California Code
DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS
PART 7 - MARIN COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 70000. - 70000. This part shall be known and cited as the...

Section 70001. - 70001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this...

Section 70002. - 70002. “District” means the Marin County Transit District formed under...

Section 70003. - 70003. “Board” means the board of directors of this district....

Section 70004. - 70004. “Voter” means any elector who is registered under the...

Section 70005. - 70005. “Transit” means the transportation of passengers only and their...

Section 70006. - 70006. “Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 70010. - 70010. It shall be the purpose of the Marin County...

Section 70011. - 70011. The Marin County Transit District may be created as...

Section 70012. - 70012. Except as otherwise provided in this part elections shall...

Section 70013. - 70013. Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances...

Section 70014. - 70014. Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of...

CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 70020. - 70020. The County of Marin may organize and incorporate as...

Section 70021. - 70021. The request for the formation of the Marin County...

Section 70022. - 70022. The district may include incorporated or unincorporated territory within...

ARTICLE 2 - Request by Resolution

Section 70025. - 70025. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Marin...

Section 70026. - 70026. The resolution may state the transit facilities proposed to...

ARTICLE 3 - Request by Petition

Section 70030. - 70030. Instead of a resolution, a petition may be presented...

Section 70031. - 70031. The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and...

Section 70032. - 70032. The petition may be on separate papers, but each...

Section 70033. - 70033. The County Elections Official of the County of Marin...

ARTICLE 4 - Election

Section 70035. - 70035. Upon adoption of the resolution or of a sufficient...

Section 70036. - 70036. The board of supervisors shall have the power to...

Section 70037. - 70037. After the conclusion of the hearing, the board of...

Section 70038. - 70038. The board of supervisors shall publish notice of the...

Section 70039. - 70039. The notice shall state the name of the proposed...

Section 70040. - 70040. The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions...

Section 70041. - 70041. No person shall be entitled to vote at the...

Section 70042. - 70042. The election may be held on the same day...

Section 70043. - 70043. The board of supervisors shall meet on the Tuesday...

Section 70044. - 70044. The board of supervisors shall make all provisions for...

ARTICLE 5 - Establishment of the District

Section 70050. - 70050. If a majority of the electors voting on the...

ARTICLE 6 - Contest of Incorporation

Section 70055. - 70055. No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct...

CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District

ARTICLE 1 - Government

Section 70060. - 70060. The governing body of the district shall consist of...

Section 70061. - 70061. The city members of the governing body of the...

ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties of Directors

Section 70070. - 70070. The chairman is the presiding officer of the board...

Section 70071. - 70071. The first meeting of the board shall be held...

Section 70072. - 70072. The board shall select one of its members vice...

Section 70073. - 70073. All matters and things necessary for the proper administration...

Section 70074. - 70074. The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility...

Section 70075. - 70075. The board may either operate the transit system itself...

Section 70076. - 70076. Marin County Ordinance 617 (Merit System Ordinance) as amended...

Section 70077. - 70077. The board may from time to time contract for...

Section 70078. - 70078. The auditor shall provide the board with an annual...

Section 70079. - 70079. Payment of demands against the district and disbursement of...

ARTICLE 3 - Meetings and Legislation

Section 70085. - 70085. All meetings of the board shall be conducted in...

Section 70086. - 70086. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for...

Section 70087. - 70087. The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and...

Section 70088. - 70088. The acts of the board shall be expressed by...

Section 70089. - 70089. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as...

ARTICLE 4 - Other Officers

Section 70095. - 70095. The board may appoint and fix the salary of...

CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions

Section 70120. - 70120. Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form,...

Section 70121. - 70121. (a) A contract or agreement shall not be made,...

Section 70122. - 70122. If there is a question whether a labor organization...

Section 70123. - 70123. Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly...

Section 70124. - 70124. The district shall not acquire any existing system or...

Section 70125. - 70125. Notwithstanding any provision of the Government Code, employees of...

Section 70126. - 70126. The obligation of the district to bargain in good...

Section 70127. - 70127. The district may provide for a retirement system; provided,...

Section 70128. - 70128. The district shall take such steps as may be...

Section 70129. - 70129. The district shall take such steps as may be...

CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System

Section 70130. - 70130. The Marin County Employees Retirement System and the laws...

CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District

ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power

Section 70160. - 70160. The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a...

Section 70161. - 70161. The district may sue and be sued, except as...

Section 70162. - 70162. The district may exercise the right of eminent domain...

ARTICLE 2 - Contracts

Section 70165. - 70165. The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations...

Section 70166. - 70166. No officer or employee of the district shall in...

ARTICLE 4 - Property

Section 70175. - 70175. The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise...

Section 70176. - 70176. Exercise of the powers provided under Section 70175 shall...

ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service

Section 70180. - 70180. The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or...

Section 70181. - 70181. The district may without limitation by any other provisions...

Section 70183. - 70183. The district may lease or contract for the use...

