Section 131051 Of Chapter 2. County Transportation Expenditure Plan From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 12.5. >> Chapter 2.
131051
. The county transportation expenditure plan shall consist of
all of the following:
(a) (1) A list of essential traffic and transportation projects in
the order of priority within the county, and their respective
sponsoring agencies, which current estimates of federal, state, and
local funds indicate are insufficient to provide for their
completion. The types of projects may include, but are not limited
to, capital, maintenance, repair, or operation projects. However, no
project shall be included that does not have a sponsoring agency.
Estimates of federal and state funding shall be based on estimates
provided by the staff of the commission. The sponsoring agency shall
provide cost estimates for its projects. An agency which administers
a retail transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this
division shall not be a public transit operator. In addition, any
state highway project is subject to approval by the department. Any
project estimated to have adequate funding shall not be included on
the list.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), funds generated from this
division may be used to advance construction to an earlier date for
projects contained in the state transportation improvement plan with
the concurrence of the county transportation authority, the
commission, the California Transportation Commission, and the
department.
(b) An estimate of the costs of each of the projects listed in
subdivision (a).
(c) An estimate of the current sources of funds available to
assist in the completion of each of the projects listed in
subdivision (a).
(d) An estimate of the additional amounts of funds to make up the
difference between figures in subdivisions (b) and (c) for each of
the projects listed in subdivision (a).
(e) A recommendation on whether the adoption of a retail
transactions and use tax ordinance would be necessary to fund the
projects listed in subdivision (a). If a recommendation is made for
the adoption of that ordinance, it shall include a recommendation as
to whether the tax shall be permanent or for a specific term. The
recommendation shall also address the issue of whether a bonding
authority should be sought and on the limitations of that authority.
(f) A recommendation on whether the board of supervisors should
request the voters to authorize the creation of a county
transportation authority pursuant to this division to impose and
administer the proceeds of the tax ordinance recommended in
subdivision (e), or whether the board of supervisors should request
the commission to impose and administer the proceeds of the tax. The
ordinance shall be subject to the approval of a majority of the
electors voting on the measure to approve the imposition of the tax.
(g) If the recommendation is for the board of supervisors to ask
the voters to request the commission to impose the tax, a
recommendation shall be made for the establishment and membership of
an advisory committee to advise the commission on the administration
of the recommended county transportation expenditure plan.
(h) If the recommendation is for the creation of a county
transportation authority, the recommendation shall also include the
membership of the authority, specifying the number to represent local
governments and the number to represent the county.
(i) A recommendation as to whether to seek the support of adjacent
counties for projects that have intercounty impact by requesting the
board of supervisors and the city selection committee of each of the
adjacent counties to develop a county transportation expenditure
plan for their respective county. Adjacent counties shall endeavor to
work cooperatively together to develop mutual traffic and
transportation projects identified in their respective county
transportation expenditure plan.