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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Reversions and Exclusions › ARTICLE 1 - Reversion to Acreage › Section 66499.20.2.

66499.20.2. Subdivided lands may be merged and resubdivided without reverting to acreage by complying with all the applicable requirements for the subdivision of land as provided by this division and any local ordinances adopted pursuant thereto. The filing of the final map or parcel map shall constitute legal merging of the separate parcels into one parcel and the resubdivision of such parcel, and the real property shall thereafter be shown with the new lot or parcel boundaries on the assessment roll. Any unused fees or deposits previously made pursuant to this division pertaining to the property shall be credited pro rata towards any requirements for the same purposes which are applicable at the time of resubdivision. Any public streets or public easements to be left in effect after the resubdivision shall be adequately delineated on the map. After approval of the merger and resubdivision by the governing body or advisory agency the map shall be delivered to the county recorder. The filing of the map shall constitute legal merger and resubdivision of the land affected thereby, and shall also constitute abandonment of all public streets and public easements not shown on the map, provided that a written notation of each abandonment is listed by reference to the recording data creating these public streets or public easements, and certified to on the map by the clerk of the legislative body or the designee of the legislative body approving the map.
(Added by renumbering Section 66499.20 1/2 by Stats. 2012, Ch. 162, Sec. 77. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Reversions and Exclusions › ARTICLE 1 - Reversion to Acreage › Section 66499.20.3.

66499.20.3. A city or county may, by ordinance, authorize the merger of contiguous parcels under common ownership without reverting to acreage. The ordinance shall require the recordation of an instrument evidencing the merger.
(Added by renumbering Section 66499.20 3/4 by Stats. 2012, Ch. 162, Sec. 78. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Reversions and Exclusions › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusions › Section 66499.21.

66499.21. The superior court of the county in which a subdivision is situated may cause all or any portion of the real property included within the boundaries of the subdivision to be excluded from such subdivision and the recorded map to be altered or vacated, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Reversions and Exclusions › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusions › Section 66499.22.

66499.22. A proceeding for exclusion shall be initiated by filing a petition therefor in the offices of the county surveyor and clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which the subdivision or the portion thereof sought to be excluded is situated. The petition shall accurately and distinctly describe the real property sought to be excluded by reference to the recorded map or by any accurate survey, shall show the names and addresses of all owners of real property in the subdivision or in the portion thereof sought to be excluded as far as the same are known to the petitioners, and shall set forth the reasons for the requested exclusion. The petition shall be signed and verified by the owners of at least two-thirds of the total area of the real property sought to be excluded.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 41. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Reversions and Exclusions › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusions › Section 66499.23.

66499.23. The petition shall be accompanied by a new map showing the boundaries of the subdivision as it appears after the exclusion and alteration. The new map shall designate as numbered or lettered parcels those portions excluded and show the acreage of each parcel. If the map can be compiled from data available, an actual field survey shall not be required. If the map meets with the approval of the county surveyor, a statement by an engineer or surveyor shall not be required.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 982, Sec. 23.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Reversions and Exclusions › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusions › Section 66499.24.

66499.24. Upon the filing of a petition pursuant to this article, any judge of the superior court of the county in which the real property is situated shall make an order directing the clerk of the court to give notice of the filing of the petition. The notice shall be for once a week for a period of not less than five consecutive weeks and shall be given by publication in some newspaper of general circulation within the county, or if there is no newspaper published therein, by posting in three of the principal places in the county; provided, that if such real property or any portion thereof is situated within a city, the notice shall be given by publication in some newspaper of general circulation within the city, or if there is no newspaper published therein, by posting in three of the principal places in the city. Such notice shall contain a statement of the nature of the petition together with a direction that any person may file his written objection to the petition at any time before the expiration of the time of publication or posting. Upon expiration of the time of publication or posting, an affidavit showing such publication or posting shall be filed with the clerk of the court.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Reversions and Exclusions › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusions › Section 66499.25.

