California Code
DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS
PART 4 - ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 40000. - 40000. This part shall be known and cited as the...

Section 40001. - 40001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this...

Section 40002. - 40002. “District” means the Orange County Transit District formed under...

Section 40003. - 40003. “Board” means the board of directors of this district....

Section 40004. - 40004. “Voter” means any elector who is registered under the...

Section 40005. - 40005. “Transit” means the transportation of passengers only and their...

Section 40006. - 40006. “Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 40010. - 40010. It is necessary that a transit district be established...

Section 40011. - 40011. The Orange County Transit District as created and established...

Section 40012. - 40012. Except as otherwise provided in this part elections shall...

Section 40013. - 40013. Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances...

Section 40014. - 40014. Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of...

CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District

ARTICLE 1 - Government

Section 40060. - 40060. The members of the Orange County Transportation Authority, comprised...

Section 40061. - 40061. The board of directors shall select one of its...

Section 40062. - 40062. The board shall determine the number of, and appoint...

ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties of Directors

Section 40070. - 40070. The chairman is the presiding officer of the board...

Section 40071. - 40071. The first meeting of the board shall be held...

Section 40072. - 40072. The board shall select one of its members vice...

Section 40073. - 40073. All matters and things necessary for the proper administration...

Section 40074. - 40074. The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility...

Section 40075. - 40075. The board may either operate the transit system itself...

Section 40077. - 40077. The board may, from time to time, contract for...

Section 40078. - 40078. (a) The Auditor of the County of Orange shall...

Section 40079. - 40079. Payment of claims against the district and disbursement of...

Section 40080. - 40080. None of the territory which is within the district...

Section 40081. - 40081. To facilitate the business of the district, the board...

ARTICLE 3 - Meetings and Legislation

Section 40085. - 40085. All meetings of the board shall be conducted in...

Section 40086. - 40086. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for...

Section 40088. - 40088. The acts of the board shall be expressed by...

Section 40089. - 40089. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as...

ARTICLE 4 - Other Officers

Section 40095. - 40095. The board may appoint and fix the salary of...

Section 40096. - 40096. The board may designate the Treasurer, the Auditor, the...

Section 40097. - 40097. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds...

Section 40098. - 40098. Notwithstanding any other provision of law which requires warrants...

CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions

Section 40120. - 40120. Whenever a majority of the employees employed by the...

Section 40121. - 40121. No contract or agreement shall be made with any...

Section 40122. - 40122. If there is a question whether a labor organization...

Section 40122.1. - 40122.1. (a) The Public Employment Relations Board established pursuant to...

Section 40122.2. - 40122.2. (a) Any charging party, respondent, or intervenor aggrieved by...

Section 40123. - 40123. Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly...

Section 40124. - 40124. Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 6.5 (commencing with...

Section 40125. - 40125. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Government Code, employees of...

Section 40126. - 40126. The obligation of the district to bargain in good...

Section 40127. - 40127. The district may provide for a retirement system; provided,...

Section 40128. - 40128. The district shall take the necessary steps to obtain...

Section 40129. - 40129. The district shall take such steps as may be...

CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System

Section 40130. - 40130. The Orange County Employees Retirement System and the laws...

CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District

ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power

Section 40160. - 40160. The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a...

Section 40161. - 40161. The district may sue and be sued, except as...

Section 40162. - 40162. The district may exercise the right of eminent domain...

Section 40163. - 40163. All the provisions of the County Transportation Commissions Act...

ARTICLE 2 - Contracts

Section 40165. - 40165. The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations...

Section 40166. - 40166. No officer or employee of the district shall in...

ARTICLE 4 - Property

Section 40175. - 40175. The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise...

Section 40176. - 40176. Exercise of the powers provided under Section 40175 shall...

ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service

Section 40180. - 40180. The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or...

Section 40180.5. - 40180.5. The district may make bulk purchases of passenger tickets...

Section 40181. - 40181. The district may without limitation by any other provisions...

Section 40182. - 40182. The district may acquire, construct, own, or operate air...

Section 40183. - 40183. The district may lease or contract for the use...

Section 40184. - 40184. The district may construct and operate or acquire and...

Section 40185. - 40185. The district may enter into agreements for the joint...

Section 40186. - 40186. The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to...

Section 40187. - 40187. The district shall be subject to the provisions of...

ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness

Section 40200. - 40200. The district shall have the power to obtain temporary...

Section 40201. - 40201. The district may accept, without limitation by any other...

CHAPTER 6.5 - Existing Systems

Section 40221. - 40221. As used in this chapter: (a) “Establish” includes establish,...

Section 40222. - 40222. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, before the...

Section 40222.5. - 40222.5. The district shall not establish the proposed service or...

