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(a) (1) The California State University, Channel Islands Site Authority Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury, to be administered by the authority. Notwithstanding Section 13340, all moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the authority without regard to fiscal years for the purposes of this title.

(2) All capital plans for the university portion of the site that are proposed to be funded through moneys in the fund shall be included in the annual five-year Capital Outlay Program report of the California State University that is submitted to the Legislature and the Governor each year.

(b) The authority may pledge any or all of the moneys in the fund as security for payment of the principal of, and interest on, any particular issuance of bonds pursuant to this title.

(c) As necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose of this title, the authority may divide the fund into separate accounts.

(d) All moneys accruing to the authority pursuant to this title from any source shall be deposited in the fund.

(e) (1) Subject to any priorities created by the pledge of particular moneys in the fund to secure any issuance of bonds of the authority, and to reasonable administrative costs incurred by the authority in implementing this title, all moneys in the fund, regardless of the source, shall be held in trust for the security and payment of bonds of the authority, and shall not be used or pledged for any other purpose while any bonds are outstanding and unpaid. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to limit the power of the authority to make loans with bond proceeds in accordance with the terms of the resolution authorizing the issuance of those bonds.

(2) Pursuant to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds pledging any particular assets, revenues, or moneys, the authority may create separate accounts in the fund to manage the assets, revenues, or moneys in the manner prescribed by the agreements.

(f) From time to time, the authority may direct the treasurer of the authority to do any of the following:

(1) Invest moneys in the fund that are not required for its current needs, including, but not limited to, proceeds from the sale of any bonds in eligible securities specified in Section 16430 or 53601 and designated by the authority, in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds payable or secured by the moneys.

(2) Deposit moneys in the fund in interest-bearing accounts in state or national banks or other financial institutions having principal offices in the state.

(3) (A) Transfer moneys in the fund to the Surplus Money Investment Fund for investment pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 16470) of Chapter 3 of Part 4 of Division 4 of Title 2 or Article 1 (commencing with Section 56300) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.

(B) Notwithstanding Section 16305.7, all interest or other earnings resulting from an investment or deposit pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited in the fund.

(g) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (f), no moneys in the fund shall be subject to transfer to any other fund pursuant to any provision of Part 2 (commencing with Section 16300) of Division 4 of Title 2.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 386, Sec. 27. (AB 1182) Effective January 1, 2010. Section conditionally operative pursuant to Stats. 1998, Ch. 861, Sec. 5.)


kind: section

code: GOV

text: This title shall be known and may be cited as the “San Francisco Bay Area Transportation Terminal Authority Act.”

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1373.)

chapter: 1. Title and Declaration of Policy

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text: It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of California to facilitate the development of regional mass transportation facilities to the maximum extent possible. To that end, it is hereby declared that it is the policy of this state that a new transit terminal should be developed in the San Francisco Bay area and that such development should be undertaken as rapidly as possible.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1079.)

title: 7.8. SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL AUTHORITY


text: When the terms defined in this chapter are used in this title, they have the meanings ascribed to them in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires.

chapter: 2. Definitions

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text: “Authority” means the San Francisco Bay Area Transportation Terminal Authority created by this title.


text: “Bonds” means the written evidence of any obligation incurred by the commission payable out of revenues as provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 67520) in order to secure funds with which to carry out the purposes of this chapter, irrespective of the form of such obligation whether in the form of bonds, notes, debentures, interest-bearing certificates, or other forms prescribed by the commission. Bonds shall not be deemed outstanding within the meaning of this section or other sections of Chapter 3 if moneys sufficient to pay the same, and all interest thereon, have been set aside irrevocably in a special or trust fund for that purpose and the indenture under which such bonds were issued provides that such bonds shall not be deemed to be outstanding in such event.


text: “Bondholder” or “holder of bonds” or any similar term means any person who shall be the bearer of any outstanding bond registered to bearer or not registered, or the registered owner of any outstanding bond which shall at the time be registered other than to bearer.


text: “Transbay transit terminal” means the existing bus terminal under the jurisdiction of the commission located at First and Mission Streets in the City and County of San Francisco.


text: “Regional transit terminal” means the terminal to be developed and constructed under the provisions of this title, including any and all related facilities developed and constructed in conjunction therewith.


text: “Revenues” means all rates, rentals, fees, charges, or other income or revenue actually received or receivable from the operation of the regional transit terminal, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, interest allowed on any moneys or securities and any profits derived from the sale of any securities and any consideration in any way derived from any properties owned, operated, or at any time maintained by the commission or in connection with the operation of the regional transit terminal.


text: “Indenture” means any resolution, agreement, or other document in writing under which bonds of the commission are authorized to be issued.


text: “Public corporation” means any county, city and county, city, town, municipal corporation, district of any kind or class, authority, redevelopment agency or political subdivision of this state.


text: “Commission” means the California Transportation Commission.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1079.)


text: “Department” means the Department of Transportation.


text: There is hereby created the San Francisco Bay Area Transportation Terminal Authority.

article: 1. Creation of the Authority

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text: The authority is a public corporation of the State of California, independent of the agencies from which its board is appointed and in carrying out its corporate purpose as provided in this title, will be performing an essential governmental function. The powers and duties of the authority are those granted or imposed by this chapter, and the powers granted by this chapter are not restricted or qualified by Title 2 (commencing at Section 8000) of this code. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing at Section 13290) of Part 3 of Division 3 of Title 2 of this code shall not be applicable to the authority. The authority shall not be deemed a “state agency” as that term is defined by Section 11000 of this code; provided that if the authority itself undertakes the work of developing, designing and construction of the regional transit terminal the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 14250) of Part 5 of Division 3 of Title 2 which are applicable to public bidding and award of contracts shall apply to the authority insofar as they can be made applicable thereto. The authority shall be deemed a “state agency” for purposes of Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1, Division 3, Title 2.

chapter: 3. San Francisco Bay Area Transportation Terminal Authority

article: 1. Creation of the Authority


text: The authority’s purpose shall be to develop plans for a regional transit terminal in the City and County of San Francisco on and immediately adjacent to the site of the existing transbay transit terminal. The terminal may be developed in conjunction with such other facilities as, in the judgment of the authority, are necessary and proper to develop the site to its highest and best use. The terminal and facilities shall be designed and developed in full compliance so that it will conform with the municipal code and master plan of the City and County of San Francisco.

article: 1. Creation of the Authority


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(a) The authority shall be governed by a board composed of:

(1) One member appointed by the Board of Directors of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District.

(2) One member appointed by the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.

(3) One member appointed by the Mayor of the City of San Francisco.

(4) One member appointed by the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.

(5) The Director of Transportation of the State of California or any representative duly authorized by him in writing.

(6) One member appointed by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

(7) One member, representing private transportation interests, appointed by the Governor.

(8) One member appointed by the Board of Directors of the San Mateo County Transit District.

(b) All public agency members of the board shall be officers of the agency by which they are appointed.

(c) Any member of the board may designate, in writing, an alternate who may attend meetings and act in his place and stead.

(d) All board members shall serve at the pleasure of the agency by which they are appointed.

(e) At least three of the eight members of the board shall be residents of the City and County of San Francisco.

article: 2. Organization

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text: All members of the authority or their duly designated alternates shall serve without pay, but they may receive their necessary actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.

article: 2. Organization


text: A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum and may act for the authority.

article: 2. Organization


text: The authority shall maintain an office located in the City and County of San Francisco.

article: 2. Organization


text: The authority may either employ an executive director, a secretary, an attorney, and such other officers, or employees, or consultants as are necessary to enable it to perform the duties imposed upon it by this title or it may contract for any or all necessary services with a qualified public agency.

article: 2. Organization


text: The authority may sue and be sued in the name of the San Francisco Bay Area Transportation Terminal Authority.

article: 2. Organization


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The authority shall terminate no later than December 31, 1981. The authority may terminate itself prior to that date if the following conditions are satisfied:

(a) The authority has completed its design work and transmitted to the department the final plans and specifications for the construction of the regional transit terminal.

