California Code
Public Utilities Code - PUC
DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Findings, and Definitions

Section 130000. - 130000. This division shall be known and may be cited...

Section 130001. - 130001. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) Public...

Section 130002. - 130002. As used in this division, “commission” means a county...

Section 130003. - 130003. As used in this division, “local transportation zones” means...

Section 130004. - 130004. As used in this division, “multicounty designated transportation planning...

Section 130005. - 130005. The multicounty designated transportation planning agency shall conduct its...

Section 130010. - 130010. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c) of Section...

CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Commissions

Section 130050. - 130050. There is hereby created a commission in Los Angeles...

Section 130050.1. - 130050.1. There is hereby created the Ventura County Transportation Commission....

Section 130050.2. - 130050.2. There is hereby created the Los Angeles County Metropolitan...

Section 130051. - 130051. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority consists of...

Section 130051.1. - 130051.1. Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 130051, if a member...

Section 130051.5. - 130051.5. Every member of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation...

Section 130051.6. - 130051.6. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each member...

Section 130051.7. - 130051.7. (a) The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission and the...

Section 130051.9. - 130051.9. (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall...

Section 130051.10. - 130051.10. (a) The members of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan...

Section 130051.11. - 130051.11. (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority may...

Section 130051.12. - 130051.12. (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall,...

Section 130051.13. - 130051.13. On April 1, 1993, the Southern California Rapid Transit...

Section 130051.14. - 130051.14. On and after April 1, 1993, any reference in...

Section 130051.15. - 130051.15. (a) Upon the abolishment of the Southern California Rapid...

Section 130051.16. - 130051.16. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Los Angeles...

Section 130051.17. - 130051.17. (a) Prior to the approval of any contract by...

Section 130051.18. - 130051.18. Prior to the approval of any contract by the...

Section 130051.19. - 130051.19. (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall...

Section 130051.20. - 130051.20. (a) (1) No construction company, engineering firm, consultant, legal...

Section 130051.21. - 130051.21. The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission and the Southern...

Section 130051.22. - 130051.22. (a) The authority may establish and maintain a prequalification...

Section 130051.23. - 130051.23. Whenever the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority by...

Section 130051.24. - 130051.24. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following...

Section 130051.25. - 130051.25. (a) For the purpose of this section, “recordable injury”...

Section 130051.28. - 130051.28. (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall...

Section 130052. - 130052. The Orange County Transportation Commission shall be known as...

Section 130052.1. - 130052.1. The members of the Orange County Transportation Authority, comprised...

Section 130052.2. - 130052.2. Until July 1, 1996, any included municipal operator within...

Section 130052.3. - 130052.3. (a) The Orange County Transportation Commission, the Orange County...

Section 130053. - 130053. The Riverside County Transportation Commission shall consist of the...

Section 130053.5. - 130053.5. (a) The Riverside County Board of Supervisors shall establish...

Section 130053.7. - 130053.7. (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), each regular...

Section 130054.1. - 130054.1. The Ventura County Transportation Commission shall consist of the...

Section 130054.8. - 130054.8. The Governor shall appoint a nonvoting member to each...

Section 130055. - 130055. The commissions shall merge with, or otherwise join, any...

Section 130056. - 130056. The commissions shall rely to the maximum extent possible...

Section 130057. - 130057. It is the intent of the Legislature that, after...

Section 130058. - 130058. It is the intent of the Legislature that, working...

Section 130059. - 130059. The multicounty designated transportation planning agency shall convene at...

CHAPTER 3 - Administration

Section 130100. - 130100. Except as otherwise provided in Section 130052, each commission...

Section 130101. - 130101. The commission shall establish rules for its proceedings consistent...

Section 130102. - 130102. A majority of the members of the commission shall...

Section 130103. - 130103. The acts of the commission shall be expressed by...

Section 130104. - 130104. (a) All meetings of the commission shall be conducted...

Section 130105. - 130105. The commission shall: (a) Adopt an annual budget and...

Section 130106. - 130106. Notice of time and place of the public hearing...

Section 130107. - 130107. The commission shall appoint a full-time executive director who...

Section 130108. - 130108. (a) Each member of a commission may be compensated...

Section 130108.5. - 130108.5. Notwithstanding Section 130108, the Board of Directors of the...

Section 130109. - 130109. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the...

Section 130109.1. - 130109.1. Upon creation of the Ventura County Transportation Commission, and...

