24941. - 24941. With the consent of the board, the general manager...

CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions

Section 25051. - 25051. (a) If a majority of the employees employed by...

Section 25052. - 25052. If there is a question whether a labor organization...

Section 25053. - 25053. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly...

Section 25054. - 25054. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly...

Section 25055. - 25055. The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for...

Section 25056. - 25056. All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public...

Section 25057. - 25057. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Government Code, the board...

CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System

ARTICLE 1 - Establishment

Section 25301. - 25301. The board may establish a retirement system for the...

Section 25302. - 25302. The district may maintain its own retirement fund or...

Section 25303. - 25303. Before establishing any retirement system the board shall secure...

Section 25304. - 25304. The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and...

Section 25305. - 25305. Nothing in this chapter prevents a district from participating...

Section 25306. - 25306. The board may classify and determine the officers and...

ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions

Section 25331. - 25331. (a) The board may prescribe the terms and conditions...

Section 25332. - 25332. The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon...

Section 25333. - 25333. The board may require the district to contribute the...

Section 25334. - 25334. All members of the retirement system shall contribute in...

Section 25335. - 25335. Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits...

Section 25336. - 25336. If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior...

Section 25337. - 25337. All money received by any person as an annuity,...

ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board

Section 25361. - 25361. The board, upon establishing a retirement system pursuant to...

Section 25362. - 25362. All members of the retirement board shall serve without...

Section 25363. - 25363. The retirement board shall determine the eligibility of officers,...

Section 25364. - 25364. If the district maintains its own retirement fund, the...

ARTICLE 4 - Investigation and Penalties

Section 25391. - 25391. At least once in each four-year period after the...

Section 25392. - 25392. Except as herein provided, no member of the board...

CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District

ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power

Section 25701. - 25701. A district has perpetual succession and may adopt a...

Section 25702. - 25702. A district may sue and be sued, except as...

Section 25703. - 25703. A district may exercise the right of eminent domain...

ARTICLE 2 - Contracts

Section 25721. - 25721. A district may make contracts and enter into stipulations...

Section 25722. - 25722. Neither the general manager nor any director of the...

ARTICLE 4 - Property

Section 25771. - 25771. A district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise,...

Section 25772. - 25772. Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record,...

ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service

Section 25801. - 25801. A district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or...

Section 25802. - 25802. A district may without limitation by any other provisions...

Section 25803. - 25803. A district shall not interfere with or exercise any...

Section 25804. - 25804. A district may lease or contract for the use...

Section 25805. - 25805. A district may construct and operate or acquire and...

Section 25806. - 25806. A district may enter into agreements for the joint...

Section 25807. - 25807. The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to...

Section 25808. - 25808. The board of supervisors of a county or a...

Section 25809. - 25809. Upon the filing of a request for hearing as...

Section 25810. - 25810. At the time fixed for any hearing before the...

Section 25811. - 25811. The district, petitioner or petitioners, and the intervenors shall...

Section 25812. - 25812. Oral evidence shall be taken only on oath or...

Section 25813. - 25813. The general counsel for the district shall be present...

Section 25814. - 25814. A complete record of all proceedings and testimony before...

Section 25815. - 25815. Within 30 days after submission of the case the...

Section 25816. - 25816. Within 40 days after the mailing of the decision...

ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness

Section 25841. - 25841. A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness, and...

Section 25841.5. - 25841.5. A district may borrow money for the purpose of...

Section 25842. - 25842. No district shall incur an indebtedness for public works...

Section 25843. - 25843. Indebtedness which has been incurred for the acquisition, construction,...

Section 25844. - 25844. A district may accept, without limitation by any other...

Section 25845. - 25845. The district may purchase equipment such as cars, trolley...

Section 25846. - 25846. The agreement to purchase or lease may direct the...

Section 25847. - 25847. The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before...

Section 25848. - 25848. The covenants, conditions and provisions of the agreements, leases,...

Section 25849. - 25849. An executed copy of each agreement or lease shall...

ARTICLE 7 - Investments

Section 25871. - 25871. A district may invest any surplus money in its...

Section 25872. - 25872. Such investment may be made by direct purchase of...

Section 25873. - 25873. Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held...

Section 25874. - 25874. Sales of any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased...

ARTICLE 8 - Taxation

Section 25891. - 25891. A district may levy, and collect or cause to...