(b) The department accepts the final plans and specifications developed by the authority.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1079.)

article: 3. General Powers

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text: The authority may sue and be sued in all courts of competent jurisdiction, except that the State of California does not consent to any suit filed against the authority in any federal court of the United States; provided, that the authority may, as a plaintiff, institute or, as an intervenor, intervene in any suit in any federal court of the United States.

article: 3. General Powers


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(a) The authority shall investigate and evaluate various reasonable alternatives for the development of the regional transit terminal and, after public hearing, shall adopt one alternative for implementation. The authority shall consult with the department during the design phase regarding design criteria and construction procedures. Final plans and specifications shall be submitted to the department for review and acceptance. The department shall accept the plans and specifications within 90 days of receiving the documents or shall transmit its concerns and reasons for not accepting the documents within 90 days.

(b) The authority and the department may acquire by grant, purchase, lease, gift, devise, or otherwise any property, or interests in property, necessary to the development of the regional transit terminal.

article: 3. General Powers


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(a) The authority itself may develop, or may contract for the development of, plans and specifications for the regional transit terminal.

(b) The department shall construct and operate the regional transit terminal or it may contract for such construction and operation.

(c) The regional transit terminal shall be so designed and constructed as to facilitate the transfer of passengers between carriers and between different modes of transit.

(d) Financing and programming of the regional transit terminal shall be subject to review and approval by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission consistent with its planning and programming authority for the region, as defined in Section 66502.

article: 3. General Powers


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(a) The authority and the department shall have the power to apply for and accept grants and loans from any department or agency of the United States of America to be used for the development of the regional transit terminal, or of any facilities ancillary thereto, and to enter into any agreement with such department or agency in relation to such grants or loans; provided, however, that such agreement shall not conflict with any of the provisions of any indenture under which bonds of the commission are then outstanding.

(b) The authority and the department may accept contributions of money or property from any city, city and county, district, or political subdivision of the state for the development of the regional transit terminal.

article: 3. General Powers


text: The department may construct or may assist other public districts or agencies or carriers operating under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Public Utilities Commission in the construction of such connections as may be necessary or desirable to facilitate the transfer of passengers between different carriers or modes of transit, including, but not limited to, a connection with facilities of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.

article: 3. General Powers


text:
The authority may exercise the right of eminent domain for the condemnation of real or personal property or any right or interest therein for its use within the City and County of San Francisco, including the power to acquire real property in fee simple or any lesser estate or interest or for rights-of-way or other uses of the authority and also for the purpose of protecting and preserving the rights, powers and privileges of the authority with respect to any facilities then owned or operated by the authority. No publicly owned property shall be taken, or condemnation proceedings instituted therefor, without the consent of the public agency or public corporation owning or controlling such publicly owned property.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this section no taking or acquisition of title or possession, by the district which would involve the abandonment, removal, relocation or use of the property of a railroad corporation, as defined in Section 230 of the Public Utilities Code, shall be permitted, unless the Public Utilities Commission, after a hearing, shall find and determine that the public interest and necessity require the abandonment, removal, relocation or use of such property and that such taking or acquisition will not unreasonably impair the ability of the railroad corporation involved to provide safe, adequate, economical and efficient service.

article: 3. General Powers


text: The authority shall not commence any eminent domain proceedings unless the board first adopts by unanimous vote a resolution that meets the requirements of Article 2 (commencing with Section 1245.210) of Chapter 4 of Title 7 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)

article: 3. General Powers


text: The authority may adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to enable it to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed upon it by this chapter. The authority may by resolution make, amend and repeal rules and regulations governing the use, operation, and maintenance of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof under its jurisdiction and control; provided, however, that any indenture may place limitations and conditions upon the exercise of such powers or any thereof.

article: 3. General Powers


text: The authority shall have power to deposit any moneys of the authority, in accordance with the provisions of the general laws of the State of California governing the deposit of public moneys of counties, in such bank or banks in the State of California as may be authorized to receive deposits of public funds, in the same manner and upon the same security as public moneys of counties are deposited in such banks and with like force and effect, and to invest any moneys in any sinking fund or reserve fund created by any indenture or any surplus in the treasury of the authority not required for its immediate needs, in accordance with the general laws of the State of California relating to investments of county funds, but subject to such limitations and restrictions as may be provided in any indenture under which bonds of the authority are outstanding.

article: 3. General Powers


text: The authority shall not have power to levy taxes for any purpose whatsoever.

article: 3. General Powers


text: All property of the authority, and all income, rates, fees, rentals, and other charges received or collected by the authority shall be free and exempt from all taxes by the State of California or by any political subdivision or subordinate taxing authority thereof.

article: 3. General Powers


text:
The authority may adopt such rules and regulations governing the employment of any and all employees necessary to carry out its powers, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the establishment of a retirement system.

If the authority determines that it is in the authority’s interest to do so, the authority may enter into a contract with the Public Employees’ Retirement System to provide for the inclusion of all its employees in the Public Employees’ Retirement System.

article: 3. General Powers


text: The commission may issue bonds for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, completion, addition, betterment, improvement, extension, or repair of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof, and any indenture under which bonds are issued may provide for the payment of any incidental expenses, including legal, engineering, fiscal, financial consultant, and other expenses, connected with issuing and disposing of the bonds, for all amounts required for the creation of an operating fund, or construction fund, reserve fund, sinking fund, or other special fund, for all other incidental expenses connected with the acquisition, construction, or completion of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof, for reimbursement of advances by the commission or by others for such purposes and for working capital. The total amount of bonds that may be issued by the commission shall not be limited as to aggregate principal amount, except as the commission may provide in any indenture.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds

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The validity of the authorization and issuance of any bonds by the commission is not dependent on or affected in any way, except to the extent provided in the indenture by:

(a) Proceedings taken by the commission or the department for the acquisition, construction, or completion of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof.

(b) Any contracts made by the commission or the department in connection with the acquisition, construction, or completion of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof.

(c) The failure to complete any part of the regional transit terminal for which bonds are authorized to be issued.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: The commission shall issue bonds in its name. These bonds shall constitute obligations of the commission only, and neither the payment of the principal of any such bond nor the payment of interest thereon constitutes a debt, liability, or obligation of any county, city, city and county, district, or political subdivision, or of the State of California. All bonds issued by the commission shall contain a recital on their face that neither the payment of the principal, or any part thereof, nor the payment of any interest thereon constitutes a debt, liability, or obligation of any county, city, city and county, district, or political subdivision, or of the State of California.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: The commission shall determine the time, form, and manner of the issuance of bonds. The bonds shall be payable only out of specified revenues as the commission shall determine at the time of their issuance.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: The commission may enter into indentures providing for the principal amount, date or dates, maturities, interest rate, denominations, form, registration, transfer, interchange, and other provisions of such bonds and coupons, and the terms and conditions upon which the bonds shall be executed, issued, secured, sold, paid, redeemed, funded, and refunded. Reference on the face of the bonds to such indenture by its date of adoption, or the apparent date on the face thereof, is sufficient to incorporate all of the provisions thereof and of this chapter into the body of the bonds and their appurtenant coupons. Each taker and subsequent holder of the bonds or coupons, whether the coupons are attached to or detached from the bonds, has recourse to all of the provisions of the indenture and of this chapter and is bound thereby.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include such covenants and agreements on the part of the commission as the commission deems necessary or advisable for the issue, payment, better security, or protection of the bonds issued thereunder.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause requiring the commission to pay, or cause to be paid, punctually the principal of all such bonds and the interest thereon on the date or dates, at the place or places, and in the manner mentioned in such bonds and in the coupons appertaining thereto, all in accordance with such indenture.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause requiring the department to continuously operate the regional transit terminal and other facilities in an efficient and economical manner.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause requiring the department to make all necessary repairs, renewals, and replacements to the regional transit terminal and to keep it at all times in good repair, working order, and condition.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause requiring the commission to preserve and protect the security of the bonds and the rights of the holders thereof and to warrant and defend such rights.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause requiring the commission to pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, all lawful claims for labor, materials, and supplies, or other charges which, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon the revenues, or any part thereof, of the regional transit terminal or which might impair the security of the bonds.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause which limits, restricts, or prohibits any right, power, or privilege of the commission to mortgage or otherwise encumber, sell, lease, or dispose of all, or any part, of the regional transit terminal, or to enter into any other agreement which impairs or impedes the operation of the terminal, or any part thereof, necessary to secure adequate revenues or which otherwise impairs or impedes the rights of the holders of the bonds with respect to such revenues.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause requiring the commission to fix, prescribe, and collect rates, rents, fees, or other charges in connection with the regional transit terminal and, in addition, to provide a margin of safety in the collection thereof as further security for the bonds.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause requiring the commission to hold in trust the proceeds of the bonds and the revenues pledged to the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon, or to any reserve or other fund created for the further protection of the bonds, and to apply such revenues or cause them to be applied only as provided in the indenture.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause limiting the power of the commission to apply the proceeds of the sale of any issue of bonds except as provided in the indenture.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause limiting the power of the commission to issue additional bonds except upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the indenture.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause requiring, specifying, or limiting the kind, amount, and character of insurance to be maintained by the department on the regional transit terminal, or any part thereof, and the use and disposition of the proceeds of any such insurance thereafter collected. Such insurance may include fire, casualty, fidelity, public liability, property damage, or any other type or kind of insurance deemed desirable by the department, including use and occupancy insurance or insurance against loss of revenues from any cause.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause providing the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which such default and its consequences may be waived. An indenture may include a clause designating the rights, limitations, power, and duties arising upon breach by the commission or department of any of the covenants, conditions, or obligations contained in any indenture; provided, that no indenture shall limit or restrict the rights granted to bondholders by Article 7 (commencing with Section 67620).