Section 130110. - 130110. (a) For employees of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan...

CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions

ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Powers

Section 130200. - 130200. The commission has perpetual succession and may adopt a...

Section 130201. - 130201. The commission may sue and be sued, except as...

Section 130202. - 130202. All claims for money or damages against the commission...

Section 130203. - 130203. Whenever a commission, by resolution, determines that any record,...

ARTICLE 2 - Contracts

Section 130220. - 130220. The commission may make contracts and enter into stipulations...

Section 130220.5. - 130220.5. (a) The commission has the power of eminent domain...

Section 130221. - 130221. The commission may contract with any department or agency...

Section 130231. - 130231. (a) The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission is authorized...

Section 130232. - 130232. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (f), purchase of...

Section 130233. - 130233. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if, after...

Section 130234. - 130234. In case of any great public calamity, such as...

Section 130235. - 130235. (a) Upon determining that immediate remedial measures to avert...

Section 130236. - 130236. Notwithstanding Section 130232, and upon a finding by two-thirds...

Section 130237. - 130237. Notwithstanding Section 130232, the commission may direct the purchase...

Section 130238. - 130238. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that (1) because...

Section 130239. - 130239. In order to facilitate the participation of minority-owned and...

Section 130240. - 130240. (a) “Transit” means as defined in Section 40005. (b)...

Section 130240.1. - 130240.1. (a) The Orange County Transportation Authority may enter into...

Section 130240.5. - 130240.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Orange County...

Section 130241. - 130241. All the provisions of the Orange County Transit District...

Section 130242. - 130242. (a) In addition to the other powers it possesses,...

Section 130244. - 130244. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following...

Section 130245. - 130245. (a) An advisory committee shall be created to review...

Section 130246. - 130246. The Riverside County Transportation Commission may enter into contracts...

ARTICLE 3 - Transportation Systems

Section 130250. - 130250. The commission shall coordinate the operation of all public...

Section 130251. - 130251. It is the intent of the Legislature that, if,...

Section 130252. - 130252. (a) All plans proposed for the design, construction, and...

Section 130253. - 130253. Any plan for a transit system proposed to serve...

Section 130254. - 130254. The commission shall designate the operator of any approved...

Section 130254.5. - 130254.5. The City of Los Angeles may design, construct, and...

Section 130255. - 130255. (a) If a commuter or urban rail transit system...

Section 130256. - 130256. The commission shall require all planning for guideway and...

Section 130257. - 130257. The commission may enter into an agreement with the...

Section 130258. - 130258. If the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission is authorized...

Section 130259. - 130259. (a) Not later than February 1, 1978, the commissions...

Section 130260. - 130260. The Orange County Transportation Commission may establish local transportation...

Section 130261. - 130261. The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission may establish local...

Section 130262. - 130262. The commission shall require full cooperation and coordination between...

Section 130263. - 130263. The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall not reduce,...

ARTICLE 4 - Smart Freeway Corridor Telecommunications Demonstration Projects

Section 130290. - 130290. As used in this article: (a) “Smart freeway corridor”...

Section 130291. - 130291. A smart freeway demonstration project shall be comprised of...

Section 130292. - 130292. (a) The project shall be coordinated by the statutorily...

ARTICLE 5 - Transportation Planning and Programming

Section 130300. - 130300. The Legislature finds and declares: (a) That the near-term...

Section 130301. - 130301. The multicounty designated transportation planning agency which includes the...

Section 130302. - 130302. The role of the multicounty designated transportation planning agency,...

Section 130303. - 130303. With respect to the area under its jurisdiction, the...

Section 130303.1. - 130303.1. In addition to its short-range transportation planning responsibilities, the...

Section 130304. - 130304. (a) The county transportation commission shall submit the short-range...

Section 130305. - 130305. The commission shall take all action necessary to obtain...

Section 130306. - 130306. The commission shall determine the projects on the federal-aid...

ARTICLE 6 - Transactions and Use Taxes

Section 130350. - 130350. A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable in...

Section 130350.4. - 130350.4. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 130350.5. - 130350.5. (a) In addition to any other tax that it...

Section 130350.7. - 130350.7. (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA),...

Section 130351. - 130351. The County of Los Angeles shall conduct the special...

Section 130352. - 130352. Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted shall be...

Section 130353. - 130353. Repeal of the transactions and use tax ordinance shall...

Section 130354. - 130354. The revenues received by the Los Angeles County Transportation...

