Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

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…

If the measure to adopt the transaction and use tax pursuant to Section 130401 is not submitted to the electors on or before December 31, 1985, then this article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 1986, and as of that date is repealed unless a later enacted statute, whi…

No claims shall be paid until allowed by the board, and only upon a warrant signed by any two officers. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicabl…

(a) Any entity offering the services of telephone prepaid debit cards is subject to the registration requirements of Section 1013, commencing January 1, 1999, unless that entity is certificated by the commission to provide telephone service. An entity subject to this requirement …

Entities that are required to register, but have failed to do so, or entities that are denied registration by the commission, shall not offer the services of telephone prepaid debit cards. Entities that are required to register, but have failed to do so, and entities denied regis…

The commission may enforce the standards and requirements of Section 17538.9 of the Business and Professions Code. (Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 745, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transit operator may enter into agreements with a public agency, public utility, or person or entity, to be performed within the district, or a transportation corridor or land that shall be acquired by the transit operator, for th…

For purposes of this article: (a) “Commissions” means the county transportation commissions of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties. (b) “Region” means the multicounty region within the collective jurisdiction of the four commissions. (c) “Regional transit …

(a) The commissions shall jointly develop an implementation program for regional transit services. In developing the program, the commissions shall consult with the Southern California Association of Governments, the California Transportation Commission, the Los Angeles-San Diego…

The commissions shall hold a joint public hearing in each county in their jurisdiction on the draft program no earlier than 30 days after the draft has been completed. Following the public hearings, each commission shall adopt the regional transit services program. (Amended by St…

The initial regional transit services draft program shall be completed by December 1, 1990. The initial program need not reflect intercounty bus services. The commissions shall, in accordance with this article, prepare, adopt, and implement a revised regional transit services pro…

The adopted program shall serve as the basis for a coordinated application submitted by the commissions for funds allocated by the California Transportation Commission. Nothing in this article precludes a commission from applying for funding prior to the adoption of the initial p…

This article shall become operative only if the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, the Orange County Transportation Commission, the Riverside County Transportation Commission, and the San Bernardino County Transportation Commission, each adopt a resolution making this …

(a) On and after January 1, 2001, there shall be imposed a surcharge on all natural gas consumed in this state. The commission shall establish a surcharge to fund low-income assistance programs required by Sections 739.1, 739.2, and 2790 and cost-effective energy efficiency and c…

(a) “Gas utility” means any public utility gas corporation or interstate pipeline as defined in this section. (b) “Public utility gas corporation” means a public utility gas corporation as defined in Section 216. (c) “Interstate pipeline” means any entity that owns or operates a …

The revenue from the surcharge imposed pursuant to this article and collected by a public utility gas corporation shall be paid to the State Board of Equalization in the form of remittances. Persons consuming natural gas delivered by an interstate pipeline shall pay the surcharge…