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

• § 130304 — (a) The county transportation commission shall submit the short-range transportation improvement program prepared pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 130303 to the multicounty designated transporta
• § 130305 — The commission shall take all action necessary to obtain the maximum amount of funding available pursuant to Section 1602 of Title 49 of the United States Code.
• § 130306 — The commission shall determine the projects on the federal-aid urban system to be funded.
• § 130350 — A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the County of Los Angeles may be adopted by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission
• § 130350.4 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) In authorizing the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to impose a transaction and use tax pursuant to Section 1
• § 130350.5 — (a) In addition to any other tax that it is authorized by law to impose, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) may impose, in compliance with subdivision (b), a transactio
• § 130350.7 — (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), in addition to any other tax it is authorized to impose or has imposed, may impose a transactions and use tax, for a period to b
• § 130351 — The County of Los Angeles shall conduct the special election called by the commission pursuant to Section 130350, and the commission shall reimburse the county for its cost in conducting the special e
• § 130352 — Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing not less than 180 days after adoption of the ordinance.
• § 130353 — Repeal of the transactions and use tax ordinance shall not be operative earlier than the first day of the first calendar quarter following the adoption of the ordinance of repeal.
• § 130354 — The revenues received by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission from the imposition of the transactions and use taxes shall be used for public transit purposes.
• § 130355 — Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this article or any of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested,
• § 130370 — (a) Not later than February 1, 1980, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, in cooperation with all the transit operators in the County of Los Angeles, shall prepare and submit, for public
• § 130371 — The rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Criteria to determine the definition and validity of a transit service dispute.
• § 130372 — (a) The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall have sole authority to resolve any transit service dispute between transit operators in the County of Los Angeles, and its decision with resp
• § 130373 — Prior to January 1, 1981, only a transit service dispute submitted by a transit operator in the County of Los Angeles may be resolved by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission.
• § 130380 — Prior to October 1, 1980, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, in cooperation with all transit operators in the County of Los Angeles, shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, the cou
• § 130381 — The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall adopt by eight affirmative votes of the voting members, or designated alternates, a transit coordination and service program not later than Janua
• § 130382 — (a) After April 1, 1981, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall implement the recommendations of the transit coordination and service program, except as otherwise provided in Section 1
• § 130383 — The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall adopt an updated transit coordination and service program not later than January 10, 1983, and biennially thereafter, and may amend the program a
• § 130384 — (a) The updated transit coordination and service program, and any amendment to the program, shall be adopted by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission by eight affirmative votes of the votin
• § 130385 — (a) Any transit operator in the County of Los Angeles which disagrees with any portion of the transit coordination and service program, or any amendment thereto, that impacts its transit services may
• § 130400 — As used in this article: (a) “Commission” means the county transportation commission created in Orange County pursuant to Section 130000.
• § 130400.5 — 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
• § 130401 — 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.
• § 130402 — 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 re
• § 130403 — (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 el
• § 130404 — (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 ordina
• § 130405 — 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 operat
• § 130406 — (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
• § 130407 — (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 accoun
• § 130408 — 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
• § 130409 — 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 increas
• § 130409.5 — 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
• § 130410 — (a) The commission is authorized to impose a maximum tax rate of 1 percent under this article and Part 1.
• § 130411 — (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 TRANSPO
• § 130412 — 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 ret
• § 130413 — 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
• § 130420 — (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
• § 130421 — (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.
• § 130422 — (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
• § 130423 — (a) The bonds may be sold as the commission determines by resolution.
• § 130424 — 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.
• § 130425 — 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 th
• § 130430 — (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 det
• § 130435 — (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
• § 130440 — 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 compan
• § 130441 — 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 procee
• § 130442 — 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 Janu
• § 130450 — For purposes of this article: (a) “Commissions” means the county transportation commissions of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
• § 130451 — (a) The commissions shall jointly develop an implementation program for regional transit services.
• § 130452 — 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.
• § 130453 — The initial regional transit services draft program shall be completed by December 1, 1990.
• § 130454 — The adopted program shall serve as the basis for a coordinated application submitted by the commissions for funds allocated by the California Transportation Commission.
• § 130455 — 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 B
• § 130500 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission Revenue Bond Act.
• § 130501 — The Legislature finds that alternative methods of financing provided in this chapter are needed to finance the cost of acquiring, constructing, and developing facilities for transit systems in the Cou
• § 130502 — It is the purpose of this chapter to carry out and make effective the findings of the Legislature and, to that end, to provide an alternative method of financing in acquiring, constructing, or rehabil
• § 130510 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 130511 — “Bonds” means indebtedness and securities of any kind or class, including bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, commercial paper, and other obligations.
