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This part is named the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Act and may be cited by that name. The Legislature states that the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority needs broader transportation measures to address traffic congestion and improve roads, highways, and other transportation facilities. The provision says a transit district needs to be established in Santa Clara County. The Santa Clara County Transit District is renamed the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, and existing references to the old name are treated as references to the new name. A municipal corporation that provides broadband Internet access services must comply with the requirements of a specified Government Code article.

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  1. 95030.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [95000 - 95035] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [95030 - 95035] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    A transit district is to be established in the Santa Barbara metropolitan area to address the area’s public transit needs.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [95000 - 95035] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [95030 - 95035] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95030. It is necessary that a transit district be established in the Santa Barbara metropolitan area which includes the City of Santa Barbara and adjacent territory, including but not limited to the Carpinteria, Summerland, Montecito and Goleta areas, all situated in Santa Barbara County, in order to meet the public transit problem of the area. The geographic location of the city in relation to the adjacent territory requiring transportation services makes it necessary to develop a single transit system to protect the public interest and welfare. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 595.)
  2. 95031.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [95000 - 95035] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [95030 - 95035] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District may be created under this act and, once created, may exercise the powers granted here.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [95000 - 95035] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [95030 - 95035] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95031. The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District may be created as provided in this act and when so created may exercise the powers herein granted. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  3. 95032.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [95000 - 95035] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [95030 - 95035] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Elections under this act must be conducted as closely as practicable in line with the state’s general election laws, unless this act provides otherwise.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [95000 - 95035] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [95030 - 95035] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95032. Except as otherwise provided in this act elections shall be held and conducted and the result ascertained, determined, and declared in, all respects as nearly as practicable in conformity with the general elections laws of the state. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  4. 95033.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [95000 - 95035] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [95030 - 95035] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Except where this part says otherwise, ordinances and required notices must be published within the district under Government Code Section 6066.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [95000 - 95035] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [95030 - 95035] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95033. Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances and notices which are required to be published shall be published within the district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  5. 95034.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [95000 - 95035] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [95030 - 95035] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Certain district, retirement board, and retirement system officers or employees may use a facsimile-signature plate when a signature is authorized or required, except for the one case in Section 96443.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [95000 - 95035] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [95030 - 95035] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95034. Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the retirement board or of any officer or employee of the retirement system is authorized or required under the provisions of this act, except in the single instance provided in Section 96443, the signature may be made by the use of a plate bearing facsimiles of such signatures. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  6. 95035.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [95000 - 95035] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [95030 - 95035] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    This section says when territory is annexed or incorporated, district boundaries are generally not changed except as this part allows.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [95000 - 95035] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [95030 - 95035] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95035. The boundaries of the district shall not be affected by reason of the incorporation of any territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district, or by reason of annexation to or detachment from any city of territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district, except as provided in this part. Where territory outside the district is annexed to any city included in the district, said territory shall, upon the completion of such annexation proceeding, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district; provided that, where territory which is incorporated as a new city is partly within and partly outside the district, that territory which is outside the district shall, upon the completion of such incorporation proceeding, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district; and provided further that no incorporated city now lying entirely outside the boundaries of the district shall be included within the district without the consent of the legislative body of said city, and any territory annexed by such city, if such annexed territory is then within the district, shall be automatically excluded from the district, unless the legislative body of the city shall otherwise declare in its ordinance of annexation. Whenever territory is deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district pursuant to this section, such territory shall be subject to taxation, in accordance with the assessable valuation of the property thereof, for general district purposes and for the payment of any indebtedness theretofore or thereafter incurred by the district. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 595.)
  7. 9505.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 1. Low-Income Weatherization Programs [9500 - 9508.5] ( Part 1 heading added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. )

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    Local publicly owned electric utilities must report energy-efficiency and demand-reduction information to the Energy Commission and customers, set long-term targets, and share evaluation results on a schedule.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 1. Low-Income Weatherization Programs [9500 - 9508.5] ( Part 1 heading added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. ) ## 9505. (a) By March 15, 2013, and by March 15 of each year thereafter, each local publicly owned electric utility shall report to the Energy Commission and to its customers all of the following: (1) Its investments in energy efficiency and demand reduction programs. (2) A description of each energy efficiency and demand reduction program, program expenditures, the cost-effectiveness of each program, and expected and actual energy efficiency savings and demand reduction results that reflect the intent of the Legislature to encourage energy savings and reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases resulting from providing service to existing residential and nonresidential buildings, while taking into consideration the effect of the program on rates, reliability, and financial resources. (3) The sources for funding of its energy efficiency and demand reduction programs. (4) The methodologies and input assumptions used to determine the cost-effectiveness of its energy efficiency and demand reduction programs. (5) A comparison of the local publicly owned electric utility’s annual targets established pursuant to subdivision (b) and the local publicly owned electric utility’s reported electricity efficiency savings and demand reductions. (b) By March 15, 2013, and by March 15 of every fourth year thereafter, each local publicly owned electric utility shall identify all potentially achievable cost-effective electricity efficiency savings and shall establish annual targets for energy efficiency savings and demand reduction for the next 10-year period, consistent with the annual targets established by the Energy Commission pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 25310 of the Public Resources Code. A local publicly owned electric utility’s determination of potentially achievable cost-effective electricity efficiency savings shall be made without regard to previous minimum investments undertaken pursuant to Section 385. A local publicly owned electric utility shall treat investments made to achieve energy efficiency savings and demand reduction targets as procurement investments. (c) Within 60 days of establishing annual targets pursuant to subdivision (b), each local publicly owned electric utility shall report those targets to the Energy Commission, and the basis for establishing those targets. (d) Each local publicly owned electric utility shall make available to its customers and to the Energy Commission the results of any independent evaluation that measures and verifies the energy efficiency savings and the reduction in energy demand achieved by its energy efficiency and demand reduction programs. (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 547, Sec. 33. (SB 350) Effective January 1, 2016.)
  8. 9506.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 1. Low-Income Weatherization Programs [9500 - 9508.5] ( Part 1 heading added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. )

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    A local publicly owned electric utility must report to the Energy Commission about energy storage procurement targets and policies, and submit compliance reports by January 1, 2017 and January 1, 2021. The Energy Commission must make required reports available online with confidential information redacted, and a summary must be included in integrated energy policy reports.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 1. Low-Income Weatherization Programs [9500 - 9508.5] ( Part 1 heading added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. ) ## 9506. (a) A local publicly owned electric utility shall report to the Energy Commission regarding the energy storage system procurement targets and policies adopted by the governing board pursuant to paragraph (2) of, and report any modifications made to those targets as a result of a reevaluation undertaken pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 2836. (b) By January 1, 2017, a local publicly owned electric utility shall submit a report to the Energy Commission demonstrating that it has complied with the energy storage system procurement targets and policies adopted by the governing board pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2836. (c) By January 1, 2021, a local publicly owned electric utility shall submit a report to the Energy Commission demonstrating that it has complied with the energy storage system procurement targets and policies adopted by the governing board pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2836. (d) The Energy Commission shall ensure that a copy of each report or plan required by subdivisions (b) and (c), with any confidential information redacted, is available on the Energy Commission’s Internet Web site, or on an Internet Web site maintained by the local publicly owned electric utility that can be accessed from the Energy Commission’s Internet Web site. (e) A summary of the reports required by this section shall be included as part of each integrated energy policy report required pursuant to Section 25302 of the Public Resources Code. (Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 181. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)
  9. 9507.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 1. Low-Income Weatherization Programs [9500 - 9508.5] ( Part 1 heading added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. )

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    Local publicly owned electric utilities must give customers annual disclosures about electricity sources, renewable portfolio progress, renewable energy spending, and solar initiative program information.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 1. Low-Income Weatherization Programs [9500 - 9508.5] ( Part 1 heading added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. ) ## 9507. (a) For purposes of this section, “eligible renewable energy resource” and “renewables portfolio standard” have the same meanings as for the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1). (b) Every local publicly owned electric utility shall annually disclose, to end-use customers, all of the following: (1) Its electricity sources for the previous calendar year, consistent with information provided to the Energy Commission pursuant to Section 398.4. (2) The utility’s progress toward attaining the renewables portfolio standard established pursuant to Section 399.30. (3) Expenditures for development of eligible renewable energy resources, including a description of programs, sources of funding, expected results, and actual results. (c) A local publicly owned electric utility shall, on an annual basis, make available to its customers information relating to the utility’s solar initiative program established pursuant to Section 2854, including the rated generating capacity of installed solar energy systems receiving monetary incentives through the utility’s program, the total number of solar energy systems installed, the total number of applications for the utility’s program, the amount of monetary incentives awarded, and the contribution toward the program goals of the California Solar Initiative (Article 1 (commencing with Section 2851) of Chapter 9 of Part 2 of Division 1). (Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 606, Sec. 14. (AB 2227) Effective January 1, 2013.)
  10. 9508.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 1. Low-Income Weatherization Programs [9500 - 9508.5] ( Part 1 heading added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. )

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    Local publicly owned electric utilities must file annual renewable-energy and solar-program information with the Energy Commission, and the Energy Commission should try to keep reporting burdens low.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 1. Low-Income Weatherization Programs [9500 - 9508.5] ( Part 1 heading added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. ) ## 9508. (a) In developing the rules and procedures specified in this section and in Section 9507, the Energy Commission shall seek to minimize the reporting burden and cost of reporting that it imposes on local publicly owned electric utilities. (b) A local publicly owned electric utility shall annually submit to the Energy Commission documentation regarding eligible renewable energy resources procurement contracts that it executed during the prior year, as follows: (1) A description of the eligible renewable energy resource, including the duration of the contract or electricity purchase agreement. (2) A description and identification of the electrical generating facility providing the eligible renewable energy resource under the contract. (3) An estimate of the percentage increase in the utility’s total retail sales of electricity from eligible renewable energy resources that will result from the contract. (c) A local publicly owned electric utility shall annually submit to the Energy Commission documentation regarding the utility’s progress toward attaining the renewables portfolio standard established pursuant to Section 399.30. (d) A local publicly owned electric utility shall, on an annual basis, make available to the Legislature and the Energy Commission information relating to the utility’s solar initiative program established pursuant to Section 2854, including the rated generating capacity of installed solar energy systems receiving monetary incentives through the utility’s program, the total number of solar energy systems installed, the total number of applications for the utility’s program, the amount of monetary incentives awarded, and the contribution toward the program goals of the California Solar Initiative (Article 1 (commencing with Section 2851) of Chapter 9 of Part 2 of Division 1). (e) For the purposes of this section, “eligible renewable energy resource,” “renewables portfolio standard,” and “procure” have the same meanings as these terms have in the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1). (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 677, Sec. 8. (SB 1393) Effective January 1, 2017.)
  11. 9508.5.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 1. Low-Income Weatherization Programs [9500 - 9508.5] ( Part 1 heading added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. )

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    A local publicly owned electric utility serving end-use customers must give the Energy Commission, on request, any information the Commission says is needed to evaluate progress toward Section 9620 requirements.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 1. Low-Income Weatherization Programs [9500 - 9508.5] ( Part 1 heading added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. ) ## 9508.5. A local publicly owned electric utility serving end-use customers shall, upon request, provide the Energy Commission with any information the Energy Commission determines is necessary to evaluate the progress made by the local publicly owned electric utility in meeting the requirements of Section 9620. (Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 606, Sec. 16. (AB 2227) Effective January 1, 2013.)
  12. 9510.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. )

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    Local publicly owned electric utilities that control utility poles and support structures must make space and capacity available to cable, video, and telephone providers on reasonable terms.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. ) ## 9510. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that in order to promote wireline and wireless broadband access and adoption, it is in the interest of the state to ensure that local publicly owned electric utilities, including irrigation districts, that own or control utility poles and support structures, including ducts and conduits, make available appropriate space and capacity on and in those structures to cable television corporations, video service providers, and telephone corporations under reasonable rates, terms, and conditions. (b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the oversight of fees and other requirements imposed by local publicly owned electric utilities as a condition of providing the space or capacity described in subdivision (a) is a matter of statewide interest and concern. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that this part supersedes all conflicting local laws and this part shall apply in charter cities. (c) The Legislature further finds and declares that local publicly owned electric utilities should provide access to utility poles and support structures with a recovery of actual costs without subsidizing for-profit cable television corporations, video service providers, and telephone corporations. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  13. 9510.5.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. )

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    This section defines several terms used in the part, including “communications service provider,” “governing body,” “street light pole,” and “utility pole.”

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. ) ## 9510.5. As used in this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Communications service provider” means a cable television corporation, video service provider, or telephone corporation. (b) “Governing body” means the governing body of a local publicly owned electric utility, including, where applicable, a board appointed by a city council. (c) “Street light pole” means a pole, arm, or fixture used primarily for street, pedestrian, or security lighting. (d) “Utility pole” means an electricity or telephone pole, but does not include a street light pole or an electricity pole used solely for the transmission of electricity at 50 kilovolts or higher and not intended for distribution of communications signals or electricity at lower voltages. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  14. 95100.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [95100 - 95101] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The City of Santa Barbara, together with unincorporated territory, may organize and incorporate as the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [95100 - 95101] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95100. The City of Santa Barbara, together with unincorporated territory, may organize and incorporate as the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  15. 95101.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [95100 - 95101] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    A request to form the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District may be made by resolution or by petition.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [95100 - 95101] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95101. The request for the formation of the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District may be made by resolution or by petition as set out in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  16. 9511.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. )

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    A local publicly owned electric utility must make pole space and capacity available to communications service providers on reasonable terms, and must follow set response, notice, and make-ready timelines.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. ) ## 9511. (a) A local publicly owned electric utility shall make appropriate space and capacity on and in a utility pole and support structure owned or controlled by the local publicly owned electric utility available for use by a communications service provider pursuant to reasonable terms and conditions. Rates, terms, and conditions that are specified in a contract executed before January 1, 2012, shall remain valid until the contract, rate, term, or condition expires or is terminated according to its terms by one of the parties. If an annual fee is included in a contract executed before January 1, 2012, but the amount of the fee is left unspecified, the requirements of Section 9512 apply. (b) (1) A local publicly owned electric utility shall respond to a request for use by a communications service provider of a utility pole or support structure owned or controlled by the local publicly owned electric utility within 45 days of the date of receipt of the request, or 60 days if the request is to attach to over 300 poles. If the request is denied, the local publicly owned electric utility shall provide in the response the reason for the denial and the remedy to gain access to the utility pole or support structure. If a request to attach is accepted, the local publicly owned electric utility, within 14 days after acceptance of the request, shall provide a cost estimate, based on actual cost, for any necessary make-ready work required to accommodate the attachment. The requesting party shall accept or reject the make-ready cost estimate within 14 days. Within 60 days of acceptance of the cost estimate, the local publicly owned electric utility shall notify any existing third-party attachers that make-ready work for a new attacher needs to be performed. The requesting party shall have the responsibility to coordinate with third-party existing attachers for make-ready work to be completed. All parties shall complete all make-ready work within 60 days of the notice, or within 105 days in the case of a request to attach to over 300 poles. The local publicly owned electric utility may complete make-ready work without the consent of the existing attachers, if the existing attachers fail to move their attachments by the end of the make-ready timeline requirements specified in this paragraph. (2) The timelines described in paragraph (1) may be extended under special circumstances upon agreement of the local publicly owned electric utility and the communications service provider. (c) A local publicly owned electric utility may deny an application for use of a utility pole or support structure because of insufficient capacity or safety, reliability, or engineering concerns. In denying an application, a local publicly owned electric utility may also take into account the manner in which a request from a communications service provider under this part could impact an approved project for future use by the local publicly owned electric utility of its utility poles or support structures for delivery of its core utility service. (d) This part does not limit the authority of a local publicly owned electric utility to ensure compliance with all applicable provisions of law in determining whether to approve or disapprove use of a utility pole or support structure. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  17. 9511.5.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. )

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    A local publicly owned electric utility with authority under other law may impose the fee only in a way that complies with this part, and its governing body must determine the fee under Section 9512.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. ) ## 9511.5. (a) If a local publicly owned electric utility has the authority pursuant to other law to impose a fee to provide the use described in Section 9511, that fee shall be adopted and levied consistent with the requirements of this part. (b) The governing body of the local publicly owned electric utility shall determine the fee pursuant to Section 9512. (c) This part does not grant additional authority to a local publicly owned electric utility to impose a fee that is not otherwise authorized by law. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  18. 9512.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. )

