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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Commissions › Section 130052.

130052. The Orange County Transportation Commission shall be known as the Orange County Transportation Authority and shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of 18 members appointed as follows:
(a) Five members of the Orange County Board of Supervisors appointed by that board. Terms of office of the five members of the board of supervisors shall be determined by the board of supervisors. A board of supervisors member’s term shall cease if he or she no longer serves as a member of the board of supervisors.
(b) (1) (A) Five city members, with one from each of the five supervisorial districts, elected by the Orange County City Selection Committee members within each supervisorial district on a population-weighted voting basis.
(B) Five city members, with one from each of the five supervisorial districts, elected on a “one city, one vote” basis by the Orange County City Selection Committee members within each supervisorial district.
(2) A city that is within more than one supervisorial district shall be considered part of the district where the highest percentage of the city’s population resides. Under this circumstance, the entire city’s population shall be used for population-weighted voting purposes. Each city member shall be a mayor or a city council member serving within the county. Terms of office of each city member shall be determined by the Orange County City Selection Committee. A city member’s term shall cease if he or she no longer serves as a member of a city council or as the mayor of a city.
(3) A city member serving on the authority on the effective date of the act amending this section in the 2003–04 Regular Session shall continue to serve until the earliest of either the expiration of his or her term or until he or she no longer serves as a mayor or member of a city council.
(c) Two public members appointed by a majority vote of the other 15 voting members of the authority. Each public member shall be a resident of Orange County who is not then serving, and has not within the last four years served, as an elected official of a city within the county, as an elected official of any agency or special district within Orange County, or as an elected official of the county. Each public member shall serve for a term of four years.
(d) The Director of Transportation, District 12, who shall be appointed by the Governor as a nonvoting member. The member shall serve for a term of four years.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 469, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Commissions › Section 130052.1.

130052.1. The members of the Orange County Transportation Authority, comprised as specified by Section 130052, shall serve as the governing body of the Orange County Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 983, Sec. 5. Operative December 1, 1991, or sooner, as prescribed by Sec. 8 of Ch. 983.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Commissions › Section 130052.2.

130052.2. Until July 1, 1996, any included municipal operator within the jurisdiction of the Orange County Transportation Authority shall annually be allocated a level of funding pursuant to the Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200) of Part 11 of Division 10) which is not less than the amount allocated to that operator during the 1989–90 fiscal year adjusted by an amount equal to the previous year’s allocation multiplied by the Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside Consumer Price Index, if the apportionment under Section 99231 is not exceeded, and the operator complies with the expenditure limit prescribed by Section 99268.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 983, Sec. 6. Operative December 1, 1991, or sooner, as prescribed by Sec. 8 of Ch. 983.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Commissions › Section 130052.3.

130052.3. (a) The Orange County Transportation Commission, the Orange County Transit District, the Orange County Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies, and the Orange County Consolidated Transportation Services Agency shall jointly develop a comprehensive plan for consolidation of the functions of these agencies. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) An institutional structure that provides for the consolidation of all functions of the agencies within a unified management structure responsible to a single policy board.
(2) A staffing plan that defines the personnel needs of the consolidated agencies.
(3) A financial plan that includes an estimate of the revenues available to the consolidated agencies, related restrictions or requirements, and an estimate of the expenditures under the consolidation plan.
(4) Recommendations for legislation necessary to implement the plan.
(b) The plan shall be approved by the Orange County Transportation Commission and the Board of Directors of the Orange County Transit District and shall be transmitted to the Legislature, the Governor, and the Controller on or before December 1, 1991.
(c) If the plan is not submitted by December 1, 1991, the Controller shall, during the 1992–93 fiscal year, withhold payments pursuant to Sections 2104, 2105, 2106, and 2107 of the Streets and Highways Code to every city in Orange County, and the County of Orange.
(d) Nothing in this section prohibits the Orange County Transportation Commission, the Orange County Transit District, the Orange County Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies, or the Orange County Consolidated Transportation Services Agency, pursuant to any authority which each respective agency possessed on January 1, 1991, from implementing all or part of the plan prior to its receipt by the Legislature.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 983, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Commissions › Section 130053.

130053. The Riverside County Transportation Commission shall consist of the following regular members:
(a) Five members of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.
(b) One member from each incorporated city in Riverside County, each of whom shall be a mayor or city council member.
(c) One nonvoting member appointed by the Governor.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 387, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Commissions › Section 130053.5.

