CHAPTER 1. The California Toll Bridge Authority Act [30000. - 30506.]

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 176.

§§ 30000–30506 · 83 sections

1. 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…
2. 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,…
3. 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…
4. 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…
5. 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…
6. 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…
7. 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…
8. 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…