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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 170048.

170048. (a) The authority has exclusive responsibility to study, plan, and implement any improvements, expansion, or enhancements at San Diego International Airport.
(b) The authority may commission planning, engineering, economic, and other studies to provide information to the board for making decisions about the location, design, management, and other features of future airports.
(c) The San Diego Association of Governments, or its successor, shall cooperate with the authority to include all airport system plans and facilities selected by the authority in the regional transportation plan consistent with state and federal law.
(d) The authority, the San Diego Association of Governments, local agencies, and the Department of Transportation shall cooperate to develop effective surface transportation access to new and existing airports.
(e) The authority may adopt a comprehensive plan on the future development of San Diego’s regional international airport.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 83, Sec. 10. (AB 1058) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 170050.

170050. The authority shall be the only agency, public or private, in the County of San Diego that is eligible to take ownership of airports owned by the United States government and are declared surplus or are otherwise made available to state or local governmental agencies.
(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 170052.

170052. The authority shall be responsible for developing all aspects of airport facilities that it operates, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(a) The location of terminals, hangars, aids to air navigation, Runway Protection Zones (RPZ), Airport Influence Areas (AIA), parking lots and structures, and all other facilities and services necessary to serve passengers and other customers of the airport.
(b) Street and highway access and egress with the objective of minimizing, to the extent practicable, traffic congestion on access routes in the vicinity of the airport.
(c) Providing for public mass transportation access in cooperation and coordination with the responsible public transportation agency in whose jurisdiction the airport is located.
(d) Analyzing and developing intercity bus and passenger rail access to terminals in cooperation with an established agency or organization experienced in developing and operating that service, if the service or the technology proposed for implementation is demonstrated to be in regular, scheduled revenue service and is demonstrated to be a cost-effective investment when considering both direct and indirect benefits. If that service is proven feasible, the authority shall endeavor to maximize the convenience of its patrons by incorporating the service into the design of its terminals.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 978, Sec. 9. 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 170054.

170054. (a) The authority shall form an advisory committee to assist it in performing its responsibilities related to the planning and development of all airport facilities for the County of San Diego, including the airport activities and operations of the United States Department of Defense. In selecting members for the committee, the authority shall include persons knowledgeable about airport management, passenger and freight air transportation operations and economics, general aviation, the natural environment, regional economic development, business, including the technology sector of the economy.
(b) To the extent feasible, the advisory committee shall include representatives from the Department of Transportation, local public transit authorities, local governments, the campuses of the University of California and the California State University in the region, the United States Department of Defense, and other groups and residents of San Diego County.
(c) When forming the advisory committee, the authority shall make its selections for membership from individuals representing all elements of 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 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 170058.

170058. Property adjacent to the San Diego International Airport, owned by the port, and commonly referred to as the “General Dynamics Property” shall continue to be operated by the port.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 978, Sec. 11. 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 170064.

170064. (a) From revenues in accounts attributable to airport operations, the port shall fund the authority for not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) each year until that time as the transfer of the airport and all associated revenue sources have been completed between the port and the authority. The authority’s board may submit a budget request for more than this amount if necessary to carry out its duties. The port shall approve those budget requests in a timely manner without modification or reduction. The authority shall report its total budget expenditure amount to the port on an annual basis and balance or carryover reserves from previous budgets. The funding provided by this subdivision replaces any loans made to the authority by the port under the former provisions set forth in this subdivision requiring the port to loan the authority the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000).
(b) Upon the completion of the transfer of San Diego International Airport to the authority, the authority shall assume all revenue stream revenues to fund its activities, operations, and investments consistent with its purposes. The sources of revenue available to the authority may include, but are not limited to, imposing fees, rents, or other charges for facilities, services, the repayment of bonded indebtedness, and other expenditures consistent with the purposes of the authority.
(c) To the extent practicable, the authority shall endeavor to maximize the revenues generated from enterprises located on the property of the authority.
(d) The authority may receive state and federal grants for purposes of planning, constructing, and operating an airport and for providing ground access to airports under its control.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 83, Sec. 14. (AB 1058) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 17 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 170066.