66499.25. The court may, if no objection has been filed, proceed without further notice to hear the petition. If during the hearing the petitioners produce to the court satisfactory evidence of the necessity of the exclusion of the real property, that the owners of two-thirds of the area of the real property sought to be excluded are the petitioners, and that there is no reasonable objection to making such exclusion, the court may proceed to exclude the real property sought to be excluded by the petition, and order the alteration or vacation of the recorded map, and enter its decree accordingly.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Reversions and Exclusions › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusions › Section 66499.26.

66499.26. If objection is made to the petition which, in the judgment of the court is material, the court shall proceed to hear such objection and may adjourn the proceedings to such time as may be necessary upon proper notice to the petitioners and the objectors.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Reversions and Exclusions › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusions › Section 66499.27.

66499.27. The exclusion of any real property or the alteration or vacation of any recorded map pursuant to this article shall not affect or vacate the whole or any part of any public street or highway.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Reversions and Exclusions › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusions › Section 66499.28.

66499.28. A certified copy of the decree of the superior court excluding any real property or ordering the alteration or vacation of any recorded map pursuant to this article shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which such real property is situated. The county recorder shall make upon the face of any such recorded map a memorandum stating briefly that such recorded map has been altered or vacated, whichever the case may be, and giving the date and reference of such decree.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Reversions and Exclusions › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusions › Section 66499.29.

66499.29. At the time a certified copy of the decree of court is recorded, a copy of the new map required by Section 66499.23 shall be filed for record with the county recorder who shall file it in accordance with the provisions of Section 66466. A copy of the new map shall also be filed with the local agency. A reference to this map shall be sufficient identification of the real property for reassessment purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Enforcement and Judicial Review › ARTICLE 1 - Prohibition and Penalty › Section 66499.30.

66499.30. (a) No person shall sell, lease, or finance any parcel or parcels of real property or commence construction of any building for sale, lease or financing thereon, except for model homes, or allow occupancy thereof, for which a final map is required by this division or local ordinance, until the final map thereof in full compliance with this division and any local ordinance has been filed for record by the recorder of the county in which any portion of the subdivision is located.
(b) No person shall sell, lease or finance any parcel or parcels of real property or commence construction of any building for sale, lease or financing thereon, except for model homes, or allow occupancy thereof, for which a parcel map is required by this division or local ordinance, until the parcel map thereof in full compliance with this division and any local ordinance has been filed for record by the recorder of the county in which any portion of the subdivision is located.
(c) Conveyances of any part of a division of real property for which a final or parcel map is required by this division or local ordinance shall not be made by parcel or block number, initial or other designation, unless and until the final or parcel map has been filed for record by the recorder of the county in which any portion of the subdivision is located.
(d) Subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) do not apply to any parcel or parcels of a subdivision offered for sale or lease, contracted for sale or lease, or sold or leased in compliance with or exempt from any law (including a local ordinance), regulating the design and improvement of subdivisions in effect at the time the subdivision was established.
(e) Nothing contained in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be deemed to prohibit an offer or contract to sell, lease, or finance real property or to construct improvements thereon where the sale, lease, or financing, or the commencement of construction, is expressly conditioned upon the approval and filing of a final subdivision map or parcel map, as required under this division.
(f) Nothing in subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, shall in any way modify or affect Section 11018.2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(g) For purposes of this section, the limitation period for commencing an action, either civil or criminal, against the subdivider or an owner of record at the time of a violation of this division or of a local ordinance enacted pursuant to this division, shall be tolled for any time period during which there is no constructive notice of the transaction constituting the violation, because the owner of record, at the time of the violation or at any time thereafter, failed to record a deed, lease, or financing document with the county recorder.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 799, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Enforcement and Judicial Review › ARTICLE 1 - Prohibition and Penalty › Section 66499.31.

66499.31. Each violation of this division by a person who is the subdivider or an owner of record, at the time of the violation, of property involved in the violation shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison, by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment. Every other violation of this division is a misdemeanor.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 799, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Enforcement and Judicial Review › ARTICLE 2 - Remedies › Section 66499.32.