Section 130355. - 130355. Any action or proceeding in which the validity of...

ARTICLE 7 - Transit Service Dispute Resolution

Section 130370. - 130370. (a) Not later than February 1, 1980, the Los...

Section 130371. - 130371. The rules and regulations shall include, but not be...

Section 130372. - 130372. (a) The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall have...

Section 130373. - 130373. Prior to January 1, 1981, only a transit service...

ARTICLE 8 - Transit Coordination and Service Program

Section 130380. - 130380. Prior to October 1, 1980, the Los Angeles County...

Section 130381. - 130381. The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall adopt by...

Section 130382. - 130382. (a) After April 1, 1981, the Los Angeles County...

Section 130383. - 130383. The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall adopt an...

Section 130384. - 130384. (a) The updated transit coordination and service program, and...

Section 130385. - 130385. (a) Any transit operator in the County of Los...

ARTICLE 9 - Transaction and Use Taxes in the County of Orange

Section 130400. - 130400. As used in this article: (a) “Commission” means the...

Section 130400.5. - 130400.5. The Legislature, by the enactment of this article, intends...

Section 130401. - 130401. A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable in...

Section 130402. - 130402. The commission, in the ordinance, shall state the nature...

Section 130403. - 130403. (a) The County of Orange shall conduct the special...

Section 130404. - 130404. (a) Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant...

Section 130405. - 130405. The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this...

Section 130406. - 130406. (a) If the commission decides to adopt a retail...

Section 130407. - 130407. (a) The commission may annually review and propose amendments...

Section 130408. - 130408. The expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 130406, and...

Section 130409. - 130409. An amended expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 130407...

Section 130409.5. - 130409.5. If a retail transactions and use tax is adopted...

Section 130410. - 130410. (a) The commission is authorized to impose a maximum...

Section 130411. - 130411. (a) The actual wording of the proposition on any...

Section 130412. - 130412. The commission may, as part of the same ballot...

Section 130413. - 130413. The commission may further, as part of the same...

Section 130420. - 130420. (a) The bonds authorized by the voters concurrently with...

Section 130421. - 130421. (a) Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to...

Section 130422. - 130422. (a) The bonds shall bear interest at a rate...

Section 130423. - 130423. (a) The bonds may be sold as the commission...

Section 130424. - 130424. Delivery of any bonds may be made at any...

Section 130425. - 130425. All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale...

Section 130430. - 130430. (a) The commission may provide for the issuance, sale,...

Section 130435. - 130435. (a) The commission may borrow money in anticipation of...

Section 130440. - 130440. Any bonds which shall be issued under the provisions...

Section 130441. - 130441. Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the...

Section 130442. - 130442. If the measure to adopt the transaction and use...

ARTICLE 10 - Regional Transit Services Program

Section 130450. - 130450. For purposes of this article: (a) “Commissions” means the...

Section 130451. - 130451. (a) The commissions shall jointly develop an implementation program...

Section 130452. - 130452. The commissions shall hold a joint public hearing in...

Section 130453. - 130453. The initial regional transit services draft program shall be...

Section 130454. - 130454. The adopted program shall serve as the basis for...

Section 130455. - 130455. This article shall become operative only if the Los...

CHAPTER 5 - Los Angeles County Transportation Commission Revenue Bond Act

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 130500. - 130500. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 130501. - 130501. The Legislature finds that alternative methods of financing provided...

Section 130502. - 130502. It is the purpose of this chapter to carry...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 130510. - 130510. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 130511. - 130511. “Bonds” means indebtedness and securities of any kind or...

Section 130512. - 130512. “Commission” means the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission created...

Section 130513. - 130513. “Cost,” as applied to a project or portion thereof...

Section 130514. - 130514. “Notes” means notes and agreements relating thereto, bond anticipation...

Section 130515. - 130515. “Transit project” or “project” means real and personal property,...

Section 130516. - 130516. “Public agency” means any state agency, department, board, or...

Section 130517. - 130517. “Public transit purposes,” as used in this chapter and...

Section 130518. - 130518. “Revenues” means all rents, receipts, purchase payments, and all...

Section 130519. - 130519. (a) The “Los Angeles Metro Rail project” means an...

ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties

Section 130520. - 130520. The commission may incur indebtedness and obligations as provided...

Section 130521. - 130521. The commission may acquire by deed, purchase, lease, contract,...

