This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Bay Area County Traffic and Transportation Funding Act.
Chapter 1Definitions and General Provisions
Section § 131000
This section gives a name to the law, which is the Bay Area County Traffic and Transportation Funding Act. It's simply stating how this chapter should be referred to.
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Section § 131001
This law highlights the urgent need for traffic and transportation improvements in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area to tackle congestion and mobility issues. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission handles regional transportation planning. The cities and counties in the area aim to create local projects that address these issues. Each county can assess if they need a local transportation plan that requires more funding than what's currently available. To fund these plans, voters can decide to form a county transportation authority or allow the commission to implement a tax to support the initiatives.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a)CA Public Utilities Code § 131001(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)CA Public Utilities Code § 131001(b) That, in the nine-county San Francisco Bay area, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is responsible for regional transportation planning and programming.
(c)CA Public Utilities Code § 131001(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)CA Public Utilities Code § 131001(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)CA Public Utilities Code § 131001(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.
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Section § 131002
This rule states that the regulations outlined in this division didn't affect Santa Clara County until November 1, 1995.
This division does not apply to the County of Santa Clara until November 1, 1995.
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Section § 131003
This law section defines what a "city selection committee" is in California. Normally, it refers to a committee set up under a specific government code. However, in San Francisco, this role is filled by the Mayor.
“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.
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Section § 131004
This section defines the term "Commission" specifically as the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
“Commission” means the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
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Section § 131005
This section clarifies that the term "county" also includes a city and county, specifically referring to any of the nine counties in the San Francisco Bay area as listed in Government Code Section 66502.
“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.
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Section § 131006
This law section defines that the term “board of supervisors” specifically refers to the governing boards of any of the nine counties in the San Francisco Bay Area, as listed in another section of the Government Code.
“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.
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Section § 131007
A 'county transportation authority' is an organization established under specific laws in any of the nine counties in the San Francisco Bay Area as identified in Section 66502 of the Government Code.
“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.
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Section § 131008
This section clarifies that whenever you see the term "Department" in this context, it specifically refers to the Department of Transportation.
“Department” means the Department of Transportation.
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Section § 131009
This law section defines “Local governments” as the cities located within each of the nine counties in the San Francisco Bay Area that are specified in another part of the Government Code.
“Local governments” means the cities within each of the nine San Francisco Bay area counties listed in Section 66502 of the Government Code.
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Section § 131010
This law defines what a "sponsoring agency" is. It's a government body, like a county transportation authority, that handles transportation matters in a county where a special tax for transactions and use has been approved.
“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.
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