Amended IN Assembly April 01, 2025 Amended IN Assembly March 10, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1223Introduced by Assembly Members Nguyen and KrellFebruary 21, 2025An act to add Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 180300) to Division 19 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1223, as amended, Nguyen. Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act: Sacramento Transportation Authority.The Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act authorizes a county board of supervisors to create or otherwise designate a local transportation authority in the county that may impose a transactions and use tax for transportation purposes subject to voter approval and other specified requirements. Pursuant to that authority, the county board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento created the Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA).This bill would establish requirements under the act specific to STA, including provisions pertaining to contracting, provide that the allowable expenditures of expenditure categories for revenues from a tax revenues, and the terms and compensation of its governing board. imposed by STA include the construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure, as defined, that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. The bill would expand the authority of STA by, among other things, authorizing it to condemn property and authorize STA to develop and operate toll facilities under specified laws. The bill would also authorize STA to impose a transactions and use tax under the act in a geographic area that comprises less than the total area of the County of Sacramento, subject to the approval of voters within that area and other specified requirements.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 180300) is added to Division 19 of the Public Utilities Code, to read: CHAPTER 7. Sacramento Transportation Authority180300. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) In the County of Sacramento, the authority seeks to address local transportation needs by raising additional local revenue to fund transportation projects and programs.(b)The authority would benefit from the legislative expression of certain powers that before the enactment of this chapter have been implied in this division.(c)(b) Constitutional voting thresholds applicable to local taxes have created challenges for the adoption of countywide sales tax measures. The adoption of this chapter is intended, in part, to allow the authority to seek voter approval of a transportation improvement sales tax in a portion of the county.(d)In order to advance these goals and to provide flexibility to better implement the overall purposes of this division, the authority will benefit from clarified and enhanced statutory powers as set forth in this chapter.180301. Unless expressly stated in this chapter, the provisions set forth in this division apply to the authority. This chapter is not intended to limit or otherwise conflict with the other provisions of this division.180302. For purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:(a) Active transportation means infrastructure facilities or services that encourage increased use of active modes of transportation, such as biking and walking.(b) Authority means the Sacramento Transportation Authority created in 1988 pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 180050).(c) Expenditure plan means a county transportation expenditure plan adopted in connection with a transactions and use tax ordinance pursuant to Section 180206.(d) Governing board means the governing board of the authority.(e) Member or member of the governing board means an individual county supervisor or city council member who has been appointed to the governing board, or their alternate.(f) Ordinance means a transactions and use tax ordinance authorized pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 180200).(g)Shared mobility means infrastructure, facilities, or services that support transportation services and resources that are shared among users, either concurrently or one after another, such as bike sharing, scooter sharing, car sharing, carpooling, and vanpooling.180303.(a)Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 180052, a member of the governing board may serve for a term of more than four years if the member is reelected to their seat on the board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento or respective city council and reappointed to the governing board.(b)Members of the governing board may receive compensation at a rate not exceeding one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for attendance at each meeting of the governing board or a subcommittee of the governing board, but not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per month. The amount of any compensation provided pursuant to this section shall be determined and approved by resolution of the governing board.180304.(a)The contracting power of the authority, as established in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 180100) and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 180150), includes, but is not limited to, the authority to do both of the following:(1)Contract for the procurement of planning services.(2)Contract to raise additional revenues to meet local transportation needs, including, without limitation, grant funding, revenues from managed lanes, and funding for environmental mitigation of vehicle miles traveled.(b)Notwithstanding Section 180154, the governing board or its designee may contract for special services and advice as set forth in Section 53060 of the Government Code, on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications for the types of services to be performed, and at fair and reasonable prices to the authority and without the requirement of a low bid process.(c)In its capacity as administrator of the Sacramento Freeway Service Patrol established pursuant to Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 2560) of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code, the authority shall not be required to select tow contractors by a low bid process, but may select prospective tow contractors on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications for the types of services to be performed and at fair and reasonable rates.180305.(a)(1)Subject to subdivision (b), the authority may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemn in proceedings under the Eminent Domain Law (Title 7 (commencing with Section 1230.010) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure), or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the County of Sacramento necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its powers.(2)The governing board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property within or without the County of Sacramento when in its judgment it is for the best interests of the authority to do so.(b)(1)The authority shall not condemn publicly owned property held or used for development, storage, or distribution of water for public use, or publicly owned property held or used by any flood or reclamation district.(2)The authority shall not condemn property outside the boundaries of the authority unless the board of supervisors of each county or city council of each city, as may be applicable, in which such property is located has consented to that acquisition by resolution.180306.180303. (a) The authority is hereby designated as a regional transportation agency for purposes of subdivision (k) of Section 149.7 of the Streets and Highways Code.(b) If submitting an application to the California Transportation Commission to develop and operate high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities pursuant to Section 149.7 of the Streets and Highways Code, the authority shall include in its application information from other regional transportation agencies in the County of Sacramento regarding existing or planned high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities.180307.180304. (a) The allowable expenditure categories set forth in Section 180205 shall include and be supplemented by all of the following: the construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. (a)Any environmental mitigation costs related to the approval, construction, or implementation of a transportation project, including air quality impacts.(b)Passenger rail.(c)The construction, maintenance, modernization, improvement, and operation of active transportation, bikeways, and shared mobility.(d)The construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. For(b) For purposes of this subdivision, section, infrastructure means any of the following:(1) Transportation facilities for public use, including active transportation, streets or highways, public transit, or passenger rail.(2) Utilities, including energy-related, communication-related, water-related, stormwater-related, and wastewater-related facilities or infrastructure.(e)Administrative costs of the authority, including, but not limited to, the administration of tax and fee revenues, coordination to secure additional revenue and funding, planning to identify priority regional and local transportation improvements and needs, and public education regarding the use of revenues.180308.180305. (a) (1) An ordinance and corresponding expenditure plan may be imposed by the authority in a geographic area that comprises less than the total area of the County of Sacramento, including its incorporated cities, subject to the guidelines set forth in subdivision (c). (2) An ordinance and expenditure plan described in paragraph (1) shall be adopted by at least a two-thirds vote of the total membership of the governing board.(3) An ordinance described in paragraph (1) shall be subject to voter approval by the electors in those portions of the authority the area to which the tax applies.(b) Notwithstanding Section 180102, if an ordinance and expenditure plan for a portion of the County of Sacramento are approved pursuant to the process set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 180200), all subsequent governing board decisions and actions after those approvals that are related to implementation of that ordinance and expenditure plan, including an action to amend the expenditure plan pursuant to Section 180207, shall be made by a majority of both of the following:(1) Those members representing the city or cities subject to the ordinance, if any.(2) All members appointed from the board of supervisors.(c) The governing board shall determine the portion of the county area to which the tax would apply before the electors vote on the measure. If the tax only applies to a portion of the county, all of the following shall apply:(1) The incorporated area of a city within the county shall be either wholly included or wholly excluded from the portion. area to be taxed.(2) The unincorporated area of the county shall either be wholly included or wholly excluded from the portion. area to be taxed.(3) The portion area to be taxed shall include at least the incorporated area from two cities or the incorporated area from one city and the unincorporated area from the county.(d) The revenues derived from the tax shall be spent within, or for the benefit of, the portion of the county to which the tax applies. Any revenues derived from the tax shall supplement, and not supplant, other transportation revenues available to the portion of the county to which the tax applies.(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 180206, an expenditure plan applicable to a portion of the county shall not be adopted until it has received the approval of the board of supervisors and of the city councils representing both a majority of the cities included within that portion of the county the area subject to the tax and a majority of the population residing in the incorporated areas within that portion of the county. subject to the tax.(f) Unless otherwise stated in this chapter, the other provisions of this division that apply to an ordinance and expenditure plan shall also apply to an ordinance and expenditure plan applicable to a portion of the county, including the authority to issue bonds pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 180250).(g) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code), including Sections 7261 and 7262 of that code, term district, as defined and used in Sections 7252, 7261, and 7262 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall not be interpreted to preclude the authority from imposing a transactions and use tax in accordance with Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) in a portion of the county, an area that comprises less than the total geographic jurisdiction of the authority, so long as all other applicable requirements of that law are complied with.