130053.5. (a) The Riverside County Board of Supervisors shall establish a procedure by which a member of that board may appoint an alternate member of the board of supervisors to represent the member for one meeting of the Riverside County Transportation Commission. Notice of the alternate appointment shall be made in writing to the clerk of the commission 24 hours prior to the meeting.
(b) Each incorporated city in Riverside County shall appoint one alternate member to the commission who shall represent the regular member of the commission who serves on behalf of the city, if the regular member is not in attendance at a meeting. Notice of the alternate appointment shall be made in writing to the clerk of the commission 24 hours prior to the meeting. If an incorporated city appoints an alternate member, the alternate member shall be either the mayor or a city council member of that incorporated city.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 387, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Commissions › Section 130053.7.

130053.7. (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), each regular member of the Riverside County Transportation Commission, or an alternate member acting in the place of a regular member pursuant to Section 130053.5, shall have one vote at meetings of the commission.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any member of the commission, immediately after a vote of the commission in accordance with subdivision (a), may call for a weighted vote. For an item to be passed by weighted vote, all of the following requirements shall be met:
(1) The item shall be approved by a majority of the commission members present at the meeting who represent the board of supervisors, who each shall have one vote.
(2) The item shall be approved by a majority of the commission members present at the meeting who represent cities in Riverside County, who each shall have one vote.
(3) The item shall be approved by commission members present at the meeting who represent cities in Riverside County representing a majority of the population of the county living in incorporated areas. For the purpose of this paragraph, each regular commission member at the meeting who represents a city in Riverside County shall be assigned votes based on the percentage of the population of incorporated areas of Riverside County represented by that member in relation to the total population of incorporated areas of Riverside County represented at the meeting. Population data shall be determined through Department of Finance estimates, adjusted annually.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 130102, a quorum of the Riverside County Transportation Commission shall be a majority of the total voting membership of the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 387, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Commissions › Section 130054.1.

130054.1. The Ventura County Transportation Commission shall consist of the following members:
(a) Five members of the Ventura County Board of Supervisors.
(b) One member from each incorporated city within Ventura County who shall be the mayor of the city or a member of its city council. The term of a member under this subdivision terminates when he or she ceases to hold that office or when replaced by the city council.
(c) One citizen member appointed by the Ventura County Board of Supervisors, who shall not be an elected official, but who shall be a resident of Ventura County.
(d) One citizen member appointed by the Ventura County City Selection Committee, who shall not be an elected official, but who shall be a resident of Ventura County.
(e) One nonvoting member appointed by the Governor.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 22, Sec. 174. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Commissions › Section 130054.8.

130054.8. The Governor shall appoint a nonvoting member to each of the commissions to represent the interest of state.
The appointees shall serve terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
No individual shall serve as a nonvoting member more than two terms on a commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 904, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Commissions › Section 130055.

130055. The commissions shall merge with, or otherwise join, any statutorily created multifunctional regional government organization, if it has transportation planning and programming responsibilities as specified in Article 5 (commencing with Section 130300) of Chapter 4, within one year of creation of such an organization.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Commissions › Section 130056.

130056. The commissions shall rely to the maximum extent possible on existing state, regional, and local transportation planning and programming data and expertise, rather than on a large duplicative commission staff and set of plans.
The Legislature envisions the development of a small, but very capable, core staff able to provide the commissions with an objective analysis of the various options relative to plans and proposed projects of the regional and local transportation agencies and operators, and then translate those options into a short-range transportation improvement program to be developed and approved pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 130303 in accordance with decisions made by the commissions.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Commissions › Section 130057.

130057. It is the intent of the Legislature that, after the development and approval of the short-range transportation improvement program pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 130303, the transportation agencies responsible for the implementation of the program shall be granted discretion on how to best implement the program. Any changes made in the program by such an agency in its implementation shall be consistent with the purposes of the program, and the commission shall be immediately notified of such changes.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Commissions › Section 130058.

130058. It is the intent of the Legislature that, working through the multicounty designated transportation planning agency, the four commissions be encouraged to develop joint powers agreements or other contractual arrangements between themselves in the development of transportation facilities or for the provision of transportation services where the commissions feel such arrangements are in the public interest.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Commissions › Section 130059.

130059. The multicounty designated transportation planning agency shall convene at least two meetings annually of representatives from each of the four commissions, the agency, and the Department of Transportation for the following purposes:
(a) To review and discuss the near-term transportation improvement programs prior to adoption by the commissions.
(b) To review and discuss the regional transportation plan prior to adoption by the agency pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 65080) of Title 7 of the Government Code.
(c) To consider progress in the development of a regionwide and unified public transit system.
(d) To review and discuss any other matter of mutual concern.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 950.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 130100.

