Decision 1637M – Public Transportation Services Corporation

LA-CE-12-M

Decision Date: June 7, 2004

Decision Type: PERB Decision

Description:  Charge filed to determine whether PTSC employees were subject to MMBA or Public Utilities Code (PUC).  Board found that PTSC was properly subject to PUC.

Disposition:  Board dismissed charge and complaint.

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Perc Vol: 28
Perc Index: 160

Decision Headnotes

100.00000 – PERB: OPERATION, JURISDICTION, AUTHORITY; OPERATION OF EERA, DILLS (SEERA), HEERA
100.01000 – In General

Board found that the Public Transportation Services Corporation is an organizational unit of the MTA, and is therefore subject to the Public Utilities Code and not the MMBA.

101.00000 – PERB: OPERATION, JURISDICTION, AUTHORITY; APPLICABILITY OF AND CONFLICTS WITH OTHER STATUTES
101.02000 – Conflicts Between PERB-Administered Laws and Other California Statutes; Education Code/Supersession; MMBA Supersession

MMBA was never intended to include in its coverage transit districts with their own statutory framework for administering labor relations.

201.00000 – PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYER?
201.01000 – In General

Board found that the Public Transportation Services Corporation is an organizational unit of the MTA, and is therefore subject to the Public Utilities Code and not the MMBA.