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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 150100.

150100. The organization and procedures manual of the Tuolumne County LTC shall be the established rules for the proceedings and administration of the authority except as provided otherwise in this division.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 150101.

150101. Meetings of the authority shall be held at least annually and as often as determined necessary by the authority.
All meetings of the authority shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 150103.

150103. The authority shall expend only that amount of the funds generated pursuant to this division for staff support, audit, administrative expenses, and contract services that are necessary and reasonable to carry out its responsibilities pursuant to this division.
The authority shall not expend more than 5 percent of the funds generated pursuant to this division in any year for salaries and benefits of its staff.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 150104.

150104. The authority shall do all of the following:
(a) Adopt an annual budget.
(b) Cause a postaudit of the financial transactions and records of the authority and of all revenues expended pursuant to this division to be made at least annually by a certified public accountant.
(c) Do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 150105.

150105. (a) The authority shall publish, pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, notice of the time and place of the public hearing for the adoption of the annual budget not later than 15 days prior to the hearing.
(b) The proposed annual budget shall be available for public inspection at least 15 days prior to the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › Section 150151.

150151. The authority may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all court tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › Section 150152.

150152. All claims for money or damages against the authority 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. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › Section 150153.

150153. The authority may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to, contracts and stipulations to indemnify and hold harmless, to employ labor, and to do all acts necessary and convenient for the full exercise of the powers granted in this division.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › Section 150154.

150154. The authority may contract with any department or agency of the United States of America, with any public agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Transportation, the Tuolumne County LTC, or with any person upon any terms and conditions that the authority finds is in its best interest.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › Section 150155.

150155. The authority may provide and maintain, by contract with a public agency or by other means, a security force to enforce its regulations, preserve and protect any project financed pursuant to this division, and preserve and protect the public peace, health, and safety with respect to its projects.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax › Section 150200.

150200. The Legislature, by the enactment of this chapter, intends the additional funds provided government agencies by this chapter to supplement existing local revenues being used for public transportation purposes. The government agencies are further encouraged to maintain their existing commitment of local funds for public transportation purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax › Section 150201.

150201. A retail transactions and use tax ordinance shall be imposed by the authority in accordance with Section 150206 and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, if a majority of the electors voting on the measure vote to approve its imposition at special elections called for that purpose by the county and city, respectively. Those elections shall be consolidated. The ordinances shall take effect at the close of the polls on the day of election at which the measures are adopted, to impose the tax at the same rate.
The initial collection of the retail transactions and use tax shall take place in accordance with Section 150204.
If, at any time, the voters do not approve an ordinance imposing the retail transactions and use tax, the same or a different measure imposing that tax may, at any time thereafter, be submitted to the voters.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax › Section 150202.

150202. The retail transactions and use tax ordinance shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, the tax rate or the maximum tax rate, the purposes for which the revenue derived from the tax will be used, and may set a term, not to exceed 15 years, during which the tax will be imposed. The purposes for which the tax revenues will be used may include, but are not limited to, the administration of this division, including legal actions related thereto, the construction, capital acquisition, maintenance, and operation of streets, roads, and highways, including state highways. These purposes include expenditures for the planning, environmental reviews, engineering and design costs, and related right-of-way acquisition. The ordinance shall reference an expenditure plan which shall include the allocation of revenues for the purposes authorized by this section.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax › Section 150203.

150203. (a) The county shall conduct the elections called pursuant to Section 150201.
(b) The elections shall be called and conducted in the same manner as provided by law for the conduct of elections by a county.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax › Section 150204.

150204. (a) Any retail transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 120 days after adoption of the ordinance.
(b) An increase in the tax rate, adopted by the electors’ approval of an ordinance pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 150206, or a decrease in the tax rate adopted by the authority pursuant to Section 150207, shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 120 days after approval by the electors or adoption by the authority, as the case may be.
(c) Prior to the operative date of the ordinance, the authority shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of the ordinance.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax › Section 150205.

150205. (a) Revenues from the retail transactions and use tax imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be allocated by the authority for public transportation purposes consistent with the expenditure plan referenced in the ordinance imposing the tax. The authority, by a four-fifths vote of its members, may revise that expenditure plan after conducting noticed public hearings on the proposed revision.
(b) The amounts allocated to projects within the county and the city, respectively, shall be proportionate to the revenues derived from the tax collected within each of the respective jurisdictions.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax › Section 150206.