Amended IN Assembly April 01, 2025 Amended IN Assembly March 10, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1223Introduced by Assembly Members Nguyen and KrellFebruary 21, 2025An act to add Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 180300) to Division 19 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1223, as amended, Nguyen. Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act: Sacramento Transportation Authority.The Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act authorizes a county board of supervisors to create or otherwise designate a local transportation authority in the county that may impose a transactions and use tax for transportation purposes subject to voter approval and other specified requirements. Pursuant to that authority, the county board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento created the Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA).This bill would establish requirements under the act specific to STA, including provisions pertaining to contracting, provide that the allowable expenditures of expenditure categories for revenues from a tax revenues, and the terms and compensation of its governing board. imposed by STA include the construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure, as defined, that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. The bill would expand the authority of STA by, among other things, authorizing it to condemn property and authorize STA to develop and operate toll facilities under specified laws. The bill would also authorize STA to impose a transactions and use tax under the act in a geographic area that comprises less than the total area of the County of Sacramento, subject to the approval of voters within that area and other specified requirements.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly April 01, 2025 Amended IN Assembly March 10, 2025
Amended IN Assembly April 01, 2025
Amended IN Assembly March 10, 2025
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1223
Introduced by Assembly Members Nguyen and KrellFebruary 21, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Members Nguyen and Krell
February 21, 2025
An act to add Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 180300) to Division 19 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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AB 1223, as amended, Nguyen. Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act: Sacramento Transportation Authority.
The Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act authorizes a county board of supervisors to create or otherwise designate a local transportation authority in the county that may impose a transactions and use tax for transportation purposes subject to voter approval and other specified requirements. Pursuant to that authority, the county board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento created the Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA).This bill would establish requirements under the act specific to STA, including provisions pertaining to contracting, provide that the allowable expenditures of expenditure categories for revenues from a tax revenues, and the terms and compensation of its governing board. imposed by STA include the construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure, as defined, that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. The bill would expand the authority of STA by, among other things, authorizing it to condemn property and authorize STA to develop and operate toll facilities under specified laws. The bill would also authorize STA to impose a transactions and use tax under the act in a geographic area that comprises less than the total area of the County of Sacramento, subject to the approval of voters within that area and other specified requirements.
The Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act authorizes a county board of supervisors to create or otherwise designate a local transportation authority in the county that may impose a transactions and use tax for transportation purposes subject to voter approval and other specified requirements. Pursuant to that authority, the county board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento created the Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA).
This bill would establish requirements under the act specific to STA, including provisions pertaining to contracting, provide that the allowable expenditures of expenditure categories for revenues from a tax revenues, and the terms and compensation of its governing board. imposed by STA include the construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure, as defined, that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. The bill would expand the authority of STA by, among other things, authorizing it to condemn property and authorize STA to develop and operate toll facilities under specified laws. The bill would also authorize STA to impose a transactions and use tax under the act in a geographic area that comprises less than the total area of the County of Sacramento, subject to the approval of voters within that area and other specified requirements.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 180300) is added to Division 19 of the Public Utilities Code, to read: CHAPTER 7. Sacramento Transportation Authority180300. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) In the County of Sacramento, the authority seeks to address local transportation needs by raising additional local revenue to fund transportation projects and programs.(b)The authority would benefit from the legislative expression of certain powers that before the enactment of this chapter have been implied in this division.(c)(b) Constitutional voting thresholds applicable to local taxes have created challenges for the adoption of countywide sales tax measures. The adoption of this chapter is intended, in part, to allow the authority to seek voter approval of a transportation improvement sales tax in a portion of the county.(d)In order to advance these goals and to provide flexibility to better implement the overall purposes of this division, the authority will benefit from clarified and enhanced statutory powers as set forth in this chapter.180301. Unless expressly stated in this chapter, the provisions set forth in this division apply to the authority. This chapter is not intended to limit or otherwise conflict with the other provisions of this division.180302. For purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:(a) Active transportation means infrastructure facilities or services that encourage increased use of active modes of transportation, such as biking and walking.(b) Authority means the Sacramento Transportation Authority created in 1988 pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 180050).(c) Expenditure plan means a county transportation expenditure plan adopted in connection with a transactions and use tax ordinance pursuant to Section 180206.(d) Governing board means the governing board of the authority.(e) Member or member of the governing board means an individual county supervisor or city council member who has been appointed to the governing board, or their alternate.(f) Ordinance means a transactions and use tax ordinance authorized pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 180200).(g)Shared mobility means infrastructure, facilities, or services that support transportation services and resources that are shared among users, either concurrently or one after another, such as bike sharing, scooter sharing, car sharing, carpooling, and vanpooling.180303.(a)Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 180052, a member of the governing board may serve for a term of more than four years if the member is reelected to their seat on the board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento or respective city council and reappointed to the governing board.(b)Members of the governing board may receive compensation at a rate not exceeding one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for attendance at each meeting of the governing board or a subcommittee of the governing board, but not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per month. The amount of any compensation provided pursuant to this section shall be determined and approved by resolution of the governing board.180304.(a)The contracting power of the authority, as established in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 180100) and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 180150), includes, but is not limited to, the authority to do both of the following:(1)Contract for the procurement of planning services.(2)Contract to raise additional revenues to meet local transportation needs, including, without limitation, grant funding, revenues from managed lanes, and funding for environmental mitigation of vehicle miles traveled.(b)Notwithstanding Section 180154, the governing board or its designee may contract for special services and advice as set forth in Section 53060 of the Government Code, on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications for the types of services to be performed, and at fair and reasonable prices to the authority and without the requirement of a low bid process.