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DIVISION 12. COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS [130000. - 130828.1.]

Division 12 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.

§§ 130000–130828.1 · 235 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions, Findings, and Definitions §§ 130000–130010 · 7 sections
    • § 130000 This division shall be known and may be cited as the County Transportation Commissions Act.
    • § 130001 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) Public demand for an efficient public transportation system in the southern California region resulting…
    • § 130002 As used in this division, “commission” means a county transportation commission created pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 130050).
    • § 130003 As used in this division, “local transportation zones” means cities or unincorporated areas which contain at least one economic center or major trip generator…
    • § 130004 As used in this division, “multicounty designated transportation planning agency” means the Southern California Association of Governments.
    • § 130005 The multicounty designated transportation planning agency shall conduct its meetings in the manner prescribed by the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing…
    • § 130010 Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c) of Section 130109, all provisions of the Orange County Transit District Act of 1965 (Part 4 (commencing with…
  2. CHAPTER 2. Creation of Commissions §§ 130050–130059 · 40 sections
    • § 130050 There is hereby created a commission in Los Angeles County, in Orange County, in Riverside County, and in San Bernardino County.
    • § 130050.1 There is hereby created the Ventura County Transportation Commission. The commission shall be the successor agency to the Ventura County Association of…
    • § 130050.2 There is hereby created the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The authority shall be the single successor agency to the Southern…
    • § 130051 The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority consists of 14 members, as follows: (a) Five members of the Los Angeles County Board of…
    • § 130051.1 Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 130051, if a member appointed by the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles is not a member of the city council of that…
    • § 130051.5 Every member of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is subject to Section 87100 of the Government Code.
    • § 130051.6 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each member of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall serve a term of four years or…
    • § 130051.7 (a) The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission and the Southern California Rapid Transit District shall conduct joint regular meetings at least once…
    • § 130051.9 (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall appoint a full-time chief executive officer who shall act for the authority under its…
    • § 130051.10 (a) The members of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall be appointed no later than February 1, 1993. The authority shall have no…
    • § 130051.11 (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority may determine its organizational structure, which may include, but is not limited to, the…
    • § 130051.12 (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall, at a minimum, reserve to itself exclusively, all of the following powers and…
    • § 130051.13 On April 1, 1993, the Southern California Rapid Transit District and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission are abolished. Upon the abolishment of…
    • § 130051.14 On and after April 1, 1993, any reference in this part, or in any other provision of law or regulation, to the Southern California Rapid Transit District or to…
    • § 130051.15 (a) Upon the abolishment of the Southern California Rapid Transit District and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, the Los Angeles County…
    • § 130051.16 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall assume the duties, obligations, and liabilities…
    • § 130051.17 Any gifts received by members of the board or employees of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall be governed by applicable state…
    • § 130051.18 (a) This section, in addition to rules or codes adopted by the board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, shall regulate lobbying…
    • § 130051.19 (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall adopt an affirmative action plan for its management positions which reflects the ethnic…
    • § 130051.20 (a) A former board member or employee of MTA shall not accept compensation from an MTA contractor as an employee, officer, director, or consultant of the…
    • § 130051.21 The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission and the Southern California Rapid Transit District shall each cause a supplemental independent fiscal audit to…
    • § 130051.22 (a) The authority may establish and maintain a prequalification program for bidders on contracts not covered by subdivision (b). (b) On public projects, as…
    • § 130051.23 Whenever the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority by resolution determines that any record, map, book, or paper in the possession of the…
    • § 130051.24 (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) The “authority” is the Los…
    • § 130051.25 (a) For the purpose of this section, “recordable injury” means any injury requiring treatment beyond simple first aid. (b) A construction firm that contracts…
    • § 130051.28 (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall appoint an inspector general to a term of office of four years. The inspector general…
    • § 130052 The Orange County Transportation Commission shall be known as the Orange County Transportation Authority and shall be governed by a board of directors…
