Section 8504 Of Chapter 12. Metropolitan Transportation Commission From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 12.
8504
. (a) Following the adoption by the commission of a regional
transportation expenditure plan, the board of supervisors of each
county and city and county in the region shall, upon the request of
the commission, submit to the voters at a local election consolidated
with a statewide primary or general election specified by the
commission, a measure, adopted by the commission, authorizing the
commission to impose the tax throughout the region.
(b) The measure may not be grouped with state or local measures on
the ballot, but shall be set forth in a separate category and shall
be identified as Regional Measure 2.
(c) Regardless of the system of voting used, the wording of the
measure shall read as follows:
"Shall The Metropolitan Transportation Commission be authorized to
impose a tax of ____ per gallon on the sale of gasoline to build and
operate transportation projects identified in the expenditure plan
adopted by the commission?"
(d) The commission shall reimburse each county and city and county
in the region for the cost of submitting the measure to the voters.
These costs shall be reimbursed from revenues derived from the tax if
the measure is approved by the voters or, if the measure is not
approved, from any funds of the commission that are available for
general transportation planning.
(e) The board of supervisors of a county or city and county may
elect not to submit the measure adopted by the commission to the
voters if it submits an alternative countywide transportation funding
measure to the voters at the same election.