• § 130512 — “Commission” means the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission created pursuant to Section 130050 and any board, commission, department, or officer succeeding to the functions thereof or to whom
• § 130513 — “Cost,” as applied to a project or portion thereof financed under this chapter, means all or any part of the cost of construction and acquisition of all real or personal property, rights, rights-of-wa
• § 130514 — “Notes” means notes and agreements relating thereto, bond anticipation notes, and commercial paper.
• § 130515 — “Transit project” or “project” means real and personal property, including, but not limited to, land, structures and all improvements thereto, works, vehicles, rolling stock, rights-of-way, easements,
• § 130516 — “Public agency” means any state agency, department, board, or commission, any county, city, regional agency, district, or other political subdivision.
• § 130517 — “Public transit purposes,” as used in this chapter and in Section 130354, includes a pledge of transactions and use tax revenues to secure any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter, the payment or pro
• § 130518 — “Revenues” means all rents, receipts, purchase payments, and all other income or receipts derived by the commission, whether from fares, the sale, lease, or other disposition of transit facilities or
• § 130519 — (a) The “Los Angeles Metro Rail project” means an 18.
• § 130520 — The commission may incur indebtedness and obligations as provided by this chapter.
• § 130521 — The commission may acquire by deed, purchase, lease, contract, gift, devise, or otherwise, any real or personal property, structures, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, air, land, and devel
• § 130522 — The commission may do all of the following: (a) Fix, collect, and revise from time to time, rates, rents, fees, fares, and charges for the use of, and for any facilities furnished or to be furnished b
• § 130530 — The commission may issue bonds for purposes authorized by this chapter, and to fund or refund them, pursuant to this chapter.
• § 130531 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) The commission and its revenues are exempt from all taxes on, or measured by, income.
• § 130532 — The commission may from time to time issue or renew notes in anticipation of the sale of bonds or otherwise.
• § 130533 — (a) Except as provided in this subdivision and as may be otherwise expressly provided by the commission, all issues of its bonds are special obligations of the commission payable from any revenues or
• § 130534 — (a) The bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds, or the commission, in its discretion, may issue bonds of both types.
• § 130535 — (a) At times that the commission desires to issue bonds, it shall adopt a resolution specifying the total amount of bonds proposed to be issued.
• § 130536 — Neither the members of the commission, nor any person executing the bonds, are liable personally on the bonds, or are subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance ther
• § 130537 — The commission may, from any funds available therefor, purchase its bonds.
• § 130538 — (a) At the discretion of the commission, any bonds issued under this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the commission and a trustee, which may be any trust company or bank hav
• § 130538.5 — The commission shall take no action which will materially impair the security pledged for any bonds which it has previously issued.
• § 130539 — All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of the trust agreement or resolution may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of a project.
• § 130540 — (a) Bonds issued under this chapter do not constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any other public agency, other than the commission, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of
• § 130541 — The commission may provide for the issuance of bonds of the commission for the purpose of refunding any bond then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest
• § 130542 — (a) The proceeds of any bonds issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds may, in the discretion of the commission, be applied to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption of outs
• § 130543 — The proceeds of any bonds issued for the additional purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of constructing and acquiring additions, improvements, extensions, or enlargements of a project may be
• § 130544 — Bonds issued pursuant to Section 130542 are subject to this chapter in the same manner and to the same extent as other bonds issued pursuant to this chapter.
• § 130545 — The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are legal investments for all trust funds, the funds of all insurance companies, commercial or savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations,
• § 130550 — This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.
• § 130551 — (a) This chapter provides a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and is supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws.
• § 130552 — The State of California does hereby pledge to, and agree with, the holders of any bonds issued under this chapter and with those parties who may enter into contracts with the commission pursuant to th
• § 130553 — To the extent that the provisions of this chapter, with respect to the financing of transit systems or facilities, are inconsistent with the provisions of any general statute or special act or parts t
• § 130600 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Board” means the board of directors of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
• § 130605 — Any reference in this chapter to “chief executive officer,” “general counsel,” “counsel,” “inspector general,” “ethics officer,” “board secretary,” or “secretary” is to the officers of the Los Angeles
• § 130607 — (a) This chapter, in addition to rules or codes adopted by the board, shall be the code of conduct for the board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
• § 130610 — (a) The board shall appoint an ethics officer, who shall report to the board and operate in an independent manner.