(c)In its capacity as administrator of the Sacramento Freeway Service Patrol established pursuant to Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 2560) of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code, the authority shall not be required to select tow contractors by a low bid process, but may select prospective tow contractors on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications for the types of services to be performed and at fair and reasonable rates.180305.(a)(1)Subject to subdivision (b), the authority may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemn in proceedings under the Eminent Domain Law (Title 7 (commencing with Section 1230.010) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure), or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the County of Sacramento necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its powers.(2)The governing board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property within or without the County of Sacramento when in its judgment it is for the best interests of the authority to do so.(b)(1)The authority shall not condemn publicly owned property held or used for development, storage, or distribution of water for public use, or publicly owned property held or used by any flood or reclamation district.(2)The authority shall not condemn property outside the boundaries of the authority unless the board of supervisors of each county or city council of each city, as may be applicable, in which such property is located has consented to that acquisition by resolution.180306.180303. (a) The authority is hereby designated as a regional transportation agency for purposes of subdivision (k) of Section 149.7 of the Streets and Highways Code.(b) If submitting an application to the California Transportation Commission to develop and operate high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities pursuant to Section 149.7 of the Streets and Highways Code, the authority shall include in its application information from other regional transportation agencies in the County of Sacramento regarding existing or planned high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities.180307.180304. (a) The allowable expenditure categories set forth in Section 180205 shall include and be supplemented by all of the following: the construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. (a)Any environmental mitigation costs related to the approval, construction, or implementation of a transportation project, including air quality impacts.(b)Passenger rail.(c)The construction, maintenance, modernization, improvement, and operation of active transportation, bikeways, and shared mobility.(d)The construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. For(b) For purposes of this subdivision, section, infrastructure means any of the following:(1) Transportation facilities for public use, including active transportation, streets or highways, public transit, or passenger rail.(2) Utilities, including energy-related, communication-related, water-related, stormwater-related, and wastewater-related facilities or infrastructure.(e)Administrative costs of the authority, including, but not limited to, the administration of tax and fee revenues, coordination to secure additional revenue and funding, planning to identify priority regional and local transportation improvements and needs, and public education regarding the use of revenues.180308.180305. (a) (1) An ordinance and corresponding expenditure plan may be imposed by the authority in a geographic area that comprises less than the total area of the County of Sacramento, including its incorporated cities, subject to the guidelines set forth in subdivision (c). (2) An ordinance and expenditure plan described in paragraph (1) shall be adopted by at least a two-thirds vote of the total membership of the governing board.(3) An ordinance described in paragraph (1) shall be subject to voter approval by the electors in those portions of the authority the area to which the tax applies.(b) Notwithstanding Section 180102, if an ordinance and expenditure plan for a portion of the County of Sacramento are approved pursuant to the process set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 180200), all subsequent governing board decisions and actions after those approvals that are related to implementation of that ordinance and expenditure plan, including an action to amend the expenditure plan pursuant to Section 180207, shall be made by a majority of both of the following:(1) Those members representing the city or cities subject to the ordinance, if any.(2) All members appointed from the board of supervisors.(c) The governing board shall determine the portion of the county area to which the tax would apply before the electors vote on the measure. If the tax only applies to a portion of the county, all of the following shall apply:(1) The incorporated area of a city within the county shall be either wholly included or wholly excluded from the portion. area to be taxed.(2) The unincorporated area of the county shall either be wholly included or wholly excluded from the portion. area to be taxed.(3) The portion area to be taxed shall include at least the incorporated area from two cities or the incorporated area from one city and the unincorporated area from the county.(d) The revenues derived from the tax shall be spent within, or for the benefit of, the portion of the county to which the tax applies. Any revenues derived from the tax shall supplement, and not supplant, other transportation revenues available to the portion of the county to which the tax applies.(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 180206, an expenditure plan applicable to a portion of the county shall not be adopted until it has received the approval of the board of supervisors and of the city councils representing both a majority of the cities included within that portion of the county the area subject to the tax and a majority of the population residing in the incorporated areas within that portion of the county. subject to the tax.(f) Unless otherwise stated in this chapter, the other provisions of this division that apply to an ordinance and expenditure plan shall also apply to an ordinance and expenditure plan applicable to a portion of the county, including the authority to issue bonds pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 180250).(g) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code), including Sections 7261 and 7262 of that code, term district, as defined and used in Sections 7252, 7261, and 7262 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall not be interpreted to preclude the authority from imposing a transactions and use tax in accordance with Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) in a portion of the county, an area that comprises less than the total geographic jurisdiction of the authority, so long as all other applicable requirements of that law are complied with.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 180300) is added to Division 19 of the Public Utilities Code, to read: CHAPTER 7. Sacramento Transportation Authority180300. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) In the County of Sacramento, the authority seeks to address local transportation needs by raising additional local revenue to fund transportation projects and programs.(b)The authority would benefit from the legislative expression of certain powers that before the enactment of this chapter have been implied in this division.(c)(b) Constitutional voting thresholds applicable to local taxes have created challenges for the adoption of countywide sales tax measures. The adoption of this chapter is intended, in part, to allow the authority to seek voter approval of a transportation improvement sales tax in a portion of the county.(d)In order to advance these goals and to provide flexibility to better implement the overall purposes of this division, the authority will benefit from clarified and enhanced statutory powers as set forth in this chapter.180301. Unless expressly stated in this chapter, the provisions set forth in this division apply to the authority. This chapter is not intended to limit or otherwise conflict with the other provisions of this division.180302. For purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:(a) Active transportation means infrastructure facilities or services that encourage increased use of active modes of transportation, such as biking and walking.(b) Authority means the Sacramento Transportation Authority created in 1988 pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 180050).(c) Expenditure plan means a county transportation expenditure plan adopted in connection with a transactions and use tax ordinance pursuant to Section 180206.(d) Governing board means the governing board of the authority.(e) Member or member of the governing board means an individual county supervisor or city council member who has been appointed to the governing board, or their alternate.