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


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An indenture may include a clause prescribing a procedure by which the terms and conditions of the indenture may be subsequently amended or modified with the consent of the commission and the vote or written assent of the holders of a specified principal amount of the bonds issued and outstanding. Such clause may provide for meetings of bondholders and for the manner in which the consent of the bondholders may be given. Such clause shall specifically state the effect of such amendment or modification upon the rights of the holders of all of the bonds and interest coupons appertaining thereto, whether attached thereto or detached therefrom.

With respect to any clause providing for the modification or amendment of an indenture, the commission may agree that bonds held by the commission, by any department or agency of the State of California, or by any public corporation, shall not be counted as outstanding bonds, or be entitled to vote or assent, but shall, nevertheless, be subject to any such modification or amendment.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause providing for such other acts and matters as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to secure the bonds or to make the bonds more marketable.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: The commission may designate a bank or trust company, qualified to do business in this state, as a trustee for the commission and the holders of bonds issued hereunder, and may authorize the trustee to act on behalf of the holders of the bonds, or any stated percentage thereof, and to exercise and prosecute on behalf of the holders of the bonds such rights and remedies as may be available to the holders.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: The commission shall fix and determine, in an indenture, the conditions upon which any indenture trustee shall receive, hold, or disburse any or all revenues collected for, or on account of, the commission. The commission shall, in an indenture, prescribe the duties and powers of such indenture trustee with respect to the issuance, authentication, sale, and delivery of the bonds and the payment of principal and interest thereof, the redemption of the bonds, the registration and discharge from registration of the bonds, and the management of any sinking fund or other funds provided as security for the bonds.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: The commission may issue bonds in series and may divide any series into one or more divisions and fix different maturities or dates of such bonds, different rates of interest, or prescribe different terms and conditions for the bonds of the several series or divisions. It is not necessary that all bonds of the same authorized issue be of the same kind or character, have the same security, or be of the same interest rate, but the terms thereof shall in each case be provided for by the commission, at or prior to the issue thereof. The commission may provide for successive issues or may provide for one maximum issue. The commission may provide that all bonds, or the bonds of any specified issue, shall be paid from and secured by the revenues of the specified facilities, all in the manner and upon the terms set forth in the indenture.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: Bonds may be issued as coupon bonds or as registered bonds. The commission may provide for the interchange of coupon bonds for registered bonds and registered bonds for coupon bonds, and may provide that the bonds shall be registered as to principal only, or as to both principal and interest, or otherwise as the commission may determine.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: Bonds shall bear interest at a rate of not to exceed 7 percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually, or in part annually and in part semiannually.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: Bonds may be callable upon such terms and conditions and upon such notice as the commission may determine, and upon the payment of the premium fixed by the commission in the proceedings for the issuance of the bonds. No bond shall be subject to call or redemption prior to its fixed maturity date, unless the right to exercise such call is expressly stated on the face of the bond.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: The commission may provide for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds at any place or places within or without the State of California, and in any specified lawful coin or currency of the United States of America.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: The commission may provide for the execution and authentication of bonds by the manual, lithographed, or printed facsimile signature of officers of the commission, and by additional authentication by a trustee or fiscal agent appointed by the commission. If any of the officers whose signatures or countersignatures appear upon the bonds or coupons cease to be officers before the delivery of the bonds or coupons, their signatures or countersignatures are nevertheless valid and of the same force and effect as if the officers had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds and coupons.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: Bonds shall bear dates prescribed by the commission. Bonds may be serial bonds or sinking fund bonds with such maturities as the commission may determine. No bond by its terms shall mature in more than 50 years from its own date and, in the event any authorized issue is divided into two or more series or divisions, the maximum maturity date herein authorized shall be calculated from the date on the face of each bond separately, irrespective of the fact that different dates may be prescribed for the bonds of each separate series or division of any authorized issue.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: The commission may fix terms and conditions for the sale or other disposition of any authorized issue of bonds. The commission may sell bonds at less than their par or face value, but no issue of bonds may be sold at an aggregate price below the par or face value thereof if such sale would result in a net interest cost to the commission, calculated upon the entire issue so sold, of more than 7 percent per annum, payable semiannually, according to standard tables of bond values. All bonds issued and sold for cash pursuant to this chapter shall be sold on sealed proposals to the highest bidder, either bidding alone or in conjunction with others, after advertising for bids by publication of notice of sale once, not less than 10 days prior to the date of sale, in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City and County of San Francisco. The commission may reject any and all bids submitted and may thereafter sell the bonds so advertised for sale at private sale to any financially responsible bidder, either bidding alone or in conjunction with others, under such terms and conditions as it deems most advantageous to its own interest, but the bonds shall not be sold at a price below that of the highest bid which was rejected. The commission may contract loans and borrow money through the sale of bonds to the United States of America or any of its departments or agencies, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed to. Such bonds shall be subject to all other provisions of this chapter, except the requirement that bonds be sold on sealed proposals to the highest bidder after advertising for bids.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: The commission may provide, in the proceedings for the issuance of bonds, that the bonds and the interest thereon constitute such lien upon the revenues of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof acquired, constructed, or completed, improved, or extended, by the department as may be provided for in the indenture. The indenture may provide that the bonds shall be secured by the revenues derived from the entire regional transit terminal or from revenues of only certain designated facilities therein.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: Interest on bonds may be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds during the period required for construction of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof, and for a period not to exceed three years thereafter as may be provided for in the indenture.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: Pending the actual issuance or delivery of definitive bonds, the commission may issue temporary or interim bonds, certificates or receipts of any denominations whatsoever, and with or without coupons, to be exchanged for definitive bonds when ready for delivery.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: All bonds, and the interest thereon, are exempt from all taxation by the State of California or any public corporation other than gift, inheritance and franchise taxes.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: The commission may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds for the purpose of redeeming or retiring any bonds issued by the commission. All provisions of this chapter applicable to the issuance of bonds are applicable to the refunding bonds and to the issuance, sale, or exchange thereof.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to provide funds for the payment of all bonds to be refunded thereby, and in addition for the payment of all expenses incident to the calling, retiring or paying of such outstanding bonds, and the issuance of such refunding bonds. These expenses may include the difference in amount between the par value of the refunding bonds and any amount less than par for which the refunding bonds are sold, any amount necessary to be made available for the payment of interest upon such refunding bonds from the date of sale thereof to the date of payment of the bonds to be refunded or to the date upon which the bonds to be refunded will be paid pursuant to the call thereof or agreement with the holders thereof, and the premium, if any, necessary to be paid in order to call or retire the outstanding bonds and the interest accruing thereon to the date of the call or retirement.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: All bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter are negotiable instruments, except when registered in the name of a registered owner.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: The commission may apply to the State Treasurer under the Districts Securities Law (Division 10 (commencing with Section 20000) of the Water Code), as such law now reads or may hereafter be amended to read, for the certification of any bonds issued by it as legal investments for savings banks and other funds, but such certification shall not be a condition precedent to the issuance of any bonds by the commission nor shall the State Treasurer have any jurisdiction over the expenditure of any proceeds of bonds certified by it. If the State Treasurer determines that the bonds are adequately secured and that the revenues of the commission applicable to the payment thereof are, or probably will be, sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the bonds, and if the State Treasurer certifies to that effect, the bonds so certified shall be eligible as legal investments for both public and private funds in the same manner as provided in the Districts Securities Law. The commission may issue bonds with or without such certification and shall not be precluded from issuing bonds subsequently without such certification, notwithstanding the fact that earlier issues of bonds may have been certified as legal investments.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: Prior to the issuance of any bonds, the commission may commence in the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the City and County of San Francisco, a special proceeding to determine the right to issue the bonds and their validity. Such proceedings shall be instituted and prosecuted in the same manner as provided by Sections 860 to 870, inclusive, of the Code of Civil Procedure, as these sections now read or may hereafter be amended to read, and these sections shall apply to and govern all such proceedings instituted under this chapter. Such proceeding shall be a proceeding in rem and the judgment rendered therein shall be conclusive against all persons whomsoever.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: No indenture need be recorded or filed in any public office, other than the office of the commission. The pledge of revenues provided in any indenture shall take effect forthwith as provided therein, and irrespective of the date of receipt of such revenues by the commission or the indenture trustee. Such pledge shall be effective as provided in the indenture without physical delivery of the revenues to the commission or to the indenture trustee.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: Subject to any applicable provisions which may be contained in an indenture, the commission may invest any available funds in bonds issued by it and may hold, cancel, or resell such bonds.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: While any bonds issued by the commission remain outstanding and unpaid, the power of the department to establish, levy, and collect rents, fees, and other charges in connection with the regional transit terminal shall not be diminished or impaired.