    • § 130052.1 The members of the Orange County Transportation Authority, comprised as specified by Section 130052, shall serve as the governing body of the Orange County…
    • § 130052.2 Until July 1, 1996, any included municipal operator within the jurisdiction of the Orange County Transportation Authority shall annually be allocated a level…
    • § 130052.3 (a) The Orange County Transportation Commission, the Orange County Transit District, the Orange County Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies, and the…
    • § 130053 The Riverside County Transportation Commission shall consist of the following regular members: (a) Five members of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.…
    • § 130053.5 (a) The Riverside County Board of Supervisors shall establish a procedure by which a member of that board may appoint an alternate member of the board of…
    • § 130053.7 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), each regular member of the Riverside County Transportation Commission, or an alternate member acting in the place…
    • § 130054.1 The Ventura County Transportation Commission shall consist of the following members: (a) Five members of the Ventura County Board of Supervisors. (b) One…
    • § 130054.8 The Governor shall appoint a nonvoting member to each of the commissions to represent the interest of state. The appointees shall serve terms of four years and…
    • § 130055 The commissions shall merge with, or otherwise join, any statutorily created multifunctional regional government organization, if it has transportation…
    • § 130056 The commissions shall rely to the maximum extent possible on existing state, regional, and local transportation planning and programming data and expertise,…
    • § 130057 It is the intent of the Legislature that, after the development and approval of the short-range transportation improvement program pursuant to subdivision (b)…
    • § 130058 It is the intent of the Legislature that, working through the multicounty designated transportation planning agency, the four commissions be encouraged to…
    • § 130059 The multicounty designated transportation planning agency shall convene at least two meetings annually of representatives from each of the four commissions,…
  3. CHAPTER 3. Administration §§ 130100–130110 · 13 sections
    • § 130100 Except as otherwise provided in Section 130052, each commission at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the first meeting in January or at such other…
    • § 130101 The commission shall establish rules for its proceedings consistent with the law of the State of California.
    • § 130102 A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official acts of the commission shall require…
    • § 130103 The acts of the commission shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.
    • § 130104 (a) All meetings of the commission shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950), Part 1,…
    • § 130105 The commission shall: (a) Adopt an annual budget and fix the compensation of its officers and employees. (b) Adopt an administrative code, by ordinance, which…
    • § 130106 Notice of time and place of the public hearing for the adoption of the annual budget shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, and…
    • § 130107 The commission shall appoint a full-time executive director who shall act for the commission under its direction. The commission may appoint such officers as…
    • § 130108 (a) Each member of a commission may be compensated at a rate not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for any day attending to the business of the commission,…
    • § 130108.5 Notwithstanding Section 130108, the Board of Directors of the Orange County Transportation Authority may allow members of the board necessary traveling and…
    • § 130109 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the commission shall enter into a contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’…
    • § 130109.1 Upon creation of the Ventura County Transportation Commission, and on the effective date of a contract with the Board of Administration of the Public…
    • § 130110 (a) For employees of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority not in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization, the authority…
  4. CHAPTER 4. Powers and Functions §§ 130200–130455 · 102 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Corporate Powers §§ 130200–130203 · 4 sections
      • § 130200 The commission has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
      • § 130201 The commission may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
      • § 130202 All claims for money or damages against the commission are governed by Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code except as…
      • § 130203 Whenever a commission, by resolution, determines that any record, map, book, paper, or other document of the commission in the possession of the commission or…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Contracts §§ 130220–130246 · 20 sections
      • § 130220 The commission may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise,…
      • § 130220.5 (a) The commission has the power of eminent domain to take any property necessary, incidental, or convenient to the exercise of its powers pursuant to this…
      • § 130221 The commission may contract with any department or agency of the United States of America, with any public agency (including, but not limited to, the…
      • § 130231 (a) The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission is authorized to impose a transactions and use tax within the County of Los Angeles pursuant to the…
      • § 130232 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (f) and (g), purchase of all supplies, equipment, and materials, and the construction of all facilities and works, when…
      • § 130233 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if, after rejecting bids received under Section 130232, the commission determines and declares, by a two-thirds vote…
