The board shall perform the following duties:

(a) Determine whether to operate exclusive public mass transit guideways or to let contracts for their operation in conformity with state labor laws and subdivision (d) of Section 120508.

Terms Used In California Public Utilities Code 120105

  • board: means a county transit development board created pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 120050). See California Public Utilities Code 120001
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Public Utilities Code 10

(b) Determine the means to finance the operation of public mass transit guideways.

(c) Adopt an annual budget and fix the compensation of its officers and employees.

(d) Adopt an administrative code, by ordinance, that shall prescribe the powers and duties of board officers, the method of appointment of board employees, and methods, procedures, and systems of operation and management of the board. The administrative code shall also provide for, among other things, the appointment of a general manager or chief executive officer, and the organization of the employees of the board into units for finance and administration, planning and operations, property acquisition and management, and community relations, and other units as the board deems necessary.

(e) Cause a postaudit of the financial transactions and records of the board to be made at least annually by a certified public accountant.

(f) Adopt all ordinances and make all rules and regulations proper or necessary to regulate the use, operation, and maintenance of its property and facilities, including its public transit systems and related transportation facilities and services operating within its area of jurisdiction, and to carry into effect the powers granted to the board.

(g) Appoint such advisory commissions as it deems necessary.

(h) Do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of this division.

(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 557, Sec. 4. Effective October 5, 2005.)