66499.32. (a) Any deed of conveyance, sale or contract to sell real property which has been divided, or which has resulted from a division, in violation of the provisions of this division, or of the provisions of local ordinances enacted pursuant to this division, is voidable at the sole option of the grantee, buyer or person contracting to purchase, his heirs, personal representative, or trustee in insolvency or bankruptcy within one year after the date of discovery of the violation of the provisions of this division or of local ordinances enacted pursuant to the provisions of this division, but the deed of conveyance, sale or contract to sell is binding upon any successor in interest of the grantee, buyer or person contracting to purchase, other than those above enumerated, and upon the grantor, vendor, or person contracting to sell, or his assignee, heir or devisee.
(b) Any grantee, or his successor in interest, of real property which has been divided, or which has resulted from a division, in violation of the provisions of this division or of local ordinances enacted pursuant thereto, may, within one year of the date of discovery of such violation, bring an action in the superior court to recover any damages he has suffered by reason of such division of property. The action may be brought against the person who divided the property in violation of the provisions of this division or of local ordinances enacted pursuant thereto and against any successors in interest who have actual or constructive knowledge of such division of property.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to the conveyance of any parcel of real property identified in a certificate of compliance filed pursuant to Section 66499.35 or identified in a recorded final map or parcel map, from and after the date of recording.
The provisions of this section shall not limit or affect in any way the rights of a grantee or his successor in interest under any other provision of law.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 24.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Enforcement and Judicial Review › ARTICLE 2 - Remedies › Section 66499.33.

66499.33. This division does not bar any legal, equitable or summary remedy to which any aggrieved local agency or other public agency, or any person, firm, or corporation may otherwise be entitled, and any such local agency or other public agency, or such person, firm, or corporation may file a suit in the superior court of the county in which any real property attempted to be subdivided or sold, leased, or financed in violation of this division or local ordinance enacted pursuant thereto is located, to restrain or enjoin any attempted or proposed subdivision or sale, lease, or financing in violation of this division or local ordinance enacted pursuant thereto.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 87, Sec. 29. Effective March 1, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Enforcement and Judicial Review › ARTICLE 2 - Remedies › Section 66499.34.

66499.34. No local agency shall issue any permit or grant any approval necessary to develop any real property which has been divided, or which has resulted from a division, in violation of the provisions of this division or of the provisions of local ordinances enacted pursuant to this division if it finds that development of such real property is contrary to the public health or the public safety. The authority to deny such a permit or such approval shall apply whether the applicant therefor was the owner of record at the time of such violation or whether the applicant therefor is either the current owner of record or a vendee of the current owner of record pursuant to a contract of sale of the real property with, or without, actual or constructive knowledge of the violation at the time of the acquisition of his or her interest in such real property.
If a city or a county issues a permit or grants approval for the development of any such real property, it may impose only those conditions that would have been applicable to the division of the property at the time the applicant acquired his or her interest in such real property, and which has been established at such time by this division or local ordinance enacted pursuant thereto, except that where the applicant was the owner of record at the time of the initial violation of the provisions of this division or of local ordinances enacted pursuant thereto who, by a grant of the real property created a parcel or parcels in violation of this division or local ordinances enacted pursuant thereto, and such person is the current owner of record of one or more of the parcels which were created as a result of the grant in violation of the division or local ordinances enacted pursuant thereto, then the local agency may impose such conditions as would be applicable to a current division of the property, and except that if a conditional certificate of compliance has been filed for record under the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 66499.35, only such conditions stipulated in that certificate shall be applicable.
The issuance of a permit or grant of approval for development of real property, or with respect to improvements that have been completed prior to the time a permit or grant of approval for development was required by local ordinances in effect at the time of the improvement, or with respect to improvements that have been completed in reliance upon a permit or grant of approval for development, shall constitute “real property which has been approved for development,” for the purposes of subdivision (c) of Section 66499.35, and upon request by the person owning the real property or a vendee of such person pursuant to a contract of sale, the local agency shall issue a certificate of compliance for the affected real property.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 864, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Enforcement and Judicial Review › ARTICLE 2 - Remedies › Section 66499.36.

