California Code
DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS
PART 3 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 30000. - 30000. This part shall be known as the Southern California...

Section 30001. - 30001. The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (a) There is...

Section 30002. - 30002. The part shall be liberally construed to carry out...

Section 30003. - 30003. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this...

Section 30004. - 30004. “District,” as used in this part, means the Southern...

Section 30005. - 30005. (a) “Rapid transit,” as used in this part, means...

Section 30006. - 30006. “Board of directors,” “board,” or “directors,” as used in...

Section 30007. - 30007. “Public agency,” as used in this part, includes the...

CHAPTER 2 - Creation of District

Section 30100. - 30100. There is hereby created the Southern California Rapid Transit...

Section 30101. - 30101. The district created in accordance with the provisions of...

CHAPTER 3 - Government of District

ARTICLE 1 - Board of Directors

Section 30200. - 30200. All powers, privileges and duties vested in or imposed...

Section 30201. - 30201. The board of directors shall consist of 11 members...

Section 30201.5. - 30201.5. Notwithstanding Section 30201, if a director appointed by the...

Section 30202. - 30202. At its first regular meeting after the effective date...

Section 30203. - 30203. At its first regular meeting after the effective date...

Section 30204. - 30204. Each member of the board of directors appointed by...

Section 30205. - 30205. Each director appointed by the Board of Supervisors of...

Section 30206. - 30206. Any vacancy in the members of the board of...

Section 30207. - 30207. A city selection committee shall be established which shall...

Section 30208. - 30208. On or before the second Monday which is not...

Section 30209. - 30209. Each member of the city selection committee shall serve...

Section 30210. - 30210. Each member of the city selection committee shall be...

Section 30211. - 30211. Any vacancy in the city selection committee shall be...

Section 30212. - 30212. No person serving as a member of the city...

Section 30213. - 30213. The county auditor shall furnish the necessary certificates as...

Section 30214. - 30214. All meetings of the city selection committee shall be...

Section 30215. - 30215. The presence of members of the city selection committee...

Section 30216. - 30216. The affirmative votes of members representing more than fifty...

Section 30217. - 30217. Within ten (10) days after the Secretary of State...

Section 30218. - 30218. The city selection committee shall appoint from its members...

Section 30219. - 30219. The city selection committee shall appoint as members the...

Section 30220. - 30220. Members of the board of directors who are not...

Section 30221. - 30221. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the member of the...

Section 30222. - 30222. The city selection committee shall meet within 45 days...

Section 30223. - 30223. Upon petition signed by members of the city selection...

Section 30224. - 30224. Members of the board of directors shall serve until...

Section 30225. - 30225. Except as provided in Section 30251 of this part,...

Section 30226. - 30226. In order to provide orderly transition from the Los...

Section 30227. - 30227. Within ten (10) days after the Secretary of State...

ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties of Directors

Section 30250. - 30250. Each director, before entering upon the duties of his...

Section 30252. - 30252. The board of directors is the legislative body of...

Section 30253. - 30253. The board may contract and take any and all...

Section 30254. - 30254. The board shall determine what transit facilities should be...

Section 30255. - 30255. In order to provide orderly transition from the Los...

Section 30256. - 30256. The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility...

Section 30257. - 30257. Subject to the provisions of Article 10 (commencing with...

Section 30258. - 30258. The board may contract for or employ any professional...

Section 30259. - 30259. The board shall have an annual audit made of...

Section 30260. - 30260. As soon as practicable after the close of each...

Section 30261. - 30261. The board may provide by resolution, under such terms...

Section 30262. - 30262. To facilitate the business of the district, the board...

Section 30263. - 30263. The board may hold public hearings, subpoena witnesses, and...

Section 30264. - 30264. Each director may administer oaths and affirmations in any...

ARTICLE 4 - Meetings and Legislation

Section 30270. - 30270. All meetings of the board of directors shall be...

Section 30271. - 30271. The affirmative votes of a majority of the members...

Section 30272. - 30272. The board shall adopt rules for the general conduct...

Section 30273. - 30273. (a) The acts of the board shall be expressed...

Section 30274. - 30274. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as...

Section 30275. - 30275. All ordinances shall be signed by the president or...

ARTICLE 5 - Officers

Section 30300. - 30300. The officers of the district shall consist of the...

Section 30301. - 30301. The secretary, general manager, general counsel, treasurer, and auditor...

Section 30302. - 30302. The compensation of all district officers and employees, except...

Section 30303. - 30303. The general counsel shall be a person admitted to...

