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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 3 - Transportation Systems › Section 130258.

130258. If the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission is authorized to construct a transit guideway system, the commission shall closely coordinate the planning, design, and construction of the system with the Southern California Rapid Transit District, which shall serve as the designated operator of the system pursuant to Section 130254.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 465, Sec. 32.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 3 - Transportation Systems › Section 130259.

130259. (a) Not later than February 1, 1978, the commissions in Riverside County and San Bernardino County shall, and the commissions in Los Angeles County and Orange County may, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, the multicounty designated transportation planning agency, public transit operators, the county, and the cities involved, establish local transportation zones and adopt guidelines for their establishment and operation.
(b) It is particularly important that the county, cities, and other local public entities be involved in establishing local transportation zones.
(c) In adopting the guidelines, the commission shall take into account, among other things, the geographical shape of proposed local transportation zones, economies of scale of transit systems, and established and projected subregional patterns of travel.
(d) The guidelines shall provide for a method of governing each local transportation zone; shall provide for the establishment of multicounty local transportation zones; and shall authorize each board, under specified conditions, to provide transit services itself, through joint powers agreement or any other cooperative arrangement, or by contract with a public transit operator or a private common carrier.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 3 - Transportation Systems › Section 130260.

130260. The Orange County Transportation Commission may establish local transportation zones only in those areas where the commission determines that the Orange County Transit District cannot otherwise provide adequate and responsive local transportation services in a cost-effective manner.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 3 - Transportation Systems › Section 130261.

130261. The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission may establish local transportation zones only in those areas where the commission determines by eight affirmative votes of the voting members, or designated alternates, that the Southern California Rapid Transit District or the included municipal operator cannot otherwise provide adequate and responsive local transportation services in a cost-effective manner.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 3 - Transportation Systems › Section 130262.

130262. The commission shall require full cooperation and coordination between the regional operator, the municipal operators, and the local transportation zones in such matters as schedules, routes, and exchange of transfers.
The commission shall ensure that regional operators, the municipal operators, and local transportation zones do not compete or unnecessarily duplicate services, but assist each other to provide the maximum level of transit service to the general public at the lowest possible cost.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 3 - Transportation Systems › Section 130263.

130263. The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall not reduce, by order or by reducing funding, the size of the service areas under the jurisdiction of presently existing included municipal operators (as defined in Section 99207), the level of services they provide, or the scope of their operations, without first consulting with the municipal operators and securing the approval of the municipalities within which they operate.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 4 - Smart Freeway Corridor Telecommunications Demonstration Projects › Section 130290.

130290. As used in this article:
(a) “Smart freeway corridor” means a segment of a state highway route in an urban area selected for a smart freeway demonstration project.
(b) “Project” means a demonstration project which applies telecommunications and computer systems to reduce congestion and improve the flow of traffic.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 960, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 4 - Smart Freeway Corridor Telecommunications Demonstration Projects › Section 130291.

130291. A smart freeway demonstration project shall be comprised of the following elements:
(a) A linked traffic monitoring network of traffic monitoring devices placed in freeway lanes, surface street travel lanes, turn lanes, and on ramps within the freeway corridor to continuously monitor traffic speeds and volumes to identify congestion and traffic incidents.
(b) An interactive signal control system to allow central control personnel or systems to override regular signal cycles in order to expedite traffic flow of congested freeways and surface street intersections and to facilitate the diversion of traffic around congested areas.
(c) A traffic information management system providing commuter access to current traffic information through telephones, radio and television, home computers, terminals in office buildings, in-vehicle motorist information systems, computer-activated changeable message signs placed on freeways, at on ramps, at parking garages, and on major arterials within the freeway corridor.
(d) An improved emergency response system to accelerate the dispatch of emergency vehicles, traffic control officers, and signal maintenance crews, thus reducing the time needed to clear an incident causing traffic congestion.
(e) Tow service to reduce traffic congestion caused by delays in removing stalled or damaged vehicles from the freeway in accordance with plans developed by the Department of the California Highway Patrol in consultation with the Department of Transportation.
(f) A joint-agency data base system to coordinate construction and maintenance which impact traffic flow in the freeway corridor.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 960, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 4 - Smart Freeway Corridor Telecommunications Demonstration Projects › Section 130292.