150206. (a) The authority, subject to the approval of the voters, may impose a maximum tax rate of 1 percent under this division and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and the authority may state the maximum tax rate at 1 percent or one-half of 1 percent. The authority shall not levy the retail transactions and use tax at a rate other than 1 percent or one-half of 1 percent, unless specifically authorized by the Legislature.
(b) The tax rate adopted pursuant to this chapter, unless otherwise prohibited, may be increased by the authority by ordinance adopted in the manner and by the vote stated in Sections 150201 and approved by a majority of the electors voting on the measure at an election called for that purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax › Section 150207.

150207. The authority may reduce the tax rate to a percentage lower than that approved by the voters and may further provide for an increase of the tax rate if it has previously been lowered. However, the tax rate may not be increased to a rate above the tax rate approved by the voters.
Any revised tax rate may be adopted only if the authority determines, by a four-fifths vote of its members, that the proceeds of the taxes with the altered tax rate will be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, any limited tax bonds and any other indebtedness incurred by the authority which was to be payable from the proceeds of the retail transactions and use tax.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax › Section 150208.

150208. (a) A ballot proposition to approve an ordinance for the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, shall seek authorization to issue bonds payable from the proceeds of the tax and establish the appropriations limit of the authority.
(b) The maximum bonded indebtedness which may be outstanding at any one time shall be an amount equal to the sum of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds, but not to exceed the estimated proceeds of the tax for a period of not more than the number of years for which the tax authorized by this chapter is to be imposed.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax › Section 150209.

150209. (a) The bonds authorized by the voters concurrently with the approval of the retail transactions and use tax may be issued by the authority at any time, and from time to time, payable from the proceeds of the tax. The bonds shall be referred to as “limited tax bonds.” The bonds may be secured by a pledge of revenues from the proceeds of the tax.
(b) The pledge of the tax to the limited tax bonds authorized under this chapter shall have priority over the use of any of the taxes for “pay-as-you-go” financing, except to the extent that the priority is expressly restricted in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax › Section 150210.

150210. The authority may provide for the bonds to bear a variable interest rate, for the manner and intervals in which the rate shall vary, and for the dates on which the interest shall be payable.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax › Section 150211.

150211. Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time, and from time to time, by the authority by a four-fifths vote of all of its members.
The authority may, from time to time, issue bonds in accordance with the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), for the purposes set forth in the ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 150202, which shall constitute an “enterprise” within the meaning of Section 54309 of the Government Code. Article 3 (commencing with Section 54380) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code and the limitations on the rate of interest set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 54402 of the Government Code do not apply to the issuance of the sale of bonds pursuant to this division. Instead, the authority shall authorize the issuance of bonds by resolution, which shall specify all of the following:
(a) The purposes for which the bonds are to be issued.
(b) The maximum principal amount of the bonds.
(c) The maximum term for the bonds.
(d) The maximum rate of interest to be payable upon the bonds shall not exceed the maximum rate permitted by Section 53531 of the Government Code or any other applicable provisions of law. In the case of bonds bearing a variable interest rate, the variable rate shall on no day exceed the maximum rate permitted on that day by Section 53531 of the Government Code or any other applicable provisions of law.
(e) The maximum discount on the sale of the bonds. However, the bonds shall not be sold at less than 95 percent of the principal amount in the manner determined by the authority. Each resolution shall provide for the issuance of bonds in the amounts as may be necessary, until the full amount of the bonds authorized has been issued. The full amount of bonds may be divided into two or more series with different dates of payment fixed for the bonds of each series. A bond need not mature on its anniversary date.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax › Section 150212.

150212. Any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are a legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and trust companies; and for state school funds. Whenever any money or funds may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be invested in bonds of cities, counties, school districts, or other districts within this state, that money or funds may be invested in the bonds issued under this chapter, and whenever bonds of cities, counties, school districts, or other districts within this state may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be used as security for the performance of any act or the deposit of any public money, the bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may be so used. The provisions of this chapter are in addition to all other laws relating to legal investment and shall be controlling as the latest expression of the Legislature with respect thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax › Section 150213.