Section 30304. - 30304. The oath of office of all officers appointed by...

Section 30305. - 30305. The board may require officers, assistants, deputies and employees...

Section 30306. - 30306. Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090), Chapter 1, Division...

Section 30307. - 30307. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds...

Section 30308. - 30308. The district may designate the treasurer and the auditor...

ARTICLE 6 - General Manager

Section 30330. - 30330. The board shall appoint and fix the salary of...

Section 30331. - 30331. All other things being equal, the general manager shall...

Section 30332. - 30332. The general manager need not be a resident of...

Section 30333. - 30333. The general manager shall hold office for an indefinite...

Section 30334. - 30334. The powers and duties of the general manager are:...

Section 30335. - 30335. The general manager shall attend meetings of the board...

Section 30336. - 30336. The directors may appoint a general manager pro tempore...

CHAPTER 4 - Retirement System and Employment Benefits

ARTICLE 1 - Establishment

Section 30400. - 30400. The board may establish a retirement system for the...

Section 30401. - 30401. The district may maintain its own retirement fund or...

Section 30402. - 30402. Before establishing any retirement system the board shall secure...

Section 30403. - 30403. The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and...

Section 30404. - 30404. As an alternative method of providing a retirement system...

Section 30405. - 30405. The board may also contract with the Board of...

Section 30406. - 30406. The board may classify and determine the officers and...

ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions

Section 30430. - 30430. The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon...

Section 30431. - 30431. Any pension or retirement system adopted shall be on...

Section 30432. - 30432. Contributions shall be in amounts which will accumulate at...

Section 30433. - 30433. Nothing in any pension or retirement system or plan...

ARTICLE 3 - Employees Under Bargaining Agreements

Section 30450. - 30450. Articles 1 (commencing with Section 30400) and 2 (commencing...

Section 30451. - 30451. The adoption, terms, and conditions of the retirement systems...

ARTICLE 4 - Other Benefits

Section 30470. - 30470. The district shall take such steps as may be...

Section 30471. - 30471. The district shall take such steps as may be...

CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Functions of District

ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power

Section 30500. - 30500. The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a...

Section 30501. - 30501. The district and its officers may sue and be...

Section 30502. - 30502. The district may levy, and collect or cause to...

Section 30503. - 30503. The district may exercise the right of eminent domain...

Section 30504. - 30504. The district is authorized to maintain a suitable security...

Section 30505. - 30505. The district is entitled to the benefit of any...

Section 30506. - 30506. The district may exercise any and all powers granted...

Section 30507. - 30507. Prior to the time the district incurs any bonded...

ARTICLE 2 - Contracts

Section 30530. - 30530. The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations...

Section 30531. - 30531. The district may contract with any department or agency...

Section 30532. - 30532. The district may contract with any person, firm, corporation,...

Section 30533. - 30533. The district may insure against any accident to or...

Section 30534. - 30534. The district may insure against loss of revenues from...

Section 30535. - 30535. The district may insure against public liability or property...

Section 30536. - 30536. Any bonds, notes, warrants and other evidences of indebtedness...

ARTICLE 4 - Property

Section 30600. - 30600. The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise,...

ARTICLE 5 - Rapid Transit Facilities and Service

Section 30630. - 30630. The district may provide a rapid transit system for...

Section 30630.5. - 30630.5. The district may operate charter bus service, subject to...

Section 30631. - 30631. (a) The district may acquire, construct, develop, lease, jointly...

Section 30632. - 30632. The district may lease or contract for the use...

Section 30633. - 30633. The district may construct, acquire, develop, jointly develop, maintain,...

Section 30634. - 30634. (a) The district may enter into agreements for the...

Section 30635. - 30635. The district may operate such feeder bus lines and...

Section 30636. - 30636. As soon as practicable after the effective date of...

Section 30636.2. - 30636.2. In planning the development of a rapid transit system...

Section 30636.5. - 30636.5. (a) Not later than January 10, 1974, the district...

Section 30637. - 30637. The district shall not exercise control over any transit...

Section 30638. - 30638. (a) The rates, fees, and charges for service or...

Section 30638.2. - 30638.2. Notwithstanding Section 30638, all net income from fees, charges,...

Section 30639. - 30639. The board of supervisors of a county, or the...

Section 30640. - 30640. Upon the filing of a request for hearing as...

Section 30641. - 30641. At the time fixed for any hearing before the...

Section 30642. - 30642. The district, petitioner or petitioners, and the intervenors shall...

Section 30643. - 30643. Oral evidence shall be taken only on oath or...