130292. (a) The project shall be coordinated by the statutorily created county transportation commission in whose jurisdiction the project is located. The county transportation commission shall consult with local traffic and law enforcement agencies, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of the California Highway Patrol on all aspects of the project in order to provide necessary coordination of the project with existing plans and programs.
(b) The county transportation commission shall make preliminary and final results of the demonstration project available to state and local public agencies for possible application throughout the state.
(c) The county transportation commission shall prepare and transmit to the Legislature, no later than one year after the completion of the project, a report of its findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
(d) The Department of Transportation shall reimburse the county transportation commission, from funds appropriated for projects pursuant to this article, for the costs incurred by the commission under this article.
(e) No money from the General Fund shall be used for the operation of a smart freeway corridor telecommunications project established as a demonstration project pursuant to this article after the demonstration project is completed.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 200. Effective October 12, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 5 - Transportation Planning and Programming › Section 130300.

130300. The Legislature finds and declares:
(a) That the near-term programming and budgeting requirements of state and federal law is a cooperative intergovernmental planning process intended to determine the foreseeable capital and operational needs of a multimodal transportation system.
(b) That there is an absence of an adequate forum in which local officials may exercise leadership in multimodal transportation planning and programming.
(c) Therefore, it is in the public interest to define the roles of various public entities with respect to long-range system planning and short-range capital and service planning and programming processes.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 5 - Transportation Planning and Programming › Section 130301.

130301. The multicounty designated transportation planning agency which includes the area of the commission shall be responsible for long-range transportation system planning, including preparation of the regional transportation plan as defined in Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 65080) of Title 7 of the Government Code in such area.
Such planning shall be directed to, among other things:
(a) Identification of corridors of travel.
(b) Definition of the transportation problems of each corridor.
(c) Definition of the transportation goals for each corridor.
(d) Definition of land use goals, with the concurrence of affected local jurisdictions, that should be supported by transportation investment decisions in each corridor.
(e) Recommendation of priority corridors for major resource allocations.
(f) Recommendation of the mix of alternative transportation modes appropriate for deployment in light of the transportation needs and goals for each corridor.
(g) Recommendation of environmental, economic, energy, and social policies that should guide transportation investment decision within corridors.
(h) Coordination of the plans and short-range transportation improvement programs developed by the commissions, including resolution of conflicts between such plans and programs.
(i) Determination of regional priorities and an annual regional program for the use of federal-aid urban system funds, and funds to be expended pursuant to Section 1604 of Title 49 of the United States Code, based on the priorities of projects appearing in the short-range transportation improvement program adopted by each commission.
(j) Review and comment concerning all near-term transportation improvement programs after the development of, but prior to, adoption of such programs by the commission. The review shall be conducted pursuant to Section 130059 and in such a manner so that it does not unnecessarily slow or impede the transportation planning and programming process.
(k) Development of an annual unified work program for all transportation planning activities within the jurisdiction of the multicounty designated transportation planning agency in cooperation and coordination with the Department of Transportation and the commission and in conformance with federal laws and rules and regulations. Such cooperation and coordination shall specifically apply to the determination of appropriate planning methods for projecting and planning transportation use, and its effect on land use, within the jurisdiction of the agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1172, Sec. 9. Effective September 30, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 5 - Transportation Planning and Programming › Section 130302.

130302. The role of the multicounty designated transportation planning agency, in coordinating, reviewing, and resolving intercommission conflicts, approving multicounty transportation plans, in developing plans and programs, shall be a cooperative effort with the commissions and shall be executed so as not to unnecessarily impede or slow the transportation planning and programming process.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 5 - Transportation Planning and Programming › Section 130303.

