SECTIONS 60000-60062 - California Statutes

PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE

SECTION 60000-60062

60000. This part shall be known and may be cited as the Yolo County
Transportation District Act.

60002. As used in this part, the following terms have the following
meanings:
(a) "Authority" means the Yolo County Transit Authority, a joint
exercise of powers agency.
(b) "Board of directors" means the Board of Directors of the Yolo
County Transportation District.
(c) "Board of supervisors" means the Yolo County Board of
Supervisors.
(d) "County" means the County of Yolo.
(e) "District" means the Yolo County Transportation District
created by Section 60004.

60004. There is hereby created the Yolo County Transportation
District. The jurisdiction of the district extends throughout the
county, including all of the incorporated and unincorporated
territory.

60006. On and after July 1, 1997, the authority is dissolved and
the district succeeds to, and is vested with, all of the rights,
powers, duties, and obligations of the authority. The district is the
successor to the authority's interests in any property, its rights
and obligations under any contract, any outstanding indebtedness of
the authority, and its rights under any grants, without the necessity
of any further action.

60008. (a) The district shall be governed by a five-member board of
directors representing the county and cities in the county in the
district, appointed as follows:
(1) One member representing the County of Yolo, appointed by the
board of supervisors.
(2) One member representing the City of Davis, appointed by the
city council of that city.
(3) One member representing the City of West Sacramento, appointed
by the city council of that city.
(4) One member representing the City of Woodland, appointed by the
city council of that city.
(5) One member representing the City of Winters, appointed by the
city council of that city.
(b) An appointing authority shall appoint one of its members to
serve as a member and one member to serve as an alternate member of
the board of directors. The alternate member shall serve only in the
absence of the regular member.
(c) The University of California at Davis shall appoint a person
to serve as a nonvoting ex officio member.
(d) The Department of Transportation shall appoint a person to
serve as a nonvoting ex officio member.
(e) Voting members of the board of directors will receive a
stipend per meeting to be established by the board in its bylaws.

60010. Upon dissolution of the authority, employees of the
authority shall be deemed to be employees of the district without any
break in service nor any loss or reduction of compensation or
benefits, except as may be imposed by express action of the district
governing board.

60012. (a) The district shall assume the duties of public transit
provider performed by the authority. On and after July 1, 1997, the
Cities of West Sacramento, Davis, Woodland, and Winters are included
within the district.
(b) Additionally, the district is deemed to be each of the
following agencies, with all of the powers and duties attendant
thereto:
(1) The consolidated transportation services agency for the
county, with the concurrence of the Regional Transportation Planning
Agency.
(2) The congestion management agency for the county.

60014. The district, at its first meeting, and thereafter annually
at the meeting designated by the district, shall elect a chairperson
who shall preside at all meetings, and a vice chairperson who shall
preside in the absence of the chairperson. 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 the
authority of the chairperson.

60016. The district shall adopt rules for its proceedings
consistent with the laws of the state.

60018. A majority of the board of directors entitled to vote
constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. All official
acts of the district require the affirmative vote of a majority of
the board of directors entitled to vote.

60020. The acts of the district shall be expressed by motion,
resolution, or ordinance.

60022. All meetings of the district shall be conducted pursuant to
Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of
Title 5 of the Government Code.

60024. The district shall do all the following:
(a) Adopt an annual budget.
(b) Adopt an administrative code, by ordinance, which prescribes
the powers and duties of the district officers, the method of
appointment of the district employees, and methods, procedures, and
systems of operation and management of the district.
(c) Cause a postaudit of the financial transactions and records of
the district to be made at least annually by a certified public
accountant.
(d) Do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of
this part.

60026. (a) The district may hire an independent staff of its own or
contract with any department or agency of the United States or with
any public agency to implement this part.
(b) The district may contract with private entities in conformance
with applicable procurement procedures for the procurement of
engineering, project management, and contract management services.
(c) The district shall rely, to the extent possible, on existing
state, regional, and local transportation planning and programming
data and expertise, rather than on a large duplicative staff and set
of plans.