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    A local publicly owned electric utility may charge annual pole or support-structure fees to communications service providers, but the fee cannot exceed the capped cost-based amounts set out here.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. ) ## 9512. (a) (1) An annual fee charged by a local publicly owned electric utility for the use of a utility pole by a communications service provider shall not exceed an amount determined by multiplying the percentage of the total usable space that would be occupied by the attachment by the annual costs of ownership of the pole and its supporting anchor. As used in this paragraph and paragraph (2), “usable space” means the space above the minimum grade level that can be used for the attachment of wires, cables, and associated equipment. It shall be presumed, subject to factual rebuttal, that a single attachment occupies one foot of usable space and that an average utility pole contains 13.5 feet of usable space. (2) An annual fee charged by a local publicly owned electric utility for use of a support structure by a communications service provider shall not exceed the local publicly owned electric utility’s annual costs of ownership of the percentage of the volume of the capacity of the structure rendered unusable by the equipment of the communications service provider. (3) As used in this subdivision, the “annual costs of ownership” is the sum of the annual capital costs and annual operation costs of the pole or support structure, which shall be the average costs of all similar utility poles or structures owned or controlled by the local publicly owned electric utility. The basis for the computation of annual capital costs shall be historical capital costs less depreciation. The accounting upon which the historical capital costs are determined shall include a credit for all reimbursed capital costs. Depreciation shall be based upon the average service life of the utility pole or support structure. “Annual cost of ownership” does not include costs for any property not necessary for use by the communications service provider. (b) A local publicly owned electric utility shall not levy a fee that exceeds the estimated amount required to provide use of the utility pole or support structure for which the annual recurring fee is levied. If the fee creates revenues in excess of actual costs, those revenues shall be used to reduce the fee. (c) A jointly owned pole is not included within the requirements of this section, if a joint owner other than the local publicly owned electric utility has control of access to the space that would be used by the communications service provider. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  19. 9513.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. )

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    A local publicly owned electric utility may charge for unauthorized attachments and may remove them if the owner does not pay, seek approval in time, or contest the unauthorized status.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. ) ## 9513. (a) A local publicly owned electric utility may require an additional one-time charge equal to three years of the annual fee described in Section 9512, for attachments reasonably shown to have been made without authorization that are discovered on or after January 1, 2012. (b) A local publicly owned electric utility may remove an attachment made without authorization, if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The owner of the attachment fails to pay the charge described in subdivision (a), if that charge is applicable. (2) The owner of the attachment does not seek approval to attach pursuant to this part within a reasonable period of time. (3) The owner of the attachment does not contest that the attachment was made without authorization. (c) An attachment of a service drop wire is not made without authorization for the purposes of this section, if the owner of the attachment seeks approval to attach pursuant to this part within 45 days of the attachment. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  20. 95130.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Request by Resolution [95130 - 95132] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The Santa Barbara City Council may pass a resolution saying it believes public interest or necessity requires creating and maintaining the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Request by Resolution [95130 - 95132] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95130. The legislative body, the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara, may pass a resolution declaring that in its opinion public interest or necessity demands the creation and maintenance of the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  21. 95131.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Request by Resolution [95130 - 95132] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    A resolution may list transit facilities to be acquired first, and it must describe the proposed district’s boundaries.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Request by Resolution [95130 - 95132] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95131. The resolution may state the transit facilities proposed to be first acquired, but failure to acquire such transit facilities shall not affect the validity of the district. The resolution shall set forth and describe the boundaries of the proposed district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  22. 95132.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Request by Resolution [95130 - 95132] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Certified copies of the resolution must be presented to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, asking it to call an election without delay.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Request by Resolution [95130 - 95132] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95132. Certified copies of the resolution shall be presented to the Board of Supervisors of Santa Barbara County requesting the board of supervisors to call an election without delay for determining whether the district will be created. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  23. 9514.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. )

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    A local publicly owned electric utility may charge a one-time fee to process an attachment request, but only if the fee does not exceed the actual processing cost.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. ) ## 9514. Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit a local publicly owned electric utility from requiring a one-time fee to process a request for attachment, if the one-time fee does not exceed the actual cost of processing the request. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  24. 9515.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. )

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    A communications service provider must either pay the rearrangement costs or remove its equipment if the utility needs the space, and the local publicly owned electric utility may charge a one-time reimbursement fee in some cases.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. ) ## 9515. (a) In the event that it becomes necessary for the local publicly owned electric utility to use space or capacity on or in a support structure occupied by the communications service provider’s equipment, the communications service provider shall either pay all costs for rearrangements necessary to maintain the pole attachment or remove its equipment at its own expense. (b) If the communications service provider requests a rearrangement of the utility pole or support structure, and the local publicly owned electric utility has the authority to levy fees as described in Section 9511.5, the local publicly owned electric utility may charge a one-time reimbursement fee for the actual costs incurred for the rearrangement. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  25. 9516.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. )

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    A local publicly owned electric utility must hold public meetings, give advance notice, and disclose supporting data before adopting or increasing certain fees or changing access terms. Its governing body must approve the action by ordinance, resolution, or approved contract, cannot delegate that authority, and the change cannot take effect until at least 60 days after final action.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. ) ## 9516. (a) (1) Before adopting, or increasing, a fee described in this part, or adopting or changing the terms and conditions of access subject to this part, the local publicly owned electric utility shall hold at least one open and public meeting as part of a regularly scheduled meeting, at which time oral or written presentations relating to the fee or term or condition of access may be made. (2) At least 14 days before the meeting described in paragraph (1), the local publicly owned electric utility shall mail notice of the time and place of the meeting, including a general explanation of the matter to be considered, and a statement that the data required by paragraph (3) is available, to a person or entity who files a written request with the local publicly owned electric utility for mailed notice of the meeting. (3) At least 10 days before the meeting described in paragraph (1), the local publicly owned electric utility shall make available to the public data indicating the cost, or estimated cost, to make utility poles and support structures available for use by a communications service provider, if adopting or increasing a fee, and shall make available data and rationale for adopting or changing the terms and conditions of access, if adopting or changing the terms and conditions of access. (b) (1) An action by a local publicly owned electric utility to adopt, or increase, a fee described in this part, or adopt or change the terms and conditions of access subject to this part, shall be taken solely by an ordinance or resolution adopted, or by a contract approved, by the governing body of the local publicly owned electric utility. The governing body of the local publicly owned electric utility shall not delegate the authority to adopt or increase the fee or term or condition of access to another entity or board or an official or employee of the board. This subdivision does not restrict a city council’s existing authority over a governing body appointed by the city council. The governing body of the local publicly owned electric utility shall ensure that the customers of the local publicly owned electric utility and the customers of the communications service provider are not subsidized by the rates, terms, and conditions proposed for access pursuant to this part. (2) The governing body of the local publicly owned electric utility shall approve the ordinance or resolution or contract to adopt or increase the fee, or adopt or change the terms and conditions of access subject to this part, at a subsequent open and public meeting as part of a regularly scheduled meeting, no earlier than 30 days after the initial public meeting described in subdivision (a). (3) An action adopting a fee or increasing a fee, or adopting or changing the terms and conditions of access subject to this part, pursuant to this section shall be effective no sooner than 60 days following the final action on the adoption of the fee or fee increase or adoption or change in the terms and conditions of access. (c) This section does not apply to a contract extension agreed to by all of the parties to the contract, if the terms, conditions, or rates described in the contract are not changed. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  26. 95160.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Request by Petition [95160 - 95163] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    A petition may be presented to the board of supervisors instead of a resolution if it is signed by voters within the proposed district in a number equal to at least 25% of the last general election vote.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Request by Petition [95160 - 95163] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95160. Instead of a resolution, a petition may be presented to the board of supervisors signed by voters within the proposed district equal in number to at least 25 percent of the total vote cast at the last general election. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  27. 95161.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Request by Petition [95160 - 95163] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    A petition for creating the metropolitan transit district must include the same declarations and statements required in the related supervisors’ resolution, including the boundaries, and state that public interest or necessity demands the district’s creation and maintenance.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Request by Petition [95160 - 95163] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95161. The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and statements required to be contained in the resolution presented to the board of supervisors under this chapter, including the description of the boundaries, and declare that, in the opinion of the petitioners, public interest or necessity demands the creation and maintenance of the metropolitan transit district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  28. 95162.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Request by Petition [95160 - 95163] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    A petition may be filed on separate papers, but each paper must include the circulator’s affidavit certifying that each signed name is genuine.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Request by Petition [95160 - 95163] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95162. The petition may be on separate papers, but each paper shall contain the affidavit of the person who circulated it certifying that each name signed thereto is a true signature of the person whose name it purports to be. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  29. 95163.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Request by Petition [95160 - 95163] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The County Elections Official of Santa Barbara must compare petition signatures with registration affidavits and certify whether they are sufficient or insufficient.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Request by Petition [95160 - 95163] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95163. The County Elections Official of the County of Santa Barbara shall compare the signatures to the petition with the affidavits of registration and certify to their sufficiency or insufficiency. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 112. Effective January 1, 2003.)
  30. 9517.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. )

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    A person or entity may protest certain fee or access-term actions by serving written notice within 30 days, and the notice must explain the dispute and legal theory.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. ) ## 9517. (a) Any person or entity may protest the adoption or imposition of, or increase of, a fee described in this part, or adoption or change in the terms and conditions of access subject to this part, by serving written notice to the governing body of the local publicly owned electric utility within 30 days of the action taken. The written notice shall contain a statement informing the governing body of the factual elements of the dispute and the legal theory forming the basis for the protest. (b) The filing of protest pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be a basis for the local publicly owned electric utility to withhold approval of the use of a utility pole or support structure. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  31. 9518.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. )

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    Certain court actions challenging these utility-pole access fees or terms must be filed within 120 days, and a person cannot start such an action unless they first meet the section’s notice-and-document-request requirements.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. ) ## 9518. (a) A judicial action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an ordinance, resolution, motion, or contract adopting, or increasing, a fee described in this part, or adopting or changing the terms and conditions of access subject to this part, or an automatic adjustment that results in an increase in the amount of a fee described in this part, shall be commenced within 120 days of the effective date of the ordinance, resolution, motion, contract, or automatic adjustment. (b) An action by a local publicly owned electric utility or interested person shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (c) A person or entity shall not initiate an action or proceeding pursuant to subdivision (a) unless both of the following requirements are met: (1) The fee or requirement will be directly imposed on the person or entity as a condition for the use of a utility pole or support structure, or the entity is a trade association that represents that person or entity. (2) At least 30 days before initiating the action or proceeding, the person or entity, or trade association representing that person or entity, requests the local publicly owned electric utility to provide a copy of documents that purport to establish that the fee does not exceed the amount reasonably necessary to cover the cost of the use of the utility pole or support structure, consistent with this part, or that the term and conditions of access or change to the terms and conditions of access are reasonable. The local publicly owned electric utility may charge a fee for the direct costs of copying the documents requested pursuant to this paragraph. (d) An action to enforce this part shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  32. 9519.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. )

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    Certain persons or trade associations may request an audit of utility-pole or support-structure fees, but they must use an independent auditor, pay the audit’s direct costs, and cannot request an audit unless the fee is directly imposed on them or a member.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. ) ## 9519. (a) A person or entity, or trade association representing that person or entity, may request an audit in order to determine whether a fee described in this part exceeds the amount reasonably necessary to cover the costs to the utility of the use of a utility pole or support structure, consistent with this part. A person or entity making that request shall retain an independent auditor to conduct an audit to determine whether the fee is reasonable, unless an audit has been performed for the same fee within the previous 12 months. The individual or entity requesting the audit shall pay for the direct costs associated with an audit made pursuant to this subdivision. (b) A person or entity, or trade association representing a person or entity, shall not request an audit unless the fee is directly imposed on the person or entity, or on a member of the trade association, as a condition for the use of the utility pole or support structure. (c) To the extent that the audit determines that the amount of the fee does not meet the requirements of this part, the local publicly owned electric utility shall adjust the fee accordingly. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  33. 95190.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    After receiving a certified resolution copy or sufficient petition, the board of supervisors must hold a hearing on forming a Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District and publish notice of the hearing at least twice in newspapers of general circulation.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95190. Upon receipt of certified copies of the resolution or of a sufficient petition, the board of supervisors shall hold a hearing on the question of forming a Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District. The hearing shall be held not less than 20 days nor more than 60 days following the filing of such resolution or petition. A notice of such hearing shall be published at least twice in newspapers of general circulation in the proposed district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  34. 95191.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board of supervisors may exclude unincorporated areas from the district if it determines they would not receive reasonable benefit from being included.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95191. The board of supervisors shall have the power to exclude unincorporated areas which, in the board’s determination, would not receive reasonable benefit from inclusion in the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  35. 95192.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    If the board of supervisors approves the resolution or petition after the hearing, it must record a resolution setting the proposed district boundaries, the election date and polling hours, and the election’s purpose.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95192. At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board of supervisors approves the resolution or petition as originally presented or in modified form, it shall by resolution entered upon its minutes: (a) Fix and describe the exterior boundaries of the proposed district as determined by the board of supervisors. (b) Fix the date on which an election will be held in the proposed district and the hours during which the polls will be open. (c) State the purpose for which the election is held. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  36. 95193.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The election must be held between 60 and 90 days after the resolution under Section 95192 is adopted.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95193. The election shall be held not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days from the date of the adoption of the resolution prescribed by Section 95192. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  37. 95194.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The election must be noticed at least 20 days in advance, and the county elections official must mail notice of the polling place and purpose to each qualified elector of the proposed district.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95194. The election shall be called by publishing notice calling the election pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code not less than 20 days before the election. The notice need only specify the time and place of the election, the hours during which the polls will be open, the purpose of the election, and the description of the exterior boundaries of the proposed district as determined by the board of supervisors. No notice of the election other than the notice prescribed by this section need be given except that the county elections official shall mail notice of the polling place and the purpose of the election to each qualified elector of the proposed district. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 113. Effective January 1, 2003.)
  38. 95195.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The election ballot must include any instructions required by law and ask whether the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District should be created and established.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95195. The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed thereon and in addition thereto the following: Shall the “Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District” be created and established? YES NO (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  39. 95196.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    A person may vote at the election only if they are a voter of the territory included in the proposed district.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95196. No person shall be entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included in the proposed district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  40. 95197.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The election may be scheduled for the same day as another state, county, or city election and consolidated with it.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95197. The election may be held on the same day as any other state, county, or city election and be consolidated therewith. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  41. 95198.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board of supervisors must meet on the Tuesday after the election and canvass the returns.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95198. The board of supervisors shall meet on the Tuesday next succeeding the day of the election and canvass the returns. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  42. 95199.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board of supervisors must arrange the election across the entire proposed district and pay its cost.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95199. The board of supervisors shall make all provisions for the holding of the election throughout the entire district as proposed, and shall pay the cost thereof. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  43. 9520.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. )