170066. (a) No other agency in the County of San Diego may apply for grants for funding significant expansion activities, including, but not limited to, specific efforts to increase air capacity, unless the application is first approved by the authority as being consistent with the regional air transportation plan adopted by the authority.
(b) Unless action is taken pursuant to Section 170068, publicly owned airports in the County of San Diego, other than the San Diego International Airport, shall not be considered to be under the control of the authority for purposes of application for, or receipt of grants for, regular operational maintenance and upgrade projects adopted pursuant to Section 21670.3.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 978, Sec. 19. 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 170068.

170068. The authority may only accept the transfer of ownership of other publicly owned airports in the County of San Diego upon initiation by the respective airport operator. Any transfer shall include the preparation of a transition plan to ensure the orderly transfer of assets and obligations. In accepting a transfer, the authority may assume no financial obligations other than those associated with the operation of the airport being transferred.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 978, Sec. 20. 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 170072.

170072. The authority may levy special benefit assessments consistent with the requirements of Article XIII D of the California Constitution to finance capital improvements, including, but not limited to, special benefit assessments levied pursuant to any of the following:
(a) The Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code).
(b) The Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 15 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code).
(c) The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Streets and Highways Code).
(d) The Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (Part 2 (commencing with Section 22500) of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code).
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 978, Sec. 22. 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 170074.

170074. The authority may borrow money in accordance with Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820) of, Article 7.6 (commencing with Section 53850) of, or Article 7.7 (commencing with Section 53859) of, Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(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 170078.

170078. The authority may bring an action to determine the validity of any of its bonds, equipment trust certificates, warrants, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness or any of its revenues, rates, or charges pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 978, Sec. 24. 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 170082.

170082. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this division or any other law, the provisions of all ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings in the issuance by the authority of any bonds, bonds with a pledge of revenues, bonds for improvement districts, revenue bonds, equipment trust certificates, notes, or any and all evidences of indebtedness or liability constitute a contract between the authority and the holders of the bonds, equipment trust certificates, notes, or evidences of indebtedness or liability, and the provisions thereof are enforceable against the authority or any or all of its successors or assigns, by mandamus or any other appropriate suit, action, or proceeding in law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) Nothing in this division or in any other law shall be held to relieve the authority or the territory included within it from any bonded or other debt or liability contracted by the authority.
(c) Upon dissolution of the authority or upon withdrawal of territory therefrom, that territory formerly included within the authority, or withdrawn therefrom, shall continue to be liable for the payment of all bonded and other indebtedness or liabilities outstanding at the time of the dissolution or withdrawal as if the authority had not been so dissolved or the territory withdrawn therefrom, and it shall be the duty of the successors or assigns to provide for the payment of the bonded and other indebtedness and liabilities.
(d) To the extent provided in the proceedings for the authorization, issuance, and sale of any revenue bonds, bonds secured by a pledge of revenues, or bonds for improvement districts secured by a pledge of revenues, revenues of any kind or nature derived from any revenue-producing improvements, works, facilities, or property owned, operated, or controlled by the authority may be pledged, charged, assigned, and have a lien thereon for the payment of the bonds as long as the same are outstanding, regardless of any change in ownership, operation, or control of the revenue-producing improvements, works, facilities, or property and it shall, in any later event or events, be the duty of the successors or assigns to continue to maintain and operate the revenue-producing improvements, works, facilities, or property as long as bonds are outstanding.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 978, Sec. 26. 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 170084.

170084. The authority shall assume and be bound by the terms and conditions of employment set forth in any collective bargaining agreement or employment contract between the port and any labor organization or employee affected by the creation of the authority, as well as the duties, obligations, and liabilities arising from, or relating to, labor obligations imposed by state or federal law upon the port. Aviation division employees of the port affected by this division shall become employees of the authority and shall suffer no loss of employment or reduction in wages, health and welfare benefits, seniority, retirement benefits or contributions made to retirement plans, or any other term or condition of employment as a result of the enactment of this division. No employee of the port shall suffer loss of employment or reduction in wages or benefits as a result of the enactment of this division.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 36.11. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 180001.