• § 130615 — (a) This chapter shall be enforced by the inspector general.
• § 130620 — (a) Sanctions for violations of this chapter shall be determined by the board.
• § 130625 — (a) Confidential information, particularly investigative reports for the inspector general and procurement information, shall not be disclosed beyond the authorized recipient of the report or informat
• § 130630 — The role of the board as it relates to the MTA is as follows: (a) The board provides counsel and direction to management and shall not be involved in the day-to-day affairs of the MTA.
• § 130635 — The rules of conduct at board meetings shall be governed by the board’s adopted rules and procedures.
• § 130640 — (a) Board members shall not engage in personal attacks on MTA employees or attempt to discipline any employee.
• § 130650 — Committee chairs shall present items from their committee meetings and the recommendation of their committee.
• § 130655 — (a) All board members shall be afforded an adequate opportunity to review written motions having financial or policy implications before the board meeting.
• § 130660 — (a) Board members or their staff are prohibited from soliciting or accepting any gift from a person or entity, including the person’s or entity’s lobbyists, that has submitted a proposal or bid for an
• § 130670 — The payment for, and reimbursement of, board travel shall be governed by applicable state law and MTA’s administrative code.
• § 130675 — (a) Board members shall not direct or request that any MTA employee, contractor, or proposer make a charitable contribution.
• § 130680 — (a) The chief executive officer shall be responsible for ensuring the MTA has an independent professional procurement staff.
• § 130685 — (a) Commencing with the issuance of a request for proposal (RFP), request for interest in qualification (RFIQ), or invitation for bid (IFB), and ending on the date of the publicly released, recommende
• § 130705 — (a) Board members or their staff shall not engage in any employment, activity, or enterprise that is inconsistent, incompatible, or in conflict with the duties of an MTA officer.
• § 13071 — This chapter is complete authority for the issuance of bonds hereunder, and no action or proceeding not required by this chapter shall be necessary for the valid authorization and issuance of such bon
• § 130710 — The MTA shall not contract with any of the following: (a) Board members or their staff.
• § 130715 — (a) Former board members or their staff shall not participate in any contract with MTA for a period of 12 months after leaving the board.
• § 13072 — Unless otherwise clearly indicated by the context, all of the provisions of this chapter shall be understood as relating only to bonds issued under this chapter.
• § 130720 — (a) Board members shall file Statements of Economic Interest with the ethics officer pursuant to state law, within 30 days of assuming office, annually, and within 30 days of leaving office.
• § 130725 — Any person who receives compensation to regularly provide advice, recommendations, or counsel to board members regarding MTA activities shall file a Statement of Economic Interest with the MTA within
• § 13073 — This chapter shall apply only to districts which have owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least 10 years and which have a population of 250,000 or more.
• § 130730 — (a) Any person who provides advice, recommendations, or counsel to board members regarding MTA activities and also advises another public or private entity that has a financial interest in an item bef
• § 130800 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Consolidation Act of 2017.
• § 130803 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Authority” means the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority established pursuant to Section 130806.
• § 130806 — There is hereby created the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority.
• § 130807 — The San Bernardino County Transportation Commission shall be known as the authority.
• § 130809 — (a) The authority may exercise all rights and powers, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the power to issue bonds, and rely on any immunities or exemptions provided by law to a count
• § 13081 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 130812 — The authority may bring an action to determine the validity of its bonds, warrants, contracts, obligations, or evidences of indebtedness issued on or after January 1, 2017, pursuant to Chapter 9 (comm
• § 130815 — (a) The governing body of the authority shall consist of the following members: (1) Five members of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors.
• § 130818 — (a) Any reference to the San Bernardino County Transportation Commission or to a County of San Bernardino transportation commission, local transportation authority, service authority for freeway emerg
• § 13082 — “Bonds” includes the meaning of “notes, certificates and other evidences of indebtedness” and in every case refers only to bonds issued under this chapter, whether so specified or not.
• § 130821 — (a) Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 180000), Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 180200), and, except Section 180260, Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 180250) of Division 19 (commencing with Secti
• § 130824 — (a) After the creation of the authority and on the effective date of a resolution of the Board of Retirement of the San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association consenting to membership of
• § 130827 — The authority shall have the power to contract to provide the services of its employees to San Bernardino Associated Governments upon lawful terms and conditions agreed to by the authority and San Ber
• § 130828 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 130232, the authority, upon approval of the board of directors, may use the design-build contracting process described in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 22160) of Part
• § 130828.1 — The following applies to Section 130828: The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of
• § 13083 — “Refund” includes the meaning of “extend” and “renew.
