Bill Text: CA SB1031 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: San Francisco Bay area: local revenue measure: transportation improvements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-24 - In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. [SB1031 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1031-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
May 13, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Senate
April 16, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Senate
March 18, 2024 |
Introduced by Senators Wiener and Wahab (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Ting) |
February 06, 2024 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
This act shall be known, and may be cited as, the Connect Bay Area Act of 2024.SEC. 3.
Section 13978.9 is added to the Government Code, to read:13978.9.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(D)Increasing
(i)Sharing passenger trips and vehicles.
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)Joint hiring of a mobility manager.
(v)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
SEC. 4.
Section 65081 of the Government Code is amended to read:65081.
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage metropolitan planning organizations and local air quality management districts or air pollution control districts to work with local employers to adopt policies that encourage commuting by means other than driving alone. To encourage this, the Legislature hereby establishes a program in that regard in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)“Commission” means the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
SEC. 5.
The heading of Division 1 (commencing with Section 66500) is added to Title 7.1 of the Government Code, to read:DIVISION 1. Metropolitan Transportation Commission
SEC. 6.
Section 66516 of the Government Code is amended to read:66516.
(a) (1) The commission shall be responsible for implementing a seamless transit rider experience across the region. To implement this responsibility, the commission shall adopt, and update as necessary, rules and regulations to promote the coordination of fares, including fare payment methods and transit fare integration, schedules, mapping and wayfinding, real-time transit information, and other customer-facing operating policies that would benefit from a regional approach for all public transit agencies within its jurisdiction.(2)Any funds allocated from a local transportation fund administered pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 99230) of Chapter 4 of Part 11 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code, consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 99270.5 of the Public Utilities Code.
(3)
SEC. 7.
Division 2 (commencing with Section 66538) is added to Title 7.1 of the Government Code, to read:DIVISION 2. Taxing Authority and Transportation Funding
CHAPTER 1. Definitions
66538.
For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply:CHAPTER 2. Special Taxes
66538.20.
(a) The commission, either directly or through a qualified voter initiative, may raise and allocate new revenue through all of the following funding mechanisms:66538.22.
(a) The commission may, either directly or through a qualified voter initiative, impose a retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable in the San Francisco Bay area in accordance with this division and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.66538.24.
(a) The commission may, either directly or through a qualified voter initiative, by ordinance, impose a tax on every employer in the San Francisco Bay area, except an employer defined by Section 676, 684, or 685 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, at a percentage, as determined by the commission, of wages paid to an individual.66538.26.
(a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, the commission may, either directly or through a qualified voter initiative, impose, by ordinance, a parcel tax within the San Francisco Bay area pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 66538.30), and any other applicable procedures provided by law.66538.28.
(a) The commission may, either directly or through a qualified voter initiative, by ordinance, impose a regional vehicle registration surcharge on each motor vehicle registered within the San Francisco Bay area. The commission shall not propose a measure to the electors to approve a surcharge pursuant to this section before January 1, 2030.CHAPTER 3. Election Procedures
66538.30.
(a) If the commission, either directly or through qualified voter initiative, proposes a measure pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 66538.20) that requires voter approval pursuant to the California Constitution, the board of supervisors of the county or counties in which the commission has determined to place the measure on the ballot shall call a special election on the measure. The special election shall be held no sooner than November 2026 and shall be consolidated with the next regularly scheduled statewide election. The measure shall be submitted to the voters in the appropriate counties, consistent with the requirements of Articles XIII A, XIII C, and XIII, or Article XVI, of the California Constitution, as applicable.CHAPTER 4. Expenditures
66538.40.
(a) Revenues generated pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 66538.20) shall only be used to fund transportation improvements in the San Francisco Bay area, consistent with subdivision (c).CHAPTER 5. Bonds
66538.50.
The commission may incur indebtedness and issue bonds and other securities as follows:CHAPTER 6. Miscellaneous
66538.60.
Any action or proceeding to contest, question, or deny the validity of a tax provided for in this division, the financing of the programs and projects contemplated by this division, the issuance of any bonds secured by those taxes, or any of the related proceedings, shall be commenced within 60 days from the date of the election at which the tax is approved. After that date, the financing of the program, the issuance of the bonds, and all related proceedings, including the collection of the taxes, shall be held valid and incontestable in every respect.66538.62.
The commission may in its own name do all acts necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers under this division and the financing of the programs, projects and purposes identified in this division, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(a)In determining whether there is compliance with Section 99268.1, 99268.2, 99268.3, 99268.4, 99268.5, or 99268.9, as the case may be, by operators serving the area of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, excluding the City and County of San Francisco, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission may make that determination for all or some of the operators as a group, if the Metropolitan Transportation Commission finds that the public transportation services of the operators grouped are coordinated.
(b)Commencing with claims for the 2025–26 fiscal year, an operator providing service within the area under the jurisdiction of
the Metropolitan Transportation Commission shall not be eligible to make a claim pursuant to Section 99260 unless the operator is in compliance with the commission’s rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 66516 of the Government Code.