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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99233.4.

99233.4. Allocations shall be made for rail passenger service operations and capital improvements pursuant to Section 99234.5, 99234.7, or 99234.9.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 995, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99233.5.

99233.5. Up to 10 percent of the remaining money for the area under the jurisdiction of a transit development board created pursuant to Division 11 (commencing with Section 120000) shall be allocated to the transit development board and the transportation planning agency to carry out administrative and planning powers, duties, and functions and construction and acquisition programs in accordance with Article 4 (commencing with Section 132353) of Chapter 3 of Division 12.7.
Thereafter, the remaining money for allocation in that area shall be allocated by the transportation planning agency to claimants.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 743, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99233.7.

99233.7. Up to 5 percent of the remaining money in the fund shall be made available to cities, counties, and operators for claims filed pursuant to Article 4. 5 (commencing with Section 99275) in those areas where claims may not be filed for those purposes specified in Article 8 (commencing with Section 99400), and may be made available to consolidated transportation service agencies, unless the transportation planning agency, or a county transportation commission created pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000), having jurisdiction finds, after considering the claims pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 99275.5, that the allocations of money could be used to better advantage for the purposes stated in Article 4 (commencing with Section 99260) in the development of a balanced transportation system.
The money may be allocated without respect to Section 99231 and shall not be included in determining the apportionment to a city or county for purposes of Sections 99233.8 and 99233.9.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 241, Sec. 1. Effective June 9, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99233.8.

99233.8. There shall be allocated to operators such money as is approved by the transportation planning agency for claims presented pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 99260) of this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1348.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99233.9.

99233.9. There shall be allocated to counties and cities such money as is approved by the transportation planning agency for claims presented pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 99400) of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1348.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99233.10.

99233.10. Notwithstanding Section 99233.7, funds made available in the County of Santa Barbara for claims filed pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 99275) may be included in determining the apportionment to a city, county, or operator for purposes of Sections 99233.8 and 99233.9.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 226, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99233.11.

99233.11. Funds made available to the County of Stanislaus and the cities in that county shall be allocated in the following order:
(a) To the Stanislaus Area Association of Governments, the County of Stanislaus, and the cities in that county, an amount deemed necessary for the administration of this chapter.
(b) To the Stanislaus Area Association of Governments, an amount approved by that association, but not more than 3 percent of annual revenues, to conduct the transportation planning and programming process, unless a greater amount is approved by the director.
(c) To pedestrian and bicycle facilities, not more than 2 percent of the funds remaining, in accordance with Section 99233.3.
(d) To the Stanislaus Area Association of Governments, an amount deemed necessary for intracity, intercity, and interregional transit services and rail passenger services, when a claim is filed under Section 99234.9, Article 4 (commencing with Section 99260), or Article 8 (commencing with Section 99400), consistent with the cost-sharing criteria approved by the association. Apportionments and allocations from those funds made by the association to the county and the cities in the county also shall be in accordance with the cost-sharing criteria approved by the association.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 45, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99233.12.

99233.12. Notwithstanding anything in Sections 99233 to 99233.9, inclusive, to the contrary, the Solano Transportation Authority may file a claim, and the transportation planning agency may allocate, for the area representing the cumulative areas of the authority’s member agencies, up to 2.7 percent of annual revenues for countywide transit planning and coordination purposes relative to Solano County. Funds allocated to the authority pursuant to this section shall be allocated after allocations are made pursuant to Sections 99233.1 and 99233.2 but prior to other allocations.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 769, Sec. 10. (AB 2679) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99234.

