California Code
DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS
PART 13 - GOLDEN EMPIRE TRANSIT DISTRICT

CHAPTER 1 - Title of Act and Policy

Section 101000. - 101000. This part shall be known and may be cited...

Section 101001. - 101001. It appears that public interest and necessity may require...

CHAPTER 2 - Definitions

Section 101005. - 101005. Unless the context otherwise specifically requires, the definitions set...

Section 101006. - 101006. “District” means the Golden Empire Transit District formed under...

Section 101007. - 101007. “Board” means the board of directors of the district....

Section 101008. - 101008. “County” means the County of Kern. (Added by Stats....

Section 101009. - 101009. “Board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of...

Section 101010. - 101010. “Voter” means any elector who is registered to vote...

Section 101011. - 101011. “Transit” means the transportation of passengers by any means...

Section 101012. - 101012. “Transit works” or “transit facilities” means any and all...

Section 101013. - 101013. “Commission” means the local agency formation commission, of the...

Section 101014. - 101014. “Existing system” means any transit service or system of...

CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions

Section 101030. - 101030. The Golden Empire Transit District may exercise the powers...

Section 101031. - 101031. The territory of such district shall be composed of...

CHAPTER 4 - Government of the District

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 101100. - 101100. The government of the district shall be vested in...

Section 101101. - 101101. Each director shall be a resident of the district....

Section 101102. - 101102. Except for the first members of the board, the...

Section 101103. - 101103. The board of directors shall be appointed as follows:...

Section 101104. - 101104. If the majority of the four members of the...

Section 101105. - 101105. Within the 30 days next preceding the date of...

Section 101106. - 101106. Not later than the 10th day after the commencement...

ARTICLE 2 - First Directors

Section 101110. - 101110. The appointment of the first members of the board...

Section 101111. - 101111. The one member of the first board appointed pursuant...

ARTICLE 3 - Organization and Procedure

Section 101120. - 101120. Immediately following the appointment and qualification of the first...

Section 101121. - 101121. The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the...

Section 101122. - 101122. In the absence of the chairman at any meeting,...

Section 101123. - 101123. A majority of the members of the board shall...

Section 101124. - 101124. The acts of the board shall be expressed by...

Section 101125. - 101125. By resolution or ordinance, the board shall prescribe the...

Section 101126. - 101126. In any particular not otherwise provided for by this...

Section 101127. - 101127. Except as otherwise provided in Section 101304, whenever the...

ARTICLE 4 - Compensation and Expenses

Section 101130. - 101130. Each member of the board shall receive a per...

Section 101131. - 101131. In addition to the compensation provided for in Section...

ARTICLE 5 - Vacancies

Section 101135. - 101135. Any vacancy in the membership of the board shall...

Section 101136. - 101136. The appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made...

ARTICLE 6 - Removal From Office

Section 101140. - 101140. Any member of the board may be removed at...

Section 101141. - 101141. Any such removal from office shall create a vacancy...

ARTICLE 7 - Powers and Duties of Directors

Section 101150. - 101150. All matters and things necessary for the proper administration...

Section 101151. - 101151. The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility...

Section 101152. - 101152. The board may either itself operate the transit system,...

Section 101153. - 101153. The board may contract with the governing body of...

Section 101154. - 101154. The board may, from time to time, contract for...

ARTICLE 8 - Other Officers

Section 101160. - 101160. Prior to the time the district has operated, controlled,...

Section 101161. - 101161. After the district has operated, controlled, or used transit...

Section 101162. - 101162. All other things being equal, the board shall appoint...

Section 101163. - 101163. Except as otherwise provided in this part, and subject...

Section 101164. - 101164. The general manager may be removed from office by...

Section 101165. - 101165. The board shall appoint a secretary and an attorney...

Section 101166. - 101166. If the moneys of the district, or any part...

Section 101167. - 101167. No member of the board of directors, and no...

Section 101168. - 101168. Within 10 days after his appointment and before entering...

Section 101169. - 101169. The board may consolidate any of the district offices...

Section 101170. - 101170. The treasurer of the district, if one is appointed...

Section 101171. - 101171. The secretary shall maintain and preserve a permanent written...

Section 101172. - 101172. The board shall fix the compensation of the officers...

Section 101173. - 101173. The premium upon any bond required under this article...

CHAPTER 5 - General Powers and Functions of the District

ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power

Section 101175. - 101175. The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a...

