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CA Pub Util Code § 132105 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 3 - Administration|Section 132105.

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 annual budget not later than 15 days prior to the date of the hearing. (b) The proposed annual budget shall be available for public inspection at least 15 days prior to the hearing.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132106 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 3 - Administration|Section 132106.

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 in order to approve a transactions and use tax ordinance and ballot proposition and call an election in accordance with Article 5 (commencing with Section 132300).(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Functions|Section 132200.

132200.  The commission may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Functions|Section 132201.

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.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Functions|Section 132202.

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 provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132203 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Functions|Section 132203.

132203.  The commission may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to, contracts and stipulations to indemnify and hold harmless, to employ labor, and to do all acts necessary and convenient for the full exercise of the powers granted in this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132204 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Functions|Section 132204.

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 Department of Transportation, the San Diego Association of Governments, or any transit development board, county, or city, or with any person upon any terms and conditions that the commission finds is in its best interest.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132205 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Functions|Section 132205.

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 any public transit system or project financed pursuant to this chapter, and preserve and protect the public peace, health, and safety with respect to its system or projects.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132300.

132300.  The Legislature, by the enactment of this article, intends the additional funds provided government agencies by this article to supplement existing local revenues being used for public transportation purposes. The government agencies are further encouraged to maintain their existing commitment of local funds for public transportation purposes.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132302 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132302.

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 derived from the tax will be used, and may set a term during which the tax will be imposed. The purposes for which the tax revenues will be used may include, but are not limited to, the administration of this chapter, including legal actions related thereto, the construction, capital acquisition, maintenance, and operation of streets, roads, and highways, including state highways, and the construction, maintenance, and operation of public transit systems, including exclusive public mass transit guideway systems. These purposes include expenditures for the planning, environmental reviews, engineering and design costs, and related right-of-way acquisition. The ordinance shall contain an expenditure plan which shall include the allocation of revenues for the purposes authorized by this section.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132303 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132303.

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 as provided by law for the conduct of elections by a county.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132304 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132304.

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 than 110 days after adoption of the ordinance.(b) Prior to the operative date of the ordinance, the commission shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of the ordinance.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 83, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132305 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132305.

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 regional transportation improvement program and the regional transportation plan.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132306 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132306.

132306.  If taxes are imposed pursuant to this article for expenditure for public transit purposes, the commission shall allocate revenues derived therefrom to the transit development boards for allocation within their respective areas of jurisdiction for transit purposes consistent with the adopted regional transportation improvement program and the regional transportation plan.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132307 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132307.

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 percent under this chapter and the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code), and the commission may state the maximum tax rate in terms of not to exceed 1 percent, or any lesser percentage thereof. The commission shall not levy the tax at a rate other than 1 percent or three-fourths, one-half, or one-fourth of 1 percent, unless specifically authorized by the Legislature.(b) The tax rate adopted pursuant to this article, unless otherwise prohibited, may be increased by the commission by ordinance adopted in the manner and by the vote stated in Section 132301 and approved by a majority of the electors voting on the measure at an election called for that purpose by the commission.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 758, Sec. 11. (AB 1413) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132308 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132308.

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 previously been lowered. However, the tax rate may not be increased to a rate above the tax rate approved by the voters.Any revised tax rate may be adopted only if the commission determines, by a two-thirds vote, that the proceeds of the taxes with the altered tax rate will be sufficient to provide for the payment of principal of, and interest on, any limited tax bonds and any other indebtedness incurred by the commission which was to be payable from the proceeds of the retail transactions and use tax.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132309 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132309.

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 payable from the proceeds of the tax and establish the appropriations limit of the commission.(b) The maximum bonded indebtedness which may be outstanding at any one time shall be an amount equal to the sum of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds, but not to exceed the estimated proceeds of the transactions and use tax for a period of not more than the number of years for which the transactions and use tax authorized by this article is to be imposed.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132310 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132310.

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 from time to time, payable from the proceeds of the tax. The bonds shall be referred to as “limited tax bonds.” The bonds may be secured by a pledge of revenues from the proceeds of the tax.(b) The pledge of retail transactions and use taxes to the limited tax bonds authorized under this article shall have priority over the use of any of the taxes for “pay-as-you-go” financing, except to the extent that the priority is expressly restricted in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132310.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132310.5.

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 which the interest shall be payable.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132311 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132311.