99234. (a) Claims for facilities provided for the exclusive use of pedestrians and bicycles or for bicycle and pedestrian safety education programs shall be filed according to the rules and regulations adopted by the transportation planning agency.
(b) The money shall be allocated for the construction, including related engineering expenses, of those facilities pursuant to procedures or criteria established by the transportation planning agency for the area within its jurisdiction, or for bicycle and pedestrian safety education programs.
(c) The money may be allocated for the maintenance of bicycling trails that are closed to motorized traffic pursuant to procedures or criteria established by the transportation planning agency for the area within its jurisdiction.
(d) The money may be allocated without respect to Section 99231 and shall not be included in determining the apportionments to a city or county for purposes of Sections 99233.7 to 99233.9, inclusive.
(e) Facilities provided for the use of bicycles may include projects that serve the needs of commuting bicyclists, including, but not limited to, new trails serving major transportation corridors, secure bicycle parking at employment centers, park and ride lots, and transit terminals where other funds are unavailable.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a planning agency established in Title 7.1 (commencing with Section 66500) of the Government Code may allocate the money to the Association of Bay Area Governments for activities required by Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 5850) of Division 5 of the Public Resources Code.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the transportation planning agencies that allocate funds, pursuant to this section, to the cities and counties with jurisdiction or a sphere of influence within the delta, as defined in Section 5852 of the Public Resources Code, may allocate the money to the Delta Protection Commission for activities required by Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 5852) of Division 5 of the Public Resources Code.
(h) Within 30 days after receiving a request for a review from any city or county, the transportation planning agency shall review its allocations made pursuant to Section 99233.3.
(i) In addition to the purposes authorized in this section, a portion of the amount available to a city or county pursuant to Section 99233.3 may be allocated to develop a comprehensive bicycle and pedestrian facilities plan, with an emphasis on bicycle projects intended to accommodate bicycle commuters rather than recreational bicycle users. An allocation under this subdivision may not be made more than once every five years.
(j) Up to 20 percent of the amount available each year to a city or county pursuant to Section 99233.3 may be allocated to restripe class II bicycle lanes.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 716, Sec. 2. (SB 508) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99234.1.

99234.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or Article 4 (commencing with Section 99260), the Orange County Transportation Commission may allocate funds from either the Orange County Unified Transportation Trust, as defined in Section 99301.6, or from the principal upon which the interest is accruing to the Department of Transportation for construction of high-occupancy vehicle lanes within freeways in the county. In the event high-occupancy vehicle lanes constructed with the funds are subsequently converted to mixed flow use, the local transportation fund shall be reimbursed through the State Transportation Improvement Program process the amount of funds provided to the department for construction of the lanes pursuant to this section.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 951, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99234.5.

99234.5. (a) The Counties of San Bernardino, Riverside, and Los Angeles may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500), Chapter 5, Division 7, Title 1 of the Government Code, and the joint powers entity created pursuant to such agreement shall in accordance with Section 403 of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 563), request the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to institute up to two additional trains a day in each direction between Los Angeles and San Bernardino to supplement the present level of service. The joint powers entity may request institution of more than two additional trains a day in each direction between Los Angeles and San Bernardino. Contributions shall be made from the fund of each of the three counties, as agreed by them, to the joint powers entity, as may be required by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to meet a reasonable portion of any losses associated with such service. The joint powers entity may request that the additional trains shall be operated, to the extent practicable, during periods of peak traffic.
(b) If the funds available under this chapter are insufficient for purposes of subdivision (a), the board of supervisors of any one of the three counties may make contributions to the joint powers entity from any funds available to it.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 630, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99234.7.

