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CA Rev & Tax Code § 8500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8500.

8500.  Except when the context otherwise requires, the definitions given in this chapter govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8501.

8501.  As used in this chapter, the following definitions have the following meanings:(a) “Commission” means the Metropolitan Transportation Commission created by Title 7.1 (commencing with Section 66500) of the Government Code.(b) “Region” means the region comprising the commission’s jurisdiction, prescribed by Section 66502 of the Government Code.(c) “Bonds” means indebtedness and securities of any kind or class, including bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, and commercial paper.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8502.

8502.  The commission may impose, in addition to any other tax authorized by this division, a tax on the privilege of selling within the region, motor vehicle fuel, as defined by Section 7326. The tax shall not apply to motor vehicle fuel used to power aircraft. The tax shall be levied at a rate established by the commission, but not exceeding ten cents ($0.10) per gallon. Commencing on January 1 of the year following the election approving the tax, the tax may be imposed for a period not to exceed 20 years.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1053, Sec. 49. Effective January 1, 2001. Operative January 1, 2002, by Sec. 53 of Ch. 1053.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8504.

8504.  (a) Following the adoption by the commission of a regional transportation expenditure plan, the board of supervisors of each county and city and county in the region shall, upon the request of the commission, submit to the voters at a local election consolidated with a statewide primary or general election specified by the commission, a measure, adopted by the commission, authorizing the commission to impose the tax throughout the region. (b) The measure may not be grouped with state or local measures on the ballot, but shall be set forth in a separate category and shall be identified as Regional Measure 2.(c) Regardless of the system of voting used, the wording of the measure shall read as follows:“Shall The Metropolitan Transportation Commission be authorized to impose a tax of ____ per gallon on the sale of gasoline to build and operate transportation projects identified in the expenditure plan adopted by the commission?”(d) The commission shall reimburse each county and city and county in the region for the cost of submitting the measure to the voters. These costs shall be reimbursed from revenues derived from the tax if the measure is approved by the voters or, if the measure is not approved, from any funds of the commission that are available for general transportation planning.(e) The board of supervisors of a county or city and county may elect not to submit the measure adopted by the commission to the voters if it submits an alternative countywide transportation funding measure to the voters at the same election.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 724, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8505.

8505.  Upon approval of the measure by the margin of voters within the region voting at a local election as determined necessary by the California Constitution or other applicable statutory provisions, the commission may impose the tax in all counties in the region in which the measure appeared on the ballot.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8506 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8506.

8506.  The commission shall contract with the State Board of Equalization for the administration of any tax imposed under this chapter, and the board shall be reimbursed for its actual cost in the administration of the tax and for its actual cost of preparation to administer the tax based upon an independent audit.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8507 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8507.

8507.  The State Board of Equalization shall adopt the necessary rules and regulations to administer the tax.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8508 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8508.

8508.  After deducting its cost of administering the tax, the State Board of Equalization shall periodically transmit the net revenues to the commission as promptly as possible. Transmittal of those revenues shall be made at least twice in each calendar quarter.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8509 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8509.

8509.  The net revenues received by the commission shall be expended only in accordance with the regional transportation expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 8503, except that the commission may deduct from those revenues funds to reimburse it for expenses incurred in the initial implementation of this chapter, and thereafter, its cost of administration, not to exceed 1 percent of annual net revenues.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8510 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8510.

8510.  In order to be eligible for funds derived from the tax, project sponsors shall comply with all applicable commission rules and regulations including, but not limited to, those adopted pursuant to Section 66516 of the Government Code and Sections 99244 and 99246 of the Public Utilities Code. In consultation with cities, counties, transit operators, congestion management agencies, and other interested groups, the commission shall also develop and implement a program to ensure that project sponsors expend funds derived from the tax in an efficient and effective manner. No operating or maintenance funding provided from the tax shall be used to supplant any funds within the discretionary control of the recipient agency that are used for existing transportation operating or maintenance activities.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8511 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8511.

