Title GOV — California Gov. Code

Notwithstanding any provision of the State General Obligation Bond Law with regard to the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter that are subject to investment under Article 4 (commencing with Section 16470) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 4, the Treasurer …

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means any department receiving an allocation from the Department of Finance. (b) “Committee” means the Seismic Retrofit Finance Committee created pursuant to Section 8879.7. (c) “Fund” means the…

The Seismic Retrofit Bond Fund of 1996 is hereby created in the State Treasury. The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter for the purposes specified in this chapter are hereby appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the Department of Finance for allo…

Bonds in the total amount of two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000), exclusive of refunding bonds, or so much thereof as is necessary, are hereby authorized to be issued and sold for carrying out the purposes expressed in this chapter and to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Ex…

The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4), except Section 16727, and all of the other provisions of th…

(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the Seismic Retrofit Finance Committee is hereby created. For the purposes of this chapter, the Seismic Retrofit Finance Co…

Upon request of the board stating that funds are needed for earthquake relief purposes, the committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter in order to carry out the actions specified in Section 8879.3, and,…

There shall be collected annually, in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, a sum of money in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, sufficient to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds as provided herein, and all officers re…

(a) This chapter shall be known as the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006. (b) This chapter shall only become operative upon adoption by the voters at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election.

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means any department receiving an allocation of bond proceeds pursuant to this chapter. (b) “Committee” means the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Committee crea…

The Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Fund of 2006 is hereby created in the State Treasury. The Legislature intends that the proceeds of bonds deposited in the fund shall be used to fund the mobility, safety, and air quality improvements described …

Bonds in the total amount of nineteen billion nine hundred twenty-five million dollars ($19,925,000,000), exclusive of refunding bonds, or so much thereof as is necessary, are hereby authorized to be issued and sold for carrying out the purposes expressed in this chapter and to r…

The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4), except subdivision (a) of Section 16727 to the extent that …

(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Committee is hereby created. For the purposes of this…

Upon request of the board stating that funds are needed for purposes of this chapter, the committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter in order to carry out the actions specified in Section 8879.23, and, …

There shall be collected annually, in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, a sum of money in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, sufficient to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds as provided herein, and all officers re…

Notwithstanding Section 13340, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter, an amount that will equal the total of the following: (a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued a…

The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312, for purposes of this chapter. The amount of the request shall not exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which the committee has, by r…

For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of any amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which the committee has, by resolution, authorized to be sold for th…

The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of the State General Obligation Bond Law. Approval by the electors of this act shall constitute approval of any refunding bonds issued pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law.

Notwithstanding any provisions in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the maximum maturity of any bonds authorized by this chapter shall not exceed 30 years from the date of each respective series. The maturity of each series shall be calculated from the date of each series.

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the l…

Notwithstanding any provision of the State General Obligation Bond Law with regard to the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter that are subject to investment under Article 4 (commencing with Section 16470) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 4, the Treasurer …

All money derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this chapter shall be transferred to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest.

(a) As used in this chapter and in Chapter 12.49 (commencing with Section 8879.20), the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Commission” means the California Transportation Commission. (2) “Department” means the Department of Transportation. (3) “Administrative agenc…

(a) A regional or local agency that is a lead applicant agency for a project that may be funded pursuant to Chapter 12.49 (commencing with Section 8879.20), other than a project that may be funded pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (j) of Section 8879.23, may apply to the a…

(a) Funds for the program contained in subdivision (b) of Section 8879.23 shall be deposited in the State Route 99 Account, which is hereby created in the fund. The funds in the account shall be available to the department, as allocated by the commission, upon appropriation by th…

(a) The commission shall evaluate, consistent with the commission’s Trade Corridors Improvement Fund (TCIF) Guidelines, adopted November 27, 2007, as part of the 2010 TCIF review, the total potential costs and total potential economic and noneconomic benefits of the program to Ca…

(a) Funds for the program contained in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 8879.23 shall be deposited in the Port and Maritime Security Account, which is hereby created in the fund. For purposes of this section, “agency” or “office” means the Office of Emergency Services.…

