For the purposes of this article, “subway” includes tube or tunnel.
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Section § 1430
This law section explains that when the article refers to a 'subway,' it includes both tubes and tunnels. Essentially, 'subway' is defined broadly to cover these two types of underground passages.
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Section § 1431
This law says that if it's deemed helpful for business, county residents, or quicker travel, a county's board of supervisors can propose building a subway under a navigable waterway. Before proceeding, they must hold an election, asking the county's voters if they're in favor of issuing and selling bonds to finance this subway construction.
Whenever in the interests of commerce, for the benefit of the residents of the county, or for the purpose of expediting travel between points on opposite sides of any navigable body of water, the board of supervisors of any county finds it advisable to construct for the public use any subway under any such navigable body of water, at a location determined upon by the board, the board shall call an election and submit to the electors of the county the question whether bonds of the county will be issued and sold for the purpose of constructing such a subway.
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Section § 1432
This law section states that an order to hold an election is legitimate when signed by at least two-thirds of the board's members. The election process and issuance of bonds must follow the rules set for county bond elections and county bond issuance.
The order calling such an election shall be valid and effectual when signed by two-thirds of the members of the board. The election shall be held and the bonds issued in accordance with the provisions of law governing county bond elections and the issuance of county bonds.
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Section § 1433
This law allows a county's board of supervisors to spend up to $3,500 from the county's general fund to estimate the costs of building a proposed subway.
If the subway is proposed to cross into two counties, both counties must split the cost, but the total expenditure for this estimation should not exceed $3,500 in total.
The board of supervisors of any county may, for the purpose of ascertaining the probable expense of any proposed subway, expend out of the county general fund a sum not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars. When any such proposed subway reaches partly into one county and partly into another, such counties shall equally divide the expenditure necessary to ascertain the probable expense of any such proposed subway, but such expenditure shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars.
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Section § 1434
If a subway is going to be built under a navigable body of water that divides counties, the county boards involved must first decide who will pay for which parts of the construction costs. After that, each county's board can take the steps they feel are appropriate according to this article.
Whenever any such subway is proposed to be constructed under any navigable body of water forming the dividing line between counties, the boards of supervisors of each of the counties into which any such subway will reach shall first agree as to what portions of the expense of such subway will be paid by each county. Thereafter the board of each county may take the proceedings it considers proper under the provisions of this article.
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Section § 1435
This law states that if someone wants to build a subway under a navigable body of water that separates counties, they need to get permission from all the involved counties. Each county must agree to the construction and allow bonds to be issued to finance it, following the rules outlined in this article.
Such a subway shall not be constructed under any navigable body of water forming the dividing line between counties, unless all the counties into which such subway reaches first authorize such work and also authorize the issue of bonds therefor in the manner provided in this article.
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Section § 1436
This law says that if a proposed subway project will extend into a city, then the city's governing body and the county's board of supervisors must both agree before the board can ask county voters to decide on issuing bonds to fund the subway construction. The proposal to sell bonds must be presented to the voters through an election, following the specific procedures outlined in this legal article.
Whenever any such proposed subway will reach within the limits of any city, if the governing body of each such city and the board of supervisors of the county in which each such city is situated first so agree, the board of supervisors may call an election and submit to the electors of the county, in the manner provided in this article, the question whether bonds of the county will be issued and sold for the purpose of constructing such a subway in the manner prescribed in this article.
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