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Chapter 2. Creation Of Local Transportation Authority of California Public Utilities Code >> Division 19. >> Chapter 2.
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.
(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) 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) (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) Except as specified in subparagraph (B), the local governmental entity that appointed the member shall designate the alternate.
(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) An alternate acting on behalf of a member has all of the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of a member.
(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) (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) Except as specified in subparagraph (B), the local governmental entity that appointed the member shall designate the alternate.
(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) An alternate acting on behalf of a member has all of the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of a member.
(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) 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.
(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.