150213. Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this chapter or the issuance of any bonds thereunder or any of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned, or denied, shall be commenced within six months from the date of the election at which the ordinance is approved; otherwise, the bonds and all proceedings in relation thereto, including the adoption and approval of the ordinance, shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 15.5 - TUOLUMNE COUNTY TRAFFIC AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Tax › Section 150214.

150214. The commission may not impose any tax other than the retail transactions and use tax imposed upon approval of the voters in accordance with this division.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16 - PENINSULA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 160000.

160000. The Peninsula Corridor Study Joint Powers Board, created pursuant to Section 1 of Chapter 1328 of the Statutes of 1987, is hereby redesignated the Peninsula Rail Transit District and, as such, has the additional powers provided for in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 160005).
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 4. Conditionally operative as prescribed by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16 - PENINSULA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 160001.

160001. As used in this division, “district” means the Peninsula Rail Transit District.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 4. Conditionally operative as prescribed by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16 - PENINSULA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 160002.

160002. The district board shall be comprised of nine members appointed as follows:
(a) The governing bodies of the municipal railway operated by the City and County of San Francisco, the San Mateo County Transit District, and the Santa Clara County Transit District shall each appoint one member.
(b) The Boards of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, the County of San Mateo, and the County of Santa Clara shall each appoint one member.
(c) The Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco shall appoint one member.
(d) The city councils of cities within the County of San Mateo, shall jointly appoint one member.
(e) The city councils of cities within the County of Santa Clara shall jointly appoint one member.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 4. Conditionally operative as prescribed by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16 - PENINSULA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Powers of the District › Section 160005.

160005. In addition to powers delegated to the Peninsula Corridor Study Joint Powers Board by a joint exercise of powers agreement pursuant to Section 1 of Chapter 1328 of the Statutes of 1987, the district has all of the following powers:
(a) To acquire real and personal property of every kind for rail purposes by grant, gift, devise, lease, or eminent domain, and to hold, use, sell, lease, or transfer any such property.
(b) To enter into any contract necessary for its powers.
(c) To establish or change rates, charges, and services. The Public Utilities Commission has no jurisdiction over the district or any of its activities except as to matters of public safety.
(d) To indemnify and defend any railroad corporation, regardless of its negligence, that operates rail services for the district pursuant to contract.
(e) To appoint an executive officer, and to employ staff and legal counsel.
(f) To sue and be sued.
(g) To indemnify and defend the Department of Transportation with respect to the transfer of rights-of-way, stations, rail passenger equipment, and facilities, and contracts, leases, or agreements relative to those properties whose ownership or responsibility is transferred to the district in accordance with the terms of an agreement to be negotiated.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 4. Conditionally operative as prescribed by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16 - PENINSULA RAIL TRANSIT DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Powers of the District › Section 160006.

160006. (a) If the district acquires stations, facilities, and passenger equipment owned or leased by the Department of Transportation for the passenger rail service provided by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company between San Francisco and San Jose and points in between, and if the district acquires from the Department of Transportation the right-of-way between San Francisco and San Jose presently owned by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, the district may own, operate, construct, manage, and maintain rights-of-way, stations, facilities, and equipment necessary for the operation of rail passenger and freight services between San Francisco and Alma and points in between, and may contract with any railroad corporation for the purchase of, or to subsidize, service between San Francisco and Alma and points in between. Upon completion of the conditions specified in subdivision (a) of Section 14035.4 of the Government Code, the district may provide commuter rail service between San Jose and Gilroy.
(b) Any assets transferred from the Department of Transportation to the district without compensation shall be transferred with all attendant obligations, liabilities, debts, and grant conditions established by the department, including Urban Mass Transportation Administration grants and sale and leaseback contracts.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434) by Stats. 1989, Ch. 922, Sec. 3. Section conditionally operative as prescribed by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 161000.

161000. (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(1) Transportation is vital to the state’s economy, and a complete transportation system is essential in times of disaster.
(2) Transportation corridors should be protected from uses which are incompatible with transportation requirements.
(3) Important potential transportation corridors are being developed for other purposes.
(b) It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature in enacting this division to vest in the Department of Transportation responsibility for implementing a program of transportation right-of-way protection and conservation within essential transportation corridors by acquiring and holding transportation corridor lands which would otherwise be lost to public use.
(c) It is the further intent of the Legislature in enacting this division to preserve land which is needed or will be needed for transportation corridors consistent with applicable environmental protection laws and regulations.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 161003.