Section 25892. - 25892. If, in the opinion of the board, the revenues...

Section 25892.1. - 25892.1. (a) The district board may impose a special tax...

Section 25893. - 25893. The board shall, at the time of fixing the...

Section 25894. - 25894. The taxes required to be levied and collected on...

Section 25895. - 25895. The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and...

Section 25896. - 25896. The board may elect to avail itself of the...

Section 25897. - 25897. In such case the county auditor shall, on or...

Section 25898. - 25898. In case the board elects to avail itself of...

Section 25899. - 25899. The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of...

Section 25900. - 25900. The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at...

Section 25901. - 25901. Whenever any real property situate in any district which...

Section 25902. - 25902. The compensation to be charged by and paid to...

Section 25903. - 25903. All taxes levied under this part are a lien...

Section 25904. - 25904. Whenever one or more special transit service districts are...

ARTICLE 9 - Claims

Section 25951. - 25951. All claims for money or damages against the district...

CHAPTER 7 - Bonds

ARTICLE 1 - Issuance

Section 26201. - 26201. A district may from time to time incur a...

Section 26202. - 26202. Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of...

Section 26203. - 26203. In lieu of a resolution passed by the board,...

Section 26204. - 26204. Whenever any petition signed by voters within the district...

Section 26205. - 26205. If the required number of signatures is found to...

Section 26206. - 26206. Upon receiving a petition with the certificate of the...

Section 26207. - 26207. The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix...

Section 26208. - 26208. Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object...

Section 26209. - 26209. Any special bond election may be held separately, or...

Section 26210. - 26210. The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice...

Section 26210.5. - 26210.5. The board shall comply with Article 3 (commencing with...

Section 26211. - 26211. The votes of two-thirds of all the voters voting...

Section 26212. - 26212. If the proposition submitted at a special bond election...

ARTICLE 2 - Form and Content

Section 26241. - 26241. Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in...

Section 26242. - 26242. The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as...

Section 26243. - 26243. The board may at any time prior to the...

Section 26244. - 26244. The bonds shall be signed by the president of...

ARTICLE 3 - Issue and Sale

Section 26261. - 26261. The bonds may be issued and sold for not...

Section 26262. - 26262. All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale...

Section 26263. - 26263. In lieu of the immediate levy of a tax...

ARTICLE 4 - Refunding

Section 26281. - 26281. Whenever the board by resolution passed by a vote...

Section 26282. - 26282. The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed...

Section 26283. - 26283. Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this chapter...

Section 26284. - 26284. Refunding bonds shall bear interest at a rate not...

Section 26285. - 26285. The proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds shall...

Section 26286. - 26286. In lieu of selling refunding bonds and using the...

Section 26287. - 26287. Whenever outstanding bonds are refunded they shall be surrendered...

ARTICLE 5 - Status as Investments

Section 26311. - 26311. All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district...

Section 26312. - 26312. All bonds of the district, to the same extent...

ARTICLE 6 - Validating Proceedings

Section 26341. - 26341. An action to determine the validity of bonds may...

ARTICLE 7 - Revenue Bonds

Section 26351. - 26351. As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds,...

Section 26352. - 26352. A district created pursuant to this part is a...

CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities

ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement

Section 26401. - 26401. Any city not included within the boundaries of a...

Section 26402. - 26402. The legislative body of the city proposed to be...

Section 26403. - 26403. The annexation agreement may also provide that the city’s...

Section 26404. - 26404. As an alternative to commencement of annexation proceedings by...

Section 26405. - 26405. The petition may include one or more separate documents,...

Section 26406. - 26406. If the board determines that the annexation of the...

ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District

Section 26421. - 26421. The agreement shall become effective and be binding upon...

Section 26422. - 26422. The ordinance, together with a notice fixing the time...

Section 26423. - 26423. At the hearing any person interested may file with...

Section 26424. - 26424. Upon the hearing the board shall determine whether or...

Section 26425. - 26425. Any hearing on the agreement may be adjourned from...

Section 26426. - 26426. If no protests are filed or if the protests...

Section 26427. - 26427. When executed by the district the agreement shall be...

ARTICLE 3 - Approval by City

Section 26451. - 26451. At any time after the board has finally approved...