Section 101176. - 101176. Except as otherwise provided by law, the district may...

Section 101177. - 101177. The district may exercise the right of eminent domain...

Section 101178. - 101178. No action in eminent domain to acquire property, or...

Section 101179. - 101179. No such taking or acquisition by the district which...

ARTICLE 2 - Contracts

Section 101180. - 101180. The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations...

Section 101181. - 101181. No officer or employee of the district shall in...

ARTICLE 4 - Property

Section 101190. - 101190. The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise,...

Section 101191. - 101191. Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record,...

ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service

Section 101195. - 101195. The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or...

Section 101196. - 101196. The district may, without limitation by any other provisions...

Section 101197. - 101197. The district shall not interfere with, or exercise control...

Section 101198. - 101198. The district may lease, or contract for the use...

Section 101199. - 101199. The district may construct and operate or acquire and...

Section 101200. - 101200. The district may enter into agreements for the joint...

Section 101201. - 101201. The rates and charges for service furnished by the...

Section 101202. - 101202. The board of supervisors, or the city council of...

Section 101203. - 101203. Upon the filing of a request for hearing as...

Section 101204. - 101204. Prior to, or at the time fixed, for hearing,...

Section 101205. - 101205. Within 30 days after submission of the case, the...

Section 101206. - 101206. The district may operate charter bus service subject to...

ARTICLE 6 - Existing Systems

Section 101208.1. - 101208.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, before the...

Section 101208.2. - 101208.2. The district shall not establish the proposed service or...

Section 101208.3. - 101208.3. The purchase price to be paid for the existing...

Section 101208.4. - 101208.4. The district and public utility operating the existing system...

Section 101208.5. - 101208.5. Section 851 shall not apply to any contract for...

CHAPTER 6 - General Financial Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Deposit and Withdrawal of Funds

Section 101210. - 101210. To facilitate the business of the district, the board...

Section 101211. - 101211. Whenever the moneys of the district, or any part...

Section 101212. - 101212. The board may designate the county treasury as the...

Section 101213. - 101213. If the county treasury is designated as the depositary,...

Section 101214. - 101214. When the county treasury has been designated as the...

Section 101215. - 101215. The board shall examine, settle, and allow all accounts...

Section 101216. - 101216. The board may provide by resolution, under such terms...

ARTICLE 2 - Indebtedness

Section 101220. - 101220. The district may borrow money for the purpose of...

Section 101221. - 101221. The board may, within a period of two years...

Section 101222. - 101222. The district may accept, without limitation by any other...

Section 101223. - 101223. The authority to incur indebtedness vested in the district...

ARTICLE 3 - Investments

Section 101230. - 101230. The district may invest any surplus money in its...

Section 101231. - 101231. Such investment may be made by direct purchase of...

Section 101232. - 101232. Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held...

Section 101233. - 101233. Sales of any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased...

Section 101234. - 101234. With the consent of the board, the general manager...

ARTICLE 4 - Audits and Financial Report

Section 101240. - 101240. The general manager shall cause to be installed and...

Section 101241. - 101241. The fiscal affairs of the district shall be predicated...

Section 101242. - 101242. Within 90 days from and after the close of...

Section 101243. - 101243. A copy of the financial report shall be kept...

Section 101244. - 101244. Within 15 days after the filing of the financial...

Section 101245. - 101245. Within 15 days after the filing of the financial...

ARTICLE 5 - Budget

Section 101250. - 101250. On or before the 30th day prior to the...

Section 101251. - 101251. Prior to the time the board finally adopts the...

Section 101252. - 101252. The date of the hearing shall be fixed by...

Section 101253. - 101253. At the time and place designated in the published...

Section 101254. - 101254. The board may continue the hearing from day to...

Section 101255. - 101255. After the conclusion of the hearing, and not later...

Section 101256. - 101256. A copy of the budget as finally adopted by...

ARTICLE 6 - Services of County and City Officers

Section 101260. - 101260. Whenever the district avails itself of the services of...

CHAPTER 7 - Taxation

Section 101265. - 101265. (a) The district may cause to be levied and...

Section 101266. - 101266. If, in the opinion of the board, the transit...

Section 101267. - 101267. The board shall, in addition to the general tax...

Section 101268. - 101268. On or before the second Monday in August of...

Section 101269. - 101269. On or before the last Friday in July of...

Section 101270. - 101270. Annually at the time of levying county taxes, the...

Section 101271. - 101271. The taxes so levied shall be collected at the...