180001. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Local highway and transportation improvements and services are an immediate high priority needed to resolve local and regional transportation problems that threaten the economic viability and development potential of counties and cities and adversely impact the quality of life therein. Furthermore, regional transportation is a matter of statewide concern.
(b) Comprehensive studies and reports have been completed by the Department of Transportation, the Assembly Office of Research, the Governor’s Task Force on Infrastructure, and the California Business Roundtable which conclude that there exists a local city street and county road maintenance backlog and shortfall of between five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) and eight hundred forty million dollars ($840,000,000) annually.
(c) In order to deal in an expeditious manner with current and future local transportation maintenance and improvement needs, local agencies need to develop and implement local funding programs that go significantly beyond current federal and state funding which is inadequate to resolve these problems.
(d) It is in the public interest to allow the voters of each county to establish local transportation authorities and raise additional local revenues to provide highway capital improvements and maintenance and to meet local transportation needs in a timely manner.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that funds generated pursuant to this division be used to supplement and not replace existing local revenues used for transportation purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 180003.

180003. This division shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes. No inadvertent error, irregularity, informality, or the inadvertent neglect or omission of any officer, in any procedure taken under this division, other than fraud, shall void or invalidate that proceeding or any levy imposed to finance highway improvements or local transportation needs.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Local Transportation Authority › Section 180050.

180050. A county board of supervisors may create an authority to operate within the county to carry out this division, or may designate a transportation planning agency designated pursuant to Section 29532 of the Government Code or created pursuant to the Fresno County Transportation Improvement Act pursuant to Division 15 (commencing with Section 142000), or a county transportation commission created pursuant to the County Transportation Act (Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000)) in existence in the county on January 1, 1988, to serve as an authority.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 408, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Local Transportation Authority › Section 180051.

180051. (a) A board of supervisors that chooses to create an entirely new entity as an authority pursuant to Section 180050 shall determine the membership of the authority with the concurrence of a majority of the cities having a majority of the population in the incorporated area of the county.
(b) Each member of the authority, and each alternate designated pursuant to subdivision (c), shall be an elected official of a local governmental entity within or partly within the county. Members of the board of supervisors serving on an authority shall comprise less than a majority of the authority.
(c) (1) Each member of the authority may have an alternate to vote or otherwise officially participate on behalf of the member at meetings of the authority when the member is not present. Either the member, or the alternate, but not both, may officially participate in a meeting of the authority. An alternate shall be designated as follows:
(A) Except as specified in subparagraph (B), the local governmental entity that appointed the member shall designate the alternate.
(B) A member who serves because the member holds a specified public office, as specified in the county transportation expenditure plan, shall designate his or her own alternate.
(2) An alternate acting on behalf of a member has all of the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of a member.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1007, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Local Transportation Authority › Section 180052.

180052. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), members of an authority which is an entirely new entity shall serve for a term of not more than four years.
(b) At the first meeting of an authority which is an entirely new entity convened pursuant to Section 180112 the members shall be selected by lot to serve staggered terms.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 180100.

180100. The authority at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the meeting designated by the authority, shall elect a chairperson who shall preside at all meetings, and a vice chairperson who shall preside in the absence of the chairperson. In the event of their absence or inability to act, the members present, by an order entered in the minutes, shall select one of their members to act as chairperson pro tempore, who, while so acting, shall have all the authority of the chairperson.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 878, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 180102.

180102. A majority of the members of the authority constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official acts of the authority requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the authority.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 180104.

180104. 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. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 180105.

180105. The authority shall do all the following:
(a) Adopt an annual budget.
(b) Adopt an administrative code, by ordinance, which prescribes the powers and duties of the authority officers, the method of appointment of the authority employees, and methods, procedures, and systems of operation and management of the authority.
(c) Cause a postaudit of the financial transactions and records of the authority to be made at least annually by a certified public accountant.
(d) Do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of this division.
The authority may appoint a policy advisory committee.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 180106.

180106. (a) The authority may hire an independent staff of its own or contract with any department or agency of the United States or with any public agency to implement this division.
(b) The authority may contract with private entities in conformance with applicable procurement procedures for the procurement of engineering, project management, and contract management services.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 665, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 180108.

180108. (a) Notice of the time and place of a public hearing on the adoption of the annual budget shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code not later than the 15th day prior to the day of the hearing.
(b) The proposed annual budget shall be available for public inspection at least 15 days prior to the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 180109.