Section 130522. - 130522. The commission may do all of the following: (a)...

ARTICLE 4 - Bonds and Notes

Section 130530. - 130530. The commission may issue bonds for purposes authorized by...

Section 130531. - 130531. Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) The commission...

Section 130532. - 130532. The commission may from time to time issue or...

Section 130533. - 130533. (a) Except as provided in this subdivision and as...

Section 130534. - 130534. (a) The bonds may be issued as serial bonds...

Section 130535. - 130535. (a) At times that the commission desires to issue...

Section 130536. - 130536. Neither the members of the commission, nor any person...

Section 130537. - 130537. The commission may, from any funds available therefor, purchase...

Section 130538. - 130538. (a) At the discretion of the commission, any bonds...

Section 130538.5. - 130538.5. The commission shall take no action which will materially...

Section 130539. - 130539. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of...

Section 130540. - 130540. (a) Bonds issued under this chapter do not constitute...

Section 130541. - 130541. The commission may provide for the issuance of bonds...

Section 130542. - 130542. (a) The proceeds of any bonds issued for the...

Section 130543. - 130543. The proceeds of any bonds issued for the additional...

Section 130544. - 130544. Bonds issued pursuant to Section 130542 are subject to...

Section 130545. - 130545. The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are legal...

ARTICLE 5 - Supplemental Provisions

Section 130550. - 130550. This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the...

Section 130551. - 130551. (a) This chapter provides a complete, additional, and alternative...

Section 130552. - 130552. The State of California does hereby pledge to, and...

Section 130553. - 130553. To the extent that the provisions of this chapter,...

CHAPTER 6 - Code of Conduct for the Board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Section 130600. - 130600. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have...

Section 130605. - 130605. Any reference in this chapter to “chief executive officer,”...

Section 130610. - 130610. (a) The board shall appoint an ethics officer, who...

Section 130615. - 130615. (a) The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced...

Section 130620. - 130620. (a) Sanctions for violations of this chapter shall be...

Section 130625. - 130625. Confidential information, particularly investigative reports for the inspector general,...

Section 130630. - 130630. The role of the board as it relates to...

Section 130635. - 130635. The rules of conduct at board meetings shall apply...

Section 130640. - 130640. (a) Members shall not publicly engage in personal attacks...

Section 130650. - 130650. Committee chairs shall present items from their committee meetings...

Section 130655. - 130655. (a) All members shall be afforded an adequate opportunity...

Section 130660. - 130660. (a) Board members or their staff are prohibited from...

Section 130665. - 130665. (a) Board members or their staff shall not accept...

Section 130670. - 130670. Reimbursement for travel or lodging may be exempt from...

Section 130675. - 130675. Board members shall not direct any MTA employee, contractor...

Section 130680. - 130680. (a) The chief executive officer shall be responsible for...

Section 130685. - 130685. (a) Prior to the issuance of a request for...

Section 130690. - 130690. Board members and their staff shall refrain from conduct...

Section 130700. - 130700. (a) Board members or their staff shall not participate...

Section 130705. - 130705. (a) Board members or their staff shall not engage...

Section 130710. - 130710. The MTA shall not contract with any of the...

Section 130715. - 130715. (a) Former board members or their staff shall not...

Section 130720. - 130720. (a) Board members shall file Statements of Economic Interest...

Section 130725. - 130725. Any person who receives compensation to regularly provide advice,...

Section 130730. - 130730. Any person who regularly provides advice, recommendations, or counsel...

CHAPTER 7 - San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Consolidation Act of 201

Section 130800. - 130800. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 130803. - 130803. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall...

Section 130806. - 130806. There is hereby created the San Bernardino County Transportation...

Section 130807. - 130807. The San Bernardino County Transportation Commission shall be known...

Section 130809. - 130809. (a) The authority may exercise all rights and powers,...

Section 130812. - 130812. The authority may bring an action to determine the...

Section 130815. - 130815. (a) The governing body of the authority shall consist...

Section 130818. - 130818. (a) Any reference to the San Bernardino County Transportation...

Section 130821. - 130821. (a) Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 180000), Chapter 5...

Section 130824. - 130824. (a) After the creation of the authority and on...

Section 130827. - 130827. The authority shall have the power to contract to...

Section 130828. - 130828. (a) Notwithstanding Section 130232, the authority, upon approval of...

Section 130828.1. - 130828.1. The following applies to Section 130828: The Legislature finds...

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DIVISION 12 - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS