30880. It is the intent of the Legislature that toll bridge
revenues be used to further the development of public transportation
systems in the vicinity of toll bridges in order to alleviate
automobile-related congestion and pollution and to diminish the need
for state expenditures on new bridge facilities.
30881. "Authority" means the Bay Area Toll Authority.
30882. "Commission" means the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission.
30883. "Department" means the Department of Transportation.
30884. (a) "Net transit revenues" means those revenues of the San
Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, and the
Dumbarton Bridge determined by the authority as derived from the toll
increase instituted by the commission in 1977. The calculation of
the amount of the net transit revenues is equal to 16 percent of the
revenue generated each year from the collection of the base toll at
its level in existence for the 2001-02 fiscal year on the San
Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, and the
Dumbarton Bridge.
(b) The net transit revenues are subordinate to all of the
following:
(1) The obligation to pay necessary costs of toll collection
operation.
(2) The obligations of the authority under any bond resolution or
indenture applicable to the toll bridges issued by the authority.
(3) The obligation to repay any advances made to the department
from any other source for studies and work preliminary to the
financing of any toll bridge project.
30885. "Toll bridge" means any state-owned bridge, including the
approaches to the toll bridge from the nearest highway that is not
for the exclusive use of toll bridge traffic, located within the
region under the jurisdiction of the commission.
30886. To maximize the availability of funding necessary to
complete the state toll bridge seismic retrofit program, to more
efficiently manage the toll revenues from the toll bridges located
within the region under the jurisdiction of the commission, and to
expeditiously complete the seismic retrofit and replacement of the
toll bridge facilities identified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a)
of Section 188.5, it is necessary and in the public's interest to
consolidate the financial management of all of the toll revenues that
are imposed by Sections 30916, 31010, and 31011 and that the Bay
Area Toll Authority manage all of those toll revenues.
30887. The authority may increase the toll rates specified in the
adopted toll schedule only if this is necessary in order to enable
the authority to meet its obligations under any bond resolution or
indenture.
30889.3. (a) The authority may grant toll-free passage or may adopt
a reduced-rate schedule of tolls for vehicles occupied by three or
more persons, including the driver, and for buses crossing the
bridges. The reduced-rate toll for those vehicles shall be determined
by the authority in consultation with the department, and may
consist of reduced daily tolls or payment in lieu of daily tolls. If
the authority grants toll-free passage or adopts a reduced-rate toll
schedule under this subdivision, it shall grant toll-free passage or
adopt the same schedule for class I vehicles designed by the
manufacturer to be occupied by not more than two persons, including
the driver, if these vehicles are occupied by two persons, including
the driver.
(b) Tolls on the bridges shall be maintained at rates sufficient
to meet any obligations to the holders of bonds secured by the bridge
toll revenues, as set forth in any bond resolution or indenture or
obligation contained in bonds issued pursuant to the bond resolution
or indenture, and the authority shall revise or eliminate the
reduced-rate toll schedule adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) as
necessary to ensure compliance with those obligations.
(c) The authority may also vary, as it deems advisable, the toll
rates applicable to a vehicle operated on the bridges for the
carriage of passengers by any municipal or public corporation,
transit district, public utility district, political subdivision, or
by a transportation company operating under a certificate of public
convenience and necessity. The authority shall consult with the
affected operators prior to adopting any toll rate pursuant to this
subdivision.
30890. The authority shall transfer the net transit revenues, as
defined in Section 30884, to the commission on a regularly scheduled
basis as set forth in the authority's annual budget resolution.
30891. The commission may retain, for its cost in administering
this article, an amount not to exceed one-quarter of 1 percent of the
revenues allocated by it pursuant to Section 30892 and of the
revenues allocated by it pursuant to Sections 30913 and 30914.
30892. After deduction for its administrative cost, the commission
shall allocate the remaining funds to public entities operating
public transportation systems and to the department to achieve the
commission's capital planning objectives in the vicinity of toll
bridges as set forth in its adopted regional transportation plan.
Such objectives shall include, but not be limited, to:
(a) Transbridge corridor trunk transit services.
(b) Feeder service to transbridge trunk transit services.
(c) Bridge traffic control devices required to establish exclusive
lanes for transit services.
(d) Transbridge terminal facilities.
(e) Transbridge corridor guideway facilities.
(f) Improvement of alternate public transportation facilities and
routings which affect bridge traffic.
30893. The commission may also allocate the funds to public
entities and the department for the establishment and operation of
ferry systems within the region under the jurisdiction of the
commission.
30894. The commission shall adopt and distribute procedures for the
submission of applications for funding and allocation of funds. Only
those applications for projects that will implement the commission's
transportation planning objectives in the vicinity of toll bridges
as set forth in its adopted regional transportation plan or the
commission's objectives with respect to ferry systems shall be
approved.
