Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

(a) The Department of Transportation may negotiate and contract with the appropriate railroad corporation to provide passenger rail service between the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of San Mateo and Santa Clara. In the process of negotiating the contract, the …

Any county, city, county transportation commission, or operator may file claims with the transportation planning agency for rail passenger service operation expenditures and capital improvement expenditures, including construction and maintenance of intermodal transportation faci…

Upon having determined the allocation of each claimant on the fund, the transportation planning agency shall convey such information to each claimant and the county auditor, together with one allocation instruction for each claimant advising the auditor as to the time and the nat…

No funds from the fund shall be budgeted, allocated, or expended for any project which calls for any change in passenger train stations or loading platforms used by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, unless the change has been submitted to the National Railroad Passenge…

Each transportation planning agency shall provide for the establishment of a social services transportation advisory council for each county, or counties operating under a joint powers agreement, which is not subject to the apportionment restriction established in Section 99232. …

(a) The transportation planning agency shall ensure the establishment and implementation of a citizen participation process appropriate for each county, or counties if operating under a joint powers agreement, utilizing the social services transportation advisory council as a mec…

(a) Except for allocations made for purposes of Section 99234 and subdivision (a) of Section 99400, which shall be subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the transportation planning agency, all matters necessary and convenient to the implementation of this chapter shall …

All rules and regulations adopted by the Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency pursuant to Section 99241, as it read prior to its amendment by the act adding this section, and in effect on January 1, 1985, shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceab…

In the event that a claimant is not satisfied with his approved claim or other action taken by the transportation planning agency, a notification with supporting documentation may be filed with the secretary, who shall conduct an investigation and evaluation of the disagreement b…

(a) The Controller, in cooperation with the department and the operators, shall design and adopt a uniform system of accounts and records, from which the operators shall prepare and submit annual reports of their operation to transportation planning agencies, county transportatio…

(a) On the basis of data in the annual reports submitted pursuant to Section 99243 and the information submitted pursuant to Section 99406 to the Controller, the Controller shall compile, publish, and make publicly available on the Controller’s internet website the submitted data…

(a) (1) Each transportation planning agency shall annually identify, analyze, and recommend potential productivity improvements that could lower the operating costs of those operators who operate at least 50 percent of their vehicle service miles, as defined in subdivision (i) of…

Each transportation planning agency, transit development board created pursuant to Division 11 (commencing with Section 120000), and county transportation commission shall be responsible to ensure that all claimants to whom it directs the allocation of funds pursuant to this chap…

(a) A transit district or other provider of public transportation services subject to an audit pursuant to Section 99245, that receives funds from other sources which also require a fiscal audit, may expand the scope of its audit performed pursuant to Section 99245 to include the…

(a) (1) The transportation planning agency shall designate entities other than itself, a county transportation commission, a transit development board, or an operator to make a performance audit of its activities and the activities of each operator to whom it allocates funds. The…

For purposes of Section 99246, and as used elsewhere in this article: (a) “Operating cost” means all costs in the operating expense object classes exclusive of the costs in the depreciation and amortization expense object class of the uniform system of accounts and records adopte…

No operator is eligible to receive an allocation under this chapter for any fiscal year until the transmittal of reports of its performance audit to the entity which determines the allocation to the operator and the transportation planning agency for the three-year period ending …

The cost of making the performance audits may be deemed an administrative cost of the transportation planning agencies for purposes of Section 99233.1. However, the Legislature encourages the use of funds made available by the federal government to support such purposes. (Added b…

(a) All charter bus services authorized to be performed by a public transportation system receiving funding under this chapter shall contribute financially to the reduction of deficits incurred in the operation of scheduled route service. In addition, the charter bus service shal…

(a) (1) At any publicly noticed meeting of the governing body of an operator, a representative of a private transportation service provider may request the operator to perform a cost comparison analysis of public transit service provided by vehicles equipped with rubber tires bef…

No claim submitted by an operator pursuant to this chapter shall be approved unless it is accompanied by a certification completed within the last 13 months from the Department of the California Highway Patrol indicating that the operator is in compliance with Section 1808.1 of t…

The officers of the VTA shall consist of the members of the board of directors, the chairperson and vice chairperson of the board, a secretary, a general manager, a general counsel, and any other officers that the board deems necessary and provides for by ordinance or resolution.…

The secretary and those assistants that the board designates may administer all oaths or affirmations required by law, including the oath of office. (Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 373, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1998.)

