The district may, without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, accept contributions of money, grants, loans, rights-of-way, labor, materials, and any other property from the state or the United States, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, or from any public agency for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of rail transit facilities. The district may, without limitation by any other provisions of this part, enter into any contract and cooperate with and accept cooperation from the state or the United States, 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 rail transit facilities. The district may do any and all things necessary in order to obtain the 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. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Terms Used In California Public Utilities Code 105102

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • District: means the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District. See California Public Utilities Code 105003
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Public agency: includes the state, and any county, city and county, city, district, or other political subdivision or public entity of, or organized under the laws of, this state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof. See California Public Utilities Code 105003
  • Rail transit: means the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage by rail and provision of freight service by rail. See California Public Utilities Code 105003
  • rail transit facilities: means any or all real and personal property, equipment, rights, or interests owned or to be acquired by the district for rail transit service purposes, including ancillary bicycle and pedestrian pathways that provide connections between and access to station sites. See California Public Utilities Code 105003
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
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