99234.7. (a) The Department of Transportation may negotiate and contract with the appropriate railroad corporation to provide passenger rail service between the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of San Mateo and Santa Clara. In the process of negotiating the contract, the department shall take into consideration the funding available and the level of service as it has been recommended by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Notwithstanding Section 14035 of the Government Code, the contract shall not extend beyond June 30, 1993. The California Transportation Commission shall allocate no funds pursuant to Section 14031.6 of the Government Code for this rail passenger service after the 1992–93 fiscal year. If the department enters into a contract, it shall, on or before July 1, 1992, assign the contract to the Peninsula Corridor Study Joint Powers Board or to another local or regional agency designated by the board which is authorized to operate or contract for the operation of rail passenger service, if the board or designated agency determines that the rail passenger service shall be continued. The department shall assign its operating subsidies for the 1992–93 fiscal year for that service to the board or that designated agency. Within the area of jurisdiction of the board, the board or that designated agency may acquire from the department all property owned or leased by the department for that rail passenger service, including, but not limited to, stations, facilities, equipment, and rights-of-way, and this transfer shall be consistent with the process defined in Section 160006. The California Transportation Commission shall not allocate state funds to purchase the San Francisco Peninsula commuter rail service right-of-way unless a local agency assumes operation and control of the commuter rail service on or before June 30, 1993. This section does not prohibit the commission from making a multiyear funding commitment to purchase the right-of-way subject to that assumption of operation and control occurring on or before that date.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a transit district or county may negotiate and contract with the appropriate railroad corporation to provide passenger rail service which is to be primarily operated within its jurisdiction. Adjacent transit districts or counties may jointly negotiate and contract with the appropriate railroad corporation to provide passenger rail service which is to be primarily operated within their jurisdictions.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1283, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99234.9.

99234.9. Any county, city, county transportation commission, or operator may file claims with the transportation planning agency for rail passenger service operation expenditures and capital improvement expenditures, including construction and maintenance of intermodal transportation facilities. These funds may be used as the entity’s required contribution toward the cost of providing these services or capital improvements.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 209, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99235.

99235. Upon having determined the allocation of each claimant on the fund, the transportation planning agency shall convey such information to each claimant and the county auditor, together with one allocation instruction for each claimant advising the auditor as to the time and the nature of payment.
Such instruction may call for a single payment, for payment as moneys become available, or for payment by installments monthly, quarterly, or otherwise. The allocation and instruction may be rescinded and revised by the transportation planning agency only under one of the following circumstances:
(a) An appeal has been filed.
(b) The claimant is found to be spending, or unless enjoined to be about to spend, moneys otherwise than in accordance with the terms of the allocation.
(c) An adjustment is proved to be necessary to reconcile the estimates on which the allocation was based with the actual figures when these are available.
(d) The financial needs of the claimant differ from those at the time of the allocation due to changed circumstances.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1408.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99236.

99236. No funds from the fund shall be budgeted, allocated, or expended for any project which calls for any change in passenger train stations or loading platforms used by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, unless the change has been submitted to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for review and comment which may include a recommendation for a modification in the change. If the agency submitting the change elects not to accept the recommendation of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, it shall submit the matter to the director who shall determine whether the disputed recommendation for a modification in the change shall be followed by the agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 579, Sec. 13.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99238.5.

99238.5. (a) The transportation planning agency shall ensure the establishment and implementation of a citizen participation process appropriate for each county, or counties if operating under a joint powers agreement, utilizing the social services transportation advisory council as a mechanism to solicit the input of transit dependent and transit disadvantaged persons, including the elderly, disabled, and persons of limited means. The process shall include provisions for at least one public hearing in the jurisdiction represented by the social services transportation advisory council. Hearings shall be scheduled to ensure broad community participation and, if possible, the location of the hearings shall be rotated among the various communities within the advisory council’s jurisdiction. Notice of the hearing, including the date, place, and specific purpose of the hearing shall be given at least 30 days in advance through publication in a newspaper of general circulation. The transportation planning agency shall also send written notification to those persons and organizations which have indicated, through its citizen participation or any other source of information, an interest in the subject of the hearing.
(b) In addition to public hearings, the transportation planning agency shall consider other methods of obtaining public feedback on public transportation needs. Those methods may include, but are not limited to, teleconferencing, questionnaires, telecanvassing, and electronic mail.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 769, Sec. 12. (AB 2679) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99241.