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    A local publicly owned electric utility keeps the ability to decide who performs work on its facilities, and communications service providers using utility poles or support structures must follow General Orders 95 and 128 and other applicable law.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.8. PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES [9500 - 9520] ( Division 4.8 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. ) ## PART 2. Utility Poles and Support Structures [9510 - 9520] ( Part 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. ) ## 9520. (a) Nothing in this part alters the ability of a local publicly owned electric utility to determine who performs work for the local publicly owned electric utility on its facilities. (b) The use of a utility pole or support structure by a communications service provider shall comply with Public Utilities Commission General Orders 95 and 128 and all other applicable provisions of law. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  44. 95200.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    If a special election is held only to organize the district, the county is reimbursed through a tax on all taxable property in the district, and the county official must add that tax to the next county tax bills.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Election [95190 - 95200] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95200. If a special election is held exclusively on the proposition of organizing the district, the expenditure therefor shall be reimbursed to the county by means of a tax on all the taxable property within the district, and this tax shall be added to the next county tax bills by the proper official of the county. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  45. 95230.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Establishment of the District [95230- 95230.] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    If voters approve the proposition, the board of supervisors must file a certified copy of the election result with the Secretary of State, and the district is then considered established.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Establishment of the District [95230- 95230.] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95230. If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition vote in favor of the creation and establishment of the district, the board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy of the order declaring the result of the election to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, from and after which the establishment of the district shall be deemed complete. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  46. 95250.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Contest of Incorporation [95250- 95250.] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Challenges to a district’s incorporation must be started within three months after the election result order is filed with the Secretary of State, or the incorporation is treated as valid and incontestable.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Formation of District [95100 - 95250] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Contest of Incorporation [95250- 95250.] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95250. No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of the election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be held to invalidate the incorporation of the district. Any proceedings wherein the validity of incorporation is denied shall be commenced within three months from the date of filing the order declaring the result of the election with the Secretary of State, otherwise the incorporation and the legal existence of the district shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  47. 95400.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Government [95400 - 95404] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district is governed by a seven-member board. Four local bodies appoint six directors, and those six choose the seventh director. The board also elects its chairman by majority vote.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Government [95400 - 95404] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95400. The government of the district shall be vested in a board of seven members. Two of the directors shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara. Two of the directors shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara. One of the directors shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Carpinteria. One of the directors shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Goleta. The six directors so appointed shall choose and appoint the seventh director. The board shall elect its chairman, and a majority vote is necessary for the election of the chairman of the board. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 103, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
  48. 95401.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Government [95400 - 95404] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Appointments must be made within 30 days after the district is formed.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Government [95400 - 95404] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95401. These appointments shall be made within 30 days after the formation of the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  49. 95402.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Government [95400 - 95404] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Board vacancies must be filled by the body that appointed the departing director.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Government [95400 - 95404] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95402. Any vacancy on the board, including any caused by the death or resignation of a member, shall be filled by the body which appointed the director whose office is vacated and the new appointee shall hold his office for the unexpired term. Any vacancy created by the expiration of a term shall likewise be filled by the body which appointed the director whose term has expired. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 595.)
  50. 95403.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Government [95400 - 95404] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Each director must take and subscribe to the required oath within 10 days after appointment, before starting duties, and before an authorized officer.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Government [95400 - 95404] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95403. Each director shall, within 10 days after his appointment, and before entering upon the discharge of his duties of his office, take and subscribe to an oath in the form set forth in Section 3 of Article XX of the Constitution of California before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. The oaths shall be filed in the office of the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  51. 95404.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Government [95400 - 95404] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    A person may not be appointed to, or serve on, the board unless the person is a district resident who has lived in the district for at least one year before the appointment.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Government [95400 - 95404] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95404. A person shall not be appointed to or be a member of the board unless he is a resident of the district and has resided within the district at least one year immediately prior to his appointment to the board. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  52. 95430.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Terms of Office [95430- 95430.] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    A director’s term is four years from appointment, with special shorter staggered terms for the first appointed board.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Terms of Office [95430- 95430.] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95430. The term of office of each director is four years from the time of his appointment, except that for the board first appointed, the director appointed by the board as herein provided shall hold office for two years, and the remaining directors first appointed to the board shall classify themselves by lot, so that the two appointed by the board of supervisors shall hold office for one and three years and the two appointed by the city council shall hold office for two and four years. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  53. 95450.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The chairman serves as the board’s presiding officer and must vote on propositions the board decides.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95450. The chairman is the presiding officer of the board and he shall vote on the propositions passed upon by the board. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  54. 95451.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must hold its first meeting within 10 days after its chairman is appointed, and it may set its own procedure and decide meeting place and time.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95451. The first meeting of the board shall be held within 10 days of the appointment of its chairman. The board may make its own rules of procedure and determine the place and time of its meeting. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  55. 95452.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must choose one of its members as vice chairman and appoint whatever officers it considers necessary to run the district.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95452. The board shall select one of its members vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of its chairman. The board shall provide for and select such officers as it deems necessary to conduct the affairs of the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  56. 95453.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must provide for any matters needed to properly administer the district’s affairs if the act does not already cover them.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95453. All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which are not provided for in this act shall be provided for by the board. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  57. 95454.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must supervise and regulate district transit facilities and may fix rates, rentals, charges, classifications, rules, regulations, contracts, practices, and schedules for those facilities.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95454. The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated by the district, including the fixing of rates, rentals, charges and classifications, and the making and enforcement of rules, regulations, contracts, practices, and schedules, for or in connection with any transit facility owned or controlled by the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  58. 95455.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may run the transit system itself, or contract with another public or private agency or corporation to run it or improve transit services, facilities, equipment, or operations.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95455. The board may either operate the transit system itself or a part thereof or it may contract with any other public or private agency or corporation to operate all or part of the transit system for the district or it may contract with any other public or private agency or corporation for the improvement in transit services, facilities, equipment or operations being operated and conducted by said agency or corporation in, and, or, out of, the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  59. 95456.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may adopt a personnel system, and it must set up necessary positions and their pay by resolution. It may also abolish positions by resolution. Appointments to those positions are made by the general manager unless another rule applies.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95456. The board may adopt a personnel system for the purpose of recruiting and maintaining an effective working force with good morale. The board shall by resolution determine and create such number and character of positions as are necessary properly to carry on the functions of the district and shall establish an appropriate salary, salary range, or wage for each position so created. The board may by resolution abolish any such position. Except as otherwise provided, appointments to such positions shall be made by the general manager. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  60. 95457.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may contract for or employ professional services when the district needs them or when regular employees cannot satisfactorily do the work.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95457. The board may from time to time contract for or employ any professional service required by the district or for the performance of work or services which cannot satisfactorily be performed by the regular employees of the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  61. 95458.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must arrange an annual audit of the district’s books and accounts, and the general manager must make copies of the audit available to the public at printing cost only.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95458. The board shall have an annual audit made of all books and accounts of the district by a certified public accountant or public accountant. The general manager shall cause copies of such audit to be made available to the public at the cost of printing only. (Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 363.)
  62. 95459.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may use a resolution to authorize payment of district demands without prior board approval if the expense was already approved, the amount does not exceed the approved amount, and the general manager approves the demand.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95459. The board may provide by resolution, under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment of demands against the district without prior specific approval thereof by the board if the demand is for a purpose for which an expenditure has been previously approved by the board and in an amount no greater than the amount so authorized, and if the demand is approved by the general manager. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  63. 95460.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may create and administer funds needed for the district’s business.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties of Directors [95450 - 95460] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95460. To facilitate the business of the district, the board may provide for the creation and administration of such funds as the needs of the district may require. The funds shall be disbursed in accordance with rules established by the board and all payments from any fund shall be reported to the board. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  64. 95490.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Meetings and Legislation [95490 - 95495] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must conduct its meetings according to the Ralph M. Brown Act.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Meetings and Legislation [95490 - 95495] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95490. All meetings of the board shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  65. 95491.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Meetings and Legislation [95490 - 95495] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    A majority of the board is needed to make a quorum for conducting business.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Meetings and Legislation [95490 - 95495] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95491. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  66. 95492.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Meetings and Legislation [95490 - 95495] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must set rules for its proceedings, and it may authorize member payments and expense reimbursement by ordinance or resolution.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Meetings and Legislation [95490 - 95495] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95492. The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and may provide by ordinance or resolution that each member shall receive for each attendance at the meetings of the board the sum of sixty dollars ($60) but not to exceed one hundred eighty dollars ($180) in any calendar month and shall be allowed such necessary traveling and personal expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties as authorized by the board. (Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 452, Sec. 2.)
  67. 95493.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Meetings and Legislation [95490 - 95495] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must act by motion, resolution, or ordinance, and ordinances cannot be passed on the day they are introduced, within the next three days, or outside a regular or adjourned regular meeting.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Meetings and Legislation [95490 - 95495] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95493. The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance. No ordinance shall be passed by the board on the day of its introduction, nor within three days thereafter, nor at any time other than a regular or adjourned regular meeting. No ordinance, resolution, or motion shall have any validity or effect unless passed by the affirmative votes of a majority of the directors. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  68. 95494.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Meetings and Legislation [95490 - 95495] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Ordinances must be published after they are passed.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Meetings and Legislation [95490 - 95495] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95494. All ordinances shall be published after passage. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  69. 95495.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Meetings and Legislation [95490 - 95495] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Ordinances must use a set enacting clause and be signed by the chairman or vice chairman and attested by the secretary.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Meetings and Legislation [95490 - 95495] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95495. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it enacted by the Board of Directors of the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District:” All ordinances shall be signed by the chairman of the board or the vice chairman and attested by the secretary. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  70. 955.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. )

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    This section names the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 and says the commission is responsible for regulating and enforcing intrastate gas pipeline transportation and pipeline facilities.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## 955. (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011. (b) The commission is the state authority responsible for regulating and enforcing intrastate gas pipeline transportation and pipeline facilities pursuant to Chapter 601 (commencing with Section 60101) of Subtitle VIII of Title 49 of the United States Code, including the development, submission, and administration of a state pipeline safety program certification for natural gas pipelines pursuant to Section 60105 of that chapter. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. (SB 44) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  71. 955.5.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. )

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    A gas corporation must give a school or hospital at least 3 working days’ notice before certain nonemergency gas pipeline excavation or construction near them, and it must keep related records for at least 5 years.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## 955.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Gas pipeline” means an intrastate distribution line as described in paragraph (1) of, or an intrastate transmission line as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 950. (2) “Hospital” means a licensed general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code. (3) “School” means a public or private preschool, elementary, or secondary school. (b) A gas corporation shall provide not less than three working days’ notice to the administration of a school or hospital prior to undertaking nonemergency excavation or construction of a gas pipeline, excluding any work that only uses hand tools, pneumatic hand tools, or vacuum technology for the purpose of marking and locating a subsurface installation pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 4216) of Chapter 3.1 of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code, if the work is located within 500 feet of the school or hospital. The notification shall include all of the following: (1) The name, address, telephone number, and emergency contact information for the gas corporation. (2) The specific location of the gas pipeline where the excavation or construction will be performed. (3) The date and time the excavation or construction is to be conducted and when the work is expected to be completed. (4) An invitation and a telephone number to call for further information on what the school or hospital should do in the event of a leak. (c) The gas corporation shall maintain a record of the date and time of any notification provided to the administration of a school or hospital prior to undertaking nonemergency excavation or construction of a gas pipeline and any subsequent contacts with the administration of a school or hospital relative to the excavation or construction and the actions taken, if any, in response to those subsequent contacts. The gas corporation shall maintain these records and make them available for inspection for no less than five years from the date of the notification. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 215. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)
  72. 95520.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must appoint a general manager and set that person’s salary.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95520. The board shall appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have full charge of the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of the facilities of the district, and also of the administration of the business affairs of the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  73. 95521.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must appoint a general manager who has experience in constructing or managing transit facilities, when all other things are equal.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95521. All other things being equal, the board shall appoint as general manager, a person who has had experience in the construction or management of transit facilities. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  74. 95522.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The general manager does not have to be a resident of this state when appointed.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95522. The general manager need not be a resident of this state at the time of his appointment. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  75. 95523.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may remove the general manager by resolution, and it may suspend or reduce the general manager’s salary only under stated voting and hearing conditions.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95523. The general manager may be removed by the board upon the adoption of a resolution by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the board. Before the general manager may be removed, he shall, if he demands it, be given a written statement of the reasons alleged for his removal and he shall have the right to be publicly heard thereon at a meeting of the board prior to the final vote on the resolution providing for his removal, but pending and during such hearing the board may suspend him from office. The board may not reduce the salary of the general manager below the amount fixed at the time of his original appointment except upon the adoption of a resolution by a like vote and after a like opportunity to be heard. The action of the board in suspending or removing the general manager or reducing his salary, if approved by a majority of the membership of the board, is final. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  76. 95524.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Before the district has provided transit services for six months, the board may appoint a general manager, and if it does, that person serves at the pleasure of a board majority.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95524. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 95523, until such time as the district has operated, controlled, or used facilities or parts of facilities for providing the inhabitants within the boundaries of the district with transit services for a period of six months, the board may, but is not required to, appoint a general manager. A general manager appointed during such time holds office at the pleasure of the majority of the board. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  77. 95525.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may appoint a secretary and an attorney, and they may hold office only as long as the board allows.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95525. The board may appoint a secretary and an attorney who may hold office during the pleasure of the board. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  78. 95526.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district’s attorney must be admitted to practice law in the state Supreme Court and must have at least three years of recent practice before appointment.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95526. The attorney shall be admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of the state, and shall have been actively engaged in the practice of his profession for not less than three years next preceding his appointment. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  79. 95527.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may combine any district offices into one person.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95527. The board may consolidate any of the district offices in one person. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  80. 95528.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Appointive officers of the district must take, sign, and file their oath with the district secretary after notice of appointment, and no later than 15 days after starting their term.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95528. The oath of all appointive officers of the district shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the secretary of the district at any time after the officer has notice of his appointment but not later than 15 days after the commencement of his term of office. No other filing is required. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  81. 95529.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Each appointive officer must give a bond in the amount the board requires.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95529. Each appointive officer shall give such bond and in such amount as the board may require. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  82. 95530.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The general manager has specified powers and duties, subject to the board’s control.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95530. Subject to the control of the board, the powers and duties of the general manager are: (a) To have full charge of the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of the facilities of the district. (b) To have full charge of the administration of the business affairs of the district. (c) To see that all ordinances of the district are enforced. (d) To administer the personnel system adopted by the board and except for officers appointed by the board to appoint, discipline or remove all officers and employees subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the board. (e) To attend all meetings of the board and submit a general report of the affairs of the district. (f) To keep the board advised as to the needs of the district. (g) To prepare or cause to be prepared all plans and specifications for the construction of the works of the district. (h) To devote his entire time to the business of the district. (i) To perform such other and additional duties as the board may require. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  83. 95533.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district attorney must handle the district’s legal matters and provide written advice, legal document review, and other services when required by the board.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95533. The attorney shall take charge of all suits and other legal matters to which the district is a party or in which it is legally interested. He shall give his advice or opinion in writing whenever required by the board. He shall be the legal adviser of the general manager and other district officers and shall prepare or approve the forms of all ordinances, resolutions, contracts, bonds, and other legal documents connected with the business of the district. He shall perform such other and additional services as the board may require. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  84. 95534.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The general manager must ensure the district has an auditing and accounting system that always shows the district’s financial condition. Warrants for paying demands against the district must be paid under rules the board may establish.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95534. The general manager shall cause to be installed and maintained a system of auditing and accounting which shall completely and at all times show the financial condition of the district. All warrants for the payment of demands against the district shall be paid in accordance with such rules as the board may establish. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  85. 95535.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The general manager must handle custody of district funds and keep accounts of receipts and disbursements. Payments can be made only on properly signed warrants.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95535. The general manager shall provide for the custody of the funds of the district and the keeping of accounts of all receipts and disbursements. Payments shall be made only upon warrants duly and regularly signed by the chairman or vice chairman of the board, or other person authorized by the board so to do, and by the general manager, treasurer, or secretary. (Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 363.)
  86. 95536.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    With the board’s consent, the general manager may place district securities with certain banks or trust companies for safekeeping.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Internal Organization of District [95400 - 95536] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Other Officers [95520 - 95536] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95536. With the consent of the board, the general manager may: (a) Authorize the trust department of any state or national bank in this state, or a trust company authorized to act as such in this state, to receive as his agent deposits of any securities acquired by the district. (b) Place and maintain for safekeeping as a trust deposit with the trust department of any state or national banks in this state, or a trust company authorized to act as such in this state, any securities owned by the district. The bank or trust company selected shall have a total paid-in capital of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000). The general manager shall take from the trust department or trust company a receipt for the securities, and neither the general manager nor the district is responsible for the custody and safe return of the securities until they are withdrawn from the trust department or trust company by the general manager. Any trust department or trust company to which securities are delivered, either as agent or depository for the general manager, shall make such deposition of the securities as the general manager directs and is responsible only for strict compliance with written instructions given to it by the general manager. All such securities are at all times subject to the order of the general manager. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  87. 956.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. )

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    The commission must set emergency response standards for certain gas pipeline facilities, and owners or operators must follow related emergency planning and coordination requirements.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## 956. (a) On or before July 1, 2012, the commission shall open an appropriate proceeding or expand the scope of an existing proceeding to establish compatible emergency response standards that owners or operators of commission-regulated gas pipeline facilities shall be required to follow for intrastate transmission and distribution lines. The commission shall establish the standards to ensure that intrastate transmission and distribution lines have emergency response plans that adequately prepare them for a natural disaster or malfunction that could cause injury to human life or property, with the purpose of minimizing the occurrence of both. (b) The commission shall establish the compatible emergency response standards in consultation with the California Emergency Management Agency, the State Fire Marshal, and members of California’s first responder community including, but not limited to, members of the California Fire Chiefs Association. (c) The compatible emergency response standards shall require owners or operators of intrastate transmission and distribution lines to implement emergency response plans that are compatible with the United States Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s regulations concerning emergency plans contained in Section 192.615 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and those plans shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following requirements: (1) Emergency shutdown and pressure reduction shall be utilized whenever deemed necessary and appropriate by the owners or operators to minimize hazards to life or property. An owner or operator shall notify appropriate first responders of emergency shutdown and pressure reduction. (2) During an emergency response effort, the incident commander may direct coordination between first responders and owners or operators to ensure timely and ongoing communication on decisions for emergency shutdown and pressure reduction. (3) Owners or operators of intrastate transmission and distribution lines shall establish and maintain liaison with appropriate fire, police, and other public officials to do all of the following: (A) Learn the responsibility and resources of each government organization that may respond to a gas pipeline emergency, including, but not limited to, the role of the incident commander in an emergency. (B) Acquaint the officials with the owner’s or operator’s ability in responding to a gas pipeline emergency. (C) Identify the types of gas pipeline emergencies of which the owner or operator notifies the officials. (D) Plan how the owner or operator and officials can engage in mutual assistance to minimize hazards to life or property. (E) Identify and update information on individual personnel responsible for the liaison with the appropriate first responder organizations. (4) Owners and operators of intrastate transmission lines shall provide the State Fire Marshal and the chief fire official of the applicable city, county, city and county, or fire protection district with instructions on how to access and utilize the National Pipeline Mapping System developed by the United States Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, utilizing data submitted pursuant to Section 60132 of Title 49 of the United States Code, to improve local response capabilities for pipeline emergencies. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 842, Sec. 39. (SB 1222) Effective January 1, 2017.)
  88. 956.5.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. )

