PART 11. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT [99150. - 99582.]
Part 11 added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1325.
§§ 99150–99582 · 346 sections
CHAPTER 3. Miscellaneous §§ 99150–99178 · 31 sections
- § 99150 In locating its bus stops, park and ride service facilities, and special service terminal points and stations, a transit district shall consult with, and…
- § 99151 Any transit district whose area is served by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company line from the City of San Jose to the City and County of San Francisco…
- § 99152 Any public transit guideway planned, acquired, or constructed, on or after January 1, 1979, is subject to regulations of the Public Utilities Commission…
- § 99153 Any transit district or operator may adopt uniform standards to rate bidders, on the basis of questionnaires and required statements, with respect to contracts…
- § 99153.5 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Continued use” means the continued operation of the diesel engine from the…
- § 99154 Any transit district or operator may require from prospective bidders for any contract answers to questions contained in a standard questionnaire and financial…
- § 99155 (a) Each transit operator, whether publicly or privately funded all or in part, nonprofit or for profit, which offers reduced fares to senior citizens shall…
- § 99155.1 (a) There shall be close coordination between local transit providers and county welfare departments in order to ensure that transportation moneys available…
- § 99155.2 (a) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 99155, if the Sacramento Regional Transit District offers reduced fares to senior citizens, it shall not be…
- § 99155.3 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Eligible persons” means persons who receive, or who are eligible to receive,…
- § 99155.5 (a) The Legislature intends that dial-a-ride and paratransit services be accessible to disabled persons, as defined in Section 99206.5. It is intended that…
- § 99155.6 (a) The Transportation Agency, in consultation with public transit operators, shall conduct an assessment of the procedures public transit operators use to…
- § 99156 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transit district may provide compensation to a member of the governing board of the district only for attendance…
- § 99157 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transit district may not provide any life, accident, or health insurance plan to any member or former member of…
- § 99158 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transit district may not establish or contribute to a pension or retirement benefits plan or purchase an annunity…
- § 99159 (a) Any retirement system established or maintained pursuant to this division for employees of a transit district who are members of a unit appropriate for…
- § 99160 Any public entity which plans the development of, or which operates, a rail transit system, shall, with respect to any current or future rail transit system,…
- § 99161 (a) Space at a publicly owned transportation facility may be leased by competitive bid, taking into consideration affordability and quality of care, to a child…
- § 99162 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, one or more local agencies listed in subdivision (i) of Section 99602 may undertake a study or a joint study…
- § 99163 On and after January 1, 2005, whenever a transit operator improves or replaces a ticket vending machine at a public transit station to include video…
- § 99164 (a) When installing new security systems, a transit agency operated by an operator as defined in Section 99210 shall only purchase and install equipment…
- § 99165 (a) For purposes of this section, “environmental and public health impacts” means those impacts that affect the health and environment of persons living,…
- § 99166 (a) If an evacuation order is issued that covers all or a portion of a public transit operator’s service area, the public transit operator shall authorize…
- § 99170 (a) A person shall not do any of the following with respect to the property, facilities, or vehicles of a transit district or the property, facilities, or…
- § 99171 (a) (1) A transit district may issue a prohibition order to any person to whom any of the following applies: (A) On at least three separate occasions within a…
- § 99172 (a) Before exercising the authority given in subdivision (a) of Section 99171 to issue prohibition orders, a transit district shall do all of the following:…
- § 99173 (a) Before the procurement of a new bus to be used in revenue operations, a public transit operator shall take into consideration recommendations of, and best…
- § 99175 (a) A public entity that operates, or contracts for the operation of, a commuter rail system shall ensure that each train has an automated external…
- § 99176 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Lactation room” means a room or other location open to members of the public to express…
- § 99177 (a) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Institute” means the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University.…
- § 99178 (a) For purposes of this section, the terms “street harassment,” “survey data,” and “transit operator” have the same meanings as defined in Section 99177. (b)…
CHAPTER 4. Transportation Development §§ 99200–99420 · 261 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 99200–99217 · 28 sections
- § 99200 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act.”
- § 99201 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions given in this article shall govern construction of this chapter.
- § 99203 “Claimant” or any derivative term, such as “applicant,” means an operator, city, county, or consolidated transportation service agency.
- § 99204 “City” means a city within the county having the fund from which the disbursement will be made.
- § 99204.3 “Commission” means the California Transportation Commission.
- § 99204.5 “Consolidated transportation service agency” means an agency designated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 15975 of the Government Code.
- § 99204.6 “Controller” means the Controller of the State of California.
- § 99205 “County” includes a city and county.
- § 99205.5 “Department” means the Department of Transportation.
- § 99205.6 “Director” means the Director of Transportation.
- § 99205.7 “Fare revenues” means the revenue object classes 401, 402, and 403 as specified in Section 630.12 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as now or as…
- § 99206 “Fund” means the local transportation fund established by a county under Article 11 (commencing with Section 29530) of Chapter 2 of Division 3 of Title 3 of…
- § 99206.5 “Disabled person” means any individual who by reason of illness, injury, age, congenital malfunction, or other permanent or temporary incapacity or disability,…
- § 99207 (a) “Included municipal operator” means a city or county which is included, in whole or in part, within a transit district or which has been extended the…
- § 99207.5 In Los Angeles County, an “eligible municipal operator” is a transit operator that has been designated eligible to receive formula-equivalent funds allocable…
- § 99208 “Included transit district” means any of the following which has operated a public transportation system since at least January 1, 1971: (a) A transit district…
- § 99209 “Municipal operator” means a city or county, including any nonprofit corporation or other legal entity wholly owned or controlled by the city or county, which…
- § 99209.1 “Municipal operator” also means any county which is located in part within a transit district and which operates a public transportation system in the…
- § 99209.5 “Operates” for purposes of Sections 99209 and 99215, and “operation” for purposes of paragaraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 99289, mean that the operator…
- § 99210 “Operator” means any transit district, included transit district, municipal operator, included municipal operator, or transit development board.
