DIVISION 17. TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS [30000. - 31490.]
Heading of Division 17 amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 375, Sec. 1.
§§ 30000–31490 · 336 sections
CHAPTER 1. The California Toll Bridge Authority Act §§ 30000–30506 · 83 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 30000–30008 · 8 sections
- § 30000 This chapter may be cited as the California Toll Bridge Authority Act.
- § 30002 Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the general provisions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
- § 30003 “Commission” means the California Transportation Commission.
- § 30004 “Toll bridge,” “bridge,” “subway,” “tunnel,” “tube,” and “highway crossing” include all appurtenances and additions, alterations or improvements thereto or…
- § 30005 “Transportation facilities” means all facilities for the transportation of passengers and property to and over any toll bridge, tube or other highway crossing…
- § 30006 “Additional transportation facilities” means all facilities for the transportation of passengers and property connected or coordinated with or to be connected…
- § 30007 “Bond” means any written evidence of indebtedness which the authority may issue pursuant to this chapter in order to secure funds with which to carry out the…
- § 30008 Nothing in this chapter prevents the State from making appropriations from time to time in aid of the acquisition or construction pursuant to this chapter of…
ARTICLE 2. California Transportation Commission § 30050 · 1 section
- § 30050 (a) The California Toll Bridge Authority is hereby abolished, and the California Transportation Commission succeeds to, and is vested with, the duties, powers,…
ARTICLE 3. General Powers and Duties of the Commission §§ 30100–30114 · 22 sections
- § 30100 Whenever, in the opinion of the commission and of the department, it is necessary or desirable to do so, the commission shall authorize and direct the…
- § 30100.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission may include, in any issue of revenue bonds, funds sufficient to finance the establishment of a ferry…
- § 30100.5 Notwithstanding Section 30100 or any other provision of law, no bridge or other highway crossing shall be constructed across San Francisco Bay by the…
- § 30101 Except as otherwise provided by statute for the commission and the Bay Area Toll Authority, the commission shall fix the rates of toll and other charges for…
- § 30101.5 The commission may permit authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in Section 165 of the Vehicle Code, responding to or returning from mutual aid calls or…
- § 30101.6 The commission shall grant toll-free passage on all toll bridges, tubes, and other toll highway crossings under its jurisdiction to members of the California…
- § 30101.7 (a) The commission shall grant toll free passage on all toll bridges, tubes, and other toll highway crossings under its jurisdiction to vehicles in a funeral…
- § 30101.8 (a) The commission may grant toll-free and reduced-rate passage on all toll bridges under its jurisdiction to class I vehicles occupied by three or more…
- § 30102 Except as provided in Section 30102.5, the commission, in establishing toll charges, shall give consideration to the cost of operating and maintaining any…
- § 30102.5 Consistent with Section 30918, the Bay Area Toll Authority shall fix the rates of the toll charge, except as provided in Sections 30921 and 30923, and may…
- § 30103 Toll charges so fixed may be changed from time to time as conditions warrant.
- § 30104 The commission shall prescribe the terms and conditions upon which any person, or private, public, or municipal corporation, or any district or political…
- § 30105 The commission may also grant permits to and enter into contracts with steam, electric, bus, railroad, and other transportation companies, public or private,…
- § 30106 The grant of any such permit or the execution of any such contract by the California Transportation Commission shall not relieve any transportation company or…
- § 30107 In any such contract or permit, the commission may authorize the transportation company or corporation, district, or political subdivision providing…
- § 30108 Every contract which the commission enters into with, and every permit which it grants to, any person, or private, public, or municipal corporation, any…
- § 30109 No privilege, permit, or contract right acquired by any such person, private, public, or municipal corporation, district, or political subdivision, with regard…
- § 30110 The commission, in behalf of the State, by itself or its agents or assigns, or through the department or its agents or assigns, may operate the transportation…
- § 30111 The commission, the officials thereof, and all state officials may do such acts and make such agreements not inconsistent with law as are necessary or…
- § 30112 The department and commission shall consider the inclusion of bicycle and pedestrian facilities on each new toll bridge designed and constructed pursuant to…
- § 30113 (a) The commission may utilize net revenues from toll bridges in order to finance research on high technology motion control devices to be used on the bridges.…
- § 30114 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no toll shall be imposed on the passage of a pedestrian, a bicycle, or a personal micromobility device, as defined…
ARTICLE 4. General Powers and Duties of the Department of Transportation §§ 30150–30162 · 17 sections
- § 30150 The department shall have full charge of the acquisition and construction of all toll bridges and other toll highway crossings, transportation facilities, and…
- § 30150.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 60 days after the effective date of this section, tolls on state-owned toll bridges shall be based…
- § 30150.5 The department, at the time it submits any request, or develops and submits any program, to the California Transportation Commission for capital expenditure or…
- § 30150.7 Whenever the department offers for sale to the public coupons or commuter ticket books redeemable for the toll on any toll bridge located within the region…
- § 30151 No part of any additional transportation facilities authorized, however, shall be constructed or operated by the commission, or by any person or public or…
- § 30152 The department, through its own engineers or through such other engineers or experts as it may employ, shall design all bridges, transportation facilities, and…
- § 30153 All such bridges, transportation facilities, and additional transportation facilities or portion thereof shall be built by the department in accordance with…
- § 30154 The department shall require of each contractor such bonds for the faithful performance of any contract or subcontract entered into pursuant to this chapter…
- § 30155 The commission may authorize the department to acquire or construct tubes, tunnels, subways, underpasses, or overpasses either in connection with bridges or as…
- § 30156 The department may designate and adopt as a state highway any county road or portion thereof connecting a state highway with a publicly owned bridge or…
- § 30157 The commission and the department shall keep full, complete, and separate accounts of each toll bridge or other crossing, and annually shall prepare balance…
- § 30158 The department may issue permits for the use of any toll bridge or other toll highway crossing acquired or constructed pursuant to this chapter on a credit…
- § 30159 The department may revoke any permit granted for failure of the holder to comply with its terms.
