California Code
DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS
PART 5 - SAN JOAQUIN REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 50000. - 50000. This part shall be known and cited as the...

Section 50001. - 50001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this...

Section 50002. - 50002. “District” means the San Joaquin Regional Transit District formed...

Section 50003. - 50003. “Board” means the board of directors of this district....

Section 50004. - 50004. “Voter” means any elector who is registered under the...

Section 50005. - 50005. “Transit” means the transportation of passengers and their incidental...

Section 50006. - 50006. “Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and...

Section 50007. - 50007. For purposes of this part, “Stockton Metropolitan Area” means...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 50010. - 50010. It is necessary that a transit district be established...

Section 50011. - 50011. The San Joaquin Regional Transit District may be created...

Section 50012. - 50012. Except as otherwise provided in this part elections shall...

Section 50013. - 50013. Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances...

Section 50014. - 50014. Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of...

CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 50020. - 50020. The City of Stockton, together with unincorporated territory, may...

Section 50021. - 50021. The request for the formation of the Stockton Metropolitan...

ARTICLE 2 - Request by Resolution

Section 50025. - 50025. The legislative body of the City of Stockton may...

Section 50026. - 50026. The resolution may state the transit facilities proposed to...

Section 50027. - 50027. Certified copies of the resolution shall be presented to...

ARTICLE 3 - Request by Petition

Section 50030. - 50030. Instead of a resolution, a petition may be presented...

Section 50031. - 50031. The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and...

Section 50032. - 50032. The petition may be on separate papers, but each...

Section 50033. - 50033. The County Elections Official of the County of San...

ARTICLE 4 - Election

Section 50035. - 50035. Upon receipt of certified copies of the resolution or...

Section 50036. - 50036. The board of supervisors shall have the power to...

Section 50037. - 50037. At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board...

Section 50038. - 50038. The election shall be held not less than 60...

Section 50039. - 50039. The election shall be called by publishing notice calling...

Section 50040. - 50040. The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions...

Section 50041. - 50041. No person shall be entitled to vote at the...

Section 50042. - 50042. The election may be held on the same day...

Section 50043. - 50043. The board of supervisors shall meet on the Tuesday...

Section 50044. - 50044. The board of supervisors shall make all provisions for...

Section 50045. - 50045. If a special election is held exclusively on the...

ARTICLE 5 - Establishment of the District

Section 50050. - 50050. If a majority of the electors voting on the...

ARTICLE 6 - Contest of Incorporation

Section 50055. - 50055. No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct...

CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District

ARTICLE 1 - Government

Section 50060. - 50060. The government of the district shall be vested in...

Section 50061. - 50061. These appointments shall be made within 30 days after...

Section 50062. - 50062. A vacancy on the board shall be filled by...

Section 50063. - 50063. Each director shall, within 10 days after his appointment...

Section 50064. - 50064. A person shall not be appointed to or be...

ARTICLE 2 - Terms of Office

Section 50067. - 50067. The term of office of each director is four...

ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties of Directors

Section 50070. - 50070. The board shall annually, in January, select one of...

Section 50071. - 50071. The first meeting of the board shall be held...

Section 50072. - 50072. The board shall select one of its members vice...

Section 50073. - 50073. All matters and things necessary for the proper administration...

Section 50074. - 50074. The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility...

Section 50075. - 50075. The board may either operate the transit system itself,...

Section 50075.5. - 50075.5. All new intercity, interregional, and rural services provided outside...

Section 50076. - 50076. The board may adopt a personnel system for the...

Section 50077. - 50077. The board may from time to time contract for...

Section 50078. - 50078. The board shall have an annual audit made of...

Section 50079. - 50079. The board may provide by resolution, under such terms...

Section 50080. - 50080. To facilitate the business of the district, the board...

ARTICLE 4 - Meetings and Legislation

Section 50085. - 50085. All meetings of the board shall be conducted in...

Section 50086. - 50086. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for...

Section 50087. - 50087. The board shall adopt rules for its proceedings and...

Section 50088. - 50088. The acts of the board shall be expressed by...

Section 50089. - 50089. All ordinances shall be published after passage. (Added by...

Section 50090. - 50090. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as...

ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers

Section 50095. - 50095. The board shall appoint and fix the salary of...

Section 50096. - 50096. All other things being equal, the board shall appoint...

Section 50097. - 50097. The general manager need not be a resident of...

Section 50098. - 50098. The general manager may be removed by the board...

Section 50099. - 50099. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 50098, until...

Section 50100. - 50100. The board shall appoint a secretary and an attorney,...

Section 50101. - 50101. The attorney shall be admitted to practice law in...

Section 50102. - 50102. The board may consolidate any of the district offices...

Section 50103. - 50103. The oath of all appointive officers of the district...

Section 50104. - 50104. Each appointive officer shall give such bond and in...

Section 50105. - 50105. Subject to the control of the board, the powers...

Section 50106. - 50106. The general manager shall within 90 days from the...

Section 50107. - 50107. The attorney shall take charge of all suits and...

Section 50108. - 50108. The general manager shall cause to be installed and...

Section 50109. - 50109. The general manager shall provide for the custody of...

Section 50110. - 50110. With the consent of the board, the general manager...

CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions

Section 50120. - 50120. (a) If a majority of the employees employed by...

Section 50121. - 50121. If there is a question whether a labor organization...

Section 50122. - 50122. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly...

Section 50123. - 50123. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly...

Section 50124. - 50124. The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for...

Section 50125. - 50125. All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public...

Section 50126. - 50126. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Government Code, the board...

CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System

ARTICLE 1 - Establishment

Section 50130. - 50130. The board may establish a retirement system for the...

Section 50131. - 50131. The district may maintain its own retirement fund or...

Section 50132. - 50132. Before establishing any retirement system the board shall secure...

Section 50133. - 50133. The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and...

Section 50134. - 50134. Nothing in this chapter prevents a district from participating...

Section 50135. - 50135. The board may classify and determine the officers and...

ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions

Section 50140. - 50140. The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon...

Section 50141. - 50141. The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon...

Section 50142. - 50142. The board shall provide that both the district and...

Section 50143. - 50143. All members of the retirement system shall contribute in...

Section 50144. - 50144. Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits...

Section 50145. - 50145. If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior...

Section 50146. - 50146. All money received by any person as an annuity,...

ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board

Section 50150. - 50150. The board shall create a retirement board of not...

Section 50151. - 50151. All members of the retirement board shall serve without...

Section 50152. - 50152. The retirement board shall determine the eligibility of officers,...

Section 50153. - 50153. If the district maintains its own retirement fund the...

ARTICLE 4 - Investigation and Penalties

Section 50155. - 50155. At least once in each four-year period after the...

Section 50156. - 50156. Except as herein provided, no member of the board...

CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District

ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power

Section 50160. - 50160. The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a...

Section 50161. - 50161. The district may sue and be sued, except as...

Section 50162. - 50162. The district may exercise the right of eminent domain...

ARTICLE 2 - Contracts

Section 50165. - 50165. The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations...

Section 50166. - 50166. No officer or employee of the district shall in...

ARTICLE 4 - Property

Section 50175. - 50175. The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise...

Section 50176. - 50176. Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record,...

ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service

Section 50180. - 50180. The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or...

Section 50181. - 50181. The district may without limitation by any other provisions...

Section 50182. - 50182. The district shall not interfere with or exercise any...

Section 50183. - 50183. The district may lease or contract for the use...

Section 50184. - 50184. The district may construct and operate or acquire and...

Section 50185. - 50185. The district may enter into agreements for the joint...

Section 50186. - 50186. The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to...

Section 50187. - 50187. The board of supervisors or the city council of...

Section 50188. - 50188. Upon the filing of a request for hearing as...

Section 50189. - 50189. At the time fixed for any hearing before the...

Section 50190. - 50190. Within 30 days after submission of the case, the...

ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness

Section 50200. - 50200. The district may borrow money for the purpose of...

Section 50201. - 50201. The board of directors of a district may, within...

Section 50202. - 50202. The district shall not incur an indebtedness under Chapter...

Section 50203. - 50203. The district may accept, without limitation by any other...

ARTICLE 7 - Investments

Section 50205. - 50205. The district may invest any surplus money in its...

Section 50206. - 50206. Such investment may be made by direct purchase of...