      • § 130234 In case of any great public calamity, such as an extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic, or other disaster, or interruption of contracts essential to the…
      • § 130235 (a) Upon determining that immediate remedial measures to avert or alleviate damage to property, or to replace, repair, or restore damaged or destroyed…
      • § 130236 Notwithstanding Section 130232, and upon a finding by two-thirds vote of all members of the commission that the proposed purchase in compliance with Sections…
      • § 130237 Notwithstanding Section 130232, the commission may direct the purchase of any supply, equipment, or material without observance of any provision in this…
      • § 130238 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that (1) because of the highly specialized and unique nature of all rail transit equipment, (2) because of products and…
      • § 130239 In order to facilitate the participation of minority-owned and women-owned businesses and disadvantaged individuals in activities and contracts of the…
      • § 130240 (a) “Transit” means as defined in Section 40005. (b) (1) The Orange County Transportation Authority may acquire, construct, develop, lease, jointly develop,…
      • § 130240.1 (a) The Orange County Transportation Authority may enter into agreements for the joint use or joint development of any property or rights by the authority and…
      • § 130240.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Orange County Transportation Authority may acquire rights-of-way from willing sellers for the following…
      • § 130241 All the provisions of the Orange County Transit District Act of 1965 (Part 4 (commencing with Section 40000) of Division 10), regarding the powers and…
      • § 130242 (a) In addition to the other powers it possesses, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority may enter into contracts with private entities,…
      • § 130244 (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Authority” means the Orange County Transportation Authority.…
      • § 130245 (a) An advisory committee shall be created to review issues and make recommendations to the Orange County Transportation Authority and the Riverside County…
      • § 130246 The Riverside County Transportation Commission may enter into contracts with private vendors for the performance of the following services: (a) Enforcement of…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Transportation Systems §§ 130250–130263 · 15 sections
      • § 130250 The commission shall coordinate the operation of all public transportation services within the county so as to achieve efficient operation thereof and shall…
      • § 130251 It is the intent of the Legislature that, if, at the time the commission commences operation, an application to the federal government has been submitted, or…
      • § 130252 (a) All plans proposed for the design, construction, and implementation of public mass transit systems or projects, including exclusive public mass transit…
      • § 130253 Any plan for a transit system proposed to serve more than one county shall also be submitted for approval by the multicounty designated transportation planning…
      • § 130254 The commission shall designate the operator of any approved transit guideway system. Except as specified in Section 130254.5, the Los Angeles County…
      • § 130254.5 The City of Los Angeles may design, construct, and operate a point-to-point transportation system on or between property under the jurisdiction and control of…
      • § 130255 (a) If a commuter or urban rail transit system is proposed to serve two or more counties, the commissions in those counties shall form a joint powers entity to…
      • § 130256 The commission shall require all planning for guideway and rapid transit systems be coordinated with the Department of Transportation and the multicounty…
      • § 130257 The commission may enter into an agreement with the Department of Transportation for the department to provide those services which are within the capabilities…
      • § 130258 If the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission is authorized to construct a transit guideway system, the commission shall closely coordinate the planning,…
      • § 130259 (a) Not later than February 1, 1978, the commissions in Riverside County and San Bernardino County shall, and the commissions in Los Angeles County and Orange…
      • § 130260 The Orange County Transportation Commission may establish local transportation zones only in those areas where the commission determines that the Orange County…
      • § 130261 The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission may establish local transportation zones only in those areas where the commission determines by eight…
      • § 130262 The commission shall require full cooperation and coordination between the regional operator, the municipal operators, and the local transportation zones in…
      • § 130263 The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall not reduce, by order or by reducing funding, the size of the service areas under the jurisdiction of…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Smart Freeway Corridor Telecommunications Demonstration Projects §§ 130290–130292 · 3 sections
      • § 130290 As used in this article: (a) “Smart freeway corridor” means a segment of a state highway route in an urban area selected for a smart freeway demonstration…
      • § 130291 A smart freeway demonstration project shall be comprised of the following elements: (a) A linked traffic monitoring network of traffic monitoring devices…
      • § 130292 (a) The project shall be coordinated by the statutorily created county transportation commission in whose jurisdiction the project is located. The county…
    5. ARTICLE 5. Transportation Planning and Programming §§ 130300–130306 · 8 sections
