Section 30778 Of Article 5. San Francisco-oakland Rapid Transit Tube From California Streets And Highways Code >> Division 17. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 5.
30778
. (a) The annual tolls and revenues of the San
Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
after provision for the payment in full of all annual costs of
operation, insurance, and other expenses of the San Francisco-Oakland
Bay Bridge, and after payment or provision for payment in full of
all of the costs of any project involving the San Mateo-Hayward
Bridge, shall be pledged and used to finance and pay for the cost of
the construction of additional highway crossings across San Francisco
Bay as provided below, and for such other purposes as may be
authorized by law, including, but not limited to, payment of the
principal of, and interest and premiums, if any, on, and provision
for security of, the revenue bonds of the commission issued pursuant
to this article and the California Toll Bridge Authority Act (Chapter
1 (commencing with Section 30000)).
(b) Bonds for the construction of additional highway crossings
across San Francisco Bay may be authorized and issued by the
commission. In the event the commission shall be authorized to refund
any and all bonds issued for the construction of other toll bridges
or toll highway crossings of San Francisco Bay and the rivers and
streams tributary thereto in the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa,
Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma and the City
and County of San Francisco, then and in that event the commission is
authorized to issue all of the bonds to be issued for the additional
highway crossings over San Francisco Bay and the refunding bonds in
a single authorization, and to pledge to the payment of the principal
of, and interest on, all of the bonds and any provisions for the
further security thereof, including reserve fund or sinking fund
payments or otherwise, all of the revenues of all of the bridges of
San Francisco Bay and the rivers and streams tributary thereto,
including the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the San Mateo-Hayward
Bridge, the Dumbarton Bridge, the Carquinez Strait Bridges, the
Benicia-Martinez Bridge, the Antioch Bridge, and the Richmond-San
Rafael Bridge, or any thereof as may be determined by the commission,
together with revenues of the additional crossings to be constructed
across San Francisco Bay.