161003. As used in this division, “secretary” means the Secretary of Transportation.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 510. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 161004.

161004. As used in this division, “transportation corridor” means an area or one or more parcels of land that meets any of the following requirements:
(a) Designated by the commission as necessary under the adopted state transportation improvement plan.
(b) Designated by a transportation planning agency, county transportation commission, or the San Diego County Metropolitan Transit Development Board as necessary under the adopted regional transportation implementation plan.
(c) Within the adopted route of a state highway.
(d) Within the adopted route of a county or city highway or exclusive mass transit guideway which is consistent with the county or city general plan.
(e) Designated by the commission as being within one of two or more proposed routes or alignments for a state highway.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION › CHAPTER 2 - Duties and Functions › Section 161020.

161020. The department may apply for and accept federal grants and receive gifts, donations, subventions, rents, royalties, and other financial support from public and private sources for purposes of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION › CHAPTER 2 - Duties and Functions › Section 161021.

161021. The department may serve as a repository for lands located within a transportation corridor where the preservation of those lands is required by the department or an agency of local government to meet its transportation policies and objectives, and may accept a dedication of fee title, easements, development rights, or other interest in lands for this purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION › CHAPTER 2 - Duties and Functions › Section 161022.

161022. On an annual basis, or as may be otherwise required by the secretary, the department shall report to the secretary regarding privately owned lands determined to have special significance for purposes of preserving a transportation corridor and which might be the subject of an exchange for other state lands. Specific privately owned land shall be included in the report only with the consent of the owner.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION › CHAPTER 2 - Duties and Functions › Section 161023.

161023. The department may acquire land or any interest therein for purposes of this division pursuant to procedures applicable to the acquisition of land by the department or the commission. If other means of acquisition have not been successful, the department may exercise the power of eminent domain for these purposes. The power of eminent domain may only be exercised to acquire land which is necessary for construction of the relevant highway route or guideway alignment, and shall not include land for rest stops or other ancillary uses.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION › CHAPTER 2 - Duties and Functions › Section 161024.

161024. (a) The department may sell, rent, lease, exchange, or otherwise transfer any land or interest therein acquired under this division pursuant to an implementation plan adopted by the department. Any lease entered into under this division shall be for not more than 20 years.
(b)  Except as otherwise provided by law or by agreement, the proceeds of the sale, rental, lease, exchange, or transfer of land or interest therein, including any rent or other income from land held by the department, shall be deposited in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION › CHAPTER 2 - Duties and Functions › Section 161025.

161025. The department shall develop and implement procedures to ensure that land acquisition, leasing, options to purchase, disposal, and other transactions in land under this division are carried out efficiently and equitably and with proper notice to the public.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION › CHAPTER 2 - Duties and Functions › Section 161027.

161027. (a) The department shall cooperate with federal, state, and local public agencies in ensuring the reservation of lands for transportation purposes.
(b) If any state or local public agency is unable, due to limited financial resources or other circumstances of a temporary nature, to acquire land for transportation purposes, the department may acquire and hold that land for subsequent conveyance to the public agency. The department may provide technical assistance to aid public agencies in completing those acquisitions and related functions.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION › CHAPTER 2 - Duties and Functions › Section 161028.

161028. (a) The department shall not hold any land acquired under this division for more than 20 years from the time of acquisition. A state or local public agency may acquire the land at any time during this period for transportation purposes. The acquisition price to a state or local public agency shall be based upon the cost of acquisition under this division plus administrative and management costs in preserving the land. The payment of this acquisition price shall be either monetary or in department-approved land of an equivalent value, or a combination thereof. No land acquired under this section shall be disposed of under Section 11011.1 of the Government Code.
(b) If, at the expiration of a 20-year period, no public agency is willing or able to acquire the land, the department shall dispose of the land at fair market value without restriction on its subsequent use under this division. All proceeds of a disposition under this subdivision shall be deposited in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION › CHAPTER 2 - Duties and Functions › Section 161029.

