Chapter 3. Administration of California Public Utilities Code >> Division 11. >> Chapter 3.

The board at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the first meeting in January, shall elect a vice chair who shall preside in the absence of the chair. In the event of the absence or inability to act by the chair or vice chair, the chair pro tempore shall preside.

The board shall establish rules for its proceedings.

(a) A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. All official acts of the board require the affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the board. However, after a vote of the members is taken, a weighted vote may be called by any two members, at least one of whom is not a City of San Diego representative.
  (b) In the case of a weighted vote, each of the four representatives of the City of San Diego shall exercise 12 1/2 weighted votes, for a total of 50 votes. The County of San Diego and each city, other than the City of San Diego, shall, in total, exercise 49 weighted votes to be apportioned annually by population. The chairperson, if not chosen from the membership of the board, shall exercise one weighted vote.
  (c) Approval under the weighted vote procedure requires the vote of the representatives of not less than three jurisdictions representing not less than 51 percent of the total weighted vote to supersede the original action of the board.
  (d) The weighted vote procedure shall not be used on any matter of purely intracity local service, unless it is the desire of the affected city or jurisdiction.
  (e) The weighted vote procedure shall not be used for purposes of subdivision (c) of Section 120265.
  (f) For purposes of subdivision (c), the population of the County of San Diego is the population in the unincorporated area of the county within the area of jurisdiction of the transit development board.
  (g) The board shall adopt a policy and procedure to implement this section.

The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.

All meetings of the board shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code).

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.
  (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.

The board shall appoint a general manager or chief executive officer with experience in the management, planning, and development of urban mass transportation systems.

Notice of time and place of the public hearing for the adoption of the annual budget shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, and shall be published not later than the 15th day prior to the date of the hearing. The proposed annual budget shall be available for public inspection at least 15 days prior to the hearing.

(a) Each member of the board, including alternate members appointed pursuant to Section 120051.6 when serving in the absence of a regular member, shall be compensated for each day the member attends meetings of the board and committees of the board, not to exceed six committee meetings in any one quarter, and for his or her necessary and reasonable expenses in performing his or her duties as a board member.
  (b) In addition, the board may, by resolution, authorize and designate members and alternates to be compensated for representing the board by attendance at specified meetings of other governmental entities and public agencies.
  (c) The board shall, by ordinance, after a public hearing, fix the amounts of compensation payable pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b).

The board shall maintain accounting records and shall report accounting transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as adopted by the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) of the Financial Accounting Foundation for both public reporting purposes and for reporting of activities to the Controller. The activities of any nonprofit corporation or other legal entity wholly owned or controlled by the board and operating a public transit system shall be reported separately in the board's annual report to the Controller.

(a) The clerk of the board shall cause a proposed ordinance or proposed amendment to an ordinance, and any ordinance adopted by the board, to be published at least once, in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the board's area of jurisdiction.
  (b) The publication of an ordinance, as required by subdivision (a), may be satisfied by either of the following actions:
  (1) The board may publish a summary of a proposed ordinance or proposed amendment to an ordinance. The summary shall be prepared by a person designated by the board. The summary shall be published and a certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance or proposed amendment shall be posted in the office of the clerk of the board at least five days prior to the board meeting at which the proposed ordinance or amendment is to be adopted. Within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance or amendment, the board shall publish a summary of the ordinance or amendment with the names of those board members voting for and against the ordinance or amendment and the clerk shall post in the office of the clerk a certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinance or amendment along with the names of those board members voting for and against the ordinance or amendment.
  (2) If the person designated by the board determines that it is not feasible to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed ordinance or amendment, and if the board so orders, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page in a newspaper of general circulation in the board's area of jurisdiction shall be published at least five days prior to the board meeting at which the proposed ordinance or amendment is to be adopted. Within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance or amendment, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page shall be published. The advertisement shall indicate the general nature of, and provide information regarding, the adopted ordinance or amendment, including information sufficient to enable the public to obtain copies of the complete text of the ordinance or amendment, and the names of those board members voting for and against the ordinance or amendment.