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CHAPTER 2. San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission [132000. - 132334.]

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.

§§ 132000–132334 · 49 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions, Findings, and Definitions §§ 132000–132006 · 7 sections
    • § 132000 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission Act.
    • § 132001 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Recognizing the scarcity of resources available for all transportation development,…
    • § 132002 “Bonds” means indebtedness and securities of any kind or class, including bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, and commercial paper.
    • § 132003 “Commission” means the San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission created pursuant to this chapter in the County of San Diego.
    • § 132004 “County” means the County of San Diego.
    • § 132005 “San Diego Association of Governments” means the joint powers agency established pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1…
    • § 132006 “Transit development boards” means the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board and the North San Diego County Transit Development Board.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Creation of the Commission §§ 132050–132053 · 4 sections
    • § 132050 There is hereby created the San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission in the county.
    • § 132051 The Board of Directors of the San Diego Association of Governments shall serve as the San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission.
    • § 132052 The commission shall not hire a staff, but shall use the staff of the San Diego Association of Governments and shall compensate the San Diego Association of…
    • § 132053 On and after a transactions and use tax is imposed pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 132300), the commission may authorize payment from the…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Administration §§ 132100–132106 · 7 sections
    • § 132100 The joint powers agreement, bylaws, and all rules and regulations of the San Diego Association of Governments shall be the established rules for the…
    • § 132101 Meetings of the commission shall be held at least annually and as often as determined necessary by the commission.
    • § 132102 The acts of the commission shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.
    • § 132103 The commission shall expend only that amount of the funds generated pursuant to this chapter for staff support, audit, administrative expenses, and contract…
    • § 132104 The commission shall do all of the following: (a) Adopt an annual budget. (b) Cause a postaudit of the financial transactions and records of the commission and…
    • § 132105 (a) The commission 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…
    • § 132106 The initial meeting of the commission shall be held in the City of San Diego when called by the Board of Directors of the San Diego Association of Governments…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Powers and Functions §§ 132200–132205 · 6 sections
    • § 132200 The commission may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
    • § 132201 The commission may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all court and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
    • § 132202 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…
    • § 132203 The commission may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to, contracts and stipulations to indemnify…
    • § 132204 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…
    • § 132205 The commission 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. ARTICLE 5. Transactions and Use Tax §§ 132300–132314 · 16 sections
    • § 132300 The Legislature, by the enactment of this article, intends the additional funds provided government agencies by this article to supplement existing local…
    • § 132301 (a) A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable to the entirety of, or a portion of, the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the county…
    • § 132302 The commission, in the ordinance, shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, the tax rate or the maximum tax rate, the purposes for which the revenue…
    • § 132303 (a) The county shall conduct an election called by the commission pursuant to Section 132301. (b) The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner…
    • § 132304 (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…
    • § 132305 The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this article may be allocated by the commission for public transportation purposes consistent with the adopted…
    • § 132306 If taxes are imposed pursuant to this article for expenditure for public transit purposes, the commission shall allocate revenues derived therefrom to the…
    • § 132307 (a) The commission, subject to the approval of the voters within the portion of the county to which the tax would apply, may impose a maximum tax rate of 1…
    • § 132308 The commission may reduce a tax rate to percentages lower than that approved by the voters and may further provide for an increase of the tax rate if it has…
    • § 132309 (a) The commission, as part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, shall seek authorization to issue bonds…
    • § 132310 (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…
    • § 132310.5 The commission 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…
    • § 132311 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 members of…
    • § 132312 Any bonds issued pursuant to this article are a legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and…
    • § 132313 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…
    • § 132314 The commission has no power to impose any tax other than the transactions and use tax imposed upon approval of the voters in accordance with this chapter.
  6. ARTICLE 6. Extension, Expansion, or Increase of Transactions and Use Tax §§ 132320–132334 · 9 sections
    • § 132320 For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) To “expand” the transactions and use tax means to expand the purposes…
    • § 132321 (a) The commission may, upon terms, standards, and conditions approved by the commission, transfer environmental mitigation or conservation property to a…
    • § 132322 (a) An ordinance expanding, extending, or increasing the retail transactions and use tax imposed under this chapter shall be imposed by the commission and…
    • § 132324 (a) In the ordinance, the commission shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, the tax rate or the maximum tax rate, and the purposes for which the…
    • § 132326 (a) The county shall conduct an election called by the commission pursuant to Section 132322. (b) The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner…
    • § 132328 (a) Any ordinance extending or expanding, or both, the transactions and use tax shall be operative on the day immediately following the day of the election at…
    • § 132330 Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the extension, expansion, or increase of the retail transactions and use tax, or the issuance…
    • § 132332 The commission has no power to extend, expand, or increase any tax other than the transactions and use tax extended, expanded, or increased upon approval of…
    • § 132334 All provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 132300) relating to allocation of revenues, tax rates, and bonds apply to the expanded, extended, or…