161029. If the department acquires any land prior to the adoption of a specific route or alignment by the commission, the commission shall disregard that land in the study and adoption of routes and alignments.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 16.5 - STATE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PRESERVATION › CHAPTER 2 - Duties and Functions › Section 161030.

161030. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund to the department the amount of the proceeds of all sales, except the proceeds of sales pursuant to Section 14528.8 of the Government Code, leases, and rentals, on and after January 1, 1991, of land acquired by the department for transportation purposes, until a total of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) has been so appropriated, to be expended by the department for the purposes of this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 995, Sec. 13.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 170000.

170000. This division shall be known and may be cited as the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Act.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 946, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 170002.

170002. There is hereby established the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, as a local governmental entity of regional government, with jurisdiction extending throughout the County of San Diego.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 946, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 170004.

170004. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Airports help to link local, regional, statewide, national, and global economic activities. Airports are also essential features of comprehensive transportation systems, that include streets and highways, rail transit, transit over water, and mass transit.
(b) It is essential to the public health, safety, and welfare that airports be developed and operated in the San Diego County region so that those airports promote economic development, protect environmental quality, and enhance social equity.
(c) The significant regional consequences of airport planning, development, and operations require the creation of a regional airport authority.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 83, Sec. 1. (AB 1058) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 170006.

170006. For the purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise.
(a) The “authority” means the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority established under this division.
(b) The “board” and “board of directors” means the governing board of the authority established as specified in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 170010).
(c) The “consolidated agency” means the authority resulting from the consolidation of the San Diego Association of Governments and the transit boards pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 132350) of Division 12.7.
(d) The “east county cities” means the Cities of El Cajon, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, and Santee.
(e) The “north county coastal cities” means the Cities of Carlsbad, Del Mar, Encinitas, Oceanside, and Solana Beach.
(f) The “north county inland cities” means the Cities of Escondido, Poway, San Marcos, and Vista.
(g) The “port” means the San Diego Unified Port District established under the San Diego Unified Port District Act (Chapter 67 of the Statutes of 1962, First Extraordinary Session).
(h) The “San Diego International Airport” means the airport located at Lindbergh Field in the County of San Diego.
(i) The “south county cities” means the Cities of Chula Vista, Coronado, Imperial Beach, and National City.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 83, Sec. 2. (AB 1058) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Body › Section 170011.

170011. (a)  Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 170010 , the term of office of a member of the board of directors appointed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 170010 is three years. A member of the board of directors may continue to serve beyond the expiration of the term until his or her successor qualifies for appointment and takes office. Following appointment, a member of the board of directors shall take office at 12:01 a.m. on February 1 of the year in which the appointment commences. If a board appointment is made after February 1 of the year in which the member’s term is scheduled to commence, the member shall take office immediately upon appointment and, if applicable, after receiving confirmation, to serve the remainder of the term.
(b) If a member of the board of directors is appointed to be a member as a result of holding another public office and that person no longer holds that other public office, then that person shall no longer serve on the board of directors and a vacancy shall exist.
(c) Any vacancy in the office of a member of the board of directors shall be filled promptly pursuant to Section 1779 of the Government Code.
(d) Any person appointed to fill a vacant office shall serve the balance of the unexpired term. If a member of the board of directors leaves office prior to the expiration of his or her term, the vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 170010.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 83, Sec. 4. (AB 1058) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Body › Section 170012.

170012. (a) At the first meeting of the board of directors on or after February 1 of each even-numbered year, the board of directors shall meet and elect its officers, except for the chair of the board of directors, who shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of San Diego.
(b) The officers of the board of directors are a chair, vice chair, and those additional officers created by the board of directors pursuant to subdivision (c). The chair shall preside over meetings of the board of directors and the vice chair shall serve during the chair’s absence or inability to serve.
(c) The board of directors may create additional offices and elect members to those offices, provided that no member of the board of directors shall hold more than one office.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 83, Sec. 5. (AB 1058) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Body › Section 170013.

