Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

Upon adoption of a finding, pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 99401.5 that there are no unmet transit needs or that there are no unmet transit needs that are reasonable to meet, the transportation planning agency may allocate funds for local streets and roads. The allocation…

Claims for streets and roads may include those purposes necessary and convenient to the development, construction, and maintenance of the city or county’s streets and highways network, including planning and contributions to the transportation planning process, acquisition of rea…

In the County of Tuolumne, claims by the county or by a city within the county for streets and roads may also include contributions to the state for the construction and development of State Highway Route 108 from Lime Kiln Road to Phoenix Lake Road, if the county transportation …

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the allocation for any purpose specified in Section 99400 may in no year exceed 50 percent of the amount required to meet the city’s or county’s total proposed expenditures for that purpose. (b) With respect to budgeted capital re…

Expenditures of moneys received for streets and highways purposes under this article shall be reported to the Controller by way of inclusion of information regarding those expenditures in the report prepared pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2150) of Division 3 of th…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the transportation planning agency may approve claims filed by a city for the construction of facilities for the exclusive use of pedestrians and bicycles, if the city is not expected to be served by public transportation withi…

Any action to review, set aside, void, or annul the decision of a transportation planning agency made pursuant to Section 99401.5 shall be filed within 30 days after the agency makes its decision, or after the secretary has reviewed the decision pursuant to Section 99242, whichev…

Subject to any agreement or covenant between the board and the holders of any of its obligations limiting or restricting classes of investments, the board may invest any surplus money in its treasury, including money in any sinking fund, reserve fund, or other fund created or est…

The investment may be made by direct purchase of any issue of the bonds, treasury notes, or obligations, or part thereof, at the original sale or by the subsequent purchase of the bonds, treasury notes, or obligations. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 599, Sec. 1.)

Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held as investments by the board may, from time to time, be sold and the proceeds reinvested in bonds, treasury notes, or obligations as provided in this article. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 599, Sec. 1.)

Sales of any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held by the board shall, from time to time, be made in season so that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for which the money with which the bonds, treasury notes, or obligations were originally purchased wa…

(a) A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable to the entirety of, or a portion of, the incorporated and unincorporated territory within the area of the board pursuant to Section 125052 shall be imposed by the board in accordance with Section 125485, the Transactions …

(a) The board, in the ordinance, shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, the tax rate or the maximum tax rate, the purposes for which the revenue derived from the tax will be used, the portion of the area of the board to which the tax would apply, and may set a term duri…

(a) The county shall conduct an election called by the board pursuant to Section 125480. (b) The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as provided by law for the conduct of elections by a county. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 658, Sec. 10. (AB 805) Effective Janu…

(a) A 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 150 days after adoption of the ordinance. (b) (1) Before the operative date of the ordinance, the board shall contract …

The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this article may be allocated by the board for public transit purposes consistent with the applicable regional transportation improvement program and the applicable regional transportation plan. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 658, Sec. …

The board, subject to the approval of the voters within the portion of the county to which the tax would apply, may impose a maximum tax rate of one-half of 1 percent under this article and the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of…

The board, as part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, may seek authorization to issue bonds payable from the proceeds of the tax. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 658, Sec. 10. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2018.)

Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this article or the issuance of any bonds thereunder or any of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned, or denied, shall be commence…

The board has no power to impose any tax other than the transactions and use tax imposed upon approval of the voters in accordance with this article. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 658, Sec. 10. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2018.)

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 pu…

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 en…

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 …

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…

(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 manne…

(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 cont…

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 pub…

(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 soli…

(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 circumstance…

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 …

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…

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 …

(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 …

(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 tran…

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 autho…

The commission may further, as part of the same proposition, submit to the voters a proposal to increase any appropriations limits heretofore imposed upon the commission by the amount of the proceeds of the sales tax not entitled to an exemption from those limits as debt service.…

(a) The bonds authorized by the voters concurrently with the approval of the retail transactions and use tax may be issued by the commission at any time, and from time to time, payable solely from the proceeds of the tax. The bonds shall be referred to as “limited tax bonds.” (b)…

(a) Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time, and from time to time, by the commission by a two-thirds vote of all members of the commission. Each resolution shall provide for the issuance of bonds in such amounts as the necessity therefor ma…

(a) The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding the maximum allowable by law, payable semiannually, except that the first interest payable on the bonds or any series thereof may be for any period not exceeding one year as determined by the commission. (b) In th…

(a) The bonds may be sold as the commission determines by resolution. The commission may sell the bonds at a price below par; provided, however, that the discount on any bonds so sold shall not exceed 5 percent of the par value thereof. (b) Before selling the bonds, or any part t…

Delivery of any bonds may be made at any place either inside or outside the state, and the purchase price may be received in cash or bank credits. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1320, Sec. 1.)

All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds and the remainder of the proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the treasury of the commission and applied to secure …

(a) The commission may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the commission 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 p…

(a) The commission may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized pursuant to this article, but which have not been sold and delivered, and may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes therefor and may renew the bond anticipation notes from time …

Any bonds which shall be issued under the provisions of this article shall be 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…

Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this article or the issuance of any bonds thereunder or any of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned, or denied, shall be commence…