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7,564 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 12752 — If after the bids have been rejected, the board determines and declares by a four-fifths vote of all the members of a five-ward district, or by a five-sevenths vote of all the members of a seven-ward
• § 12753 — In case of any great emergency, the board may, by resolution passed by a four-fifths vote of all the members of a five-ward district, or by a five-sevenths vote of all the members of a seven-ward dist
• § 12771 — A district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or condemn in proceedings under eminent domain, or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind withi
• § 12772 — A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
• § 12773 — (a) For purposes of this section, “security” has the same meaning as defined in Section 25019 of the Corporations Code.
• § 12801 — A district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use, within or without, or partly within or partly without, the district, works or parts of works for supplying the inhabitants of the dist
• § 12801.5 — A district that provides broadband Internet access services shall comply with the requirements of Article 12 (commencing with Section 53167) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Gove
• § 12802 — A district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this division requiring approval of indebtedness, contributions of money, rights of way, labor, materials, and any other property f
• § 12803 — Except as provided in this division with reference to sewage disposal, a district shall not interfere with or exercise any control over any existing utility owned and operated by any public agency in
• § 12804 — Whenever there is a surplus of water, light, heat, or power above that which is required by inhabitants or public agencies within a district, the district may sell or otherwise dispose of the surplus
• § 12805 — Whenever any of the facilities, works, or utilities of the district, or part thereof, is not used or employed to its fullest capacity for the benefit or requirements of the district or its inhabitants
• § 12806 — The district and any public agencies included therein may at any time enter into appropriate contracts for the use by any such public agencies of commodities or service furnished by any of the works a
• § 12807 — A district may sell or otherwise dispose of any water, sewage effluent, fertilizer, or other by-product resulting from the operation of a sewage disposal system, and may construct, maintain, and opera
• § 12808 — A district may construct works across or along any street or public highway, or over any of the lands which are the property of the State, and it shall have the same rights and privileges appertaining
• § 12808.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 53091 and 65402 of the Government Code, Section 12808 of the Public Utilities Code and Section 1469 of the Streets and Highways Code or any other provision of law, no dist
• § 12809 — The rates and charges for commodities or service furnished by a district shall be fixed by the board.
• § 12810 — The board may provide that rates, tolls, and charges for any sewage disposal enterprise or service may be collected with the rates, tolls, and charges for any water or other utility service rendered b
• § 12811 — The board may provide for the collection of fees, tolls, rates, rentals, or other charges in any lawful manner and may provide for collection by action at law, and all remedies for the collection and
• § 12811.1 — (a) Except when prohibited by Section 12822.
• § 12811.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district may establish a temporary relief program for assistance to needy customers of the district who are financially unable to pay in full bills fo
• § 12812 — The board may apportion all or a portion of the expenses of operation and maintenance of any sewage disposal facilities constructed by the district, and the interest on any bonds issued therefor, amon
• § 12813 — Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this article, the board may, in its discretion, finance any sewage disposal or solid waste resource recovery enterprise, the interest on and retirement of any
• § 12814 — A district may add fluorine or fluorine compounds to the water supply of the district only if the voters of the district have approved the addition of the fluorine and fluorine compounds to the water
• § 12815 — The board may call a special election at any time for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the proposition as to whether or not the voters approve the addition of fluorine and fluor
• § 12815.1 — The board shall adopt an ordinance, in accordance with Section 12815, calling an election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the proposition as to whether or not the voters ap
• § 12815.2 — Petitions which meet the requirements of this article shall be certified as sufficient.
• § 12815.3 — Before circulating the petition, its proponents shall publish a notice of intention to do so.
• § 12815.4 — The petition shall declare that the public interest or necessity demands that a special election be called by the board of directors for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the pro
• § 12815.5 — Any registered voter who is a resident of the district may circulate the petition anywhere within the district.
• § 12815.6 — The petition shall be filed by the proponents, or by any person or persons authorized, in writing, by the proponents.
• § 12815.7 — If the petition contains more than 500 signatures, the secretary shall, within 30 days from the date such petition is filed, verify such signatures by means of a random sampling.
• § 12815.8 — In determining valid signatures from voter registration records, the secretary may use the duplicate file of affidavits or may check the signatures against facsimiles of voter signatures, provided tha
• § 12815.85 — The secretary shall attach to the petition, a certificate showing the result of the signature examination, and shall notify the proponents of either the sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition.