99241. (a) Except for allocations made for purposes of Section 99234 and subdivision (a) of Section 99400, which shall be subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the transportation planning agency, all matters necessary and convenient to the implementation of this chapter shall be subject to rules and regulations, consistent with statute, adopted by the department, with the advice and consent of the commission, and those rules and regulations may be revised from time to time.
(b) The rules and regulations shall specify the procedures by which evaluation and review by the transportation planning agency of public transportation claims shall be accomplished, and shall require submission of corresponding budgets or financial plans, certified financial statements, and other information required in connection therewith. The rules and regulations shall provide for the orderly and periodic distribution of moneys in the fund so that the areas served by the operator will be provided public transportation services on a continuing basis and so that there will be an orderly improvement and maintenance of the system of the operator. The rules and regulations shall provide for the approval of sufficient moneys from the fund to accomplish the intent of the Legislature as expressed in the findings and declarations in Section 99220.
(c) The rules and regulations may require that the transportation planning agency, in reviewing claims, give due consideration to the level of the operator’s passenger fares and charges, the efficiency of the operator’s operations and operating policies and practices, the extent to which the operator is meeting the transportation needs of the area served, and the extent to which the operator is making full use of other available revenues and funds, including federal transportation grants.
(d) The Controller shall annually review the rules and regulations adopted by the department with respect to reporting and auditing procedures and shall make written recommendations for revisions to the department. After consultation with the Controller, the director shall undertake to amend the rules and regulations in accordance with the recommendations.
(e) Rules and regulations adopted by the department with respect to reporting and auditing procedures shall apply to all expenditures of funds allocated pursuant to this chapter.
This section shall become operative on July 1, 1987.
(Repealed (in Sec. 8) and added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 988, Sec. 9. Section operative July 1, 1987, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99241.5.

99241.5. All rules and regulations adopted by the Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency pursuant to Section 99241, as it read prior to its amendment by the act adding this section, and in effect on January 1, 1985, shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceable unless and until amended or repealed by the department.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 579, Sec. 15.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99242.

99242. In the event that a claimant is not satisfied with his approved claim or other action taken by the transportation planning agency, a notification with supporting documentation may be filed with the secretary, who shall conduct an investigation and evaluation of the disagreement between the claimant and the transportation planning agency. The secretary shall notify the involved parties of his findings, which shall be a final settlement of the issue.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1408.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99243.5.

99243.5. (a) On the basis of data in the annual reports submitted pursuant to Section 99243 and the information submitted pursuant to Section 99406 to the Controller, the Controller shall compile, publish, and make publicly available on the Controller’s internet website the submitted data and information on or before November 1 of each year.
(b) The Controller shall take steps as the Controller deems necessary to ensure that the data and information submitted are adequate and accurate.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 205, Sec. 2. (AB 1157) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99244.

99244. (a) (1) Each transportation planning agency shall annually identify, analyze, and recommend potential productivity improvements that could lower the operating costs of those operators who operate at least 50 percent of their vehicle service miles, as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 99247, within the area under its jurisdiction. However, where a transit development board created pursuant to Division 11 (commencing with Section 120000) or a county transportation commission exists, the board or commission, as the case may be, shall have the responsibility of the transportation planning agency with respect to potential productivity improvements. The recommendations for improvements and productivity shall include, but not be limited to, those recommendations related to productivity made in the performance audit conducted pursuant to Section 99246.
(2) A committee for the purpose of providing advice on productivity improvements may be formed by the responsible entity. The membership of this committee shall consist of representatives from the management of the operators, organizations of employees of the operators, and users of the transportation services of the operators located within the area under the jurisdiction of the responsible entity.
(3) (A) Before determining the allocation to an operator for the next fiscal year, the responsible entity shall review and evaluate the efforts made by the operator to implement the recommended improvements.
(B) If the responsible entity determines that the operator has not made a reasonable effort to implement the recommended improvements, the responsible entity shall not approve the allocation to the operator for the support of its public transportation system for the next fiscal year that exceeds the allocation to the operator for those purposes for the current fiscal year.
(b) For the 2020–21 to 2022–23, inclusive, fiscal years, each transportation planning agency, transportation development board, and county transportation commission, is exempt from the requirements described in subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 81, Sec. 4. (AB 149) Effective July 16, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99245.