30880. It is the intent of the Legislature that toll bridge
revenues be used to further the development of public transportation
systems in the vicinity of toll bridges in order to alleviate
automobile-related congestion and pollution and to diminish the need
for state expenditures on new bridge facilities.
30881. "Authority" means the Bay Area Toll Authority.
30882. "Commission" means the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission.
30883. "Department" means the Department of Transportation.
30884. (a) "Net transit revenues" means those revenues of the San
Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, and the
Dumbarton Bridge determined by the authority as derived from the toll
increase instituted by the commission in 1977. The calculation of
the amount of the net transit revenues is equal to 16 percent of the
revenue generated each year from the collection of the base toll at
its level in existence for the 2001-02 fiscal year on the San
Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, and the
Dumbarton Bridge.
(b) The net transit revenues are subordinate to all of the
following:
(1) The obligation to pay necessary costs of toll collection
operation.
(2) The obligations of the authority under any bond resolution or
indenture applicable to the toll bridges issued by the authority.
(3) The obligation to repay any advances made to the department
from any other source for studies and work preliminary to the
financing of any toll bridge project.
30885. "Toll bridge" means any state-owned bridge, including the
approaches to the toll bridge from the nearest highway that is not
for the exclusive use of toll bridge traffic, located within the
region under the jurisdiction of the commission.
30886. To maximize the availability of funding necessary to
complete the state toll bridge seismic retrofit program, to more
efficiently manage the toll revenues from the toll bridges located
within the region under the jurisdiction of the commission, and to
expeditiously complete the seismic retrofit and replacement of the
toll bridge facilities identified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a)
of Section 188.5, it is necessary and in the public's interest to
consolidate the financial management of all of the toll revenues that
are imposed by Sections 30916, 31010, and 31011 and that the Bay
Area Toll Authority manage all of those toll revenues.
30887. The authority may increase the toll rates specified in the
adopted toll schedule only if this is necessary in order to enable
the authority to meet its obligations under any bond resolution or
indenture.
30889.3. (a) The authority may grant toll-free passage or may adopt
a reduced-rate schedule of tolls for vehicles occupied by three or
more persons, including the driver, and for buses crossing the
bridges. The reduced-rate toll for those vehicles shall be determined
by the authority in consultation with the department, and may
consist of reduced daily tolls or payment in lieu of daily tolls. If
the authority grants toll-free passage or adopts a reduced-rate toll
schedule under this subdivision, it shall grant toll-free passage or
adopt the same schedule for class I vehicles designed by the
manufacturer to be occupied by not more than two persons, including
the driver, if these vehicles are occupied by two persons, including
the driver.
(b) Tolls on the bridges shall be maintained at rates sufficient
to meet any obligations to the holders of bonds secured by the bridge
toll revenues, as set forth in any bond resolution or indenture or
obligation contained in bonds issued pursuant to the bond resolution
or indenture, and the authority shall revise or eliminate the
reduced-rate toll schedule adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) as
necessary to ensure compliance with those obligations.
(c) The authority may also vary, as it deems advisable, the toll
rates applicable to a vehicle operated on the bridges for the
carriage of passengers by any municipal or public corporation,
transit district, public utility district, political subdivision, or
by a transportation company operating under a certificate of public
convenience and necessity. The authority shall consult with the
affected operators prior to adopting any toll rate pursuant to this
subdivision.
30890. The authority shall transfer the net transit revenues, as
defined in Section 30884, to the commission on a regularly scheduled
basis as set forth in the authority's annual budget resolution.
30891. The commission may retain, for its cost in administering
this article, an amount not to exceed one-quarter of 1 percent of the
revenues allocated by it pursuant to Section 30892 and of the
revenues allocated by it pursuant to Sections 30913 and 30914.
30892. After deduction for its administrative cost, the commission
shall allocate the remaining funds to public entities operating
public transportation systems and to the department to achieve the
commission's capital planning objectives in the vicinity of toll
bridges as set forth in its adopted regional transportation plan.
Such objectives shall include, but not be limited, to:
(a) Transbridge corridor trunk transit services.
(b) Feeder service to transbridge trunk transit services.
(c) Bridge traffic control devices required to establish exclusive
lanes for transit services.
(d) Transbridge terminal facilities.
(e) Transbridge corridor guideway facilities.
(f) Improvement of alternate public transportation facilities and
routings which affect bridge traffic.
30893. The commission may also allocate the funds to public
entities and the department for the establishment and operation of
ferry systems within the region under the jurisdiction of the
commission.
30894. The commission shall adopt and distribute procedures for the
submission of applications for funding and allocation of funds. Only
those applications for projects that will implement the commission's
transportation planning objectives in the vicinity of toll bridges
as set forth in its adopted regional transportation plan or the
commission's objectives with respect to ferry systems shall be
approved.