170013. (a) The board of directors shall govern the authority.
(b) The board of directors shall establish policies for the operation of the authority. The board of directors shall provide for the implementation of those policies which are the responsibility of the authority’s chief executive officer.
(c) All members of the board of directors shall exercise their independent judgment on behalf of the interests of the residents, property owners, and the public within San Diego County as a whole in furthering the purposes and intent of this division. The members of the board of directors shall represent the interests of the public as a whole and not solely the interests of the local officials who appointed them to the board of directors.
(d) The board of directors shall have a three-member executive committee. One member of the executive committee shall be a board member selected from among those members appointed by the Mayor of the City of San Diego pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 170010 (category 1). One member of the executive committee shall be a board member appointed by the Chair of the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 170010 (category 2). One member of the executive committee shall be a board member selected from among those members appointed pursuant to subparagraphs (C) to (F), inclusive, of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 170010 (category 3). Additionally, members of the executive committee shall be the following:
(1) The chair of the authority’s board of directors pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 170010.
(2) The vice chair of the authority’s board of directors, appointed from a category different than the chair.
(3) A third member of the board of directors appointed from a category that is not represented on the executive committee as a result of paragraphs (1) and (2).
(4) The members of the executive committee serving pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) shall each be selected to serve by a vote of the members of the board of directors.
(e) The board of directors shall appoint a seven-member audit committee consisting of four members of the board of directors and the three public members appointed pursuant to Section 170018.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 83, Sec. 6. (AB 1058) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Body › Section 170016.

170016. (a) The board of directors may adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the administration, maintenance, operation, and use of its facilities and services.
(b) A person who violates a rule, regulation, or ordinance adopted by the board of directors is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable pursuant to Section 19 of the Penal Code, or an infraction under the circumstances set forth in paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 17 of the Penal Code.
(c) A rule, regulation, or ordinance of the authority may be enforced in an administrative action. A civil penalty may be imposed if the administrative action results in a finding that a violation has taken place.
(d) The authority may employ necessary personnel to enforce this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 620, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Body › Section 170024.

170024. (a) Upon request of the board of directors of the authority, and with the consent of any labor organization acting as the exclusive representative of employees of the authority whose rights are governed by a collective bargaining agreement, the board may enter into a contract to enroll those employees as members of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) or another retirement system.
(b) A contract to enroll employees in CalPERS shall be subject to the provisions of Part 3 (commencing with Section 20000) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code and, where permitted by the law governing that system, shall receive full reciprocity with public employees’ retirement systems in which they previously participated.
(c) Employees transferred from any existing retirement system or pension plan to CalPERS or any other retirement system by operation of this section shall receive benefits immediately after enrollment in, or transfer to, the system that are equal to the benefits the employees would have been entitled to immediately before enrollment in, or transfer to, the system.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 83, Sec. 9. (AB 1058) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Body › Section 170026.

170026. (a) The board of directors shall appoint the following executive employees of the authority:
(1) Chief executive officer.
(2) General counsel.
(3) Auditor.
(b) The chief executive officer shall be responsible for all of the following:
(1) The implementation of the policies established by the board of directors for the operation of the authority.
(2) The appointment, supervision, discipline, and dismissal of the authority’s other employees, including the deputy chief executive officer, consistent with the employee relations system established by the board of directors.
(3) The supervision of the authority’s facilities and services.
(4) The supervision of the authority’s finances.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 287, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 170030.

170030. The authority has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 946, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 170032.

170032. (a) The authority may sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
(b) All claims for money or damages against the authority are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 287, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 170034.

170034. All the provisions of Section 120242 are applicable to the authority, and the authority may exercise those provisions within its area of jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 946, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 170035.

170035. The authority is a local agency for purposes of the California Disaster Assistance Act (Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 8680) of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Government Code).
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 620, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 170036.

170036. The authority may act as a city police department, city, local government, or public agency for the purposes of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2080) of Title 6 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 620, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 170038.

170038. The authority may take by grant, purchase, devise, or lease or otherwise acquire, hold, enjoy, lease, and dispose of, real and personal property within or outside its area of jurisdiction in order to further its purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 978, Sec. 7. Effective September 27, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 170040.

170040. The authority may contract with any department or agency of the United States, with any state or local governmental agency, or with any person upon those terms and conditions that the authority finds are in its best interests.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 946, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 170044.

170044. Except as otherwise specifically provided to the contrary in this chapter, a recorded majority vote of the total membership of the board of directors is required on each action.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 946, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)