27500-27512

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE
SECTION 27500-27512




27500.  Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise
requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the
construction of this chapter.


27501.  "District" means the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and
Transportation District.



27502.  "Golden Gate Bridge" means the bridge spanning the Golden
Gate between the City and County of San Francisco and the County of
Marin.


27503.  "Transit services" means the transportation of passengers
and their incidental baggage by the district by means other than
sightseeing ferryboats.


27510.  The composition of the board of directors of the district
shall be as follows:
   (a) One director, representing Del Norte County, one director,
representing Mendocino County, and one director, representing Napa
County, appointed by the board of supervisors of the respective
represented county.
   (b) Four directors, representing Marin County, appointed by the
board of supervisors thereof. One of the directors shall be an
elected member of the board of supervisors, another of the directors
shall be an elected member of a city council of a city within Marin
County, and shall be designated by the Marin Council of Mayors and
Councilmen and another of the directors shall be a member of the
general public.
   (c) Three directors, representing Sonoma County, appointed by the
board of supervisors thereof. One of the directors may be an elected
member of the board of supervisors, and another of the directors
shall be an elected member of a city council of a city within Sonoma
County, and shall be designated by the Mayors' and Councilmen's
Association of Sonoma County.
   (d) Nine directors, representing the City and County of San
Francisco, eight of whom shall be appointed by the board of
supervisors thereof, and one of whom shall be appointed by the mayor
thereof by an order of appointment, a certified copy of which shall
be immediately forwarded to the Secretary of State. Four of the
directors shall be elected members of the board of supervisors.



27512.  (a) The adoption, terms, and conditions of a pension plan
covering employees of the district in a bargaining unit represented
by a labor organization shall be pursuant to a collective bargaining
agreement between that organization and the board and shall be
subject to this section.
   (b) The pension plan and the funds of the plan shall be managed
and administered by a retirement board composed of equal
representation of labor and management. Any deadlock among the
members of the board with respect to that management and
administration shall be resolved in the manner specified in Section
302 of the federal Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C.
Sec. 186(c)(5)).
   (c) The duties and responsibilities of the retirement board shall
be executed in accordance with Section 17 of Article XVI of the
California Constitution.
   (d) This section does not apply if the district has, pursuant to a
collective bargaining agreement, provided membership for the
district's represented employees in the Public Employees' Retirement
System, a retirement system established pursuant to the County
Employees Retirement Law of 1937, or a pension trust subject to the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 1001
et seq.)