California Code
DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS
PART 9 - THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 95000. - 95000. This act shall be known and cited as the...

Section 95001. - 95001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this...

Section 95002. - 95002. “District” means the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District formed...

Section 95003. - 95003. “Board” means the board of directors of this district....

Section 95004. - 95004. “Voter” means any elector who is registered under the...

Section 95005. - 95005. “Transit” means the transportation of passengers only and their...

Section 95006. - 95006. “Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 95030. - 95030. It is necessary that a transit district be established...

Section 95031. - 95031. The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District may be created...

Section 95032. - 95032. Except as otherwise provided in this act elections shall...

Section 95033. - 95033. Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances...

Section 95034. - 95034. Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of...

Section 95035. - 95035. The boundaries of the district shall not be affected...

CHAPTER 2 - Formation of District

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 95100. - 95100. The City of Santa Barbara, together with unincorporated territory,...

Section 95101. - 95101. The request for the formation of the Santa Barbara...

ARTICLE 2 - Request by Resolution

Section 95130. - 95130. The legislative body, the City Council of the City...

Section 95131. - 95131. The resolution may state the transit facilities proposed to...

Section 95132. - 95132. Certified copies of the resolution shall be presented to...

ARTICLE 3 - Request by Petition

Section 95160. - 95160. Instead of a resolution, a petition may be presented...

Section 95161. - 95161. The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and...

Section 95162. - 95162. The petition may be on separate papers, but each...

Section 95163. - 95163. The County Elections Official of the County of Santa...

ARTICLE 4 - Election

Section 95190. - 95190. Upon receipt of certified copies of the resolution or...

Section 95191. - 95191. The board of supervisors shall have the power to...

Section 95192. - 95192. At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board...

Section 95193. - 95193. The election shall be held not less than 60...

Section 95194. - 95194. The election shall be called by publishing notice calling...

Section 95195. - 95195. The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions...

Section 95196. - 95196. No person shall be entitled to vote at the...

Section 95197. - 95197. The election may be held on the same day...

Section 95198. - 95198. The board of supervisors shall meet on the Tuesday...

Section 95199. - 95199. The board of supervisors shall make all provisions for...

Section 95200. - 95200. If a special election is held exclusively on the...

ARTICLE 5 - Establishment of the District

Section 95230. - 95230. If a majority of the electors voting on the...

ARTICLE 6 - Contest of Incorporation

Section 95250. - 95250. No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct...

CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of District

ARTICLE 1 - Government

Section 95400. - 95400. The government of the district shall be vested in...

Section 95401. - 95401. These appointments shall be made within 30 days after...

Section 95402. - 95402. Any vacancy on the board, including any caused by...

Section 95403. - 95403. Each director shall, within 10 days after his appointment,...

Section 95404. - 95404. A person shall not be appointed to or be...

ARTICLE 2 - Terms of Office

Section 95430. - 95430. The term of office of each director is four...

ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties of Directors

Section 95450. - 95450. The chairman is the presiding officer of the board...

Section 95451. - 95451. The first meeting of the board shall be held...

Section 95452. - 95452. The board shall select one of its members vice...

Section 95453. - 95453. All matters and things necessary for the proper administration...

Section 95454. - 95454. The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility...

Section 95455. - 95455. The board may either operate the transit system itself...

Section 95456. - 95456. The board may adopt a personnel system for the...

Section 95457. - 95457. The board may from time to time contract for...

Section 95458. - 95458. The board shall have an annual audit made of...

Section 95459. - 95459. The board may provide by resolution, under such terms...

Section 95460. - 95460. To facilitate the business of the district, the board...

ARTICLE 4 - Meetings and Legislation

Section 95490. - 95490. All meetings of the board shall be conducted in...

Section 95491. - 95491. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for...

Section 95492. - 95492. The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and...

Section 95493. - 95493. The acts of the board shall be expressed by...

Section 95494. - 95494. All ordinances shall be published after passage. (Added by...

Section 95495. - 95495. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as...

ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers

Section 95520. - 95520. The board shall appoint and fix the salary of...

Section 95521. - 95521. All other things being equal, the board shall appoint...

Section 95522. - 95522. The general manager need not be a resident of...