• § 12815.9 — If the petition is found insufficient, no action shall be taken on it.
• § 12816 — (a) At least 90 days prior to the election provided for in Sections 12815 and 12815.
• § 12817 — A district may, through contract or otherwise, construct, maintain, improve and operate public recreational facilities appurtenant to any water reservoir owned or operated by the district, and the dis
• § 12818 — (a) No publicly owned utility shall commence the distribution or sale of water for municipal, domestic, industrial or similar purposes for, on, or to, any land within a district already engaged in sim
• § 12819 — (a) Every district furnishing light, heat, or power shall expend no funds for advertising when the advertising encourages increased consumption of the services or commodities.
• § 12819.5 — Whenever a business transaction of a municipal utility district furnishing electricity, gas, water service where the utility has 10,000 or more service connections, or telephone service is such that a
• § 12820 — (a) A district may employ a suitable security force.
• § 12821 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 117070 or 117120 of the Health and Safety Code, any violation of a rule or regulation of a district adopted pursuant to Section 117060 or 117105 of the Health and Safety Co
• § 12821.5 — (a) Whenever residential light, heat, or power is furnished through a submeter system by a master-meter customer for sale to users who are tenants of a mobilehome park, apartment building, or similar
• § 12822 — (a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant relationship between the residential occupants and the owner, manager, or operator of the dwelling.
• § 12822.1 — (a) If a district furnishes residential light, heat, water, or power to residential occupants through a master meter in a multiunit residential structure, mobilehome park, or permanent residential str
• § 12822.6 — (a) The decision of a district to require a new residential applicant to deposit a sum of money with the district prior to establishing an account and furnishing service shall be based solely upon the
• § 12823 — (a) A district furnishing its inhabitants with light, water, power, or heat shall not terminate residential service for nonpayment of a delinquent account unless the district first gives notice of the
• § 12823.1 — (a) A district furnishing light, heat, water, or power shall not terminate residential service on account of nonpayment of a delinquent account unless the district first gives notice of the delinquenc
• § 12824 — No electrical, gas, heat, or water municipal utility district shall, by reason of delinquency in payment for any electric, gas, heat, or water services, cause cessation of any such services on any Sat
• § 12825 — (a) A district furnishing light, heat, or power may engage in activities to reduce wasteful, uneconomical or unnecessary uses of energy, including, but not limited to, public information programs, the
• § 12826 — Every district shall comply with Section 8029.
• § 12827 — The board of a district that has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least eight years and has a population of 250,000 or more may engage in programs to encourage economic develo
• § 12830 — 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.
• § 12841 — A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness, and may issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness.
• § 12842 — No district shall incur an indebtedness for public works which in the aggregate exceeds 20 percent of the assessed value of all the real and personal property within the district.
• § 12843 — Indebtedness which has been incurred for the construction and operation of a public utility, where the revenue from the utility for three years or more next preceding has been sufficient to pay the in
• § 12844 — A district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this division requiring approval of indebtedness, contributions or loans from the United States, or any department, instrumentality
• § 12850 — This article shall apply only to districts which have owned and operated an electric distribution, water distribution, or sewage disposal system for at least eight years and which have a population of
• § 12851 — A district may, from time to time, issue bonds in accordance with the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), as
• § 12852 — Article 3 (commencing with Section 54380) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, the limitations on the rate of interest set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 54402
• § 12853 — When bonds are issued under this article, the preliminary resolution of the board adopted pursuant to this article shall take effect upon its adoption by the board subject to the right of referendum p
• § 12854 — Upon any such resolution taking effect subject to the right of referendum pursuant to this article, the board shall cause the same to be published in the manner provided for the publication of notices
• § 12855 — If no such referendary petition is presented within the period of 60 days, then upon the expiration of such period, or if the proposition of issuing the bonds specified in the resolution of the board
• § 12856 — The board at any time may, and upon the filing of a referendum petition as provided in Section 12854 shall, adopt a resolution calling a special election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of
• § 12857 — The authority herein contained shall be in addition to the authority conferred by Chapter 7 of this division and indebtedness incurred in accordance with the authority herein contained shall not be in
• § 12860 — Bonds issued by a district, pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 53540) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, may bear interest at the rate or rates as may
• § 12871 — A district may invest any surplus money in its treasury, including money in any sinking fund, in any of the following: (a) Its own bonds, whether issued on behalf of the entire district or any special
• § 12872 — Such investment may be made by direct purchase of any issue of such bonds, treasury notes, or obligations, or part thereof, at the original sale or by the subsequent purchase of the bonds, treasury no
• § 12873 — Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held as investments by the district may from time to time be sold and the proceeds reinvested in bonds, treasury notes, or obligations as provid
• § 12874 — Sales of any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held by the district shall from time to time be made in season so that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for which the money
• § 12875 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district which has owned and operated a water distribution or sewage disposal system for at least eight years and which has a population of 250,000 or mor
• § 12891 — A district may levy, and collect or cause to be collected, taxes for any lawful purpose.
