Section 130245 Of Article 2. Contracts From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 12. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 2.
130245
. (a) An advisory committee shall be created to review issues
and make recommendations to the Orange County Transportation
Authority and the Riverside County Transportation Commission
regarding the facilities authorized pursuant to Sections 130240 and
130244, including tolls imposed, operations, maintenance,
interoperability, and use of toll revenues, and improvements in the
State Highway Route 91 corridor, including the identification and
siting of alternative highways. The committee shall consist of 10
voting members and three nonvoting members, as follows:
(1) Five members of the Board of Directors of the Orange County
Transportation Authority appointed by that board.
(2) Five members of the Riverside County Transportation Commission
appointed by that commission.
(3) One member of the San Bernardino Associated Governments
appointed by that body, and the district directors of Districts 8 and
12 of the Department of Transportation, all of whom shall be
nonvoting members.
(b) The advisory committee shall establish rules for the conduct
of committee meetings, which rules shall be approved by both the
Orange County Transportation Authority and the Riverside County
Transportation Commission. The authority and the commission may
appoint alternates to the committee.
(c) When reviewing the initial toll structure proposed by the
Orange County Transportation Authority and the Riverside County
Transportation Commission or any changes to the toll structure, the
advisory committee shall place an information item on a regularly
scheduled agenda for public comment and consideration of the advisory
committee.
(d) The Orange County Transportation Authority shall conduct an
audit on an annual basis of the toll revenues collected and
expenditures made during its operation of the facilities authorized
in Section 130240. The audit shall review revenues and expenditures
related to those facilities for consistency with that section and
shall be provided to the advisory committee.
(e) The Riverside County Transportation Commission shall conduct
an audit on an annual basis of the toll revenues collected and
expenditures made during its operation of the facilities authorized
in Section 130244. The audit shall review revenues and expenditures
related to those facilities for consistency with that section and
shall be provided to the advisory committee.
(f) The Orange County Transportation Authority and the Riverside
County Transportation Commission shall equally share all costs
associated with this section. None of these costs shall be paid from
state funds.