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    Owners and operators of intrastate transmission and distribution lines must meet with local fire departments at least once each calendar year to discuss and review emergency contingency plans.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## 956.5. Owners and operators of intrastate transmission and distribution lines, at least once each calendar year, shall meet with each local fire department having fire suppression responsibilities in the area where those lines are located to discuss and review contingency plans for emergencies involving the intrastate transmission and distribution lines within the jurisdiction of the local fire department. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 519, Sec. 1. (AB 56) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  89. 95650.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 4. Labor Provisions [95650 - 95656] ( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    If enough employees want union representation, the board must bargain with their accredited representative and both sides must negotiate in good faith. Unresolved contract disputes go to arbitration, the parties split the arbitrator’s cost, and the district may not enter discriminatory labor agreements or discriminate in employment.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 4. Labor Provisions [95650 - 95656] ( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95650. (a) If a majority of the employees employed by a transit district in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by a labor organization, then the board after determining pursuant to Section 95651 that the labor organization represents the employees in the appropriate unit, shall bargain with the accredited representative of those employees. Both parties shall bargain in good faith and make all reasonable efforts to reach agreement on the terms of a written contract governing wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, and grievance procedures. (1) If a dispute arises over the terms of a written contract governing wages, salaries, hours, or working conditions that is not resolved by negotiations conducted in good faith between the board and the representatives of the employees, then the board and the representatives of the employees shall submit the dispute to an arbitration board. The decision of a majority of the arbitration board shall be final. (2) (A) The arbitration board shall be composed of two representatives of the transit board, two representatives of the labor organization, and a fifth member to be agreed upon by the representatives of the transit board and labor organization. If the representatives of the transit board and labor organization are unable to agree on the fifth member, then the names of five persons experienced in labor arbitration shall be obtained from the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service. (B) The labor organization and the district shall, alternately, strike a name from the list supplied by the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service. The labor organization and the district shall determine by lot who shall first strike a name from the list. After the labor organization and the district have stricken four names, the name remaining shall be designated as the arbitrator. (C) The transit board and labor organization shall each pay half of the cost of the impartial arbitrator. (b) A contract or agreement shall not be made with any labor organization, association, group, or individual that denies membership on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code. However, the organization may preclude from membership any individual who advocates the overthrow of the government by force or violence. (c) The district shall not discriminate with regard to employment against any person on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code, except as otherwise provided in Section 12940 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 46, Sec. 129. (SB 1038) Effective June 27, 2012.)
  90. 95651.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 4. Labor Provisions [95650 - 95656] ( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Questions about employee majority support or the appropriateness of a proposed bargaining unit must be submitted to the State Conciliation Service, which must promptly hold a public hearing and may set unit boundaries and order an election.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 4. Labor Provisions [95650 - 95656] ( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95651. If there is a question whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees or whether the proposed unit is or is not appropriate, such matters shall be submitted to the State Conciliation Service for disposition. The State Conciliation Service shall promptly hold a public hearing and may, by decision, establish the boundaries of any collective bargaining unit and provide for an election to determine the question of representation. Provided, however, any certification of a labor organization to represent or act for the employees in any collective bargaining unit shall not be subject to challenge on the ground that a new substantial question of representation within such collective bargaining unit exists until the lapse of one year from the date of certification or the expiration of any collective bargaining agreement, whichever is later. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  91. 95652.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 4. Labor Provisions [95650 - 95656] ( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    When a district acquires a public utility’s facilities, it must appoint eligible employees to comparable district positions without examination and give them prior leave, seniority, and vacation credits as recorded by the utility.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 4. Labor Provisions [95650 - 95656] ( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95652. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, to the extent necessary for operation of facilities, all of the employees of such public utility whose duties pertain to the facilities acquired who have been employed by said utility for at least seventy-five (75) days shall be appointed to comparable positions in the district without examination and shall be governed thereafter by the personnel system adopted by the board, and these employees shall be given sick leave, seniority and vacation credits in accordance with the records of the acquired public utility. The provisions of this section shall apply only to those officers or supervisory employees of the acquired utility as shall be designated by the board. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  92. 95653.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 4. Labor Provisions [95650 - 95656] ( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    When a district acquires facilities from a public utility with an operating pension plan, the pension plan members and beneficiaries keep their rights and related status, and the board must consider the utility’s pension-related obligations when setting the purchase price.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 4. Labor Provisions [95650 - 95656] ( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95653. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, that has a pension plan in operation, members and beneficiaries of such pension plan shall continue to have the rights, privileges, benefits, obligations and status with respect to such established system. Whenever any such facilities are acquired by the district, the board shall consider and take into account the outstanding obligations and liabilities of the publicly or privately owned public utility by reason of such pension plan and shall negotiate an allowance in the purchase price of such utility for the assumption of such obligations and liabilities when acquiring the facilities. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  93. 95654.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 4. Labor Provisions [95650 - 95656] ( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    When the district acquires a public utility, the agreement or order must state who is entitled to pension benefits under Section 95653 and what those benefits are.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 4. Labor Provisions [95650 - 95656] ( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95654. The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in Section 95653 and the benefits which are provided shall be specified in the agreement or order by which any public utility is acquired by the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  94. 95655.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 4. Labor Provisions [95650 - 95656] ( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Certain pension beneficiaries may join or receive pensions under the district retirement system if they and the district agree.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 4. Labor Provisions [95650 - 95656] ( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95655. All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public utility and all persons entitled to pension benefits under the pension plan of such acquired public utility may become members or receive pensions under the retirement system established by the district by mutual agreement of such persons and the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  95. 95656.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 4. Labor Provisions [95650 - 95656] ( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may authorize payment of certain employee insurance and retirement plan premiums, and the district may deduct amounts from employee wages or salaries if the employees authorize it.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 4. Labor Provisions [95650 - 95656] ( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95656. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Government Code, the board may authorize payment of any or all of the premiums on any group life, accident and health insurance, health and welfare plan, or pension or retirement plan, on officers or employees of the district. Upon authorization by its employees, the district may make deductions from the wages and salaries of its employees: (a) Pursuant to collective bargaining agreement with a duly designated or certified labor organization for the payment of union dues, fees, or assessments. (b) For the payment of contributions pursuant to any health and welfare, pension, or retirement plan. (c) For any purpose for which deductions may be authorized by employees of any private employer. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  96. 957.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. )

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    The commission must require certain intrastate transmission lines to install automatic shutoff or remote controlled sectionalized block valves when needed to protect the public, and owners or operators must provide a valve location plan.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## 957. (a) (1) Unless the commission determines that it is prohibited from doing so by subdivision (c) of Section 60104 of Title 49 of the United States Code, the commission shall require the installation of automatic shutoff or remote controlled sectionalized block valves on both of the following facilities, if it determines those valves are necessary for the protection of the public: (A) Intrastate transmission lines that are located in a high consequence area. (B) Intrastate transmission lines that traverse an active seismic earthquake fault. (2) Each owner or operator of a commission-regulated gas pipeline facility that is an intrastate transmission line shall provide the commission with a valve location plan, along with any recommendations for valve locations. The commission may make modifications to the valve location plan or provide for variations from any location requirements adopted by the commission pursuant to this section that it deems necessary or appropriate and consistent with protection of the public. (3) The commission shall additionally establish action timelines, adopt standards for how to prioritize installation of automatic shutoff or remote controlled sectionalized block valves pursuant to paragraph (1), ensure that remote and automatic shutoff valves are installed as quickly as is reasonably possible, and establish ongoing procedures for monitoring progress in achieving the requirements of this section. (b) The commission shall authorize recovery in rates for all reasonably incurred costs incurred for implementation of the requirements of this section. (c) The commission, in consultation with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the United States Department of Transportation, shall adopt and enforce compatible safety standards for commission-regulated gas pipeline facilities that the commission determines should be adopted to implement the requirements of this section. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 521, Sec. 1. (SB 216) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  97. 958.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. )

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    Each gas corporation must submit a comprehensive pressure testing implementation plan for intrastate transmission lines and, by the end of the implementation period, the lines must be pressure tested and documented.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## 958. (a) Each gas corporation shall prepare and submit to the commission a proposed comprehensive pressure testing implementation plan for all intrastate transmission lines to either pressure test those lines or to replace all segments of intrastate transmission lines that were not pressure tested or that lack sufficient details related to performance of pressure testing. The comprehensive pressure testing implementation plan shall provide for testing or replacing all intrastate transmission lines as soon as practicable. The comprehensive pressure testing implementation plan shall set forth criteria on which pipeline segments were identified for replacement instead of pressure testing. (b) The comprehensive pressure testing implementation plan shall include a timeline for completion that is as soon as practicable, and includes interim safety enhancement measures, including increased patrols and leak surveys, pressure reductions, prioritization of pressure testing for critical pipelines that must run at or near maximum allowable operating pressure values that result in hoop stress levels at or above 30 percent of specified minimum yield stress, and any other measure that the commission determines will enhance public safety during the implementation period. Engineering-based assumptions may be used to determine maximum allowable operating pressure in the absence of complete records, but only as an interim measure until such time as all the lines have been tested or replaced, in order to allow the gas system to continue to operate. (c) At the completion of the implementation period, all California natural gas intrastate transmission line segments shall meet all of the following: (1) Have been pressure tested. (2) Have traceable, verifiable, and complete records readily available. (3) Where warranted, be capable of accommodating in-line inspection devices. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 519, Sec. 3. (AB 56) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  98. 958.5.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. )

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    Each gas corporation must file a gas transmission and storage safety report twice a year, unless the commission sets a different schedule. The utility-safety division must review the reports, and if it finds deficiencies it must bring them to the commission’s immediate attention.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## 958.5. (a) Twice a year, or as determined by the commission, each gas corporation shall file with the division of the commission responsible for utility safety a gas transmission and storage safety report. The division of the commission responsible for utility safety shall review the reports to monitor each gas corporation’s storage and pipeline-related activities to assess whether the projects that have been identified as high risk are being carried out, and to track whether the gas corporation is spending its allocated funds on these storage and pipeline-related safety, reliability, and integrity activities for which they have received approval from the commission. (b) The gas transmission and storage safety report shall include a thorough description and explanation of the strategic planning and decisionmaking approach used to determine and rank the gas storage projects, intrastate transmission line safety, integrity, and reliability, operation and maintenance activities, and inspections of its intrastate transmission lines. If there has been no change in the gas corporation’s approach for determining and ranking which projects and activities are prioritized since the previous gas transmission and storage safety report, the subsequent report may reference the immediately preceding report. (c) If the division of the commission responsible for utility safety determines that there is a deficiency in a gas corporation’s prioritization or administration of the storage or pipeline capital projects or operation and maintenance activities, the division shall bring the problems to the commission’s immediate attention. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 842, Sec. 40. (SB 1222) Effective January 1, 2017.)
  99. 95800.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Establishment [95800 - 95806] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may create a retirement system for district officers and employees and arrange payment of specified benefits.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Establishment [95800 - 95806] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95800. The board may establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the district and provide for the payment of annuities, pensions, retirement allowances, disability payments, and death benefits or any of them. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  100. 95801.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Establishment [95800 - 95806] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may keep its own retirement fund or provide retirement benefits through insurance or another board-approved method.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Establishment [95800 - 95806] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95801. The district may maintain its own retirement fund or may provide for benefits to eligible officers and employees, or their beneficiaries, by means of group insurance, or other insurance, or by such means as in the opinion of the board will satisfactorily provide an adequate and sure method of meeting the payments contemplated by the retirement system. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  101. 95803.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Establishment [95800 - 95806] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may adopt ordinances and resolutions and do whatever is necessary or convenient to start, maintain, and administer the retirement system.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Establishment [95800 - 95806] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95803. The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to the initiation, maintenance, and administration of the retirement system. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  102. 95804.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Establishment [95800 - 95806] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may join certain retirement systems for its employees and may do what is needed to do so.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Establishment [95800 - 95806] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95804. Nothing in this chapter prevents the district from participating in and making all or part of its employees members of the State Employees’ Retirement System by contract entered into between the district and the board of administration of the system under the State Employees’ Retirement Law or from participating in the Federal Social Security Act pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 22000), Division 5, Title 2 of the Government Code, and the district may perform all acts necessary or convenient for such participation. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the district from participating in and making all of its employees members of the Santa Barbara County Employees’ Retirement System. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  103. 95805.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Establishment [95800 - 95806] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may decide which officers and employees are included in the retirement system, and those included must be members. Board members are not covered by the retirement system.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Establishment [95800 - 95806] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95805. The board may classify and determine the officers and employees who shall be included as members in the retirement system and may change the classification from time to time. Membership of all officers and employees so classified and included in the retirement system is compulsory. The retirement system shall not apply to members of the board. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  104. 95806.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Establishment [95800 - 95806] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    If the board chooses to run its own retirement system, that system must comply with this article or with applicable federal law for certain tax-qualified retirement arrangements.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Establishment [95800 - 95806] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95806. In the event the board elects to adopt and maintain its own retirement system, that system shall comply with this article and the requirements of: (1) Article 2 (commencing with Section 95830), Article 3 (commencing with Section 95860) and Article 4 (commencing with Section 95890) of this chapter; or (2) applicable federal law to establish a qualified plan under Section 401 (a) of, and a tax exempt trust under Section 501 (a) of, the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 968, Sec. 3. Effective September 10, 1984.)
  105. 95830.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Benefits and Contributions [95830 - 95836] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may set the terms and conditions for retirement benefits for district officers, employees, or their beneficiaries, but not for matters covered by the County Employees Retirement Act of 1937.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Benefits and Contributions [95830 - 95836] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95830. The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the district or their beneficiaries shall be entitled to benefits and the amounts thereof, provided, that said board shall have no such authority respecting the County Employees Retirement Act of 1937. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  106. 95831.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Benefits and Contributions [95830 - 95836] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    A retirement allowance may be partly based on service a member performed for the district before the retirement system was established.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Benefits and Contributions [95830 - 95836] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95831. The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon service rendered the district by a member prior to the establishment of the retirement system, which service is known as “prior service.” (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  107. 95832.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Benefits and Contributions [95830 - 95836] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must set retirement contributions so both the district and members contribute, and the contribution rate for an officer or employee who becomes a member must be fixed to fund about half of the retirement allowance value.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Benefits and Contributions [95830 - 95836] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95832. The board shall provide that both the district and the members shall contribute to the retirement system. The rate of contribution by an officer or employee of the district becoming a member of the retirement system shall be so fixed as to provide, with accumulated interest and based on tables and assumptions adopted by the board, substantially one-half the value of any retirement allowance granted for service, exclusive of any credits allowed for prior service. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  108. 95833.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Benefits and Contributions [95830 - 95836] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Members of the retirement system must contribute in the amount and manner set by the board.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Benefits and Contributions [95830 - 95836] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95833. All members of the retirement system shall contribute in the manner and amount fixed by the board and such contributions may be collected by deducting the amounts thereof from the salary, wages or compensation due such members. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  109. 95834.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Benefits and Contributions [95830 - 95836] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district must fund certain retirement system liabilities with district contributions, and in some cases annual appropriations must be large enough to cover yearly disbursements.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Benefits and Contributions [95830 - 95836] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95834. Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits other than such as are the equivalent of contributions by the members, with accumulated interests, shall be met by contributions by the district. Prior service or other liabilities of the district may be met by annual appropriations instead of by one appropriation for the total of the liabilities; but until the present value of regular contributions for current service, together with assets then available, equals the present value of all allowances and benefits granted or to be granted under the system, the appropriation for any one year when added to any unused balance of any previous appropriations for such purpose shall not be less than the amount disbursed during that year on account of prior service or other liabilities of the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  110. 95835.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Benefits and Contributions [95830 - 95836] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    A withdrawing member is entitled to a return of contributions and credited interest, and the board may set terms for leaving contributions in the fund after service ends.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Benefits and Contributions [95830 - 95836] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95835. If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior to retirement the total amount contributed by him with such interest as may be credited thereto, shall be returned to him; provided, however, that the board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which a member, whose district service is terminated except by death or retirement, may elect to leave his contributions and interest thereon in the retirement fund, and the terms and conditions upon which a retirement allowance may be made to him after such termination based upon his contributions prior to such termination. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  111. 95836.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Benefits and Contributions [95830 - 95836] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Certain retirement-system payments and returned contributions are exempt from execution or other process, except as allowed by a referenced Civil Procedure section, and they are unassignable.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Benefits and Contributions [95830 - 95836] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95836. All money received by any person as an annuity, pension, retirement allowance, disability payment or death benefit, from the retirement system, and all contributions and interest thereon returned to any member of the retirement system, whether in the actual possession of such member or deposited, loaned, or invested by him, is exempt from execution or any other process except to the extent permitted by Section 704.110 of the Code of Civil Procedure and is unassignable. (Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 497, Sec. 168. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 185 of Ch. 497.)
  112. 95860.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Retirement Board [95860 - 95863] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must create a retirement board with no more than five members, including at least two employee representatives, and define its powers, duties, and members’ tenure.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Retirement Board [95860 - 95863] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95860. The board shall create a retirement board of not more than five members, at least two members of which shall be the elected representatives of the employees, to administer the retirement system, and shall define its powers and duties and the tenure of the members. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  113. 95861.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Retirement Board [95860 - 95863] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Members of the retirement board must serve without pay.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Retirement Board [95860 - 95863] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95861. All members of the retirement board shall serve without pay. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  114. 95862.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Retirement Board [95860 - 95863] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The retirement board must decide who is eligible for participation in the retirement system and has authority over the conditions for receiving benefits.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Retirement Board [95860 - 95863] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95862. The retirement board shall determine the eligibility of officers, employees, and their dependents to participation in the system and shall be the sole authority and judge under such ordinances as may be adopted by the board as to the conditions under which persons may be admitted to and continue to receive benefits of any sort under the retirement system, and may modify allowances for service and disability. The determination of the retirement board shall be final and conclusive and shall not be modified or set aside except for fraud or abuse of discretion. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  115. 95863.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Retirement Board [95860 - 95863] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    If the district runs its own retirement fund, the retirement board controls administration, investment, and disbursement of that fund.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Retirement Board [95860 - 95863] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95863. If the district maintains its own retirement fund the retirement board shall have exclusive control of the administration, investment, and disbursement of such fund. Investment of the fund shall be subject to the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions imposed by the laws of this state upon savings banks in the making of investments by savings banks, and cash may be deposited in any licensed national bank or banks in this state or in any bank, banks, or corporations authorized or licensed to do a banking business and organized under the laws of this state. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  116. 95890.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Investigation and Penalties [95890 - 95891] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must get an actuarial valuation of the retirement fund at least once every four years after the retirement system is established, and must make necessary revisions based on that investigation and valuation.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Investigation and Penalties [95890 - 95891] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95890. At least once in each four-year period after the establishment of the retirement system the board shall cause to be made an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the retirement fund and upon the basis of such investigation and valuation shall make such revision or change of the rate of contribution, the periods and conditions of service, and amounts of retirement allowances as may be necessary. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  117. 95891.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Investigation and Penalties [95890 - 95891] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Specified board, retirement system, and district employees are barred from having investment interests or borrowing/using retirement funds except for authorized current and necessary payments.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Retirement System [95800 - 95891] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Investigation and Penalties [95890 - 95891] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 95891. Except as herein provided, no member of the board or of the retirement board, nor any member of the retirement system or employee of the district, shall have any interest direct or indirect in the making of any investment or in the gains or profits accruing therefrom, and no such person, directly or indirectly, for himself or as an agent or partner of others, shall borrow any of its funds, nor shall any such person in any manner use the same except to make such current and necessary payments as are authorized by the retirement board, nor shall such a person become an endorser or surety as to, or in any manner an obligor for investments of the retirement fund. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  118. 959.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. )