• § 12891.5 — A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.
• § 12892 — If, in the opinion of the board, the revenues will not be sufficient for any and all lawful purposes the board shall levy a tax for such purpose or purposes and fix the amount of money necessary to be
• § 12893 — The board shall, at the time of fixing the general tax levy and in the manner provided for the general tax levy, levy and collect annually until the district’s bonds are paid, or until there is a sum
• § 12894 — The taxes required to be levied and collected on account of interest, principal, and sinking fund of district bonds shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for district purposes, and shall be c
• § 12895 — Nothing in this division prevents the issuance of revenue bonds by a district for the entire district or any special district created therein under any provision of law permitting the issuance of reve
• § 12896 — The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes by the district, including the sale of property to the district for delinquent taxes, with penalties, interest, and cost.
• § 12897 — The board may elect to avail itself of the assessments made by the assessors of the counties in which the district is situated, and of the assessments made by the State Board of Equalization for those
• § 12898 — In such case the county auditor shall, on or before August 15th of each year, transmit to the board a statement in writing showing the total value of all property within the district, ascertained from
• § 12899 — In case the board elects to avail itself of the assessments referred to in Section 12897 it shall, on or before the first week day in September, or if such week day falls upon a holiday then on the fi
• § 12900 — The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of taxes as above provided transmit to the county auditors of the counties in which the district is situated a statement of the rate of taxes fixed by
• § 12901 — The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes.
• § 12902 — Whenever any real property situate in any district which has availed itself of the provisions of Section 12897 has been sold for taxes and has been redeemed, the money paid for redemption shall be app
• § 12903 — The compensation to be charged by and paid to any county for the performance of services under this article shall be fixed by agreement between the board of supervisors of the county and the board.
• § 12904 — All taxes levied under this division are a lien on the property on which they are levied.
• § 12921 — The Improvement Act of 1911 may be used by a district formed pursuant to this division for the construction of water facilities.
• § 12922 — The powers and duties conferred by the Improvement Act of 1911 on boards, officers and agents of cities shall be exercised by the respective boards, officers and agents of the district.
• § 13 — The singular number includes the plural, and the plural, the singular.
• § 130000 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the County Transportation Commissions Act.
• § 130001 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) Public demand for an efficient public transportation system in the southern California region resulting from population sprawl, the concentration of
• § 130002 — As used in this division, “commission” means a county transportation commission created pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 130050).
• § 130003 — As used in this division, “local transportation zones” means cities or unincorporated areas which contain at least one economic center or major trip generator in which there is a large percentage of s
• § 130004 — As used in this division, “multicounty designated transportation planning agency” means the Southern California Association of Governments.
• § 130005 — The multicounty designated transportation planning agency shall conduct its meetings in the manner prescribed by the Ralph M.
• § 130010 — Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c) of Section 130109, all provisions of the Orange County Transit District Act of 1965 (Part 4 (commencing with Section 40000) of Division 10), regarding e
• § 130050 — There is hereby created a commission in Los Angeles County, in Orange County, in Riverside County, and in San Bernardino County.
• § 130050.1 — There is hereby created the Ventura County Transportation Commission.
• § 130050.2 — There is hereby created the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
• § 130051 — The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority consists of 14 members, as follows: (a) Five members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
• § 130051.1 — Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 130051, if a member appointed by the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles is not a member of the city council of that city, the person appointed may serve for 60
• § 130051.10 — (a) The members of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall be appointed no later than February 1, 1993.