      • § 130300 The Legislature finds and declares: (a) That the near-term programming and budgeting requirements of state and federal law is a cooperative intergovernmental…
      • § 130301 The multicounty designated transportation planning agency which includes the area of the commission shall be responsible for long-range transportation system…
      • § 130302 The role of the multicounty designated transportation planning agency, in coordinating, reviewing, and resolving intercommission conflicts, approving…
      • § 130303 With respect to the area under its jurisdiction, the commission shall be responsible for short-range capital and service planning directed to: (a)…
      • § 130303.1 In addition to its short-range transportation planning responsibilities, the commission shall also be responsible, pursuant to Section 180206, for developing…
      • § 130304 (a) The county transportation commission shall submit the short-range transportation improvement program prepared pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 130303…
      • § 130305 The commission shall take all action necessary to obtain the maximum amount of funding available pursuant to Section 1602 of Title 49 of the United States…
      • § 130306 The commission shall determine the projects on the federal-aid urban system to be funded. The commission shall determine the projects to be funded pursuant to…
    6. ARTICLE 6. Transactions and Use Taxes §§ 130350–130355 · 9 sections
      • § 130350 A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the County of Los Angeles may be adopted by the Los…
      • § 130350.4 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) In authorizing the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to impose a…
      • § 130350.5 (a) In addition to any other tax that it is authorized by law to impose, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) may impose, in…
      • § 130350.7 (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), in addition to any other tax it is authorized to impose or has imposed, may impose a…
      • § 130351 The County of Los Angeles shall conduct the special election called by the commission pursuant to Section 130350, and the commission shall reimburse the county…
      • § 130352 Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing not less than 180 days after…
      • § 130353 Repeal of the transactions and use tax ordinance shall not be operative earlier than the first day of the first calendar quarter following the adoption of the…
      • § 130354 The revenues received by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission from the imposition of the transactions and use taxes shall be used for public…
      • § 130355 Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this article or any of the…
    7. ARTICLE 7. Transit Service Dispute Resolution §§ 130370–130373 · 4 sections
      • § 130370 (a) Not later than February 1, 1980, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, in cooperation with all the transit operators in the County of Los…
      • § 130371 The rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Criteria to determine the definition and validity of a transit service…
      • § 130372 (a) The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall have sole authority to resolve any transit service dispute between transit operators in the County…
      • § 130373 Prior to January 1, 1981, only a transit service dispute submitted by a transit operator in the County of Los Angeles may be resolved by the Los Angeles County…
    8. ARTICLE 8. Transit Coordination and Service Program §§ 130380–130385 · 6 sections
      • § 130380 Prior to October 1, 1980, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, in cooperation with all transit operators in the County of Los Angeles, shall…
      • § 130381 The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall adopt by eight affirmative votes of the voting members, or designated alternates, a transit coordination…
      • § 130382 (a) After April 1, 1981, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall implement the recommendations of the transit coordination and service program,…
      • § 130383 The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall adopt an updated transit coordination and service program not later than January 10, 1983, and…
      • § 130384 (a) The updated transit coordination and service program, and any amendment to the program, shall be adopted by the Los Angeles County Transportation…
      • § 130385 (a) Any transit operator in the County of Los Angeles which disagrees with any portion of the transit coordination and service program, or any amendment…
    9. ARTICLE 9. Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange §§ 130400–130442 · 27 sections
      • § 130400 As used in this article: (a) “Commission” means the county transportation commission created in Orange County pursuant to Section 130000. (b) “County” means…
      • § 130400.5 The Legislature, by the enactment of this article, intends the county and cities therein to use any additional funds provided them by this article to…
      • § 130401 A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the county may be adopted by the commission in…
      • § 130402 The commission, in the ordinance, shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, shall provide the tax rate or rates or the maximum tax rate or rates, and…
      • § 130403 (a) The County of Orange shall conduct the special election called by the commission pursuant to Section 130401, and the commission shall reimburse the county…
      • § 130404 (a) Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this article shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more…
      • § 130405 The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this article may be allocated by the commission for public transportation purposes, including, but not limited…
      • § 130406 (a) If the commission decides to adopt a retail transactions and use tax pursuant to this article, the commission shall review and assess the needs for the…