- § 30160 The department may also require the holder of any such permit to pay a fee of not to exceed seven dollars ($7) a month and, in addition thereto, such other fee…
- § 30161 When necessary to facilitate movement of traffic, the department may limit the use of any toll bridge or other toll highway crossing on a credit basis to…
- § 30161.5 (a) For any bridge at which an automatic vehicle identification system, as described in this section, has been installed and is in operation, the department…
- § 30162 If the department is unable to collect any tolls due to insolvency of the obligor, or if the cost of collection of any tolls would be excessive by reason of…
ARTICLE 6. Custody and Use of Money §§ 30300–30312 · 13 sections
- § 30300 The proceeds from the sale of all bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to the State Treasurer for the credit of the commission and forthwith…
- § 30301 The proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be paid out or disbursed solely for the acquisition or construction of the particular toll bridge or other…
- § 30302 All money in the particular acquisition and construction fund not required to meet current acquisition or construction costs of the toll bridge or other…
- § 30303 Any surplus which exists in the particular acquisition and construction fund shall be applied to the retirement, by purchase or call, of bonds issued for the…
- § 30304 All tolls or other revenues received from the operation of any toll bridge or other highway crossing, transportation facilities, or additional transportation…
- § 30305 From the money deposited in each separate acquisition and construction fund, the State Treasurer shall transfer to the place or places of payment named in the…
- § 30306 The money remaining in each separate toll revenue fund, after providing the amount required for interest and redemption of bonds, shall be held and applied as…
- § 30307 Warrants for payments to be made on account of the bonds shall be duly drawn by the State Controller upon request of the State Treasurer whenever the drawing…
- § 30308 Money required to meet the costs of acquisition or construction and all expenses and costs incidental to the acquisition or construction of any particular toll…
- § 30309 All interest received or earned on money deposited in each and every fund provided for in this article shall be credited to and become a part of the particular…
- § 30310 Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, the proceeds received from the sale of bonds and the tolls or other revenues received from the operation…
- § 30311 Insofar as any issue of bonds pursuant to this chapter for the acquisition or construction of any particular toll bridge or other highway crossing includes the…
- § 30312 If the bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter for the acquisition or construction of the transportation facilities or additional transportation facilities…
ARTICLE 8. Acquisition and Disposition of Property §§ 30400–30413 · 11 sections
- § 30400 The department may acquire by gift, purchase, or eminent domain proceedings any bridge, transportation facilities, or additional transportation facilities, and…
- § 30401 In eminent domain proceedings to acquire property for any of the purposes of this chapter, any toll bridge or other toll highway crossing, real property,…
- § 30402 In eminent domain proceedings to acquire property for any of the purposes of this chapter, any transportation facilities, additional transportation facilities,…
- § 30406 When the State, or any department or governmental agency thereof, acquires any existing toll bridge or the real or personal property used in connection…
- § 30407 The right of way is given, dedicated, and set apart upon which to locate, construct, and maintain bridges or other highway crossings, transportation…
- § 30408 If any property belonging to any county, city, public or municipal corporation, district, or political subdivision of the state is taken for the acquisition or…
- § 30409 In all cases where, by statute or otherwise, any right is reserved or granted to the state or any state agency to construct or maintain highways, bridges, or…
- § 30410 Whenever any property acquired for any of the purposes of this chapter, whether by agreement, grant, or eminent domain, either in fee or in any lesser estate…
- § 30411 Whenever, either before or after the construction or reconstruction of streets, sidewalks, or other like facilities upon any property or interest in property…
- § 30412 Any agreement, lease, or conveyance authorized by this chapter shall be executed or accepted on behalf of the State by the director.
- § 30413 Any money received for any such property shall be received into the funds for the bridge, other highway crossing, or transportation facilities for which the…
ARTICLE 9. Insurance of Property §§ 30450–30453 · 4 sections
- § 30450 When any toll bridge or other highway crossing, transportation facilities, or additional transportation facilities authorized pursuant to this chapter is being…
- § 30451 The commission may carry insurance in such amount as it deems proper to cover any accident or destruction, in part or in whole, to any toll bridge or other…
- § 30452 All money collected on any indemnity bond or insurance policy as the result of any damage or injury to any such toll bridge or other highway crossing,…
- § 30453 The commission may also carry insurance or indemnity bonds insuring against the loss of tolls or other revenues to be derived from any toll bridge or other…
ARTICLE 10. Local Cooperation §§ 30500–30506 · 7 sections
- § 30500 Any city, county, district, or political subdivision of the state, upon the request of the department or of the commission, may advance or contribute money,…
- § 30501 Any city, county, district, or political subdivision of the State may issue general obligation bonds for any of the purposes enumerated in this article. All…
- § 30502 Money or property advanced or contributed pursuant to this article may be immediately transferred or delivered to the department or to the commission to be…
- § 30503 The commission may enter into a binding agreement with any city, county, district, or political subdivision of the state to repay any money or the value of any…
- § 30504 The collection of tolls shall be continued on any particular toll bridge or other highway crossing until all bonds issued pursuant to this chapter for the…
- § 30505 After all bonds issued pursuant to this chapter for the acquisition or construction of any toll bridge or other highway crossing and the transportation…
- § 30506 Any city, county, incorporated bridge and highway district, or joint highway district may, by proper resolution of its governing body, petition the commission…
CHAPTER 2. Particular Highway Crossings §§ 30600–30796.10 · 32 sections
ARTICLE 1. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge §§ 30600–30610 · 7 sections
- § 30600 As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Authority” means the Bay Area Toll Authority created pursuant to Chapter 4.3 (commencing with…
- § 30601 The toll bridge and the approaches to it are a primary state highway. No law providing that state highways shall be free highways affects the power or duty of…
