2009 California Public Utilities Code - Section 132350-132350.2 :: Article 1. General Provisions, Findings, And Definitions

132350.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the San
Diego Regional Transportation Consolidation Act. The purpose of this
act is to provide for the consolidation of transportation
responsibilities in the San Diego region which can only be provided
for by and through enactment of state law.

132350.1.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) There is an imperative need for comprehensive planning and
implementation of regional transportation projects in the San Diego
region. Diminution of congestion on the streets and highways in the
San Diego region will facilitate passage of all Californians
traveling through San Diego, and especially benefit persons who live
or work in San Diego County who must commute to points within and
outside the San Diego region on a daily basis.
   (b) Several separate limited-purpose transportation agencies have
been established in the San Diego region, however, the San Diego
region would benefit from coordinated and comprehensive planning by
these agencies.
   (c) In view of the limited powers of the San Diego Association of
Governments (SANDAG), to provide the needed comprehensive
transportation planning and implementation without consolidation of
certain responsibilities of the transit boards, the Legislature finds
that consolidation of the planning, programming, project
development, and construction activities of various transportation
agencies in the San Diego region will improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of implementing needed transportation infrastructure
and services and provide for a focus on meeting the mobility needs of
the region.
   (d) It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature in enacting
this chapter to consolidate SANDAG and certain responsibilities of
the transit boards to provide for sufficient power and authority to
solve the transportation problems in the San Diego region and the
needed comprehensive transportation system.

132350.2.  For purposes of this chapter, the definitions contained
in this section have the following meanings:
   (a) "Consolidated agency" means the authority resulting from the
consolidation of SANDAG and the transit boards' responsibilities as
set forth herein.
   (b) "Consolidated entities" means SANDAG and the transit boards as
set forth in Article 4 (commencing with Section 132353).
   (c) "Population" means that population of any agency last
determined for the agency as certified by the Department of Finance
as of April 1 of each year, or if no certification has been made, the
last Federal Decennial Census, except that the population of San
Diego County shall be that population determined in the same manner
for the unincorporated area of the county. The population of the
region shall be that population determined by adding the population
of each agency.
   (d) "North county coastal" means the Cities of Del Mar, Solana
Beach, Encinitas, Carlsbad, and Oceanside.
   (e) "North county inland" means the Cities of Vista, San Marcos,
Escondido, and Poway.
   (f) "South county" means the Cities of Chula Vista, National City,
Imperial Beach, and Coronado.
   (g) "East county" means the Cities of El Cajon, Santee, La Mesa,
and Lemon Grove.
   (h) "San Diego region" means the territory located within the
boundaries of San Diego County.
   (i) "Transit boards" means the San Diego Metropolitan Transit
Development Board (MTDB) and the North San Diego County Transit
Development Board (NCTD).