Public Utilities Code, 1951

If the district’s dissolution question is to be put to voters, the election must be held within 60 days after the board orders it or a petition is filed.

Notice of a dissolution election must be published, and the election date must be at least 30 days after the first publication.

Ballots for the election must include the usual general-election ballot instructions and an additional question asking whether the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District should be dissolved.

For this election, no notice beyond the notice required by this article is needed, and no sample ballots need to be sent to voters.

If a dissolution vote passes by majority, it is treated as carried and approved, and the board must meet the next Monday after the election to canvass the votes.

If voters approve dissolution, the board must declare the district dissolved, file the resolution, wind up the district’s affairs, pay its debts, and distribute any remaining money as specified.

If a dissolution proposition fails, another dissolution election cannot be called for one year after the prior election.

Election procedures under this chapter must follow the laws that apply to special municipal elections in the affected municipal corporation, unless this chapter says otherwise.

This part is named the Southern California Rapid Transit District Law.

The Legislature states that Southern California needs a comprehensive mass rapid transit system and that a transit district should be established as the successor to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority.

This part must be interpreted broadly to help carry out California’s stated objects, purposes, and policy for the part.

This chapter generally controls how this part is interpreted, unless the context requires a different reading.

In this part, “District” means the Southern California Rapid Transit District.

This section defines “rapid transit” and lets the district lease buses, provide school bus service, and provide certain charter bus services, including a time-limited World Cup-related exception.

This section defines “board of directors,” “board,” and “directors” to mean the district’s board of directors.

In this part, “public agency” includes the State of California and certain local or public entities organized under state law.

The definitions in this article control how this chapter is read unless the context requires otherwise.

“Association” means a corporation organized under this chapter.

This section defines “member” for gas producers’ cooperative associations.

This section defines “gas” for this article as gas produced in California, whether natural or manufactured, except propane, when used for light, heat, or power.

This section says Public Utilities Commission membership, qualifications, and tenure are governed by Section 1 of Article XII of the state Constitution.

This section creates the Southern California Rapid Transit District and defines the territory it covers.

The district created under this part is a public corporation for the purposes stated in this part.

Each commissioner must take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office before beginning office duties.

The district’s powers, privileges, and duties must be carried out through a board of directors, which may delegate and redelegate executive, administrative, and ministerial powers.

This section sets how the 11-member board of directors is appointed and requires the city selection committee to adopt corridor-based rules for some appointments.

A city council confirmation is not required for a Mayor-appointed director who is already a city council member; otherwise, the appointee may serve up to 60 days without confirmation.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors must appoint the first board of directors at its first regular meeting after this part becomes effective.

The Mayor of Los Angeles must appoint the first board of directors for the district at the first regular meeting after this part takes effect, and the City Council must confirm the appointments.

This section sets how certain board members of the district serve, can be removed, and when vacancies arise.

Director appointments by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Mayor of Los Angeles must be made or confirmed by resolution, and the related certified copies and notices must be sent without delay to the district secretary and the county clerk.

Vacancies on the board must be filled by appointment using the same appointment method that was originally used.

This section creates a city selection committee and gives each member voting rights tied to the population of the city they represent.

Most city governing bodies in the district must appoint some of their own members to the city selection committee by a specified deadline, except Los Angeles.

A city selection committee member serves at the pleasure of the city’s governing body, and a vacancy arises if the member’s appointing-body term ends.

This section states the chapter’s purpose: to encourage orderly gas marketing through cooperation, make gas delivery from producer to distributor as direct and efficient as possible, and protect producers from unreasonable market-access constraints.

The governing body of the appointing body must appoint each city selection committee member by resolution, and appointment papers must be sent without delay to the district secretary.

A vacancy in the city selection committee must be filled by appointment by the body that originally made the appointment to the office with the vacancy.

Members of the city selection committee cannot be appointed to salaried district offices or jobs, and that restriction lasts for one year after they leave the committee.

The county auditor must furnish the certificates needed on assessed valuation so the city selection committee can function.

The city selection committee must conduct its meetings under the Ralph M. Brown Act.

A quorum exists when members of the city selection committee with more than 50% of the total votes are present.

A motion before the city selection committee needs affirmative votes representing more than 50% of all committee votes, unless this part says otherwise.

The Secretary of State must call the first meeting of the city selection committee within 10 days after receiving the required certified resolutions.

The city selection committee must appoint a chairman from among its members and may appoint other necessary officers. Until a chairman is appointed, the Secretary of State or the deputy must act as chairman.

The city selection committee must appoint the first board of directors for the district and finish the appointments within 10 days after the first meeting called by the Secretary of State.

The section states legislative findings about California gas supply and says consumers are entitled to a least-cost supply mix and freedom from artificial or unreasonable marketing burdens.

Certain board members must be assigned staggered terms by lot at the first board meeting, and their later terms are four years.

If a board vacancy arises from a subcommittee appointment, that subcommittee must fill it, meet within 30 days to appoint a director, and the board must give at least 10 days’ notice of the meeting.

The city selection committee must meet within 45 days after receiving the latest population estimate to determine each member’s voting power and allow subcommittees to appoint a board member. The board must set the meeting time and place and give at least 10 days’ notice. If there is no quorum, the meeting is adjourned to a later time and place set by the votes present.

If a qualifying petition is signed, the city selection committee must meet to consider recalling the named board member, and the board of directors must set the meeting time and place and give at least 10 days’ notice.

Board members must stay in office until their successors are appointed and qualified.

A district director cannot be appointed to a salaried office or employment with the district, and cannot become eligible for that appointment until one year after leaving office, except as Section 30251 provides.

The three appointing bodies may appoint authority members, including former members, to the district board if they choose.

The Secretary of State must call the first board meeting within 10 days after receiving certified copies of the resolutions appointing a majority of the directors.

Associations covered by this section are treated as nonprofit associations.

A conflicting law does not apply to any association.

An existing-law exemption that applies to gas held by an individual producer also applies to gas held by an association.