180109. (a) The authority shall rely, to the extent possible, on existing state, regional, and local transportation planning and programming data and expertise, rather than on a large duplicative staff and set of plans.
(b) The authority shall not expend more than 1 percent of the funds generated pursuant to this division in any year for salary and benefits of its staff.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 180110.

180110. The authority shall consult with, and coordinate its actions to secure funding for the completion and improvement of the priority regional highways, with the cities in the county, the board of supervisors, and the Department of Transportation, for the purpose of integrating its planned highway improvements with the highway and other transportation improvement plans and operations of other transportation agencies impacting the county.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › Section 180151.

180151. 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. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › Section 180152.

180152. The authority may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, 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. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › Section 180153.

180153. The authority may contract with any department or agency of the United States, with any public agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Transportation, any county, city, or district, or with any person or a private entity upon any terms and conditions that the authority finds in its best interest for the procurement of engineering, project management, and contract management services.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 665, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions › Section 180154.

180154. (a) Contracts for the purchase of services, supplies, equipment, and materials in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after competitive bidding, except in an emergency declared by the authority or by an executive committee to which the authority has delegated responsibility to make that declaration.
(b) If, after rejecting bids received under subdivision (a), the authority determines and declares that, in its opinion, the services, supplies, equipment, or materials may be purchased at a lower price on the open market, the authority may proceed to purchase these services, supplies, equipment, or materials in the open market without further observance of the provisions regarding contracts, bids, or advertisements.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Taxes › Section 180200.

180200. The Legislature, by the enactment of this division, intends that the additional funds provided governmental agencies by this chapter shall supplement existing local revenues being used for public transportation purposes and that local governments maintain their existing commitment of local funds for transportation purposes.
The Legislature further intends that transportation authorities utilize “pay-as-you-go” financing as the preferred method of funding transportation improvements and operations authorized by Section 180205, and that bond financing be utilized as an alternative method of funding, where the scope of the planned expenditures makes “pay-as-you-go” financing unfeasible.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Taxes › Section 180201.

180201. A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of a county may be imposed by the authority in accordance with this chapter and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, if the tax ordinance is adopted by a two-thirds vote of the authority and imposition of the tax is subsequently approved by a majority of the electors voting on the measure, or by any otherwise applicable voter approval requirement, at a special election called for that purpose by the board of supervisors, at the request of the authority, and a county transportation expenditure plan is adopted pursuant to Section 180206.
A retail transactions and use tax approved by the electors shall remain in effect for the period of time specified in the tax ordinance. The tax may be continued in effect, or reimposed, by a tax ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote of the authority and the reimposition of the tax is approved by any applicable majority of the electors.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 129, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Taxes › Section 180202.

180202. The authority, in the ordinance, shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, shall provide the tax rate or the maximum tax rate, shall specify the period during which the tax will be imposed, and shall specify the purposes for which the revenue derived from the tax will be used. The tax rate may be in
1
/
4
percent increments and shall not exceed a maximum tax rate of 1 percent.
The proposition shall include an appropriations limit for that entity pursuant to Section 4 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 318, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Taxes › Section 180203.

180203. (a) The county shall conduct the special election called by the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 180201. If the measure is approved, the authority 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.
(c) (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), the sample ballot to be mailed to the voters, pursuant to Section 13303 of the Elections Code, shall be the full proposition, as set forth in the ordinance calling the election, and the voter information guide shall include the entire adopted county transportation expenditure plan.
(2) (A) A county elections official, upon the request of an authority that posts the entire adopted county transportation expenditure plan on an Internet Web site maintained by the authority, may comply with paragraph (1) by printing, in the sample ballot, immediately below the full proposition, and in the voter information guide, in no less than 10-point bold type, text substantially as follows: “The adopted county transportation expenditure plan may be viewed electronically at [insert applicable Internet Web site address]. If you desire a printed copy of the adopted county transportation expenditure plan, please call the county elections office at [insert applicable telephone number] and one will be mailed to you at no cost.” If the county elections official exercises the authority under this paragraph, the county elections official shall provide a printed copy of the entire adopted county transportation expenditure plan by mail to each person requesting a copy.
(B) A county that posts the entire adopted county transportation expenditure plan on an Internet Web site pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall ensure that the plan is posted in a manner that is easily accessible to voters.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 640, Sec. 1. (AB 467) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Taxes › Section 180204.

