California Code
DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS
PART 16 - SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 105000. - 105000. This part shall be known and may be cited...

Section 105001. - 105001. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 105002. - 105002. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this...

Section 105003. - 105003. As used in this part, the following terms have...

Section 105004. - 105004. The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Part...

CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District

Section 105010. - 105010. There is hereby created the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit...

Section 105011. - 105011. Through compliance with the provisions for annexation set forth...

Section 105012. - 105012. (a) Upon the dissolution of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail...

CHAPTER 3 - Government of District

ARTICLE 1 - Board of Directors

Section 105020. - 105020. The government of the district shall be vested in...

Section 105021. - 105021. (a) The 12 members of the board shall serve...

Section 105022. - 105022. The board may fix the amount of compensation to...

Section 105023. - 105023. In the event that new territory is annexed to...

ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties of Board of Directors

Section 105030. - 105030. The board is the legislative body of the district...

Section 105031. - 105031. The board shall select one of its members as...

Section 105032. - 105032. It shall be the duty of the board and...

Section 105033. - 105033. (a) The board is authorized to establish the position...

ARTICLE 3 - Meetings and Legislation

Section 105040. - 105040. All meetings of the board shall be conducted in...

Section 105041. - 105041. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for...

Section 105042. - 105042. The affirmative vote of a majority of the members...

Section 105043. - 105043. The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and...

Section 105044. - 105044. The acts of the board shall be expressed by...

ARTICLE 4 - Other Officers

Section 105050. - 105050. The board shall appoint a general manager for the...

Section 105051. - 105051. The Counties of Marin and Sonoma, the Golden Gate...

Section 105052. - 105052. The powers and duties of the general manager are:...

CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of the District

ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Powers

Section 105060. - 105060. The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a...

Section 105061. - 105061. The district may sue and be sued, except as...

Section 105062. - 105062. All claims for money or damages against the district...

ARTICLE 2 - Contracts

Section 105070. - 105070. The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations...

Section 105071. - 105071. No officer or employee of the district shall in...

Section 105072. - 105072. The district may insure against any accident or destruction...

Section 105073. - 105073. The district may contract for the services of independent...

Section 105074. - 105074. For purposes of entering into design-build contracts, the district...

Section 105075. - 105075. The district is a local agency for purposes of...

Section 105076. - 105076. The district shall be considered the succeeding agency to...

ARTICLE 3 - Property

Section 105085. - 105085. The district may take by grant, purchase, devise, or...

Section 105086. - 105086. The district may exercise the right of eminent domain...

Section 105087. - 105087. (a) The district may take by gift, or take...

Section 105088. - 105088. (a) Upon receiving the Great Redwood Trail Agency’s rights,...

ARTICLE 4 - Rail Transit Facilities and Service

Section 105095. - 105095. The district may provide a rail transit system for...

Section 105096. - 105096. (a) The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control,...

Section 105097. - 105097. The district may lease or contract for the use...

Section 105098. - 105098. Except as otherwise provided in Section 105143, the board...

Section 105099. - 105099. The district may construct and operate or acquire and...

Section 105100. - 105100. Except as otherwise provided in Section 105087, the provisions...

Section 105101. - 105101. The district may enter into agreements for the joint...

Section 105102. - 105102. The district may, without limitation by any other provisions...

Section 105103. - 105103. The rates and charges for rail transit service furnished...

Section 105104. - 105104. The district shall work with the North Coast Railroad...

Section 105105. - 105105. The district shall be responsible for any advance payment...

ARTICLE 5 - Taxation

Section 105115. - 105115. Upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the...

ARTICLE 6 - Investments and Deposits

Section 105125. - 105125. The district’s investment of any surplus money in its...

Section 105126. - 105126. The district’s deposit of district money shall be in...

CHAPTER 5 - Personnel

ARTICLE 1 - Employee Relations

Section 105140. - 105140. Except as otherwise provided in this article and in...

Section 105141. - 105141. Except as otherwise provided in Article 2 (commencing with...

Section 105142. - 105142. (a) If, after a reasonable period of time, representatives...

Section 105143. - 105143. The district may contract for management services with any...

ARTICLE 2 - Transfer of Collective Bargaining Rights

Section 105150. - 105150. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the creation...

Section 105151. - 105151. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section...

Section 105152. - 105152. For a period of four years, commencing with the...

Section 105153. - 105153. The district shall recognize and bargain with, as the...

Section 105154. - 105154. Employees of the district organized pursuant to Part 3...

Section 105155. - 105155. To facilitate implementation of the employee rights enumerated in...