(f) Ordinance means a transactions and use tax ordinance authorized pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 180200).(g)Shared mobility means infrastructure, facilities, or services that support transportation services and resources that are shared among users, either concurrently or one after another, such as bike sharing, scooter sharing, car sharing, carpooling, and vanpooling.180303.(a)Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 180052, a member of the governing board may serve for a term of more than four years if the member is reelected to their seat on the board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento or respective city council and reappointed to the governing board.(b)Members of the governing board may receive compensation at a rate not exceeding one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for attendance at each meeting of the governing board or a subcommittee of the governing board, but not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per month. The amount of any compensation provided pursuant to this section shall be determined and approved by resolution of the governing board.180304.(a)The contracting power of the authority, as established in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 180100) and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 180150), includes, but is not limited to, the authority to do both of the following:(1)Contract for the procurement of planning services.(2)Contract to raise additional revenues to meet local transportation needs, including, without limitation, grant funding, revenues from managed lanes, and funding for environmental mitigation of vehicle miles traveled.(b)Notwithstanding Section 180154, the governing board or its designee may contract for special services and advice as set forth in Section 53060 of the Government Code, on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications for the types of services to be performed, and at fair and reasonable prices to the authority and without the requirement of a low bid process.(c)In its capacity as administrator of the Sacramento Freeway Service Patrol established pursuant to Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 2560) of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code, the authority shall not be required to select tow contractors by a low bid process, but may select prospective tow contractors on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications for the types of services to be performed and at fair and reasonable rates.180305.(a)(1)Subject to subdivision (b), the authority may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemn in proceedings under the Eminent Domain Law (Title 7 (commencing with Section 1230.010) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure), or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the County of Sacramento necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its powers.(2)The governing board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property within or without the County of Sacramento when in its judgment it is for the best interests of the authority to do so.(b)(1)The authority shall not condemn publicly owned property held or used for development, storage, or distribution of water for public use, or publicly owned property held or used by any flood or reclamation district.(2)The authority shall not condemn property outside the boundaries of the authority unless the board of supervisors of each county or city council of each city, as may be applicable, in which such property is located has consented to that acquisition by resolution.180306.180303. (a) The authority is hereby designated as a regional transportation agency for purposes of subdivision (k) of Section 149.7 of the Streets and Highways Code.(b) If submitting an application to the California Transportation Commission to develop and operate high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities pursuant to Section 149.7 of the Streets and Highways Code, the authority shall include in its application information from other regional transportation agencies in the County of Sacramento regarding existing or planned high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities.180307.180304. (a) The allowable expenditure categories set forth in Section 180205 shall include and be supplemented by all of the following: the construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. (a)Any environmental mitigation costs related to the approval, construction, or implementation of a transportation project, including air quality impacts.(b)Passenger rail.(c)The construction, maintenance, modernization, improvement, and operation of active transportation, bikeways, and shared mobility.(d)The construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. For(b) For purposes of this subdivision, section, infrastructure means any of the following:(1) Transportation facilities for public use, including active transportation, streets or highways, public transit, or passenger rail.(2) Utilities, including energy-related, communication-related, water-related, stormwater-related, and wastewater-related facilities or infrastructure.(e)Administrative costs of the authority, including, but not limited to, the administration of tax and fee revenues, coordination to secure additional revenue and funding, planning to identify priority regional and local transportation improvements and needs, and public education regarding the use of revenues.180308.180305. (a) (1) An ordinance and corresponding expenditure plan may be imposed by the authority in a geographic area that comprises less than the total area of the County of Sacramento, including its incorporated cities, subject to the guidelines set forth in subdivision (c). (2) An ordinance and expenditure plan described in paragraph (1) shall be adopted by at least a two-thirds vote of the total membership of the governing board.(3) An ordinance described in paragraph (1) shall be subject to voter approval by the electors in those portions of the authority the area to which the tax applies.(b) Notwithstanding Section 180102, if an ordinance and expenditure plan for a portion of the County of Sacramento are approved pursuant to the process set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 180200), all subsequent governing board decisions and actions after those approvals that are related to implementation of that ordinance and expenditure plan, including an action to amend the expenditure plan pursuant to Section 180207, shall be made by a majority of both of the following:(1) Those members representing the city or cities subject to the ordinance, if any.(2) All members appointed from the board of supervisors.(c) The governing board shall determine the portion of the county area to which the tax would apply before the electors vote on the measure. If the tax only applies to a portion of the county, all of the following shall apply:(1) The incorporated area of a city within the county shall be either wholly included or wholly excluded from the portion. area to be taxed.(2) The unincorporated area of the county shall either be wholly included or wholly excluded from the portion. area to be taxed.(3) The portion area to be taxed shall include at least the incorporated area from two cities or the incorporated area from one city and the unincorporated area from the county.(d) The revenues derived from the tax shall be spent within, or for the benefit of, the portion of the county to which the tax applies. Any revenues derived from the tax shall supplement, and not supplant, other transportation revenues available to the portion of the county to which the tax applies.(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 180206, an expenditure plan applicable to a portion of the county shall not be adopted until it has received the approval of the board of supervisors and of the city councils representing both a majority of the cities included within that portion of the county the area subject to the tax and a majority of the population residing in the incorporated areas within that portion of the county. subject to the tax.(f) Unless otherwise stated in this chapter, the other provisions of this division that apply to an ordinance and expenditure plan shall also apply to an ordinance and expenditure plan applicable to a portion of the county, including the authority to issue bonds pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 180250).(g) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code), including Sections 7261 and 7262 of that code, term district, as defined and used in Sections 7252, 7261, and 7262 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall not be interpreted to preclude the authority from imposing a transactions and use tax in accordance with Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) in a portion of the county, an area that comprises less than the total geographic jurisdiction of the authority, so long as all other applicable requirements of that law are complied with.