Section 26452. - 26452. Notice of election shall be published as provided in...

Section 26453. - 26453. The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the...

Section 26454. - 26454. If upon a canvass of the election it is...

Section 26455. - 26455. If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall...

Section 26456. - 26456. If the proposition receives the vote of the requisite...

ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of Annexation

Section 26486. - 26486. Upon receipt by the district of a copy of...

ARTICLE 5 - Annexation of Territory to Cities

Section 26511. - 26511. Upon the completion of the annexation of any territory...

Section 26512. - 26512. If the district shall file its objections in the...

ARTICLE 6 - Effect of Annexation

Section 26531. - 26531. From and after the date of annexation the board...

Section 26532. - 26532. No annexation of a city to a district shall...

ARTICLE 7 - Contest of Annexation

Section 26551. - 26551. The validity of any proceedings for the annexation of...

CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory

ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement

Section 26651. - 26651. Unincorporated territory may be annexed to a district in...

Section 26652. - 26652. Unincorporated territory not contiguous to a district may not...

Section 26653. - 26653. A petition signed by voters within the territory proposed...

Section 26654. - 26654. The secretary shall compare the signatures on the petition...

Section 26655. - 26655. If the board determines that the annexation of the...

Section 26656. - 26656. Provisions may be made (among other things) for payment...

Section 26657. - 26657. The annexation agreement may also provide that the unincorporated...

Section 26658. - 26658. As an alternative to commencement of annexation proceedings by...

ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District

Section 26681. - 26681. The board shall by ordinance setting forth the terms...

Section 26682. - 26682. The ordinance together with a notice fixing the time...

Section 26683. - 26683. At the hearing any person interested may file with...

Section 26684. - 26684. Upon the hearing the board shall determine whether or...

Section 26685. - 26685. Any hearing on the agreement may be adjourned from...

Section 26686. - 26686. If no protests are filed or the protests filed...

Section 26687. - 26687. If protests against the proposed annexation are sustained, all...

ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Unincorporated Territory

Section 27011. - 27011. The board shall cause an election to be held...

Section 27012. - 27012. Notice of election shall be published and shall either...

Section 27013. - 27013. The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the...

Section 27014. - 27014. If upon a canvass of the election it is...

Section 27015. - 27015. If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall...

Section 27016. - 27016. If the proposition is defeated by the voters, no...

ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of Annexation

Section 27041. - 27041. In the event the proposition receives the vote of...

ARTICLE 5 - Annexation Without Election

Section 27061. - 27061. Unincorporated territory may be annexed to a district without...

Section 27062. - 27062. A petition describing the territory proposed to be annexed...

Section 27063. - 27063. Proceedings shall thereafter be taken and a hearing held...

ARTICLE 6 - Effect of Annexation

Section 27091. - 27091. From and after the date of annexation the board...

ARTICLE 7 - Contest of Annexation

Section 27111. - 27111. The validity of any proceedings for the annexation of...

CHAPTER 10 - Exclusion of Territory

ARTICLE 1 - Exclusion of Unincorporated Territory

Section 27251. - 27251. Any territory contained within a district not being served...

Section 27252. - 27252. The petition shall describe the territory sought to be...

Section 27253. - 27253. The petition shall be filed with the secretary of...

Section 27254. - 27254. Upon the filing of the petition the secretary shall...

Section 27255. - 27255. Any landowner or taxpayer within the district may appear...

Section 27256. - 27256. The petition shall come on for hearing before the...

Section 27257. - 27257. If upon the hearing the board determines that it...

Section 27258. - 27258. A copy of the order of exclusion certified by...

Section 27259. - 27259. From and after the making of the order of...

ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Incorporated Territory

Section 27281. - 27281. If the city to which any territory included in...

Section 27282. - 27282. The petition shall contain the information prescribed for petitions...

Section 27283. - 27283. If an order of exclusion is granted, the board...

Section 27284. - 27284. The order of exclusion does not invalidate in any...

ARTICLE 3 - Exclusion of Territory Within or Without City

Section 27291. - 27291. The provisions of this article are alternative to any...

Section 27292. - 27292. Any time after the defeat of a bond issue...

Section 27293. - 27293. The petition or resolution shall state the reasons for...

Section 27294. - 27294. (a) If the exclusion is initiated by a city...