- § 30602 The department shall permanently maintain and operate the toll bridge as a primary state highway in such a manner that the physical condition and operating…
- § 30604 The department shall at all times cause the toll bridge to comply with all lawful orders of the United States Secretary of Defense, the Chief of Engineers of…
- § 30604.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, local and state permitting authorities shall not impose any requirement that a bicycle, pedestrian, or mass transit…
- § 30606 The cost of operating and maintaining the architectural lights on the toll bridge shall be paid by the department from toll bridge revenue funds available for…
- § 30610 Expenditures for maintenance and operation of the Terminal Building in San Francisco shall be proper charges against the revenues of the San Francisco-Oakland…
ARTICLE 3. San Pedro-Terminal Island Bridge §§ 30680–30685 · 5 sections
- § 30680 As used in this article, “toll bridge” means a toll bridge, with at least four lanes, across Los Angeles Harbor from San Pedro at or near Boschke Slough to…
- § 30682 For the purpose of providing funds for all engineering, traffic, and financial studies and expenses in connection with the financing and the preparation of the…
- § 30683 The amounts transferred pursuant to Section 30682 shall be repaid to the respective accounts from which transferred, but no repayment thereof shall be required…
- § 30684 After all bonds issued for the construction of the toll bridge and all bonds issued for refunding of the bonds and for additions, betterments, and extensions…
- § 30685 The cost of operation of the toll bridge, including the cost of insurance against loss of tolls or other revenue therefrom, shall be paid from the tolls and… see note
ARTICLE 4. Bridges Across Carquinez Straits §§ 30750–30751 · 2 sections
- § 30750 As used in this article: (a) “Carquinez Bridge” means those certain bridge spans on Interstate Route 80 across the Carquinez Straits near Crockett, together…
- § 30751 The department is authorized to lay out, acquire, and construct the Carquinez Bridge and the Benicia-Martinez Bridge and to make any modification, improvement,…
ARTICLE 4.5. Antioch Bridge §§ 30760–30761 · 2 sections
- § 30760 As used in this article, “Antioch Bridge” means the high-level fixed-span bridge across the San Joaquin River near Antioch together with the approaches thereto…
- § 30761 The department is authorized to modify, improve, reconstruct, and remodel the Antioch Bridge as is necessary to adequately handle anticipated traffic and…
ARTICLE 5. San Francisco-Oakland Rapid Transit Tube §§ 30771–30780 · 5 sections
- § 30771 As used in this article: (a) “District” means the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. (b) “Rapid transit tube” means a subaqueous tube across San…
- § 30775.1 On and after the date revenues are made available to the district under Article 2 (commencing with Section 29140) of Chapter 7 of Part 2 of Division 10 of the…
- § 30776 All the provisions of the California Toll Bridge Authority Act (Chapter 1 (commencing at Section 30000) of this division) applicable to toll highway crossings…
- § 30778 (a) The annual tolls and revenues of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, or so much thereof as may be necessary, after provision for the payment in full of…
- § 30780 The rapid transit tube shall be repaired, maintained and operated, and insured against such risks and in such amount as the district deems proper by or at the…
ARTICLE 6. San Mateo-Hayward and Dumbarton Bridges §§ 30790–30791 · 2 sections
- § 30790 (a) The San Mateo-Hayward Bridge is the bridge, together with necessary approaches, across San Francisco Bay connecting the County of San Mateo near the City…
- § 30791 The department is authorized to modify, improve, reconstruct, and remodel the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge as is necessary to adequately…
ARTICLE 7. San Diego-Coronado Bridge §§ 30796–30796.10 · 9 sections
- § 30796 The San Diego-Coronado Bridge is the bridge, together with necessary approaches, across San Diego Bay connecting the Cities of San Diego and Coronado.
- § 30796.1 The department shall endeavor to obtain funds from the federal government and from other nonstate sources to conduct a study on the feasibility of maintaining…
- § 30796.2 Upon a finding by the department that the operation of a ferry system for nonvehicular traffic between the Cities of San Diego and Coronado is feasible, the…
- § 30796.3 Upon the authority securing the consent of the bondholders to the operation of a ferry system for nonvehicular traffic between the Cities of San Diego and…
- § 30796.4 The net revenues received by the department from the operation of the ferry system shall be deposited in the San Diego-Coronado Toll Bridge Revenue Fund.
- § 30796.7 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the San Diego Association of Governments, on behalf of the state, may impose a toll on vehicles crossing the…
- § 30796.8 The department may permit any class of vehicles to use the bridge on a credit basis without posting the security required by Section 30158.
- § 30796.9 (a) The San Diego Association of Governments shall deposit thirty-three million dollars ($33,000,000) in the Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Account in the State…
- § 30796.10 (a) The San Diego Association of Governments may issue bonds payable from the revenues derived from the tolls imposed on the bridge. The bonds may be issued by…
CHAPTER 3. Toll Bridges, Toll Roads, and Toll Ferries Generally §§ 30800–30902 · 53 sections
ARTICLE 1. Franchises §§ 30800–30814 · 16 sections
- § 30800 The department has exclusive jurisdiction and, except as provided in this article, may grant upon the terms, limitations, conditions, and restrictions and…
- § 30801 The department shall require the grantee of any such franchise, privilege, or license to pay a license tax or fee of not less than ten dollars ($10) or more…
- § 30802 The department may fix the rate of tolls, and from time to time regulate, modify, and change any such tolls which may be collected on any toll bridge, toll…
- § 30803 The rate of toll fixed, regulated, modified, or changed shall be determined by the department after hearing has been had thereon and a written finding…
- § 30804 The department may provide as a condition or limitation in any franchise granted pursuant to this article for the purchase or retaking of any toll bridge, toll…
- § 30805 Every person operating any toll road, toll bridge, or toll ferry within the State under any franchise granted pursuant to this article shall keep an accurate…
- § 30806 The department shall prescribe: (a) A uniform system of accounts for all such toll roads, toll bridges, and toll ferries: (b) The manner in which the account…
- § 30807 The department may make orders and prescribe rules and regulations with respect to toll roads, and toll bridges, or toll ferries in conformity with this…
- § 30808 All money received from any franchise granted by the department pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the State Highway Account.