99245. Each transportation planning agency, transit development board created pursuant to Division 11 (commencing with Section 120000), and county transportation commission shall be responsible to ensure that all claimants to whom it directs the allocation of funds pursuant to this chapter shall submit to it an annual certified fiscal audit conducted by an entity other than the claimant.
A report on the audit shall be submitted to the transportation planning agency, transit development board, county transportation commission, and to the Controller within 180 days after the end of the fiscal year. However, the responsible entity may grant an extension of up to 90 days as it deems necessary. The report shall include a certification that the funds allocated to the claimant pursuant to this chapter were expended in conformance with applicable laws and rules and regulations. Except for the first report, the report shall also include the audited amounts for the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year audited.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 988, Sec. 10.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99245.2.

99245.2. (a) A transit district or other provider of public transportation services subject to an audit pursuant to Section 99245, that receives funds from other sources which also require a fiscal audit, may expand the scope of its audit performed pursuant to Section 99245 to include the conditions and purposes of those other funds.
(b) A transportation planning agency, transit development board, county transportation commission, air quality management district, air pollution control district, or local transportation authority shall not require any additional fiscal audit of an entity if that entity has completed an expanded audit pursuant to subdivision (a) that encompasses the scope, time period, and funding condition of the agency providing funding.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 388, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99246.5.

99246.5. (a) On or before November 30, 2021, the department, in consultation with transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions, and transit development boards, shall review the requirements for, and submit a report to the Legislature on, the performance audits conducted pursuant to Section 99246 to identify opportunities for streamlining the performance audits and to make the performance audits more effective.
(b) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2025.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 81, Sec. 5. (AB 149) Effective July 16, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2025, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99247.

99247. For purposes of Section 99246, and as used elsewhere in this article:
(a) “Operating cost” means all costs in the operating expense object classes exclusive of the costs in the depreciation and amortization expense object class of the uniform system of accounts and records adopted by the Controller pursuant to Section 99243. “Operating cost” excludes all subsidies for commuter rail services operated on railroad lines under the jurisdiction of the Federal Railroad Administration, all direct costs for providing charter services, all vehicle lease costs, and principal and interest payments on capital projects funded with certificates of participation.
(b) “Operating cost per passenger” means the operating cost divided by the total passengers.
(c) “Operating cost per vehicle service hour” means the operating cost divided by the vehicle service hours.
(d) “Passengers per vehicle service hour” means the total passengers divided by the vehicle service hours.
(e) “Passengers per vehicle service mile” means the total passengers divided by the vehicle service miles.
(f) “Total passengers” means the number of boarding passengers, whether revenue producing or not, carried by the public transportation system.
(g) “Transit vehicle” means a vehicle, including, but not limited to, one operated on rails or tracks, which is used for public transportation services funded, in whole or in part, under this chapter.
(h) “Vehicle service hours” means the total number of hours that each transit vehicle is in revenue service, including layover time.
(i) “Vehicle service miles” means the total number of miles that each transit vehicle is in revenue service.
(j) “Vehicle service hours per employee” means the vehicle service hours divided by the number of employees employed in connection with the public transportation system, based on the assumption that 2,000 person-hours of work in one year constitute one employee. The count of employees shall also include those individuals employed by the operator which provide services to the agency of the operator responsible for the operation of the public transportation system even though not employed in that agency.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 716, Sec. 3. (SB 508) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99248.

99248. No operator is eligible to receive an allocation under this chapter for any fiscal year until the transmittal of reports of its performance audit to the entity which determines the allocation to the operator and the transportation planning agency for the three-year period ending one year prior to the beginning of the fiscal year of the proposed allocation. The transportation planning agency, county transportation commission, or transit development board, as the case may be, shall make the reports available to interested parties.
In conformance with Section 99246, and prior to September 1 of each fiscal year, the transportation planning agency, county transportation commission, or metropolitan transit development board, as the case may be, shall provide to the director and Controller a schedule of performance audits to be submitted during that fiscal year and a list of all operators or claimants who operated or commenced operations during the prior fiscal year.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 630, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99249.