130303. With respect to the area under its jurisdiction, the commission shall be responsible for short-range capital and service planning directed to:
(a) Determination, on an annual basis, of the total amount of funds that could be available to the commission for transportation planning and development.
(b) Development and approval of a short-range three- to five-year transportation improvement program with an annual updated element reflecting all transportation capital and service priorities within the jurisdiction of the commission to be developed with all appropriate coordination and cooperation between the commission and state and local transportation agencies and operators. All projects utilizing federal and state highway and transit funds, and all exclusive public mass transit guideway projects no matter how funded, shall be included in a transportation improvement program adopted by the commission. The program shall also be developed in coordination with the multicounty designated transportation planning agency and the Department of Transportation, shall be consistent with the adopted regional transportation plan, and shall be reviewed and commented on pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section 130301.
(c) Coordination and approval of all public mass transit service within the jurisdiction of the commission and between the jurisdiction of other commissions or transit operators.
(d) Determination or approval of the location and capacity of all capital development projects, including, but not limited to, exclusive public mass transit guideway systems, state highway projects, and federal-aid highway projects.
(e) Selection and specific approval of appropriate mass transit hardware and technology to be funded by the transportation improvement program.
(f) Determination and approval of the staging and scheduling of construction and other development relative to all transportation improvement projects to be funded by the transportation improvement program.
(g) Administration of the countywide program for the expenditure of funds allocated pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200) of Part 11 of Division 10.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 704, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 5 - Transportation Planning and Programming › Section 130303.1.

130303.1. In addition to its short-range transportation planning responsibilities, the commission shall also be responsible, pursuant to Section 180206, for developing long-range expenditure plans for transportation programs included in voter-approved transaction and use tax measures that are consistent with the regional transportation plan and the regional transportation improvement program developed pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 65080) of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code and this article and Article 3 (commencing with Section 130250) and Article 10 (commencing with Section 130450).
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1172, Sec. 11. Effective September 30, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 5 - Transportation Planning and Programming › Section 130304.

130304. (a) The county transportation commission shall submit the short-range transportation improvement program prepared pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 130303 to the multicounty designated transportation planning agency. The program shall be the county transportation commission’s recommendation to the agency regarding that portion of the regional transportation improvement program with respect to short-range objectives applicable to the county under the jurisdiction of the county transportation commission. The recommended program shall be submitted to the agency in a timely fashion, and the agency shall review and adopt this portion of the regional transportation improvement program in a timely fashion, giving full explanation for any necessary revision of the county transportation commission’s recommended program.
(b) The multicounty designated transportation planning agency may revise the submitted transportation improvement program in order to resolve conflicts between the recommended programs or with the adopted regional transportation plan. In case of a disagreement as to the resolution of such a conflict between the agency and the involved county transportation commissions, the California Transportation Commission shall resolve the conflict.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1106.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 5 - Transportation Planning and Programming › Section 130305.

130305. The commission shall take all action necessary to obtain the maximum amount of funding available pursuant to Section 1602 of Title 49 of the United States Code. Public transit operators or other public agencies may only apply for such funds under such terms as prescribed by the commission. The commission may authorize the operator or the agency, as the case may be, to be responsible for the administration of its grant on the condition that the commission receives adequate and timely notice of all formal or other significant communications between the operator or agency and the federal government regarding the grant.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 5 - Transportation Planning and Programming › Section 130306.

130306. The commission shall determine the projects on the federal-aid urban system to be funded. The commission shall determine the projects to be funded pursuant to Sections 1602 and 1604 of Title 49 of the United States Code. The commission shall also determine the program to be funded by funds allocated pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200) of Part 11 of Division 10.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 6 - Transactions and Use Taxes › Section 130350.

