ARTICLE 10. Retail Transaction and Use Tax [103350. - 103363.]

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC 10.

in effect

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 103350. Section 103350.

(a) A retail transactions and use tax ordinance may be adopted by the board in accordance with Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and consistent with Article XIII C of the California Constitution. (b) The board may impose a retail transactions and use tax pursuant to subdivision (a) that, in combination with all taxes imposed in accordance with Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, exceeds the limit established in Section 7251.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, if both of the following requirements are met: (1) The tax is set at a rate of no more than 0.5 percent. (2) The board adopts the ordinance approving the tax before January 1, 2026. (c) For purposes of a new tax imposed pursuant to subdivision (b), the board, in concurrence with the County of San Mateo, shall develop an expenditure plan of projects, programs, and services that may include, among other things, public transit, local streets and roads, state highways, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, intelligent transportation systems, and transportation planning. (d) The board may administer the expenditure plan in its entirety, or may transfer proceeds of the tax to the San Mateo County Transportation Authority for administration by that authority consistent with the expenditure plan. (e) The board shall not act pursuant to subdivision (b) if a transactions and use tax has been imposed pursuant to Section 7295 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 103351. Section 103351.

Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing not less than 180 days after adoption of the ordinance.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 103352. Section 103352.

The district may contract with the State Board of Equalization for its services in the preparation necessary to administer a transaction and use tax ordinance. The costs to be covered by the contract are to be for services of the types described in Section 7272 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for preparatory work up to the date of the adoption of the ordinance. Any disputes as to the amount of the costs shall be resolved in the same manner as provided in that section.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 103353. Section 103353.

Prior to the operative date of the transaction and use tax ordinance, the district shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of the ordinance.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 103354. Section 103354.

If the district shall not have contracted with the State Board of Equalization prior to the operative date of its transaction and use tax ordinance, it shall nevertheless so contract, and, in such case, the operative date shall be the first day of the first calendar quarter following the execution of the contract.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 103355. Section 103355.

Repeal of the transactions and use tax ordinance shall not be operative earlier than the first day of the first calendar quarter following the adoption of the ordinance of repeal.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 103356. Section 103356.

Whenever a bond election is held to authorize a bonded indebtedness pursuant to Section 103500, the ordinance calling the election may include a statement that the transaction and use taxes, or a stated portion thereof, shall be levied, or continued to be levied, and used to the extent required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds as they become due, to provide any sinking fund payments required therefor, and to create or maintain any reserve fund required therefor. A vote in favor of the issuance of the bonds shall authorize the use of such taxes for such purposes. The transactions and use tax ordinance shall not be repealed until all bonds payable from the revenues derived from such taxes have been fully paid or provision has been made for their payment in full.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 103357. Section 103357.

(a) The district may issue bonds payable from the proceeds of the retail transactions and use tax. (b) The maximum bonded indebtedness which may be outstanding at any one time shall be an amount equal to the sum of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds, but not to exceed the estimated proceeds of the transactions and use tax , as determined by the district. The amount of bonds outstanding at any one time does not include the amount of any bonds or refunding bonds for which moneys or securities necessary to provide for the payment thereof have been set aside for that purpose in a trust or escrow account.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 103358. Section 103358.

(a) The bonds may be issued by the district at any time, and from time to time, payable from the proceeds of the tax. The bonds shall be referred to as “limited tax bonds.” The bonds may be secured by a pledge of revenues from the proceeds of the retail transactions and use tax or any other funds or assets of the district as may be specified by the district. (b) The pledge of retail transactions and use taxes to the limited tax bonds authorized under this article shall have priority over the use of any of the taxes for “pay-as-you-go” financing, except to the extent that the priority is expressly restricted in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds. (c) A pledge by or to the district of tax receipts, revenues, moneys, accounts, accounts receivable, contract rights, and other rights to payment of whatever kind made by or to the district shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made for the benefit of pledgees and successors thereto. The tax receipts, revenues, moneys, accounts, accounts receivable, contract rights, and other rights to payment of whatever kind pledged by or to the district or the assignees shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without physical delivery or further act. The lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding against all parties, regardless of whether the parties have notice of the claim. The indenture, trust agreement, resolution, or another instrument by which the pledge is created need not be recorded.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 103359. Section 103359.

The district may provide for the bonds to bear a variable interest rate, for the manner and intervals in which the rate shall vary, and for the dates on which the interest shall be payable. In connection with the issuance of bonds, the district may enter into any agreement for liquidity or credit enhancement that may be necessary or desirable, as determined by the district.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 103360. Section 103360.