- § 30809 The enforcement and administration of this article is declared to be a part of the highway program of the state, and all necessary expenditures of the…
- § 30809.1 Private entities shall reimburse the Department of the California Highway Patrol for the actual costs incurred by that department for traffic enforcement…
- § 30810 The board of supervisors shall not grant franchises and licenses for the construction, taking, and keeping of tolls on roads, bridges, and ferries in its…
- § 30811 This article does not apply to any of the following: (a) Any person who on August 14, 1929, held a franchise for a toll bridge or toll road or operated a toll…
- § 30812 This article does not prevent the State, or any city, county, incorporated bridge and highway district, or joint highway district from acquiring or…
- § 30813 This article does not conflict in any manner with any law authorizing the construction, acquisition, or condemnation of toll roads or toll bridges through the…
- § 30814 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no toll shall be imposed on the passage of a pedestrian, a bicycle, or a personal micromobility device, as defined…
ARTICLE 2. Regulations §§ 30840–30847 · 6 sections
- § 30840 No person shall construct or take tolls on a bridge or ferry unless authorized by the governmental agency which has or had power to issue a franchise therefor.
- § 30841 Any person who without authority of law demands or receives compensation for the use of any bridge or ferry or sets up or keeps any road, bridge, ferry, or…
- § 30843 Any person who operates a motor vehicle over a toll bridge or toll highway crossing and the approaches thereto constructed or acquired by any bridge and…
- § 30844 Any person who maliciously injures or destroys any toll house or gate is guilty of a misdemeanor.
- § 30845 Any person who enters into an undertaking to keep and attend a ferry and violates the conditions of such undertaking is guilty of a misdemeanor.
- § 30847 Every corporation incorporated for the purpose of operating a toll bridge or toll ferry may be dissolved in any of the following cases: (a) If within one year…
ARTICLE 3. Toll Bridges Under Franchises Granted Prior to 1929 and Toll Ferries Under Franchises Granted Prior to 1933 §§ 30860–30873 · 14 sections
- § 30860 This article applies only to the following: (a) Any person who on August 14, 1929, held a franchise for a toll bridge or operated a toll bridge under such a…
- § 30861 The license tax and rate of toll as originally fixed by the board of supervisors shall not be increased or diminished at any time during the term of 20 years,…
- § 30862 Every owner or keeper of a toll bridge or ferry shall report annually to the board of supervisors from which his license is obtained, under oath, the following…
- § 30863 The president and secretary of every toll bridge and toll ferry corporation shall annually, under oath, report to the board of supervisors of the county in…
- § 30864 Whenever the board of supervisors is about to fix the license tax and rate of tolls on a bridge or ferry it shall make inquiry into the present actual cash…
- § 30865 If the estimate of the board is not agreed to by the owner or keeper of the bridge or ferry, it shall be fixed by three commissioners, one to be appointed by…
- § 30866 When the cost of construction or erection and equipment of the bridge or ferry, or the fair cash value thereof, together with the cost of needed repairs and…
- § 30867 The owner or keeper of the toll bridge or ferry shall furnish a bond in the sum fixed by the board of supervisors and conditioned that the toll bridge or toll…
- § 30868 The license tax for a toll ferry or toll bridge connecting two counties shall be paid to the treasurer of the county granting it, and the license issued by the…
- § 30869 A supervisor who is interested in an application to erect, construct, or take tolls, or alter tolls on a bridge or ferry shall not act in any such matter.
- § 30870 Every licensed toll bridge or toll ferry shall have the rates of toll as fixed by the board of supervisors, printed or written, posted up in some conspicuous…
- § 30871 The proceeds of the license tax on ferries and toll-bridges shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of roads and highways, or may be used by the…
- § 30872 All ferry and toll bridge keepers shall keep the banks of the streams or waters at the landings of their ferries or ridges graded and in good order for the…
- § 30873 Any penalty recovered for any violation of the rights or obligations of the toll bridges or toll ferries described in this article shall be paid to the county…
ARTICLE 3.5. Toll Bridge Revenues §§ 30880–30894 · 14 sections
- § 30880 It is the intent of the Legislature that toll bridge revenues be used to further the development of public transportation systems in the vicinity of toll…
- § 30881 “Authority” means the Bay Area Toll Authority.
- § 30882 “Commission” means the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
- § 30883 “Department” means the Department of Transportation.