Section 70184. - 70184. The district may construct and operate or acquire and...

Section 70185. - 70185. The district may enter into agreements for the joint...

Section 70186. - 70186. The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to...

Section 70187. - 70187. The district shall be subject to the provisions of...

ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness

Section 70200. - 70200. The district shall have the power to obtain temporary...

Section 70201. - 70201. The district may accept, without limitation by any other...

ARTICLE 7 - Property Taxation

Section 70210. - 70210. The district may levy, and collect or cause to...

Section 70210.5. - 70210.5. The maximum tax rate set forth in Section 70210...

Section 70211. - 70211. If, in the opinion of the board, the transit...

Section 70212. - 70212. The board shall, in addition to the general tax...

Section 70213. - 70213. The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and...

Section 70214. - 70214. The board shall avail itself of the assessments made...

Section 70215. - 70215. In such case the county auditor shall, on or...

Section 70216. - 70216. The board shall on or before the first day...

Section 70217. - 70217. The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of...

Section 70218. - 70218. The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at...

Section 70219. - 70219. Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes...

Section 70220. - 70220. All taxes levied under this part are a lien...

ARTICLE 8 - Retail Transactions and Use Tax

Section 70223. - 70223. A retail transactions and use tax ordinance may be...

Section 70223.1. - 70223.1. Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted shall be...

Section 70223.2. - 70223.2. The district may contract with the State Board of...

Section 70223.3. - 70223.3. Prior to the operative date of the transactions and...

Section 70223.4. - 70223.4. If the district shall not have contracted with the...

Section 70223.5. - 70223.5. Repeal of the transactions and use tax ordinance shall...

CHAPTER 7 - Bonds

ARTICLE 1 - Issuance

Section 70225. - 70225. The district may from time to time incur a...

Section 70226. - 70226. Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of...

Section 70231. - 70231. The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix...

Section 70232. - 70232. Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object...

Section 70233. - 70233. Any special bond election may be held separately, or...

Section 70234. - 70234. The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice...

Section 70235. - 70235. The board shall comply with Article 3 (commencing with...

Section 70236. - 70236. The votes of sixty percent (60%) of all voters...

Section 70237. - 70237. If the proposition submitted at a special bond election...

ARTICLE 2 - Form and Content

Section 70240. - 70240. Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in...

Section 70241. - 70241. The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as...

Section 70242. - 70242. The board may at any time prior to the...

Section 70243. - 70243. The bonds shall be signed by the chairman of...

ARTICLE 3 - Issue and Sale

Section 70245. - 70245. The bonds may be issued and sold for not...

Section 70246. - 70246. All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale...

ARTICLE 4 - Status as Investments

Section 70260. - 70260. All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district...

Section 70261. - 70261. All bonds of the district, to the same extent...

ARTICLE 5 - Validation

Section 70263. - 70263. An action to determine the validity of bonds, including...

ARTICLE 6 - Revenue Bonds

Section 70265. - 70265. As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds,...

Section 70266. - 70266. The district is a local agency within the meaning...

CHAPTER 8 - Annexation

Section 70270. - 70270. Territory within Marin County may be annexed to the...

Section 70271. - 70271. Whenever the board finds and determines that additional territory...

Section 70272. - 70272. The resolution shall be passed by a vote of...

Section 70273. - 70273. The resolution shall: (a) Describe the boundaries of the...

Section 70274. - 70274. The resolution, together with the names of the members...

Section 70275. - 70275. On the day fixed for hearing or any day...

Section 70276. - 70276. After making all necessary and proper changes in the...

Section 70277. - 70277. Whenever any territory is annexed to the district it...

CHAPTER 9 - Dissolution

Section 80000. - 80000. The board may call an election any time for...

Section 80001. - 80001. The election for the purpose of submitting to the...

Section 80002. - 80002. Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because...

Section 80003. - 80003. The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the...

Section 80004. - 80004. The board shall canvass the vote. If a majority...

Section 80005. - 80005. The board shall file a certified copy of the...

Section 80006. - 80006. Upon dissolution the right, title, and interest to property...

Section 80007. - 80007. The board of supervisors is, ex officio, the governing...

CHAPTER 10 - Consolidation with Other Districts

Section 80010. - 80010. The district may be consolidated with any other transit...

Section 80011. - 80011. Whenever the board finds and determines that: (a) Another...

Section 80012. - 80012. The board shall thereafter, by resolution setting forth the...

Section 80013. - 80013. The resolution, together with a notice fixing the time...

Section 80014. - 80014. At the hearing any interested person may file with...

Section 80015. - 80015. Upon the hearing, the board shall determine whether or...

Section 80016. - 80016. Any hearing on the agreement and consolidation may be...

Section 80017. - 80017. If no protests are filed, or if the protests...

Section 80018. - 80018. Thereafter such consolidation shall be effected by such other...

Section 80019. - 80019. Upon the completion of such consolidation procedure, the Marin...