130100. Except as otherwise provided in Section 130052, each commission at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the first meeting in January or at such other date as the commission may determine, shall elect a chairperson from its members who shall preside at all meetings, and a vice chairperson who shall preside in his or her absence. In the event of their absence or inability to act, the members present, by an order entered in the minutes, shall select one of their members to act as chairperson pro tempore, who, while so acting, shall have all of the authority of the chairperson.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 904, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 130102.

130102. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official acts of the commission shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 216, Sec. 3. (SB 1305) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 130104.

130104. (a) All meetings of the commission shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code).
(b) All meetings of the citizens’ advisory committee and technical advisory committee shall be held pursuant to Section 54952.3 of the Government Code, and no other provision of the Ralph M. Brown Act shall apply to meetings of these committees.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 950.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 130105.

130105. The commission shall:
(a) Adopt an annual budget and fix the compensation of its officers and employees.
(b) Adopt an administrative code, by ordinance, which shall prescribe the powers and duties of commission officers, the method of appointment of commission employees, and methods, procedures, and systems of operation and management of the commission.
(c) Cause a postaudit of the financial transactions and records of the commission to be made at least annually by a certified public accountant.
(d) Appoint, not later than July 1, 1977, a citizens’ advisory committee, which membership shall reflect a broad spectrum of interests and all geographic areas of the county. Members of the staff of the commission, as determined by the commission, shall be available to aid the citizens’ advisory committee in its work.
(e) Appoint a technical advisory committee of representatives from all of the transit operators, all of the cities and the county, and the Department of Transportation, and such other advisory committees it deems necessary.
(f) Do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 130106.

130106. Notice of time and place of the public hearing for the adoption of the annual budget shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, and shall be published not later than the 15th day prior to the date of the hearing.
The proposed annual budget shall be available for public inspection at least 15 days prior to the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 130107.

130107. The commission shall appoint a full-time executive director who shall act for the commission under its direction.
The commission may appoint such officers as it deems necessary to carry out its duties and functions.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 130108.

130108. (a) Each member of a commission may be compensated at a rate not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for any day attending to the business of the commission, but not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400) in any month, and the necessary traveling and personal expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties as authorized by the commission. Members of the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority shall be compensated pursuant to this subdivision. Members of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall be compensated pursuant to subdivision (b).
(b) Each member of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall be compensated at a rate not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) for any day attending to the business of the authority, but not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per month, and other expenses which are directly related to the performance of duties as authorized by the authority.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 216, Sec. 5. (SB 1305) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 130108.5.

130108.5. Notwithstanding Section 130108, the Board of Directors of the Orange County Transportation Authority may allow members of the board necessary traveling and personal expenses incurred in performance of duties authorized by the board and may allow members per diem compensation at the maximum rate of one hundred dollars ($100) per day, not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) in any calendar month, for attending board meetings and for performance of any other services for the authority as authorized by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 752, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 130109.

130109. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the commission shall enter into a contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, and the board shall enter into that contract, to include all of the employees of the commission into that retirement system, and the employees shall be entitled to substantially similar health benefits as are state employees pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 22750) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(b) For purposes of providing retirement benefits, the commission may contract with the retirement system that the employees of the county in which the commission is located are members of in lieu of contracting with the board.
(c) Each person employed by the Orange County Transportation Commission on January 1, 1992, may, no later than February 1, 1992, elect to either remain a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or become a member of the Orange County Employees Retirement System. All persons who become employed by the commission after February 1, 1991, shall be members of the Orange County Employees Retirement System.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 69, Sec. 37. Effective June 24, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 130109.1.

130109.1. Upon creation of the Ventura County Transportation Commission, and on the effective date of a contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, existing balances in the Ventura County Association of Governments Account in the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund shall be transferred to the commission’s account in that fund.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1136, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 130110.

130110. (a) For employees of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority not in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization, the authority shall establish retirement benefits pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 30400) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 30430) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 10.
(b) Retirement benefits for employees of the authority and any organizational unit of the authority in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization shall be established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 30450) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 10.
(c) Retirement benefits for employees of the authority and any organizational unit of the authority in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization that was created on or after January 1, 1999, for the purpose of representing managerial employees or supervisorial employees, shall be established pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between the authority or any organizational unit of the authority and that labor organization.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1080, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Powers › Section 130201.

130201. The commission may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Powers › Section 130202.

130202. All claims for money or damages against the commission are governed by Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Powers › Section 130203.

130203. Whenever a commission, by resolution, determines that any record, map, book, paper, or other document of the commission in the possession of the commission or any officer or employee for 10 years or more is of no further use or value to the commission, the commission may authorize its sale, destruction, or other disposition.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1172, Sec. 8. Effective September 30, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 130220.

130220. The commission may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, contracts and stipulations to indemnify and save 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. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 130220.5.

130220.5. (a) The commission has the power of eminent domain to take any property necessary, incidental, or convenient to the exercise of its powers pursuant to this division.
(b) The commission may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire property outside its territorial limits for environmental mitigation purposes only if otherwise authorized by law and only to the extent so authorized, and only with the consent of the board of supervisors of the county in which the mitigation will occur.
(c) No action to acquire property by eminent domain within any incorporated city or within the unincorporated area of any county shall be commenced unless written notice is given to the legislative body of the affected city or county, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 1245.235 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and the affected city or county, as the case may be, shall have the same rights to a hearing before the commission as a person to whom notice is otherwise required to be given under that section.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 613, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 130221.

130221. The commission may contract with any department or agency of the United States of America, with any public agency (including, but not limited to, the Department of Transportation, the multicounty designated transportation planning agency, or any transit district, county, or city), or with any person upon such terms and conditions as the commission finds is in its best interest.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 130231.

130231. (a) The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission is authorized to impose a transactions and use tax within the County of Los Angeles pursuant to the approval by the voters of the commission’s Ordinance No. 16 in 1980 and its Ordinance No. 49 in 1990, and has the authority and power vested in the Southern California Rapid Transit District to plan, design, and construct an exclusive public mass transit guideway system in the County of Los Angeles, including, but not limited to, Article 5 (commencing with Section 30630 of Chapter 5 of Part 3 of Division 11).
(b) The commission shall conform to this article in letting contracts for the construction of that system.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 159, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 130233.

130233. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if, after rejecting bids received under Section 130232, the commission determines and declares, by a two-thirds vote of all of its members, that the supplies, equipment, or materials may be purchased at a lower price in the open market, the commission may proceed to purchase those supplies, equipment, or materials in the open market without further observance of the provisions in this article regarding contracts, bids, advertisement, or notice.
(b) If, after rejecting bids received under Section 130232, the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority determines and declares, by a majority vote of all of its members, that the supplies, equipment, or materials may be purchased at a lower price in the open market, the authority may proceed to purchase those supplies, equipment, or materials in the open market without further observance of the provisions in this article regarding contracts, bids, advertisement, or notice.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 216, Sec. 6. (SB 1305) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 130234.

130234. In case of any great public calamity, such as an extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic, or other disaster, or interruption of contracts essential to the provision of daily transit service or catastrophic failure of revenue-producing equipment or facilities, the commission may, by resolution passed by a two-thirds vote of all its members, declare and determine that public interest and necessity demand the immediate expenditure of public money to safeguard life, health, or property, and thereupon proceed to expend or enter into a contract involving the expenditure of any sum needed in the emergency without observance of the provisions in this article regarding contracts, bids, advertisement, or notice.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 137.4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 130235.

130235. (a) Upon determining that immediate remedial measures to avert or alleviate damage to property, or to replace, repair, or restore damaged or destroyed property, of the commission are necessary in order to ensure that the facilities of the commission are available to serve the transportation needs of the general public, and upon determining that available remedial measures, including procurement or construction in compliance with Sections 130232, 130233, and 130234 are inadequate, the executive director may authorize the expenditure of money previously appropriated specifically by the commission for the direct purchases of goods and services, without following those sections.
(b) The executive director shall, after any such expenditure, submit to the commission a full report explaining the necessity for the action.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 137.5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 130236.

130236. Notwithstanding Section 130232, and upon a finding by two-thirds vote of all members of the commission that the proposed purchase in compliance with Sections 130232 and 130233 does not constitute a method of procurement adequate for the operation of commission facilities or equipment, the commission may direct the procurement of prototype equipment or modifications in an amount sufficient to conduct and evaluate operational testing without further observance of any provisions in this article regarding contracts, bids, advertisements, or notice.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 137.6.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 130237.

130237. Notwithstanding Section 130232, the commission may direct the purchase of any supply, equipment, or material without observance of any provision in this article regarding contracts, bids, advertisement, or notice upon a finding by two-thirds of all members of the commission that there is only a single source of procurement therefor and that the purchase is for the sole purpose of duplicating or replacing supply, equipment, or material already in use.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 137.7.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 130239.