180204. (a) Any 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 110 days after adoption of the ordinance.
(b) Prior to the operative date of the ordinance, the authority shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all functions incidental to the administration and operation of the ordinance.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 129, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Taxes › Section 180205.

180205. The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this chapter may be allocated by the authority for the construction and improvement of state highways, the construction, maintenance, improvement, and operation of local streets, roads, and highways, and the construction, improvement, and operation of public transit systems. For purposes of this section, “public transit systems” includes paratransit services.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 962, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Taxes › Section 180206.

180206. (a) A county transportation expenditure plan shall be prepared for the expenditure of the revenues expected to be derived from the tax imposed pursuant to this chapter, together with other federal, state, and local funds expected to be available for transportation improvements, for the period during which the tax is to be imposed.
(b) A county transportation expenditure plan shall not be adopted until it has received the approval of the board of supervisors and of the city councils representing both a majority of the cities in the county and a majority of the population residing in the incorporated areas of the county.
(c) The plan shall be adopted prior to the call of the election provided for in Section 180201.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 5 - Transactions and Use Taxes › Section 180207.

180207. (a) The authority may annually review and propose amendments to the county transportation expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 180206 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 authority 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.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds › Section 180250.

180250. (a) As part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, authorization may be sought to issue bonds to finance capital outlay expenditures as may be provided for in the adopted county transportation expenditure plan, payable from the proceeds of the tax.
(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, as determined by the plan. The amount of bonds outstanding at any one time does not include the amount of bonds, refunding bonds, or bond anticipation notes for which funds necessary for the payment thereof have been set aside for that purpose in a trust or escrow account.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds › Section 180250.5.

180250.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, together with the establishment of an appropriations limit of seven hundred sixty-five million dollars ($765,000,000), was approved by the voters of a county pursuant to Section 180250 on November 8, 1988, and if the ordinance adopted by the authority which requested the board of supervisors to submit the proposition for approval of that tax and appropriations limit by the voters authorized the issuance of bonds payable from that tax, that authority may issue bonds, refunding bonds, or bond anticipation notes pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1232, Sec. 2. Effective October 1, 1989.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds › Section 180251.

180251. (a) The bonds authorized by the voters concurrently with the approval of the retail transactions and use tax may be issued at any time by the authority and shall be 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 tax for “pay-as-you-go” financing, except to the extent that that priority is expressly restricted in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds › Section 180252.

180252. Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time by a two-thirds vote of the authority. Each resolution shall provide for the issuance of bonds in the amounts as may be necessary, until the full amount of bonds authorized have been issued. The full amount of bonds may be divided into two or more series and different dates of payment fixed for the bonds of each series. A bond need not mature on its anniversary date.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds › Section 180253.

180253. (a) A resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds shall state all of the following:
(1) The purposes for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include all costs and estimated costs incidental to, or connected with, the accomplishment of those purposes, including, without limitation, engineering, inspection, legal, fiscal agents, financial consultant and other fees, bond and other reserve funds, working capital, bond interest estimated to accrue during the construction period and for a period not to exceed three years thereafter, and expenses of all proceedings for the authorization, issuance, and sale of the bonds.
(2) The estimated cost of accomplishing those purposes.
(3) The amount of the principal of the indebtedness.
(4) The maximum term the bonds proposed to be issued shall run before maturity, which shall not be beyond the date of termination of the imposition of the retail transactions and use tax.
(5) The maximum rate of interest to be paid, which shall not exceed the maximum allowable by law.
(6) The denomination or denominations of the bonds, which shall not be less than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(7) The form of the bonds, including, without limitation, registered bonds and coupon bonds, to the extent permitted by federal law, and the form of any coupons to be attached thereto, the registration, conversion, and exchange privileges, if any, pertaining thereto, and the time when all of, or any part of, the principal becomes due and payable.
(b) The resolution may also contain any other matters authorized by this chapter or any other law.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds › Section 180255.