ARTICLE 3 - Rights of Employees of Existing Facilities

Section 105160. - 105160. (a) Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a...

Section 105161. - 105161. Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly...

ARTICLE 4 - Retirement System

Section 105170. - 105170. The adoption, terms, and conditions of any retirement system...

Section 105171. - 105171. The board may contract with the Board of Administration...

Section 105172. - 105172. All persons receiving pension benefits from an acquired public...

ARTICLE 5 - Other Benefits

Section 105181. - 105181. The district shall obtain coverage for the district and...

CHAPTER 6 - Bonds and Other Evidence of Indebtedness

ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of General Obligation Bonds

Section 105200. - 105200. Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district...

Section 105201. - 105201. Notice of holding of the election shall be given...

Section 105202. - 105202. If any proposition is defeated by the electors, the...

Section 105203. - 105203. If two-thirds of the electors voting on the proposition...

Section 105204. - 105204. The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or...

Section 105205. - 105205. The bonds may be sold as the board determines...

Section 105206. - 105206. Delivery of any bonds may be made at any...

Section 105207. - 105207. All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale...

Section 105208. - 105208. After the expiration of three years after a bond...

Section 105209. - 105209. Whenever the board deems that the expenditure of money...

Section 105210. - 105210. The board may provide for the issuance, sale, or...

Section 105211. - 105211. The provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 53500)...

Section 105212. - 105212. Any bonds that are issued under the provisions of...

Section 105213. - 105213. The board may enter into any covenants deemed proper...

ARTICLE 2 - Revenue Bonds

Section 105220. - 105220. The district may issue bonds, payable from revenue of...

Section 105221. - 105221. The district is a local agency within the meaning...

ARTICLE 3 - Equipment Trust Certificates

Section 105230. - 105230. The district shall have power to purchase rail transit...

Section 105231. - 105231. The agreement to purchase or lease may direct the...

Section 105232. - 105232. The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before...

Section 105233. - 105233. The covenants, conditions, and provisions of the agreements, leases,...

ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Acts and Special Benefit Districts

Section 105240. - 105240. The Improvement Act of 1911 (Part 1 (commencing with...

Section 105241. - 105241. The provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 99000)...

ARTICLE 5 - Temporary Borrowing

Section 105250. - 105250. The district may borrow money in accordance with the...

Section 105251. - 105251. The district may borrow money in anticipation of the...

ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous

Section 105260. - 105260. The district may bring an action to determine the...

Section 105261. - 105261. All bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued by...

Section 105262. - 105262. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part or any...

CHAPTER 7 - Annexation

Section 105280. - 105280. Territory may be annexed to the district in the...

Section 105281. - 105281. A county contiguous to the district may, by majority...

Section 105282. - 105282. If annexation is proposed pursuant to Section 105281, the...

Section 105283. - 105283. The board of supervisors of the county in which...

Section 105284. - 105284. The resolution shall: (a) Describe the boundaries of the...

Section 105285. - 105285. The resolution, together with the names of the members...

Section 105286. - 105286. On the day fixed for hearing or on any...

Section 105287. - 105287. After making all necessary and proper changes in the...

Section 105288. - 105288. Whenever any territory is annexed to the district it...

CHAPTER 8 - Service Zones

Section 105300. - 105300. One or more service zones to provide different levels...

Section 105301. - 105301. (a) Proceedings for the creation of a service zone...

Section 105302. - 105302. (a) As an alternative to the initiation of proceedings...

Section 105303. - 105303. The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures...

Section 105304. - 105304. (a) Within 30 days after receipt of the resolution...

Section 105305. - 105305. The board may change the boundaries of a service...

Section 105306. - 105306. A local agency formation commission shall have no power...

Section 105307. - 105307. As determined by the board, a service zone may...

Section 105308. - 105308. As determined by the board and pursuant to the...

Section 105309. - 105309. Any taxes, special taxes, assessments, or fees which are...

Section 105310. - 105310. To assist in the operation of a service zone,...

CHAPTER 9 - Dissolution

Section 105330. - 105330. If the district operates no rail transit facilities, the...

Section 105331. - 105331. The election for the purpose of submitting to the...

Section 105332. - 105332. Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because...

Section 105333. - 105333. The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the...

Section 105334. - 105334. The board shall canvass the vote. If a majority...

Section 105335. - 105335. The board shall file a certified copy of the...

Section 105336. - 105336. Upon dissolution, the right, title, and interest to any...

Section 105337. - 105337. The board shall wind up the affairs of the...