Section 30644. - 30644. A complete record of all proceedings and testimony before...

Section 30645. - 30645. Within 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing,...

Section 30646. - 30646. The district shall be subject to regulations of the...

Section 30647. - 30647. The district shall be subject to the provisions of...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Citizens Advisory Committees

Section 30650. - 30650. Before the district takes action on a route, grades,...

Section 30651. - 30651. The citizens’ advisory committee may advise the district of...

Section 30652. - 30652. The district may establish a citizens’ advisory committee in...

Section 30653. - 30653. (a) The district shall designate the area to be...

Section 30655. - 30655. A citizens’ advisory committee shall consist of not less...

Section 30656. - 30656. Every meeting of a citizens’ advisory committee is open...

ARTICLE 6 - Claims

Section 30670. - 30670. All claims for money or damages against the district...

ARTICLE 7 - Indebtedness

Section 30700. - 30700. The district may issue any bonds, borrow money and...

Section 30701. - 30701. The district may accept contributions or loans from the...

Section 30702. - 30702. The district may cooperate with and enter into agreements...

Section 30703. - 30703. The district may accept contributions or loans from the...

Section 30703.1. - 30703.1. The district may make an irrevocable pledge or contract...

Section 30703.2. - 30703.2. To the extent permitted by the law governing the...

Section 30704. - 30704. The district shall not incur an indebtedness which exceeds...

Section 30705. - 30705. The district may also refund any indebtedness as provided...

Section 30706. - 30706. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of the...

ARTICLE 8 - Investments

Section 30730. - 30730. The board may, by resolution, order that any of...

ARTICLE 9 - Elections

Section 30740. - 30740. All district elections shall be held in accordance with...

Section 30740.5. - 30740.5. The board of directors or any officer or member...

Section 30741. - 30741. The provisions of the Elections Code of the State...

Section 30742. - 30742. No irregularities or informalities in conducting any election shall...

ARTICLE 10 - Labor Provisions

Section 30750. - 30750. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), if a majority of...

Section 30751. - 30751. Any question which may arise with respect to whether...

Section 30752. - 30752. Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly...

Section 30753. - 30753. (a) Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a...

Section 30754. - 30754. The district shall not acquire any existing transit system...

Section 30755. - 30755. Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form,...

Section 30756. - 30756. (a) In the event the board and the representatives...

CHAPTER 7 - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness

ARTICLE 1 - Authorization and Issuance of Bonds

Section 30900. - 30900. Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district...

Section 30901. - 30901. Notice of the holding of such election shall be...

Section 30902. - 30902. If any proposition is defeated by the electors, the...

Section 30903. - 30903. If 60 percent of the electors voting on the...

Section 30904. - 30904. The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or...

Section 30905. - 30905. The bonds may be sold as the board determines...

Section 30906. - 30906. Delivery of any bonds may be made at any...

Section 30907. - 30907. All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale...

Section 30908. - 30908. After the expiration of three years after a bond...

Section 30909. - 30909. Whenever the board deems that the expenditure of money...

Section 30912. - 30912. The provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 53500),...

Section 30913. - 30913. Any bonds which shall be issued under the provisions...

ARTICLE 2 - Revenue Bonds

Section 30930. - 30930. Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district...

Section 30931. - 30931. The district is hereby declared to be a local...

Section 30932. - 30932. Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Article...

ARTICLE 3 - Equipment Trust Certificates

Section 30940. - 30940. The district shall have power to purchase equipment such...

Section 30941. - 30941. The agreement to purchase or lease may direct the...

Section 30942. - 30942. The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before...

Section 30943. - 30943. The covenants, conditions and provisions of the agreements, leases,...

ARTICLE 4 - Temporary Borrowing

Section 30950. - 30950. Prior to the time moneys authorized by special taxes...

Section 30951. - 30951. The district may borrow money in anticipation of the...

Section 30952. - 30952. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of Article 7.7 (commencing with...

ARTICLE 5 - Improvement Districts

Section 30960. - 30960. Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district...

Section 30961. - 30961. Notice of said hearing shall be given by publishing...

Section 30962. - 30962. At the time and place so fixed, or at...

Section 30963. - 30963. The board may change the purposes for which the...

Section 30964. - 30964. The purposes, estimated cost, amount of bonded debt, or...

Section 30965. - 30965. At the time and place so fixed, or at...

Section 30966. - 30966. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall,...

Section 30967. - 30967. After the formation of the improvement district or districts...

Section 30968. - 30968. After the board has made its determination of the...

Section 30969. - 30969. Thereafter the provisions relating to the authorization and issuance...