• § 130051.11 — (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority may determine its organizational structure, which may include, but is not limited to, the establishment of departments, divisions, subs
• § 130051.12 — (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall, at a minimum, reserve to itself exclusively, all of the following powers and responsibilities: (1) Establishment of overall goal
• § 130051.13 — On April 1, 1993, the Southern California Rapid Transit District and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission are abolished.
• § 130051.14 — On and after April 1, 1993, any reference in this part, or in any other provision of law or regulation, to the Southern California Rapid Transit District or to the Los Angeles County Transportation Co
• § 130051.15 — (a) Upon the abolishment of the Southern California Rapid Transit District and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall assu
• § 130051.16 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall assume the duties, obligations, and liabilities of the Southern California Rapid Transit
• § 130051.17 — Any gifts received by members of the board or employees of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall be governed by applicable state law and the authority’s administrative cod
• § 130051.18 — (a) This section, in addition to rules or codes adopted by the board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, shall regulate lobbying of the authority.
• § 130051.19 — (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall adopt an affirmative action plan for its management positions which reflects the ethnic demographics of the county, taking into c
• § 130051.20 — (a) A former board member or employee of MTA shall not accept compensation from an MTA contractor as an employee, officer, director, or consultant of the contractor within 12 months after the former b
• § 130051.21 — The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission and the Southern California Rapid Transit District shall each cause a supplemental independent fiscal audit to be conducted for the period beginning Ju
• § 130051.22 — (a) The authority may establish and maintain a prequalification program for bidders on contracts not covered by subdivision (b).
• § 130051.23 — Whenever the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority by resolution determines that any record, map, book, or paper in the possession of the authority or any officer or employee thereo
• § 130051.24 — (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) The “authority” is the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
• § 130051.25 — (a) For the purpose of this section, “recordable injury” means any injury requiring treatment beyond simple first aid.
• § 130051.28 — (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall appoint an inspector general to a term of office of four years.
• § 130051.5 — Every member of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is subject to Section 87100 of the Government Code.
• § 130051.6 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each member of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall serve a term of four years or until his or her successor is appointed and q
• § 130051.7 — (a) The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission and the Southern California Rapid Transit District shall conduct joint regular meetings at least once during each quarter of the calendar year.
• § 130051.9 — (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall appoint a full-time chief executive officer who shall act for the authority under its direction and perform those duties delegate
• § 130052 — The Orange County Transportation Commission shall be known as the Orange County Transportation Authority and shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of 18 members appointed as follows: (a
• § 130052.1 — The members of the Orange County Transportation Authority, comprised as specified by Section 130052, shall serve as the governing body of the Orange County Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies.
• § 130052.2 — Until July 1, 1996, any included municipal operator within the jurisdiction of the Orange County Transportation Authority shall annually be allocated a level of funding pursuant to the Mills-Alquist-D
• § 130052.3 — (a) The Orange County Transportation Commission, the Orange County Transit District, the Orange County Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies, and the Orange County Consolidated Transportation Serv
• § 130053 — The Riverside County Transportation Commission shall consist of the following regular members: (a) Five members of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.
• § 130053.5 — (a) The Riverside County Board of Supervisors shall establish a procedure by which a member of that board may appoint an alternate member of the board of supervisors to represent the member for one me
• § 130053.7 — (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), each regular member of the Riverside County Transportation Commission, or an alternate member acting in the place of a regular member pursuant to Section 13
• § 130054.1 — The Ventura County Transportation Commission shall consist of the following members: (a) Five members of the Ventura County Board of Supervisors.
• § 130054.8 — The Governor shall appoint a nonvoting member to each of the commissions to represent the interest of state.
• § 130055 — The commissions shall merge with, or otherwise join, any statutorily created multifunctional regional government organization, if it has transportation planning and programming responsibilities as spe
• § 130056 — The commissions shall rely to the maximum extent possible on existing state, regional, and local transportation planning and programming data and expertise, rather than on a large duplicative commissi
• § 130057 — It is the intent of the Legislature that, after the development and approval of the short-range transportation improvement program pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 130303, the transportation age
• § 130058 — It is the intent of the Legislature that, working through the multicounty designated transportation planning agency, the four commissions be encouraged to develop joint powers agreements or other cont
• § 130059 — The multicounty designated transportation planning agency shall convene at least two meetings annually of representatives from each of the four commissions, the agency, and the Department of Transport
• § 13010 — The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 may be used by a district formed pursuant to this division for any purpose or purposes which a district may carry out.
