SECTIONS 130100-130110 - California Statutes

PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE

SECTION 130100-130110

130100. Except as otherwise provided in Section 130052, each
commission at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the first
meeting in January or at such other date as the commission may
determine, shall elect a chairperson from its members who shall
preside at all meetings, and a vice chairperson who shall preside in
his or her absence. In the event of their absence or inability to
act, the members present, by an order entered in the minutes, shall
select one of their members to act as chairperson pro tempore, who,
while so acting, shall have all of the authority of the chairperson.

130101. The commission shall establish rules for its proceedings
consistent with the law of the State of California.

130102. A majority of the members of the commission shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official
acts of the commission, except as otherwise provided in Section
130102.5, shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the
members of the commission.

130102.5. In the case of the San Bernardino County Transportation
Commission, its official acts shall require the affirmative vote of a
majority of the members representing the cities and a majority of
the members of the board of supervisors if this is requested by
either a majority of the members representing the cities or a
majority of the members of the board of supervisors.

130103. The acts of the commission shall be expressed by motion,
resolution, or ordinance.

130104. (a) All meetings of the commission shall be conducted in
the manner prescribed by the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9
(commencing with Section 54950), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the
Government Code).
(b) All meetings of the citizens' advisory committee and technical
advisory committee shall be held pursuant to Section 54952.3 of the
Government Code, and no other provision of the Ralph M. Brown Act
shall apply to meetings of these committees.

130105. The commission shall:
(a) Adopt an annual budget and fix the compensation of its
officers and employees.
(b) Adopt an administrative code, by ordinance, which shall
prescribe the powers and duties of commission officers, the method of
appointment of commission employees, and methods, procedures, and
systems of operation and management of the commission.
(c) Cause a postaudit of the financial transactions and records of
the commission to be made at least annually by a certified public
accountant.
(d) Appoint, not later than July 1, 1977, a citizens' advisory
committee, which membership shall reflect a broad spectrum of
interests and all geographic areas of the county. Members of the
staff of the commission, as determined by the commission, shall be
available to aid the citizens' advisory committee in its work.
(e) Appoint a technical advisory committee of representatives from
all of the transit operators, all of the cities and the county, and
the Department of Transportation, and such other advisory committees
it deems necessary.
(f) Do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of
this division.

130106. Notice of time and place of the public hearing for the
adoption of the annual budget shall be published pursuant to Section
6061 of the Government Code, and shall be published not later than
the 15th day prior to the date of the hearing.
The proposed annual budget shall be available for public
inspection at least 15 days prior to the hearing.

130107. The commission shall appoint a full-time executive director
who shall act for the commission under its direction.
The commission may appoint such officers as it deems necessary to
carry out its duties and functions.

130108. (a) Each member of a commission may be compensated at a
rate not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for any day attending
to the business of the commission, but not to exceed four hundred
dollars ($400) in any month, and the necessary traveling and personal
expenses incurred in the performance of his duties as authorized by
the commission. Members of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority shall be compensated pursuant to subdivision
(b).
(b) Each member of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority shall be compensated at a rate not exceeding
one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) for any day attending to the
business of the authority, but not to exceed six hundred dollars
($600) per month, and other expenses which are directly related to
the performance of duties as authorized by the authority.

130108.5. Notwithstanding Section 130108, the Board of Directors of
the Orange County Transportation Authority may allow members of the
board necessary traveling and personal expenses incurred in
performance of duties authorized by the board and may allow members
per diem compensation at the maximum rate of one hundred dollars
($100) per day, not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) in any
calendar month, for attending board meetings and for performance of
any other services for the authority as authorized by the board.

130109. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the
commission shall enter into a contract with the Board of
Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System, and the
board shall enter into that contract, to include all of the employees
of the commission into that retirement system, and the employees
shall be entitled to substantially similar health benefits as are
state employees pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 22750) of
Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(b) For purposes of providing retirement benefits, the commission
may contract with the retirement system that the employees of the
county in which the commission is located are members of in lieu of
contracting with the board.
(c) Each person employed by the Orange County Transportation
Commission on January 1, 1992, may, no later than February 1, 1992,
elect to either remain a member of the Public Employees' Retirement
System or become a member of the Orange County Employees Retirement
System. All persons who become employed by the commission after
February 1, 1991, shall be members of the Orange County Employees
Retirement System.

130109.1. Upon creation of the Ventura County Transportation
Commission, and on the effective date of a contract with the Board of
Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System, existing
balances in the Ventura County Association of Governments Account in
the Public Employees' Retirement Fund shall be transferred to the
commission's account in that fund.

130110. (a) For employees of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority not in a bargaining unit represented by a
labor organization, the authority shall establish retirement benefits
pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 30400) and Article 2
(commencing with Section 30430) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division
10.
(b) Retirement benefits for employees of the authority and any
organizational unit of the authority in a bargaining unit represented
by a labor organization shall be established pursuant to Article 3
(commencing with Section 30450) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division
10.
(c) Retirement benefits for employees of the authority and any
organizational unit of the authority in a bargaining unit represented
by a labor organization that was created on or after January 1,
1999, for the purpose of representing managerial employees or
supervisorial employees, shall be established pursuant to a
collective bargaining agreement between the authority or any
organizational unit of the authority and that labor organization.