- § 30884 (a) “Net transit revenues” means those revenues of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, and the Dumbarton Bridge determined by…
- § 30885 “Toll bridge” means any state-owned bridge, including the approaches to the toll bridge from the nearest highway that is not for the exclusive use of toll…
- § 30886 To maximize the availability of funding necessary to complete the state toll bridge seismic retrofit program, to more efficiently manage the toll revenues from…
- § 30887 The authority may increase the toll rates specified in the adopted toll schedule only if this is necessary in order to enable the authority to meet its…
- § 30889.3 (a) The authority may grant toll-free passage or may adopt a reduced-rate schedule of tolls for vehicles occupied by three or more persons, including the…
- § 30890 The authority shall transfer the net transit revenues, as defined in Section 30884, to the commission on a regularly scheduled basis as set forth in the…
- § 30891 The commission may retain, for its cost in administering this article, an amount not to exceed one-quarter of 1 percent of the revenues allocated by it…
- § 30892 After deduction for its administrative cost, the commission shall allocate the remaining funds to public entities operating public transportation systems and…
- § 30893 The commission may also allocate the funds to public entities and the department for the establishment and operation of ferry systems within the region under…
- § 30894 The commission shall adopt and distribute procedures for the submission of applications for funding and allocation of funds. Only those applications for…
ARTICLE 4. Toll Ferries in Cities §§ 30900–30902 · 3 sections
- § 30900 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the legislative body of a city may grant upon such terms, limitations, conditions, and restrictions and under…
- § 30901 In granting any such franchise, privilege, or license, the legislative body may require the grantee thereof to pay an annual fee either in a flat amount or a…
- § 30902 The provisions of this article do not relieve the operator of a toll ferry from obtaining and maintaining a current and valid certificate of public convenience…
CHAPTER 4. San Francisco Bay Area Bridges §§ 30910–30923 · 19 sections
- § 30910 (a) The state-owned toll bridges within the geographic jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission are the following bridges: (1) Antioch…
- § 30910.5 “Authority” means the Bay Area Toll Authority.
- § 30910.7 If the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the department develop a project to open the third lane on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to automobile…
- § 30911 (a) The authority shall control and maintain the Bay Area Toll Account and other subaccounts it deems necessary and appropriate to document toll revenue and…
- § 30912 (a) Revenue derived from tolls on all bridges may be expended, subject to the adopted annual budget of the authority, for any of the following purposes: (1)…
- § 30913 (a) In addition to any other authorized expenditure of toll bridge revenues, the following major projects may be funded from toll revenues: (1)…
- § 30914 (a) In addition to any other authorized expenditures of toll bridge revenues, the following major projects may be funded from toll revenues of all bridges: (1)…
- § 30914.1 Funding of the TransLink operating program in the amount of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be made pursuant to paragraph (10) of subdivision (d) of…
- § 30914.5 (a) Prior to the allocation of revenue for transit operating assistance under subdivision (d) of Section 30914, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission…
- § 30914.7 (a) If the voters approve a toll increase pursuant to Section 30923, the authority shall, consistent with the provisions of this section fund the projects and…
- § 30915 (a) With respect to all construction and improvement projects specified in Sections 30913, 30914, and 30914.7, project sponsors and the department shall seek…
- § 30916 (a) The base toll rate for vehicles crossing the state-owned toll bridges within the geographic jurisdiction of the commission as of January 1, 2003, is as…
- § 30917 Pursuant to a special election in 1988 held in the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara,…
- § 30918 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to maintain tolls on all of the bridges specified in Section 30910 at rates sufficient to meet any obligation to the…
- § 30919 (a) Consistent with its adopted regional transportation plan, after the requirements for debt service on the outstanding toll bridge revenue bonds have been…
- § 30920 The authority may issue toll bridge revenue bonds to finance any or all of the projects, including those specified in Sections 30913, 30914, and 30914.7, if…
- § 30921 (a) The toll rate for vehicles crossing the bridges described in Section 30916 shall not be increased to the rate described in subdivision (b) of Section 30916…
- § 30922 Any action or proceeding to contest, question, or deny the validity of a toll increase provided for in this chapter, the financing of the transportation…
- § 30923 (a) For purposes of the special election to be conducted pursuant to this section, the authority shall select an amount of the proposed increase in the toll…
CHAPTER 4.3. Metropolitan Transportation Commission §§ 30950–30963 · 21 sections
- § 30950 For the purposes of this chapter, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 30910), and Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 31000), “the authority” is the Bay Area…
- § 30950.1 The authority shall adopt an annual budget. The members of the authority shall be compensated as determined by the authority and shall be reimbursed for…
- § 30950.2 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the authority is responsible for the administration of all toll revenues from state-owned toll bridges within the…
- § 30950.3 (a) The authority shall prepare, adopt, and from time to time revise, a long-range bridge toll plan for the completion of all projects within its jurisdiction,…
- § 30950.4 All authority of the California Transportation Commission as to the bay area bridges is transferred to the authority.
- § 30951 The authority is authorized in its own name to do all acts necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers under this division and the financing of…
- § 30951.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority is not authorized to purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, including, but not…
- § 30952 The department shall collect tolls, operate, maintain, and provide rehabilitation of all bridges described in Section 30910, including toll facilities, and be…
- § 30952.05 (a) The authority and the department shall amend the cooperative agreement required by Section 30952 to incorporate the project oversight and control…
- § 30952.1 (a) The authority and the department shall establish a Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee, which shall consist of the director, the authority’s executive…
- § 30952.2 (a) The department shall provide monthly reports to the Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee, including, but not limited to, the construction status, actual…
- § 30952.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may, from the resources provided in, and for the purpose of, Sections 188.5 and 188.6, include…
- § 30953 Toll revenues and all other income derived from bridges pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 30910) shall be deposited in the Bay Area Toll Account,…
- § 30954 At such time as obligations of the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank secured by the seismic retrofit surcharge imposed under subdivision…
- § 30958 After payments for debt service on outstanding bonds, and the costs for the operation and maintenance expenses set forth in Section 30952 are provided for, and…
- § 30959 The authority may make direct contributions to the commission in furtherance of the exercise of the authority’s powers under this division, including…
- § 30960 (a) The authority may issue both defeasance and future capital project bonds payable from the revenues of the tolls imposed on the bridges described in Section…
- § 30961 Toll bridge revenue bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time, and from time to time, by the authority by a majority vote of all…
- § 30961.1 Not later than December 31, 2005, the California Transportation Commission, in consultation with the department and the authority, shall adopt a schedule for…
- § 30962 Any bonds or commercial paper issued pursuant to this chapter are a legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and…
- § 30963 (a) The State of California pledges and agrees with the holders of the bonds issued pursuant to this chapter, and with those parties who may enter into…
CHAPTER 4.5. Seismic Retrofit Surcharge §§ 31000–31021 · 6 sections
- § 31000 The following definitions apply for purposes of this chapter: (a) “Account” means the Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Account created pursuant to Section 188.10.…
- § 31010 (a) There is hereby imposed a seismic retrofit surcharge equal to one dollar ($1) per vehicle for passage on the Bay Area state-owned toll bridges, except for…
- § 31011 (a) The authority may increase the amount of the surcharge described in Section 31010 for the purpose of completing the state toll bridge seismic program…
- § 31015 (a) Revenues generated from the surcharge shall not exceed nine hundred seven million dollars ($907,000,000), unless any of the following occurs: (1) After…
- § 31020 Notwithstanding Section 30953, as amended by the act adding this section in the 2005–06 Regular Session, revenue generated from the seismic retrofit surcharge…
- § 31021 Projects in the state toll bridge seismic retrofit and replacement program described in Section 188.5 are not subject to administrative overhead cost…
CHAPTER 4.6. State-Owned Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Financing Act of 2001 §§ 31070–31073 · 8 sections
- § 31070 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, legislation was enacted to make seismic safety a…
- § 31070.5 For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Authority” means the Bay Area…
- § 31070.7 The department has full and sole responsibility for completion of all seismic retrofit projects on the bay area bridges.
- § 31071 (a) The department may enter into financing agreements with the bank for the purpose of borrowing funds to finance or refinance the seismic retrofit project…
- § 31071.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the construction period, all revenues generated from the toll surcharge shall be available to the department…
- § 31071.5 (a) Bonds issued under this chapter may not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, other than the…
- § 31072 Any federal funds received by the department as a direct loan or line of credit under TIFIA are hereby appropriated to the department for transfer to the…
- § 31073 The department may make the loans and transfers authorized under Section 14556.7 of the Government Code and Section 188.14 to provide adequate cash flow for…
CHAPTER 5. El Dorado County Toll Tunnel Authority Act §§ 31100–31246 · 92 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 31100–31105 · 6 sections
- § 31100 This chapter may be cited as the El Dorado County Toll Tunnel Authority Act.
- § 31101 Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires the general provisions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
- § 31102 “Authority” means the El Dorado County Toll Tunnel Authority.
- § 31103 “Toll tunnel” means the tunnel from U.S. Highway 50 in the vicinity of Twin Bridges to U.S. Highway 50 in the vicinity of Meyers which the authority is…
- § 31104 “Bond” means any written evidence of indebtedness which the authority may issue pursuant to this chapter in order to secure funds with which to carry out the…
- § 31105 Nothing in this chapter prevents the state from making appropriations from time to time in aid of the construction pursuant to this chapter of the toll tunnel…
ARTICLE 2. Organization of the Authority §§ 31110–31115 · 6 sections
- § 31110 The El Dorado County Toll Tunnel Authority is hereby created. The authority shall be governed by a board consisting of the members of the Board of Supervisors…
- § 31111 All of the members of the authority shall serve thereon without compensation, but they shall receive their necessary actual traveling expenses incurred in the…
- § 31112 A majority of the members of the authority may act for the authority.
- § 31113 The authority may employ a secretary, a treasurer, an attorney, a chief engineer, and such other persons as are necessary to enable it properly to perform the…
- § 31114 The authority may sue and be sued in the name of the El Dorado County Toll Tunnel Authority.
- § 31115 The authority shall select one of its members to serve as chairman of the authority.
ARTICLE 3. General Powers and Duties of the Authority §§ 31120–31132 · 13 sections
- § 31120 The authority may study the feasibility of, plan, design, finance, construct, operate, and maintain a tunnel from U.S. Highway 50 in the vicinity of Twin…
- § 31121 The authority shall fix the rates of toll and other charges for the toll tunnel.
- § 31122 The authority in establishing toll charges shall give consideration to the cost of operating and maintaining the toll tunnel, including the cost of insurance,…
- § 31123 Toll charges so fixed may be changed from time to time as conditions warrant.
- § 31124 The authority may do such acts and make such agreements not inconsistent with laws as are necessary or desirable in connection with the duties and powers…
- § 31125 The authority, through such engineers or experts as it may employ, shall design the toll tunnel, and may build it or any portions of it either by its own…
- § 31126 The authority shall keep full, complete, and separate accounts of the toll tunnel and annually shall prepare balance sheets and income and profit and loss…
- § 31127 The authority may issue permits for the use of the toll tunnel on a credit basis. The holder of such a permit shall furnish to and maintain in force with the…
- § 31128 The authority may revoke any permit granted for failure of the holder to comply with its terms.
- § 31129 The authority may also require the holder of any such permit to pay a fee of not to exceed five dollars ($5) a month to cover printing and other overhead…
- § 31130 When necessary to facilitate movement of traffic, the authority may limit the use of the toll tunnel on a credit basis to particular classes of vehicles.