For the program funded by funds deposited in the Transportation Facilities Account established in subdivision (e) of Section 8879.23, the commission shall include in its annual report to the Legislature, required by Section 14535, a summary of its activities related to the admini…

For funds appropriated for fiscal year 2009–10 or any subsequent fiscal year in the annual Budget Act from the Public Transportation Modernization, Improvement, and Service Enhancement Account (PTMISEA), established pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 8879.23,…

Funds made available, upon appropriation of the Legislature, from the Transit System Safety, Security, and Disaster Response Account, created in subdivision (h) of Section 8879.23, shall be allocated as follows: (a) (1) Sixty percent of available funds shall be allocated for capi…

(a) (1) No later than September 1 of the first fiscal year in which the Legislature appropriates funds from the Transit System Safety, Security, and Disaster Response Account, and no later than September 1 of each fiscal year thereafter in which funds are appropriated from that a…

(a) For funds appropriated from the Transit System Safety, Security, and Disaster Response Account for allocation to transit agencies eligible to receive funds pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8879.57, the Office of Emergency Services shall administer a grant application an…

(a) For funds appropriated from the Transit System Safety, Security, and Disaster Response Account for allocation to intercity and commuter rail operators eligible to receive funds pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 8879.57, the Office of Emergency Services shall administer a…

(a) (1) Entities described in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 8879.57 receiving an allocation of funds pursuant to this article shall expend those funds within three fiscal years of the fiscal year in which the funds were allocated. Funds remaining unexpended thereafter…

(a) Funds deposited in the Local Bridge Seismic Retrofit Account established pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 8879.23 shall be appropriated to the department to provide the required match for federal Highway Bridge Replacement and Repair funds available to the state for sei…

(a) Prior to allocating funds appropriated from the Highway-Railroad Crossing Safety Account established pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section 8879.23, the commission, in cooperation with the Public Utilities Commission, the department, and the High-Speed Rail Authority, shall a…

(a) Funds appropriated from the Highway Safety, Rehabilitation, and Preservation Account established in paragraph (1) of subdivision (k) of Section 8879.23 shall be available to the department, upon allocation by the commission, for improvements to the state highway system that a…

(a) Funds appropriated from the Local Street and Road Improvement, Congestion Relief, and Traffic Safety Account of 2006, established by subdivision (l) of Section 8879.23, shall be made available to the Controller for allocation to cities, counties, and a city and county. From b…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature, pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 8879.23, to establish criteria and conditions for use of the funds in the State-Local Partnership Program Account in the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Fund of 2006.…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Program” means the State-Local Partnership Program established in this article and funded pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 8879.23. (b) “Uniform developer fees” means developer fees imposed pursuant t…

An eligible applicant under the program shall be a local or regional transportation agency that has responsibility for funding, procuring, or constructing transportation improvements within its jurisdiction, and that does either of the following: (a) Has sought and received voter…

Eligible local matching funds required to obtain funding under the program shall be obtained from revenues from any voter-approved local or regional tax or fee solely dedicated to transportation improvements, or from uniform developer fees. Tax or fee, for purposes of this sectio…

(a) Eligible projects shall include all of the following: (1) Improvements to the state highway system, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (A) Major rehabilitation of an existing segment that extends the useful life of the segment by at least 15 years. (B) New c…

(a) For purposes of distributing funds annually appropriated by the Legislature to the State-Local Partnership Program Account, the commission shall segregate the funds into two separate subaccounts, which are hereby created in the account, as follows: (1) Ninety-five percent of …

(a) To establish the funding shares for each eligible applicant described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 8879.71, the commission shall do the following prior to the commencement of a funding cycle: (1) Determine the total amount of annual revenue generated from vo…

(a) To distribute funds from the Uniform Developer Fees Subaccount to eligible applicants, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 8879.71, the commission shall administer a competitive grant application program pursuant to this section. (b) Under this section, …

(a) The commission shall adopt a program of projects to receive allocations under this article for each funding cycle, with allocations to projects to be initially made at the commission’s meeting in April 2009, and to be made no later than the commission’s October meeting for su…

Pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 8879.23, an eligible project funded pursuant to this article shall require a match of one dollar ($1) of eligible local matching funds for each dollar of program funds applied for under this article. An applicant may propose to use other fun…