SECTION 1. Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 180300) is added to Division 19 of the Public Utilities Code, to read:
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CHAPTER 7. Sacramento Transportation Authority180300. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) In the County of Sacramento, the authority seeks to address local transportation needs by raising additional local revenue to fund transportation projects and programs.(b)The authority would benefit from the legislative expression of certain powers that before the enactment of this chapter have been implied in this division.(c)(b) Constitutional voting thresholds applicable to local taxes have created challenges for the adoption of countywide sales tax measures. The adoption of this chapter is intended, in part, to allow the authority to seek voter approval of a transportation improvement sales tax in a portion of the county.(d)In order to advance these goals and to provide flexibility to better implement the overall purposes of this division, the authority will benefit from clarified and enhanced statutory powers as set forth in this chapter.180301. Unless expressly stated in this chapter, the provisions set forth in this division apply to the authority. This chapter is not intended to limit or otherwise conflict with the other provisions of this division.180302. For purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:(a) Active transportation means infrastructure facilities or services that encourage increased use of active modes of transportation, such as biking and walking.(b) Authority means the Sacramento Transportation Authority created in 1988 pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 180050).(c) Expenditure plan means a county transportation expenditure plan adopted in connection with a transactions and use tax ordinance pursuant to Section 180206.(d) Governing board means the governing board of the authority.(e) Member or member of the governing board means an individual county supervisor or city council member who has been appointed to the governing board, or their alternate.(f) Ordinance means a transactions and use tax ordinance authorized pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 180200).(g)Shared mobility means infrastructure, facilities, or services that support transportation services and resources that are shared among users, either concurrently or one after another, such as bike sharing, scooter sharing, car sharing, carpooling, and vanpooling.180303.(a)Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 180052, a member of the governing board may serve for a term of more than four years if the member is reelected to their seat on the board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento or respective city council and reappointed to the governing board.(b)Members of the governing board may receive compensation at a rate not exceeding one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for attendance at each meeting of the governing board or a subcommittee of the governing board, but not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per month. The amount of any compensation provided pursuant to this section shall be determined and approved by resolution of the governing board.180304.(a)The contracting power of the authority, as established in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 180100) and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 180150), includes, but is not limited to, the authority to do both of the following:(1)Contract for the procurement of planning services.(2)Contract to raise additional revenues to meet local transportation needs, including, without limitation, grant funding, revenues from managed lanes, and funding for environmental mitigation of vehicle miles traveled.(b)Notwithstanding Section 180154, the governing board or its designee may contract for special services and advice as set forth in Section 53060 of the Government Code, on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications for the types of services to be performed, and at fair and reasonable prices to the authority and without the requirement of a low bid process.(c)In its capacity as administrator of the Sacramento Freeway Service Patrol established pursuant to Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 2560) of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code, the authority shall not be required to select tow contractors by a low bid process, but may select prospective tow contractors on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications for the types of services to be performed and at fair and reasonable rates.180305.(a)(1)Subject to subdivision (b), the authority may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemn in proceedings under the Eminent Domain Law (Title 7 (commencing with Section 1230.010) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure), or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the County of Sacramento necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its powers.(2)The governing board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property within or without the County of Sacramento when in its judgment it is for the best interests of the authority to do so.(b)(1)The authority shall not condemn publicly owned property held or used for development, storage, or distribution of water for public use, or publicly owned property held or used by any flood or reclamation district.(2)The authority shall not condemn property outside the boundaries of the authority unless the board of supervisors of each county or city council of each city, as may be applicable, in which such property is located has consented to that acquisition by resolution.180306.180303. (a) The authority is hereby designated as a regional transportation agency for purposes of subdivision (k) of Section 149.7 of the Streets and Highways Code.(b) If submitting an application to the California Transportation Commission to develop and operate high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities pursuant to Section 149.7 of the Streets and Highways Code, the authority shall include in its application information from other regional transportation agencies in the County of Sacramento regarding existing or planned high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities.180307.180304. (a) The allowable expenditure categories set forth in Section 180205 shall include and be supplemented by all of the following: the construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. (a)Any environmental mitigation costs related to the approval, construction, or implementation of a transportation project, including air quality impacts.(b)Passenger rail.(c)The construction, maintenance, modernization, improvement, and operation of active transportation, bikeways, and shared mobility.(d)The construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. For(b) For purposes of this subdivision, section, infrastructure means any of the following:(1) Transportation facilities for public use, including active transportation, streets or highways, public transit, or passenger rail.(2) Utilities, including energy-related, communication-related, water-related, stormwater-related, and wastewater-related facilities or infrastructure.(e)Administrative costs of the authority, including, but not limited to, the administration of tax and fee revenues, coordination to secure additional revenue and funding, planning to identify priority regional and local transportation improvements and needs, and public education regarding the use of revenues.180308.180305. (a) (1) An ordinance and corresponding expenditure plan may be imposed by the authority in a geographic area that comprises less than the total area of the County of Sacramento, including its incorporated cities, subject to the guidelines set forth in subdivision (c). (2) An ordinance and expenditure plan described in paragraph (1) shall be adopted by at least a two-thirds vote of the total membership of the governing board.(3) An ordinance described in paragraph (1) shall be subject to voter approval by the electors in those portions of the authority the area to which the tax applies.(b) Notwithstanding Section 180102, if an ordinance and expenditure plan for a portion of the County of Sacramento are approved pursuant to the process set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 180200), all subsequent governing board decisions and actions after those approvals that are related to implementation of that ordinance and expenditure plan, including an action to amend the expenditure plan pursuant to Section 180207, shall be made by a majority of both of the following:(1) Those members representing the city or cities subject to the ordinance, if any.(2) All members appointed from the board of supervisors.(c) The governing board shall determine the portion of the county area to which the tax would apply before the electors vote on the measure. If the tax only applies to a portion of the county, all of the following shall apply:(1) The incorporated area of a city within the county shall be either wholly included or wholly excluded from the portion. area to be taxed.(2) The unincorporated area of the county shall either be wholly included or wholly excluded from the portion. area to be taxed.(3) The portion area to be taxed shall include at least the incorporated area from two cities or the incorporated area from one city and the unincorporated area from the county.(d) The revenues derived from the tax shall be spent within, or for the benefit of, the portion of the county to which the tax applies. Any revenues derived from the tax shall supplement, and not supplant, other transportation revenues available to the portion of the county to which the tax applies.(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 180206, an expenditure plan applicable to a portion of the county shall not be adopted until it has received the approval of the board of supervisors and of the city councils representing both a majority of the cities included within that portion of the county the area subject to the tax and a majority of the population residing in the incorporated areas within that portion of the county. subject to the tax.(f) Unless otherwise stated in this chapter, the other provisions of this division that apply to an ordinance and expenditure plan shall also apply to an ordinance and expenditure plan applicable to a portion of the county, including the authority to issue bonds pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 180250).(g) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code), including Sections 7261 and 7262 of that code, term district, as defined and used in Sections 7252, 7261, and 7262 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall not be interpreted to preclude the authority from imposing a transactions and use tax in accordance with Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) in a portion of the county, an area that comprises less than the total geographic jurisdiction of the authority, so long as all other applicable requirements of that law are complied with.