- § 31131 The authority may adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the Vehicle Code for the control of traffic in the toll tunnel, to aid and insure the safe…
- § 31132 The California Highway Patrol shall have the authority and it shall be its duty to provide for proper and adequate policing of the toll tunnel, to insure the…
ARTICLE 4. Bonds §§ 31140–31175 · 36 sections
- § 31140 Whenever the authority determines that it is for the best interests of the public highways in the state that the toll tunnel be constructed and operated by the…
- § 31141 All bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter shall be issued in the name of the authority and shall constitute obligations of the authority only. Such bonds…
- § 31142 The authority shall determine the form, conditions, and denominations of all bonds, the dates which the bonds to be sold shall bear, and the interest rate…
- § 31143 The authority may provide for the retirement of the bonds at any time or times prior to their maturity, in such manner and upon payment of such premiums as may…
- § 31144 All bonds shall be signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the chairman. The signatures of the treasurer and the chairman may be by facsimile, but said…
- § 31145 All revenue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter may be issued and sold by the authority from time to time and in such amounts as the authority deems…
- § 31146 Bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter may be sold below the par or face value thereof, but the sale price shall not be less than that which will yield the…
- § 31147 Successive issues of bonds within the limits of the original authorization for the issuance of bonds for the acquisition or construction of the toll tunnel…
- § 31148 All bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be sold on sealed proposals to the highest and best bidder after such advertising for bids as the…
- § 31149 Temporary or interim bonds, certificates, or receipts, signed by the treasurer, of any denomination whatever and with or without coupons attached thereto, may…
- § 31150 The purchase price of all bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to the treasurer for the account of the authority.
- § 31151 The authority may include in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds any provisions not inconsistent with this chapter which limit, restrict, or…
- § 31152 The authority may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds for the setting up of one or more reserve funds out of the proceeds of the bonds…
- § 31153 The authority may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds, or may otherwise agree with the purchasers of bonds, regarding the deposit of…
- § 31154 The authority may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds for the carrying of insurance as authorized by this chapter, and the purchase…
- § 31155 Whenever any bonds are to be issued pursuant to this chapter, the authority, from time to time, upon such terms and conditions in all respects as it approves…
- § 31156 All benefits conferred or obligations imposed by this chapter or by any other law with respect to making provision for the payment, whether from tolls or other…
- § 31157 The authority may contract loans and borrow money through the sale of bonds of the same character as those authorized pursuant to this chapter, from the United…
- § 31158 If a bond issue for the acquisition or construction of the toll tunnel is authorized and sold in whole or in part and the authority deems it advisable and…
- § 31159 If the outstanding bonds issued for the acquisition or construction of the toll tunnel as originally designed are, at the time of issuance of the additional…
- § 31160 Out of the proceeds derived from the sale of any such additional bonds there shall be set aside an amount of money sufficient to retire such outstanding bonds…
- § 31161 All provisions of this chapter apply with like force and effect to the issuance of any bonds of the new authorized issue, and the holders thereof are…
- § 31162 Whenever bonds of any kind have been issued and are outstanding pursuant to this chapter, the authority may from time to time or at one time issue and sell or…
- § 31163 Funding or refunding bonds shall not constitute a debt or obligation of the state or of El Dorado County, but shall be bonds of the authority of the same…
- § 31164 Except as otherwise provided in this article, and except as modified by the express terms of the funding or refunding bonds or the proceedings authorizing…
- § 31165 Any funding or refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to provide funds for: (a) The payment of the bonds to be funded or refunded…
- § 31166 All bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are negotiable instruments under the law merchant.
- § 31167 All bonds issued pursuant to this chapter and the income therefrom are at all times exempt from taxation, except for transfer, inheritance, and estate taxes.
- § 31168 Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall not constitute or be a debt, liability, or obligation of the state or El Dorado County. The payment of both…
- § 31169 The bond redemption and interest payments constitute a first direct and exclusive charge and lien on all tolls and other revenues, and interest thereon, and…
- § 31170 While any bonds issued by the authority remain outstanding, the powers, duties, or existence of the authority shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner…
- § 31171 The holder of any bond may by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding compel the performance of any of the duties imposed upon the authority or its officers,…
- § 31172 The Commissioner of Financial Institutions may investigate and ascertain the status or sufficiency as investments for savings banks in this state of any such…
- § 31173 All bonds issued by the authority pursuant to this chapter, and which have been first certified by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, are legal…
- § 31174 Any money or funds which may by law be invested in bonds of the state, cities, counties, or school districts in the state may be invested in the bonds issued…
- § 31175 Whenever any bonds of the state, or of any city, county, or school district in the state, may by law be used as security for the performance of any act or the…
ARTICLE 5. Custody and Use of Money §§ 31180–31189 · 10 sections
- § 31180 The proceeds from the sale of all bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to the treasurer for the credit of the authority and forthwith…
- § 31181 The proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be paid out or disbursed solely for the acquisition or construction of the toll tunnel, the acquisition of the…
- § 31182 All money in the acquisition and construction fund not required to meet current acquisition or construction costs of the toll tunnel, and all funds…
- § 31183 Any surplus which exists in the acquisition and construction fund shall be applied to the retirement, by purchase or call, of bonds issued for the acquisition…
- § 31184 All tolls or other revenues received from the operation of the toll tunnel shall be paid over by the department at least monthly to the treasurer who shall…
- § 31185 From the money deposited in the acquisition and construction fund, the treasurer shall transfer to the place or places of payment named in the bonds such sums…
- § 31186 The money remaining in the toll revenue fund, after providing the amount required for interest and redemption of bonds, shall be held and applied as provided…
- § 31187 Money required to meet the costs of acquisition or construction and all expenses and costs incidental to the acquisition or construction of the toll tunnel, or…
- § 31188 All interest received or earned on money deposited in each and every fund provided for in this article shall be credited to and become a part of the particular…
- § 31189 Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter, the proceeds received from the sale of bonds and the tolls or other revenues received from the operation of…
ARTICLE 6. Acquisition and Disposition of Property §§ 31200–31210 · 8 sections
- § 31200 The authority may acquire by gift, purchase, or eminent domain proceedings any franchise, rights, privileges, easements, or other property, either real or…
- § 31201 In eminent domain proceedings to acquire property for any of the purposes of this chapter, any real property, personal property, franchises, rights, easements,…
- § 31205 The right-of-way is given, dedicated, and set apart upon which to locate, construct, and maintain the toll tunnel through, over, under, on, or across any…
- § 31206 If any property belonging to any county, city, public or municipal corporation, district, or political subdivision of the state, is taken for the acquisition…
- § 31207 In all cases where, by statute or otherwise, any right is reserved or granted to the state or any state agency to construct or maintain highways, bridges, or…
- § 31208 Whenever any property acquired for any of the purposes of this chapter, whether by agreement, grant, or eminent domain, either in fee or in any lesser estate…
- § 31209 Whenever, either before or after the construction or reconstruction of streets, sidewalks, or other like facilities upon any property or interest in property…
- § 31210 Any money received for any such property shall be received into the funds for the toll tunnel for which the property was originally acquired.
