California Code of Regulations › Title 21 - Public Works › Division 3 - California State Transportation Agency › Chapter 2 - Transportation Development [Renumbered] › Article 2 - Definitions › Section 6613.1 - Serving an Urbanized Area

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The term "operator which is serving an urbanized area" as
					 that term is used in Section
					 99268.3
					 of the Public Utilities Code means an operator or transit service claimant if
					 50 percent or more of the population of its area is located within the
					 boundaries of an urbanized area. The application of this term, however, may be
					 modified under the rules and regulations of the transportation planning agency,
					 as specified in Section
					 6645.
For the purpose of this section, if an operator serves an
					 area that was first designated as an urbanized area in the 1980 or subsequent
					 federal census, the transportation planning agency or the county transportation
					 commission may grant the operator up to five (5) years from July 1 of the year
					 following the year of the census to meet the ratio of fare revenues to
					 operating cost required of an operator serving an urbanized area.
The area of the operator or transit service claimant, for
					 this purpose, is the area defined in Public Utilities Code Section
					 99231,
					 with the following exceptions:
(a) The
				  claimant's area does not include areas to which it provides services beyond its
				  boundaries, as described in subdivision (f) of Section
				  99231.
(b) For a joint powers entity formed by a
				  county and one or more cities, the area includes the corporate areas of the
				  cities and excludes the unincorporated area of the county.
(c) For a county that is located in part
				  within a transit district or transit development board and that is claiming
				  funds to provide or contract for services to, from, and between points outside
				  the boundaries of the district or board, the area is the unincorporated area of
				  the county not within the district or board.
(d) For the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and
				  Transportation District, the area includes the corporate areas of the cities
				  and the unincorporated areas of the counties to which the district provides
				  public transportation services.
(e)
				  For a county that is claiming funds to provide or contract for services to,
				  from, or between points within a local transportation zone established under
				  guidelines adopted by a county transportation commission pursuant to Public
				  Utilities Code Section
				  130259,
				  the area includes only the unincorporated area within the local transportation
				  zone.
1. New
					 section filed 12-24-79 as an emergency; effective upon filing. Certificate of
					 Compliance included (Register 79, No. 52).
2. Amendment filed
					 5-7-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 19).
3.
					 Amendment filed 9-1-87; operative 10-1-87 (Register 87, No. 37).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						99241,
						Public Utilities Code. Reference: Sections
						99231,
						99241,
						99268.3
						and
						99270.2,
						Public Utilities Code.