66499.36. Whenever a local agency has knowledge that real property has been divided in violation of the provisions of this division or of local ordinances enacted pursuant to this division, it shall cause to be mailed by certified mail to the then current owner of record of the property a notice of intention to record a notice of violation, describing the real property in detail, naming the owners thereof, and stating that an opportunity will be given to the owner to present evidence. The notice shall specify a time, date, and place for a meeting at which the owner may present evidence to the legislative body or advisory agency why the notice should not be recorded. The notice shall also contain a description of the violations and an explanation as to why the subject parcel is not lawful under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 66412.6.
The meeting shall take place no sooner than 30 days and no later than 60 days from date of mailing. If, within 15 days of receipt of the notice, the owner of the real property fails to inform the local agency of his or her objection to recording the notice of violation, the legislative body or advisory agency shall record the notice of violation with the county recorder. If, after the owner has presented evidence, it is determined that there has been no violation, the local agency shall mail a clearance letter to the then current owner of record. If, however, after the owner has presented evidence, the legislative body or advisory agency determines that the property has in fact been illegally divided, the legislative body or advisory agency shall record the notice of violation with the county recorder. The notice of violation, when recorded, shall be deemed to be constructive notice of the violation to all successors in interest in such property. The county recorder shall index the names of the fee owners in the general index.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 864, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Enforcement and Judicial Review › ARTICLE 3 - Judicial Review › Section 66499.37.

66499.37. Any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the decision of an advisory agency, appeal board, or legislative body concerning a subdivision, or of any of the proceedings, acts, or determinations taken, done, or made prior to the decision, or to determine the reasonableness, legality, or validity of any condition attached thereto, including, but not limited to, the approval of a tentative map or final map, shall not be maintained by any person unless the action or proceeding is commenced and service of summons effected within 90 days after the date of the decision. Thereafter all persons are barred from any action or proceeding or any defense of invalidity or unreasonableness of the decision or of the proceedings, acts, or determinations. The proceeding shall take precedence over all matters of the calendar of the court except criminal, probate, eminent domain, forcible entry, and unlawful detainer proceedings.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 612, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Enforcement and Judicial Review › ARTICLE 3 - Judicial Review › Section 66499.38.

66499.38. Any action brought in the superior court relating to this division may be subject to a mediation proceeding conducted pursuant to Chapter 9.3 (commencing with Section 66030) of Division 1.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 699, Sec. 25. (SB 894) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 3 - OFFICIAL MAPS › Section 66499.51.

66499.51. As used in this division:
(a) “City council or board of supervisors” includes the proper corresponding governing board and authority in each place where the division applies.
(b) “City engineer” and “county surveyor” includes the like or corresponding officer, subject to the direction of the corresponding governing board and authority in each place where the division applies.
(c) If there is no city engineer or county surveyor subject to such direction, the corresponding board and authority may employ competent engineers and surveyors to the extent necessary for the carrying out of the purposes of this division in the places subject to its jurisdiction, and the persons so appointed shall have the same authority and shall perform the same duties as are given to and enjoined upon city engineers and county surveyors, respectively, in like cases. The services of engineers and surveyors so employed shall be contracted for, examined, passed upon, audited and paid as are other debts contracted by such governing boards and authorities.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 24.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 3 - OFFICIAL MAPS › Section 66499.52.

66499.52. (a) Whenever any city, town or subdivision of land is platted or divided into lots or blocks, and whenever any addition to any city, town or subdivision is laid out into lots or blocks for the purpose of sale or transfer, the city engineer or the county surveyor, under the direction and with the approval of the city council or board of supervisors, may make an official map of the city, town or subdivision, giving to each block on the map a number, and to each lot or subdivision in the block a separate number or letter, and giving names to the streets, avenues, lanes, courts, commons or parks, as may be delineated on the official map.
(b) In a city or county which has adopted the procedure prescribed herein, any surveyor or engineer, under the review of the city engineer or county surveyor, may prepare an official map to be filed for record pursuant to subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 66499.35. The map shall be prepared in accordance with the map format specifications of subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 66434. Payment for the services of the city engineer or county surveyor, and any charges required by local ordinance to be paid for the cost of processing the official map by the city engineer or county surveyor, shall be the responsibility of the applicant. The official map shall include an engineer’s or surveyor’s certificate stating that the map was prepared pursuant to the provisions of this section, and an approval certificate of the city engineer or county surveyor. The certificate shall be signed, and, below or immediately adjacent to the signature, indicate the license or registration number with expiration date of the registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor preparing and approving the official map.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 100, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 3 - OFFICIAL MAPS › Section 66499.53.