Section 50207. - 50207. Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held...

Section 50208. - 50208. Sales of any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased...

ARTICLE 8 - Taxation

Section 50210. - 50210. The district may levy, and collect or cause to...

Section 50210.5. - 50210.5. The district may only levy and collect taxes pursuant...

Section 50211. - 50211. If, in the opinion of the board, the transit...

Section 50212. - 50212. The board shall, in addition to the general tax...

Section 50213. - 50213. The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and...

Section 50214. - 50214. The board shall avail itself of the assessments made...

Section 50215. - 50215. In such case the county auditor shall, on or...

Section 50216. - 50216. The board shall, on or before the first weekday...

Section 50217. - 50217. The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of...

Section 50218. - 50218. The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at...

Section 50219. - 50219. Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes...

Section 50220. - 50220. The compensation to be charged by and paid to...

CHAPTER 7 - Bonds

ARTICLE 1 - Issuance

Section 50225. - 50225. The district may from time to time incur a...

Section 50226. - 50226. Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of...

Section 50227. - 50227. In lieu of a resolution passed by the board,...

Section 50228. - 50228. Whenever any petition signed by voters within the district...

Section 50229. - 50229. If the required number of signatures is found to...

Section 50230. - 50230. Upon receiving a petition with the certificate of the...

Section 50231. - 50231. The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix...

Section 50232. - 50232. Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object...

Section 50233. - 50233. Any special bond election may be held separately, or...

Section 50234. - 50234. The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice...

Section 50235. - 50235. The board shall comply with the provisions of Article...

Section 50236. - 50236. The votes of a majority of all the voters...

Section 50237. - 50237. If the proposition submitted at a special bond election...

ARTICLE 2 - Form and Content

Section 50240. - 50240. Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in...

Section 50241. - 50241. The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as...

Section 50242. - 50242. The board may at any time prior to the...

Section 50243. - 50243. The bonds shall be signed by the president of...

ARTICLE 3 - Issue and Sale

Section 50245. - 50245. The bonds may be issued and sold for not...

Section 50246. - 50246. All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale...

Section 50247. - 50247. In lieu of the immediate levy of a tax...

ARTICLE 4 - Refunding

Section 50250. - 50250. Whenever the board by resolution passed by a vote...

Section 50251. - 50251. The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed...

Section 50252. - 50252. Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this chapter...

Section 50253. - 50253. Refunding bonds shall bear interest at a rate not...

Section 50254. - 50254. The proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds shall...

Section 50255. - 50255. In lieu of selling refunding bonds and using the...

Section 50256. - 50256. Whenever outstanding bonds are refunded they shall be surrendered...

ARTICLE 5 - Status as Investments

Section 50260. - 50260. All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district...

Section 50261. - 50261. All bonds of the district, to the same extent...

ARTICLE 6 - Validation

Section 50263. - 50263. An action to determine the validity of bonds, including...

ARTICLE 7 - Revenue Bonds

Section 50265. - 50265. As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds,...

Section 50266. - 50266. The district is a local agency within the meaning...

CHAPTER 8 - Annexation

Section 50270. - 50270. Territory may be annexed to the district in the...

Section 50271. - 50271. Whenever the board finds and determines that additional territory...

Section 50272. - 50272. The resolution shall be passed by a vote of...

Section 50273. - 50273. The resolution shall: (a) Describe the boundaries of the...

Section 50274. - 50274. The resolution, together with the names of the members...

Section 50275. - 50275. On the day fixed for hearing or any day...

Section 50276. - 50276. After making all necessary and proper changes in the...

Section 50277. - 50277. Whenever any territory is annexed to the district it...

CHAPTER 9 - Dissolution

Section 50500. - 50500. If the district operates no transit facilities, or its...

Section 50501. - 50501. The election for the purpose of submitting to the...

Section 50502. - 50502. Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because...

Section 50503. - 50503. The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the...

Section 50504. - 50504. The board shall canvass the vote. If a majority...

Section 50505. - 50505. The board shall file a certified copy of the...

Section 50506. - 50506. Upon dissolution the right, title, and interest to property...

Section 50507. - 50507. The board of supervisors is, ex officio, the governing...