Section 130051.12 Of Chapter 2. Creation Of Commissions From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 12. >> Chapter 2.
130051.12
. (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority shall, at a minimum, reserve to itself exclusively, all of
the following powers and responsibilities:
(1) Establishment of overall goals and objectives to achieve
optimal transport service for the movement of goods and people on a
countywide basis.
(2) Adoption of the aggregate budget for all organizational units
of the authority.
(3) Designation of additional included municipal operators
pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 99285.
(4) Approval of final rail corridor selections.
(5) Final approval of labor contracts covering employees of the
authority and organizational units of the authority.
(6) Establishment of the authority's organizational structure.
(7) Conducting hearings and the setting of fares for the operating
organizational unit established pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) of Section 130051.11.
(8) (A) Approval of transportation zones.
(B) In determining the cost-effectiveness of any proposed
transportation zone, the authority may not approve or disapprove a
transportation zone based upon consideration of rates of wages and
other forms of compensation or hours and working conditions of
employees of the proposed transportation zone.
(C) Any determination of efficiencies that may be derived from the
approval of a transportation zone shall include consideration of
maintaining the prevailing rate of wages, hours, and other terms and
conditions of employment contained in current collective bargaining
agreements applicable to the authority as required under subdivision
(d) of Section 130051.11.
(D) A proposed transportation zone is not required to demonstrate
lower operating costs than those of the existing operator or
operators of the service to be transferred to the zone, but shall
demonstrate that the net cost will not be greater than the current
service.
(9) Approval of the issuance of any debt instrument with a
maturity date that exceeds the end of the fiscal year in which it is
issued.
(10) Approval of benefit assessment districts and assessment
rates.
(11) Approval of contracts for transit equipment acquisition that
exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000), and making the findings
required by subdivision (c) of Section 130238.
(b) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
shall in conjunction with the other municipal operators in the County
of Los Angeles perform a security assessment once every five years
to determine the safety and security measures required to protect the
operation of their systems and their passengers.