130350. A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the County of Los Angeles may be adopted by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission in accordance with Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, provided that two-thirds of the electors voting on the measure vote to authorize its enactment at a special election called for that purpose by the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 343, Sec. 28.5. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 6 - Transactions and Use Taxes › Section 130350.4.

130350.4. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) In authorizing the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to impose a transaction and use tax pursuant to Section 130350.5, the Legislature intends for the net revenues derived from the tax to be used to fund a transportation investment program that provides mobility, health, and safety benefits to the people residing in all regions of the County of Los Angeles.
(b) For purposes of proposing to the voters of the County of Los Angeles the imposition of a 0.5 percent transaction and use tax at the election held on November 4, 2008, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 130350.5, the MTA adopted, on July 24, 2008, a local ordinance that includes as “Attachment A” a plan for the expenditure of the net revenues derived from the imposition of the tax. The adoption of Attachment A constitutes the adoption of an expenditure plan pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 130350.5.
(c) In addition to the projects and funding amounts identified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of 130350.5, the adopted expenditure plan includes other high-priority projects and funding amounts for the region, including, but not limited to, the following projects:
(1) Green Line Extension to the Los Angeles International Airport– two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000).
(2) Interstate 710 North Gap Closure (tunnel) – seven hundred eighty million dollars ($780,000,000).
(3) Gold Line Eastside Extension – one billion two hundred seventy-one million dollars ($1,271,000,000).
(4) Interstate 605 Corridor “Hot Spot” Interchanges – five hundred ninety million dollars ($590,000,000).
(d) The Legislature finds and declares that all regions of the county stand to benefit from the proposed expenditure plan; therefore, the MTA shall strive to maintain the fair and equitable geographic balance in the plan and shall strive to complete those capital projects as soon as practicable, consistent with the requirements of the proposing ordinance, state and federal law.
(e) Because it is in the interest of the people of the County of Los Angeles and the people of the State of California to ensure that the net revenues derived from the tax imposed pursuant to this act are expended efficiently, and in a manner consistent with the adopted expenditure plan, the MTA shall notify the Legislature prior to the adoption of amendments to the adopted expenditure plan.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 302, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 6 - Transactions and Use Taxes › Section 130351.

130351. The County of Los Angeles shall conduct the special election called by the commission pursuant to Section 130350, and the commission shall reimburse the county for its cost in conducting the special election.
The special election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as provided by law for the conduct of special elections by a county.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 6 - Transactions and Use Taxes › Section 130352.

130352. Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing not less than 180 days after adoption of the ordinance.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 6 - Transactions and Use Taxes › Section 130353.

130353. Repeal of the transactions and use tax ordinance shall not be operative earlier than the first day of the first calendar quarter following the adoption of the ordinance of repeal.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 6 - Transactions and Use Taxes › Section 130354.

130354. The revenues received by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission from the imposition of the transactions and use taxes shall be used for public transit purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1333.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 6 - Transactions and Use Taxes › Section 130355.

130355. Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this article or any of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned, or denied, shall be commenced within 90 days after the date this section becomes effective; otherwise, those proceedings, including the adoption and approval of the ordinance, are valid, and in every respect legal and incontestable.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 159, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 7 - Transit Service Dispute Resolution › Section 130370.

130370. (a) Not later than February 1, 1980, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, in cooperation with all the transit operators in the County of Los Angeles, shall prepare and submit, for public review and comments, proposed rules and regulations for the resolution of transit service disputes in the county pursuant to Section 130371.
(b) The commission shall adopt such rules and regulations not later than April 1, 1980, by eight affirmative votes of the voting members, or designated alternates, only after a public hearing held at least 30 days prior to their adoption.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 7 - Transit Service Dispute Resolution › Section 130371.