      • § 130407 (a) The commission may annually review and propose amendments to the expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 130406 to provide for the use of additional…
      • § 130408 The expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 130406, and any amendment adopted pursuant to Section 130407, shall include a provision for an annual…
      • § 130409 An amended expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 130407 may include a provision to reduce a tax rate to percentages lower than that approved by the…
      • § 130409.5 If a retail transactions and use tax is adopted pursuant to this article, the commission shall prepare and submit a report to the Department of Transportation,…
      • § 130410 (a) The commission is authorized to impose a maximum tax rate of 1 percent under this article and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the…
      • § 130411 (a) The actual wording of the proposition on any short form of ballot card, label, or other device, regardless of the system of voting used, shall read as…
      • § 130412 The commission may, as part of the same ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, seek authorization to issue bonds…
      • § 130413 The commission may further, as part of the same proposition, submit to the voters a proposal to increase any appropriations limits heretofore imposed upon the…
      • § 130420 (a) The bonds authorized by the voters concurrently with the approval of the retail transactions and use tax may be issued by the commission at any time, and…
      • § 130421 (a) Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time, and from time to time, by the commission by a two-thirds vote of all…
      • § 130422 (a) The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding the maximum allowable by law, payable semiannually, except that the first interest payable…
      • § 130423 (a) The bonds may be sold as the commission determines by resolution. The commission may sell the bonds at a price below par; provided, however, that the…
      • § 130424 Delivery of any bonds may be made at any place either inside or outside the state, and the purchase price may be received in cash or bank credits.
      • § 130425 All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of principal of and interest on the…
      • § 130430 (a) The commission may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the commission upon the terms, at…
      • § 130435 (a) The commission may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized pursuant to this article, but which have not been sold and…
      • § 130440 Any bonds which shall be issued under the provisions of this article shall be legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies,…
      • § 130441 Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this article or the issuance of…
      • § 130442 If the measure to adopt the transaction and use tax pursuant to Section 130401 is not submitted to the electors on or before December 31, 1985, then this…
    10. ARTICLE 10. Regional Transit Services Program §§ 130450–130455 · 6 sections
      • § 130450 For purposes of this article: (a) “Commissions” means the county transportation commissions of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties. (b)…
      • § 130451 (a) The commissions shall jointly develop an implementation program for regional transit services. In developing the program, the commissions shall consult…
      • § 130452 The commissions shall hold a joint public hearing in each county in their jurisdiction on the draft program no earlier than 30 days after the draft has been…
      • § 130453 The initial regional transit services draft program shall be completed by December 1, 1990. The initial program need not reflect intercounty bus services. The…
      • § 130454 The adopted program shall serve as the basis for a coordinated application submitted by the commissions for funds allocated by the California Transportation…
      • § 130455 This article shall become operative only if the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, the Orange County Transportation Commission, the Riverside County…
  5. CHAPTER 5. Los Angeles County Transportation Commission Revenue Bond Act §§ 130500–130553 · 37 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 130500–130502 · 3 sections
      • § 130500 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission Revenue Bond Act.
      • § 130501 The Legislature finds that alternative methods of financing provided in this chapter are needed to finance the cost of acquiring, constructing, and developing…
      • § 130502 It is the purpose of this chapter to carry out and make effective the findings of the Legislature and, to that end, to provide an alternative method of…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 130510–130519 · 10 sections
      • § 130510 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
      • § 130511 “Bonds” means indebtedness and securities of any kind or class, including bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, commercial paper, and other obligations.
      • § 130512 “Commission” means the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission created pursuant to Section 130050 and any board, commission, department, or officer…
      • § 130513 “Cost,” as applied to a project or portion thereof financed under this chapter, means all or any part of the cost of construction and acquisition of all real…
      • § 130514 “Notes” means notes and agreements relating thereto, bond anticipation notes, and commercial paper.
      • § 130515 “Transit project” or “project” means real and personal property, including, but not limited to, land, structures and all improvements thereto, works, vehicles,…
      • § 130516 “Public agency” means any state agency, department, board, or commission, any county, city, regional agency, district, or other political subdivision.
