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CA Pub Util Code § 150153 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions|Section 150153.

150153.  The authority 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 division.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150154 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions|Section 150154.

150154.  The authority 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 Tuolumne County LTC, or with any person upon any terms and conditions that the authority finds is in its best interest.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150155 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions|Section 150155.

150155.  The authority 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 project financed pursuant to this division, and preserve and protect the public peace, health, and safety with respect to its projects.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 150200.

150200.  The Legislature, by the enactment of this chapter, intends the additional funds provided government agencies by this chapter 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. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 150201.

150201.  A retail transactions and use tax ordinance shall be imposed by the authority in accordance with Section 150206 and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, if a majority of the electors voting on the measure vote to approve its imposition at special elections called for that purpose by the county and city, respectively. Those elections shall be consolidated. The ordinances shall take effect at the close of the polls on the day of election at which the measures are adopted, to impose the tax at the same rate.The initial collection of the retail transactions and use tax shall take place in accordance with Section 150204.If, at any time, the voters do not approve an ordinance imposing the retail transactions and use tax, the same or a different measure imposing that tax may, at any time thereafter, be submitted to the voters.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 150202.

150202.  The retail transactions and use tax 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, not to exceed 15 years, 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 division, including legal actions related thereto, the construction, capital acquisition, maintenance, and operation of streets, roads, and highways, including state highways. These purposes include expenditures for the planning, environmental reviews, engineering and design costs, and related right-of-way acquisition. The ordinance shall reference an expenditure plan which shall include the allocation of revenues for the purposes authorized by this section.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150203 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 150203.

150203.  (a) The county shall conduct the elections called pursuant to Section 150201.(b) The elections shall be called and conducted in the same manner as provided by law for the conduct of elections by a county.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150204 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 150204.

150204.  (a) Any retail transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 120 days after adoption of the ordinance.(b) An increase in the tax rate, adopted by the electors’ approval of an ordinance pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 150206, or a decrease in the tax rate adopted by the authority pursuant to Section 150207, shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 120 days after approval by the electors or adoption by the authority, as the case may be.(c) Prior to the operative date of the ordinance, the authority shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of the ordinance.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150205 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 150205.

150205.  (a) Revenues from the retail transactions and use tax imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be allocated by the authority for public transportation purposes consistent with the expenditure plan referenced in the ordinance imposing the tax. The authority, by a four-fifths vote of its members, may revise that expenditure plan after conducting noticed public hearings on the proposed revision.(b) The amounts allocated to projects within the county and the city, respectively, shall be proportionate to the revenues derived from the tax collected within each of the respective jurisdictions.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150206 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 150206.

150206.  (a) The authority, subject to the approval of the voters, may impose a maximum tax rate of 1 percent under this division and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and the authority may state the maximum tax rate at 1 percent or one-half of 1 percent. The authority shall not levy the retail transactions and use tax at a rate other than 1 percent or one-half of 1 percent, unless specifically authorized by the Legislature.(b) The tax rate adopted pursuant to this chapter, unless otherwise prohibited, may be increased by the authority by ordinance adopted in the manner and by the vote stated in Sections 150201 and approved by a majority of the electors voting on the measure at an election called for that purpose.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150207 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 150207.

150207.  The authority may reduce the tax rate to a percentage 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 authority determines, by a four-fifths vote of its members, that the proceeds of the taxes with the altered tax rate will be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, any limited tax bonds and any other indebtedness incurred by the authority which was to be payable from the proceeds of the retail transactions and use tax.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150208 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 150208.

150208.  (a) A ballot proposition to approve an ordinance for 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 authority.(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 tax for a period of not more than the number of years for which the tax authorized by this chapter is to be imposed.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150209 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 150209.

150209.  (a) The bonds authorized by the voters concurrently with the approval of the retail transactions and use tax may be issued by the authority 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 the tax to the limited tax bonds authorized under this chapter 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. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150210 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 150210.

150210.  The authority 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. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150211 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 150211.

150211.  Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time, and from time to time, by the authority by a four-fifths vote of all of its members.The authority 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 150202, 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 of the sale of bonds pursuant to this division. Instead, the authority shall authorize the issuance of bonds by resolution, which 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 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 on that day 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 authority. 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. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150212 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 150212.

150212.  Any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter 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 this state, that money or funds may be invested in the bonds issued under this chapter, 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 chapter may be so used. The provisions of this chapter are in addition to all other laws relating to legal investment and shall be controlling as the latest expression of the Legislature with respect thereto.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150213 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 150213.

150213.  Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this chapter 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 which 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. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 150214 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY|CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax|Section 150214.

150214.  The commission may not impose any tax other than the retail transactions and use tax imposed upon approval of the voters in accordance with this division.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 160000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 16 - PENINSULA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 160000.

160000.  The Peninsula Corridor Study Joint Powers Board, created pursuant to Section 1 of Chapter 1328 of the Statutes of 1987, is hereby redesignated the Peninsula Rail Transit District and, as such, has the additional powers provided for in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 160005).(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 4. Conditionally operative as prescribed by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 11.)
CA Pub Util Code § 160001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 16 - PENINSULA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 160001.

