SECTIONS 67969-67980 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 67969-67980

67969. (a) (1) Before the date on which the voters approve the tax
ordinance proposed under Section 67970, the association shall
function as an advisor to the authority and shall be provided full
opportunity to participate in the activities and decisions of the
authority.
(2) On and after the date on which the voters approve the tax
ordinance proposed under Section 67970, the management association
shall function as an advisor to the authority and shall be provided
full opportunity to participate in the activities and decisions of
the authority.
(b) The authority, the association, and the management association
shall confer to establish written procedures and policies governing
the participation of the association and the management association.

67970. (a) A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable
within the boundaries of the authority may be imposed by the
authority in accordance with this chapter and Part 1.6 (commencing
with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, if
all of the following occur:
(1) The tax ordinance is adopted by a majority vote of the board.
(2) Imposition of the tax is approved by a two-thirds vote of the
voters voting on the measure at a special election called for that
purpose by the board.
(3) A transportation expenditure plan is adopted by the authority
pursuant to Section 67978.
(b) The retail transactions and use tax shall remain in effect for
not longer than 20 years, or any lesser period of time specified in
the tax ordinance. The tax may be continued in effect, or reimposed,
by a tax ordinance adopted by a majority vote of the authority, if
the reimposition of the tax is approved by a two-thirds vote of the
voters.

67972. (a) In the ordinance, the authority shall do all of the
following:
(1) State the nature of the tax to be imposed.
(2) Provide the tax rate or the maximum tax rate.
(3) Specify the period during which the tax will be imposed.
(4) Specify the purposes for which the revenue derived from the
tax will be used.
(b) The tax rate may be in .25 percent increments and may not
exceed a maximum tax rate of .50 percent.

67974. (a) The special election shall be called and conducted in
the same manner as provided by law for the conduct of special
elections by a county.
(b) The sample ballot to be mailed to the voters, pursuant to
Section 13303 of the Elections Code, shall be the full proposition,
as set forth in the ordinance calling the election. The voter
information handbook shall include the entire transportation
expenditure plan adopted under Section 67978.

67976. (a) Any transactions and use 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.
(b) Prior to the operative date of the ordinance, the authority
shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all
functions incidental to the administration and operation of the
ordinance.

67978. (a) Prior to calling the election required under Section
67970, the authority shall adopt a transportation expenditure plan
consisting of the North Lake Tahoe Long Range Transit Implementation
Study, dated September 30, 1997, and other transit plans for serving
local residents that were in effect on January 1, 1998. The plan
shall give due consideration to the needs of both local residents of,
and visitors to, the North Lake Tahoe region, and shall provide for
the coordination, operation, and expansion of transit services that
are beneficial to the local economy, attractive to visitors, and
convenient to residents.
(b) (1) The authority shall annually review and may propose
amendments to the transportation expenditure plan to provide for the
use of available federal, state, and local transportation funds, to
account for unexpected revenues, or to take into consideration
unforeseen circumstances.
(2) Any amendments proposed under paragraph (1) shall be developed
in cooperation with the Tahoe Transportation District and the Tahoe
Regional Planning Agency and shall be for the purpose of implementing
transportation programs and not for transportation planning, except
where that planning is necessary to the creation of a joint powers or
other similar agreement with governmental agencies located outside
the boundaries of the authority.
(3) The authority shall refer all amendments proposed under
paragraph (1) to the association, the management association, and any
other organization interested in transit issues in the North Lake
Tahoe region for comment and recommendations, prior to adoption of
those amendments and not less than 45 days prior to the effective
date of the amendments.

67980. Expenditure of the revenues derived from the tax imposed
pursuant to this chapter, together with other federal, state, and
local funds made available to the authority for transportation
improvements, shall be in accordance with the transportation
expenditure plan.