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CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
ARTICLE 1 - Definitions
Section 90000. - 90000. This part shall be known and cited as the...
Section 90001. - 90001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this...
Section 90002. - 90002. “District” means the San Diego County Transit District. (Added...
Section 90003. - 90003. “Board” means the board of directors of the district....
Section 90004. - 90004. “Voter” means any elector who is registered under the...
Section 90005. - 90005. “Transit” means the transportation of passengers only and their...
Section 90006. - 90006. “Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and...
ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions
Section 90020. - 90020. It is hereby declared to be the policy of...
Section 90021. - 90021. The San Diego County Transit District may be created...
Section 90022. - 90022. Except as otherwise provided in this part, elections shall...
Section 90023. - 90023. Except as otherwise provided in this part, all ordinances...
Section 90024. - 90024. Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of...
Section 90025. - 90025. The district is hereby designated a rapid transit district...
CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District
ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions
Section 90050. - 90050. The area to be embraced in the district shall...
ARTICLE 2 - Election
Section 90070. - 90070. The Board of Supervisors of San Diego County shall...
Section 90071. - 90071. Each signer of a petition within a particular city...
Section 90072. - 90072. Upon receipt of the resolutions or petitions, or sufficient...
Section 90073. - 90073. At any time within 30 days following the receipt...
Section 90074. - 90074. At the hearing, the board of supervisors shall have...
Section 90075. - 90075. The election shall be called, noticed, held, and conducted,...
Section 90076. - 90076. The count of the votes of the election shall...
Section 90078. - 90078. If from the canvass it appears and the board...
ARTICLE 3 - Establishment of the District
Section 90100. - 90100. If a majority of the electors voting on the...
ARTICLE 4 - Contest of Incorporation
Section 90120. - 90120. No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct...
CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District
ARTICLE 1 - Government
Section 90170. - 90170. The government of the district shall be vested in...
Section 90171. - 90171. The directors elected shall be residents of the respective...
ARTICLE 2 - Terms of Office
Section 90190. - 90190. The term of each director shall be for four...
Section 90191. - 90191. Any vacancy, including any caused by death or resignation...
Section 90192. - 90192. The person to fill any vacancy on the board...
Section 90193. - 90193. The first members of the board of directors elected...
Section 90194. - 90194. Every director is subject to recall by voters of...
ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties of Directors
Section 90210. - 90210. The oath of office of directors shall be taken,...
Section 90211. - 90211. The board shall choose one of its members president,...
Section 90212. - 90212. The board is the legislative body of the district...
Section 90213. - 90213. All matters and things necessary for the proper administration...
Section 90214. - 90214. The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility...
Section 90215. - 90215. The board may adopt a personnel system for the...
Section 90216. - 90216. The board may from time to time contract for...
Section 90217. - 90217. The board shall have an annual audit made of...
Section 90218. - 90218. The board may provide by resolution, under such terms...
Section 90219. - 90219. To facilitate the business of the district, the board...
ARTICLE 4 - Meetings and Legislation
Section 90240. - 90240. All meetings of the board shall be conducted in...
Section 90241. - 90241. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for...
Section 90242. - 90242. The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and...
Section 90243. - 90243. The acts of the board shall be expressed by...
Section 90244. - 90244. All ordinances shall be published after passage. (Added by...
Section 90245. - 90245. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as...
ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers
Section 90260. - 90260. The board shall appoint and fix the salary of...
Section 90261. - 90261. All other things being equal, the board shall appoint...
Section 90262. - 90262. The general manager need not be a resident of...
Section 90263. - 90263. The general manager shall hold office for an indefinite...
Section 90264. - 90264. Notwithstanding this article, until such time as the district...
Section 90265. - 90265. The board shall appoint a secretary and an attorney,...
Section 90266. - 90266. The attorney shall be admitted to practice law in...
Section 90267. - 90267. The secretary and such assistants as the board may...
Section 90268. - 90268. The board may consolidate any of the district offices...
Section 90269. - 90269. The oath of all appointive officers of the district...
Section 90270. - 90270. Each appointive officer shall give such bond and in...
Section 90271. - 90271. Subject to the control of the board, the powers...
Section 90272. - 90272. The general manager shall within 90 days from the...
Section 90273. - 90273. The attorney shall take charge of all suits and...
Section 90274. - 90274. The general manager shall provide for the custody of...
Section 90275. - 90275. With the consent of the board, the general manager...
Section 90300. - 90300. (a) Employees have the right to self-organize, to form,...
CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System
Section 90350. - 90350. The district is empowered to contract with the State...
Section 90351. - 90351. Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly...
CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District
ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power
Section 90400. - 90400. The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a...
Section 90401. - 90401. The district may sue and be sued, except as...
Section 90402. - 90402. The district may exercise the right of eminent domain...
ARTICLE 2 - Contracts
Section 90420. - 90420. The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations...
Section 90420.5. - 90420.5. The district further shall be empowered to furnish contractual...
Section 90421. - 90421. Neither the general manager nor any director of the...
ARTICLE 4 - Property
Section 90460. - 90460. The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise,...
Section 90461. - 90461. Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record,...
ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service
Section 90480. - 90480. The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or...
Section 90480.5. - 90480.5. The negotiated purchase price of any existing facilities which...
Section 90481. - 90481. The district may without limitation by any other provisions...
Section 90482. - 90482. The district may plan for, establish, construct, finance and...
Section 90484. - 90484. The district may construct and operate or acquire and...
Section 90485. - 90485. The district may enter into agreements for the joint...
Section 90486. - 90486. The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to...
Section 90487. - 90487. The board of supervisors or the city council of...
Section 90488. - 90488. Upon the filing of a request for hearing as...
Section 90489. - 90489. At the time fixed for any hearing before the...
Section 90490. - 90490. Within 30 days after submission of the case, the...
ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness
Section 90500. - 90500. The district may borrow money and incur indebtedness, and...
Section 90501. - 90501. The district may borrow money for the purpose of...
Section 90501.5. - 90501.5. The board of directors of the district may, within...
Section 90502. - 90502. The district shall not incur an indebtedness for public...
Section 90503. - 90503. Indebtedness which has been incurred for the acquisition, construction,...
Section 90504. - 90504. The district may accept, without limitation by any other...
Section 90505. - 90505. The district may purchase equipment such as cars, trolley...
Section 90506. - 90506. The agreement to purchase or lease may direct the...
Section 90507. - 90507. The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before...
Section 90508. - 90508. The covenants, conditions and provisions of the agreements, leases,...
ARTICLE 7 - Investments
Section 90520. - 90520. The district may invest any surplus money in its...
Section 90521. - 90521. Such investment may be made by direct purchase of...
Section 90522. - 90522. Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held...
ARTICLE 8 - Taxation
Section 90540. - 90540. A district may levy, and collect or cause to...
Section 90541. - 90541. If, in the opinion of the board, the revenues...
Section 90542. - 90542. The board shall, at the time of fixing the...
Section 90543. - 90543. The taxes required to be levied and collected on...
Section 90544. - 90544. The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and...
Section 90545. - 90545. The board shall avail itself of the assessments made...
Section 90546. - 90546. In such case the county assessor shall, on or...
Section 90547. - 90547. The board shall, on or before the first weekday...
Section 90548. - 90548. The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of...
Section 90549. - 90549. The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at...
Section 90550. - 90550. Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes...
Section 90551. - 90551. The compensation to be charged by and paid to...
Section 90552. - 90552. All taxes levied under this act are a lien...
ARTICLE 9 - Claims
Section 90570. - 90570. All claims for money or damages against the district...
CHAPTER 7 - Bonds
ARTICLE 1 - Issuance
Section 90600. - 90600. The district may from time to time incur a...
Section 90601. - 90601. Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of...
Section 90602. - 90602. In lieu of a resolution passed by the board,...
Section 90603. - 90603. Whenever any petition signed by voters within the district...
Section 90604. - 90604. If the required number of signatures is found to...
Section 90605. - 90605. Upon receiving a petition with the certificate of the...
Section 90606. - 90606. The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix...
Section 90607. - 90607. Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object...
Section 90608. - 90608. Any special bond election may be held separately, or...
Section 90609. - 90609. The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice...
Section 90610. - 90610. The board shall comply with Article 3 (commencing with...
Section 90611. - 90611. The votes of 60 percent of all the voters...
Section 90612. - 90612. If the proposition submitted at a special bond election...
ARTICLE 2 - Form and Content
Section 90620. - 90620. Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in...
Section 90621. - 90621. The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as...
Section 90622. - 90622. The board may at any time prior to the...
Section 90623. - 90623. The bonds shall be signed by the president of...
ARTICLE 3 - Issue and Sale
Section 90640. - 90640. The bonds may be issued and sold for not...
Section 90641. - 90641. All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale...
Section 90642. - 90642. In lieu of the immediate levy of a tax...
ARTICLE 4 - Refunding
Section 90660. - 90660. Whenever the board by resolution passed by a vote...
Section 90661. - 90661. The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed...
Section 90662. - 90662. Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this chapter...
Section 90663. - 90663. Refunding bonds shall bear interest at a rate not...
Section 90664. - 90664. The proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds shall...
Section 90665. - 90665. In lieu of selling refunding bonds and using the...
Section 90666. - 90666. Whenever outstanding bonds are refunded they shall be surrendered...
ARTICLE 5 - Status as Investments
Section 90680. - 90680. All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district...
Section 90681. - 90681. All bonds of the district, to the same extent...
ARTICLE 6 - Validating Proceedings
Section 90700. - 90700. An action to determine the validity of bonds, including...
ARTICLE 7 - Revenue Bonds
Section 90720. - 90720. As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds,...
Section 90721. - 90721. The district is a local agency within the meaning...
CHAPTER 8 - Annexation of Cities
ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement
Section 90770. - 90770. Any city not included within the boundaries of the...
Section 90771. - 90771. The legislative body of the city proposed to be...
Section 90772. - 90772. As an alternative to commencement of annexation proceedings by...
Section 90773. - 90773. The petition may include one or more separate documents,...
Section 90774. - 90774. If the board determines that the annexation of the...
ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District
Section 90790. - 90790. The agreement shall become effective and be binding upon...
Section 90791. - 90791. The ordinance, together with a notice fixing the time...
Section 90792. - 90792. At the hearing any person interested may file with...
Section 90793. - 90793. Upon the hearing the board shall determine whether or...
Section 90794. - 90794. Any hearing on the agreement may be adjourned from...
Section 90795. - 90795. If no protests are filed or if the protests...
Section 90796. - 90796. When executed by the district the agreement shall be...
ARTICLE 3 - Approval by City
Section 90810. - 90810. At any time after the board has finally approved...
Section 90810.5. - 90810.5. The city shall cause to be held, concurrent with...
Section 90811. - 90811. Notice of election shall be published as provided in...
Section 90812. - 90812. The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the...
Section 90813. - 90813. If upon a canvass of the election it is...
Section 90814. - 90814. If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall...
Section 90815. - 90815. If the proposition receives the vote of the requisite...
ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of Annexation
Section 90830. - 90830. Upon receipt by the district of a copy of...
ARTICLE 5 - Annexation of Territory to Cities
Section 90850. - 90850. Any territory annexed in accordance with law to any...
ARTICLE 6 - Effect of Annexation
Section 90870. - 90870. From and after the date of annexation, the board...
Section 90871. - 90871. No annexation of a city to a district shall...
ARTICLE 7 - Contest of Annexation
Section 90880. - 90880. The validity of any proceedings for the annexation of...
CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory
Section 90930. - 90930. Unincorporated territory may be annexed to the district in...
Section 90931. - 90931. Unincorporated territory not contiguous to the district may not...
Section 90932. - 90932. A petition signed by voters within the territory proposed...
Section 90933. - 90933. The secretary shall compare the signatures on the petition...
Section 90934. - 90934. If the board determines that the annexation of the...
Section 90935. - 90935. Provisions may be made, among other things, for payment...
Section 90936. - 90936. As an alternative to commencement of annexation proceedings by...
Section 90950. - 90950. The board shall by ordinance setting forth the terms...
Section 90951. - 90951. The ordinance together with a notice fixing the time...
Section 90952. - 90952. At the hearing any person interested may file with...
Section 90953. - 90953. Upon the hearing, the board shall determine whether or...
Section 90954. - 90954. If no protests are filed or the protests filed...
Section 90955. - 90955. If protests against the proposed annexation are sustained, all...
ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Unincorporated Territory
Section 90970. - 90970. Within 90 days after the board has finally approved...
Section 90971. - 90971. Notice of election shall be published and shall either...
Section 90972. - 90972. The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the...
Section 90972.5. - 90972.5. In the event that no unincorporated territory shall have...
Section 90973. - 90973. If upon a canvass of the election it is...
Section 90974. - 90974. If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall...
Section 90975. - 90975. If the proposition is defeated by the voters, no...
Section 90990. - 90990. In the event the proposition receives the vote of...
ARTICLE 5 - Annexation Without Election
Section 91010. - 91010. Unincorporated territory may be annexed to a district without...
Section 91011. - 91011. A petition describing the territory proposed to be annexed...
Section 91012. - 91012. Proceedings shall thereafter be taken and a hearing held...
Section 91020. - 91020. From and after the date of annexation, the board...
Section 91040. - 91040. The validity of any proceedings for the annexation of...
CHAPTER 10 - Dissolution
Section 92000. - 92000. If the district operates no transit facilities, or its...
Section 92001. - 92001. The election for the purpose of submitting to the...
Section 92002. - 92002. Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because...
Section 92003. - 92003. The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the...
Section 92004. - 92004. No other notice of the election other than that...
Section 92005. - 92005. If upon a canvass of the election, it is...
Section 92006. - 92006. Upon dissolution of any district which has boundaries that...
Section 92007. - 92007. If at the time of dissolution, there is any...
Section 92008. - 92008. In the event that the proposition for dissolution fails...
CHAPTER 11 - Consolidation With Other Districts
Section 93000. - 93000. The district may be consolidated with the Southern California...
Section 93001. - 93001. Whenever the board finds and determines that: (a) The...
Section 93002. - 93002. The board shall thereafter, by resolution setting forth the...
Section 93003. - 93003. The resolution, together with a notice fixing the time...
Section 93004. - 93004. At the hearing any interested person may file with...
Section 93005. - 93005. Upon the hearing, the board shall determine whether or...
Section 93006. - 93006. Any hearing on the agreement and consolidation may be...
Section 93007. - 93007. If no protests are filed, or if the protests...
Section 93008. - 93008. At any time after the board of directors of...
Section 93009. - 93009. Notice of election shall be published once a week...
Section 93010. - 93010. The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the...
Section 93011. - 93011. If upon a canvass of the election it is...
Section 93012. - 93012. If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall...
Section 93013. - 93013. If the proposition receives the vote of the requisite...
Section 93014. - 93014. Upon receipt by the Southern California Rapid Transit District...
Section 93015. - 93015. From and after the date of consolidation the board...
Section 93016. - 93016. The validity of any consolidating proceedings shall not be...
Section 93017. - 93017. Upon the completion of such consolidation procedure, the San...