- § 99210.1 “Operator” also means the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission for operation of commuter rail services.
- § 99211 “Public transportation system” means any system of an operator which provides transportation services to the general public by any vehicle which operates on…
- § 99211.5 “Ridesharing services” means a comprehensive organizational effort which is designed to reduce the number of vehicles on the highways during peak travel…
- § 99212 “Secretary” means the Secretary of Transportation.
- § 99213 “Transit district” means a public district organized pursuant to state law and designated in the enabling legislation as a transit district or a rapid transit…
- § 99214 (a) “Transportation planning agency” means the entity designated in Section 29532 of the Government Code. (b) “Transportation planning agency” also includes,…
- § 99215 “Transit development board” means a public entity created pursuant to state law and designated in the enabling legislation as a transit development board,…
- § 99217 “Urbanized area” means such an area as defined by Section 101 of Title 23 of the United States Code.
ARTICLE 2. Findings and Declarations §§ 99220–99222 · 3 sections
- § 99220 The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Public transportation is an essential component of the balanced transportation system which must be…
- § 99221 It is the intent of the Legislature to improve existing public transportation services and encourage regional public transportation coordination. The…
- § 99222 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) It is in the interest of the state that funds available for transit development be fully expended to meet…
ARTICLE 3. Local Transportation Funds §§ 99230–99251 · 46 sections
- § 99230 The designated transportation planning agency shall, from an analysis and evaluation of the total amount anticipated to be available in the local…
- § 99231 (a) All operators and city or county governments with responsibility for providing municipal services to a given area collectively may file claims for only…
- § 99231.2 Except in the County of Los Angeles, the transportation planning agency, notwithstanding Section 99231, may approve the claim filed for an unincorporated area…
- § 99232 For counties with a population of 500,000 or more, as determined by the 1970 federal decennial census, but excluding counties with more than 4,500 miles of…
- § 99232.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 99232, for each county with a population of less than 500,000 as of the 1970 federal decennial census, but with a population of…
- § 99232.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 99232.1, a city with a population of 100,000 or fewer within an urbanized area in a county subject to Section 99232.1 is not…
- § 99232.4 (a) Notwithstanding Section 99231, and subject to subdivision (a) of Section 99232.5, the apportionment area for the Sacramento Regional Transit District…
- § 99232.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 99232, cities within the County of Sacramento which are outside the activated boundaries of the Sacramento Regional Transit…
- § 99232.6 Notwithstanding Section 99232, the County of San Diego may also file claims under Article 8 (commencing with Section 99400) for an unincorporated area not…
- § 99232.7 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 99232.1 and 99401.5, any local transportation fund apportionments available to the Ventura County Transportation Commission for…
- § 99233 Except as provided in Section 99233.11, the fund shall be allocated by the designated transportation planning agency for the purposes specified in Sections…
- § 99233.1 There shall be allocated to the county and the transportation planning agency such sums as are necessary to administer this chapter.
- § 99233.2 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), there shall be allocated to the transportation planning agency, if it is statutorily created, such sums as…
- § 99233.3 Two percent of the remaining money in the fund shall be made available to counties and cities for facilities provided for the exclusive use of pedestrians and…
- § 99233.4 Allocations shall be made for rail passenger service operations and capital improvements pursuant to Section 99234.5, 99234.7, or 99234.9.
- § 99233.5 Up to 10 percent of the remaining money for the area under the jurisdiction of a transit development board created pursuant to Division 11 (commencing with…
- § 99233.7 Up to 5 percent of the remaining money in the fund shall be made available to cities, counties, and operators for claims filed pursuant to Article 4. 5…
- § 99233.8 There shall be allocated to operators such money as is approved by the transportation planning agency for claims presented pursuant to Article 4 (commencing…
- § 99233.9 There shall be allocated to counties and cities such money as is approved by the transportation planning agency for claims presented pursuant to Article 8…
- § 99233.10 Notwithstanding Section 99233.7, funds made available in the County of Santa Barbara for claims filed pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 99275)…
- § 99233.11 Funds made available to the County of Stanislaus and the cities in that county shall be allocated in the following order: (a) To the Stanislaus Area…
- § 99233.12 Notwithstanding anything in Sections 99233 to 99233.9, inclusive, to the contrary, the Solano Transportation Authority may file a claim, and the transportation…
- § 99234 (a) Claims for facilities provided for the exclusive use of pedestrians and bicycles or for bicycle and pedestrian safety education programs shall be filed…
- § 99234.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or Article 4 (commencing with Section 99260), the Orange County Transportation Commission may allocate…
- § 99234.5 (a) The Counties of San Bernardino, Riverside, and Los Angeles may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500),…
- § 99234.7 (a) The Department of Transportation may negotiate and contract with the appropriate railroad corporation to provide passenger rail service between the City…
- § 99234.9 Any county, city, county transportation commission, or operator may file claims with the transportation planning agency for rail passenger service operation…
- § 99235 Upon having determined the allocation of each claimant on the fund, the transportation planning agency shall convey such information to each claimant and the…
- § 99236 No funds from the fund shall be budgeted, allocated, or expended for any project which calls for any change in passenger train stations or loading platforms…
- § 99238 Each transportation planning agency shall provide for the establishment of a social services transportation advisory council for each county, or counties…
- § 99238.5 (a) The transportation planning agency shall ensure the establishment and implementation of a citizen participation process appropriate for each county, or…
