SECTIONS 131000-131010 - California Statutes

PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE

SECTION 131000-131010

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 the bay area's serious traffic congestion and transit
mobility problems that threaten the economic viability of the area
and adversely impact the quality of life therein.
(b) That, in the nine-county San Francisco Bay area, the
Metropolitan Transportation Commission is responsible for regional
transportation planning and programming.
(c) That the commission and the counties and cities within the
nine-county San Francisco Bay area wish to collectively develop and
implement, on a county-by-county basis, near-term local traffic and
transportation projects that responsibly and adequately deal with
current and anticipated traffic congestion and transit mobility
problems.
(d) That, in order to proceed in a expeditious manner with the
development and implementation of those projects, each of the nine
counties in the San Francisco Bay area should be provided the
opportunity to review and determine whether there is a need for the
development and implementation of a county transportation expenditure
plan that goes significantly beyond current federal, state, and
local funding.
(e) Therefore, it is in the public interest to allow the voters in
any county in the nine-county San Francisco Bay area to either
create a county transportation authority or to authorize the
commission to implement a retail transactions and use tax for the
purpose of funding a local transportation expenditure plan showing a
need for the proceeds from that tax.

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. For purposes of the
City and County of San Francisco, the committee means the Mayor of
the City and County of San Francisco.

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.

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 ordinance has been approved pursuant to this division.