Section 99289 Of Article 5. Relationships Between Operators From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 10. >> Part 11. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 5.
99289
. (a) Funds received by a city or county designated as an
included municipal operator pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
99207 because it is not receiving adequate local public
transportation service from any transit districts in which it is
located may only be used by such a city or county to contract with an
operator for public transportation services.
(b) If the Metropolitan Transportation Commission determines that
it is not feasible on the basis of, among other things, cost to
contract with an operator pursuant to subdivision (a), the city or
county may use the funds for either or both of the following:
(1) The development and operation of a public transportation
system.
(2) Public transportation service received under contract from an
operator providing such service since at least July 1, 1972, or from
a common carrier, as defined in Section 211, which is under the
jurisdiction and control of the Public Utilities Commission and which
is engaged in the transportation of persons, as defined in Section
208.
(c) The system or the service under the contract, as the case may
be, shall be consistent, as determined by the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission, with the regional transportation plan.