- § 99241 (a) Except for allocations made for purposes of Section 99234 and subdivision (a) of Section 99400, which shall be subject to the rules and regulations adopted…
- § 99241.5 All rules and regulations adopted by the Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency pursuant to Section 99241, as it read prior to its…
- § 99242 In the event that a claimant is not satisfied with his approved claim or other action taken by the transportation planning agency, a notification with…
- § 99243 (a) The Controller, in cooperation with the department and the operators, shall design and adopt a uniform system of accounts and records, from which the…
- § 99243.5 (a) On the basis of data in the annual reports submitted pursuant to Section 99243 and the information submitted pursuant to Section 99406 to the Controller,…
- § 99244 (a) (1) Each transportation planning agency shall annually identify, analyze, and recommend potential productivity improvements that could lower the operating…
- § 99245 Each transportation planning agency, transit development board created pursuant to Division 11 (commencing with Section 120000), and county transportation…
- § 99245.2 (a) A transit district or other provider of public transportation services subject to an audit pursuant to Section 99245, that receives funds from other…
- § 99246 (a) (1) The transportation planning agency shall designate entities other than itself, a county transportation commission, a transit development board, or an…
- § 99247 For purposes of Section 99246, and as used elsewhere in this article: (a) “Operating cost” means all costs in the operating expense object classes exclusive of…
- § 99248 No operator is eligible to receive an allocation under this chapter for any fiscal year until the transmittal of reports of its performance audit to the entity…
- § 99249 The cost of making the performance audits may be deemed an administrative cost of the transportation planning agencies for purposes of Section 99233.1.…
- § 99250 (a) All charter bus services authorized to be performed by a public transportation system receiving funding under this chapter shall contribute financially to…
- § 99250.5 (a) (1) At any publicly noticed meeting of the governing body of an operator, a representative of a private transportation service provider may request the…
- § 99251 No claim submitted by an operator pursuant to this chapter shall be approved unless it is accompanied by a certification completed within the last 13 months…
ARTICLE 4. Claims for Funds §§ 99260–99273 · 38 sections
- § 99260 Claims may be filed with the transportation planning agency by operators under this article for the following purposes: (a) The support of public…
- § 99260.2 (a) Claims may be filed with the transportation planning agency by operators to contract with common carriers of persons operating under a franchise or license…
- § 99260.5 (a) Claims may also be filed with the transportation planning agency by a city and county or a transit district under this article for payments to be made to a…
- § 99260.6 Public agencies authorized to file claims pursuant to Section 99234.9 may file claims under this article.
- § 99260.7 In order to provide, or to contract to provide, transportation services using vehicles for the exclusive use of elderly or disabled persons, a city or a…
- § 99261 The transportation planning agency may adopt rules and regulations supplemental to, and consistent with, those of the department to further delineate…
- § 99261.5 The San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board shall adopt rules and regulations for its area of jurisdiction. The transportation planning agency may…
- § 99262 Claims for public transportation systems may include claims for money for all purposes necessary and convenient to the development and operation of the system,…
- § 99263 An approved claim may include an amount to pay the principal and interest on bonds of the applicant for a public transportation system. This section shall not…
- § 99264 An operator shall not be eligible for allocation under this article if it routinely staffs with two or more persons a vehicle for public transportation…
- § 99266 No moneys may be allocated to an operator whose claim includes funds for an increase in operating budget in excess of 15 percent above the preceding year or…
- § 99267 If an operator ceases operations, any capital acquisitions made by that operator from funds allocated to it pursuant to this article may be transferred to any…
- § 99268 The expenditure of the funds received under this article by an operator may in no year exceed 50 percent of the amount required to meet operating, maintenance,…
- § 99268.1 Commencing with claims for the 1980–81 fiscal year, an operator that was in compliance with Section 99268 during the 1978–79 fiscal year in order to be…
- § 99268.2 In the case of an operator required to be in compliance with Section 99268 under Section 99268.1, the operator may be allocated additional funds that could not…
- § 99268.20 (a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as specified in subdivision (b), Sections 99268, 99268.1, 99268.2, 99268.3, 99268.4, 99268.5, 99268.6, 99268.7, 992 see note
- § 99268.3 (a) In the case of an operator that is serving an urbanized area, and that was eligible for funds under this article during the 1978–79 fiscal year even though…
- § 99268.4 In the case of an operator that is serving a nonurbanized area, and that was eligible for funds under this article during the 1978–79 fiscal year even though…
- § 99268.5 (a) Commencing with claims for the 1980–81 fiscal year, no funds shall be allocated under this article in any fiscal year to an operator providing services…
- § 99268.6 (a) If a joint powers entity providing public transportation services was funded at any time under this article and is subsequently dissolved, any succeeding…
- § 99268.7 Any unallocated funds resulting from the limitations of Section 99268 may be used for capital intensive transit-related improvements. Every effort shall be…
- § 99268.8 The required ratios of fare revenues to operating cost prescribed by this article shall not apply to an extension of public transportation services until two…
- § 99268.9 (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), if an operator was allocated funds under this article during a fiscal year in which it did not…
- § 99268.11 Sections 99268.3, 99268.4, and 99268.9 may be waived by the transportation planning agency with respect to an operator during any fiscal year in which both of…
- § 99268.12 Notwithstanding Sections 99268.2 and 99268.3, the transportation planning agency or the county transportation commission may set the required ratio of fare…
- § 99268.16 Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 99247, the costs of providing ridesharing services are excluded from operating costs.