      • § 130517 “Public transit purposes,” as used in this chapter and in Section 130354, includes a pledge of transactions and use tax revenues to secure any bonds issued…
      • § 130518 “Revenues” means all rents, receipts, purchase payments, and all other income or receipts derived by the commission, whether from fares, the sale, lease, or…
      • § 130519 (a) The “Los Angeles Metro Rail project” means an 18.6 mile rail line and necessary support facilities and equipment as described in the June 1983…
    3. ARTICLE 3. General Powers and Duties §§ 130520–130522 · 3 sections
      • § 130520 The commission may incur indebtedness and obligations as provided by this chapter.
      • § 130521 The commission may acquire by deed, purchase, lease, contract, gift, devise, or otherwise, any real or personal property, structures, rights, rights-of-way,…
      • § 130522 The commission may do all of the following: (a) Fix, collect, and revise from time to time, rates, rents, fees, fares, and charges for the use of, and for any…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Bonds and Notes §§ 130530–130545 · 17 sections
      • § 130530 The commission may issue bonds for purposes authorized by this chapter, and to fund or refund them, pursuant to this chapter.
      • § 130531 Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) The commission and its revenues are exempt from all taxes on, or measured by, income. (b) Bonds issued by the…
      • § 130532 The commission may from time to time issue or renew notes in anticipation of the sale of bonds or otherwise. The commission may also issue notes partly to…
      • § 130533 (a) Except as provided in this subdivision and as may be otherwise expressly provided by the commission, all issues of its bonds are special obligations of the…
      • § 130534 (a) The bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds, or the commission, in its discretion, may issue bonds of both types. (b) The bonds shall be…
      • § 130535 (a) At times that the commission desires to issue bonds, it shall adopt a resolution specifying the total amount of bonds proposed to be issued. (b) Any…
      • § 130536 Neither the members of the commission, nor any person executing the bonds, are liable personally on the bonds, or are subject to any personal liability or…
      • § 130537 The commission may, from any funds available therefor, purchase its bonds. The commission may hold, pledge, cancel, or resell the bonds, subject to, and in…
      • § 130538 (a) At the discretion of the commission, any bonds issued under this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the commission and a trustee,…
      • § 130538.5 The commission shall take no action which will materially impair the security pledged for any bonds which it has previously issued.
      • § 130539 All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of the trust agreement or resolution may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of a project.
      • § 130540 (a) Bonds issued under this chapter do not constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any other public agency, other than the commission, or a pledge of…
      • § 130541 The commission may provide for the issuance of bonds of the commission for the purpose of refunding any bond then outstanding, including the payment of any…
      • § 130542 (a) The proceeds of any bonds issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds may, in the discretion of the commission, be applied to the purchase or…
      • § 130543 The proceeds of any bonds issued for the additional purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of constructing and acquiring additions, improvements,…
      • § 130544 Bonds issued pursuant to Section 130542 are subject to this chapter in the same manner and to the same extent as other bonds issued pursuant to this chapter.
      • § 130545 The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are legal investments for all trust funds, the funds of all insurance companies, commercial or savings banks, trust…
    5. ARTICLE 5. Supplemental Provisions §§ 130550–130553 · 4 sections
      • § 130550 This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.