8511.  The commission’s regional transportation expenditure plan shall include a process of ensuring periodic public review of the progress of the regional transportation expenditure plan and citizen oversight.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8512 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8512.

8512.  The commission may, by a two-thirds vote, amend the regional transportation expenditure plan after a minimum of two public hearings in accordance with Section 8511. Any amendment shall comply with all of the requirements for the plan prescribed by this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8513 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8513.

8513.  (a) If requested to do so by the commission in its resolution calling for an election, the board of supervisors, as part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of the tax, shall include authorization for the commission to issue bonds for capital outlay expenditures as may be provided for in the ordinance expenditure plan payable from the proceeds of the tax.(b) The maximum bonded indebtedness that 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 tax, as determined by the plan. The amount of bonds outstanding at any one time does not include the amount of bonds, refunding bonds, or bond anticipation notes for which funds necessary for the payment thereof have been set aside for that purpose in a trust or escrow account.(c) The proposition shall set forth each of the following:(1) The actual percent of the tax.(2) The duration of the tax if the plan specifies a time limit.(3) The amount of bonds, if any, payable from the proceeds of the tax.(4) The commission as the agency imposing the tax.(5) The appropriations limit of the commission, pursuant to Section 4 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.(d) The sample ballot to be mailed to the voters, pursuant to Section 13303 of the Elections Code, shall be the full proposition, as set forth in the ordinance calling the election, and the voter information handbook shall include the entire ordinance expenditure plan.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8514 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8514.

8514.  (a) The bonds authorized by the voters concurrently with the approval of the tax may be issued at any time by the commission and shall be 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 the tax to the limited tax bonds authorized under this chapter shall have priority over the use of any of the tax for “pay-as-you-go” financing, except to the extent that this priority is expressly restricted in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8515 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8515.

8515.  Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time by a two-thirds vote of the commission. Each resolution shall provide for the issuance of bonds in the amounts as may be necessary, until the full amount of bonds authorized have been issued. The full amount of bonds may be divided into two or more series and different dates of payment fixed for the bonds of each series. A bond need not mature on its anniversary date.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8516 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8516.

8516.  (a) A resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds shall state all of the following:(1) The purposes for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include all costs and estimated costs incidental to, or connected with, the accomplishment of those purposes, including, without limitation, engineering, inspection, legal, fiscal agent, financial consultant and other fees, bond and other reserve funds, working capital, bond interest estimated to accrue during the construction period and for a period not to exceed three years thereafter, and expenses of all proceedings for the authorization, issuance, and sale of the bonds.(2) The estimated cost of accomplishing those purposes.(3) The amount of the principal of the indebtedness.(4) The maximum term the bonds proposed to be issued shall run before maturity, which shall not be beyond the date of termination of the imposition of the tax.(5) The maximum rate of interest to be paid, which shall not exceed the maximum allowable by law.(6) The denomination or denominations of the bonds, which shall not be less than five thousand dollars ($5,000).(7) The form of the bonds, including, without limitation, registered bonds and coupon bonds, to the extent permitted by federal law, and the form of any coupons to be attached thereto, the registration, conversion, and exchange privileges, if any, pertaining thereto, and the time when all of, or any part of, the principal becomes due and payable.(b) The resolution may also contain any other matters authorized by this chapter or any other law.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8517 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8517.

8517.  The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding the maximum allowable by law, payable at intervals determined by the commission, except that the first interest payable on the bonds, or any series thereof, may be for any period not exceeding one year, as determined by the commission.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8518 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8518.

8518.  In the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, the commission may also provide for the call and redemption of the bonds prior to maturity at the times and prices and upon other terms as specified. However, no bond is subject to call or redemption prior to maturity, unless it contains a recital to that effect or unless a statement to that effect is printed.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8519 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8519.

8519.  The principal of, and interest on, the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer of the commission, or at other places as may be designated, or at both the office and other places at the option of the holders of the bonds.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8520 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8520.