130371. The rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Criteria to determine the definition and validity of a transit service dispute.
(b) Procedures for the submission of a transit service dispute to the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission.
(c) Information, such as the matter in dispute, to be included in the notice to be sent to the parties in the transit service dispute.
(d) Procedure for mediation prior to a hearing before a transit coordination and service committee.
(e) Appointment, if mediation fails, of a transit coordination and service committee consisting of commission members and alternates to hold a public hearing on the transit service dispute in the locality of the dispute and to make recommendations regarding the dispute to the commission.
(f) Actions the commission may take to resolve the transit service dispute.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 7 - Transit Service Dispute Resolution › Section 130372.

130372. (a) The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall have sole authority to resolve any transit service dispute between transit operators in the County of Los Angeles, and its decision with respect to such a dispute shall be final and binding pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted by the commission pursuant to Section 130370.
(b) In resolving a transit service dispute pursuant to rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 130370, the commission, on a case by case basis, may, by eight affirmative votes of the voting members, or designated alternates, take such action notwithstanding Sections 99280, 99281, and 130263.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 7 - Transit Service Dispute Resolution › Section 130373.

130373. Prior to January 1, 1981, only a transit service dispute submitted by a transit operator in the County of Los Angeles may be resolved by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 8 - Transit Coordination and Service Program › Section 130380.

130380. Prior to October 1, 1980, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, in cooperation with all transit operators in the County of Los Angeles, shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, the county and the cities therein, and the Department of Transportation, for review and comment a proposed transit coordination and service program, including but not limited to, the following:
(a) The definition of institutional relationships between all transit operators in the county and the relationship between the commission and the transit operators.
(b) Full analyses and recommended changes regarding the current distribution of all transit services throughout the county, including levels and types of transit service.
(c) Transit-service productivity guidelines and specific steps to be taken to bring existing transit service into conformity with the guidelines.
(d) Financial standards to be met by all transit operators in the county, as well as guidelines for the utilization of all funds available for transit purposes.
(e) Other transit coordination and service issues and actions deemed appropriate by the commission to promote the efficient and effective use of all available transportation resources in the county so as to maximize the quality and quantity of transit service available to the residents of the county.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 8 - Transit Coordination and Service Program › Section 130381.

130381. The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall adopt by eight affirmative votes of the voting members, or designated alternates, a transit coordination and service program not later than January 10, 1981, after a public hearing held at least 30 days prior to its adoption.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 8 - Transit Coordination and Service Program › Section 130382.

130382. (a) After April 1, 1981, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall implement the recommendations of the transit coordination and service program, except as otherwise provided in Section 130385.
(b) To the extent necessary to implement those recommendations, Sections 99280, 99281, and 130263 shall not be applicable.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 8 - Transit Coordination and Service Program › Section 130383.

130383. The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall adopt an updated transit coordination and service program not later than January 10, 1983, and biennially thereafter, and may amend the program at such time as it deems appropriate, in order to meet changing conditions in providing and funding transit services in the County of Los Angeles.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 8 - Transit Coordination and Service Program › Section 130384.

130384. (a) The updated transit coordination and service program, and any amendment to the program, shall be adopted by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission by eight affirmative votes of the voting members or designated alternates.
(b) The proposed updated program or the proposed amendment, as the case may be, shall be available to the public and to all transit operators in the County of Los Angeles for not less than 60 days prior to its adoption.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 8 - Transit Coordination and Service Program › Section 130385.

130385. (a) Any transit operator in the County of Los Angeles which disagrees with any portion of the transit coordination and service program, or any amendment thereto, that impacts its transit services may request the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission to, and the commission shall, resolve the dispute pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 130370).
(b) In such a case, the portion of the program, or amendment thereto, shall not be implemented until the dispute has been resolved and, if necessary, the program or amendment has been revised according to the resolution of the dispute.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 9 - Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange › Section 130400.

130400. As used in this article:
(a) “Commission” means the county transportation commission created in Orange County pursuant to Section 130000.
(b) “County” means the County of Orange.
(c) “Transit operations” means all activities related to operating a transit system other than the purchase, construction, and maintenance of equipment, vehicles, and facilities for public transit purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1320, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 9 - Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange › Section 130400.5.

