Section 130350.4 Of Article 6. Transactions And Use Taxes From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 12. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 6.
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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.