- § 99268.17 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 99247, all of the following costs shall be excluded from the definition of “operating cost” for the purposes of…
- § 99268.18 The exclusions contained in Sections 99268.10, 99268.16, and 99268.17 shall not be applicable for purposes of determining an operator’s compliance with Section…
- § 99268.19 If fare revenues are insufficient to meet the applicable ratio of fare revenues to operating cost required by this article, an operator may satisfy that…
- § 99269 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, all operators providing service within the area under the jurisdiction of the San Diego Metropolitan…
- § 99270 On or after the first day of any fiscal year, an operator may engage in temporary borrowing pursuant to Article 7.6 (commencing with Section 53850), Chapter 4,…
- § 99270.1 If an operator serves urbanized and nonurbanized areas in the area of jurisdiction of a transportation planning agency, the transportation planning agency…
- § 99270.2 If an operator serves an area that was first designated as an urbanized area in the 1980 or a subsequent federal census, the transportation planning agency or…
- § 99270.5 In determining whether there is compliance with Section 99268.1, 99268.2, 99268.3, 99268.4, 99268.5, or 99268.9, as the case may be, by operators serving the…
- § 99270.6 In determining whether there is compliance with Section 99268.1, 99268.2, 99268.3, 99268.4, 99268.5, or 99268.9, as the case may be, by operators serving the…
- § 99271 (a) An operator shall be eligible for allocations under this article, on and after July 1, 1976, only if the current cost of its retirement system is fully…
- § 99272 An operator that has a private pension plan shall be eligible for allocations under this article, on and after July 1, 1976, only if the operator does both of…
- § 99273 An operator that has a private pension plan shall be eligible for allocations under this article, on and after July 1, 1976, only if the operator reports in…
ARTICLE 4.5. Claims for Community Transit Services §§ 99275–99277 · 4 sections
- § 99275 (a) Claims may be filed with the transportation planning agency by claimants for community transit services, including such services for those, such as the…
- § 99275.5 (a) Claims, for purposes of this article, shall be filed in the same manner as claims are filed for purposes of Article 4 (commencing with Section 99260). (b)…
- § 99276 Each claimant receiving funds allocated for purposes of this article shall submit an annual certified fiscal audit pursuant to Section 99245.
- § 99277 Claimants may contract on the basis of competitive bidding to provide community transit services.
ARTICLE 5. Relationships Between Operators §§ 99280–99299 · 14 sections
- § 99280 An included municipal operator shall not establish a public transportation system either by adding new routes or extending existing routes, by acquisition or…
- § 99281 The transit district may operate or establish new routes or extend existing routes in all or part of the area outside a municipal operator, except where the…
- § 99282 All operators shall be encouraged to establish maximum coordination of public transportation services, fares, transfer privileges, and all other related…
- § 99282.5 Where there are two or more operators within its area of jurisdiction, the transportation planning agency, the county transportation commission, and the San…
- § 99283 The consent of a transit district to the operation of a public transportation system by an included municipal operator pursuant to Section 99280 may include a…
- § 99284 The violation by a transit district or an included municipal operator of any provisions of this article, or of any agreement between them with regard to…
- § 99285 (a) The county transportation commissions created pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000), including those agencies in Los Angeles County…
- § 99285.1 For any fiscal year commencing on and after July 1, 1975, in determining the allocation of any operator pursuant to Section 99285, the public transit service…
- § 99285.2 Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 99285, any county transportation commission created pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000) may…
- § 99286 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no operator may plan or establish a public transportation system by adding or extending routes, by acquisition or…
- § 99287 (a) No provision of this article shall preclude the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District from planning, acquiring, constructing, and operating its…
- § 99288 (a) Any city, county, or transit district may enter into a contract with any operator, except with an included municipal operator unless specifically approved…
- § 99289 (a) Funds received by a city or county designated as an included municipal operator pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 99207 because it is not receiving…
- § 99299 The provisions of this article shall control over the provisions of any other act or law applicable to a transit district to the extent of any conflict with…
ARTICLE 6. Miscellaneous §§ 99301–99304 · 7 sections
- § 99301 Interest earned on funds allocated pursuant to this chapter shall be expended only for those purposes for which the funds were allocated.