article: 4. Revenue Bonds


text: After the transbay transit terminal has been transferred to the authority, it may thereafter proceed with construction of the regional transit terminal. It may also thereafter enlarge or extend the regional transit terminal if such enlargement or extension is, in its judgment, necessary or convenient for the development of transportation service in the San Francisco Bay area. Such terminal or enlargement or extension thereof shall be constructed in such a manner that it conforms to building codes of the City and County of San Francisco.

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text: The authority has full charge of the acquisition, construction, and completion of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof authorized by it. The authority may construct the regional transit terminal or any part thereof and acquire all property necessary therefor on such terms and conditions as it deems advisable or may contract with a developer for such work. The authority, without awarding a contract for the construction of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof, may do the work directly and may purchase the materials, hire labor, and do all other things necessary for the doing of the work. When any part of the work is to be done or performed by any department or agency of the United States of America or the State of California or any city, county, district or other public corporation, jointly or in connection with the authority, the portion of the cost thereof to be borne by the authority may be turned over to the department, or agency, or political subdivision or public corporation to be expended by it in the acquisition, construction, or completion of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof.

article: 5. Acquisition, Construction, Completion, Improvement, Betterment, and Extension of the Regional Transit Terminal


text: Title to all property acquired by the authority and the revenues and income therefrom, is in the name of the authority. The title to any moneys, revenues, sinking funds, reserve funds and other funds of the authority and the income thereof pledged to the payment of the principal or any interest on any bonds issued hereunder is subject to the trusts hereby created in favor of the bondholders. The management, operation and control of the regional transit terminal and of every part thereof acquired, constructed or completed by the authority shall be vested in the authority; provided, however, that any indenture may contain provisions with respect to the exercise thereof.


text: The authority may use for the payment of the cost of acquisition, construction, completion, additions, betterments, extensions and repairs of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof any funds made available to the authority to be expended for the accomplishing of the purposes set forth in this title or the proceeds of bonds issued and sold by the authority, subject to the provisions of any applicable indenture.


text: The authority may insure against any accident to or destruction of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof. Any money collected on such insurance shall be used for the purpose of repairing or rebuilding the facility or any part thereof damaged, injured or destroyed, or for the retirement of any bonds issued by the authority as may be set forth in the indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds.


text: The authority may insure against loss of revenues from any cause whatsoever and the proceeds of any such insurance shall be used as provided in the indenture securing any then outstanding bonds of the authority.


text: The authority may insure against public liability or property damage. It may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of any revenue bonds for the carrying of such or any other insurance, in such amount and of such character as may be specified, and for the payment of the premiums thereon.


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(a) If the department contracts with a developer for the design, construction, operation, and management of the regional transit terminal, the contract shall require the developer to make annual payments to the commission sufficient in amount to meet all obligations assumed by the commission under the provisions of any bond indenture, including, but not limited to, annual interest, principal payments, and operating and maintenance costs of the terminal.

(b) If the department itself undertakes operation of the regional transit terminal, it shall fix rents, rates, fees, and charges for occupancy or use of the facilities thereof in compliance with the terms of any applicable indenture.

article: 6. Rents, Rates, Fees, and Charges

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text: Subject to such contractual obligations as may be entered into by the commission and the holders of bonds issued under this chapter, the department is authorized to change such rates, rents, fees, and charges from time to time as conditions warrant.

article: 6. Rents, Rates, Fees, and Charges


text: All rates, rents, fees, and charges shall comply with the provisions of any applicable indenture. The bond redemption and interest payments shall, to the extent provided in the indenture, constitute a first, direct and exclusive charge and lien on all such rates, rents, fees, charges, and other revenues and interest thereon received from the use and operation of the regional transit terminal, and on any sinking or other funds created therefrom; and all such rates, rents, fees, charges, and other revenues, together with interest thereon, shall constitute a trust fund for the security and payment of such bonds and, except as and to the extent provided in the indenture with respect to the payment therefrom of expenses for other purposes including administration, operation, maintenance, improvements or extensions of the regional transit terminal or other purposes, shall not be used or pledged for any other purpose so long as such bonds, or any of them, are outstanding and unpaid.

article: 6. Rents, Rates, Fees, and Charges


text: The commission may provide in an indenture that the rates, rents, fees, and charges established are minimum rates, rents, fees, and charges and subject to increase or decrease in accordance only with the terms of the indenture.

article: 6. Rents, Rates, Fees, and Charges


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The holder of any bond may, for the equal benefit and protection of all holders of bonds similarly situated, do either of the following:

(a) By mandamus or other appropriate proceedings, require and compel the performance of any of the duties imposed upon the commission or department or assumed by it, its officers, agents, or employees under the provisions of any indenture, in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, reconstruction, or insurance of the regional transit terminal, or in connection with the collection, deposit, investment, application, and disbursement of the rates, rents, fees, charges, and other revenues derived from the operation and use of the terminal, or in connection with the deposit, investment, and disbursement of the proceeds received from the sale of bonds.