60028. The board of directors shall fix the compensation of the
district's officers and employees.

60030. (a) Notice of the time and place of a public hearing on the
adoption of the annual budget shall be published pursuant to Section
6061 of the Government Code not less than 15 days prior to the day of
the hearing.
(b) The proposed annual budget shall be available for public
inspection at least 15 days prior to the hearing.

60032. 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.

60034. All claims for money or damages against the district are
governed by Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of
the Government Code, except as provided therein, or by other statutes
or regulations expressly applicable thereto.

60036. The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations
of any nature whatsoever, either in connection with eminent domain
proceedings or otherwise, including, but not limited to, contracts
and stipulations to indemnify and hold harmless, to employ labor, and
to do all acts necessary and convenient for the full exercise of the
powers granted in this part.

60038. The district may contract with any department or agency of
the United States, with any public agency, including, but not limited
to, the Department of Transportation, any county, city, or district,
or with any person or a private entity upon the terms and conditions
that the district finds in its best interest for the procurement of
engineering, project management, and contract management services.

60040. (a) Contracts for the purchase of services, supplies,
equipment, and materials in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000)
shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after competitive
bidding, except in an emergency declared by the district or by an
executive committee to which the district has delegated
responsibility to make that declaration.
(b) If, after rejecting bids received under subdivision (a), the
district determines and declares that, in its opinion, the services,
supplies, equipment, or materials may be purchased at a lower price
on the open market, the district may proceed to purchase these
services, supplies, equipment, or materials in the open market
without further observance of the provisions regarding contracts,
bids, or advertisements.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the district shall comply
with Federal Transit Administration Circular 4220.1 (d), as amended,
relative to third-party contracting.

60042. (a) The district has no authority to impose property, sales,
or special taxes, but may, with the concurrence of a majority of the
member jurisdictions represented on the board of directors, cause to
be submitted to voters of the district a ballot measure for the
imposition of those taxes.
(b) If approved as required by law, the district may impose and
administer fees and other funding sources secured for transportation
system maintenance and improvement.
(c) The board of directors may set fares for public transit
service by resolution or minute order.

60046. Notwithstanding any other provision of law which relates to
the functioning of the district as the Yolo County Congestion
Management Agency District, the district may not exercise any
authority over the land use decisions of a local governmental agency.

60048. The district shall include in its bylaws a process for
assuring that member jurisdictions of the district may reasonably
determine to what extent their share of Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act
funds and other local state or federal revenue sources are used by
the district. The district does not replace nor supplant the role of
the Regional Transportation Planning Agency to allocate
Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act funds. Each member jurisdiction shall be
financially responsible for its share of obligations incurred by the
district on that member jurisdiction's behalf. The district's bylaws
shall include a budget conflict resolution process.

60050. The district may advocate and act on behalf of all district
member jurisdictions with their concurrence to further Yolo County
transportation system interests, funding, projects, and priorities.

60052. The district shall act as a countywide forum for the
coordination of transportation system planning, programming, and
prioritization of significant projects.

60054. The district may promulgate a plan for funding
transportation projects within its jurisdiction.

60056. The board of directors shall adopt priorities reflecting the
district's goals, including consideration of being designated as the
federal Designated Recipient for Yolo County, consideration of
additional transportation funding sources, examining the feasibility
of Yolo County becoming a self-help county, and examining possible
agency consolidations within Yolo County.

60058. The district bylaws shall establish an advisory committee
structure, which shall include a Technical Advisory Committee and a
Citizen's Advisory Committee and other advisory committees as it
deems necessary, and shall establish a process for appealing
decisions of the board of directors.

60060. Transportation funding and project prioritization decisions
made by the board of directors shall endeavor to be mode neutral, not
biased in favor of any one transportation mode with the district
seeking local concurrence when appropriate. Those decisions shall
take into account the needs of the local jurisdictions, the overall
county needs relative to streets, roads, transit, pedestrian,
bicycle, telecommuting, light rail, heavy rail, and other alternative
transportation mode projects, shall consider the movement of
information and freight as well as people, and shall attempt to
balance all transportation choices in order to most effectively
utilize limited funding sources to the best advantage of Yolo County
residents and others in the region.

60062. The district shall act as the coordinating agency for all
state and federal funding applications where appropriate.