- § 99301.5 Notwithstanding Sections 99232, 99233, and 99301, the Orange County Transportation Commission may direct the transportation planning agency to allocate…
- § 99301.6 Interest accruing pursuant to Section 99301.5 shall continue to be allocated under that section for as long as there is a balance of money retained for the…
- § 99302 Notwithstanding the fact that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is not required to adopt a regional transportation plan until June 30, 1973, for the…
- § 99302.5 Before the Orange County Transit District may expend any of its allocation it has retained for the development of rapid transit for purposes other than such…
- § 99303 Not less than 75 percent of the unallocated apportionment, as of June 30, 1978, and each June 30th thereafter, for the cities, and that portion of the County…
- § 99304 Notwithstanding Section 29530 of the Government Code, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission shall, if an unallocated apportionment has been set aside for…
ARTICLE 6.5. Transportation Planning and Development Account §§ 99310–99319 · 42 sections
- § 99310 (a) The Transportation Planning and Development Account in the State Transportation Fund, hereafter referred to as the “account” in this article, is hereby…
- § 99310.5 (a) The account is hereby designated a trust fund. (b) The funds in the account shall be available, when appropriated by the Legislature, only for…
- § 99310.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon order of the Department of Finance, all or some of the state agencies collecting revenue for, or spending…
- § 99311 Upon appropriation by the Legislature, funds transferred, or scheduled as a reimbursement, to the account, pursuant to Section 21682.5 of this code and Section…
- § 99311.1 Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the director shall allocate, from the account or from other available state or federal sources, or from both state and…
- § 99311.5 The amount allocated to a transportation planning agency designated pursuant to Section 29532 of the Government Code, for the preparation or updating of a…
- § 99312 Except as provided in Sections 99311 and 99311.5, and Sections 6051.8 and 6201.8 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the funds in the account shall be made…
- § 99312.1 (a) Revenues transferred to the Public Transportation Account pursuant to Sections 6051.8 and 6201.8 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for the State Transit…
- § 99312.2 (a) The State Transit Assistance Program, also known as the STA program, which provides for allocations of funds made available from the Public Transportation…
- § 99312.3 Revenues transferred to the Public Transportation Account pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 6051.8 and paragraph (2) of subdivision (c)…
- § 99312.4 Revenues transferred to the Public Transportation Account pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 11053 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for the Transit and…
- § 99312.5 (a) In the case of a transportation planning agency with county transportation commissions within its area of jurisdiction, the allocations pursuant to…
- § 99312.7 (a) Not later than each January 31st, for purposes of the State Transit Assistance Program, the Controller shall compute, publish, and send to each…
- § 99313 (a) From the funds made available pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 99312 and paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 99312.1, an amount shall be…
- § 99313.1 (a) A transportation planning agency, a county transportation commission, or the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board may transfer any funds that…
- § 99313.3 The amount received by each transportation planning agency and county transportation commission, and the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board,…
- § 99313.6 (a) Each transportation planning agency and county transportation commission, and the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board shall create a state…
- § 99313.7 A public agency authorized to file claims with the transportation planning agency and expend funds pursuant to Section 99234.5, 99234.7, or 99234.9 may also…
- § 99314 (a) From funds made available pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 99312 and paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 99312.1, an amount shall be…
- § 99314.1 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) The “Altamont Corridor Express” or the “authority” is the joint powers…
- § 99314.2 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) The “Southern California Regional Rail Authority” or the “authority” is…
- § 99314.3 (a) The amount allocated to each transportation planning agency and county transportation commission, and the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board…
- § 99314.4 (a) An operator in an urbanized area having a population of less than 200,000 persons may elect to participate in the funding exchange program authorized by…
- § 99314.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, in allocating the funds available pursuant to Section 99313, the transportation planning agencies and county…
- § 99314.6 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e) and Section 99314.7, the following eligibility standards apply: (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), funds shall…
- § 99314.7 (a) In allocating funds for operating purposes pursuant to Sections 99313 and 99314, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission shall apply the following…
- § 99314.8 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for the third and fourth quarters of the 2015–16 fiscal year, and for all four quarters of the 2016–17 fiscal year, the…
- § 99314.9 Commencing with the 2017–18 fiscal year, for the estimates described in Section 99312.7, the Controller shall publish the allocations for each eligible…
- § 99314.10 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for the 2020–21 to 2025–26, inclusive, fiscal years, the Controller shall calculate and publish the allocation of funds made…
- § 99314.11 (a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as specified in subdivision (b), Sections 99314.6 and 99314.7 do not apply to an operator for a fiscal year in… see note
- § 99315 Funds made available pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 99312 shall be available for all of the following purposes: (a) To the department for bus and…
- § 99315.7 All funds from the Public Transportation Account and the State Highway Account, State Transportation Fund, previously allocated by the commission or the…
- § 99315.8 All funds from the Public Transportation Account and the State Highway Account, in the State Transportation Fund, previously allocated by the commission for…
- § 99315.95 All funds from the Public Transportation Account and the State Highway Account, in the State Transportation Fund, previously allocated by the California…
- § 99316 Funds made available pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 99315 shall be appropriated to the department for allocation, as directed by the commission, for…
- § 99317 (a) Funds made available pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 99315 shall be appropriated to the department for allocation, as directed by the commission, to…
- § 99317.1 (a) Funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 99317 shall, in addition to the purposes specified in that section, be available for short-line…
- § 99317.8 (a) A public agency that has received an allocation for funding of an intermodal transfer station pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 99317 shall provide…
- § 99317.9 The department and the commission shall give reasonable priority to allocations pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 99317 to station projects that improve…
- § 99317.10 (a) A public entity which has received an allocation for funding of an intermodal transfer station pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 99317 shall, upon…
- § 99318.1 An intercity rail project nominated by the department shall be eligible to compete for funding pursuant to Section 99317 if it is recommended in the passenger…
- § 99319 (a) If a rail capital improvement project proposed for funding by the department or a local agency includes as an element the addition or improvement of rail…
ARTICLE 7. Limited Obligation Bonds §§ 99320–99383 · 65 sections
- § 99320 This article is not applicable in a county where the transit district has been provided bonding authority by statute.
- § 99320.5 If the transportation planning agency determines that the cost of an approved claim for capital expenditures for public transportation purposes, excluding…
- § 99321 For purposes of this article, “limited obligation bonds” are bonds payable solely from the local transportation fund of the county. The money, or portion…
- § 99322 In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the transportation planning agency may include: (a) All costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected…
- § 99323 The bonds and the resolution providing for their issuance shall state that they are limited obligation bonds payable solely from the revenues.
- § 99324 The term of bonds issued shall not exceed 31 years.
- § 99325 The bonds shall be sold as the transportation planning agency shall determine but for not less than a price which will produce a net interest cost that will…
- § 99326 The bonds are special obligations of the county and shall be a charge against and are secured by a lien upon and shall be payable, as to the principal thereof…
- § 99327 By resolution, the board of supervisors shall pledge, place a charge upon, and assign all or any part of the revenues for the security of the bonds.