• § 13084 — “Assented to by the voters” means that the proposition indicated by the context has been submitted to the voters of the district, and has been assented to by a majority of those voters who voted upon
• § 13085 — “Payments on principal” means payments on account of the principal of bonds, whether upon maturity or by payments into a sinking fund on account of principal, and includes premiums required to be paid
• § 13091 — A district may borrow money from time to time for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, replacing, extending or improving its system for supplying the district and its inhabitants with electric
• § 13092 — A district may also refund from time to time, whether at or prior to maturity, any outstanding indebtedness evidenced by its bonds, and may issue, and sell or exchange, bonds so to refund such indebte
• § 13093 — Whenever a district exercises the power to borrow money pursuant to this chapter the board may authorize the issuance of bonds in any amount which, when added to the aggregate amount of bonds of the d
• § 13094 — The limitations prescribed in Section 13093 shall not be applicable to the issuance of any refunding bonds pursuant to this chapter, and the amount of any issue of such refunding bonds may equal, but
• § 13095 — Any bond for the payment and discharge of which, upon maturity or upon redemption prior to maturity, provision has been made through the setting apart in a reserve fund or special trust account create
• § 13096 — The board shall have power to determine all the terms and conditions of the issuance and sale of bonds pursuant to this chapter, excepting only as such power is limited by express provisions of this c
• § 131000 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Bay Area County Traffic and Transportation Funding Act.
• § 131001 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) That, in the nine-county San Francisco Bay area, traffic and transportation improvements are an immediate high priority needed to resolve t
• § 131002 — This division does not apply to the County of Santa Clara until November 1, 1995.
• § 131003 — “City selection committee” means the committee created pursuant to Section 50270 of the Government Code.
• § 131004 — “Commission” means the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
• § 131005 — “County” includes a city and county, and means any of the nine San Francisco Bay area counties listed in Section 66502 of the Government Code.
• § 131006 — “Board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of any of the nine San Francisco Bay area counties listed in Section 66502 of the Government Code.
• § 131007 — “County transportation authority” means any authority created pursuant to this division in any of the nine San Francisco Bay area counties listed in Section 66502 of the Government Code.
• § 131008 — “Department” means the Department of Transportation.
• § 131009 — “Local governments” means the cities within each of the nine San Francisco Bay area counties listed in Section 66502 of the Government Code.
• § 13101 — Whenever a district proposes to exercise the power to borrow money, or to refund indebtedness, pursuant to this chapter, the board shall adopt a preliminary resolution declaring its intention to autho
• § 131010 — “Sponsoring agency” means a governmental agency, including a county transportation authority, that has transportation responsibilities in the county in which a retail transactions and use tax ordinanc
• § 13103 — When bonds are issued under this chapter, 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 h
• § 13104 — 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 notice
• § 13105 — If no such referendary petition is presented within the aforesaid period of 60 days, then upon the expiration of said period, or if the proposition of issuing the bonds specified in the resolution of
• § 131050 — Any board of supervisors which believes its county has essential traffic and transportation projects for which current estimates of federal, state, and local funds may not be adequately available, may
• § 131051 — The county transportation expenditure plan shall consist of all of the following: (a) (1) A list of essential traffic and transportation projects in the order of priority within the county, and their
• § 131052 — The recommended county transportation expenditure plan shall be subject to a public hearing and then to a review by the commission, before submittal to the board of supervisors and local governments f
• § 131053 — The commission shall, within 45 days after receipt of a draft county transportation expenditure plan forwarded pursuant to Section 131052, approve the draft plan unless one or more of the following fi
• § 131054 — If the commission rejects a draft county transportation expenditure plan because the draft plan fails to meet the requirements set forth in Section 131053, the commission shall return the draft plan t
• § 131055 — If the commission approves a draft county transportation expenditure plan, the commission shall return the draft plan to the board of supervisors for its approval and to local governments for their ap
• § 131056 — (a) Not less than one year prior to the date of the last general election in which a retail transactions and use tax ordinance is in effect pursuant to this division, the commission or the county tran
• § 131057 — (a) The commission and any county transportation authority, in administering the adopted county transportation expenditure plan and imposing the retail transactions and use tax, shall have only those
• § 13106 — The provisions of any resolution constituting a part of the proceedings for the issuance of any bonds under this chapter, when so declared by its terms, or by the terms of any other such resolution, s
• § 13107 — The board at any time may adopt a resolution providing for submission to the voters of the district of the proposition of assenting to any proposed action of the board in any case where such assent is
• § 131100 — (a) The Legislature, by the enactment of this chapter intends a county transportation authority or the commission, pursuant to a county transportation expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 1310
• § 131101 — All allocations of revenues derived from the adoption of a retail transactions and use tax ordinance in a county shall be consistent with the priorities established by its county transportation expend
• § 131102 — (a) (1) A retail transactions and use tax ordinance for a tax of either one-half of 1 percent or 1 percent applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of a county, except as provided i
• § 131103 — The county, in the retail transactions and use tax ordinance, shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed and shall specify the purposes for which the revenues derived from the tax will be used, a
• § 131104 — (a) The county shall conduct the election called by the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 131102, and the county shall bear the cost in conducting the election, but shall be reimbursed from the
• § 131105 — (a) Any tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 120 days after adoption of the ordinance.
