§ 67780. — 67780. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 740, Sec. 4.)

California § 67780.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code GOV: Government Code - GOV
• Title 7.85.: TITLE 7.85. San Francisco Bay Area Regional Public Transit Finance
• Part 2.: PART 2. Transactions and Use Taxes
• Ch. 6.: CHAPTER 6. Enhanced Accountability

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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.

Legislative History

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