CHAPTER 7. Sacramento Transportation Authority180300. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) In the County of Sacramento, the authority seeks to address local transportation needs by raising additional local revenue to fund transportation projects and programs.(b)The authority would benefit from the legislative expression of certain powers that before the enactment of this chapter have been implied in this division.(c)(b) Constitutional voting thresholds applicable to local taxes have created challenges for the adoption of countywide sales tax measures. The adoption of this chapter is intended, in part, to allow the authority to seek voter approval of a transportation improvement sales tax in a portion of the county.(d)In order to advance these goals and to provide flexibility to better implement the overall purposes of this division, the authority will benefit from clarified and enhanced statutory powers as set forth in this chapter.180301. Unless expressly stated in this chapter, the provisions set forth in this division apply to the authority. This chapter is not intended to limit or otherwise conflict with the other provisions of this division.180302. For purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:(a) Active transportation means infrastructure facilities or services that encourage increased use of active modes of transportation, such as biking and walking.(b) Authority means the Sacramento Transportation Authority created in 1988 pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 180050).(c) Expenditure plan means a county transportation expenditure plan adopted in connection with a transactions and use tax ordinance pursuant to Section 180206.(d) Governing board means the governing board of the authority.(e) Member or member of the governing board means an individual county supervisor or city council member who has been appointed to the governing board, or their alternate.(f) Ordinance means a transactions and use tax ordinance authorized pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 180200).(g)Shared mobility means infrastructure, facilities, or services that support transportation services and resources that are shared among users, either concurrently or one after another, such as bike sharing, scooter sharing, car sharing, carpooling, and vanpooling.180303.(a)Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 180052, a member of the governing board may serve for a term of more than four years if the member is reelected to their seat on the board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento or respective city council and reappointed to the governing board.(b)Members of the governing board may receive compensation at a rate not exceeding one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for attendance at each meeting of the governing board or a subcommittee of the governing board, but not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per month. The amount of any compensation provided pursuant to this section shall be determined and approved by resolution of the governing board.180304.(a)The contracting power of the authority, as established in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 180100) and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 180150), includes, but is not limited to, the authority to do both of the following:(1)Contract for the procurement of planning services.(2)Contract to raise additional revenues to meet local transportation needs, including, without limitation, grant funding, revenues from managed lanes, and funding for environmental mitigation of vehicle miles traveled.(b)Notwithstanding Section 180154, the governing board or its designee may contract for special services and advice as set forth in Section 53060 of the Government Code, on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications for the types of services to be performed, and at fair and reasonable prices to the authority and without the requirement of a low bid process.(c)In its capacity as administrator of the Sacramento Freeway Service Patrol established pursuant to Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 2560) of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code, the authority shall not be required to select tow contractors by a low bid process, but may select prospective tow contractors on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications for the types of services to be performed and at fair and reasonable rates.180305.(a)(1)Subject to subdivision (b), the authority may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemn in proceedings under the Eminent Domain Law (Title 7 (commencing with Section 1230.010) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure), or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the County of Sacramento necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its powers.(2)The governing board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property within or without the County of Sacramento when in its judgment it is for the best interests of the authority to do so.(b)(1)The authority shall not condemn publicly owned property held or used for development, storage, or distribution of water for public use, or publicly owned property held or used by any flood or reclamation district.(2)The authority shall not condemn property outside the boundaries of the authority unless the board of supervisors of each county or city council of each city, as may be applicable, in which such property is located has consented to that acquisition by resolution.180306.180303. (a) The authority is hereby designated as a regional transportation agency for purposes of subdivision (k) of Section 149.7 of the Streets and Highways Code.(b) If submitting an application to the California Transportation Commission to develop and operate high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities pursuant to Section 149.7 of the Streets and Highways Code, the authority shall include in its application information from other regional transportation agencies in the County of Sacramento regarding existing or planned high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities.180307.180304. (a) The allowable expenditure categories set forth in Section 180205 shall include and be supplemented by all of the following: the construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. (a)Any environmental mitigation costs related to the approval, construction, or implementation of a transportation project, including air quality impacts.(b)Passenger rail.(c)The construction, maintenance, modernization, improvement, and operation of active transportation, bikeways, and shared mobility.(d)The construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. For(b) For purposes of this subdivision, section, infrastructure means any of the following:(1) Transportation facilities for public use, including active transportation, streets or highways, public transit, or passenger rail.(2) Utilities, including energy-related, communication-related, water-related, stormwater-related, and wastewater-related facilities or infrastructure.(e)Administrative costs of the authority, including, but not limited to, the administration of tax and fee revenues, coordination to secure additional revenue and funding, planning to identify priority regional and local transportation improvements and needs, and public education regarding the use of revenues.180308.180305. (a) (1) An ordinance and corresponding expenditure plan may be imposed by the authority in a geographic area that comprises less than the total area of the County of Sacramento, including its incorporated cities, subject to the guidelines set forth in subdivision (c). (2) An ordinance and expenditure plan described in paragraph (1) shall be adopted by at least a two-thirds vote of the total membership of the governing board.(3) An ordinance described in paragraph (1) shall be subject to voter approval by the electors in those portions of the authority the area to which the tax applies.(b) Notwithstanding Section 180102, if an ordinance and expenditure plan for a portion of the County of Sacramento are approved pursuant to the process set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 180200), all subsequent governing board decisions and actions after those approvals that are related to implementation of that ordinance and expenditure plan, including an action to amend the expenditure plan pursuant to Section 180207, shall be made by a majority of both of the following:(1) Those members representing the city or cities subject to the ordinance, if any.(2) All members appointed from the board of supervisors.(c) The governing board shall determine the portion of the county area to which the tax would apply before the electors vote on the measure. If the tax only applies to a portion of the county, all of the following shall apply:(1) The incorporated area of a city within the county shall be either wholly included or wholly excluded from the portion. area to be taxed.(2) The unincorporated area of the county shall either be wholly included or wholly excluded from the portion. area to be taxed.(3) The portion area to be taxed shall include at least the incorporated area from two cities or the incorporated area from one city and the unincorporated area from the county.(d) The revenues derived from the tax shall be spent within, or for the benefit of, the portion of the county to which the tax applies. Any revenues derived from the tax shall supplement, and not supplant, other transportation revenues available to the portion of the county to which the tax applies.(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 180206, an expenditure plan applicable to a portion of the county shall not be adopted until it has received the approval of the board of supervisors and of the city councils representing both a majority of the cities included within that portion of the county the area subject to the tax and a majority of the population residing in the incorporated areas within that portion of the county. subject to the tax.(f) Unless otherwise stated in this chapter, the other provisions of this division that apply to an ordinance and expenditure plan shall also apply to an ordinance and expenditure plan applicable to a portion of the county, including the authority to issue bonds pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 180250).(g) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code), including Sections 7261 and 7262 of that code, term district, as defined and used in Sections 7252, 7261, and 7262 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall not be interpreted to preclude the authority from imposing a transactions and use tax in accordance with Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) in a portion of the county, an area that comprises less than the total geographic jurisdiction of the authority, so long as all other applicable requirements of that law are complied with.