Section 40223. - 40223. The purchase price to be paid for the existing...

Section 40223.5. - 40223.5. The district and the public utility operating the existing...

Section 40224. - 40224. Section 851 does not apply to any contract for...

CHAPTER 7 - Bonds

ARTICLE 1 - Issuance

Section 40225. - 40225. The district may from time to time incur a...

Section 40226. - 40226. Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of...

Section 40231. - 40231. The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix...

Section 40232. - 40232. Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object...

Section 40233. - 40233. Any special bond election may be held separately, or...

Section 40234. - 40234. The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice...

Section 40235. - 40235. The board shall comply with Article 3 (commencing with...

Section 40236. - 40236. The votes of sixty percent (60%) of all voters...

Section 40237. - 40237. If the proposition submitted at a special bond election...

ARTICLE 2 - Form and Content

Section 40240. - 40240. Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in...

Section 40241. - 40241. The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as...

Section 40242. - 40242. The board may at any time prior to the...

Section 40243. - 40243. The bonds shall be signed by the chairman of...

ARTICLE 3 - Issue and Sale

Section 40245. - 40245. The bonds may be issued and sold for not...

Section 40246. - 40246. All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale...

ARTICLE 4 - Status as Investments

Section 40260. - 40260. All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district...

Section 40261. - 40261. All bonds of the district, to the same extent...

ARTICLE 5 - Validation

Section 40263. - 40263. An action to determine the validity of bonds, including...

ARTICLE 6 - Revenue Bonds

Section 40265. - 40265. As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds,...

Section 40266. - 40266. The district is a local agency within the meaning...

CHAPTER 8 - Taxation

ARTICLE 1 - Property Taxation

Section 40300. - 40300. The district may levy and collect, or cause to...

Section 40301. - 40301. If, in the opinion of the board, the transit...

Section 40302. - 40302. The board shall, as part of the general tax...

Section 40303. - 40303. The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and...

Section 40304. - 40304. The board shall avail itself of the assessments made...

Section 40305. - 40305. In such case, the county auditor shall, on or...

Section 40306. - 40306. The board shall, on or before the first day...

Section 40307. - 40307. The board shall immediately, after fixing the rate of...

Section 40308. - 40308. The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at...

Section 40309. - 40309. Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes...

Section 40310. - 40310. All taxes levied under this article are a lien...

ARTICLE 2 - Transactions and Use Taxes and Revenue Bonds

Section 40330. - 40330. Transactions and use taxes (to be designated in the...

Section 40331. - 40331. Any transactions and use taxes ordinance adopted pursuant to...

Section 40332. - 40332. (a) The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to...

Section 40333. - 40333. The taxes authorized by this article shall not be...

Section 40334. - 40334. The actual wording of the proposition on any short...

Section 40335. - 40335. The board is authorized to impose a maximum tax...

Section 40336. - 40336. The district is hereby authorized to issue revenue bonds,...

CHAPTER 9 - Dissolution

Section 40500. - 40500. The board may call an election any time for...

Section 40501. - 40501. The election for the purpose of submitting to the...

Section 40502. - 40502. Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because...

Section 40503. - 40503. The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the...

Section 40504. - 40504. The board shall canvass the vote. If a majority...

Section 40505. - 40505. The board shall file a certified copy of the...

Section 40506. - 40506. Upon dissolution the right, title, and interest to property...

Section 40507. - 40507. The board of supervisors is, ex officio, the governing...

CHAPTER 10 - Consolidation with Other Districts

Section 40600. - 40600. The district may be consolidated with the Southern California...

Section 40601. - 40601. Whenever the board finds and determines that: (a) The...

Section 40602. - 40602. The board shall thereafter, by resolution setting forth the...

Section 40603. - 40603. The resolution, together with a notice fixing the time...

Section 40604. - 40604. At the hearing any interested person may file with...

Section 40605. - 40605. Upon the hearing, the board shall determine whether or...

Section 40606. - 40606. Any hearing on the agreement and consolidation may be...

Section 40607. - 40607. If no protests are filed, or if the protests...

Section 40608. - 40608. At any time after the board of directors of...

Section 40609. - 40609. Notice of election shall be published once a week...

Section 40610. - 40610. The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the...

Section 40611. - 40611. If upon a canvass of the election it is...

Section 40612. - 40612. If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall...

Section 40613. - 40613. If the proposition receives the vote of the requisite...

Section 40614. - 40614. Upon receipt by the Southern California Rapid Transit District...

Section 40615. - 40615. From and after the date of consolidation the board...

Section 40616. - 40616. The validity of any consolidating proceedings shall not be...

Section 40617. - 40617. Upon the completion of such consolidation procedure, the Orange...