(b) By action or suit in equity, require the commission or department to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust, or enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of the bonds.

article: 7. Rights of Bondholders

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text: The enumeration of the rights and remedies in Section 67620 does not exclude the exercise or prosecution of any other rights or remedies available to the holders of bonds.

article: 7. Rights of Bondholders


text: The authority may accept contributions or appropriations from the United States of America, the State of California, or any department or agency of either thereof, or from any public corporation.

article: 8. Contributions and Cooperation

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text: The authority may cooperate and contract with the United States of America under any act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted authorizing or permitting such cooperation. The authority may enter into any contract, arrangement, or agreement with, and may cooperate with the Department of Transportation or any other department or agency of the State of California or any public corporation for the development, construction, improvement, or maintenance of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof.

article: 8. Contributions and Cooperation


text: The proceeds from the sale of bonds shall be paid to any bank or trust company designated as the fiscal agent, trustee, or depositary of the commission, as provided in this chapter. If a part of the cash proceeds of the sale or exchange of bonds is to be used for operating funds of the regional transit terminal, such proceeds or part thereof shall be placed in any fund designated in the indenture pursuant to which the bonds are issued.

article: 9. Funds

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text: The proceeds of the sale of bonds shall be deposited and disbursed as provided in the indenture authorizing the issuance of such bonds.

article: 9. Funds


text: Any surplus moneys which shall exist after the payment in full of all costs of acquisition, construction, and completion of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof for which the bonds were issued, may be paid out and disbursed as provided in the indenture.

article: 9. Funds


text: The commission shall, in any indenture, designate a trustee or fiscal agent, which shall be a bank or trust company, or banks or trust companies, duly qualified to do business in this state, to receive the proceeds of such bonds and to hold the same separate and apart from all other funds of the commission. Such moneys shall be paid out and disbursed as provided in the indenture.

article: 9. Funds


text: The proceeds of the sale of bonds, held by any fiscal agent, trustee, or depositary of the commission, not currently required to meet acquisition or construction costs or expenses payable from the construction fund, or interest on the bonds, may be invested in bonds and other obligations eligible for investment of surplus county moneys, subject to such limitations as may be provided in the indenture. Any income or interest thereon shall be added to, and become a part of, the particular fund upon which such interest or income accrues.

article: 9. Funds


text: All revenues received from the operation of the regional transit terminal shall be paid over by the authority, to any fiscal agent, trustee, or depositary appointed by the authority, as provided in the indenture. The authority may, in its absolute discretion, fix the terms and conditions upon which the fiscal agent or trustee or trustees shall receive, hold, and disburse such revenues, and may prescribe the duties and powers of such fiscal agent, trustee or trustees or depositary in the indenture.

article: 9. Funds


text: Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this article, the indenture may specify the fund or funds into which any part of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be paid and the uses of such fund or funds. The revenues likewise may be payable into such fund or funds as may be provided in the indenture and shall be used only as authorized in the indenture.

article: 9. Funds


text: The authority and its officers and agents may perform such acts and enter into such agreements, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the duties and powers conferred upon the authority by this chapter, including all such acts or agreements in connection with acquiring, constructing, completing, maintaining, operating, repairing, insuring, or replacing the regional transit terminal or any part thereof, for the safeguarding of funds and revenues required for the purposes of this chapter, and for the payment of the bonds issued pursuant to this chapter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the authority may lease out all or any part of the regional transit terminal.

article: 10. General Authority

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For purposes of this title, the following definitions apply:

(a) “AC Transit” means the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District.

(b) “Alameda County small bus operators” means the Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority and Union City Transit.

(c) “BART” means the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.

(d) “Board” means the governing board of the Public Transit Revenue Measure District.

(e) “Caltrain” means the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board.

(f) “Commission” means the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

(g) “Commissioner” means a voting member serving on the commission pursuant to Section 66503.

(h) “Contra Costa County small bus operators” means the Central Contra Costa Transit Authority, the Western Contra Costa Transit Authority, and the Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority.

(i) “County” includes city and county.

(j) “County elections official” means a county clerk, registrar of voters, or elections supervisor having jurisdiction over elections within the county.

(k) “District” means the Public Transit Revenue Measure District.

(l) (1) “District elections official” means the official designated by the board to perform the duties required for the purposes of an initiative under Article 1 (commencing with Section 9300) of Chapter 4 of Division 9 of the Elections Code, except as provided in paragraph (2).

(2) For purposes of Section 9306, subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 9308, subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 9309, and Section 9312, of the Elections Code, “district elections official” refers to the county elections officials charged with the duty of conducting the election for the counties participating in the measure.

(3) This subdivision shall become inoperative on December 31, 2026.

(m) “Golden Gate Transit” means the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.

(n) “Muni” means the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

(o) “Participating county transportation entity” means any of the following:

(1) Alameda County Transportation Commission, also referred to as ACTC.

(2) Contra Costa Transportation Authority, also referred to as CCTA.

(3) San Francisco County Transportation Authority, also referred to as SFCTA.

(4) San Mateo County Transit District, also referred to as SMCTD.

(5) Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, also referred to as SCVTA.

(p) “Public transit expenses” means public transit operations expenses, or expenses for public transit capital improvement projects that maintain or improve public transit service, including expenses for public transit-specific components of a multimodal transportation project.

(q) “San Francisco Bay Ferry” means the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority.

(r) “Subject operator” means a transit operator subject to the financial efficiency review pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 67760) of Part 2.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 740, Sec. 4. (SB 63) Effective January 1, 2026.)

chapter: 1. General Provisions

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(a) The Public Transit Revenue Measure District is hereby established with jurisdiction extending throughout the territorial boundaries of the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara, and the City and County of San Francisco.

(b) The district shall be governed by the same board that governs the commission. The district shall be a separate legal entity from the commission.

(c) The formation and jurisdictional boundaries of the district are not subject to the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5).

(d) The district shall be staffed by the existing staff of the commission or any successor agency, with the understanding that additional staff may be needed to administer the requirements of this title.

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text: This title shall apply only to the counties and city and county identified pursuant to Section 67710.

title: 7.85. SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSIT FINANCE

chapter: 2. The Public Transit Revenue Measure District and Governing Board


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(a) The board may impose a retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable to the entire district in accordance with Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code if the electors voting on the measure vote to approve its imposition at the election described in Section 67734 in accordance with this title and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(b) The board may impose a retail transactions and use tax pursuant to subdivision (a) that, in combination with all taxes imposed in accordance with Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, exceeds the limit established in Section 7251.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(c) The board, in the ordinance, shall do all of the following:

(1) State the nature of the tax to be imposed.

(2) Provide the tax rates as follows:

(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the tax rate shall be one-half of 1 percent in each county comprising the district.

(B) The tax rate in the City and County of San Francisco shall be 1 percent.

(3) Specify the period during which the tax will be imposed, which shall be 14 years beginning on the date the ordinance becomes operative.

(4) Specify the purposes for which the revenue derived from the tax will be used, consistent with Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 67750).

(d) Notwithstanding Section 7251.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the tax rate authorized pursuant to this section shall not be considered for purposes of the combined rate limit established by Section 7251.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

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(a) Notwithstanding Section 9300 of the Elections Code or any other law, the taxes authorized by Section 67730 may also be imposed by a qualified voter initiative pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division 9 of the Elections Code if the electors voting on the measure vote to approve its imposition at the election described in Section 67734 in accordance with the requirements of this title and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(b) In addition to the procedures set forth in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division 9 of the Elections Code, if an ordinance containing a tax authorized by this title is proposed by an initiative petition, the initiative shall comply with all of the substantive requirements applicable to a tax imposed by the board pursuant to this title, including the requirement that the proceeds of the tax be distributed, transferred, allocated, and expended pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 67750).

(c) Consistent with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division 9 of the Elections Code, a ballot title and summary are not required for an initiative petition proposed pursuant to this chapter.

chapter: 1. Retail Transactions and Use Tax Authorization


text: A tax proposed pursuant to this title may only be placed on the ballot for the November 3, 2026, statewide general election and shall be submitted to the voters of the entire district in accordance with Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 67740).