      • § 130551 (a) This chapter provides a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and is supplemental and additional to…
      • § 130552 The State of California does hereby pledge to, and agree with, the holders of any bonds issued under this chapter and with those parties who may enter into…
      • § 130553 To the extent that the provisions of this chapter, with respect to the financing of transit systems or facilities, are inconsistent with the provisions of any…
  6. CHAPTER 6. Code of Conduct for the Board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority §§ 130600–130730 · 23 sections
    • § 130600 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Board” means the board of directors of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation…
    • § 130605 Any reference in this chapter to “chief executive officer,” “general counsel,” “counsel,” “inspector general,” “ethics officer,” “board secretary,” or…
    • § 130607 (a) This chapter, in addition to rules or codes adopted by the board, shall be the code of conduct for the board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan…
    • § 130610 (a) The board shall appoint an ethics officer, who shall report to the board and operate in an independent manner. (b) When in doubt as to the applicability of…
    • § 130615 (a) This chapter shall be enforced by the inspector general. (b) Any violation of this chapter that is also a violation of other state law or of local or…
    • § 130620 (a) Sanctions for violations of this chapter shall be determined by the board. The sanctions imposed shall depend upon the severity of the infraction and may…
    • § 130625 (a) Confidential information, particularly investigative reports for the inspector general and procurement information, shall not be disclosed beyond the…
    • § 130630 The role of the board as it relates to the MTA is as follows: (a) The board provides counsel and direction to management and shall not be involved in the…
    • § 130635 The rules of conduct at board meetings shall be governed by the board’s adopted rules and procedures. Board members shall treat MTA employees and colleagues on…
    • § 130640 (a) Board members shall not engage in personal attacks on MTA employees or attempt to discipline any employee. (b) Any concerns regarding an employee’s…
    • § 130650 Committee chairs shall present items from their committee meetings and the recommendation of their committee.
    • § 130655 (a) All board members shall be afforded an adequate opportunity to review written motions having financial or policy implications before the board meeting. (b)…
    • § 130660 (a) Board members or their staff are prohibited from soliciting or accepting any gift from a person or entity, including the person’s or entity’s lobbyists,…
    • § 130670 The payment for, and reimbursement of, board travel shall be governed by applicable state law and MTA’s administrative code.
    • § 130675 (a) Board members shall not direct or request that any MTA employee, contractor, or proposer make a charitable contribution. (b) (1) This section does not…
    • § 130680 (a) The chief executive officer shall be responsible for ensuring the MTA has an independent professional procurement staff. The chief executive officer and…
    • § 130685 (a) Commencing with the issuance of a request for proposal (RFP), request for interest in qualification (RFIQ), or invitation for bid (IFB), and ending on the…
    • § 130705 (a) Board members or their staff shall not engage in any employment, activity, or enterprise that is inconsistent, incompatible, or in conflict with the duties…
    • § 130710 The MTA shall not contract with any of the following: (a) Board members or their staff. (b) Any profit-making firm or business in which a board member or…
    • § 130715 (a) Former board members or their staff shall not participate in any contract with MTA for a period of 12 months after leaving the board. (b) For a period of…
    • § 130720 (a) Board members shall file Statements of Economic Interest with the ethics officer pursuant to state law, within 30 days of assuming office, annually, and…
    • § 130725 Any person who receives compensation to regularly provide advice, recommendations, or counsel to board members regarding MTA activities shall file a Statement…
    • § 130730 (a) Any person who provides advice, recommendations, or counsel to board members regarding MTA activities and also advises another public or private entity…
  7. CHAPTER 7. San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Consolidation Act of 2017 §§ 130800–130828.1 · 13 sections
    • § 130800 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Consolidation Act of 2017.
    • § 130803 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Authority” means the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority established…
    • § 130806 There is hereby created the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority. The authority shall be the successor to the powers, duties, revenues, debts,…
    • § 130807 The San Bernardino County Transportation Commission shall be known as the authority.
    • § 130809 (a) The authority may exercise all rights and powers, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the power to issue bonds, and rely on any immunities…
    • § 130812 The authority may bring an action to determine the validity of its bonds, warrants, contracts, obligations, or evidences of indebtedness issued on or after…
    • § 130815 (a) The governing body of the authority shall consist of the following members: (1) Five members of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors. (2) One…
    • § 130818 (a) Any reference to the San Bernardino County Transportation Commission or to a County of San Bernardino transportation commission, local transportation…
    • § 130821 (a) Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 180000), Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 180200), and, except Section 180260, Chapter 6 (commencing with Section…
    • § 130824 (a) After the creation of the authority and on the effective date of a resolution of the Board of Retirement of the San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement…
    • § 130827 The authority shall have the power to contract to provide the services of its employees to San Bernardino Associated Governments upon lawful terms and…
    • § 130828 (a) Notwithstanding Section 130232, the authority, upon approval of the board of directors, may use the design-build contracting process described in Chapter 4…
    • § 130828.1 The following applies to Section 130828: The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made…