99249. The cost of making the performance audits may be deemed an administrative cost of the transportation planning agencies for purposes of Section 99233.1. However, the Legislature encourages the use of funds made available by the federal government to support such purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1043.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99250.

99250. (a) All charter bus services authorized to be performed by a public transportation system receiving funding under this chapter shall contribute financially to the reduction of deficits incurred in the operation of scheduled route service. In addition, the charter bus service shall not interfere with regularly scheduled service to the public or compete unfairly with private operators where the private operators are willing and able to provide charter bus service.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (d), charter bus service rates and minimums shall be established which are either of the following:
(1) At least equal to the average of the three lowest current rates charged by private charter bus carriers actually operating charters originating in the same service area of the public transportation system during the prior year.
(2) At least equal to the fully allocated cost of each charter operated. Fully allocated costs are those costs as approved by the federal Urban Mass Transportation Administrator pursuant to Section 604.18 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations. All terms and conditions, in addition to the base rate, shall be at least equal to the average of the three lowest current rates charged by private charter bus carriers actually operating a charter originating in the same service area of the public transportation system during the prior year.
(c) All charter bus service rates shall be reviewed and adjusted not less than semiannually to reflect variations in actual and assumed costs, as well as private charter bus carrier rates.
(d) If the operator of a public transportation system determines that there is a public need that cannot otherwise be met, the operator may provide charter bus services to charitable or public service organizations at direct cost, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or a total of 40 charter buses per year, whichever occurs first.
(e) This section does not apply to charter bus services which are incidental to the holding of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles during the period of May 1, 1984, to September 30, 1984, if the public transportation system establishes charter bus rates for those services which are sufficient to pay all fully allocated costs related to those services, which are at least equal to the average of the lowest rates charged by the three largest private charter party carriers operating similar service within Los Angeles County, and which contribute financially to the reduction of deficits incurred by the system in the operation of scheduled route service.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 644, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99250.5.

99250.5. (a) (1) At any publicly noticed meeting of the governing body of an operator, a representative of a private transportation service provider may request the operator to perform a cost comparison analysis of public transit service provided by vehicles equipped with rubber tires before the governing body acts on a route restructuring or service addition under consideration. The operator may agree to perform a cost comparison analysis pursuant to this section or alternatively, may so agree on the condition that the private transportation service provider that requested the cost comparison analysis agrees to pay the operator’s actual cost of conducting the analysis. If the operator agrees to perform the cost comparison analysis, the private transportation service provider requesting the cost comparison analysis shall supply any information necessary and relevant to complete the analysis.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require operators to perform a cost comparison analysis. At its sole discretion, the operator’s governing body may elect not to perform a cost comparison analysis. However, if the governing body determines not to perform a cost comparison analysis, it shall specify the reasons for that determination in a resolution adopted at a publicly noticed meeting.
(b) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Cost comparison analysis” means a study of the route restructuring or service addition under consideration by the operator, that compares the cost to the operator of directly providing those services compared to the cost to the operator of procuring those services from private entities. The study shall utilize a full cost allocation method that is consistent with generally accepted cost allocation principles.
(2) “Route restructuring” means a permanent change in routing that decreases or increases the total number of daily transit revenue service miles or hours by 25 percent or more.
(3) “Service addition” means an increase in the total number of daily transit revenue service miles or hours on an existing route by 50 percent or more.
(c) If the governing body performs a cost comparison analysis pursuant to this section, the results of the analysis shall be fully disclosed at a publicly noticed meeting.
(d) This section does not apply to an operator in a county with less than 300,000 population or who operates less than 10 buses.
(e) The operator may adopt appropriate procedures to implement the purposes of this section.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 722, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 3 - Local Transportation Funds › Section 99251.