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    Each gas corporation must show the commission, in a general rate case, that its requested revenue will be enough to fund projects and activities needed for safe, reliable, cost-effective service and for compliance with applicable safety requirements.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## 959. Each gas corporation shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commission, in its general rate case proceeding, that the requested revenue requirements will be sufficient to enable the gas corporation to fund those projects and activities necessary to maintain safe and reliable service and to meet federal and state safety requirements applicable to its gas plant, in a cost-effective manner. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 626, Sec. 35. (SB 901) Effective January 1, 2019.)
  119. 960.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. )

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    The commission must answer certain gas-pipeline safety recommendation letters in writing within 90 days and may need to issue orders or rules to carry out safety recommendations or advisories.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## 960. (a) When the federal National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) submits a safety recommendation letter concerning gas pipeline safety to the commission, the commission shall provide the NTSB with a formal written response to each recommendation not later than 90 days after receiving the letter. The response shall state one of the following: (1) The commission’s intent to implement the recommendations in full, with a proposed timetable for implementation of the recommendations. (2) The commission’s intent to implement part of the recommendations, with a proposed timetable for implementation of those recommendations, and detailed reasons for the commission’s refusal to implement those recommendations that the commission does not intend to implement. (3) The commission’s refusal to implement the recommendations, with detailed reasons for the commission’s refusal to implement the recommendations. (b) If the NTSB issues a safety recommendation letter concerning any commission-regulated gas pipeline facility to the United States Department of Transportation, the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), a gas corporation, or the commission, or the PHMSA issues an advisory bulletin concerning any commission-regulated gas pipeline facility, the commission shall determine if implementation of the recommendation or advisory is appropriate. The basis for the commission’s determination shall be detailed in writing and shall be approved by a majority vote of the commission. (c) If the commission determines that a safety recommendation made by the NTSB is appropriate or that action concerning an advisory bulletin is necessary, the commission shall issue orders or adopt rules to implement the safety recommendation or advisory as soon as practicable. In implementing the safety recommendation or advisory, the commission shall consider whether a more effective, or equally effective and less costly, alternative exists to address the safety issue that the recommendation or advisory addresses. (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 56. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)
  120. 9600.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    Local publicly owned electric utilities and electrical corporations are expected to commit their transmission facilities to the Independent System Operator, and they must jointly prepare implementation language for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9600. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that California’s local publicly owned electric utilities and electric corporations should commit control of their transmission facilities to the Independent System Operator as described in Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 330) of Part 1 of Division 1. These utilities should jointly advocate to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a pricing methodology for the Independent System Operator that results in an equitable return on capital investment in transmission facilities for all Independent System Operator participants and is based on the following principles: (1) Utility specific access charge rates as proposed in Docket No. EC96-19-000 as finally approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reflecting the costs of that utility’s transmission facilities shall go into effect on the first day of the Independent System Operator operation. The utility specific rates shall honor all of the terms and conditions of existing transmission service contracts and shall recognize any wheeling revenues of existing transmission service arrangements to the transmission owner. (2) (A) No later than two years after the initial operation of the Independent System Operator, the Independent System Operator shall recommend for adoption by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a rate methodology determined by a decision of the Independent System Operator governing board, provided that the decision shall be based on principles approved by the governing board including, but not limited to, an equitable balance of costs and benefits, and shall define the transmission facility costs, if any, which shall be rolled in to the transmission service rate and spread equally among all Independent System Operator transmission users, and those transmission facility costs, if any, which should be specifically assigned to a specific utility’s service area. (B) If there is no governing board decision, the rate methodology shall be determined following a decision by the alternative dispute resolution method set forth in the Independent System Operator bylaws. (C) If no alternative dispute resolution decision is rendered, then a default rate methodology shall be a uniform regional transmission access charge and a utility specific local transmission access charge, provided that the default rate methodology shall be recommended for implementation upon termination of the cost recovery plan set forth in Section 368 or no later than two years after the initial operation of the Independent System Operator, whichever is later. For purposes of this paragraph, regional transmission facilities are defined to be transmission facilities operating at or above 230 kilovolts plus an appropriate percentage of transmission facilities operating below 230 kilovolts; all other transmission facilities shall be considered local. The appropriate percentage of transmission facilities described above shall be consistent with the guidelines in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order No. 888 and any exception approved by that commission. (3) If the rate methodology implemented as a result of a decision by the Independent System Operator governing board or resulting from the independent system operator alternative dispute resolution process results in rates different than those in effect prior to the decision for any transmission facility owner, the amount of any differences between the new rates and the prior rates shall be recorded in a tracking account to be recovered from customers and paid to the appropriate transmission owners by the transmission facility owner after termination of the cost recovery plan set forth in Section 368. The recovery and payments shall be based on an amortization period not to exceed three years in the case of the electrical corporations or five years in the case of the local publicly owned electric utilities. (4) The costs of transmission facilities placed in service after the date of initial implementation of the Independent System Operator shall be recovered using the rate methodology in effect at the time the facilities go into operation. (5) The electrical corporations and the local publicly owned electric utilities shall jointly develop language for implementation proposals to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission based on these principles. (6) Nothing in this section shall compel any party to violate restrictions applicable to facilities financed with tax-exempt bonds or contractual restrictions and covenants regarding use of transmission facilities existing as of December 20, 1995. (b) Following a final Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision approving the Independent System Operator, no California electrical corporation or local publicly owned electric utility shall be authorized to collect any competition transition charge authorized pursuant to this division and Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 330) of Part 1 of Division 1 unless it commits control of its transmission facilities to the Independent System Operator. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. Effective September 24, 1996.)
  121. 96000.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Corporate Power [96000 - 96002] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district has perpetual succession and may adopt and change a seal at its discretion.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Corporate Power [96000 - 96002] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96000. The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  122. 96001.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Corporate Power [96000 - 96002] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may sue and be sued, unless another law provides otherwise.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Corporate Power [96000 - 96002] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96001. The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  123. 96002.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Corporate Power [96000 - 96002] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may use eminent domain, but it must pay certain relocation costs and cannot proceed in some cases without local consent or a Public Utilities Commission finding.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Corporate Power [96000 - 96002] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96002. The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this part. The district, in exercising such power shall, in addition to the damage for the taking, injury, or destruction of property, also pay the cost of removal, reconstruction, or relocation of any structure, railways, mains, pipes, conduits, cables or poles of any public utility or public district which is required to be moved to a new location. No action in eminent domain to acquire property within any incorporated city or any county shall be commenced unless the legislative body of the affected city or county has consented to such acquisition by resolution. No such taking or acquisition by the district which would involve the abandonment, removal, relocation, or use of property of a railroad corporation, as defined in Section 230 of this code, shall be permitted, unless the Public Utilities Commission, after hearing, shall find and determine that the public interest and necessity require the abandonment, removal, relocation, or use of such property and that such taking or acquisition will not unreasonably impair the ability of the railroad corporation involved to provide safe, adequate, economical, and efficient service. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1176.)
  124. 9601.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    Certain utilities and entities may not provide or sell electricity in covered situations unless the customer confirms in writing an obligation to pay the required nonbypassable charge, and a separate customer-exchange situation is exempt.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9601. (a) Except with respect to supply options of the nature specified in Section 218, with the exception of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of that section, as it existed on December 20, 1995, no person, corporation, electrical corporation, or local publicly owned electric utility or other governmental entity other than a retail customer’s existing electric service provider as of December 20, 1995, shall provide partial or full electric service to a retail customer of a local publicly owned electric utility unless the customer first confirms in writing an obligation to pay, through tariff or otherwise, to the utility currently providing electric service, a nonbypassable generation-related severance fee or transition charge established by the regulatory body for that utility. The severance fee or transition charge shall be paid directly to the local publicly owned utility providing electricity service in the service area in which the consumer is located. (b) Except as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 374, no local publicly owned electric utility or other governmental entity shall provide partial or full electric service to a retail customer of an electrical corporation unless the customer of that electrical corporation first confirms in writing an obligation to pay, through tariff or otherwise, to the electrical corporation currently providing electric service, a nonbypassable generation-related transition charge established by the regulatory body for that electrical corporation. The charge shall be paid directly to the electrical corporation providing electricity in the service area in which the consumer is located. (c) No local publicly owned electric utility or electrical corporation shall sell electric power to the retail customers of another local publicly owned electric utility or electrical corporation unless the first utility has agreed to allow the second utility to make sales of electric power to the retail customers of the first utility. (d) This section does not apply to an exchange of customers affected by a local publicly owned electric utility completing a mutually agreeable condemnation process to resolve a fringe area agreement in which there exists a balance of benefits between the customers of the local publicly owned electric utility and the electrical corporation. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 646, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
  125. 9602.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    The local regulatory body must decide after a public hearing whether to allow direct transactions between electricity suppliers and end-use customers, and if allowed, phase them in on a schedule that treats all customer classes equitably.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9602. (a) After a public hearing, the local regulatory body of each local publicly owned electric utility shall determine whether it will authorize direct transactions between electricity suppliers and end use customers, subject to implementation of the nonbypassable severance fee or transition charge referred to in Section 9603. (b) If the regulatory body authorizes direct transactions, a phase-in of these transactions shall commence no later than the latter of January 1, 2000, or two years after the start of the phase-in of direct transactions by the electrical corporations pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 365, and shall be completed by the later of December 31, 2010, or two years after the completion of the phase-in by electrical corporations. (c) The regulatory body shall develop a phase-in schedule at the conclusion of which all customers shall have the right to engage in direct transactions. (d) Any phase-in of customer eligibility for direct transactions ordered by the regulatory body shall be equitable to all customer classes. (e) If the regulatory body does not authorize direct access as contemplated in this section, then the publicly owned electric utility shall not be eligible to recover the nonbypassable charge as provided in Section 9603. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. Effective September 24, 1996.)
  126. 9603.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    The regulatory body must set a nonbypassable generation-related severance fee or transition charge at least six months before direct transactions begin, and a local publicly owned electric utility’s regulatory body must disclose the fee basis and hold a public hearing before adopting it.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9603. (a) Not less than six months prior to the date of implementation of direct transactions, the regulatory body shall establish the nonbypassable generation-related severance fee or transition charge which shall include, but shall not be limited to, employee related transition costs incurred and projected for severance, out placement, retraining, early retirement, and related expenses for employees directly affected by restructuring. (b) The regulatory body of a local publicly owned electric utility, prior to adopting any generation related severance fee or transition charge, shall make available for public review the basis for the severance fee or transition charge and shall hold at least one public hearing. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. Effective September 24, 1996.)
  127. 96030.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Contracts [96030 - 96031] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may make contracts and stipulations, including for eminent domain matters, indemnity, labor, and other acts needed to carry out its powers.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Contracts [96030 - 96031] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96030. The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, contracts and stipulations to indemnify and save harmless, to employ labor, and to do all acts necessary and convenient for the full exercise of the powers granted in this part. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  128. 96031.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Contracts [96030 - 96031] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    District officers and employees must not be interested in contracts awarded by the board or in profits from them, except as allowed by the referenced Government Code provision.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Contracts [96030 - 96031] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96031. No officer or employee of the district shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived therefrom contrary to the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090), Chapter 1, Division 4, Title 1 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  129. 9604.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    This section defines “direct transaction,” “service area,” and “severance fee” or “transition charge” for this division.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9604. For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply: (a) “Direct transaction” means a contract between one or more electric generators, marketers, or brokers, public or private, of electric power and one or more retail customers providing for the purchase and sale of electric power and ancillary services. (b) “Service area” means an area in which, as of December 20, 1995, an investor-owned electric utility or a local publicly owned electric utility was obligated to provide service. (c) “Severance fee” or “transition charge” for a local publicly owned electric utility shall mean that charge or periodic charge assessed to customers to recover the reasonable uneconomic portion of costs associated with generation-related assets and obligations, nuclear decommissioning, and capitalized energy efficiency investment programs approved prior to August 15, 1996. (Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 558, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 2009.)
  130. 9605.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    The division preserves existing ratemaking authority and certain utility rights, while barring severance fees or transition charges on customers choosing listed electric supply options.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9605. (a) This division and Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 330) of Part 1 of Division 1 do not affect preexisting ratemaking authority of a regulatory body of any local publicly owned electric utility. (b) This division does not modify or abrogate any agreement, or any rights or obligations in any such agreement, between retail electric service providers relating to service areas. (c) This division does not limit or affect the statutory rights of a local publicly owned electric utility to negotiate and design rates for existing customers and new customers not choosing to be served by an alternate supplier. (d) This division does not limit electric supply options within the service territory of a local publicly owned electric utility to the extent the options are of the nature specified in Section 218 as it existed on December 20, 1995, with the exception of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of that section, and the imposition of a severance fee or transition charge on customers electing those options shall be prohibited whether the elections are made before or after the availability of direct transactions within the service area of the local publicly owned electric utility. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 221. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)
  131. 9606.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    City-owned electric utilities must report on the periodic bill the amount expected to be transferred to the city’s general fund and special funds at least annually.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9606. All city-owned electric utilities shall report on the periodic bill the amount expected to be transferred from the utility to the general fund, and to any special funds, of the city on a no less than annual basis. (Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 628, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
  132. 9607.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    This section limits when an irrigation district may build or operate electricity distribution or transmission facilities in an electrical corporation’s service territory, unless it gets commission approval and follows the commission’s order.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9607. (a) The intent of this section is to avoid cost-shifting to customers of an electrical corporation resulting from the transfer of distribution services from an electrical corporation to an irrigation district. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section and Section 9608, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, an irrigation district that offered electrical service to retail customers as of January 1, 1999, may not construct, lease, acquire, install, or operate facilities for the distribution or transmission of electricity to retail customers located in the service territory of an electrical corporation providing electrical distribution services, unless the district has first applied for and received the approval of the commission and implements its service consistent with the commission’s order. The commission shall find that service to be in the public interest and shall approve the request of a district to provide distribution or transmission of electricity to retail customers located in the service territory of an electrical corporation providing electrical distribution service if, after notice and hearing, the commission determines all of the following: (1) The district will provide universal service to all retail customers who request service within the area to be served, at published tariff rates and on a just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory basis, comparable to that provided by the current retail service provider. (2) If the area the district is proposing to serve is either of the following: (A) Is within the district’s boundaries but less than the entire district, the area to be served includes a percentage of residential customers and small customers, based on load, comparable to the percentage of residential and small customers in the district, based on load. (B) Includes territory outside the district’s boundaries, in which case the territory outside the district’s boundaries must include a percentage of residential customers and small customers, based on load, comparable to the percentage of residential and small customers in the county or counties where service is to be provided, based on load. (3) Service by the district will be consistent with the intent of the state to avoid economic waste caused by duplication of facilities as set forth in Section 8101. (4) Service by the district will include reasonable mitigation of any adverse effects on the reliability of an existing service by the electrical corporation. (5) The district has established, funded, and is carrying out public purpose and low-income programs comparable to those provided by the current electric retail service provider. (6) That district’s tariffed electrical service rates, exclusive of commodity costs, will be at least 15 percent below the tariffed electrical service rates, exclusive of commodity costs and nonbypassable charges under Sections 367, 368, 375, 376, and 379, of the electrical corporation for comparable services. (7) Service by the district is in the public interest. (c) An irrigation district that obtains the approval of the commission under this section to serve an area shall prepare an annual report available to the public on the total load and number of accounts of residential, low-income, agricultural, commercial, and industrial customers served by the irrigation district in the approved service area. (d) The commission shall have jurisdiction to resolve and adjudicate complaint cases brought against an irrigation district that offered electrical service to retail customers as of January 1, 1999, by an interested party where the complaint concerns retail electric service outside the boundaries of the district and within the service territory of an electrical corporation. Nothing in this section grants the commission jurisdiction to adjudicate complaint cases involving retail electrical service by an irrigation district inside its boundaries or inside an irrigation district’s exclusive service territory. (e) Any project involving electrical transmission or distribution facilities to be constructed or installed by an irrigation district to serve retail customers located in the service territory of an electrical corporation providing electrical distribution services shall comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code). The county in which the construction or installation is to occur shall act as the lead agency. If a project involves the construction or installation of electrical transmission or distribution facilities in more than one county, the county where the majority of the construction is anticipated to occur shall act as the lead agency. (f) An irrigation district may not offer service to customers outside of its district boundaries before offering service to all customers within its district boundaries. (g) This section does not apply to electrical distribution service provided by the Modesto Irrigation District to those customers or within those areas described in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 9610. (h) The provisions of this section shall not apply to (1) a cumulative 90 megawatts of load served by the Merced Irrigation District that is located within the boundaries of the district, as those boundaries existed on December 20, 1995, together with the territory of Castle Air Force Base that was located outside the district on that date, or (2) electric load served by the district that was not previously served by an electrical corporation that is located within the boundaries of the district, as those boundaries existed on December 20, 1995, together with the territory of Castle Air Force Base that was located outside the district on that date. (i) For purposes of this section, a megawatt of load shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology established by the Energy Commission in its Docket No. 96-IRR-1890, but the 90 megawatts shall not include electrical usage by customers that move to the areas described in paragraph (1) after December 31, 2000. (j) Subdivision (a) of this section shall not apply to the construction, modification, lease, acquisition, installation, or operation of facilities for the distribution or transmission of electricity to customers electrically connected to a district as of December 31, 2000, or to other customers who subsequently locate at the same premises. (k) In recognition of contractual arrangements and settlements existing as of June 1, 2000, this section does not apply to the acquisition or operation of the electrical distribution facilities that are the subject of the Settlement Agreement dated May 1, 2000, between Pacific Gas and Electric Company and the San Joaquin Irrigation District. (l) For purposes of this section, retail customers do not include an irrigation district’s own electric load being served at retail by an electrical corporation. (Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 396, Sec. 51. (AB 1513) Effective January 1, 2020.)
  133. 9608.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    This section says certain utility laws do not apply to an irrigation district if specified acquisition, approval, and relief conditions are met.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9608. Sections 454.1 and 9607 of this code and Section 56133 of the Government Code do not apply to an irrigation district with respect to an area to be served by the irrigation district, if all of the following occur: (a) The irrigation district acquires substantially all the electric distribution facilities and related subtransmission facilities of any electrical corporation that has an obligation to provide electric distribution service within the area to be served by the irrigation district. (b) The commission approves a service area agreement between the irrigation district and the electrical corporation pursuant to Sections 8101 to 8108, inclusive, which service area agreement provides that the electrical corporation may not provide electric distribution service in the area to be served by the irrigation district and that the irrigation district may not provide electric distribution service in the remainder of the electrical corporation’s service territory. (c) The commission relieves the electrical corporation of its obligation to serve within the area to be served by the irrigation district. (Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 159, Sec. 176. Effective January 1, 2002.)
  134. 96090.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Property [96090 - 96091] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may acquire and hold real and personal property, and the board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of such property when it thinks this is in the district’s best interests.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Property [96090 - 96091] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96090. The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease, or condemn in proceedings under eminent domain, or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the district necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its powers. The board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property within or without the district when in its judgment it is for the best interests of the district so to do. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  135. 96091.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Property [96090 - 96091] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may authorize sale, destruction, or other disposition of district records and similar items if it determines by resolution that they are no longer of value to the district.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Property [96090 - 96091] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96091. Whenever the board by resolution determines that any record, map, book, or paper in the possession of the district or any officer or employee thereof is of no further value to the district, the board may authorize its sale, destruction, or other disposition. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  136. 961.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. )