- § 99328 The payment of interest on and principal of the bonds and any premiums upon the redemption of any thereof are secured by an exclusive pledge, charge, and lien…
- § 99329 The revenues and any interest earned on the revenues constitute a trust fund for the security and payment of the interest on and principal of the bonds.
- § 99330 So long as any bonds or interest thereon are unpaid following their maturity, the revenues or the designated portion and interest thereon shall not be used for…
- § 99331 If the interest and principal of the bonds and all charges to protect or secure them are paid when due, an amount or amounts for other purposes may be…
- § 99332 Bonds of the same issue shall be equally secured by a pledge, charge, and lien upon the revenues specified in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the…
- § 99333 The general fund or any other fund of the county shall not be liable for the payment of the bonds or their interest.
- § 99334 The general credit or taxing power of the county, other than the sales and use tax as herein provided, shall not be liable for the payment of the bonds or…
- § 99335 The holder of the bonds or coupons shall not compel the exercise of the taxing power by the county, other than the sales and use tax as herein provided, or the…
- § 99336 The principal of and interest on the bonds and any premiums upon the redemption of any thereof are not a debt of the county, nor a legal or equitable pledge,…
- § 99337 Every bond shall recite in substance that the principal of and interest on the bond are payable solely from the revenues pledged to its payment and that the…
- § 99338 The bonds and interest or income from the bonds are exempt from taxation in this state, except from gift, inheritance, and estate taxes.
- § 99339 In the resolution authorizing the bonds, the board of supervisors may, with the consent of the transportation planning agency, insert any of the provisions…
- § 99340 The transportation planning agency may provide for limitations on: (a) The purpose to which the proceeds of sale of any issue of bonds may be applied. (b) The…
- § 99341 The transportation planning agency may provide for events of default and terms upon which the bonds may be declared due before maturity and the terms upon…
- § 99342 The transportation planning agency may provide for the rights, liabilities, powers, and duties arising upon the county’s breach of any covenants, conditions,…
- § 99343 The transportation planning agency may provide for the vesting in a trustee of the right to enforce covenants to secure payment of or in relation to the bonds,…
- § 99344 The transportation planning agency may provide for the terms upon which the bondholders or any percentage of them may enforce covenants or duties imposed by…
- § 99345 The transportation planning agency may require the board of supervisors to provide in the resolution for a procedure for amending or abrogating the terms of…
- § 99346 Any resolution containing such a procedure may also provide for meetings of bondholders or for their written assent without a meeting and the manner of…
- § 99347 The resolution shall specifically state the effect of amendment upon the rights of the holders of all of the bonds and attached or detached interest coupons…
- § 99348 The transportation planning agency may provide for any other acts and things necessary, convenient or desirable to secure the bonds or tending to make them…
- § 99349 The county shall pay or cause to be paid the principal and interest of the bonds on the date, at the place, and in the manner mentioned in the bonds and…
- § 99350 During the period that any of the bonds and the interest thereon are unpaid, the county shall prescribe, revise and collect taxes in the manner provided by…
- § 99351 After making allowances for contingencies and error in the estimates, the taxes, for the respective purposes hereinafter set forth, shall be at least…
- § 99352 A separate, distinct and special account shall be created at or before the issuance of the bonds, which shall be maintained continuously in the local…
- § 99353 All designated revenues shall be deposited in the special account and payments shall be made therefrom as provided in Section 99351.
- § 99354 The county shall preserve and protect the security of the bonds and the rights of the bondholders and warrant and defend their rights against all claims and…
- § 99355 In order to fully preserve and protect the priority and security of the bonds, the county shall pay from the special account in the local transportation fund…
- § 99356 The county shall hold in trust the revenues pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds for the benefit of the bondholders and shall…
- § 99357 The county may invest funds held in reserve, or in any sinking fund, or funds not required for immediate disbursement, in property or securities in which…
- § 99358 The county shall keep proper books of record and accounts of the revenues, separate from all other records and accounts, in which complete and correct entries…
- § 99359 At all times the books shall be subject to the inspection of the holders of not less than 10 percent of the outstanding bonds or their representatives…
- § 99360 The county shall cause to be published a summary statement showing the amount of revenues deposited which are required as security for payment of the principal…
- § 99361 The statement shall be published annually, not more than 120 days after the close of each fiscal year. The county shall furnish a copy of the statement to any…
- § 99362 In the resolution authorizing the bonds, the county may agree that the statement shall be prepared or audited by an independent certified public accountant and…
- § 99363 The duties set forth in this article do not require the county to expend any funds other than revenues pledged to secure payment of the principal of or…
- § 99364 A fiscal or paying agent may be appointed as now or as may hereafter be provided in Article 7 (commencing with Section 54550), Chapter 6, Part 1, Division 2,…
- § 99365 An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil…
- § 99366 Bondholders shall have the remedies as now or as may hereafter be provided in Article 10 (commencing with Section 54640), Chapter 6, Part 1, Division 2, Title…
- § 99367 The bonds may be refunded in the manner now or as may hereafter be provided in Article 11 (commencing with Section 54660), Chapter 6, Part 1, Division 2, Title…
- § 99368 Without the issuance of bonds hereunder, a pledge or allocation from revenues for the payment of bonds and interest issued or to be issued under any other law,…
- § 99369 All bonds issued in pursuance of the provisions of this article shall by their issuance be conclusive evidence of the regularity, validity and legal…
- § 99370 All bonds by their issuance in pursuance of the provisions of this article shall by their issuance be conclusive evidence of the regularity, validity and…
- § 99371 Any action, suit or proceeding of any kind or nature in which the validity of any of the proceedings taken under the provisions of this article is questioned…
- § 99372 This article and all of its provisions shall be liberally construed to the end that the purposes hereof may be effective. If any section, subsection, sentence,…
- § 99373 Proceedings are initiated to issue bonds within the meaning of this article when the board of supervisors, by majority vote, adopts a resolution in conformity…
- § 99374 At its next subsequent meeting, the board of supervisors shall pass an ordinance ordering the submission of the proposition of incurring a bonded debt for the…
- § 99375 Propositions for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the same election.