160001.  As used in this division, “district” means the Peninsula Rail Transit District.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 4. Conditionally operative as prescribed by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 11.)
CA Pub Util Code § 160002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 16 - PENINSULA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 160002.

160002.  The district board shall be comprised of nine members appointed as follows:(a) The governing bodies of the municipal railway operated by the City and County of San Francisco, the San Mateo County Transit District, and the Santa Clara County Transit District shall each appoint one member.(b) The Boards of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, the County of San Mateo, and the County of Santa Clara shall each appoint one member. (c) The Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco shall appoint one member.(d) The city councils of cities within the County of San Mateo, shall jointly appoint one member.(e) The city councils of cities within the County of Santa Clara shall jointly appoint one member.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 4. Conditionally operative as prescribed by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 11.)
CA Pub Util Code § 160005 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 16 - PENINSULA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 2 - Powers of the District|Section 160005.

160005.  In addition to powers delegated to the Peninsula Corridor Study Joint Powers Board by a joint exercise of powers agreement pursuant to Section 1 of Chapter 1328 of the Statutes of 1987, the district has all of the following powers:(a) To acquire real and personal property of every kind for rail purposes by grant, gift, devise, lease, or eminent domain, and to hold, use, sell, lease, or transfer any such property.(b) To enter into any contract necessary for its powers.(c) To establish or change rates, charges, and services. The Public Utilities Commission has no jurisdiction over the district or any of its activities except as to matters of public safety.(d) To indemnify and defend any railroad corporation, regardless of its negligence, that operates rail services for the district pursuant to contract. (e) To appoint an executive officer, and to employ staff and legal counsel.(f) To sue and be sued.(g) To indemnify and defend the Department of Transportation with respect to the transfer of rights-of-way, stations, rail passenger equipment, and facilities, and contracts, leases, or agreements relative to those properties whose ownership or responsibility is transferred to the district in accordance with the terms of an agreement to be negotiated.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 4. Conditionally operative as prescribed by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 11.)
CA Pub Util Code § 160006 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 16 - PENINSULA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT|CHAPTER 2 - Powers of the District|Section 160006.

160006.  (a) If the district acquires stations, facilities, and passenger equipment owned or leased by the Department of Transportation for the passenger rail service provided by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company between San Francisco and San Jose and points in between, and if the district acquires from the Department of Transportation the right-of-way between San Francisco and San Jose presently owned by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, the district may own, operate, construct, manage, and maintain rights-of-way, stations, facilities, and equipment necessary for the operation of rail passenger and freight services between San Francisco and Alma and points in between, and may contract with any railroad corporation for the purchase of, or to subsidize, service between San Francisco and Alma and points in between. Upon completion of the conditions specified in subdivision (a) of Section 14035.4 of the Government Code, the district may provide commuter rail service between San Jose and Gilroy.(b) Any assets transferred from the Department of Transportation to the district without compensation shall be transferred with all attendant obligations, liabilities, debts, and grant conditions established by the department, including Urban Mass Transportation Administration grants and sale and leaseback contracts.(Amended (as added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434) by Stats. 1989, Ch. 922, Sec. 3. Section conditionally operative as prescribed by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 11.)
CA Pub Util Code § 161000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 161000.

161000.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows:(1) Transportation is vital to the state’s economy, and a complete transportation system is essential in times of disaster.(2) Transportation corridors should be protected from uses which are incompatible with transportation requirements.(3) Important potential transportation corridors are being developed for other purposes.(b) It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature in enacting this division to vest in the Department of Transportation responsibility for implementing a program of transportation right-of-way protection and conservation within essential transportation corridors by acquiring and holding transportation corridor lands which would otherwise be lost to public use.(c) It is the further intent of the Legislature in enacting this division to preserve land which is needed or will be needed for transportation corridors consistent with applicable environmental protection laws and regulations.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 161001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 161001.

161001.  As used in this division, “commission” means the California Transportation Commission.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 161002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 161002.

161002.  As used in this division, “department” means the Department of Transportation.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 161003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 161003.

161003.  As used in this division, “secretary” means the Secretary of Transportation.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 510. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
CA Pub Util Code § 161004 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 161004.

161004.  As used in this division, “transportation corridor” means an area or one or more parcels of land that meets any of the following requirements:(a) Designated by the commission as necessary under the adopted state transportation improvement plan.(b) Designated by a transportation planning agency, county transportation commission, or the San Diego County Metropolitan Transit Development Board as necessary under the adopted regional transportation implementation plan.(c) Within the adopted route of a state highway.(d) Within the adopted route of a county or city highway or exclusive mass transit guideway which is consistent with the county or city general plan.(e) Designated by the commission as being within one of two or more proposed routes or alignments for a state highway.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 161020 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION|CHAPTER 2 - Duties and Functions|Section 161020.

161020.  The department may apply for and accept federal grants and receive gifts, donations, subventions, rents, royalties, and other financial support from public and private sources for purposes of this division.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)