(a) Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time, and from time to time, by the district by a two-thirds vote of all members of the board of the district. (b) The district may, from time to time, issue bonds in accordance with the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), for the purposes set forth in Section 103282, which shall constitute an “enterprise” within the meaning of Section 54309 of the Government Code, and the proceeds of the retail transactions and use tax shall constitute “revenues” within the meaning of Section 54315 of the Government Code. Article 3 (commencing with Section 54380) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code and the limitations set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 54402 and in Sections 54403 and 54418 of the Government Code do not apply to the issuance and sale of bonds pursuant to this article. Instead, the district shall authorize the issuance of bonds by resolution, which resolution shall specify all of the following: (1) The purposes for which the bonds are to be issued, which may be general. (2) The maximum principal amount of the bonds. (3) The maximum term for the bonds. (4) The maximum rate of interest to be payable upon the bonds, which shall not exceed the maximum rate permitted for bonds of the district by Section 53531 of the Government Code or any other applicable provisions of law. In the case of bonds bearing a variable interest rate, the variable rate shall on no day exceed the maximum rate permitted for bonds of the district on that day by Section 53531 of the Government Code or any other applicable provisions of law. However, the variable interest rate so permitted may on any day exceed that maximum rate if the interest paid on the bonds from their date of original issuance on that day does not exceed the total interest which would have been permitted to have been paid on the bonds if the bonds had borne interest at all times from the date of issuance to that day at the maximum rate permitted from time to time by Section 53531 of the Government Code or any other applicable provisions of law. (5) The maximum discount or premium on the sale of bonds. The bonds may be sold at less or more than the principal amount thereof in the manner and to the extent determined by the district. (c) For purposes of the issuance and sale of bonds pursuant to this article, the following definitions are applicable to the Revenue Bond Law of 1941: (1) “Resolution” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the instrument providing the terms and conditions for the issuance of the limited tax bonds, and may be an indenture, resolution, ordinance, order, agreement, or other instrument in writing. (2) “Fiscal agent” means any fiscal agent, trustee, paying agent, depository, or other fiduciary provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, which fiscal agent may be located within or without the state. (d) Each resolution shall provide for the issuance of bonds in the amounts as may be necessary, until the full amount of the bonds authorized has been issued. The full amount of bonds may be divided into two or more series with different dates of payment fixed for the bonds of each series. A bond need not mature on its anniversary date.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 103360.1. Section 103360.1.

(a) The district may issue refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the district upon the terms, at the times, and in the manner which it determines. (b) Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to pay all, or any part of, the principal of the outstanding bonds, the premiums, if any, due upon call and redemption thereof prior to maturity, all expenses of the refunding, and either of the following: (1) The interest upon the refunding bonds from the date of sale thereof to the date of payment of the bonds to be refunded out of the proceeds of the sale of the refunding bonds or to the date upon which the bonds to be refunded will be paid pursuant to call or agreement with the holders of the bonds. (2) The interest upon the bonds to be refunded from the date of sale of the refunding bonds to the date of payment of the bonds to be refunded or to the date upon which the bonds to be refunded will be paid pursuant to call or agreement with the holders of the bonds. (c) The provisions of this article for the issuance and sale of bonds apply to the issuance and sale of refunding bonds.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 103360.2. Section 103360.2.

(a) The district may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized pursuant to this article but which have not been sold or delivered, and may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes therefor and may renew the bond anticipation notes from time to time. However, the maximum maturity of any bond anticipation notes, including the renewals thereof, shall not exceed five years from the date of delivery of the original bond anticipation notes. (b) The bond anticipation notes, and the interest thereon, may be paid from any money of the district available therefor, including the revenues from the retail transactions and use tax. If not previously otherwise paid, the bond anticipation notes, or any portion thererof, or the interest thereon, shall be paid from the proceeds of the next sale of the bonds of the district in anticipation of which the notes were issued. (c) The bond anticipation notes shall not be issued in any amount in excess of the aggregate amount of the bonds which the district has been authorized to issue, less the amount of any bonds of the authorized issue previously sold, and also less the amount of other bond anticipation notes therefor issued and then outstanding. The bond anticipation notes shall be issued and sold in the same manner as the bonds. (d) The bond anticipation notes and the resolutions authorizing them may contain any provisions, conditions, or limitations which a resolution of the district may contain.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 103361. Section 103361.

Any bonds issued pursuant to this article are legal instruments for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and trust companies; and for state school funds. Whenever any money or funds may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be invested in bonds of cities, counties, school districts, or other districts within the state, those funds may be invested in the bonds issued pursuant to this article, and whenever bonds of cities, counties, school districts, or other districts within this state, may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be used as security for the performance of any act or the deposit of any public money, the bonds issued pursuant to this article may be so used. The provisions of this article are in addition to all other laws relating to legal investment and shall be controlling as the latest expression of the Legislature with respect thereto.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 103362. Section 103362.

This article provides a complete, additional, and alternative method for doing what is authorized by this article and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to the powers conferred by any other laws. The issuance of bonds and the entering into any credit reimbursement or other agreement under this article need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the district or the issuance of bonds or the incurring of indebtedness. Bonds issued by the district prior to the effective date of the act which enacted this section which were subject to investigation, reports, and approval or certification by the Treasurer pursuant to the District Securities Investigation Law of 1965 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 58750) of Division 2 of Title 6 of the Government Code), and the Districts Securities Law (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 20000) of Division 10 of the Water Code) prior to the adoption of this article shall continue to be subject to those investigations, reports, and approvals or certification.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 103363. Section 103363.

(a) Any action or proceedings wherein the validity of the levy or collection of the retail transactions and use tax, or any proceedings in relation thereto, is contested, questioned, or denied shall be commenced not later than July 1, 1990; otherwise the retail transactions and use tax and all proceedings in relation thereto shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal, enforceable, and incontestable. (b) Any action or proceedings wherein the validity of the issuance of any bonds, or any proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned, or denied shall be commenced not later than July 1, 1990, or, in the case of bonds authorized to be issued after that date, within six months from the date the bonds are authorized to be issued by the district; otherwise, in each case, the bonds and all proceedings in relation thereto shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal, enforceable, and incontestable. (c) Nothing in this section precludes the validity of the retail transactions and use tax or of any bonds or any related proceedings from being established by an action brought under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure or pursuant to any other procedure established by law, before the end of any period of time specified in subdivision (a) or (b).

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