- § 99376 The ordinance shall recite: (a) The object and purpose of incurring the indebtedness. (b) The estimated cost of the public improvements. (c) The amount of the…
- § 99377 The ordinance may provide that the estimated cost stated therein of the public improvements includes any or all of the following: (a) Legal or other fees…
- § 99378 The ordinance shall be published once a day for at least seven days in a newspaper published at least six days a week in the county, or once a week for two…
- § 99379 If an election called pursuant to this article is consolidated with any other election, the ordinance calling the bond election need not set forth the election…
- § 99380 Except as otherwise provided in the ordinance, the election shall be conducted as other county elections.
- § 99381 If two-thirds of the electors voting on the proposition vote for it, the bonds shall be issued.
- § 99382 When two or more propositions for incurring indebtedness are submitted at the same election, the votes cast for and against each proposition shall be counted…
- § 99383 If any proposition is defeated, the transportation planning agency shall reconsider the application pertaining thereto. Another election on a substantially…
ARTICLE 8. Other Claims for Funds §§ 99400–99408 · 13 sections
- § 99400 Claims may be filed under this article with the transportation planning agency by counties and cities for the following purposes and by transit districts for…
- § 99400.5 Notwithstanding Section 99232, a county or a city in a county in which there is no countywide transit district may file a claim under this article with the…
- § 99400.6 Notwithstanding Section 99232, the County of San Diego may file a claim under this article with the transportation planning agency to provide express bus…
- § 99400.7 Notwithstanding Sections 99232, 99268.3, and 99405, cities within the County of San Diego may file a claim under this article with the transportation planning…
- § 99401 (a) The transportation planning agency shall adopt rules and regulations delineating procedures for the submission of claims under Section 99234 and…
- § 99401.5 Prior to making any allocation not directly related to public transportation services, specialized transportation services, or facilities provided for the…
- § 99401.6 Upon adoption of a finding, pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 99401.5 that there are no unmet transit needs or that there are no unmet transit needs that…
- § 99402 Claims for streets and roads may include those purposes necessary and convenient to the development, construction, and maintenance of the city or county’s…
- § 99403 In the County of Tuolumne, claims by the county or by a city within the county for streets and roads may also include contributions to the state for the…
- § 99405 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the allocation for any purpose specified in Section 99400 may in no year exceed 50 percent of the amount…
- § 99406 Expenditures of moneys received for streets and highways purposes under this article shall be reported to the Controller by way of inclusion of information…
- § 99407 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the transportation planning agency may approve claims filed by a city for the construction of facilities…
- § 99408 Any action to review, set aside, void, or annul the decision of a transportation planning agency made pursuant to Section 99401.5 shall be filed within 30 days…
ARTICLE 9. Joint Development Authority § 99420 · 1 section
- § 99420 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transit operator may enter into agreements with a public agency, public utility, or person or entity, to be…
CHAPTER 5. Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax §§ 99500–99510 · 11 sections
- § 99500 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), in addition to taxes imposed pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 7301), Part 3 (commencing with Section…
- § 99501 For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Taxing entity” means a county other than a county with a transit development board or a county under the jurisdiction of a…
- § 99502 (a) The tax may be imposed by the adoption of an ordinance by a taxing entity if (1) it calls a special election for the submission of a proposition to grant…
- § 99503 A special election for a transit development board or a transit district shall be conducted pursuant to the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing…
- § 99504 (a) The taxing entity shall contract with the State Board of Equalization for the administration of the tax imposed pursuant to the adopted ordinance, and the…
- § 99505 The ordinance shall include provisions identical to those contained in Part 2 (commencing with Section 7301), Part 3 (commencing with Section 8601), and Part…
- § 99506 The State Board of Equalization shall adopt the necessary rules and regulations to administer the tax.
- § 99507 After deducting its cost in administering the tax, the State Board of Equalization shall transmit the net revenues to the taxing entity periodically as…
- § 99508 The net revenues received by a taxing entity shall be expended only for the following: (a) The planning, construction, and maintenance of, and the acquisition…
- § 99509 (a) Notwithstanding Section 99505, any person required to pay a license tax under Section 7351 of the Revenue and Taxation Code shall also collect the tax…
- § 99510 (a) Notwithstanding Section 99505, any person required to pay a tax under Sections 60051, 60052, and 60058 of the Revenue and Taxation Code shall also collect…
CHAPTER 6. Actions and Proceedings to Contest Taxes § 99550 · 1 section
- § 99550 The decision of the California Supreme Court in Los Angeles County Transportation Agency v. Richmond (1982), 31 Cal. 3d 197, shall be applicable to and…
CHAPTER 7. Transit Employer-Employee Relations §§ 99560–99570.4 · 38 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 99560–99560.3 · 4 sections
- § 99560 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) The people of this state have a fundamental interest in the development of harmonious and cooperative labor…
- § 99560.1 As used in this chapter, the following words have the following meanings: (a) “Arbitration” means a method of resolving a rights dispute under which the…
- § 99560.2 This chapter shall be known and may be referred to as the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Transit Employer-Employee Relations Act.