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    Gas corporations must create and implement safety-and-reliability plans for commission-regulated gas pipeline facilities, and the commission must review and act on those plans.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## 961. (a) For purposes of this section, “gas corporation workforce” means the employees of a gas corporation and employees of an independent contractor of the gas corporation while working under contract with the gas corporation. (b) (1) Each gas corporation shall develop a plan for the safe and reliable operation of its commission-regulated gas pipeline facility that implements the policy of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 963, subject to approval, modification, and adequate funding by the commission. (2) By December 31, 2012, the commission shall review and accept, modify, or reject the plan for each gas corporation as part of a proceeding that includes a hearing. The commission shall build into any approved plan sufficient flexibility to redirect activities to respond to safety requirements. (3) Each gas corporation shall implement its approved plan. (4) The commission shall require each gas corporation to periodically review and update the plan, and the commission shall review and accept, modify, or reject an updated plan at regular intervals thereafter. The commission, pursuant to Section 1701.1, shall determine whether a proceeding on a proposed update to a plan requires a hearing, consistent with subdivision (e). (c) The plan developed, approved, and implemented pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be consistent with best practices in the gas industry and with federal pipeline safety statutes as set forth in Chapter 601 (commencing with Section 60101) of Subtitle VIII of Title 49 of the United States Code and the regulations adopted by the United States Department of Transportation pursuant to those statutes. (d) The plan developed, approved, and implemented pursuant to subdivision (b) shall set forth how the gas corporation will implement the policy established in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 963 and achieve each of the following: (1) Identify and minimize hazards and systemic risks in order to minimize accidents, explosions, fires, and dangerous conditions, and protect the public and the gas corporation workforce. (2) Identify the safety-related systems that will be deployed to minimize hazards, including adequate documentation of the commission-regulated gas pipeline facility history and capability. (3) Provide adequate storage and transportation capacity to reliably and safely deliver gas to all customers consistent with rules authorized by the commission governing core and noncore reliability and curtailment, including provisions for expansion, replacement, preventive maintenance, and reactive maintenance and repair of its commission-regulated gas pipeline facility. (4) Provide for effective patrol and inspection of the commission-regulated gas pipeline facility to detect leaks and other compromised facility conditions and to effect timely repairs. (5) Provide for appropriate and effective system controls, with respect to both equipment and personnel procedures, to limit the damage from accidents, explosions, fires, and dangerous conditions. (6) Provide timely response to customer and employee reports of leaks and other hazardous conditions and emergency events, including disconnection, reconnection, and pilot-lighting procedures. (7) Include appropriate protocols for determining maximum allowable operating pressures on relevant pipeline segments, including all necessary documentation affecting the calculation of maximum allowable operating pressures. (8) Prepare for, or minimize damage from, and respond to, earthquakes and other major events. (9) Meet or exceed the minimum standards for safe design, construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of gas transmission and distribution facilities prescribed by regulations issued by the United States Department of Transportation in Part 192 (commencing with Section 192.1) of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (10) Ensure an adequately sized, qualified, and properly trained gas corporation workforce to carry out the plan. (11) Any additional matter that the commission determines should be included in the plan. (e) The commission and gas corporation shall provide opportunities for meaningful, substantial, and ongoing participation by the gas corporation workforce in the development and implementation of the plan, with the objective of developing an industrywide culture of safety that will minimize accidents, explosions, fires, and dangerous conditions for the protection of the public and the gas corporation workforce. (f) Nothing in this section limits the obligation of a gas corporation to provide adequate service and facilities for the convenience of the public and its employees pursuant to Section 451 or the authority of the commission to enforce that obligation under state law. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 522, Sec. 1. (SB 705) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  137. 9610.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    This section limits where electrical corporations and Modesto Irrigation District may provide electric transmission or distribution service to retail customers, with specific exceptions and a limited 8-megawatt allowance.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9610. Commencing on January 1, 2001, and continuing through December 31, 2025, inclusive, all of the following shall apply: (a) An electrical corporation may not provide electric transmission or distribution service to retail customers in either of the following areas: (1) The Modesto Irrigation District electric service area as defined in the August 15, 1940, Purchase of Properties agreement between Modesto Irrigation District and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. (2) The Mountain House Community Services District as defined in the master specific plan adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Joaquin on November 10, 1994. (b) (1) Within the purchase zone as described in Exhibit “B” of The Asset Sale Agreement By and Between Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Modesto Irrigation District Dated July 23, 1997, contained in Public Utilities Commission Application Number 97-07-030, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Modesto Irrigation District may each provide electric transmission and distribution service to retail customers. The area described in this subdivision shall be considered to be within both Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s and Modesto Irrigation District’s electric service area. (2) The Legislature recognizes that electrical corporations and irrigation districts may each construct infrastructure, and that the infrastructure may, in some cases, be duplicative. In those cases, the Legislature encourages irrigation districts and electrical corporations to enter into agreements pursuant to Sections 8101 to 8108, inclusive, where those agreements further the interests of the state as set forth in Section 8101. (c) Modesto Irrigation District may provide up to 8 megawatts of peak sales to Contra Costa Water District for delivery to its Old River Intake Facility and Rock Slough Pumping Plant. (d) Except as provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c), Modesto Irrigation District may not provide electric transmission or distribution service to retail customers in the territory of Pacific Gas and Electric Company. (Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 159, Sec. 177. Effective January 1, 2002.)
  138. 9611.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    Chapter 3 of the Government Code does not apply to electric service provided by the Modesto Irrigation District in the areas described in Section 9610.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9611. Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56100) of Part 1 of Division 3 of the Government Code does not apply to electric service provided by the Modesto Irrigation District within the geographic areas described in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 9610. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1042, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2001.)
  139. 9612.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    The Legislature says certain policies would be furthered if an agreement under Section 9610 were approved, and encourages PG&E, Modesto Irrigation District, and the commission to work toward approval of such an agreement.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9612. The Legislature finds and declares that the policies stated in Section 8101 to 8108, inclusive, would be furthered and that it would be in the best interests of the state, and not incompatible with the public interest, if an agreement embodying the provisions of Section 9610 were to be approved by the commission. The Legislature hereby encourages the Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Modesto Irrigation District to agree on the terms of an agreement embodying the provisions of Section 9610, and encourages the commission to approve that agreement to the extent that the agreement is consistent with the policies of this state. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1042, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2001.)
  140. 96120.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may acquire and use transit facilities and related property for transit service, but installations in streets or other property devoted to public use need consent from the governing body in charge.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96120. The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights-of-way, rail lines, buslines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, and any and all other facilities necessary or convenient for transit service within or partly without the district, underground, upon, or above the ground and under, upon, or over public streets or other public ways or waterways, together with all physical structures necessary or convenient for the access of persons and vehicles thereto, and may acquire any interest in or rights to the joint use of any or all of the foregoing; provided, that installations in any street, road or other property devoted to a public use shall be subject to consent of the governing body in charge of such public use. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  141. 96121.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may accept contributions and property, and may contract and cooperate with the state, agencies, or public agencies for transit facilities.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96121. The district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, accept contributions of money, rights-of-way, labor, materials, and any other property for the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of transit facilities, and may without limitation by any other provisions of this part enter into any contracts and cooperation with and accept cooperation from the state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, or any public agency in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of, and in financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of, any such transit facilities. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  142. 96122.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district must not interfere with or control certain transit facilities in the district unless the city or public agency agrees and the board reaches mutually agreed terms.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96122. The district shall not interfere with or exercise any control over any transit facilities now or hereafter owned, and operated wholly or partly within the district by any city or public agency, unless by consent of such city or public agency and upon such terms as are mutually agreed upon between the board and such city or public agency. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  143. 96123.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may lease or contract for use of its transit facilities to any operator and may allow subleases on terms it considers in the public interest.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96123. The district may lease or contract for the use of its transit facilities, or any portion thereof, to any operator, and may provide for subleases by such operator upon such terms and conditions as it deems in the public interest. The word “operator” as used in this section means any city or public agency or any person, firm or private corporation. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  144. 96124.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may build, operate, or buy and operate transit works and facilities in specified public places, and may install bus stops and paint curbs, but only with the required consent.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96124. The district may construct and operate or acquire and operate works and facilities in, under, upon, over, across, or along any street or public highway or any stream, bay or watercourse, or over any of the lands which are the property of the state, to the same extent that such rights and privileges appertaining thereto are granted to municipalities within the state, and to install adequate bus stops, including the painting of curbs, subject to the consent of the governing body in charge of such streets, highways, stream, watercourse or lands. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  145. 96125.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may make agreements with cities, public agencies, or public utilities about shared transit-related property and services.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96125. The district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district and any city, public agency or public utility operating transit facilities; may enter into agreements with any city, public agency or public utility operating any transit facilities, either wholly or partially within, or without, the district, for the joint use of any property of the district or of such city, public agency or public utility, or the establishment of through routes, joint fares, transfer of passengers or pooling arrangements. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  146. 96126.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must set the rates and charges for service under this part, and they must be reasonable.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96126. The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  147. 96127.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Local officials may ask the district board for a hearing about district rates, charges, or facility location decisions, and the request must be written and state the hearing topic.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96127. The board of supervisors or the city council of a municipality having territory located within the district may file a request for a hearing before the district board as to the reasonableness of any rates or charges fixed by the district and as to any proposal for fixing the location of facilities by the district. The request shall be in writing and shall state the subject matter on which a hearing is desired. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  148. 96128.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    After a hearing request is filed, the district board must set the hearing time and place, with the time set between 15 and 60 days from filing.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96128. Upon the filing of a request for hearing as provided in Section 96127 the district board shall fix the time and place for hearing. The time fixed shall not be less than 15 days nor more than 60 days from the date such request is filed. Notice of such hearing shall be given to the county or city requesting such hearing and shall be published by the board. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  149. 96129.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    At a board hearing, an eligible board of supervisors or city council that was not part of the original request may intervene and may be heard and introduce evidence.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96129. At the time fixed for any hearing before the board any board of supervisors or city council eligible to file a request for hearing, not a party to the original request for hearing, may intervene and shall be entitled to be heard and to introduce evidence. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  150. 96130.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must render its decision within 30 days after the case is submitted, and the decision is final.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Transit Facilities and Service [96120 - 96130] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96130. Within 30 days after submission of the case, the board shall render its decision and its decision shall be final. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  151. 9614.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    A local publicly owned electric utility must monthly notify specified air districts about certain interruptible service contracts, and the districts must keep the received information confidential.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9614. (a) Beginning January 15, 2002, and at least once monthly thereafter, a local publicly owned electric utility shall notify each air pollution control district and air quality management district of the name and address of each entity within the district’s boundaries within the local publicly owned electric utility’s control or service area with whom the utility enters into an interruptible service contract or similar arrangement. (b) For the purposes of this section, “interruptible service contract or similar arrangement” means any arrangement in which a nonresidential electrical customer agrees to reduce or consider reducing its electrical consumption during periods of peak demand or at the request of the local publicly owned electric utility in exchange for compensation, or for assurances not to be blacked out or other similar nonmonetary assurances. (c) The local air pollution control district or air quality management district shall maintain in a confidential manner the information received pursuant to this section. However, nothing in this subdivision shall affect the applicability of Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code, or of any other similar open records statute or ordinance, to information provided pursuant to this section. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 402. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
  152. 9615.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    A local publicly owned electric utility must first acquire available cost-effective, reliable, and feasible energy efficiency and demand reduction resources when procuring energy for retail end-use customers.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9615. Each local publicly owned electric utility, in procuring energy to serve the load of its retail end-use customers, shall first acquire all available energy efficiency and demand reduction resources that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 606, Sec. 17. (AB 2227) Effective January 1, 2013.)
  153. 96150.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Indebtedness [96150 - 96153] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may borrow money to cover certain fiscal-year expenses before tax revenue is received, but the amount is capped and the notes may not bear interest above 6% per year.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Indebtedness [96150 - 96153] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96150. The district may borrow money for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the district lawfully incurred after the commencement of the fiscal year, but prior to the time moneys from the tax levy for the fiscal year are received by the district, in a sum which shall not exceed five cents ($0.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of taxable property in the district at the time the moneys are borrowed, and may evidence such borrowing by notes bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 6 percent per annum. The notes shall be payable from the tax levy from the then current fiscal year, which levy shall contain a sum sufficient to provide for the payment of the notes and the interest thereon. The form of said notes and the proceedings relating to their issuance and sale, will be governed by the applicable provisions contained in Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  154. 96151.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Indebtedness [96150 - 96153] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district’s board of directors may borrow money within two years after the district is formed, but only by resolution and within set limits.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Indebtedness [96150 - 96153] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96151. The board of directors of a district may, within a period of two years from and after the formation of the district, pursuant to a resolution adopted by it for the purpose, borrow money on certificates of indebtedness, promissory notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, in anticipation of the estimated tax revenue for the following fiscal year, to be repaid within four years from the date of borrowing with interest at a rate not to exceed 6 percent per annum, in order to enable the district to meet all of its necessary initial expenses of organization, construction, acquisition, maintenance, and operation. The total amount of money borrowed and indebtedness incurred under this section during this two-year period shall not exceed 50 percent of the total amount of estimated tax revenue as estimated by the county auditor of the county in which the district lies for the following fiscal year. The form of said notes and the proceedings relating to their issuance and sale, will be governed by the applicable provisions contained in Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  155. 96152.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Indebtedness [96150 - 96153] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may not incur indebtedness under Chapter 7 if the total would exceed 2% of the assessed value of all real and personal property within the district.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Indebtedness [96150 - 96153] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96152. The district shall not incur an indebtedness under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 96400) of this part which in the aggregate exceeds two (2) percent of the assessed value of all the real and personal property within the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  156. 96153.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Indebtedness [96150 - 96153] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may accept loans or contributions, make contracts, and cooperate with government entities to finance and operate transit facilities.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Indebtedness [96150 - 96153] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96153. The district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, contributions or loans from the United States, this state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency of either thereof, for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of transit facilities, and may enter into contracts and cooperate with, and accept cooperation from, the United States, this state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency of either thereof, in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation, and in financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of any such transit facilities in accordance with any legislation which Congress or the Legislature of the State of California may have heretofore adopted or may hereafter adopt, under which aid, assistance, and cooperation may be furnished by the United States or this state in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation or in financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of any such transit facilities. The district may do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of such aid, assistance, and cooperation under any federal or state legislation now or hereafter enacted. Any evidence of indebtedness issued under this section shall constitute a negotiable instrument. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  157. 9616.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    A qualifying local publicly owned electric utility in the Los Angeles Basin must, if cost effective, maximize demand response, renewable energy, and energy efficiency to reduce demand in the affected area.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9616. (a) To the extent that doing so is cost effective, a local publicly owned electric utility providing electric service to 250,000 or more customers within the Los Angeles Basin shall maximize the use of demand response, renewable energy resources, and energy efficiency to reduce demand in the area where electrical reliability has been impacted as a result of reductions in gas storage capacity and gas deliverability resulting from the well failure at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility first reported to the commission in October 2015. (b) For purposes of this section, “Los Angeles Basin” means the area identified as the “Aliso Canyon Delivery Area” on page 11 of the Aliso Canyon Risk Assessment Technical Report, dated April 5, 2016. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 814, Sec. 4. (SB 801) Effective January 1, 2018.)