66499.53. The engineer or surveyor, under the direction and with the approval of the city council or board of supervisors, may compile the map from maps on file, or may resurvey or renumber the blocks, or renumber or reletter the lots in the blocks, or change the names of streets.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 24.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 3 - OFFICIAL MAPS › Section 66499.54.

66499.54. Each and every map made and adopted under this division shall be certified under the hands of a majority of the members and the presiding officer and secretary and official seal, if any, of the authority adopting the same. The certificate shall set forth in full the resolution adopting the map, with the date of adoption.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 24.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 3 - OFFICIAL MAPS › Section 66499.55.

66499.55. The map, so certified, shall be forthwith filed in the office of the county recorder of the county wherein the platted lands are situate. The recorder shall immediately store maps for safekeeping in a reproducible condition with the proper indexes thereof and appropriately marked for the reception of the maps provided for in this division.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 427, Sec. 19. (SB 1489) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 3 - OFFICIAL MAPS › Section 66499.56.

66499.56. The map shall become an official map for all the purposes of this division when certified, and filed, but not before.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 427, Sec. 20. (SB 1489) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 3 - OFFICIAL MAPS › Section 66499.57.

66499.57. Whenever the city council or board of supervisors adopts a map prepared under this division as the official map of the subdivision, town, city or county, it shall be lawful and sufficient to describe the lots or blocks in any deeds, conveyances, contracts, or obligations affecting any of the lots or blocks as designated on the official map, a reference sufficient for the identification of the map being coupled with the description.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 65.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE › DIVISION 3 - OFFICIAL MAPS › Section 66499.58.

66499.58. All surveys and the field notes thereof made by any engineer or surveyor, under the provisions of this division, or in surveying officially any lots or parcels of land in any city, town or county for the purposes of any map under this division, shall be filed in the office of the surveyor or engineer, as the case may be, and shall become a part of the public records of the city, town or county.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 24.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66502.

66502. There is hereby created, as a local area planning agency and not as a part of the executive branch of the state government, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to provide comprehensive regional transportation planning for the region comprised of the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.
As used in this title, “region” means the region described in this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1652.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66503.

66503. The commission shall consist of 21 members as follows:
(a) Two members each from the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Contra Costa and San Mateo, and three members each from the Counties of Alameda and Santa Clara. With respect to the members from the City and County of San Francisco, the mayor shall appoint one member and the board of supervisors shall appoint one member. With respect to the members from Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties, the city selection committee organized in each county pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 50270) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5, shall appoint one member and the board of supervisors shall appoint one member. The Mayor of the City of Oakland shall be self-appointed or shall appoint a member of the Oakland City Council to serve as the third member from the County of Alameda. The Mayor of the City of San Jose shall be self-appointed or shall appoint a member of the San Jose City Council to serve as the third member from the County of Santa Clara.
(b) One member each from Marin, Napa, Solano, and Sonoma Counties. The city selection committee of these counties shall furnish to the board of supervisors the names of three nominees and the board of supervisors shall appoint one of the nominees to represent the county.
(c) One representative each appointed by the Association of Bay Area Governments and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. The representative appointed by the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission shall be a member of the commission and a resident of the City and County of San Francisco, and shall be approved by the Mayor of San Francisco.
(d) One representative, who shall be a nonvoting member, appointed by the Secretary of Transportation.
(e) One representative each appointed by the United States Department of Transportation and Department of Housing and Urban Development. However, these representatives shall serve only if the agencies they represent are amenable to these appointments. These representatives shall be nonvoting members.
(f) Public officers, whether elected or appointed, may be appointed and serve as members of the commission during their terms of public office.
(g) No more than three members appointed pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) shall be residents of the same county.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 315. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66504.