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(a) Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply to any judicial action or proceeding to validate, attack, review, set aside, void, or annul a tax ordinance approved by the voters pursuant to this title.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 860 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the district may, upon the approval of the tax ordinance by the voters pursuant to this title, and for 30 days thereafter, bring an action in the superior court of the county in which the principal office of the district is located to determine the validity of that matter. The action shall be in the nature of a proceeding in rem.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 863 of the Code of Civil Procedure, if proceedings have not been brought by the district pursuant to subdivision (b), any interested person may bring an action within the time and in the court specified by subdivision (b) to determine the validity of that matter. The district shall be a defendant and shall be served with the summons and complaint in the action in the manner provided by law for the service of a summons in a civil action. In that action the summons shall be in the form prescribed in Section 861.1 of the Code of Civil Procedure except that in addition to being directed to “all persons interested in the matter of [specifying the matter],” it shall also be directed to the district. If the interested person bringing that action fails to complete the publication and other notice as may be prescribed by the court in accordance with Section 861 of the Code of Civil Procedure and to file proof thereof in the action within 30 days from the filing of their complaint, the action shall be forthwith dismissed on the motion of the district unless good cause for such failure is shown by the interested person.

(d) Any appeal from the final judgment in an action or proceeding brought pursuant to this section shall be filed within 30 days after entry of the judgment.


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(a) If the board of the district or a qualified voter initiative proposes a measure for the approval of a tax ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 67730), the board of supervisors for each of the counties that comprise the district shall call a special election on the tax ordinance. The special election shall be consolidated with the November 3, 2026, statewide general election and the tax ordinance shall be submitted to the voters of each county comprising the district.

(b) For the purpose of the placement of a tax ordinance on the ballot, the Public Transit Revenue Measure District is a “district,” as defined in Section 317 of the Elections Code. A measure proposed by the board that requires voter approval or a qualified initiative measure proposed for the district by the voters of the counties comprising the district shall be submitted to the voters of the counties that are contained in the district, in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code applicable to districts, including Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division 9 of the Elections Code.

(c) If the measure is proposed by a qualified voter initiative, after the petition has been filed, the county elections officials shall examine the petition in accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 9308, or subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 9309, of the Elections Code. It is the intent of the Legislature that county elections officials shall cooperate with the district elections official to resolve any issues arising from the counting or verification of signatures.

(d) Notwithstanding any provision of the Elections Code, the legal counsel for the district shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure. Each county included in the district shall use the election materials provided by the district, including the exact ballot question, impartial analysis, and the full text of the ballot measure, for inclusion in the county voter information guide.

(e) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the lead county of the district, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 9611 of the Elections Code, shall perform those duties specified in Section 9611 of the Elections Code to be performed by a lead county.

(2) (A) Notwithstanding any provision of the Elections Code, an individual voter who is eligible to vote on the measure or a bona fide association of citizens, or a combination of those voters and associations, may file a written argument for, or against, the measure. The authors shall submit those arguments to the elections official of the county in which the authors want the arguments printed in the county voter information guide. Each county elections official in the district shall select, from among submissions of proposed arguments in favor of, and against, the measure, the arguments to be included in the county voter information guide of that county.

(B) If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the measure is submitted to a county elections official, that official shall select one of the arguments in favor and one of the arguments against the measure for printing and distribution to the voters. In selecting the argument, the county elections official shall give preference and priority in the order named to the arguments of the following:

(i) The individual voter or bona fide association of citizens, or a combination of those voters and associations, who are the bona fide sponsors or proponents of the measure.

(ii) Bona fide associations of citizens.

(iii) Individual voters who are eligible to vote on the measure.

(C) In order to enable the county elections official to determine whether it qualifies as a bona fide association of citizens, an organization or association submitting an argument for or against the measure shall submit with its argument a copy of one of the following:

(i) Its articles of incorporation, articles of association, partnership documents, bylaws, or similar documents.

(ii) Letterhead containing the name of the organization and its principal officers.

(iii) If the organization or association is a primarily formed committee established to support or oppose the measure, its statement of organization filed pursuant to Section 84101.

(D) In selecting an argument from among bona fide associations of citizens, the county elections official shall not consider the type of documentation submitted pursuant to subparagraph (C) or the form of the association.

(E) Each county shall be responsible for providing arguments to authors for rebuttal purposes and translating the arguments and rebuttals submitted to that county, except if the same argument or rebuttal is submitted to more than one county, then translation shall proceed consistent with subdivision (f).

(f) If two or more counties included in the measure are required to prepare a translation of ballot materials into the same language other than English, the county that contains the largest population, as determined by the most recent federal decennial census, among those counties that are required to prepare a translation of ballot materials into the same language other than English, shall prepare the translation or authorize the district to prepare the translation, and that translation shall be used by the other county or counties, as applicable.

(g) (1) Notwithstanding Section 13116 of the Elections Code or any other law, in each county included in the district the measure shall be identified on the ballot by the designation “Regional Transit Measure” instead of under the name of the district.

(2) Notwithstanding Section 13109 of the Elections Code or any other law, in each county included in the district the measure shall appear on the ballot immediately after statewide ballot measures submitted to the voters and before all other local ballot measures submitted to the voters.

(h) The county clerk of each county shall report the results of the special election to the district. If the approval threshold required by the California Constitution at the time of the election is achieved, the measure shall take effect in the district in accordance with the requirements of this title. For purposes of determining whether the measure is approved, the approval threshold shall be assessed based on the cumulative vote within the entire district, and not separately within each county comprising the district.

(i) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10520 of the Elections Code, the district shall reimburse each county that comprises the district from funds made available pursuant to Section 67750 only for the incremental costs incurred by the county elections official related to submitting the measure to the voters with proceeds from the measure.

(2) For purposes of this subdivision, “incremental costs” includes both of the following:

(A) The cost to prepare a translation of ballot materials into a language other than English by any county, as described in subdivision (f).

(B) The additional costs that exceed the costs incurred for other election races or ballot measures, if any, appearing on the same ballot in each county in which the measure appears on the ballot, including both of the following:

(i) The printing and mailing of ballot materials.

(ii) The canvass of the vote regarding the measure pursuant to Division 15 (commencing with Section 15000) of the Elections Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 101, Sec. 1. (SB 830) Effective July 16, 2026.)

chapter: 2. Election Procedures

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The district shall distribute revenues generated pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 67740) on an annual basis as follows:

(a) The district shall pay the administrative costs associated with the collection of the revenues incurred by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, and the amounts necessary for the costs incurred by the district or commission to perform the duties required under this title, including, but not limited to, election cost reimbursements specified in Section 67740, costs incurred for the financial efficiency review described in Section 67762, costs incurred for any required legal defense, and other one-time costs associated with administering the tax ordinance authorized by this title.

(b) After the amounts paid in subdivision (a), the district shall transfer the remaining revenues, with no discretion to withhold, reduce, delay, modify, specify the use of, or condition those revenues, as follows:

(1) (A) The revenues described in subparagraph (B) to the commission for the ongoing costs associated with administering this title. If the amount transferred pursuant to this paragraph exceeds that which is necessary for administrative costs in a given year, the commission may use those excess funds for the purposes identified in paragraphs (10) to (12), inclusive.

(B) All of the following revenues shall be transferred to the commission pursuant to this paragraph:

(i) 0.25 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Alameda.

(ii) 0.25 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Contra Costa.

(iii) 0.13 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the City and County of San Francisco.

(iv) 0.25 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of San Mateo.

(v) 0.25 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Santa Clara.

(2) The following revenues to the commission for allocation to BART for transit operations expenses:

(A) 64.70 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Alameda.

(B) 58.59 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Contra Costa.

(C) 29.14 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the City and County of San Francisco.

(D) 26.64 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of San Mateo.

(3) The following revenues to the commission for allocation to Muni for transit operations expenses:

(A) 1.09 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Contra Costa.

(B) 62.87 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the City and County of San Francisco.

(C) 7.40 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of San Mateo.

(4) The following revenues to the commission for allocation to Caltrain for transit operations expenses:

(A) 3.97 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the City and County of San Francisco.

(B) 24.07 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of San Mateo.

(C) 10.38 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Santa Clara.

(5) The following revenues to the commission for allocation to AC Transit for transit operations expenses:

(A) 21.25 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Alameda.

