§ 50500 District Dissolution Election Rules

• •If a transit district doesn't run any transit services, or if its borders match exactly with one city, the board can ask voters if they want to shut down the district.
• •If at least 25% of the voters who voted in the last big state election sign a petition asking for a vote on shutting down the district, the board must hold an election about it.

Imagine a small town where the transit district only has one bus that nobody uses. The town grows and now the district's borders are the same as the town's borders.

The board can decide to ask the town's voters if they want to shut down the transit district. Or, if 25% of the voters who voted in the last big state election sign a petition, the board must ask everyone to vote on whether to shut it down.