SECTIONS 27461-27473 - California Statutes

PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE

SECTION 27461-27473

27461. Any public agency or portion thereof within the boundaries
of a district, hereafter referred to collectively as "territory," not
included within the boundaries of a special transit service
district, may be annexed thereto in the manner provided in this
article.

27462. The board shall, by resolution, determine that the
annexation of the territory will facilitate the acquisition or
operation of transit facilities for the special transit service
district, describe the territory, declare its intention to annex the
territory to the special transit service district, set forth the
terms and conditions upon which the territory shall be annexed, fix
the time and place for hearing on the question of the annexation, and
provide for notice of the hearing.

27463. Any public agency or portion thereof included as part of the
territory to be annexed to a special transit service district
pursuant to this article may, by resolution of its legislative body,
or a petition of its voters filed prior to the hearing on annexation,
require the submission of an annexation proposition to the voters of
the public agency, or portion thereof.

27464. Except as otherwise provided herein, Article 3 (commencing
at Section 27421) shall govern the procedure for the submitting of
the annexation proposition to the voters of any public agency or
portion thereof involved; provided, that no election shall be held if
the board, pursuant to Section 27468, excludes from the territory to
be annexed the whole or any portion of a public agency in accordance
with its petition or resolution.

27465. The terms and conditions for the annexation of territory to
a special transit service district may provide (among other things)
for the payment of taxes within the territory to be annexed, in
addition to the taxes otherwise provided for in this part, the fixing
of rates, rentals, and charges differing from those fixed or
existing elsewhere, within the special transit service district, the
making of a payment or payments, or the transfer of property, real
and personal, and other assets to the district by the territory
proposed to be annexed.

27466. Notice fixing the time and place for hearing on the question
of the annexation of territory to a special transit service district
shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation
published in the district.

27467. The time for hearing shall be not less than 20 nor more than
60 days from the date of the publication of the notice.

27468. At or before the hearing, any person interested may file
with the secretary of the district written objections to the
annexation of the territory to the special transit service district
or to the inclusion of his property. Upon the hearing, the board
shall hear and determine all protests and objections.

27469. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the board
without further notice other than an order entered upon the minutes
of its meeting fixing the time and place of adjournment. In the event
that no protests are filed or the protests filed are overruled and
denied, the board shall, by resolution, declare the territory, or a
portion thereof, annexed to the special transit service district.

27470. From and after the date of filing of the resolution with the
secretary of the district the annexation of the territory, or
portion thereof, to the special transit service district is complete;
provided, that if pursuant to Sections 27463 and 27464 of this
article, an annexation election is to be held, the annexation is
stayed until the canvassing of the results of said election.

27471. From and after the date of annexation any territory annexed
to a special transit service district is liable for payment of its
proportionate share of any indebtedness then existing and payable by
the special transit service district. From and after the date of
annexation the board shall levy upon all of the property in the
territory annexed such taxes, tolls, or charges as are necesary to
comply with the terms and conditions of annexation, in addition to
any other district taxes otherwise authorized in this part.

27472. Upon the completion of the annexation of any territory in
accordance with law to any city included, or partially included, in a
special transit service district, the city clerk shall file with the
secretary of the district a certified copy of the ordinance,
resolution or other document completing said annexation, containing a
description of the territory so annexed. Unless the district within
90 days after such filing shall file with the city clerk the district'
s written objections to the annexation to the special transit service
district of said territory or portion thereof, such territory, or
portion thereof, shall, upon the termination of such period be deemed
incorporated into and annexed to the special transit service
district, and thereafter is subject to taxation, along with the
entire territory of the special transit service district in
accordance with the assessable valuation of the property thereof, for
special transit service district purposes, and for the payment of
any indebtedness theretofore or thereafter incurred by the special
transit service district.

27473. If the district shall file its objections in the manner
aforesaid to the annexation to a special transit service district of
such territory or portion thereof, the territory, or portion thereof,
shall not be annexed to the special transit service district except
in the manner provided in Article 6 (commencing with Section 27461)
of this chapter. The district may withdraw such objections by filing
with the city clerk a certified copy of a resolution of the board
stating that such objections are withdrawn. Thereupon such territory,
or portion thereof, shall be deemed incorporated into and annexed to
the special transit service district as provided in Section 27472.