- § 99560.3 This chapter shall only apply to supervisory employees of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
ARTICLE 2. Administration §§ 99561–99561.4 · 5 sections
- § 99561 This chapter shall be administered by the Public Employment Relations Board. In administering this chapter the board shall have all of the following rights,…
- § 99561.1 Any person who shall willfully resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with any member of the board, or any of its agents, in the performance of duties pursuant…
- § 99561.2 The initial determination as to whether the charges of unfair practices are justified, and, if so, what remedy is necessary to effectuate the purposes of this…
- § 99561.3 The board shall have the power to issue a decision and order directing an offending party to cease and desist from the unfair practice and to take affirmative…
- § 99561.4 Notwithstanding any other law, if a decision by an administrative law judge regarding the recognition or certification of an employee organization as described…
ARTICLE 3. Judicial Review § 99562 · 1 section
- § 99562 (a) No employer or employee organization shall have the right to judicial review of a unit determination except: (1) when the board in response to a petition…
ARTICLE 4. Rights, Obligations, Prohibitions, and Unfair Labor Practices §§ 99563–99563.8 · 9 sections
- § 99563 Transit district employees shall have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the…
- § 99563.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of the Government Code or other laws or statutes, the transit district employer shall make deductions from wages and salaries of…
- § 99563.2 Subject to reasonable regulations, employee organizations shall have the right of access at reasonable times to areas in which employees work, the right to use…
- § 99563.3 A reasonable number of representatives of an exclusive representative shall have the right to receive reasonable periods of released or reassigned time without…
- § 99563.4 Transit district employers, or the representatives as they may designate, shall engage in meeting and conferring with the employee organization selected as…
- § 99563.5 (a) The scope of representation shall include all matters relating to employment conditions and employer-employee relations, including, but not limited to,…
- § 99563.6 The duty to meet and confer in good faith requires the parties to begin negotiations prior to the adoption of the final budget for the ensuing year…
- § 99563.7 It shall be unlawful for the transit district employer to do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, to discriminate or…
- § 99563.8 It shall be unlawful for an employee organization to: (a) Cause or attempt to cause the transit district employer to violate Section 99563.7. (b) Impose or…
ARTICLE 5. Employee Organizations: Representation, Recognition, Certification, and Decertification §§ 99564–99564.5 · 6 sections
- § 99564 An employee organization may become the exclusive representative for the employees of an appropriate unit for purposes of meeting and conferring by filing a…
- § 99564.1 The transit district employer shall grant a request for recognition filed pursuant to Section 99564 except in one of the following circumstances: (a) The…
- § 99564.2 A petition may be filed with the board, in accordance with its rules and regulations, requesting it to investigate and decide the question of whether employees…
- § 99564.3 A petition may be filed with the board, in accordance with its rules and regulations, requesting it to investigate and decide the question of whether the…
- § 99564.4 (a) Upon receipt of a petition filed pursuant to Section 99564.2, the board shall conduct inquiries and investigations or hold hearings as it deems necessary…
- § 99564.5 The employee organization recognized or certified as the exclusive representative shall represent all employees in the unit, fairly and impartially. A breach…
ARTICLE 6. Unit Determination § 99565 · 1 section
- § 99565 (a) In each case where the appropriateness of a unit is an issue, in determining an appropriate unit, the board shall take into consideration all of the…
ARTICLE 7. Organizational Security §§ 99566–99566.3 · 4 sections
- § 99566 Subject to the limitations set forth in this chapter, organizational security shall be within the scope of representation.
- § 99566.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon receiving notice from the exclusive representative of a transit district employee who is in a unit for…
- § 99566.2 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (i) of Section 99560.1, Section 99566, or any other provision of this chapter, any employee who is a member of a religious body…
- § 99566.3 Every recognized or certified employee organization shall keep an adequate itemized record of its financial transactions and shall make available annually, to…
ARTICLE 8. Rights-Disputes Arbitration § 99567 · 1 section
- § 99567 (a) An employer and an exclusive representative who enter into a written memorandum of understanding may agree to procedures for final and binding arbitration…
ARTICLE 9. Impasse Procedures § 99568 · 1 section
- § 99568 The impasse procedures contained in Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 1137) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Labor Code shall govern any impasse proceedings…
ARTICLE 10. Public Notice § 99569 · 1 section
- § 99569 (a) All initial proposals of exclusive representatives and of transit district employers, that relate to matters within the scope of representation, shall be…
ARTICLE 11. Miscellaneous §§ 99570–99570.4 · 5 sections
- § 99570 The following proceedings set forth in this section are exempt from the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2…
- § 99570.1 No memorandum of understanding shall contravene any federal or state law, including rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to such laws, prohibiting…
- § 99570.2 If any provision of this chapter or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, or…
- § 99570.3 (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to deprive employees of their rights pursuant to the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (49 U.S.C. Section…
- § 99570.4 For employees of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority covered under this chapter, this chapter shall supersede subdivisions (a) to (c),…
CHAPTER 8. Administrative Enforcement for Fare Evasion and Prohibited Conducts §§ 99580–99582 · 4 sections
- § 99580 (a) Pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 640 of the Penal Code, a public transportation agency may enact and enforce an ordinance to impose and enforce an…
- § 99580.5 A transit district’s ordinance may be enforced outside of the transit district’s jurisdiction only where the local jurisdiction has adopted the transit…
- § 99581 (a) For a period of 21 calendar days from the issuance to a person of the notice of fare evasion or passenger conduct violation, the person may request an…
- § 99582 (a) Within 30 calendar days after the mailing or personal delivery of the decision described in subdivision (c) of Section 99581, the person may seek review by…