SECTIONS 131240-131242 - California Statutes

PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE

SECTION 131240-131242

131240. 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 that includes a provision for the creation of a county
transportation authority, the authority shall be created at that
election.

131241. (a) The county transportation authority shall consist of
the members who are elected officials as specified in the county
transportation expenditure plan or in the retail transactions and use
tax ordinance, and shall be appointed by each constituent local
government within 45 days after the authority is created.
(b) At the first meeting of the county transportation authority,
one-half of the members, and the odd-numbered member if the
membership of the county transportation authority is odd-numbered,
shall be selected by lot to serve terms consisting of the remaining
months of the current calendar year, if any, plus two years, and the
remaining members shall be selected by lot to serve a term consisting
of the remaining months of the current calendar year, if any, plus
three years. Thereafter, appointments for all members shall be for
two-year terms, beginning on January 1.
(c) If any member or alternate member ceases to be an elected
official, that member shall cease to be a member of the county
transportation authority, and another member shall be appointed for
the remainder of the term by the constituent local government that
that member represents.
(d) An alternate may be designated for each regular member. A
regular member who, pursuant to the county transportation expenditure
plan, serves by virtue of holding a specified public office, may
designate a person to serve as his or her alternate. In the case of
any other regular member, the appointing constituent local government
may designate an alternate to the regular appointed member. The
alternate's term of office shall be the same as that of the regular
member. When the regular member is not present at the meeting of the
authority, the alternate may act as the regular member and shall have
all the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of the regular
member.

131242. The Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing
Agency shall convene the initial meeting of the county transportation
authority at the county seat, within 90 days after the authority is
created.