Section 27295. - 27295. Within 60 days after the receipt of a petition...

Section 27296. - 27296. Any landowner or taxpayer within the district may appear...

Section 27297. - 27297. The petition or resolution shall be heard by the...

Section 27298. - 27298. If, upon the hearing the board determines that it...

Section 27299. - 27299. In the event that the board shall not make...

Section 27300. - 27300. In the event that a majority of the votes...

Section 27301. - 27301. A copy of the order of exclusion, certified by...

Section 27302. - 27302. Subsequent to the making and recording of the order...

CHAPTER 10.5 - Special Transit Service Districts

ARTICLE 1 - Proposal of Formation

Section 27401. - 27401. One or more special transit service districts may be...

Section 27402. - 27402. Resolutions shall first be passed by the legislative bodies...

Section 27403. - 27403. As an alternative to the instigation of the formation...

Section 27404. - 27404. The petition shall declare that the public interest or...

Section 27405. - 27405. The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures...

Section 27406. - 27406. The board may initiate proceedings for the creation of...

ARTICLE 2 - Hearing

Section 27411. - 27411. Within 60 days after receipt of the resolutions of...

Section 27412. - 27412. The notice of hearing shall be published once in...

Section 27413. - 27413. The time fixed for the hearing shall be not...

Section 27414. - 27414. At or before the hearing, any person interested may...

Section 27415. - 27415. The board may reduce or enlarge the boundaries of...

Section 27416. - 27416. The board shall not approve the creation of a...

Section 27417. - 27417. If no protests are filed, or if the protests...

ARTICLE 3 - Election

Section 27421. - 27421. Any public agency included, or partly included, within the...

Section 27422. - 27422. Instead of the procedure by resolution of a public...

Section 27423. - 27423. The petition may include one or more documents, but...

Section 27424. - 27424. The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures...

Section 27425. - 27425. The filing of a resolution pursuant to Section 27421,...

Section 27426. - 27426. The board shall call the election required by Sections...

Section 27427. - 27427. The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions...

Section 27428. - 27428. No person is entitled to vote at the election...

Section 27429. - 27429. The costs of the election required by this article...

Section 27430. - 27430. The question of the creation of a special transit...

ARTICLE 4 - Taxing Subdivision

Section 27441. - 27441. A special transit service district has no separate corporate...

ARTICLE 5 - Bond Election

Section 27451. - 27451. At any time after the adoption by the board...

Section 27452. - 27452. The proposition for incurring a bonded indebtedness under Section...

Section 27453. - 27453. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the provisions...

Section 27454. - 27454. The favorable vote of a majority of all the...

Section 27455. - 27455. Only the property in the special transit service district...

Section 27456. - 27456. Any proceeding denying the validity of the creation of...

ARTICLE 6 - Annexation

Section 27461. - 27461. Any public agency or portion thereof within the boundaries...

Section 27462. - 27462. The board shall, by resolution, determine that the annexation...

Section 27463. - 27463. Any public agency or portion thereof included as part...

Section 27464. - 27464. Except as otherwise provided herein, Article 3 (commencing at...

Section 27465. - 27465. The terms and conditions for the annexation of territory...

Section 27466. - 27466. Notice fixing the time and place for hearing on...

Section 27467. - 27467. The time for hearing shall be not less than...

Section 27468. - 27468. At or before the hearing, any person interested may...

Section 27469. - 27469. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time...

Section 27470. - 27470. From and after the date of filing of the...

Section 27471. - 27471. From and after the date of annexation any territory...

Section 27472. - 27472. Upon the completion of the annexation of any territory...

Section 27473. - 27473. If the district shall file its objections in the...

ARTICLE 7 - Dissolution

Section 27481. - 27481. A special transit service district may be dissolved by...

CHAPTER 11 - Dissolution

Section 27501. - 27501. The board of any district which operates no transit...

Section 27502. - 27502. The election for the purpose of submitting to the...

Section 27503. - 27503. Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because...

Section 27504. - 27504. The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the...

Section 27505. - 27505. No other notice of the election other than that...

Section 27506. - 27506. If upon a canvass of the election it is...

Section 27507. - 27507. Upon dissolution of any district which has boundaries that...

Section 27508. - 27508. If at the time of dissolution there is any...

Section 27509. - 27509. In the event that the proposition for dissolution fails...