(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
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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 the 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 full text of the ballot measure for inclusion in the county voter information guide.
(e)
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.
(f)
Notwithstanding Section 13116 of the Elections Code, the elections officials of the counties where the measure will appear on the ballot shall mutually agree to use the same letter designation for the measure.
(g)
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.
(h)
(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 (e).
(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.