DIVISION 19. LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES [180000. - 180305.]

Division 19 added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.

§§ 180000–180305 · 54 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 180000–180003 · 4 sections

   • § 180000 This division shall be known and may be cited as the Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act.
   • § 180001 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Local highway and transportation improvements and services are an immediate high priority…
   • § 180002 “Authority” means a local transportation authority created or designated pursuant to this division.
   • § 180003 This division shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes. No inadvertent error, irregularity, informality, or the inadvertent neglect or…
2. CHAPTER 2. Creation of Local Transportation Authority §§ 180050–180052 · 3 sections

   • § 180050 A county board of supervisors may create an authority to operate within the county to carry out this division, or may designate a transportation planning…
   • § 180051 (a) A board of supervisors that chooses to create an entirely new entity as an authority pursuant to Section 180050 shall determine the membership of the…
   • § 180052 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), members of an authority which is an entirely new entity shall serve for a term of not more than four years. (b) At…
3. CHAPTER 3. Administration §§ 180100–180111 · 12 sections

   • § 180100 The authority at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the meeting designated by the authority, shall elect a chairperson who shall preside at all…
   • § 180101 The authority shall adopt rules for its proceedings consistent with the laws of the state.
   • § 180102 A majority of the members of the authority constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official acts of the authority requires the…
   • § 180103 The acts of the authority shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.
   • § 180104 All meetings of the authority shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government…
   • § 180105 The authority shall do all the following: (a) Adopt an annual budget. (b) Adopt an administrative code, by ordinance, which prescribes the powers and duties of…
   • § 180106 (a) The authority may hire an independent staff of its own or contract with any department or agency of the United States or with any public agency to…
   • § 180107 The authority shall fix the compensation of its officers and employees.
   • § 180108 (a) Notice of the time and place of a public hearing on the adoption of the annual budget shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code…
   • § 180109 (a) The authority shall rely, to the extent possible, on existing state, regional, and local transportation planning and programming data and expertise, rather…
   • § 180110 The authority shall consult with, and coordinate its actions to secure funding for the completion and improvement of the priority regional highways, with the…
   • § 180111 The authority shall prepare and adopt an annual report each year on progress made to achieve the objective of improving transportation conditions related to…
4. CHAPTER 4. Powers and Functions §§ 180150–180154 · 5 sections

   • § 180150 The authority may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
   • § 180151 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…
   • § 180152 The authority may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise,…
   • § 180153 The authority may contract with any department or agency of the United States, with any public agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of…
   • § 180154 (a) Contracts for the purchase of services, supplies, equipment, and materials in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be awarded to the lowest…
5. CHAPTER 5. Transactions and Use Taxes §§ 180200–180207 · 8 sections

   • § 180200 The Legislature, by the enactment of this division, intends that the additional funds provided governmental agencies by this chapter shall supplement existing…
   • § 180201 A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of a county may be imposed by the authority in…
   • § 180202 The authority, in the ordinance, shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, shall provide the tax rate or the maximum tax rate, shall specify the period…
   • § 180203 (a) The county shall conduct the special election called by the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 180201. If the measure is approved, the authority…
   • § 180204 (a) Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more…
   • § 180205 The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this chapter may be allocated by the authority for the construction and improvement of state highways, the…
   • § 180206 (a) A county transportation expenditure plan shall be prepared for the expenditure of the revenues expected to be derived from the tax imposed pursuant to this…
   • § 180207 (a) The authority may annually review and propose amendments to the county transportation expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 180206 to provide for…
6. CHAPTER 6. Bonds §§ 180250–180264 · 16 sections

   • § 180250 (a) As part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, authorization may be sought to issue bonds to finance…
   • § 180250.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, together with the establishment of an appropriations limit…
   • § 180251 (a) The bonds authorized by the voters concurrently with the approval of the retail transactions and use tax may be issued at any time by the authority and…
   • § 180252 Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time by a two-thirds vote of the authority. Each resolution shall provide for the…
   • § 180253 (a) A resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds shall state all of the following: (1) The purposes for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may…
   • § 180254 The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding the maximum allowable by law, payable at intervals determined by the commission.
   • § 180255 In the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, the authority may also provide for the call and redemption of the bonds prior to maturity at the times…
   • § 180256 The principal of, and interest on, the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer of the authority, or at other…
   • § 180257 The bonds, or each series of bonds, shall be dated and numbered consecutively and shall be signed by the chairperson, vice chairperson, or other authorized…
   • § 180258 The bonds may be sold as the authority determines by resolution, and the bonds may be sold at a price below par, whether by negotiated or public sale.
   • § 180259 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.
   • § 180260 All accrued interest received on the sale of the bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds,…
   • § 180261 (a) The authority may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the authority upon the terms, at…
   • § 180262 (a) The authority may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized pursuant to this chapter, but which have not been sold or…
   • § 180263 Any bonds issued under this chapter are legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and trust…
   • § 180264 Any action or proceedings wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this chapter or the issuance of…
7. CHAPTER 7. Sacramento Transportation Authority §§ 180300–180305 · 6 sections

   • § 180300 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) In the County of Sacramento, the authority seeks to address local transportation needs by raising…
   • § 180301 Unless expressly stated in this chapter, the provisions set forth in this division apply to the authority. This chapter is not intended to limit or otherwise…
   • § 180302 For purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (a) “Active transportation” means infrastructure…
   • § 180303 (a) The authority may issue bonds to finance costs of high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities within the County of Sacramento approved by the…
   • § 180304 (a) The allowable expenditure categories set forth in Section 180205 shall also include the construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure that…
   • § 180305 (a) (1) An ordinance and corresponding expenditure plan may be imposed by the authority in a geographic area that comprises less than the total area of the…