JurisdictionCaliforniaCode PUCPublic Utilities Code - PUC
Div. 12.DIVISION 12. COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS
Ch. 4.CHAPTER 4. Powers and Functions
Art. 6.ARTICLE 6. Transactions and Use Taxes
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a)In authorizing the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to impose a transaction and use tax pursuant to Section 130350.5, the Legislature intends for the net revenues derived from the tax to be used to fund a transportation investment program that provides mobility, health, and safety benefits to the people residing in all regions of the County of Los Angeles.
(b)For purposes of proposing to the voters of the County of Los Angeles the imposition of a 0.5 percent transaction and use tax at the election held on November 4, 2008, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 130350.5, the MTA adopted, on July 24, 2008, a local ordinance that includes as “Attachment A” a plan for the expenditure of the net revenue
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a)
In authorizing the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to impose a transaction and use tax pursuant to Section 130350.5, the Legislature intends for the net revenues derived from the tax to be used to fund a transportation investment program that provides mobility, health, and safety benefits to the people residing in all regions of the County of Los Angeles.
(b)
For purposes of proposing to the voters of the County of Los Angeles the imposition of a 0.5 percent transaction and use tax at the election held on November 4, 2008, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 130350.5, the MTA adopted, on July 24, 2008, a local ordinance that includes as “Attachment A” a plan for the expenditure of the net revenues derived from the imposition of the tax. The adoption of Attachment A constitutes the adoption of an expenditure plan pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 130350.5.
(c)
In addition to the projects and funding amounts identified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of 130350.5, the adopted expenditure plan includes other high-priority projects and funding amounts for the region, including, but not limited to, the following projects:
(1)
Green Line Extension to the Los Angeles International Airport– two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000).
(2)
Interstate 710 North Gap Closure (tunnel) – seven hundred eighty million dollars ($780,000,000).
(3)
Gold Line Eastside Extension – one billion two hundred seventy-one million dollars ($1,271,000,000).
(4)
Interstate 605 Corridor “Hot Spot” Interchanges – five hundred ninety million dollars ($590,000,000).
(d)
The Legislature finds and declares that all regions of the county stand to benefit from the proposed expenditure plan; therefore, the MTA shall strive to maintain the fair and equitable geographic balance in the plan and shall strive to complete those capital projects as soon as practicable, consistent with the requirements of the proposing ordinance, state and federal law.
(e)
Because it is in the interest of the people of the County of Los Angeles and the people of the State of California to ensure that the net revenues derived from the tax imposed pursuant to this act are expended efficiently, and in a manner consistent with the adopted expenditure plan, the MTA shall notify the Legislature prior to the adoption of amendments to the adopted expenditure plan.