• § 130100 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 130052, each commission at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the first meeting in January or at such other date as the commission may determine, sha
• § 130101 — The commission shall establish rules for its proceedings consistent with the law of the State of California.
• § 130102 — A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official acts of the commission shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the m
• § 130103 — The acts of the commission shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.
• § 130104 — (a) All meetings of the commission shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by the Ralph M.
• § 130105 — The commission shall: (a) Adopt an annual budget and fix the compensation of its officers and employees.
• § 130106 — Notice of time and place of the public hearing for the adoption of the annual budget shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, and shall be published not later than the 15th
• § 130107 — The commission shall appoint a full-time executive director who shall act for the commission under its direction.
• § 130108 — (a) Each member of a commission may be compensated at a rate not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for any day attending to the business of the commission, but not to exceed four hundred dollars ($
• § 130108.5 — Notwithstanding Section 130108, the Board of Directors of the Orange County Transportation Authority may allow members of the board necessary traveling and personal expenses incurred in performance of
• § 130109 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the commission shall enter into a contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, and the board shall enter i
• § 130109.1 — Upon creation of the Ventura County Transportation Commission, and on the effective date of a contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, existing balances in
• § 130110 — (a) For employees of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority not in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization, the authority shall establish retirement benefits pursua
• § 130200 — The commission has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
• § 130201 — The commission may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 130202 — All claims for money or damages against the commission are governed by Division 3.
• § 130203 — Whenever a commission, by resolution, determines that any record, map, book, paper, or other document of the commission in the possession of the commission or any officer or employee for 10 years or m
• § 13021 — This article shall apply only to the ownership, operation, control, or use by a district of a system for the distribution of irrigation water and shall not affect, but shall be in addition to, the rig
• § 13022 — (a) A district which acquires, constructs, owns, operates, controls, or uses works for supplying its inhabitants and lands within the district with irrigation water, may, pursuant to the notice, prote
• § 130220 — The commission may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, including, without limiting the generality of
• § 130220.5 — (a) The commission has the power of eminent domain to take any property necessary, incidental, or convenient to the exercise of its powers pursuant to this division.
• § 130221 — The commission may contract with any department or agency of the United States of America, with any public agency (including, but not limited to, the Department of Transportation, the multicounty desi
• § 13023 — (a) Any district levying a standby charge, which has elected under Section 12897 to use county and state assessment and tax collection procedures, shall, on or before the first day of August of each y
• § 130231 — (a) The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission is authorized to impose a transactions and use tax within the County of Los Angeles pursuant to the approval by the voters of the commission’s Ordi
• § 130232 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (f) and (g), purchase of all supplies, equipment, and materials, and the construction of all facilities and works, when the expenditure required exceeds twenty-f
• § 130233 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if, after rejecting bids received under Section 130232, the commission determines and declares, by a two-thirds vote of all of its members, that the supplies
• § 130234 — In case of any great public calamity, such as an extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic, or other disaster, or interruption of contracts essential to the provision of daily transit service or cata
• § 130235 — (a) Upon determining that immediate remedial measures to avert or alleviate damage to property, or to replace, repair, or restore damaged or destroyed property, of the commission are necessary in orde
• § 130236 — Notwithstanding Section 130232, and upon a finding by two-thirds vote of all members of the commission that the proposed purchase in compliance with Sections 130232 and 130233 does not constitute a me
• § 130237 — Notwithstanding Section 130232, the commission may direct the purchase of any supply, equipment, or material without observance of any provision in this article regarding contracts, bids, advertisemen
• § 130238 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that (1) because of the highly specialized and unique nature of all rail transit equipment, (2) because of products and materials which are undergoing rapid tech
• § 130239 — In order to facilitate the participation of minority-owned and women-owned businesses and disadvantaged individuals in activities and contracts of the commission, to the extent that the provisions of
• § 13024 — Any funds derived from the standby charges levied pursuant to this article may be used by the district for all purposes which a district is authorized to expend funds insofar as such purposes relate t
• § 130240 — (a) “Transit” means as defined in Section 40005.