(B) 3.70 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Contra Costa.

(6) 2.43 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Alameda to the commission for allocation to the Alameda County small bus operators, apportioned among each operator in amounts determined by the Alameda County Transportation Commission, for transit operations expenses.

(7) 11.41 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Contra Costa to the commission for allocation to the Contra Costa County small bus operators, apportioned among each operator in amounts determined by the Contra Costa Transportation Authority, for transit operations expenses.

(8) The following revenues to the commission for allocation to San Francisco Bay Ferry for transit operations expenses:

(A) 1.62 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Alameda.

(B) 0.76 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Contra Costa.

(C) 0.97 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the City and County of San Francisco.

(9) 0.40 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the City and County of San Francisco to the commission for allocation to Golden Gate Transit for transit operations expenses.

(10) The following revenues to the commission for fare programs, including free and reduced-cost transfers and expanding the Clipper START program:

(A) 2.78 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Alameda.

(B) 2.78 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Contra Costa.

(C) 1.40 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the City and County of San Francisco.

(D) 2.78 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of San Mateo.

(E) 2.78 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Santa Clara.

(11) The following revenues to the commission for accessibility programs and projects:

(A) 1.11 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Alameda.

(B) 1.11 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Contra Costa.

(C) 0.56 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the City and County of San Francisco.

(D) 1.11 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of San Mateo.

(E) 1.11 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Santa Clara.

(12) The following revenues to the commission for mapping and wayfinding and transit priority projects and programs:

(A) 1.11 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Alameda.

(B) 1.11 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Contra Costa.

(C) 0.56 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the City and County of San Francisco.

(D) 1.11 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of San Mateo.

(E) 1.11 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Santa Clara.

(13) 4.75 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Alameda to the Alameda County Transportation Commission for public transit expenses and roadway repavement projects on roads served by fixed-route transit.

(14) 19.20 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Contra Costa to the Contra Costa Transportation Authority for public transit expenses and roadway repavement projects on roads served by fixed-route transit.

(15) 36.64 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of San Mateo to the San Mateo County Transit District for public transit expenses and roadway repavement projects on roads served by fixed-route transit.

(16) 84.37 percent of all revenues generated within the territory of the County of Santa Clara to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority for public transit expenses and roadway repavement projects on roads served by fixed-route transit.

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text: In allocating funds pursuant to this chapter, it is the intent of the Legislature that the commission not supplant funding from regularly programmed discretionary revenue sources that are allocated to the jurisdiction of the district and not increase the level of those regularly programmed discretionary revenue sources that are allocated to counties that are not contained in the district as a result of the approval of the measure pursuant to this title.

chapter: 3. Regional Public Transit Revenue Measure Expenditures


text: If the voters approve a tax ordinance pursuant to this title, the district shall establish an independent oversight committee within six months of the effective date of the tax increase to ensure that any revenues generated pursuant to this title are distributed and transferred by the district consistent with the applicable requirements set forth in this chapter. The committee may be consolidated with the oversight committee established pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 30923 of the Streets and Highways Code. The committee shall consist of either one or two representatives from each county included within the jurisdiction of the district appointed by the applicable county board of supervisors. The oversight committee may request any documents from the district to assist the committee in performing its functions.


text: The Legislature finds and declares that the allocation of revenues prescribed in this chapter is not intended to set any precedent for future funding relationships or agreements.


text: The Legislature finds and declares that financial efficiency and transparency are imperative to build public confidence and support for public transit.

chapter: 4. Financial Transparency and Review

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(a) The commission shall conduct a financial efficiency review of the subject operators, which are AC Transit, BART, Caltrain, and Muni pursuant to the timeline set forth in Section 67766.

(b) Phase one of the financial efficiency review shall exclusively identify the following:

(1) Cost-saving measures implemented since January 1, 2020, by the subject operators.

(2) (A) Early action strategies that would assist the subject operators in delivering increased or improved service and enhanced customer experiences with existing resources.

(B) In furtherance of the identification of early action strategies, phase one of the financial efficiency review shall include an analysis of the each subject operator’s real property assets. The analysis shall be conducted in consultation with the subject operators, and shall include an inventory of existing holdings and identify potential redevelopment opportunities, with an emphasis on housing, commercial, and mixed-use projects, and other efficient land uses near transit that can support ridership growth and generate long-term value. The analysis shall include a property asset map and a preliminary list of redevelopment opportunities to inform phase two of the financial efficiency review.

(c) (1) Phase two of the financial efficiency review shall identify a menu of cost-saving measures that, if implemented, would reduce one-time and ongoing fixed and variable costs for the subject operators. The review shall evaluate cost-saving measures using metrics such as cost per passenger mile and subsidy per passenger mile, reported in both nominal dollars and real dollars, and any other relevant measures needed to ensure results are quantifiable and actionable.

(2) (A) Phase two of the financial efficiency review shall also include a comprehensive regional assessment of development and financing strategies to maximize the value of each subject operator’s real property assets. The assessment shall, at a minimum, do all of the following:

(i) Evaluate strategies to leverage assets through housing, commercial, mixed-use, and other transit-supportive development.

(ii) Analyze potential impacts on ridership, revenue generation, fiscal stability, and broader public benefits, including affordable housing, job creation, and systemwide financial sustainability.

(iii) Consider governance structures and financing mechanisms, including opportunities for regional partnerships, and alignment with existing public and private financing tools.

(iv) Produce a regional development and financing strategy.

(d) The scope of both phases of the financial efficiency review shall consider administrative, operating, and capital costs and shall clearly distinguish between any recommended actions that would not impact service and those that would require service realignments or reductions.


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The commission shall contract with, and manage, a third-party consultant to conduct one or both phases of the financial efficiency review. The third-party consultant shall conduct the review in consultation with the subject operators and an oversight committee established by the commission that consists of all the following members:

(a) The chair of the commission, if the chair is from the geographic jurisdiction of the district, or another member of the commission designated by the chair that is from the geographic jurisdiction of the district.

(b) The board chair or president, or another member of the board designated by the chair or president, of each subject operator.

(c) Four independent experts appointed by the commission with expertise in public transit operations and finance.

(d) One representative from the Transportation Agency and one representative the Department of Finance as ex officio, nonvoting members.


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(a) On or before April 1, 2026, the third-party consultant procured for phase one shall complete the phase one analysis described in subdivision (b) of Section 67762 and transmit it to the oversight committee. The oversight committee shall review the phase one analysis, direct the third-party consultant to make any revisions, and adopt a final phase one analysis. The commission shall transmit the final phase one analysis to all of the following entities:

(1) The subject operators.

(2) The Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795.

(3) The Transportation Agency.

(4) Each participating county transportation entity.

(b) On or before July 1, 2026, each subject operator shall identify the specific strategies in the final adopted phase one analysis that it commits to implementing, and shall adopt those strategies as formal policy or budget actions, as applicable.

(c) If the certified election results identify that the tax ordinance has been approved by the voters pursuant to this title, all of the following shall occur no later than 480 days after the election results are certified:

(1) The third-party consultant procured for phase two shall complete the analysis described in subdivision (c) of Section 67762 and transmit it to the oversight committee. The oversight committee shall review the phase two analysis, direct the third-party consultant to make any revisions, and adopt a final phase two analysis, including a regional development and financing strategy produced pursuant to clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 67762. The commission shall transmit the phase two analysis to the entities described in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a).

(2) The oversight committee shall specify to each subject operator what information, at a minimum, shall be included for each cost-saving measure that each operator chooses to include in its implementation plan pursuant to subdivision (d).

(d) No later than 120 days after the actions required by subdivision (c) are complete, each subject operator shall submit to the oversight committee a draft implementation plan that describes all cost-saving measures the operator plans to implement, including all information related to those measures required by the oversight committee pursuant to subdivision (c). In developing the implementation plan, the operator shall balance financial efficiency, service, and system safety.

(e) The oversight committee shall review each draft implementation plan and either approve the plan or recommend revisions to further facilitate the implementation of recommendations identified in the phase two analysis.