66504. Each commissioner’s term of office is four years; provided, however, that the commissioners appointed by the Mayor of the City of Oakland and the Mayor of the City of San Jose shall have an initial term of office ending in February 2015. A commissioner appointed as a public officer vacates his or her commission seat upon ceasing to hold such public office unless the appointing authority consents to completion of the term of office. Commissioners shall be selected for their special familiarity with the problems and issues in the field of transportation.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 88, Sec. 2. (AB 57) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66504.1.

66504.1. The members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their duties. However, in lieu of this reimbursement for attendance at commission or committee meetings, each member of the commission may receive a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100), but not to exceed a combined total of five meetings in any one calendar month, plus the necessary traveling expenses as may be authorized by the commission. The commission shall pay all costs pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1257, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66505.

66505. The commission shall appoint an executive director who shall have charge of administering the affairs of the commission, subject to the direction and policies of the commission.
The executive director shall, subject to the approval of the commission, appoint such employees as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the commission.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 891.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66506.

66506. The commission may:
(a) Accept grants, contributions, and appropriations from any public agency, private foundation, or individual.
(b) Appoint committees from its membership and appoint advisory committees from other interested public and private groups.
(c) Contract for or employ any professional services required by the commission or for the performance of work and services which in its opinion cannot satisfactorily be performed by its officers and employees or by other federal, state, or local governmental agencies.
(d) Do any and all other things necessary to carry out the purposes of this title.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 891.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66508.

66508. The commission shall adopt, by June 30, 1973, a regional transportation plan for the region. Prior to the adoption of such a plan, the operation, construction, and modification of those transportation systems under the purview of the commission may be undertaken without the approval of the commission.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 891.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66509.

66509. In developing the regional transportation plan, the commission shall consider:
(a) The plan recommended by the Bay Area Transportation Study Commission, with such modifications recommended by the Regional Transportation Planning Committee.
(b) The ecological, economic, and social impact of existing and future regional transportation systems upon various facets of the region, including, but not limited to, housing, employment, recreation, environment, land-use policies, and the economically disadvantaged.
(c) The regional plans prepared and adopted by organizations concerned with policies and programs designed to meet the near- and long-term planning needs of the region. Such consideration by the commission shall include, but not be limited to, plans prepared and adopted by the Association of Bay Area Governments, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, and the State Office of Planning.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 891.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66510.

66510. The regional transportation plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following segments of the regional transportation system:
(a) The national system of interstate and defense highways, the California freeway and expressway system, and other highways within the state highway system.
(b) The transbay bridges.
(c) Mass transit systems.
The commission shall pay particular attention to the interfacing of the various modes of transportation.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 891.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66511.

66511. The regional transportation plan shall also include an estimate of the regional transportation needs during the ensuing 10 years and a schedule of priorities for the construction, modification, and maintenance of various segments of the regional transportation system on a project basis to meet such needs.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 891.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66512.

66512. In addition, the regional transportation plan shall include a financial plan for the regional transportation system. The financial plan shall include a proposal for each segment of the system, including the amount and sources of revenues necessary to construct and operate that segment.
In developing the financial plan, the commission shall consider various sources of revenues, without regard to any constraints imposed by law on expenditures from such sources, necessary to assure adequate financing of the system and, if necessary, recommend appropriate legislation to the Legislature to secure such financing.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 891.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66513.

66513. The regional transportation plan shall be subjected to continuous review by the commission, with revisions prepared as the need may arise. The commission shall adopt revisions to the plan, consistent with Section 65080.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 673, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66514.

66514. The construction of any transbay bridge in the region shall not be commenced without the approval of the commission. This section shall not apply to modifications of existing bridges, except modifications which provide for the construction of additional lanes of traffic on existing bridges or for the construction of rapid transit facilities on existing bridges.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 681, Sec. 23.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66515.5.

66515.5. Any public multicounty transit system entirely within the region using an exclusive right-of-way shall incorporate physical characteristics compatible with the system of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, and provision shall be made for the unified management and operation of any interconnecting facilities.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 865.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66516.

66516. The commission, in coordination with the regional transit coordinating council established by the commission pursuant to Section 29142.4 of the Public Utilities Code, shall adopt rules and regulations to promote the coordination of fares and schedules for all public transit systems within its jurisdiction. The commission shall require every system to enter into a joint fare revenue sharing agreement with connecting systems consistent with the commission’s rules and regulations.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 256, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66516.5.