Section 30970. - 30970. Any action or proceeding, wherein the validity of the...

ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous

Section 30980. - 30980. The district may bring an action to determine the...

Section 30981. - 30981. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part or any...

Section 30982. - 30982. All bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued by...

CHAPTER 8 - Provisions Relating to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority

Section 31000. - 31000. On the date (which is hereinafter referred to as...

Section 31001. - 31001. Upon the merger date, the secretary of the district...

Section 31002. - 31002. A copy of the certificate provided for in Section...

Section 31003. - 31003. On said merger date, all employees of the authority...

Section 31004. - 31004. It is the intent of this part that the...

Section 31005. - 31005. Whenever the board deems it necessary, it may issue...

CHAPTER 9 - Annexation and Exclusion

Section 31400. - 31400. The governing body of any city, which is not...

Section 31401. - 31401. The board of directors may grant or deny such...

Section 31402. - 31402. The action of the board of directors evidenced by...

Section 31403. - 31403. The notice shall contain the substance of the terms...

Section 31404. - 31404. A certificate of proceedings shall be made by the...

Section 31405. - 31405. Upon the filing in his or her office of...

Section 31407. - 31407. If territory is annexed to a city or consolidated...

Section 31408. - 31408. If the applicable provisions of law governing such annexation...

Section 31409. - 31409. The validity of any proceedings resulting in the annexation...

Section 31410. - 31410. If any portion of the corporate area of any...

Section 31411. - 31411. Any city whose corporate area is a part of...

Section 31412. - 31412. Whenever any change is made in the boundaries of...

Section 31413. - 31413. No consent to annexation or exclusion shall be made...

CHAPTER 10 - Severability

Section 31520. - 31520. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of...

CHAPTER 11 - Preferential Facilities for High-Occupancy Vehicles

Section 32000. - 32000. In cooperation with the Department of Transportation and the...

CHAPTER 12 - Special Benefit Assessment Districts

Section 33000. - 33000. The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) It is...

Section 33001. - 33001. (a) Whenever the board finds that property adjacent to,...

Section 33001.5. - 33001.5. (a) At the time and place fixed for the...

Section 33002. - 33002. (a) In determining the amount of a special benefit...

Section 33002.1. - 33002.1. The board may order benefit assessment without an election,...

Section 33002.2. - 33002.2. An election shall be held if the board finds...

Section 33002.3. - 33002.3. (a) For purposes of this chapter, “voter” means an...

Section 33002.4. - 33002.4. (a) Where land in the benefit district is owned...

Section 33002.5. - 33002.5. The petition for confirmation by the voters shall be...

Section 33002.6. - 33002.6. After the board has adopted a resolution approving the...

Section 33002.7. - 33002.7. The board shall submit the proposition of levying an...

Section 33002.8. - 33002.8. If a majority of the votes cast at the...

Section 33002.9. - 33002.9. (a) Any owner or owners of real property, which...

Section 33002.10. - 33002.10. Notice of each hearing upon the petition for exclusion...

Section 33002.11. - 33002.11. At the time and place provided in the notice...

Section 33002.12. - 33002.12. The expenses of giving the notice provided for herein...

Section 33002.13. - 33002.13. Upon the hearing on an exclusion or reduction petition...

Section 33002.14. - 33002.14. The board, after the hearing on an exclusion or...

Section 33003. - 33003. (a) Following formation of the benefit district or concurrently...

Section 33004. - 33004. At the time and place fixed for the hearing...

Section 33005. - 33005. Special benefit assessments for the payment of the principal...

Section 33006. - 33006. The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall bear...

Section 33007. - 33007. The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may be...

Section 33008. - 33008. Delivery of any bonds issued under this chapter may...

Section 33009. - 33009. All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale...

Section 33010. - 33010. The board may provide for the issuance, sale, or...

Section 33011. - 33011. Any bonds issued under this chapter are legal investment...

Section 33012. - 33012. The board may change the purposes for which any...

Section 33013. - 33013. (a) The board shall not change the purposes, the...

Section 33014. - 33014. At the time and place fixed for a hearing...

Section 33015. - 33015. All decisions and determinations of the board, upon notice...

Section 33016. - 33016. Any action or proceeding, other than a petition for...

Section 33017. - 33017. When the board has imposed a special benefit assessment,...

Section 33019. - 33019. In the event of conflict with any other law,...

Section 33020. - 33020. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the district...

Section 33021. - 33021. Notwithstanding Section 5097 of the Revenue and Taxation Code,...