CHAPTER 7. Sacramento Transportation Authority
CHAPTER 7. Sacramento Transportation Authority
180300. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) In the County of Sacramento, the authority seeks to address local transportation needs by raising additional local revenue to fund transportation projects and programs.(b)The authority would benefit from the legislative expression of certain powers that before the enactment of this chapter have been implied in this division.(c)(b) Constitutional voting thresholds applicable to local taxes have created challenges for the adoption of countywide sales tax measures. The adoption of this chapter is intended, in part, to allow the authority to seek voter approval of a transportation improvement sales tax in a portion of the county.(d)In order to advance these goals and to provide flexibility to better implement the overall purposes of this division, the authority will benefit from clarified and enhanced statutory powers as set forth in this chapter.
180300. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) In the County of Sacramento, the authority seeks to address local transportation needs by raising additional local revenue to fund transportation projects and programs.
(b)The authority would benefit from the legislative expression of certain powers that before the enactment of this chapter have been implied in this division.
(c)
(b) Constitutional voting thresholds applicable to local taxes have created challenges for the adoption of countywide sales tax measures. The adoption of this chapter is intended, in part, to allow the authority to seek voter approval of a transportation improvement sales tax in a portion of the county.
(d)In order to advance these goals and to provide flexibility to better implement the overall purposes of this division, the authority will benefit from clarified and enhanced statutory powers as set forth in this chapter.
180301. Unless expressly stated in this chapter, the provisions set forth in this division apply to the authority. This chapter is not intended to limit or otherwise conflict with the other provisions of this division.
180301. Unless expressly stated in this chapter, the provisions set forth in this division apply to the authority. This chapter is not intended to limit or otherwise conflict with the other provisions of this division.
180302. For purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:(a) Active transportation means infrastructure facilities or services that encourage increased use of active modes of transportation, such as biking and walking.(b) Authority means the Sacramento Transportation Authority created in 1988 pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 180050).(c) Expenditure plan means a county transportation expenditure plan adopted in connection with a transactions and use tax ordinance pursuant to Section 180206.(d) Governing board means the governing board of the authority.(e) Member or member of the governing board means an individual county supervisor or city council member who has been appointed to the governing board, or their alternate.(f) Ordinance means a transactions and use tax ordinance authorized pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 180200).(g)Shared mobility means infrastructure, facilities, or services that support transportation services and resources that are shared among users, either concurrently or one after another, such as bike sharing, scooter sharing, car sharing, carpooling, and vanpooling.
180302. For purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:
(a) Active transportation means infrastructure facilities or services that encourage increased use of active modes of transportation, such as biking and walking.
(b) Authority means the Sacramento Transportation Authority created in 1988 pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 180050).
(c) Expenditure plan means a county transportation expenditure plan adopted in connection with a transactions and use tax ordinance pursuant to Section 180206.
(d) Governing board means the governing board of the authority.
(e) Member or member of the governing board means an individual county supervisor or city council member who has been appointed to the governing board, or their alternate.
(f) Ordinance means a transactions and use tax ordinance authorized pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 180200).
(g)Shared mobility means infrastructure, facilities, or services that support transportation services and resources that are shared among users, either concurrently or one after another, such as bike sharing, scooter sharing, car sharing, carpooling, and vanpooling.
(a)Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 180052, a member of the governing board may serve for a term of more than four years if the member is reelected to their seat on the board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento or respective city council and reappointed to the governing board.
(b)Members of the governing board may receive compensation at a rate not exceeding one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for attendance at each meeting of the governing board or a subcommittee of the governing board, but not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per month. The amount of any compensation provided pursuant to this section shall be determined and approved by resolution of the governing board.
(a)The contracting power of the authority, as established in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 180100) and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 180150), includes, but is not limited to, the authority to do both of the following:
(1)Contract for the procurement of planning services.
(2)Contract to raise additional revenues to meet local transportation needs, including, without limitation, grant funding, revenues from managed lanes, and funding for environmental mitigation of vehicle miles traveled.
(b)Notwithstanding Section 180154, the governing board or its designee may contract for special services and advice as set forth in Section 53060 of the Government Code, on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications for the types of services to be performed, and at fair and reasonable prices to the authority and without the requirement of a low bid process.
(c)In its capacity as administrator of the Sacramento Freeway Service Patrol established pursuant to Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 2560) of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code, the authority shall not be required to select tow contractors by a low bid process, but may select prospective tow contractors on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications for the types of services to be performed and at fair and reasonable rates.
(a)(1)Subject to subdivision (b), the authority may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemn in proceedings under the Eminent Domain Law (Title 7 (commencing with Section 1230.010) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure), or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the County of Sacramento necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its powers.
(2)The governing board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property within or without the County of Sacramento when in its judgment it is for the best interests of the authority to do so.
(b)(1)The authority shall not condemn publicly owned property held or used for development, storage, or distribution of water for public use, or publicly owned property held or used by any flood or reclamation district.
(2)The authority shall not condemn property outside the boundaries of the authority unless the board of supervisors of each county or city council of each city, as may be applicable, in which such property is located has consented to that acquisition by resolution.
180306.180303. (a) The authority is hereby designated as a regional transportation agency for purposes of subdivision (k) of Section 149.7 of the Streets and Highways Code.(b) If submitting an application to the California Transportation Commission to develop and operate high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities pursuant to Section 149.7 of the Streets and Highways Code, the authority shall include in its application information from other regional transportation agencies in the County of Sacramento regarding existing or planned high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities.
180306.180303. (a) The authority is hereby designated as a regional transportation agency for purposes of subdivision (k) of Section 149.7 of the Streets and Highways Code.
(b) If submitting an application to the California Transportation Commission to develop and operate high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities pursuant to Section 149.7 of the Streets and Highways Code, the authority shall include in its application information from other regional transportation agencies in the County of Sacramento regarding existing or planned high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities.