66516.5. The commission may do the following:
(a) In consultation with the regional transit coordinating council, identify those functions performed by individual public transit systems that could be consolidated to improve the efficiency of regional transit service, and recommend that those functions be consolidated and performed through inter-operator agreements or as services contracted to a single entity.
(b) Improve service coordination and effectiveness in those transit corridors identified as transit corridors of regional significance by the commission in consultation with the regional transit coordinating council by recommending improvements in those corridors, including, but not limited to, reduction of duplicative service and institution of coordinated service across public transit system boundaries.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 256, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66517.5.

66517.5. The commission shall develop regional transit service objectives, develop performance measures of efficiency and effectiveness, specify uniform data requirements to assess public transit service benefits and costs, and formulate procedures for establishing regional transportation priorities in the allocation of funds for transportation purposes.
The commission shall also establish and maintain standards relating to:
(a) A standardized reporting and accounting system under which public transit operators shall make quarterly reports to the commission on their revenues and expenditures and submit their annual proposed and adopted budgets for comment and evaluation. The system shall be consistent with the uniform system of accounts and records adopted by the State Controller pursuant to Section 99243 of the Public Utilities Code.
(b) Maintenance of established levels of local support for public transit system operations.
(c) Operating efficiency and cost control.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1204.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66518.

66518. When allocating funds for construction on the state highway system within the region, the California Transportation Commission shall conform to the regional transportation plan and the schedule of priorities for such construction included therein. The California Transportation Commission, however, may deviate from the regional transportation plan and the schedule of priorities established for construction on the interstate system and the state highway system within the region because of an overriding statewide interest.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 212.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66520.

66520. Any application to the federal or state government for any grant of money, whether an outright or a matching grant, by any county, city and county, city, or transportation district within the region shall, if it contains a transportation element, first be submitted to the commission for review as to its compatibility with the regional transportation plan. The commission shall approve and forward only those applications that are compatible with the plan.
Review by the commission, however, is not required where revenues derived from the Motor Vehicle Fuel License Tax Law are subvented to local governmental entities in accordance with statutory provisions.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 891.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66521.

66521. (a) It is the intention of the Legislature that the federal government, the state, and local agencies in the region will participate in support of the commission. The Legislature further intends that financial support of the activities of the commission will be made available from federal, state, and local sources normally available for transportation and general planning purposes in the region.
(b) The commission and the Transportation Agency shall negotiate contracts or agreements whereby federal-aid highway funds available for planning, and the necessary state matching funds from the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund, may be made available for support of the activities of the commission insofar as they relate to highway, road, and street planning for the region.
(c) The commission shall also negotiate, either directly or through the Office of Planning and Research or other appropriate agency, with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for grants or contributions of federal funds which may be available to support the study and planning activities of the commission.
(d) The commission shall negotiate equitable agreements with the City and County of San Francisco, and other counties and cities within the region, the Association of Bay Area Governments, the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, and the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District for the contribution of funds or services for the general support of the activities of the commission and for required matching of federal funds as may be made available. Any county, city and county, or city may use its apportionments from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund for these purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 316. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66525.

66525. The commission shall administer any county transportation expenditure plan which includes a provision that the commission shall implement a retail transactions and use tax pursuant to Division 12.5 (commencing with Section 131000) of the Public Utilities Code.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 301, Sec. 1. Effective July 14, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66530.

66530. The commission shall continue to actively, on behalf of the entire region, seek to assist in the development of adequate funding sources to develop, construct, and support transportation projects that it determines essential.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 301, Sec. 2. Effective July 14, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 7.1 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 66532.

66532. The commission shall develop an emergency transportation system management plan which defines the continuing emergency services required during reconstruction of highway facilities which have been rendered inoperable by the earthquake.
The plan shall be in effect for the period of time needed to restore the damaged sections of State Route 880 in the County of Alameda and State Route 280 and the Embarcadero Freeway in the City and County of San Francisco.
It is the intent of the Legislature that funding shall be provided for those services by subsequent actions of the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 28, Sec. 2. Effective August 14, 1990.)