Each member of the board shall receive a per diem compensation for his services for each day, or portion thereof, in which he is in attendance at meetings of the board. The amount of the compensation shall be fixed by the board, but shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50) for each d…

In addition to the compensation provided for in Section 101130, each member of the board shall receive reimbursement for his actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his official duties when such travel is beyond the territory of the district and when …

The officers of the district shall consist of the members of the board, and the chair, chair pro tem, and secretary, who shall be selected from the members of the board, except that the secretary may alternatively be an employee of the district appointed by the board. The board m…

At any time, any city, county, or other public agency may contract with the district for the performance of services on behalf of the district by the legal counsel, controller or fiscal officer, or treasurer of the city, county, or public agency. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 536,…

Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090) and Article 4.6 (commencing with Section 1120), Chapter 1, Division 4, Title 1 of the Government Code shall apply to all officers, employees, and contracts of the district. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1374.)

The powers and duties of the general manager are: (a) To head the administrative branch of the district and to be responsible to the board for the proper administration of all affairs of the district. (b) To appoint, supervise, suspend, or remove district officers other than memb…

The district may provide a rail transit system for the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage by rail and provision of freight service by rail. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 934, Sec. 15. (SB 1029) Effective January 1, 2019.)

(a) The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use rights-of-way, rail lines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, parking lots, and any and all other facilities necessary or convenient for rail transit within and without the district, together wit…

The district may lease or contract for the use of its rail transit facilities, or any portion thereof, to any operator, and may provide for subleases by the operator upon any terms and conditions it deems in the public interest. As used in this section, “operator” means any publi…

Except as otherwise provided in Section 105143, the board may contract with any public agency or person to provide rail transit facilities and services for the district. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)

The district may construct and operate or acquire and operate rail transit works and facilities in, under, upon, over, across, or along any state or public highway or any stream, bay or watercourse, or over any of the lands that are the property of the state, to the same extent t…

Except as otherwise provided in Section 105087, the provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 53090) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code shall not be applicable to the district. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1,…

The district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district and any city, public agency, or public utility operating transit facilities and may enter into agreements with any city, public agency, or public utility operating any transit faci…

The district may, without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, accept contributions of money, grants, loans, rights-of-way, labor, materials, and any other property from the state or the United States, or any department, instrumental…

The rates and charges for rail transit service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)

The district shall work with the Federal Railroad Administration and any of its successor agencies to achieve safe, efficient, and compatible operations of both passenger rail and freight service along the rail line in the Counties of Sonoma and Marin. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch…

The district 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 perform all a…

The district 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 the terms and conditions that the dist…

(a) The purchase of all services, supplies, equipment, and materials, when the expenditure required exceeds one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), shall, by contract, be let to the lowest responsible bidder, or, in the district’s discretion, to the responsible bidder who …

The board shall provide input to the San Diego Association of Governments on the planning and construction of exclusive public mass transit guideways in the area under its jurisdiction in conformance with the California Transportation Plan and the regional transportation plan dev…

Subject to Section 120260, if the board determines that there is a countywide agency capable of operating exclusive public mass transit guideways, the board shall contract with that agency for such operation. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 294.)

Priority for guideway development shall be given to meeting the transportation needs of areawide corridors of travel. If the transit development board determines that a guideway system intended solely for an activity center is appropriate, the approval of the California Transport…

The transit development board may acquire, construct, maintain, and operate (or let a contract in conformity with state labor laws and subdivision (d) of Section 120508 to operate) public transit systems and related transportation facilities and services as it deems necessary to …