The board shall provide input to the San Diego Association of Governments on the planning and construction of exclusive public mass transit guideways in the area under its jurisdiction in conformance with the California Transportation Plan and the regional transportation plan developed pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 65080) of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code.
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Section § 120260
The board is required to give advice to the San Diego Association of Governments regarding the planning and building of dedicated routes exclusively for public mass transit in its area. This must align with the broader California Transportation Plan and the local regional transportation plan.
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Section § 120261
This law says that if a board finds a countywide agency that can operate public mass transit guideways, they must make a contract with that agency to handle the operations.
Subject to Section 120260, if the board determines that there is a countywide agency capable of operating exclusive public mass transit guideways, the board shall contract with that agency for such operation.
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Section § 120263
This law states that when developing transportation systems like guideways, priority should be given to areas where many people travel. If a guideway system is planned for a specific area or activity center, it must be approved by the California Transportation Commission before using any state highway funds.
Priority for guideway development shall be given to meeting the transportation needs of areawide corridors of travel. If the transit development board determines that a guideway system intended solely for an activity center is appropriate, the approval of the California Transportation Commission is necessary prior to the use of funds allocated from the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund for the guideway system.
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Section § 120264
This law allows the transit development board to manage public transportation systems and facilities in the San Diego area. They can build, maintain, operate, or hire others to operate these systems. All activities need to comply with state labor laws and specific regional transportation rules. The board can operate under the name San Diego Metropolitan Transit System.
The transit development board may acquire, construct, maintain, and operate (or let a contract in conformity with state labor laws and subdivision (d) of Section 120508 to operate) public transit systems and related transportation facilities and services as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this division in conformity with, and to the extent provided in, the San Diego Regional Transportation Consolidation Act (Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 132350) of Division 12.7). The various systems, facilities, and services may be administered by the transit development board under the name of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System.
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Section § 120266
This section allows the board to make agreements with cities in San Diego County to license and regulate certain paid passenger transport services within those cities or unincorporated county areas. The board is required to charge fees to cover the costs of this licensing and regulation. These services include anything from taxicabs to sightseeing vehicles but do not include services run by the North County Transit District or public transportation vehicles.
(a)CA Public Utilities Code § 120266(a) The board may enter into contracts with any city in the County of San Diego and with the County of San Diego to license or regulate by ordinance any for-hire vehicle services rendered wholly within the city’s corporate limits or within the unincorporated area of the county.
(b)CA Public Utilities Code § 120266(b) The board shall levy the fees necessary to recover the full cost of licensing and regulating these services.
(c)CA Public Utilities Code § 120266(c) For purposes of this section, “for-hire vehicle services” means vehicles, other than public transportation vehicles, transporting passengers over public streets for compensation, which includes
taxicabs, passenger jitney service, low-speed vehicles, nonemergency medical vehicles to the extent that the commission does not have regulatory authority, charters, and sightseeing vehicles. The term “for-hire vehicle services” does not include any public transportation services operated by the North County Transit District established pursuant to Division 11.5 (commencing with Section 125000).
for-hire vehicle services San Diego County taxicabs
Section § 120267
This law allows the board to create rules about vehicle safety and driver qualifications for jitney services—a type of small passenger transport service—in and around San Diego County. The board can also charge fees to cover the costs of regulating these services. Jitney services refer to smaller vehicles, holding up to 15 passengers, that operate on fixed routes but without a set schedule.
(a)CA Public Utilities Code § 120267(a) The board may, by ordinance, regulate vehicle safety and driver qualifications for passenger jitney service operating between cities in the County of San Diego and between a city in the County of San Diego and unincorporated portions of the County of San Diego.
(b)CA Public Utilities Code § 120267(b) The board shall levy the fees necessary to recover the full cost of regulating these services.
(c)CA Public Utilities Code § 120267(c) For purposes of this section, the term “passenger jitney service” includes every corporation or person engaged as a common carrier, for compensation, in the ownership, control, operation, or management of a passenger
transportation service by motor vehicles of not more than 15-passenger capacity, excluding the driver, that operates between fixed termini and over a regular route and generally on short nonscheduled headways.
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Section § 120268
This law allows the board to create agreements with local cities and the County of San Diego. These agreements would set up consistent rules for how bus passenger loading zones are used. They also establish who is responsible for maintaining these zones and any improvements made to them.
The board may enter into cooperative agreements with cities within its area of jurisdiction and with the County of San Diego to establish uniform policies and regulations governing the use of bus passenger loading zones and establishing responsibility and standards for the maintenance of bus loading zones and any associated improvements.
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Section § 120269
This law requires that if a board licenses or regulates certain vehicle services, and those services hire drivers who are not already tested for drugs and alcohol under specific federal or state laws, the board must create a testing program for those drivers. This program needs to align with certain government requirements.
Additionally, if a driver tests positive under this new program, the test results can’t be used in criminal cases related to drug possession or sale.
(a)CA Public Utilities Code § 120269(a) If the board licenses or regulates any for-hire vehicle services, pursuant to Section 120266, or any passenger jitney service, pursuant to Section 120267, and the licensed or regulated service employs, or contracts with, any driver who (1) is not required to be tested for controlled substances and alcohol pursuant to Part 382 (commencing with Section 382.101) of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 53075.5 of the Government Code, Section 1032.1 of this code, or Section 34520 of the Vehicle Code, and (2) is not exempted under Section 34520 of the Vehicle Code, the board shall adopt, by ordinance or resolution, a mandatory controlled substance and alcohol
testing certification program for those drivers.
(b)CA Public Utilities Code § 120269(b) The program adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall meet substantially the requirements set forth in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 53075.5 of the Government Code.
(c)CA Public Utilities Code § 120269(c) Evidence derived from a positive test result collected pursuant to the program adopted under subdivision (a) shall not be admissible in a criminal prosecution concerning unlawful possession, sale, or distribution of controlled substances.
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