DIVISION 15.5. TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY [150000. - 150214.]

Heading of Division 15.5 renumbered from Division 15 (as added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521) by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 163.

§§ 150000–150214 · 41 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions, Findings, and Definitions §§ 150000–150010 · 11 sections

   • § 150000 This division shall be known and may be cited as the Tuolumne County Road Facilities Improvement Act.
   • § 150001 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Recognizing the scarcity of resources available for all transportation development, the…
   • § 150002 “Bonds” means indebtedness and securities of any kind or class, including bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, and commercial paper.
   • § 150003 “Authority” means the Tuolumne County Traffic Authority created pursuant to this division in the County of Tuolumne.
   • § 150004 “City” means the City of Sonora in the County of Tuolumne.
   • § 150005 “County” means the unincorporated area of the County of Tuolumne.
   • § 150006 “County of Tuolumne” and “Tuolumne County” mean the entire territory of the County of Tuolumne, including the territory of incorporated cities within the…
   • § 150007 “Electors” means the electors of the city with respect to a city ordinance, or the electors of the county with respect to a county ordinance.
   • § 150008 “Ordinance” means either a city ordinance or a county ordinance, adopted pursuant to Section 150201, which imposes a retail transactions and use tax within the…
   • § 150009 “Tuolumne County LTC” means the Tuolumne County and Cities Area Planning Council, the transportation planning agency for the county established pursuant to…
   • § 150010 “Voters” means the voters of the city with respect to a city ordinance, or the voters of the county with respect to a county ordinance.
2. CHAPTER 2. Creation of the Authority §§ 150050–150052 · 3 sections

   • § 150050 There is hereby created the Tuolumne County Traffic Authority in the County of Tuolumne.
   • § 150051 The appointed Commissioners of the Tuolumne County LTC shall serve as the Tuolumne County Traffic Authority.
   • § 150052 The authority shall hire only that staff as may be necessary to meet its responsibilities, but shall strive to use the existing Tuolumne County LTC staff and…
3. CHAPTER 3. Administration §§ 150100–150105 · 6 sections

   • § 150100 The organization and procedures manual of the Tuolumne County LTC shall be the established rules for the proceedings and administration of the authority except…
   • § 150101 Meetings of the authority shall be held at least annually and as often as determined necessary by the authority. All meetings of the authority shall be…
   • § 150102 The acts of the authority shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.
   • § 150103 The authority shall expend only that amount of the funds generated pursuant to this division for staff support, audit, administrative expenses, and contract…
   • § 150104 The authority shall do all of the following: (a) Adopt an annual budget. (b) Cause a postaudit of the financial transactions and records of the authority and…
   • § 150105 (a) The authority shall publish, pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, notice of the time and place of the public hearing for the adoption of the…
4. CHAPTER 4. Powers and Functions §§ 150150–150155 · 6 sections

   • § 150150 The authority may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
   • § 150151 The authority may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all court tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
   • § 150152 All claims for money or damages against the authority are governed by Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code except as…
   • § 150153 The authority may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to, contracts and stipulations to indemnify…
   • § 150154 The authority may contract with any department or agency of the United States of America, with any public agency, including, but not limited to, the Department…
   • § 150155 The authority may provide and maintain, by contract with a public agency or by other means, a security force to enforce its regulations, preserve and protect…
5. CHAPTER 5. Transactions and Use Tax §§ 150200–150214 · 15 sections

   • § 150200 The Legislature, by the enactment of this chapter, intends the additional funds provided government agencies by this chapter to supplement existing local…
   • § 150201 A retail transactions and use tax ordinance shall be imposed by the authority in accordance with Section 150206 and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of…
   • § 150202 The retail transactions and use tax ordinance shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, the tax rate or the maximum tax rate, the purposes for which the…
   • § 150203 (a) The county shall conduct the elections called pursuant to Section 150201. (b) The elections shall be called and conducted in the same manner as provided by…
   • § 150204 (a) Any retail transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing…
   • § 150205 (a) Revenues from the retail transactions and use tax imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be allocated by the authority for public transportation purposes…
   • § 150206 (a) The authority, subject to the approval of the voters, may impose a maximum tax rate of 1 percent under this division and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section…
   • § 150207 The authority may reduce the tax rate to a percentage lower than that approved by the voters and may further provide for an increase of the tax rate if it has…
   • § 150208 (a) A ballot proposition to approve an ordinance for the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, shall seek authorization to issue bonds payable from…
   • § 150209 (a) The bonds authorized by the voters concurrently with the approval of the retail transactions and use tax may be issued by the authority at any time, and…
   • § 150210 The authority may provide for the bonds to bear a variable interest rate, for the manner and intervals in which the rate shall vary, and for the dates on which…
   • § 150211 Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time, and from time to time, by the authority by a four-fifths vote of all of its…
   • § 150212 Any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are a legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and…
   • § 150213 Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this chapter or the issuance of…
   • § 150214 The commission may not impose any tax other than the retail transactions and use tax imposed upon approval of the voters in accordance with this division.