99251. No claim submitted by an operator pursuant to this chapter shall be approved unless it is accompanied by a certification completed within the last 13 months from the Department of the California Highway Patrol indicating that the operator is in compliance with Section 1808.1 of the Vehicle Code. The certification may be issued following a terminal inspection, or a terminal reinspection conducted within 60 days thereafter, by the Department of the California Highway Patrol.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Operative July 1, 1988, by Sec. 11 of Ch. 726.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 4 - Claims for Funds › Section 99260.

99260. Claims may be filed with the transportation planning agency by operators under this article for the following purposes:
(a) The support of public transportation systems.
(b) Aid to public transportation research and demonstration projects.
(c) Contributions for the construction of grade separation projects specified in Section 99318.3.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 161.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 4 - Claims for Funds › Section 99260.2.

99260.2. (a) Claims may be filed with the transportation planning agency by operators to contract with common carriers of persons operating under a franchise or license to provide transportation services during peak hours.
“Peak hours” means the period of time during a day which have a clearly greater-than-average level of patronage, typically the two periods of time which reflect the influx of home-work and work-home patronage on a transportation system.
(b) Claims may be filed with the transportation planning agency by a transit district to make bulk purchases of passenger tickets for passenger rail services, if it is authorized to make such purchases by its enabling legislation.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 161.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 4 - Claims for Funds › Section 99260.5.

99260.5. (a) Claims may also be filed with the transportation planning agency by a city and county or a transit district under this article for payments to be made to a railroad corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission and engaged in the transportation of persons, as defined in Section 208, for operating losses incurred in such transportation of persons between points within the city and county or the district, as the case may be, and for that portion of the operating losses incurred in such transportation of persons in the city and county or the district, as the case may be, whose origin or destination, or both, are outside the city and county or district.
(b) A city and county or a transit district receiving funds under a claim filed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall use those funds for the purposes specified in that subdivision.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1216.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 4 - Claims for Funds › Section 99260.6.

99260.6. Public agencies authorized to file claims pursuant to Section 99234.9 may file claims under this article.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 995, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 4 - Claims for Funds › Section 99260.7.

99260.7. In order to provide, or to contract to provide, transportation services using vehicles for the exclusive use of elderly or disabled persons, a city or a county, which is contributing funds it is eligible to receive under this article to a joint powers agency of which it is a member to operate a public transportation system, may also file a claim under this article and may also file a claim for funds made available pursuant to Section 99313.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 769, Sec. 13. (AB 2679) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 4 - Claims for Funds › Section 99261.

99261. The transportation planning agency may adopt rules and regulations supplemental to, and consistent with, those of the department to further delineate procedures for the submission of claims and stating criteria by which they will be analyzed and evaluated.
The criteria may include a statement of intent to disallow any portion of an operator’s claim which calls for moneys to finance unreasonable or arbitrary increases in executive level salaries based on consideration of executive level salaries in other public agencies and in the public transportation industry, both nationally and within the state.
To the extent necessary to perform its duties under this article, the transportation planning agency has full access to the books, records, and accounts of claimant operators.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 579, Sec. 19.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 4 - Claims for Funds › Section 99261.5.

99261.5. The San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board shall adopt rules and regulations for its area of jurisdiction.
The transportation planning agency may include in its rules and regulations any rule and regulation of the transit development board.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1055, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 10 - TRANSIT DISTRICTS › PART 11 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT › CHAPTER 4 - Transportation Development › ARTICLE 4 - Claims for Funds › Section 99262.

99262. Claims for public transportation systems may include claims for money for all purposes necessary and convenient to the development and operation of the system, including planning and contributions to the transportation planning process, acquisition of real property, construction of facilities and buildings, purchase and replacement of vehicles (including those usable by disabled persons), and system operation, maintenance, and repair, payment for any of which purposes may take the form of direct expenditures or payment of principal and interest on equipment trust certificates, bonded or other indebtedness, or any amounts in accomplishment of a defeasance of any outstanding revenue bond indenture.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 769, Sec. 14. (AB 2679) Effective January 1, 2013.)