• § 130240.1 — (a) The Orange County Transportation Authority may enter into agreements for the joint use or joint development of any property or rights by the authority and any city, public agency, or public utilit
• § 130240.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Orange County Transportation Authority may acquire rights-of-way from willing sellers for the following projects: (a) Addition of auxiliary westbound la
• § 130241 — All the provisions of the Orange County Transit District Act of 1965 (Part 4 (commencing with Section 40000) of Division 10), regarding the powers and functions of the Orange County Transit District s
• § 130242 — (a) In addition to the other powers it possesses, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority may enter into contracts with private entities, the scope of which may combine within a s
• § 130244 — (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Authority” means the Orange County Transportation Authority.
• § 130245 — (a) An advisory committee shall be created to review issues and make recommendations to the Orange County Transportation Authority and the Riverside County Transportation Commission regarding the faci
• § 130246 — The Riverside County Transportation Commission may enter into contracts with private vendors for the performance of the following services: (a) Enforcement of parking regulations adopted by the commis
• § 130250 — The commission shall coordinate the operation of all public transportation services within the county so as to achieve efficient operation thereof and shall resolve all jurisdictional disputes between
• § 130251 — It is the intent of the Legislature that, if, at the time the commission commences operation, an application to the federal government has been submitted, or substantial progress has been made in prep
• § 130252 — (a) All plans proposed for the design, construction, and implementation of public mass transit systems or projects, including exclusive public mass transit guideway systems or projects, and federal-ai
• § 130253 — Any plan for a transit system proposed to serve more than one county shall also be submitted for approval by the multicounty designated transportation planning agency.
• § 130254 — The commission shall designate the operator of any approved transit guideway system.
• § 130254.5 — The City of Los Angeles may design, construct, and operate a point-to-point transportation system on or between property under the jurisdiction and control of its Department of Airports.
• § 130255 — (a) If a commuter or urban rail transit system is proposed to serve two or more counties, the commissions in those counties shall form a joint powers entity to conduct plan refinement studies, design,
• § 130256 — The commission shall require all planning for guideway and rapid transit systems be coordinated with the Department of Transportation and the multicounty designated transportation planning agency.
• § 130257 — The commission may enter into an agreement with the Department of Transportation for the department to provide those services which are within the capabilities of the department to effectively perform
• § 130258 — If the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission is authorized to construct a transit guideway system, the commission shall closely coordinate the planning, design, and construction of the system w
• § 130259 — (a) Not later than February 1, 1978, the commissions in Riverside County and San Bernardino County shall, and the commissions in Los Angeles County and Orange County may, in cooperation with the Depar
• § 130260 — The Orange County Transportation Commission may establish local transportation zones only in those areas where the commission determines that the Orange County Transit District cannot otherwise provid
• § 130261 — The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission may establish local transportation zones only in those areas where the commission determines by eight affirmative votes of the voting members, or desig
• § 130262 — The commission shall require full cooperation and coordination between the regional operator, the municipal operators, and the local transportation zones in such matters as schedules, routes, and exch
• § 130263 — The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall not reduce, by order or by reducing funding, the size of the service areas under the jurisdiction of presently existing included municipal operat
• § 130290 — As used in this article: (a) “Smart freeway corridor” means a segment of a state highway route in an urban area selected for a smart freeway demonstration project.
• § 130291 — A smart freeway demonstration project shall be comprised of the following elements: (a) A linked traffic monitoring network of traffic monitoring devices placed in freeway lanes, surface street travel
• § 130292 — (a) The project shall be coordinated by the statutorily created county transportation commission in whose jurisdiction the project is located.
• § 130300 — The Legislature finds and declares: (a) That the near-term programming and budgeting requirements of state and federal law is a cooperative intergovernmental planning process intended to determine the
• § 130301 — The multicounty designated transportation planning agency which includes the area of the commission shall be responsible for long-range transportation system planning, including preparation of the reg
• § 130302 — The role of the multicounty designated transportation planning agency, in coordinating, reviewing, and resolving intercommission conflicts, approving multicounty transportation plans, in developing pl
• § 130303 — With respect to the area under its jurisdiction, the commission shall be responsible for short-range capital and service planning directed to: (a) Determination, on an annual basis, of the total amoun
• § 130303.1 — In addition to its short-range transportation planning responsibilities, the commission shall also be responsible, pursuant to Section 180206, for developing long-range expenditure plans for transport