8520.  The bonds, or each series thereof, shall be dated and numbered consecutively and shall be signed by the chairperson or vice chairperson of the commission and the auditor-controller of the commission, and the official seal, if any, of the commission shall be attached.The interest coupons of the bonds shall be signed by the auditor-controller of the commission. All of the signatures and seal may be printed, lithographed, or mechanically reproduced.If any officer whose signature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be that officer before the delivery of the bonds, the officer’s signature is as effective as if the officer had remained in office.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8521 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8521.

8521.  The bonds may be sold as the commission determines by resolution, and the bonds may be sold at a price below par, whether by negotiated or public sale.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8522 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8522.

8522.  Delivery of any bonds may be made at any place either inside or outside the state, and the purchase price may be received in cash or bank credits.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8523 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8523.

8523.  All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of the bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds, and the remainder of the proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the treasury of the commission and applied to secure the bonds or for the purposes for which the debt was incurred. However, when the purposes have been accomplished, any money remaining shall be either (a) transferred to the fund to be used for the payment of principal of, and interest on, the bonds or (b) placed in a fund to be used for the purchase of the outstanding bonds in the open market at prices and in the manner, either at public or private sale or otherwise, as determined by the commission. Bonds so purchased shall be canceled immediately.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8524 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8524.

8524.  (a) The commission may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the commission upon the terms, at the times, and in the manner which it determines.(b) Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to pay all, or any part of, the principal of the outstanding bonds, the premiums, if any, due upon call and redemption thereof prior to maturity, all expenses of the refunding, and either of the following:(1) The interest upon the refunding bonds from the date of sale thereof to the date of payment of the bonds to be refunded out of the proceeds of the sale of the refunding bonds or to the date upon which the bonds to be refunded will be paid pursuant to call or agreement with the holders of the bonds.(2) The interest upon the bonds to be refunded from the date of sale of the refunding bonds to the date of payment of the bonds to be refunded or to the date upon which the bonds to be refunded will be paid pursuant to call or agreement with the holder of the bonds.(c) The provisions of this chapter for the issuance and sale of bonds apply to the issuance and sale of refunding bonds.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8525 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8525.

8525.  (a) The commission may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized pursuant to this chapter, but which have not been sold or delivered, and may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes therefor and may renew the bond anticipation notes from time to time. However, the maximum maturity of any bond anticipation notes, including the renewals thereof, shall not exceed five years from the date of delivery of the original bond anticipation notes.(b) The bond anticipation notes, and the interest thereon, may be paid from any money of the commission available therefor, including the revenues from the tax. If not previously otherwise paid, the bond anticipation notes, or any portion thereof, or the interest thereon, shall be paid from the proceeds of the next sale of the bonds of the commission in anticipation of which the notes were issued.(c) The bond anticipation notes shall not be issued in any amount in excess of the aggregate amount of the bonds which the commission has been authorized to issue, less the amount of any bonds of the authorized issue previously sold, and also less the amount of other bond anticipation notes therefor issued and then outstanding. The bond anticipation notes shall be issued and sold in the same manner as the bonds.(d) The bond anticipation notes and the resolutions authorizing them may contain any provisions, conditions, or limitations which a resolution of the commission may contain.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8526 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX LAW|CHAPTER 12 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission|Section 8526.

8526.  Any bonds issued under this chapter are legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and trust companies; and for state school funds; and 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, that money or those funds may be invested in the bonds issued under this chapter, and whenever bonds of cities, counties, school districts, or other districts within the 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 under this chapter may be so used. The provisions of this chapter 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. 1997, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8601 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 3 - USE FUEL TAX|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 8601.

8601.  This part is known and may be cited as the “Use Fuel Tax Law.”(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 38.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 3 - USE FUEL TAX|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 8602.

8602.  Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions given in this chapter govern the construction of this part.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 38.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES|PART 3 - USE FUEL TAX|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 8603.

8603.  As used in this part “motor vehicle” includes every self-propelled vehicle operated or suitable for operation on the highway, except a vehicle used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1217.)