  158. 9618.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    A qualifying local publicly owned electric utility must make certain grid data publicly available on request, but not data barred by state or federal disclosure law.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9618. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a local publicly owned electric utility that provides electric service to 250,000 or more customers within the Los Angeles Basin shall make publicly available, upon request of any person, electrical grid data necessary or useful to enable distributed energy resource providers to target solutions that support reliability in the area where electrical reliability has been impacted as a result of reductions in gas storage capacity and gas deliverability resulting from the well failure at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility first reported to the commission in October 2015. (2) A local publicly owned electric utility shall not make data available pursuant to paragraph (1) that is prohibited from being disclosed pursuant to state or federal law. (3) The data made available pursuant to this subdivision shall be available pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), commencing within 60 days of the effective date of this section. (b) For purposes of this section, “Los Angeles Basin” means the area identified as the “Aliso Canyon Delivery Area” on page 11 of the Aliso Canyon Risk Assessment Technical Report, dated April 5, 2016. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 403. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
  159. 96180.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Investments [96180 - 96192] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may invest surplus money in its treasury, including sinking fund money, in specified bonds and other approved debt instruments.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Investments [96180 - 96192] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96180. The district may invest any surplus money in its treasury, including money in any sinking fund, in any of the following: (a) Its own bonds. (b) Treasury notes, certificates of indebtedness, bills, bonds of the United States, or any other evidence of indebtedness secured by the full faith and credit of the United States. (c) Obligations issued pursuant to the Federal Home Loan Bank Act or the National Housing Act. (d) Treasury notes or bonds of this state, or of any public corporation, municipal corporation, public district, or political subdivision within this state which are legal as security for the deposit of public funds. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  160. 96190.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Investments [96180 - 96192] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may make investments by directly purchasing certain bonds, treasury notes, or obligations, including at the original sale or later by subsequent purchase.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Investments [96180 - 96192] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96190. Such investment may be made by direct purchase of any issue of such bonds, treasury notes, or obligations, or part thereof, at the original sale or by the subsequent purchase of the bonds, treasury notes, or obligations. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  161. 96191.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Investments [96180 - 96192] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may sell certain investments and reinvest the proceeds in similar securities.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Investments [96180 - 96192] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96191. Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held as investments by the district may from time to time be sold and the proceeds reinvested in bonds, treasury notes, or obligations as provided in this article. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  162. 96192.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Investments [96180 - 96192] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district must sell its bonds, treasury notes, or other obligations in time so the money can be used for the same purpose as the original purchase funds.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Investments [96180 - 96192] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96192. Sales of any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held by the district shall from time to time be made in season so that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for which the money with which the bonds, treasury notes, or obligations were originally purchased was placed in the treasury of the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  163. 9620.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    Local publicly owned electric utilities serving end-use customers must plan for and procure enough resources and energy storage to maintain reserve margins, reliability, and reliable service.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9620. (a) Each local publicly owned electric utility serving end-use customers shall prudently plan for and procure resources that are adequate to meet its planning reserve margin and peak demand and operating reserves, sufficient to provide reliable electric service to its customers. Customer generation located on the customer’s site or providing electric service through arrangements authorized by Section 218, shall not be subject to these requirements if the customer generation, or the load it serves, meets one of the following criteria: (1) It takes standby service from the local publicly owned electric utility on a rate schedule that provides for adequate backup planning and operating reserves for the standby customer class. (2) It is not physically interconnected to the electric transmission or distribution grid, so that, if the customer generation fails, backup power is not supplied from the electricity grid. (3) There is physical assurance that the load served by the customer generation will be curtailed concurrently and commensurately with an outage of the customer generation. (b) Each local publicly owned electric utility serving end-use customers shall, at a minimum, meet the most recent minimum planning reserve and reliability criteria approved by the Board of Trustees of the Western Systems Coordinating Council or the Western Electricity Coordinating Council. (c) Each local publicly owned electric utility shall prudently plan for and procure energy storage systems that are adequate to meet the requirements of Section 2836. (d) A local publicly owned electric utility serving end-use customers shall, upon request, provide the Energy Commission with any information the Energy Commission determines is necessary to evaluate the progress made by the local publicly owned electric utility in meeting the requirements of this section, consistent with the annual targets established pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 25310 of the Public Resources Code. (e) The Energy Commission shall report to the Legislature, to be included in each integrated energy policy report prepared pursuant to Section 25302 of the Public Resources Code, regarding the progress made by each local publicly owned electric utility serving end-use customers in meeting the requirements of this section. (f) A local publicly owned electric utility may meet its minimum planning reserve margin through individual contractual procurement or through an aggregated or pooled portfolio of resources if that aggregation or pooling is defined in a contractual arrangement and each participating local publicly owned electric utility meets its individual minimum planning reserve margin based on its share of the resource portfolio pool. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 367, Sec. 11. (AB 1373) Effective October 7, 2023.)
  164. 9621.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    This section applies to larger local publicly owned electric utilities and requires their governing boards to adopt and update an integrated resource plan.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9621. (a) This section shall apply to a local publicly owned electric utility with an annual electrical demand exceeding 700 gigawatthours, as determined on a three-year average commencing January 1, 2013. (b) On or before January 1, 2019, the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility shall adopt an integrated resource plan and a process for updating the plan at least once every five years to ensure the utility achieves all of the following: (1) Meets the greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets established by the State Air Resources Board, in coordination with the commission and the Energy Commission, for the electricity sector and each local publicly owned electric utility that reflect the electricity sector’s percentage in achieving the economywide greenhouse gas emissions reductions of 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2030. (2) Ensures procurement of at least 50 percent eligible renewable energy resources by 2030 consistent with Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1. (3) Meets the goals specified in subparagraphs (D) to (H), inclusive, of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 454.52, and the goal specified in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 454.52, as that goal is applicable to each local publicly owned electric utility. A local publicly owned electric utility shall not, solely by reason of this paragraph, be subject to requirements otherwise imposed on electrical corporations. (4) In furtherance of the carbon neutrality goals set forth in Executive Order B-55-18 To Achieve Carbon Neutrality (September 10, 2018), each updated integrated resource plan shall include, as applicable, details of the utility’s electrical service rate design that support transportation electrification, and existing or planned incentives to support transportation electrification, including rebates. The rate design shall include details for all applicable transportation sectors, including, but not limited to, on-road and off-road vehicles in the light-, medium-, and heavy-duty sectors. Each integrated resource plan shall also include information about the utility’s customer education and outreach efforts being implemented to inform utility customers of available incentives and decisionmaking tools, such as cost calculators or cost estimates that can assist customers in predicting the cost of paying for electricity for these vehicles. (c) In furtherance of the requirements of subdivision (b), the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility shall consider the role of existing renewable generation, grid operational efficiencies, energy storage, and distributed energy resources, including energy efficiency, in helping to ensure each utility meets energy needs and reliability needs in hours to encompass the hour of peak demand of electricity, excluding demand met by variable renewable generation directly connected to a California balancing authority, as defined in Section 399.12, while reducing the need for new electricity generation resources and new transmission resources in achieving the state’s energy goals at the least cost to ratepayers. (d) (1) The integrated resource plan shall address procurement for the following: (A) Energy efficiency and demand response resources pursuant to Section 9615. (B) Energy storage requirements pursuant to Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section 2835) of Part 2 of Division 1. (C) Transportation electrification. (D) A diversified procurement portfolio consisting of both short-term and long-term electricity, electricity-related, and demand response products. (E) The resource adequacy requirements established pursuant to Section 9620. (2) (A) The governing board of the local publicly owned electric utility may authorize all source procurement that includes various resource types, including demand-side resources, supply side resources, and resources that may be either demand-side resources or supply side resources, to ensure that the local publicly owned electric utility procures the optimum resource mix that meets the objectives of subdivision (b). (B) The governing board may authorize procurement of resource types that will reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector and meet the other goals specified in subdivision (b), but due to the nature of the technology or fuel source may not compete favorably in price against other resources over the time period of the integrated resource plan. (e) A local publicly owned electric utility shall satisfy the notice and public disclosure requirements of subdivision (f) of Section 399.30 with respect to any integrated resource plan or plan update it considers. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 138, Sec. 1. (SB 437) Effective January 1, 2022.)
  165. 9622.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    The Energy Commission must review integrated resource plans and plan updates, may adopt submission guidelines, and must give public notice before adopting those guidelines or later changes.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9622. (a) Integrated resource plans and plan updates adopted pursuant to Section 9621 shall be submitted to the Energy Commission. (b) The Energy Commission shall review the integrated resource plans and plan updates. If the Energy Commission determines an integrated resource plan or plan update is inconsistent with the requirements of Section 9621, the Energy Commission shall provide recommendations to correct the deficiencies. (c) The Energy Commission may adopt guidelines to govern the submission of information and data and reports needed to support the Energy Commission’s review of the utility’s integrated resource plan pursuant to this section at a publicly noticed meeting offering all interested parties an opportunity to comment. The Energy Commission shall provide written public notice of not less than 30 days for the initial adoption of guidelines and not less than 10 days for the subsequent adoption of substantive changes. Notwithstanding any other law, any guidelines adopted pursuant to this section shall be exempt from the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 547, Sec. 36. (SB 350) Effective January 1, 2016.)
  166. 96220.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may levy and collect taxes for any lawful purpose, up to $0.05 per $100 of assessed value, or up to $0.10 per $100 if it first gets approval from the named city and county bodies.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96220. The district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose subject to a maximum limit of five cents ($0.05) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value of all real estate and personal property; provided however, the district shall have the further power to levy, collect or cause to be collected, said property taxes to a maximum limit of ten cents ($0.10) if approval is first obtained from the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara and the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  167. 96221.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    If the board thinks transit operation revenues will not be enough for lawful purposes, it must levy a tax and set the amount needed to be raised.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96221. If, in the opinion of the board, the transit operation revenues will not be sufficient for any and all lawful purposes the board shall levy a tax for such purpose or purposes and fix the amount of money necessary to be raised therefor by taxation. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  168. 96222.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must annually levy and collect a tax to cover bond interest and principal, in addition to the general tax levy.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96222. The board shall, in addition to the general tax levy as set forth in Section 96220, levy and collect annually until the district’s bonds are paid, or until there is a sum in the treasury of the district set apart for that purpose to meet all sums coming due for principal and interest on the bonds as they become due a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest on the bonds and such part of the principal thereof as becomes due before the proceeds of a tax levied at the next general tax levy will be available. If the maturity of the indebtedness created by the issue of bonds begins more than one year after the date of the issuance thereof, the tax shall be levied and collected annually at the time and in the manner aforesaid, sufficient to pay the interest on the indebtedness as it falls due and to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal on or before maturity. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  169. 96223.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may arrange for the district to assess, levy, and collect taxes, including selling property to the district for delinquent taxes and adding penalties, interest, and costs.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96223. The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes by the district, including the sale of property to the district for delinquent taxes, with penalties, interest, and cost. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  170. 96224.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must use county and state equalization assessments for district taxation and have county taxes collected by the county tax collector.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96224. The board shall avail itself of the assessments made by the assessor of the county and of the assessments made by the State Board of Equalization for the county and shall take such assessments as the basis for district taxation and have its taxes collected by the tax collector of the county. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  171. 96225.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The county auditor must send the board a written statement of the total value of all property in the district by the third Monday in August each year.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96225. In such case the county auditor shall, on or before the third Monday in August of each year, transmit to the board a statement in writing showing the total value of all property within the district, ascertained from the assessments referred to in Section 96224 as equalized. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  172. 96226.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must set the transit district tax rate by September 1, using county auditor property values, and the rate cannot exceed the article’s limit.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96226. The board shall, on or before the first day in September, fix the rate of taxes, designating the number of cents upon each hundred dollars, using as a basis the value of property transmitted to the board by the county auditor, which rate of taxation shall be sufficient to raise the amount previously fixed by the board. These acts by the board shall constitute a valid assessment of the property and a valid levy of the taxes so fixed, but the rate of taxation shall not exceed the limit imposed by this article. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  173. 96227.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must promptly send the county auditor a statement of the tax rate it fixed.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96227. The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of taxes as above provided transmit to the county auditor of the county a statement of the rate of taxes fixed by the board. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  174. 96228.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    District taxes must be collected like county taxes, and the net amount must be paid to the district treasurer.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96228. The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes. When collected the net amount, ascertained as provided in this article, shall be paid to the treasurer of the district, under the general requirements and penalties provided by law for the settlement of other taxes. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  175. 96229.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    If redeemed property was sold for taxes, the county treasurer must distribute the redemption money to the district based on the district’s share of the tax.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96229. Whenever any real property has been sold for taxes and has been redeemed, the money paid for redemption shall be apportioned and paid to the district by the county treasurer in the proportion which the tax due to the district bears to the total tax for which the property was sold. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  176. 96230.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    County compensation for services under this article must be set by agreement, may not exceed one-half of 1 percent of money collected for the district, and must be credited to the county general fund.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 6. Powers and Functions of District [96000 - 96230] ( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Taxation [96220 - 96230] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96230. The compensation to be charged by and paid to any county for the performance of services under this article shall be fixed by agreement between the board of supervisors of the county and the board. The compensation shall in no event exceed one-half of 1 percent of all money collected for the district. The compensation collected by the county shall be placed to the credit of the county general fund. All taxes levied under this part are a lien on the property on which they are levied and shall become a lien at the same time as county taxes. The enforcement of the collection of such taxes shall be in the same manner and by the same means provided by law for the enforcement of liens for county taxes, all the provisions of law relating to the enforcement of the latter being made a part of this part so far as applicable. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  177. 9625.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. )