130400.5. The Legislature, by the enactment of this article, intends the county and cities therein to use any additional funds provided them by this article to supplement existing local revenues being used for public transportation purposes. The county and the cities therein are further encouraged to maintain their existing commitment of local funds for public transportation purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1320, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 9 - Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange › Section 130401.

130401. A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the county may be adopted by the commission in accordance with Section 130410 and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, if two-thirds of the electors voting on the measure vote to approve its imposition at a special election called for that purpose by the commission and an expenditure plan is adopted pursuant to Section 130406.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 343, Sec. 28.6. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 9 - Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange › Section 130402.

130402. The commission, in the ordinance, shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, shall provide the tax rate or rates or the maximum tax rate or rates, and shall specify the purposes for which the revenue derived from the tax will be used.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1320, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 9 - Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange › Section 130403.

130403. (a) The County of Orange shall conduct the special election called by the commission pursuant to Section 130401, and the commission shall reimburse the county for its cost in conducting the special election.
(b) The special election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as provided by law for the conduct of special elections by a county.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1320, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 9 - Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange › Section 130404.

130404. (a) Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this article shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 120 days after adoption of the ordinance.
(b) Prior to the operative date of the ordinance, the commission shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of the ordinance.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1320, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 9 - Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange › Section 130405.

130405. The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this article may be allocated by the commission for public transportation purposes, including, but not limited to, construction, maintenance, and operation of streets, roads, and highways, and the construction and maintenance of public transit systems, including exclusive public mass transit guideway systems, available now or hereafter. The revenues may also be used for improvements to the state highway system in the manner otherwise provided by law. However, the revenues shall not be allocated for transit operations.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1320, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 9 - Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange › Section 130406.

130406. (a) If the commission decides to adopt a retail transactions and use tax pursuant to this article, the commission shall review and assess the needs for the public transportation purposes specified in Section 130405. As part of this review and assessment, the commission shall solicit proposals for public transportation purposes from the Department of Transportation, the county, and the cities therein, and all public transit operators within the county. The commission shall adopt a procedure for evaluating these proposals in consultation with the Department of Transportation, the county, and the cities therein, and all public transit operators within the county.
(b) Based on the evaluation, the commission shall prepare a plan for the expenditure of the revenues expected to be derived from the tax provided for in this article, together with other federal, state, and local funds expected to be available for transportation improvements, for a period of 15 years.
(c) The expenditure plan shall include projections of revenues and expenditures for capital, maintenance, and operations purposes for categories of transportation facilities, including, but not limited to, freeways, arterial roads, local streets and roads, and transit.
(d) The commission shall not adopt the expenditure plan until it has received the approval of the board of supervisors and the city councils representing both a majority of the cities in the county and a majority of the population residing in incorporated areas of the county. Before adoption of an expenditure plan, the commission shall also conduct public hearings on that plan.
(e) The expenditure plan shall be finally adopted prior to the call of the election provided for in Section 130401. An amendment to the expenditure plan subject to protest pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 130407 shall be finally adopted by the commission after approval of the board of supervisors and the cities as specified in this section and public hearings on the amendments, and the amendment is effective upon that final adoption by the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1320, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 9 - Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange › Section 130407.

130407. (a) The commission may annually review and propose amendments to the expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 130406 to provide for the use of additional federal, state, and local funds, to account for unexpected revenues, or to take into consideration unforeseen circumstances.
(b) The commission shall notify the board of supervisors and the city council of each city in the county and provide them with a copy of the proposed amendments.
(c) The proposed amendments shall become effective 45 days after notice is given pursuant to subdivision (b) except as follows:
(1) If the proposed amendment deletes a project which is included in the original adopted expenditure plan and which is located entirely within a city, the proposed amendment shall become effective only if the city council of the affected city, by resolution, concurs with the deletion of the project.
(2) If the proposed amendment deletes a project which is included in the original adopted expenditure plan and which is located entirely in the unincorporated area of the county, the proposed amendment shall become effective only if the board of supervisors, by resolution, concurs with the deletion of the project.
(3) In all cases other than those set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2), the proposed amendment shall become effective unless the board of supervisors, or city councils representing 25 percent of the cities in the county, adopt a resolution protesting the proposed amendments. If protested, the proposed amendments shall become effective only if the commission follows the approval procedure in subdivision (d) of Section 130406.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1320, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 9 - Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange › Section 130408.