180307.180304. (a) The allowable expenditure categories set forth in Section 180205 shall include and be supplemented by all of the following: the construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. (a)Any environmental mitigation costs related to the approval, construction, or implementation of a transportation project, including air quality impacts.(b)Passenger rail.(c)The construction, maintenance, modernization, improvement, and operation of active transportation, bikeways, and shared mobility.(d)The construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. For(b) For purposes of this subdivision, section, infrastructure means any of the following:(1) Transportation facilities for public use, including active transportation, streets or highways, public transit, or passenger rail.(2) Utilities, including energy-related, communication-related, water-related, stormwater-related, and wastewater-related facilities or infrastructure.(e)Administrative costs of the authority, including, but not limited to, the administration of tax and fee revenues, coordination to secure additional revenue and funding, planning to identify priority regional and local transportation improvements and needs, and public education regarding the use of revenues.
180307.180304. (a) The allowable expenditure categories set forth in Section 180205 shall include and be supplemented by all of the following: the construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled.
(a)Any environmental mitigation costs related to the approval, construction, or implementation of a transportation project, including air quality impacts.
(b)Passenger rail.
(c)The construction, maintenance, modernization, improvement, and operation of active transportation, bikeways, and shared mobility.
(d)The construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure that supports infill or transit-oriented development and would reduce vehicle miles traveled. For
(b) For purposes of this subdivision, section, infrastructure means any of the following:
(1) Transportation facilities for public use, including active transportation, streets or highways, public transit, or passenger rail.
(2) Utilities, including energy-related, communication-related, water-related, stormwater-related, and wastewater-related facilities or infrastructure.
(e)Administrative costs of the authority, including, but not limited to, the administration of tax and fee revenues, coordination to secure additional revenue and funding, planning to identify priority regional and local transportation improvements and needs, and public education regarding the use of revenues.
180308.180305. (a) (1) An ordinance and corresponding expenditure plan may be imposed by the authority in a geographic area that comprises less than the total area of the County of Sacramento, including its incorporated cities, subject to the guidelines set forth in subdivision (c). (2) An ordinance and expenditure plan described in paragraph (1) shall be adopted by at least a two-thirds vote of the total membership of the governing board.(3) An ordinance described in paragraph (1) shall be subject to voter approval by the electors in those portions of the authority the area to which the tax applies.(b) Notwithstanding Section 180102, if an ordinance and expenditure plan for a portion of the County of Sacramento are approved pursuant to the process set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 180200), all subsequent governing board decisions and actions after those approvals that are related to implementation of that ordinance and expenditure plan, including an action to amend the expenditure plan pursuant to Section 180207, shall be made by a majority of both of the following:(1) Those members representing the city or cities subject to the ordinance, if any.(2) All members appointed from the board of supervisors.(c) The governing board shall determine the portion of the county area to which the tax would apply before the electors vote on the measure. If the tax only applies to a portion of the county, all of the following shall apply:(1) The incorporated area of a city within the county shall be either wholly included or wholly excluded from the portion. area to be taxed.(2) The unincorporated area of the county shall either be wholly included or wholly excluded from the portion. area to be taxed.(3) The portion area to be taxed shall include at least the incorporated area from two cities or the incorporated area from one city and the unincorporated area from the county.(d) The revenues derived from the tax shall be spent within, or for the benefit of, the portion of the county to which the tax applies. Any revenues derived from the tax shall supplement, and not supplant, other transportation revenues available to the portion of the county to which the tax applies.(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 180206, an expenditure plan applicable to a portion of the county shall not be adopted until it has received the approval of the board of supervisors and of the city councils representing both a majority of the cities included within that portion of the county the area subject to the tax and a majority of the population residing in the incorporated areas within that portion of the county. subject to the tax.(f) Unless otherwise stated in this chapter, the other provisions of this division that apply to an ordinance and expenditure plan shall also apply to an ordinance and expenditure plan applicable to a portion of the county, including the authority to issue bonds pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 180250).(g) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code), including Sections 7261 and 7262 of that code, term district, as defined and used in Sections 7252, 7261, and 7262 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall not be interpreted to preclude the authority from imposing a transactions and use tax in accordance with Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) in a portion of the county, an area that comprises less than the total geographic jurisdiction of the authority, so long as all other applicable requirements of that law are complied with.
180308.180305. (a) (1) An ordinance and corresponding expenditure plan may be imposed by the authority in a geographic area that comprises less than the total area of the County of Sacramento, including its incorporated cities, subject to the guidelines set forth in subdivision (c).
(2) An ordinance and expenditure plan described in paragraph (1) shall be adopted by at least a two-thirds vote of the total membership of the governing board.
(3) An ordinance described in paragraph (1) shall be subject to voter approval by the electors in those portions of the authority the area to which the tax applies.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 180102, if an ordinance and expenditure plan for a portion of the County of Sacramento are approved pursuant to the process set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 180200), all subsequent governing board decisions and actions after those approvals that are related to implementation of that ordinance and expenditure plan, including an action to amend the expenditure plan pursuant to Section 180207, shall be made by a majority of both of the following:
(1) Those members representing the city or cities subject to the ordinance, if any.
(2) All members appointed from the board of supervisors.
(c) The governing board shall determine the portion of the county area to which the tax would apply before the electors vote on the measure. If the tax only applies to a portion of the county, all of the following shall apply:
(1) The incorporated area of a city within the county shall be either wholly included or wholly excluded from the portion. area to be taxed.
(2) The unincorporated area of the county shall either be wholly included or wholly excluded from the portion. area to be taxed.
(3) The portion area to be taxed shall include at least the incorporated area from two cities or the incorporated area from one city and the unincorporated area from the county.
(d) The revenues derived from the tax shall be spent within, or for the benefit of, the portion of the county to which the tax applies. Any revenues derived from the tax shall supplement, and not supplant, other transportation revenues available to the portion of the county to which the tax applies.
(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 180206, an expenditure plan applicable to a portion of the county shall not be adopted until it has received the approval of the board of supervisors and of the city councils representing both a majority of the cities included within that portion of the county the area subject to the tax and a majority of the population residing in the incorporated areas within that portion of the county. subject to the tax.
(f) Unless otherwise stated in this chapter, the other provisions of this division that apply to an ordinance and expenditure plan shall also apply to an ordinance and expenditure plan applicable to a portion of the county, including the authority to issue bonds pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 180250).
(g) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code), including Sections 7261 and 7262 of that code, term district, as defined and used in Sections 7252, 7261, and 7262 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall not be interpreted to preclude the authority from imposing a transactions and use tax in accordance with Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) in a portion of the county, an area that comprises less than the total geographic jurisdiction of the authority, so long as all other applicable requirements of that law are complied with.