180255. In the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, the authority may also provide for the call and redemption of the bonds prior to maturity at the times and prices and upon other terms as specified. However, no bond is subject to call or redemption prior to maturity, unless it contains a recital to that effect or unless a statement to that effect is printed.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds › Section 180256.

180256. The principal of, and interest on, the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer of the authority, or at other places as may be designated, or at both the office and other places at the option of the holders of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds › Section 180257.

180257. The bonds, or each series of bonds, shall be dated and numbered consecutively and shall be signed by the chairperson, vice chairperson, or other authorized officer of the authority and the auditor-controller of the authority, and the official seal, if any, of the authority shall be attached.
The interest coupons of the bonds shall be signed by the auditor-controller of the authority. All of the signatures and seal may be printed, lithographed, or mechanically reproduced.
If any officer whose signature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be that officer before the delivery of the bonds, the officer’s signature is as effective as if the officer had remained in office.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 636, Sec. 3. (AB 1810) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds › Section 180260.

180260. All accrued interest received on the sale of the bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds, and the remainder of the proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the treasury of the authority and applied to secure the bonds or for the purposes for which the debt was incurred. However, when the purposes have been accomplished, any money remaining shall be either (a) transferred to the fund to be used for the payment of principal of, and interest on, the bonds or (b) placed in a fund to be used for the purchase of the outstanding bonds in the open market at prices and in the manner, either at public or private sale or otherwise, as determined by the authority. Bonds so purchased shall be canceled immediately.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 745, Sec. 1. (AB 1919) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds › Section 180261.

180261. (a) The authority may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the authority upon the terms, at the times and in the manner which it determines.
(b) Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to pay all, or any part of, the principal of the outstanding bonds, the premiums, if any, due upon call and redemption thereof prior to maturity, all expenses of the refunding, and either of the following:
(1) The interest upon the refunding bonds from the date of sale thereof to the date of payment of the bonds to be refunded out of the proceeds of the sale of the refunding bonds or to the date upon which the bonds to be refunded will be paid pursuant to call or agreement with the holders of the bonds.
(2) The interest upon the bonds to be refunded from the date of sale of the refunding bonds to the date of payment of the bonds to be refunded or to the date upon which the bonds to be refunded will be paid pursuant to call or agreement with the holder of the bonds.
(c) The provisions of this chapter for the issuance and sale of bonds apply to the issuance and sale of refunding bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds › Section 180262.

180262. (a) The authority may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized pursuant to this chapter, but which have not been sold or delivered, and may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes therefor and may renew the bond anticipation notes from time to time. However, the maximum maturity of any bond anticipation notes, including the renewals thereof, shall not exceed five years from the date of delivery of the original bond anticipation notes.
(b) The bond anticipation notes, and the interest thereon, may be paid from any money of the authority available therefor, including the revenues from the tax. If not previously otherwise paid, the bond anticipation notes, or any portion thereof, or the interest thereon, shall be paid from the proceeds of the next sale of the bonds of the agency in anticipation of which the notes were issued.
(c) The bond anticipation notes shall not be issued in any amount in excess of the aggregate amount of the bonds which the authority has been authorized to issue, less the amount of any bonds of the authorized issue previously sold, and also less the amount of other bond anticipation notes therefor issued and then outstanding. The bond anticipation notes shall be issued and sold in the same manner as the bonds.
(d) The bond anticipation notes and the resolutions authorizing them may contain any provisions, conditions, or limitations which a resolution of the authority may contain.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds › Section 180263.

180263. Any bonds issued under this chapter are legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and trust companies; and for state school funds; and 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 the 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 the 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 under this chapter may be so used. The provisions of this chapter are in addition to all other laws relating to legal investments and shall be controlling as the latest expression of the Legislature with respect thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 6 - Bonds › Section 180264.

180264. Any action or proceedings 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. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19.1 - SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY › Section 181000.

181000. The Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority is hereby created. For the purposes of this division, “authority” means the Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 375, Sec. 1. (AB 881) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 19.1 - SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY › Section 181001.

181001. The authority is a public instrumentality governed by the same board as that governing the Sonoma County Transportation Authority. The authority is, however, a separate entity from the Sonoma County Transportation Authority.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 375, Sec. 1. (AB 881) Effective January 1, 2010.)