130408. The expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 130406, and any amendment adopted pursuant to Section 130407, shall include a provision for an annual allocation of funds to the county and the cities therein for public transportation purposes.
In making annual allocations to the county and the cities therein, the commission may allocate the proceeds of any limited tax bonds authorized by the voters pursuant to Section 130412.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1320, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 9 - Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange › Section 130409.

130409. An amended expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 130407 may include a provision to reduce a tax rate to percentages lower than that approved by the voters and may further provide for an increase of the tax rate if it has previously been lowered; but 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 commission determines, by a two-thirds vote, that the proceeds of the taxes with the altered tax rate will be sufficient to provide for the payment of principal and interest of any limited tax bonds and any other indebtedness incurred by the commission which was to be payable from the proceeds of the retail transactions and use tax.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1320, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 9 - Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange › Section 130409.5.

130409.5. If a retail transactions and use tax is adopted pursuant to this article, the commission shall prepare and submit a report to the Department of Transportation, to the board of supervisors, to the city council of each city in the county, and to each public transit operator within the county on or before January 1 of the year following the end of the first full fiscal year after the date that the taxes are imposed pursuant to this article and annually thereafter. The report shall evaluate, and report the progress made in, the implementation of the expenditure plan in the preceding fiscal year.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1320, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 9 - Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange › Section 130410.

130410. (a) The commission is authorized to impose a maximum tax rate of 1 percent under this article and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and the commission may state the maximum tax rate in terms of not to exceed 1 percent, or any lesser percentage thereof. The commission shall not levy the tax at a rate other than 1 percent or
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(b) The commission, in the ordinance, shall provide for limitations upon the time when the tax shall be in effect. Any tax rate or maximum tax rate adopted pursuant to this article, unless otherwise prohibited, may be increased when authorized by the commission by ordinance adopted in the manner and by the vote stated in Section 130401 and approved by a majority of the electors voting on the measure at an election called for that purpose by the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1320, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 9 - Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange › Section 130411.

130411. (a) The actual wording of the proposition on any short form of ballot card, label, or other device, regardless of the system of voting used, shall read as follows:
TRANSPORTATION—ORANGE COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
To improve, expand, construct, maintain, and operate the transportation system in the county, this proposition authorizes the Orange County Transportation Commission to adopt a _____ percent sales tax solely for transportation purposes.
YES
NO
(b) The proposition shall set forth the actual percent of the transactions and use tax upon which the electors are voting.
(c) The sample ballot to be mailed to the voters, under Section 13303 of the Elections Code, shall be the full proposition as set forth in the ordinance calling the election.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 213. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › ARTICLE 9 - Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange › Section 130412.

130412. The commission may, as part of the same ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, seek authorization to issue bonds payable solely from the proceeds of the retail transactions and use tax. The maximum bonded indebtedness which may be authorized shall be an amount equal to the sum of the principal and interest on the bonds not to exceed the estimated proceeds of the retail transactions and use tax for a period of 30 years. The actual wording of the proposition on any short form of ballot card, label, or other device, regardless of the system of voting used, shall read as follows:
TRANSPORTATION—ORANGE COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
To improve, expand, construct, maintain, and operate the transportation system in the county, this proposition authorizes the Orange County Transportation Commission to adopt a ____ percent sales tax solely for transportation purposes and/or to issue bonds payable from the proceeds of that sales tax.
YES
NO
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1320, Sec. 1.)