(f) No later than 60 days after the oversight committee takes action pursuant to subdivision (e), the subject operator’s governing board shall do all of the following:

(1) Incorporate oversight committee recommendations made pursuant to subdivision (e), if applicable, into its implementation plan.

(2) Adopt a final implementation plan and transmit it to the oversight committee and to the entities described in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a).

(3) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a subject operator may reject the inclusion of one or more of the recommendations made by the oversight committee pursuant to subdivision (e) if the governing board of the operator makes a written finding when adopting the final implementation plan pursuant to paragraph (2) that the recommendation has an unacceptable impact on transit service or safety or is inconsistent with other documented local policies and procedures.

(B) Within 10 business days after a subject operator adopts a finding pursuant to subparagraph (A), the commission shall transmit written notice of the adoption of that finding to the policy committees of the Legislature with jurisdiction over transportation and to the Transportation Agency. The notice shall include the subject operator’s adopted finding pursuant to subparagraph (A).

(C) Any finding adopted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be time limited and shall expire no later than 12 months after adoption unless renewed by the subject operator following the procedures set forth in this chapter with an updated assessment demonstrating continuing need. The subject operator shall provide annual status updates to the commission that specifically address the basis for the adopted finding, including whether the circumstances or obstacles identified as preventing compliance have been resolved, mitigated, or otherwise changed. The status update shall identify specific steps taken to address the stated obstacle and a timeline for when compliance could reasonably be achieved if the obstacle is removed.

(g) The oversight committee shall terminate after each subject operator takes the actions required pursuant to subdivision (f). Each subject operator shall adhere to the final implementation plan it adopted pursuant to subdivision (f) until the expiration of the tax approved pursuant to this title, unless doing so is infeasible due to circumstances beyond the operator’s control, in which case the operator shall make a good faith effort to comply.

(h) As a condition of receiving continued funding pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 67750), each subject operator shall verify with the commission that it is in compliance with the requirements of this chapter. Before taking an action to withhold funds from a subject operator for noncompliance with the requirements of this chapter, the commission shall provide the operator a period of 90 days to comply before withholding funds. The commission shall withhold the funds until the operator complies with the requirements of this chapter. If the subject operator does not comply with the requirements of this chapter before the commission makes the final allocations of revenue from the tax ordinance approved by the voters pursuant to this title, the commission shall reallocate the withheld funds to support public transit expenses within the county or counties that the operator serves.


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(a) (1) As a condition of receiving funds pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 67750), each transit operator that the commission allocates funds to pursuant to paragraphs (2) to (9), inclusive, of subdivision (b) of Section 67750 shall verify to the commission that it will maintain its expected level of funding for operations and shall not supplant any sources of operating revenue under its control or fund sources allocated by the commission that were used for transit operations in the preceding three fiscal years.

(2) The expected level of funding for purposes of paragraph (1), which shall be referred to as the maintenance of effort, shall be calculated using the transit operator’s average discretionary operating expenditures for the preceding three fiscal years, two years in arrears as reported to the Controller in its annual report submitted pursuant to Section 99243 of the Public Utilities Code.

(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a transit operator subject to this chapter may reduce the amount of funding contributed towards its operating budget in proportion to any reduction in operating costs or reduction in operating revenue based on factors outside the control of the operator, including, but not limited to, the expiration of a voter-approved revenue source or the determination based on a statistically valid poll that an expiring ballot measure lacks sufficient support to warrant placement on the ballot.

(2) Before formally taking an action to reduce its operating funding pursuant to paragraph (1), a transit operator shall notify the commission in writing that it is reducing the amount of funding contributed towards its operating budget.

(c) A transit operator subject to this chapter may request that the commission grant an exception to the requirements of this chapter if the transit operator demonstrates any of the following conditions:

(1) The operator has a need to transfer operating funds to state of good repair needs for assets owned and operated by the operator.

(2) The operator has a need to cover the cost of compliance with a state or federal law or regulation.

(3) (A) The operator seeks to finance a public transit capital expense and does not require the full balance of its allocation of revenues provided pursuant to this title to maintain or exceed the service hours it provided in the 2018–19 fiscal year or the service hours it is currently providing, whichever is greater, and the redirection of its operational funding for the public transit capital expense will not require the operator to reduce its service hours.

(B) The Legislature finds and declares that it is beneficial for transit operators to increase the service hours of transit service they are providing beyond the service hours described in subparagraph (A).

(d) The commission shall provide written findings explaining why a request submitted pursuant to subdivision (c) is denied.

chapter: 5. Maintenance of Effort

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(a) If a tax ordinance is approved by the voters pursuant to this title, the commission shall establish an ad hoc adjudication committee for a subject operator if the commission receives a petition submitted pursuant to subdivision (d) at any time commencing two years after the tax ordinance is approved.

(b) An ad hoc adjudication committee established pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be composed of two commissioners from each of the counties from which revenues generated pursuant to the tax ordinance are allocated to the subject operator pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 67750.

(c) An ad hoc adjudication committee shall be responsible for assessing and adjudicating petitions submitted pursuant to this chapter regarding the applicable subject operator’s inconsistent application or execution of its adopted standards, policies, or commitments described in Section 67782 across counties within the district.

(d) (1) Consistent with paragraph (2), a participating county transportation entity or a county board of supervisors may submit a petition to the commission to establish an ad hoc adjudication committee and, once established, may submit a petition to the ad hoc adjudication committee, under either of the following circumstances:

(A) A subject operator is not consistently applying or achieving the standard, policy, or commitment in the geographic jurisdiction of the county or the participating county transportation entity, as applicable, as reasonably compared to the geographic jurisdiction of other counties or participating county transportation entities.

(B) A standard, policy, or commitment disproportionately disadvantages the operation or maintenance of the subject operator’s transit system in the geographic jurisdiction of the county or participating county transportation entity, as applicable, and there is no compelling reason for that standard, policy, or commitment to disproportionately disadvantage the operation or maintenance of the subject operator’s transit system in the geographic jurisdiction of the county or participating county transportation entity, as applicable.

(2) A participating county transportation entity, or a county board of supervisors, shall be the only entities that may submit a petition to an ad hoc adjudication committee established pursuant to this chapter, and may only submit a petition to an ad hoc adjudication committee established for a subject operator that is receiving funding from revenues generated from the jurisdiction of the applicable county pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 67750.

(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in each county from which a subject operator is receiving funding generated by the tax ordinance, no more than one petition per year may be submitted by both the participating county transportation entity and the county board of supervisors.

(B) An additional petition may be submitted within the same year if a participating county transportation entity or the county board of supervisors, as applicable, withdraws its petition pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 67784.

(e) Any ad hoc adjudication committee established pursuant to this chapter shall terminate on the date that the commission makes the final allocations of revenue pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 67750 from a tax ordinance approved by the voters pursuant to this title.

chapter: 6. Enhanced Accountability

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The scope of the adopted standards, policies, or commitments, or application of those standards, policies, or commitments, that may be the subject of a petition, assessment, and adjudication shall be the following issues related to the operation or maintenance of the subject operator’s transit system in the geographic jurisdiction of the applicable county or participating county transportation entity:

(a) Service frequency or route changes.

(b) Fare policy, such as the assessment of surcharges.

(c) Station, facility, or vehicle cleanliness.

(d) Station or facility maintenance.

(e) Station or facility closures.

(f) Safety and security.


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(a) Before taking a board action pursuant to subdivision (b), a participating county transportation entity or county board of supervisors shall seek to address the issue that is the subject of a prospective petition directly with the subject operator, including by providing the operator with an opportunity to directly address the issue.

(b) Before submitting a petition to an ad hoc adjudication committee, the governing board of a participating county transportation entity or the county board of supervisors shall take formal board action to approve the petition.

(c) At any time before the commission is directed to take final action to withhold funding pursuant to Section 67788, a participating county transportation entity or county board of supervisors may withdraw its petition with a formal board action, or decision of the chair of, the applicable participating county transportation entity or county board of supervisors.