130239. In order to facilitate the participation of minority-owned and women-owned businesses and disadvantaged individuals in activities and contracts of the commission, to the extent that the provisions of Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, as amended, and Chapter 60 (commencing with Section 60.1) of Title 41 and Part 23 (commencing with Section 23.1) of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations are not applicable, the commission has the authority to develop a program to implement similar provisions applicable to its activities and contracts.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 159, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 130240.1.

130240.1. (a) The Orange County Transportation Authority may enter into agreements for the joint use or joint development of any property or rights by the authority and any city, public agency, or public utility operating transit facilities or nontransit facilities, or both, or any other person, firm, corporation, association, organization, or other entity, public or private, either, in whole or in part, within or outside the county, for the joint use or development of any property of the authority or of the city, public agency, public utility, person, firm, corporation, association, organization, or other entity, public or private, for the establishment of through routes, joint fares, station cost-sharing, connector fees, or land, air, or development rights, sales or leasing, transfer of passengers, pooling arrangements, or for any other purpose necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for the full exercise of the powers granted in this chapter. As to any service which the authority is authorized to perform pursuant to this chapter, the authority may contract for the performance of the service by any city, county, or public utility the territory of which is, in whole or in part, within the county.
(b) “Joint development” includes, but is not limited to, agreements with any person, firm, corporation, association, organization, or other entity, public or private, to develop or to engage in the planning, financing, construction, or operation of authority facilities or development projects adjacent, or physically or functionally related, to authority facilities.
(c) “Nontransit facilities,” as used in this section, includes any land, buildings, or equipment, or interest therein, which is used primarily for the production of transit revenue not arising from the operation of a transit system.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 752, Sec. 10.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 130240.5.

130240.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Orange County Transportation Authority may acquire rights-of-way from willing sellers for the following projects:
(a) Addition of auxiliary westbound lane to State Route 91, from Interstate 5 to State Route 57, in Orange County.
(b) State Route 57 northbound widening, from Katella Avenue to Lincoln Avenue, in Orange County.
(Added by Stats. 2009, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 6, Sec. 5. Effective May 21, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 130241.

130241. All the provisions of the Orange County Transit District Act of 1965 (Part 4 (commencing with Section 40000) of Division 10), regarding the powers and functions of the Orange County Transit District shall be equally applicable to the Orange County Transportation Authority as if set forth herein, and shall be in addition to the powers and functions set forth in this division. The authority shall determine which provisions are applicable to the authority.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 752, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 130245.

130245. (a) An advisory committee shall be created to review issues and make recommendations to the Orange County Transportation Authority and the Riverside County Transportation Commission regarding the facilities authorized pursuant to Sections 130240 and 130244, including tolls imposed, operations, maintenance, interoperability, and use of toll revenues, and improvements in the State Highway Route 91 corridor, including the identification and siting of alternative highways. The committee shall consist of 10 voting members and three nonvoting members, as follows:
(1) Five members of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Transportation Authority appointed by that board.
(2) Five members of the Riverside County Transportation Commission appointed by that commission.
(3) One member of the San Bernardino Associated Governments appointed by that body, and the district directors of Districts 8 and 12 of the Department of Transportation, all of whom shall be nonvoting members.
(b) The advisory committee shall establish rules for the conduct of committee meetings, which rules shall be approved by both the Orange County Transportation Authority and the Riverside County Transportation Commission. The authority and the commission may appoint alternates to the committee.
(c) When reviewing the initial toll structure proposed by the Orange County Transportation Authority and the Riverside County Transportation Commission or any changes to the toll structure, the advisory committee shall place an information item on a regularly scheduled agenda for public comment and consideration of the advisory committee.
(d) The Orange County Transportation Authority shall conduct an audit on an annual basis of the toll revenues collected and expenditures made during its operation of the facilities authorized in Section 130240. The audit shall review revenues and expenditures related to those facilities for consistency with that section and shall be provided to the advisory committee.
(e) The Riverside County Transportation Commission shall conduct an audit on an annual basis of the toll revenues collected and expenditures made during its operation of the facilities authorized in Section 130244. The audit shall review revenues and expenditures related to those facilities for consistency with that section and shall be provided to the advisory committee.
(f) The Orange County Transportation Authority and the Riverside County Transportation Commission shall equally share all costs associated with this section. None of these costs shall be paid from state funds.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 714, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 2 - Contracts › Section 130246.