Section 101272. - 101272. The performance of the acts provided for by this...

Section 101273. - 101273. All taxes levied under this part are a lien...

Section 101274. - 101274. Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes...

CHAPTER 8 - Bonds

ARTICLE 1 - Issuance

Section 101280. - 101280. The district may, from time to time, incur a...

Section 101281. - 101281. The district shall not incur a total bonded indebtedness...

Section 101282. - 101282. Whenever the board, by resolution passed by vote of...

Section 101283. - 101283. In lieu of a resolution passed by the board,...

Section 101284. - 101284. The petition may be presented to the board, and...

Section 101285. - 101285. Whenever any petition signed by voters within the district...

Section 101286. - 101286. Within 30 days after the receipt of the petition,...

Section 101287. - 101287. If the county elections official certifies that the percentage...

Section 101288. - 101288. If the petition has been executed in the manner...

Section 101289. - 101289. Upon receiving a petition so executed by the required...

Section 101290. - 101290. The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix...

Section 101291. - 101291. Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object...

Section 101292. - 101292. The bond election may be held separately, or it...

Section 101293. - 101293. If a special bond election is consolidated with any...

Section 101294. - 101294. The board shall cause the ordinance to be published...

Section 101295. - 101295. If the ordinance calling the election so provides, the...

Section 101296. - 101296. The board shall comply with Article 3 (commencing with...

Section 101297. - 101297. The votes of a majority of all the voters...

Section 101298. - 101298. If the proposition submitted at a special bond election...

ARTICLE 2 - Form and Content

Section 101300. - 101300. If the board has appointed a treasurer of the...

Section 101301. - 101301. Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in...

Section 101302. - 101302. The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as...

Section 101303. - 101303. The board may, at any time prior to the...

Section 101304. - 101304. The bonds shall be signed by the president of...

ARTICLE 3 - Issue and Sale

Section 101310. - 101310. The bonds may be issued and sold for not...

Section 101311. - 101311. All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale...

Section 101312. - 101312. In lieu of the immediate levy of a tax...

ARTICLE 4 - Refunding

Section 101315. - 101315. Whenever the board, by resolution passed by a vote...

Section 101316. - 101316. The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed...

Section 101317. - 101317. Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this chapter...

Section 101318. - 101318. Refunding bonds shall bear interest at a rate not...

Section 101319. - 101319. The proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds shall...

Section 101320. - 101320. In lieu of selling refunding bonds and using the...

Section 101321. - 101321. Whenever outstanding bonds are refunded, they shall be surrendered...

ARTICLE 5 - Status as Investments

Section 101325. - 101325. All bonds, including refunding bonds, issued by a district...

Section 101326. - 101326. All bonds of the district, to the same extent...

ARTICLE 6 - Validation

Section 101330. - 101330. An action to determine the validity of bonds, including...

ARTICLE 7 - Revenue Bonds

Section 101335. - 101335. As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds,...

Section 101336. - 101336. The district is a local agency within the meaning...

CHAPTER 9 - Labor Provisions

Section 101340. - 101340. Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form,...

Section 101341. - 101341. Whenever a majority of the employees employed by the...

Section 101342. - 101342. In the event the board and the representatives of...

Section 101343. - 101343. (a) A contract or agreement shall not be made,...

Section 101344. - 101344. If there is a question whether a labor organization...

Section 101345. - 101345. Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly...

Section 101346. - 101346. The district shall not acquire any existing system or...

Section 101347. - 101347. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Government Code, employees of...

Section 101348. - 101348. The obligation of the district to bargain in good...

CHAPTER 10 - Retirement

Section 101355. - 101355. Subject to Sections 101356 and 101357, the board shall...

Section 101356. - 101356. (a) At its discretion, the board shall select one...

Section 101357. - 101357. (a) The board shall determine and classify the officers...

Section 101358. - 101358. The retirement system provided for by this chapter shall...

Section 101359. - 101359. As to the members of the retirement system provided...

CHAPTER 11 - Miscellaneous Benefits

Section 101365. - 101365. The board shall provide for the coverage of the...

Section 101366. - 101366. Subject to such regulations and schedule of contributions of...

CHAPTER 12 - Change of Organization

Section 101370. - 101370. As used in this article the terms “change of...

Section 101371. - 101371. A change of organization or a reorganization of the...

Section 101372. - 101372. Notwithstanding Section 101371, from and after the completion of...