• § 131106 — The net revenues derived from the taxes imposed pursuant to this chapter, after deduction for expenses pursuant to Section 131107, shall be allocated by the agency imposing the tax for the transportat
• § 131107 — In an adopted county transportation expenditure plan that provides for the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, not more than 1 percent of the annual net amount of revenues raised by the t
• § 131108 — (a) The board of supervisors, as part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, may seek authorization to issue bonds as may be provided for in the adop
• § 131109 — (a) The bonds authorized by the voters concurrently with the approval of the retail transactions and use tax may be issued at any time by the agency imposing the tax and shall be payable solely from t
• § 13111 — All bonds issued by a district pursuant to this chapter shall be, and shall recite upon their face that they are, payable both as to principal and interest, and as to any premiums upon the redemption
• § 131110 — Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time of a two-thirds vote by the agency imposing the retail transactions and use tax.
• § 131111 — (a) A resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds shall state all of the following: (1) The purposes for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include all costs and estimated costs inc
• § 131112 — 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 fo
• § 131113 — In the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, the agency imposing the retail transactions and use tax may also provide for the call and redemption of the bonds prior to maturity at the time
• § 131114 — The principal of, and interest on, the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer of the agency imposing the retail transactions and use tax, or at othe
• § 131115 — The bonds, or each series thereof, shall be dated and numbered consecutively and shall be signed by the chairperson or vice chairperson of the agency imposing the retail transactions and use tax and t
• § 131116 — The bonds may be sold as the agency imposing the retail transactions and use tax determines by resolution, and the bonds may be sold at a price below par, whether by negotiated or public sale.
• § 131117 — 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.
• § 131118 — All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of the bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds, and the remainder of the pro
• § 131119 — (a) The agency imposing the retail transactions and use tax may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the agency upon the terms, at the
• § 13112 — The provisions of this article shall not preclude any of the following: (1) The payment of any such principal, interest or premiums through appropriate reserve funds or special trust accounts, establi
• § 131120 — (a) The agency imposing the retail transactions and use tax may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized pursuant to this chapter, but which have not been sold or d
• § 131121 — Any bonds issued under this chapter are 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 w
• § 131122 — Any action or proceedings wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this chapter or the issuance of any bonds thereunder or any of the proce
• § 131200 — Upon approval of a retail transactions and use tax at an election conducted pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 131100) in a county with an adopted county transportation expenditure plan th
• § 131201 — The commission, with the advice of the advisory committee, shall determine the allocation of the net revenues derived from the imposition of the retail transactions and use tax in conformance with the
• § 131202 — The commission shall prepare and adopt an annual report by January 1 of each year on the progress to achieve the objectives of completion of the projects in each county transportation expenditure plan
• § 131203 — Any amendment to a county transportation expenditure plan proposed by the commission is subject to approval by the advisory committee.
• § 13121 — In connection with the exercise of the power to borrow money, to issue bonds, and to refund indebtedness, pursuant to this chapter, the board may, from time to time, establish and maintain a reserve f
• § 13122 — Money set aside and placed in any such reserve fund or special trust account shall remain therein until from time to time expended for the purposes thereof, and shall not be used for any other purpose
• § 13123 — Money in any such reserve fund shall be drawn therefrom only upon demands authenticated by the signature of the accountant of the district; provided, however, that the board may, in its discretion, di
• § 13124 — Money in any such special trust account shall be drawn therefrom only in accordance with directions given or authorized by the board.