SECTIONS 180050-180052 - California Statutes

PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE

SECTION 180050-180052

180050. A county board of supervisors may create an authority to
operate within the county to carry out this division, or may
designate a transportation planning agency designated pursuant to
Section 29532 of the Government Code or created pursuant to the
Fresno County Transportation Improvement Act pursuant to Division 15
(commencing with Section 142000), or a county transportation
commission created pursuant to the County Transportation Act
(Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000)) in existence in the
county on January 1, 1988, to serve as an authority.

180051. (a) A board of supervisors that chooses to create an
entirely new entity as an authority pursuant to Section 180050 shall
determine the membership of the authority with the concurrence of a
majority of the cities having a majority of the population in the
incorporated area of the county.
(b) Each member of the authority, and each alternate designated
pursuant to subdivision (c), shall be an elected official of a local
governmental entity within or partly within the county. Members of
the board of supervisors serving on an authority shall comprise less
than a majority of the authority.
(c) (1) Each member of the authority may have an alternate to vote
or otherwise officially participate on behalf of the member at
meetings of the authority when the member is not present. Either the
member, or the alternate, but not both, may officially participate in
a meeting of the authority. An alternate shall be designated as
follows:
(A) Except as specified in subparagraph (B), the local
governmental entity that appointed the member shall designate the
alternate.
(B) A member who serves because the member holds a specified
public office, as specified in the county transportation expenditure
plan, shall designate his or her own alternate.
(2) An alternate acting on behalf of a member has all of the
rights, privileges, and responsibilities of a member.

180052. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), members of an
authority which is an entirely new entity shall serve for a term of
not more than four years.
(b) At the first meeting of an authority which is an entirely new
entity convened pursuant to Section 180112 the members shall be
selected by lot to serve staggered terms.