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    A local publicly owned electric utility must consider specified energy and local planning data when planning its distribution system, and it must list distribution investments in its integrated resource plan.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 4.9. RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY [9600 - 9625] ( Division 4.9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. ) ## 9625. (a) In its relevant distribution planning process, a local publicly owned electric utility shall consider the fleet data produced by the Energy Commission pursuant to Section 25328 of the Public Resources Code, and other available data, to facilitate the readiness of their distribution systems to support the level of electric vehicle charging anticipated by Executive Orders No. B-48-18 and N-79-20, the Energy Commission’s integrated energy policy report adopted pursuant to Section 25302 of the Public Resources Code, the Energy Commission’s assessment prepared pursuant to Section 25229 of the Public Resources Code, and relevant State Air Resources Board regulations. The local publicly owned electric utility’s consideration shall also include, as applicable and available, other local plans related to electric vehicle charging, including air quality management plans, regional seaport plans, regional transportation plans, and sustainable communities strategies. (b) A local publicly owned electric utility shall identify any distribution investments made pursuant to this section in its integrated resource plan adopted pursuant to Section 9621. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 354, Sec. 4. (AB 2700) Effective January 1, 2023.)
  178. 963.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. )

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    This section defines gas-service terms and requires the commission and gas corporations to keep core gas service, revenue-cycle services, and after-meter services available under specified conditions.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3299.100] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120] ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ## CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety [950 - 978] ( Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 [955 - 972] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. ) ## 963. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “After-meter services” includes, but is not limited to, leak investigation, inspecting customer piping and appliances, carbon monoxide investigation, pilot relighting, and high bill investigation. (2) “Basic gas service” includes transmission, storage for reliability of service, and distribution of natural gas, purchasing natural gas on behalf of a customer, revenue cycle services, and after-meter services. (3) “Metering services” includes, but is not limited to, gas meter installation, meter maintenance, meter testing, collecting and processing consumption data, and all related services associated with the meter. (4) “Revenue cycle services” means metering services, billing the customer, collection, and related customer services. (b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) In order to ensure that all core customers of a gas corporation continue to receive safe basic gas service, each existing gas corporation shall continue to provide this essential service. (2) A customer shall not be required to pay separate fees for utilizing services that protect public or customer safety. (3) It is the policy of the state that the commission and each gas corporation place safety of the public and gas corporation employees as the top priority. The commission shall take all reasonable and appropriate actions necessary to carry out the safety priority policy of this paragraph consistent with the principle of just and reasonable cost-based rates. (c) (1) The commission shall require each gas corporation to provide bundled basic gas service to all core customers in its service territory unless the customer chooses or contracts to have natural gas purchased and supplied by another entity. (2) A gas corporation shall continue to be the exclusive provider of revenue cycle services to all customers in its service territory, except that an entity purchasing and supplying natural gas under the commission’s existing core aggregation program may perform billing and collection services for its customers under the same terms as currently authorized by the commission, and except that a supplier of natural gas to noncore customers may perform billing and collection for natural gas supply for its customers. (3) The gas corporation shall continue to calculate its charges for services provided by that corporation. If the commission establishes credits to be provided by the gas corporation to core aggregation or noncore customers who obtain billing or collection services from entities other than the gas corporation, the credit shall be equal to the billing and collection services costs actually avoided by the gas corporation. (4) The commission shall require the distribution rate to continue to include after-meter services and shall authorize sufficient revenues and employee staffing to provide for prompt provision of these services to the public, consistent with the policy developed and implemented by the gas corporation and approved by the commission pursuant to Section 961. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 522, Sec. 2. (SB 705) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  179. 96400.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district may incur bonded indebtedness to fund transit facilities and related property needed for its purposes, as allowed by this chapter.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96400. The district may from time to time incur a bonded indebtedness as provided in this chapter to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, or completing the whole or any portion of any transit facilities, or for acquiring any works, lands, structures, rights, equipment, or other property necessary or convenient to carry out the objects, purposes, or powers of the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  180. 96401.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may, after a two-thirds resolution and specified findings, use an ordinance to submit a bonded indebtedness proposition to district voters at a special bond election.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96401. Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the public interest or necessity demands the acquisition, construction, or completion by the district of any transit facilities or any works, lands, structures, rights, equipment, or other property necessary or convenient to carry out the objects, purposes, or powers of the district, the cost of which will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the district, it may at any subsequent meeting of the board provide by ordinance for the submission of the proposition of incurring a bonded indebtedness for the purpose set forth in the resolution to the voters of the district at a special bond election held for that purpose. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  181. 96402.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The district’s voters may start bond issuance proceedings by petition instead of a board resolution.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96402. In lieu of a resolution passed by the board, proceedings for the issuance of bonds for the purposes provided in this chapter may be initiated by petition of the voters of the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  182. 96403.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    If a qualifying petition is presented to the board, the district secretary must immediately verify the signatures and certify the result to the board.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96403. Whenever any petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at least 15 percent of the total vote cast at the last general statewide election is presented to the board asking for the acquisition, construction, or completion of the whole or any portion of any transit facilities or for acquiring any works, lands, structures, rights, equipment, or other property necessary or convenient to carry out the objects, purposes, or powers of the district, and also asking that a bonded indebtedness be incurred to pay for the cost thereof, the secretary of the district shall immediately examine and verify the signatures of the petition and certify the result of the examination to the board. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  183. 96404.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    If the required signatures are genuine, the secretary must send the board an authentic copy of the petition without the signatures.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96404. If the required number of signatures is found to be genuine, the secretary shall transmit to the board an authentic copy of the petition without the signatures. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  184. 96405.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    If the board receives a petition with the secretary’s certificate showing enough signatures, it must prepare a bond proposition for the district voters. The board may also delay the election until the next general election to combine them.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96405. Upon receiving a petition with the certificate of the secretary stating that it contains the required number of signatures, the board shall formulate for submission to the voters of the district at a special bond election called for that purpose the proposition of incurring a bonded indebtedness for the purposes set forth in the petition. In its discretion the board may defer the calling of the election until the next general election to be held in the district in order to consolidate them. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  185. 96406.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    An ordinance calling a special bond election must set the election date and voting method, and state the project purpose, estimated costs, principal amount, and interest rate.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96406. The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix the date on which the election will be held, and the manner of holding the election and of voting for or against incurring the indebtedness. It shall also recite the objects and purposes for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred, the estimated cost of the transit facilities, works, lands, structures, rights, equipment, or other property proposed to be acquired, constructed, or completed, the amount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incurred therefor, and the maximum rate of interest to be paid on the indebtedness, which shall not exceed 6 percent per annum, payable semiannually or annually the first year and thereafter semiannually. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  186. 96407.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the same election.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96407. Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the same election. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  187. 96408.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    A special bond election may be held on its own or combined with another election that the district’s voters may vote in.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96408. Any special bond election may be held separately, or may be consolidated with any other election authorized by law at which the voters of the district may vote. If a special bond election is consolidated with any other election, the provisions of this chapter setting forth the procedure for the calling and holding of the special bond election shall be complied with, except that the ordinance calling the election need not set forth the election precincts, polling places, and officers of election, but may provide that the precincts, polling places, and officers of election shall be the same as those set forth in the ordinance, notice, or other proceedings calling the election with which the special bond election is consolidated, and shall refer to the ordinance, notice, or other proceedings by number and title, or by other definite description. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  188. 96409.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The ordinance must be published, and no additional notice of the election is required.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96409. The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice of election need be given. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  189. 96410.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board must follow specified Elections Code rules for bond elections under this article.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96410. The board shall comply with Article 3, (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code, the provisions of which are applicable to any bond election held pursuant to this article. Wherever the words “county clerk” or “county elections official” appear in the Elections Code the words “secretary of the board” shall be substituted, for the purposes of this article, and wherever the words “board of supervisors” appear in the Elections Code, the words “board of directors” shall be substituted, and wherever the words “district attorney or county counsel” appear in the Elections Code, the words “attorney for the district” shall be substituted. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 205. Effective January 1, 1995.)
  190. 96411.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    A bond issuance under this chapter requires approval by two-thirds of the voters voting on the proposition at the election.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96411. The votes of two-thirds (2/3) of all the voters voting on the proposition at the election are required to authorize the issuance of bonds under this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  191. 96412.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    If a special bond election fails, the board cannot hold another substantially similar special election within 6 months unless voters file a petition meeting the 15% threshold.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Issuance [96400 - 96412] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96412. If the proposition submitted at a special bond election fails to receive the requisite number of votes, the board shall not within six months after the election hold another special election for the submission of a proposition of incurring a bonded indebtedness substantially the same as the proposition voted upon at the prior election unless a petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at least 15 percent of the total vote cast at the last general statewide election is filed with the board, requesting that the proposition, or a proposition substantially the same, be submitted at an election to be called for that purpose. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  192. 96440.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Form and Content [96440 - 96443] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Bonds under this chapter must mature serially, with the board setting the amounts and maturity dates.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Form and Content [96440 - 96443] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96440. Bonds authorized by this chapter shall mature serially in amounts to be fixed by the board; except that payment shall begin not later than 10 years from the date thereof and shall be completed in not more than 50 years from that date. The board may divide any issue of bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter into two or more series, and may fix different dates of issuance and different maturity dates for the bonds of each series. The bonds of each series shall mature serially in amounts to be fixed by the board, and the board shall fix a date not more than 10 years from the date of issuance of each series for the earliest maturity of such series, and shall fix a date not more than 50 years from the date of issuance of each series for the final maturity of such series. Pending the actual issuance or delivery of bonds, a district may issue temporary or interim bonds, certificates, or receipts, of any denomination whatsoever, with or without coupon, and in such form as may be prescribed by the board, to be exchanged for definite bonds when ready for delivery. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  193. 96441.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Form and Content [96440 - 96443] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board sets bond denominations, but no bond may be less than $100 or greater than $1,000, and interest is payable semiannually.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Form and Content [96440 - 96443] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96441. The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the board determines, except that no bonds shall be of a denomination less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor of a greater denomination than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or any multiple thereof, and shall be payable on the day and at the place or places fixed in the bonds, and with interest at the rate specified therein, payable semiannually. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  194. 96442.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Form and Content [96440 - 96443] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may set bonds for call and redemption before sale, but the redemption price cap, bond-face disclosure, and notice publication rules must be followed.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Form and Content [96440 - 96443] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96442. The board may at any time prior to the issuance and sale of any bonds provide for the call and redemption of any or all of the bonds on any interest payment date prior to their fixed maturity at not exceeding the par value and accrued interest plus a premium of not exceeding 5 percent upon the principal amount of the bonds, in which event the call price fixed by the board shall be set forth on the face of the bond. Notice of such redemption shall be published. If there is no newspaper of general circulation printed and published within the district, then the publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published within the county in which the district or any part thereof is situated. The first publication shall be at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for the redemption. After the date fixed for such redemption interest on the bonds thereafter shall cease. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  195. 96443.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Form and Content [96440 - 96443] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Transit district bonds must be signed by specified officers, and coupons must be numbered and signed by the treasurer.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Form and Content [96440 - 96443] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96443. The bonds shall be signed by the president of the board or by such officer of the district as the board shall by resolution authorize and designate for that purpose. They shall also be signed by the treasurer, and be countersigned by the secretary. The coupons of the bonds shall be numbered consecutively and be signed by the treasurer. All signatures and countersignatures, except one of the signatures or countersignatures on the bonds, may be printed, lithographed, or engraved. If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, the signature or countersignature is nevertheless valid and sufficient for all purposes as if he had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  196. 96470.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Issue and Sale [96470 - 96472] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may issue and sell bonds for at least par value, must give notice before selling them, and must award them to the highest responsible bidder if satisfactory bids are received.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Issue and Sale [96470 - 96472] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96470. The bonds may be issued and sold for not less than their par value, but otherwise as the board determines. Before selling any bonds, or any part thereof, the board shall give notice inviting sealed bids in such manner as the board may prescribe. If satisfactory bids are received, the bonds offered for sale shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder. If no bids are received, or if the board determines that the bids received are not satisfactory as to price or responsibility of the bidders, the board may reject all bids received, if any, and either again give notice inviting bids or sell the bonds at private sale. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  197. 96471.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Issue and Sale [96470 - 96472] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Bond sale premiums and accrued interest must be used to pay bond principal and interest; the remaining bond proceeds must go to the district treasury for the authorized purposes, then any leftover money is transferred as specified after those purposes are completed and after the bonds are fully paid.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Issue and Sale [96470 - 96472] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96471. All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds. The remainder of the proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the district treasury to the credit of the proper fund, and shall be used exclusively for the objects or purposes for which the bonds were voted; provided that when such objects and purposes have been accomplished any moneys remaining shall be transferred to the fund to be used for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds, and that when all principal of and interest on the bonds shall have been paid, any balance of money then remaining shall be transferred to the general fund of the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  198. 96472.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Issue and Sale [96470 - 96472] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may include interest in the bond funding estimate instead of immediately levying a tax, but only for a period of up to five years.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Issue and Sale [96470 - 96472] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96472. In lieu of the immediate levy of a tax to pay the interest or any part thereof on any bonded indebtedness incurred in accordance with this division, the board may in the estimate of the amount of money necessary to be raised by the bonds include a sum sufficient to pay interest on all of the bonds or part thereof during the period of acquisition, construction, or completion, but for no period in excess of five years. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  199. 96500.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Refunding [96500 - 96506] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    The board may refund bonded indebtedness and issue refunding bonds if it decides by a two-thirds resolution that doing so will benefit the district.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Refunding [96500 - 96506] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96500. Whenever the board by resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the refunding of the whole or any portion of the bonded indebtedness will be of advantage to the district the board may refund the bonded indebtedness or any portion thereof and issue refunding bonds of the district therefor. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)
  200. 96501.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Refunding [96500 - 96506] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. )

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    Refunding bonds are not treated as new or increased debt, voter approval is not required, and the board may authorize calling and redeeming bonds before maturity.

    ## Public Utilities Code - PUC ## DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501 - 107025] ( Division 10 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036. ) ## PART 9. THE SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [95000 - 97007] ( Part 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## CHAPTER 7. Bonds [96400 - 96591] ( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Refunding [96500 - 96506] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835. ) ## 96501. The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed as the incurring or increase of an indebtedness within the meaning of this act, and the approval of the voters is not required for the issuance of refunding bonds. The board may provide for the call and redemption of any or all of the bonds on any interest payment date prior to their fixed maturity in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)

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