30880. It is the intent of the Legislature that toll bridge
revenues be used to further the development of public transportation
systems in the vicinity of toll bridges in order to alleviate
automobile-related congestion and pollution and to diminish the need
for state expenditures on new bridge facilities.
30881. "Authority" means the Bay Area Toll Authority.
30882. "Commission" means the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission.
30883. "Department" means the Department of Transportation.
30884. (a) "Net transit revenues" means those revenues of the San
Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, and the
Dumbarton Bridge determined by the authority as derived from the toll
increase instituted by the commission in 1977. The calculation of
the amount of the net transit revenues is equal to 16 percent of the
revenue generated each year from the collection of the base toll at
its level in existence for the 2001-02 fiscal year on the San
Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, and the
Dumbarton Bridge.
(b) The net transit revenues are subordinate to all of the
following:
(1) The obligation to pay necessary costs of toll collection
operation.
(2) The obligations of the authority under any bond resolution or
indenture applicable to the toll bridges issued by the authority.
(3) The obligation to repay any advances made to the department
from any other source for studies and work preliminary to the
financing of any toll bridge project.
30885. "Toll bridge" means any state-owned bridge, including the
approaches to the toll bridge from the nearest highway that is not
for the exclusive use of toll bridge traffic, located within the
region under the jurisdiction of the commission.
30886. To maximize the availability of funding necessary to
complete the state toll bridge seismic retrofit program, to more
efficiently manage the toll revenues from the toll bridges located
within the region under the jurisdiction of the commission, and to
expeditiously complete the seismic retrofit and replacement of the
toll bridge facilities identified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a)
of Section 188.5, it is necessary and in the public's interest to
consolidate the financial management of all of the toll revenues that
are imposed by Sections 30916, 31010, and 31011 and that the Bay
Area Toll Authority manage all of those toll revenues.
30887. The authority may increase the toll rates specified in the
adopted toll schedule only if this is necessary in order to enable
the authority to meet its obligations under any bond resolution or
indenture.
30889.3. (a) The authority may grant toll-free passage or may adopt
a reduced-rate schedule of tolls for vehicles occupied by three or
more persons, including the driver, and for buses crossing the
bridges. The reduced-rate toll for those vehicles shall be determined
by the authority in consultation with the department, and may
consist of reduced daily tolls or payment in lieu of daily tolls. If
the authority grants toll-free passage or adopts a reduced-rate toll
schedule under this subdivision, it shall grant toll-free passage or
adopt the same schedule for class I vehicles designed by the
manufacturer to be occupied by not more than two persons, including
the driver, if these vehicles are occupied by two persons, including
the driver.
(b) Tolls on the bridges shall be maintained at rates sufficient
to meet any obligations to the holders of bonds secured by the bridge
toll revenues, as set forth in any bond resolution or indenture or
obligation contained in bonds issued pursuant to the bond resolution
or indenture, and the authority shall revise or eliminate the
reduced-rate toll schedule adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) as
necessary to ensure compliance with those obligations.
(c) The authority may also vary, as it deems advisable, the toll
rates applicable to a vehicle operated on the bridges for the
carriage of passengers by any municipal or public corporation,
transit district, public utility district, political subdivision, or
by a transportation company operating under a certificate of public
convenience and necessity. The authority shall consult with the
affected operators prior to adopting any toll rate pursuant to this
subdivision.
30890. The authority shall transfer the net transit revenues, as
defined in Section 30884, to the commission on a regularly scheduled
basis as set forth in the authority's annual budget resolution.
30891. The commission may retain, for its cost in administering
this article, an amount not to exceed one-quarter of 1 percent of the
revenues allocated by it pursuant to Section 30892 and of the
revenues allocated by it pursuant to Sections 30913 and 30914.
30892. After deduction for its administrative cost, the commission
shall allocate the remaining funds to public entities operating
public transportation systems and to the department to achieve the
commission's capital planning objectives in the vicinity of toll
bridges as set forth in its adopted regional transportation plan.
Such objectives shall include, but not be limited, to:
(a) Transbridge corridor trunk transit services.
(b) Feeder service to transbridge trunk transit services.
(c) Bridge traffic control devices required to establish exclusive
lanes for transit services.
(d) Transbridge terminal facilities.
(e) Transbridge corridor guideway facilities.
(f) Improvement of alternate public transportation facilities and
routings which affect bridge traffic.
30893. The commission may also allocate the funds to public
entities and the department for the establishment and operation of
ferry systems within the region under the jurisdiction of the
commission.
30894. The commission shall adopt and distribute procedures for the
submission of applications for funding and allocation of funds. Only
those applications for projects that will implement the commission's
transportation planning objectives in the vicinity of toll bridges
as set forth in its adopted regional transportation plan or the
commission's objectives with respect to ferry systems shall be
approved.
