2007 California Public Utilities Code Chapter 11. Dissolution

CA Codes (puc:27501-27509)

27501.  The board of any district which operates no transit
facilities, or with exterior boundaries coincident with the
boundaries of a single city, may call an election at any time for the
purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of
whether the district will be dissolved.  Upon the filing with the
secretary of such a district of a petition signed by voters within
the district equal in number to at least 25 percent of the total vote
cast, asking that the question of dissolution of the district be
submitted to the voters of the district, the board shall call such an
election.


27502.  The election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of
the district the question of whether or not the district shall be
dissolved shall be held on the next established election date not
less than 74 days next succeeding the date on which the petition is
filed.



27503.  Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called
because of the filing of a petition or ordered by the board without
petition, shall be published.  The date fixed for the election shall
not be less than 30 days from the date of the first publication of
the notice.



27504.  The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the
instructions required to be printed on ballots for use at general
state and county elections and in addition the following:


   ____________________________________________________________
                                                   |     |
                                                   | YES |
     Shall the "(giving the name thereof) transit  |_____|_____
     district" be dissolved?                       |     |
                                                   | NO  |
   ________________________________________________|_____|_____




27505.  No other notice of the election other than that provided for
in this chapter need be given and no sample ballots need be sent to
the voters.


27506.  If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a
majority of all votes cast on the proposition at the election were in
favor of the dissolution, the dissolution shall be deemed carried
and approved by the voters.  The board shall meet on Monday next
succeeding the election and canvass the votes cast.



27507.  Upon dissolution of any district which has boundaries that
are coincident with the corporate limits of a city, the district
property wherever situated vests absolutely in the city, and upon the
dissolution of any district operating no transit facilities and
which has boundaries that extend beyond the boundaries of a single
city the property of the district wherever situated vests in the
county in which the whole or greater portion of the district is
situated.


27508.  If at the time of dissolution there is any outstanding
indebtedness of the district the legislative authority of the city,
where the limits of the district lie wholly within the corporate
limits of a city, and in all other cases the board of supervisors of
the county in which the whole or greater portion of the district is
situated are ex officio the board of directors of the district for
the purpose only of the levy and collection of taxes for the payment
of the indebtedness of the district existing at the time of
dissolution and the interest thereon.  The board or legislative
authority shall levy the taxes and perform such other acts as are
necessary to raise the money necessary for the payment of the
indebtedness and the interest thereon.



27509.  In the event that the proposition for dissolution fails to
carry, no subsequent election for the dissolution of the district
shall be called until after the expiration of one year from the date
of the prior election.