Section 95523. - 95523. The general manager may be removed by the board...

Section 95524. - 95524. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 95523, until...

Section 95525. - 95525. The board may appoint a secretary and an attorney...

Section 95526. - 95526. The attorney shall be admitted to practice law in...

Section 95527. - 95527. The board may consolidate any of the district offices...

Section 95528. - 95528. The oath of all appointive officers of the district...

Section 95529. - 95529. Each appointive officer shall give such bond and in...

Section 95530. - 95530. Subject to the control of the board, the powers...

Section 95533. - 95533. The attorney shall take charge of all suits and...

Section 95534. - 95534. The general manager shall cause to be installed and...

Section 95535. - 95535. The general manager shall provide for the custody of...

Section 95536. - 95536. With the consent of the board, the general manager...

CHAPTER 4 - Labor Provisions

Section 95650. - 95650. (a) If a majority of the employees employed by...

Section 95651. - 95651. If there is a question whether a labor organization...

Section 95652. - 95652. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly...

Section 95653. - 95653. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly...

Section 95654. - 95654. The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for...

Section 95655. - 95655. All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public...

Section 95656. - 95656. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Government Code, the board...

CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System

ARTICLE 1 - Establishment

Section 95800. - 95800. The board may establish a retirement system for the...

Section 95801. - 95801. The district may maintain its own retirement fund or...

Section 95803. - 95803. The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and...

Section 95804. - 95804. Nothing in this chapter prevents the district from participating...

Section 95805. - 95805. The board may classify and determine the officers and...

Section 95806. - 95806. In the event the board elects to adopt and...

ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions

Section 95830. - 95830. The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon...

Section 95831. - 95831. The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon...

Section 95832. - 95832. The board shall provide that both the district and...

Section 95833. - 95833. All members of the retirement system shall contribute in...

Section 95834. - 95834. Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits...

Section 95835. - 95835. If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior...

Section 95836. - 95836. All money received by any person as an annuity,...

ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board

Section 95860. - 95860. The board shall create a retirement board of not...

Section 95861. - 95861. All members of the retirement board shall serve without...

Section 95862. - 95862. The retirement board shall determine the eligibility of officers,...

Section 95863. - 95863. If the district maintains its own retirement fund the...

ARTICLE 4 - Investigation and Penalties

Section 95890. - 95890. At least once in each four-year period after the...

Section 95891. - 95891. Except as herein provided, no member of the board...

CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District

ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power

Section 96000. - 96000. The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a...

Section 96001. - 96001. The district may sue and be sued, except as...

Section 96002. - 96002. The district may exercise the right of eminent domain...

ARTICLE 2 - Contracts

Section 96030. - 96030. The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations...

Section 96031. - 96031. No officer or employee of the district shall in...

ARTICLE 4 - Property

Section 96090. - 96090. The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise...

Section 96091. - 96091. Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record,...

ARTICLE 5 - Transit Facilities and Service

Section 96120. - 96120. The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or...

Section 96121. - 96121. The district may without limitation by any other provisions...

Section 96122. - 96122. The district shall not interfere with or exercise any...

Section 96123. - 96123. The district may lease or contract for the use...

Section 96124. - 96124. The district may construct and operate or acquire and...

Section 96125. - 96125. The district may enter into agreements for the joint...

Section 96126. - 96126. The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to...

Section 96127. - 96127. The board of supervisors or the city council of...

Section 96128. - 96128. Upon the filing of a request for hearing as...

Section 96129. - 96129. At the time fixed for any hearing before the...

Section 96130. - 96130. Within 30 days after submission of the case, the...

ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness

Section 96150. - 96150. The district may borrow money for the purpose of...

Section 96151. - 96151. The board of directors of a district may, within...

Section 96152. - 96152. The district shall not incur an indebtedness under Chapter...

Section 96153. - 96153. The district may accept, without limitation by any other...

ARTICLE 7 - Investments

Section 96180. - 96180. The district may invest any surplus money in its...

Section 96190. - 96190. Such investment may be made by direct purchase of...

Section 96191. - 96191. Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held...

Section 96192. - 96192. Sales of any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased...

ARTICLE 8 - Taxation

Section 96220. - 96220. The district may levy, and collect or cause to...

