A county board of supervisors may create an authority to operate within the county to carry out this division, or may designate a transportation planning agency designated pursuant to Section 29532 of the Government Code or created pursuant to the Fresno County Transportation Improvement Act pursuant to Division 15 (commencing with Section 142000), or a county transportation commission created pursuant to the County Transportation Act (Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000)) in existence in the county on January 1, 1988, to serve as an authority.
Chapter 2Creation of Local Transportation Authority
Section § 180050
This law allows a county board of supervisors in California to create or designate a local authority to manage transportation operations. They can either create a new authority or choose an existing transportation planning agency or commission to handle the responsibilities outlined in this law.
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Section § 180051
This law section lays out how a county board of supervisors can create a new authority and decide its membership through agreement with most cities that house the majority of the county's residents. Each member of this authority, and their alternates, must be elected officials from local government. Furthermore, board members from the county supervisors cannot be the majority in the authority. Members can appoint alternates to attend meetings, which must be elected by the officer who appointed them, or directly by a member if they hold a specified position. Alternates have the same rights as members, but only one can participate per meeting.
(a)CA Public Utilities Code § 180051(a) A board of supervisors that chooses to create an entirely new entity as an authority pursuant to Section 180050 shall determine the membership of the authority with the concurrence of a majority of the cities having a majority of the population in the incorporated area of the county.
(b)CA Public Utilities Code § 180051(b) Each member of the authority, and each alternate designated pursuant to subdivision (c), shall be an elected official of a local governmental entity within or partly within the county. Members of the board of supervisors serving on an authority shall comprise less than a majority of the authority.
(c)Copy CA Public Utilities Code § 180051(c)
(1)Copy CA Public Utilities Code § 180051(c)(1) Each member of the authority may have an alternate to vote or otherwise officially participate on behalf of the member at meetings of the authority when the member is not present. Either the member, or the alternate, but not both, may officially participate in a meeting of the authority. An alternate shall be designated as follows:
(A)CA Public Utilities Code § 180051(c)(1)(A) Except as specified in subparagraph (B), the local governmental entity that appointed the member shall designate the alternate.
(B)CA Public Utilities Code § 180051(c)(1)(B) A member who serves because the member holds a specified public office, as specified in the county transportation expenditure plan, shall designate his or her own alternate.
(2)CA Public Utilities Code § 180051(c)(2) An alternate acting on behalf of a member has all of the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of a member.
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Section § 180052
This law section explains how long members of a newly formed authority can serve. Generally, they serve terms of up to four years. However, during their first meeting, members are chosen randomly to serve staggered terms, ensuring that not all members are replaced at the same time.
(a)CA Public Utilities Code § 180052(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), members of an authority which is an entirely new entity shall serve for a term of not more than four years.
(b)CA Public Utilities Code § 180052(b) At the first meeting of an authority which is an entirely new entity convened pursuant to Section 180112 the members shall be selected by lot to serve staggered terms.
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