130246. The Riverside County Transportation Commission may enter into contracts with private vendors for the performance of the following services:
(a) Enforcement of parking regulations adopted by the commission. Parking enforcement shall be performed in the manner provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 40200) of Chapter 1 of Division 17 of the Vehicle Code.
(b) Removal of vehicles parked in violation of a parking regulation adopted by the commission. Removal of vehicles shall be performed in the manner provided in Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 22650) of Division 11 of the Vehicle Code.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 512, Sec. 1. (AB 1943) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 3 - Transportation Systems › Section 130250.

130250. The commission shall coordinate the operation of all public transportation services within the county so as to achieve efficient operation thereof and shall resolve all jurisdictional disputes between public transit operators.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 3 - Transportation Systems › Section 130251.

130251. It is the intent of the Legislature that, if, at the time the commission commences operation, an application to the federal government has been submitted, or substantial progress has been made in preparation of such an application, for funds to start the necessary work toward the construction of a transit guideway project, the commission shall give top priority to supporting such an effort so that the flow of federal funds shall not be impeded.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 3 - Transportation Systems › Section 130252.

130252. (a) All plans proposed for the design, construction, and implementation of public mass transit systems or projects, including exclusive public mass transit guideway systems or projects, and federal-aid and state highway projects, shall be submitted to the commission for approval. No such plan shall be approved unless it conforms to the appropriate adopted regional transportation plan pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 65080) of Title 7 of the Government Code.
(b) The commission shall have no approval authority over the projects, plans, and programs determined by the Department of Transportation to be necessary for the safety and maintenance of the state highway system. Such projects, plans, and programs shall be developed by the department and, to the extent feasible, be coordinated with the planning of the commission. Plans and programs involving significant rebuilding or rehabilitation of the state highway system, as determined by the department and the commission, shall be developed jointly by the department and the commission.
(c) As used in this section, “plan” means a project description and not the detailed project plans, specifications, and estimates.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1106, Sec. 31.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 3 - Transportation Systems › Section 130253.

130253. Any plan for a transit system proposed to serve more than one county shall also be submitted for approval by the multicounty designated transportation planning agency. Action regarding such approval shall be taken within 60 working days after such a plan is submitted by the commission to the multicounty designated transportation planning agency.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 3 - Transportation Systems › Section 130254.

130254. The commission shall designate the operator of any approved transit guideway system.
Except as specified in Section 130254.5, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall designate the Southern California Rapid Transit District as the transit guideway operator in Los Angeles County.
The Orange County Transportation Commission shall designate the Orange County Transit District as the transit guideway operator in Orange County.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 950.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 3 - Transportation Systems › Section 130254.5.

130254.5. The City of Los Angeles may design, construct, and operate a point-to-point transportation system on or between property under the jurisdiction and control of its Department of Airports.
Once constructed and in operation, any such transportation system shall be coordinated with motor vehicle traffic operation and transit services by the county transportation commission having jurisdiction in the county in which the transportation system is located.
With the prior approval of the county transportation commission having such jurisdiction, the City of Los Angeles may submit applications for federal highway or transit funds or state highway or transit funds to construct or operate a point-to-point transportation system on or between property under the jurisdiction and control of its Department of Airports. This requirement shall not apply to any grant of such funds awarded prior to January 1, 1978.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 950.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 3 - Transportation Systems › Section 130255.

130255. (a) If a commuter or urban rail transit system is proposed to serve two or more counties, the commissions in those counties shall form a joint powers entity to conduct plan refinement studies, design, select the technology, determine the cost, locate the routes and access points, and supervise the construction, operation, and management of the system.
(b) The joint powers entity shall designate the operator of the system.
(c) If state funds are to be used for the operation of the system, at least four months prior to implementing service on the system, the joint powers entity shall submit its plan for the operation to the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1449, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 3 - Transportation Systems › Section 130256.

130256. The commission shall require all planning for guideway and rapid transit systems be coordinated with the Department of Transportation and the multicounty designated transportation planning agency.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 3 - Transportation Systems › Section 130257.

130257. The commission may enter into an agreement with the Department of Transportation for the department to provide those services which are within the capabilities of the department to effectively perform in connection with the development and construction of any approved exclusive public mass transit guideway system or rapid transit system.
The commission shall retain final authority to decide those matters for which it is responsible by law pertaining to the planning, design, construction, and operation of any exclusive public mass transit guideway system or rapid transit system.
The department shall perform such services agreed upon in accordance with the law and regulations that are applicable to the commission and the department.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)