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 the commission.The commission 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 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), for the purposes set forth in the ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 132302, which shall constitute an “enterprise” within the meaning of Section 54309 of the Government Code. Article 3 (commencing with Section 54380) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code and the limitations on the rate of interest set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 54402 of the Government Code do not apply to the issuance and sale of bonds pursuant to this chapter. Instead, the commission shall authorize the issuance of bonds by resolution, which resolution shall specify all of the following:(a) The purposes for which the bonds are to be issued.(b) The maximum principal amount of the bonds.(c) The maximum term for the bonds.(d) The maximum rate of interest to be payable upon the bonds shall not exceed the maximum rate permitted for bonds of the commission by Section 53531 of the Government Code or any other applicable provisions of law. In the case of bonds bearing a variable interest rate, the variable rate shall on no day exceed the maximum rate permitted for bonds of the commission on that day by Section 53531 of the Government Code or any other applicable provisions of law. However, the variable interest rate so permitted may on any day exceed that maximum rate if the interest paid on the bonds from their date of original issuance to that day does not exceed the total interest which would have been permitted to have been paid on the bonds if the bonds had borne interest at all times from the date of issuance to that day at the maximum rate permitted from time to time by Section 53531 of the Government Code or any other applicable provisions of law.(e) The maximum discount on the sale of the bonds. However, the bonds shall not be sold at less than 95 percent of the principal amount in the manner determined by the commission. Each resolution shall provide for the issuance of bonds in the amounts as may be necessary, until the full amount of the bonds authorized has been issued. The full amount of bonds may be divided into two or more series with different dates of payment fixed for the bonds of each series. A bond need not mature on its anniversary date.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132312 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132312.

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 trust companies; and for state school funds. Whenever any money or funds may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be invested in bonds of cities, counties, school districts, or other districts within the state, those funds may be invested in the bonds issued pursuant to this article, and whenever bonds of cities, counties, school districts, or other districts within this state may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be used as security for the performance of any act or the deposit of any public money, the bonds issued pursuant to this article may be so used. The provisions of this article are in addition to all other laws relating to legal investments and shall be controlling as the latest expression of the Legislature with respect thereto.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132313 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132313.

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 any bonds thereunder or any of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned, or denied, shall be commenced within six months from the date of the election at wich the ordinance is approved; otherwise, the bonds and all proceedings in relation thereto, including the adoption and approval of the ordinance, shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132314 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132314.

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.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1576, Sec. 23.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132320 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 6 - Extension, Expansion, or Increase of Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132320.

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 for which the revenue derived from the tax may be expended to include covering the costs of implementation of the regional comprehensive plan as referenced in Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 132360). These projects shall be limited to mitigation of impacts related to growth, maximizing the efficiency of regional transportation and transit systems, and funding of regional projects that integrate land uses, transportation systems, infrastructure needs, and public investment strategies, within a regional framework. Projects shall be limited to any or all of the following:(1) Acquisition, management, maintenance, and monitoring of natural habitat and open space, and other projects that implement protection and preservation programs consistent with adopted natural community conservation plans and habitat conservation plans.(2) Development and implementation of watershed management.(3) Construction, repair, replacement, and maintenance of stormwater management and conveyance systems, and water quality improvement programs or projects.(4) Construction, acquisition, maintenance, monitoring, and operation of beach sand replenishment projects.(5) Funding of operations and maintenance costs for public transit projects that maximize mobility and transportation choices.(b) To “extend” the transactions and use tax means to extend the imposition of the tax beyond any term stated in the tax ordinance originally imposing the tax.(c) To “increase” the transactions and use tax means to increase the tax rate or the maximum tax rate authorized in the tax ordinance originally imposing the tax to an amount that does not exceed the maximum tax rate authorized under Section 132307.(d) The term “property” with regard to real property may include severable appurtenant real property rights such as easements, permits, and leases.(e) The “purposes” for which revenue derived from the transactions and use tax may be expended, in addition to the other purposes listed in this article and in Article 5 (commencing with Section 132300), include funding one or more grants to provide funding mechanisms for purchases of property or long-term management and monitoring of projects authorized by this section. Recipients of those grants shall be required to meet the applicable conditions of Section 132321.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 83, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132322 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 6 - Extension, Expansion, or Increase of Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132322.

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 shall be applicable to the entirety of, or a portion of, the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the county, if the constitutionally required percentage of the electors voting on the measure within the portion of the county to which the tax would apply vote to approve its imposition at a special election called for that purpose by the commission. The ordinance shall take effect on the day immediately following the day of the election at which the proposition is adopted.(b) If at any time the voters do not approve the imposition of the expansion, extension, or increase of the tax, the commission may, at any time thereafter, submit the same, or a different, measure to the voters in accordance with this article.(c) As used in this section, “commission” shall refer to the consolidated agency if the tax is to be imposed by the consolidated agency pursuant to Section 132360.6.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 758, Sec. 12. (AB 1413) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Pub Util Code § 132324 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 12.7 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 2 - San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission|ARTICLE 6 - Extension, Expansion, or Increase of Transactions and Use Tax|Section 132324.

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 revenue derived from the tax will be used. In connection with the extension or expansion of the tax, the tax rate or the maximum tax rate may be increased from the tax rate or the maximum tax rate in effect at that time.(b) If the tax is extended, the ordinance shall set forth the new term during which the tax will be imposed.(c) If the tax is expanded, the ordinance shall contain an expenditure plan that includes the allocation of revenues for the expanded purposes.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 83, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2009.)