Article 2. Retail Transactions And Use Tax of California Public Utilities Code >> Division 10. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 2.

The board shall, by ordinance, impose transactions and use taxes in conformity with Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for the purposes specified in Sections 29142 and 29142.2, subject to periodic legislative review and amendment.

Any transactions and use taxes ordinance adopted pursuant to this article shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 90 days after the effective date of this article, or January 1, 1970, whichever is later. Prior to the operative date of the ordinance, the district shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of the ordinance. If the district shall not have contracted with the State Board of Equalization prior to the operative date of its ordinance, it shall nevertheless so contract and in such case the operative date shall be the first day of the first calendar quarter following the execution of the contract. The contract entered into by the district with the State Board of Equalization prior to January 1, 1978, for the administration and operation of the transactions and use tax ordinance shall be amended to provide for the allocation of the transactions and use tax revenues pursuant to Section 29142.2.

(a) Revenues derived from the transactions and use taxes, not to exceed an aggregate principal amount of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000), plus the costs payable by the district to the State Board of Equalization for preparatory costs and for its services in connection with such taxes and plus the costs of issuance of, and interest payments on, bonds or notes secured by such revenues, shall be used for the planning, acquiring, and constructing of the district's approximately 75-mile system, including the San Francisco-Oakland Rapid Transit Tube and any and all works, structures, property, rolling stock, or other facilities of any kind which the district is authorized to acquire, construct, or complete.
  (b) Revenues in excess of the amount specified in subdivision (a) shall be used for purposes specified in Section 29142.2, operational purposes, the liquidation of operational deficits, and the payment of principal and interest on negotiable bonds issued pursuant to subdivision (c).
  (c) To finance the operation of its rapid transit system during the 1974-75 fiscal year, the district may issue negotiable bonds in an amount not to exceed sixteen million dollars ($16,000,000) in anticipation of the revenues specified in subdivision (b). However, upon a determination by the board that the issuance of sixteen million dollars ($16,000,000) in negotiable bonds, together with other funds available to the district, provide insufficient funds for the operation of the district during the 1975-76 fiscal year, the district may issue additional negotiable bonds in an amount not exceeding eight million dollars ($8,000,000). The district may also issue additional negotiable bonds in an amount not exceeding one million three hundred thousand dollars ($1,300,000) if the board determines that otherwise insufficient funds are available to the district for its operation during the 1976-77 fiscal year. The district shall pay the principal and interest on such bonds only from such revenues. Interest on such bonds may be funded, and paid from the proceeds of such bonds, for period of not to exceed two years from the date of such bonds. The board, by resolution shall determine the form, denomination, maturities, interest rates, and all other terms and conditions relative to the issuance of such negotiable bonds.

Notwithstanding Section 7271 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, after deduction for the cost of the State Board of Equalization in administering the transactions and use tax, the amounts collected under the ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 29140 and available for distribution shall be allocated as follows:
  (a) Seventy-five percent to the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  (b) Twenty-five percent shall be allocated by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, the City and County of San Francisco for its municipal railway system, and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District for transit services on the basis of regional priorities established by the commission. The allocations by the commission to these transit operators for transit services shall be in accordance with the criteria in the financial management plan which is to be developed and annually revised by the commission in coordination with the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, and the City and County of San Francisco.

No funds shall be allocated to an entity pursuant to Section 29142.2, after January 1, 1978, unless, as determined by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the transit operator:
  (a) Is a participating member of a regional transit coordinating council which the commission shall establish to better coordinate routes, schedules, fares, and transfers among the San Francisco Bay area transit operators and to explore potential advantages of joint ventures in areas such as marketing, maintenance, and purchasing. The commission shall be a member of the council.
  (b) Establishes, for the period for which the funds are allocated, fare levels such that fare revenues equal at least 33 percent of its operating cost, which shall be all of its costs in the expense object classes, exclusive of the costs of the depreciation and amortization expense object classes, of the uniform system of accounts and records adopted by the State Controller pursuant to Section 99243. The allocation period shall not be less than one calendar quarter nor longer than one fiscal year, as determined by the commission. For purposes of this subdivision, the two special transit service districts of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District shall be considered separate transit districts. On and after July 1, 1981, the commission may grant, any operator which was in compliance with the 33 percent requirement prior to that date, a credit not to exceed 5 percent to meet that requirement on the basis of special operating characteristics of its transit system, including, but not limited to, its transfer and special fare policies. In no event shall the combined fare revenues of the three operators, excluding any credit granted by the commission, be less than 33 percent of their combined operating cost.
  (c) Has complied with standards established by the commission pursuant to Section 66517.5 of the Government Code.

On and after July 1, 1984, for purposes of meeting the requirement of subdivision (b) of Section 29142.4, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission may consider, as fare revenues, that portion of the local support of an operator for its transit system which exceeds its base level of operating support as determined by the commission, if the commission finds that this consideration will enable the operator to maintain or improve vital transit within a coordinated fare structure.

Upon determination by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission that an operator has met the conditions specified in Section 29142.4, the commission shall notify the State Board of Equalization of the percentage of the transaction and use taxes to be allocated to the operator. Upon such notification, the State Board of Equalization shall transmit to the operator, as promptly as feasible, its share of the transaction and use taxes.

(a) Any portion of the transactions and use tax revenues available for allocation and not allocated by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission shall be invested through the Surplus Money Investment Fund. The amount invested and the accrued interest therefrom shall be available for allocation by the commission.
  (b) Any funds which accumulated during a period an operator is not in compliance with Section 29142.4 may be allocated to any operator in compliance with that section at the time of allocation.

(a) The district is hereby authorized to issue revenue bonds, payable, in whole or in part, from revenues made available under this article. Those revenues are deemed to be revenues of the enterprise for all purposes of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), and the restrictions therein provided against the securing of bonds by the taxing power or the proceeds of taxation do not apply. The district is deemed a "local agency" and the planning, acquiring, constructing, operating or maintaining of the district's rapid transit facilities, or any part thereof, is deemed an "enterprise," within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941. The provisions of that law not inconsistent with any of the provisions of this article are made applicable to the district, except that no election shall be required for the issuance of revenue bonds authorized by the board pursuant to this article and secured, in whole or in part, by the revenues made available under this article. Notwithstanding any provision of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941, the resolution or indenture authorizing the issuance of any revenue bonds secured, in whole or in part, by those revenues shall provide that the use of the revenues by the district to redeem bonds shall be continued in effect until the bonds are fully paid or provision has been made for their payment in full.
  (b) Notwithstanding Section 54388 of the Government Code or any other law, the revenue bonds authorized by this article may be sold through negotiated sale conducted in accordance with Section 53591 of the Government Code.
  (c) The district may borrow money in anticipation of the revenues made available under this article and may, from time to time, issue negotiable notes for that purpose.
  (d) In addition to pledging revenues for the payment of any revenue bonds, the district may pledge for the payment of the bonds all other income or receipts of the district which are not required by law to be used for other purposes.