Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District.

(1) The Transit District Law authorizes any city together with unincorporated territory, or 2 or more cities, with or without unincorporated territory, in either the Counties of Alameda or Contra Costa or both, to organize and incorporate as a transit district with specified powers and duties relative to providing public transit service. This bill would repeal the authority to form a transit district under these provisions and would recognize the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District as the district formed pursuant to this authority. (2) Existing law requires a local agency to comply with all applicable building ordinances and zoning ordinances of the county or city in which the territory of the local agency is situated and, for purposes of this provision, excludes rapid transit districts from the definition of a local agency. This bill would designate the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District as a rapid transit district, thereby excluding the district from the definition of a local agency for purposes of that provision. (3) Existing law vests the government of a transit district formed under the Transit District Law in the board of 7 directors and provides that a majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. Existing law prohibits an ordinance, resolution, or motion from having any validity or effect unless passed by the affirmative votes of a majority of the directors. This bill would specify that an action of the board does not have any validity or effect unless passed by the affirmative vote of 4 directors. (4) Existing law requires the board of directors of a transit district formed under the Transit District Law to fill all vacancies on the board, except if the vacancy exists for 60 days, in which case the Governor is required to fill the vacancy. This bill would instead require the Governor to fill a vacancy on the board of directors of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District if a vacancy exists for 90 days. (5) Existing law authorizes the board of directors of a transit district formed under the Transit District Law to establish a retirement system for the officers and employees of the district, as specified, and prohibits the retirement system from applying to elective officers. Existing law authorizes the board to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the district or their beneficiaries are entitled to benefits and the amounts of those benefits. This bill would prohibit a former employee of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District who is elected as a board member from accruing service credit in the retirement system for their service on the board. (6) Existing law authorizes a district formed under the Transit District Law to borrow money for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the district incurred after the commencement of the fiscal year, but before the moneys from the tax levy for the fiscal year are received by the district. Existing law requires the amount borrowed to be paid from the tax levy from the current fiscal year. This bill would instead authorize the amount borrowed to be paid from the tax levy from the current fiscal year or from either or both of the following 2 fiscal years. (7) The bill would make other related changes. (8) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Alameda and Contra Costa.