ARTICLE 7. Insurance of Property §§ 31220–31223 · 4 sections
- § 31220 When the toll tunnel is being built by the authority, it may carry or cause to be carried such an amount of insurance or indemnity bond as protection against…
- § 31221 The authority may carry insurance in such amount as it deems proper to cover any accident or destruction in part or in whole to the toll tunnel until all bonds…
- § 31222 All money collected on any indemnity bond or insurance policy as the result of any damage or injury to the toll tunnel shall be used for the purpose of…
- § 31223 The authority may also carry insurance or indemnity bonds insuring against the loss of tolls or other revenues to be derived from the toll tunnel by reason of…
ARTICLE 8. Local Cooperation §§ 31230–31235 · 6 sections
- § 31230 Any city, county, district, or political subdivision of the state upon the request of the authority may advance or contribute money, rights-of-way, labor,…
- § 31231 Any city, county, district, or political subdivision of the state may issue general obligation bonds for any of the purposes enumerated in this article. All…
- § 31232 Money or property advanced or contributed pursuant to this article may be immediately transferred or delivered to the authority to be used for the purpose for…
- § 31233 The authority may enter into a binding agreement with any city, county, district, or political subdivision of the state to repay any money or the value of any…
- § 31234 The collection of tolls shall be continued on the toll tunnel until all bonds issued pursuant to this chapter for its construction are fully redeemed and paid.
- § 31235 After all bonds issued pursuant to this chapter for the construction of the toll tunnel have been fully redeemed and paid, the authority may continue to…
ARTICLE 9. State Cooperation § 31240 · 1 section
- § 31240 The California Highway Commission and the Department of Public Works shall, upon the request of the authority, aid in the construction of any necessary…
ARTICLE 10. Operation and Maintenance After Retirement of Bonds §§ 31245–31246 · 2 sections
- § 31245 After all bonds issued pursuant to this chapter for the construction of the toll tunnel have been fully redeemed and paid, the authority shall either: (a)…
- § 31246 If the toll tunnel is transferred to the state pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 31245, the existence of the authority shall thereupon automatically…
CHAPTER 6. Border Region Toll Facilities §§ 31300–31306 · 4 sections
- § 31300 (a) Tolls may be imposed by the commission on segments of newly constructed state highway routes, as described in subdivision (b), if transportation…
- § 31302 The department shall be responsible for the collection of tolls imposed by the commission pursuant to Section 31300. The department shall transmit the toll…
- § 31304 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, funds in the Highway Toll Revenue Account required to meet the obligations assumed by the commission…
- § 31306 The commission may issue revenue bonds for the purpose of obtaining funds for constructing additional highways or for making capacity enhancing improvements to…
CHAPTER 7. Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act §§ 31460–31483 · 17 sections
- § 31460 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is essential for the economic well-being of, and the maintenance of a high quality of life in,…
- § 31461 This chapter may be cited as the Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act. All references to the “act” in this chapter shall mean the Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act.
- § 31462 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Best value” means a value determined by evaluation of objective criteria that relate…
- § 31463 This act, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
- § 31465 This chapter shall provide an additional and alternative method for doing the things authorized by this chapter and shall be regarded as supplemental and…
- § 31466 SANDAG shall have and may exercise all rights and powers, expressed or implied, that are necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter,…
- § 31467 (a) Highway projects constructed pursuant to the act shall, at all times following construction, be owned by the department. International port of entry…
- § 31468 (a) The Legislature has recognized the merits of alternative project delivery methods in the past by authorizing their use for projects undertaken by school…
- § 31472 This chapter does not authorize SANDAG or the department to do either of the following: (a) Lease or otherwise convey a toll road to a private-sector entity.…
- § 31473 (a) The cities and county in the San Diego region are authorized and empowered to lease, lend, grant, or convey to SANDAG at its request upon such terms and…
- § 31474 (a) SANDAG may only impose tolls under this chapter for entrance to or the use of the corridor. To the extent provided in an agreement under Section 31483,…
- § 31475 (a) Toll revenues under this chapter may be used to reimburse or finance the costs incurred in connection with the implementation, construction, maintenance,…
- § 31476 (a) At least 30 days prior to setting the initial toll rates for a project, and thereafter when adjustments to the toll rates are proposed, the board shall…
- § 31477 (a) SANDAG may enter into one or more agreements with the County of San Diego or a city within the County of San Diego to accept fees imposed by that city or…
- § 31481 (a) SANDAG may, from time to time, issue bonds in accordance with the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division…
- § 31482 (a) SANDAG, its income and property, all bonds issued by it, and the interest on the bonds are exempt from all taxation by this state or any political…
- § 31483 (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) Cooperative tolling arrangements can further reduce congestion and wait times at the border…
CHAPTER 8. Electronic Toll Collection and Electronic Transit Fare Collection Systems § 31490 · 1 section
- § 31490 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a transportation agency may not sell or otherwise provide to any other person or entity personally…