Section 96221. - 96221. If, in the opinion of the board, the transit...

Section 96222. - 96222. The board shall, in addition to the general tax...

Section 96223. - 96223. The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and...

Section 96224. - 96224. The board shall avail itself of the assessments made...

Section 96225. - 96225. In such case the county auditor shall, on or...

Section 96226. - 96226. The board shall, on or before the first day...

Section 96227. - 96227. The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of...

Section 96228. - 96228. The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at...

Section 96229. - 96229. Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes...

Section 96230. - 96230. The compensation to be charged by and paid to...

CHAPTER 7 - Bonds

ARTICLE 1 - Issuance

Section 96400. - 96400. The district may from time to time incur a...

Section 96401. - 96401. Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of...

Section 96402. - 96402. In lieu of a resolution passed by the board,...

Section 96403. - 96403. Whenever any petition signed by voters within the district...

Section 96404. - 96404. If the required number of signatures is found to...

Section 96405. - 96405. Upon receiving a petition with the certificate of the...

Section 96406. - 96406. The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix...

Section 96407. - 96407. Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object...

Section 96408. - 96408. Any special bond election may be held separately, or...

Section 96409. - 96409. The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice...

Section 96410. - 96410. The board shall comply with Article 3, (commencing with...

Section 96411. - 96411. The votes of two-thirds (2/3) of all the voters...

Section 96412. - 96412. If the proposition submitted at a special bond election...

ARTICLE 2 - Form and Content

Section 96440. - 96440. Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in...

Section 96441. - 96441. The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as...

Section 96442. - 96442. The board may at any time prior to the...

Section 96443. - 96443. The bonds shall be signed by the president of...

ARTICLE 3 - Issue and Sale

Section 96470. - 96470. The bonds may be issued and sold for not...

Section 96471. - 96471. All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale...

Section 96472. - 96472. In lieu of the immediate levy of a tax...

ARTICLE 4 - Refunding

Section 96500. - 96500. Whenever the board by resolution passed by a vote...

Section 96501. - 96501. The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed...

Section 96502. - 96502. Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this chapter...

Section 96503. - 96503. Refunding bonds shall bear interest at a rate not...

Section 96504. - 96504. The proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds shall...

Section 96505. - 96505. In lieu of selling refunding bonds and using the...

Section 96506. - 96506. Whenever outstanding bonds are refunded they shall be surrendered...

ARTICLE 5 - Status as Investments

Section 96530. - 96530. All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district...

Section 96531. - 96531. All bonds of the district, to the same extent...

ARTICLE 6 - Validation

Section 96560. - 96560. An action to determine the validity of bonds, including...

ARTICLE 7 - Revenue Bonds

Section 96590. - 96590. As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds,...

Section 96591. - 96591. The district is a local agency within the meaning...

CHAPTER 8 - Annexation

Section 96750. - 96750. Territory may be annexed to the district in the...

Section 96751. - 96751. Whenever the board finds and determines that additional territory...

Section 96752. - 96752. The resolution shall be passed by a vote of...

Section 96753. - 96753. The resolution shall: (a) Describe the boundaries of the...

Section 96754. - 96754. The resolution, together with the names of the members...

Section 96755. - 96755. On the day fixed for hearing or any day...

Section 96756. - 96756. After making all necessary and proper changes in the...

Section 96757. - 96757. Whenever any territory is annexed to the district it...

CHAPTER 9 - Exclusion

Section 96900. - 96900. Territory within the district may be detached from the...

Section 96901. - 96901. The detachment of territory from the district shall become...

Section 96902. - 96902. Notice of detachment of territory from the district shall...

CHAPTER 10 - Dissolution

Section 97000. - 97000. If the district operates no transit facilities, or its...

Section 97001. - 97001. The election for the purpose of submitting to the...

Section 97002. - 97002. Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because...

Section 97003. - 97003. The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the...

Section 97004. - 97004. The board shall canvass the vote. If a majority...

Section 97005. - 97005. The board shall file a certified copy of the...

Section 97006. - 97006. Upon dissolution the right, title, and interest to property...

Section 97007. - 97007. The board of supervisors is, ex officio, the governing...