The Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act provides for the creation in any county of a local transportation authority and authorizes the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax by ordinance, subject to approval of the ordinance by 2/3 of the voters. Existing law authorizes the ballot proposition submitted to the voters to include a provision authorizing bonds to be issued that would be payable from the proceeds of the transactions and use tax. Existing law requires the bond proceeds to be placed in the treasury of the local transportation authority and to be used for allowable transportation purposes, except that accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of the bonds are required to be placed in a fund to be used for the payment of bond debt service.
California AB 1919 (20152016) — Local transportation authorities: bonds.
The Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act provides for the creation in any county of a local transportation authority and authorizes the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax by ordinance, subject to approval of the ordinance by 2/3 of the voters. Existing law authorizes the ballot proposition submitted to the voters to include a provision authorizing bonds to be issued that would be payable from the proceeds of the transactions and use tax. Existing law requires the bond proceeds to be placed in the treasury of the local transportation authority and to be used for allowable transportation purposes, except that accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of the bonds are required to be placed in a fund to be used for the payment of bond debt service.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB1919 Quirk By Allen — 27–11 (pass) · upper
AB 1919 QUIRK Assembly Third Reading — 48–30 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Quirk — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-11 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-12 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
2016-02-25 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2016-03-29 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-04-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2016-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2016-04-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2016-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (May 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 30. Page 4777.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-19 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 5006.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-16 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2016-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2016-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 745, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6249ef93-eb76-461f-a5b3-5b2404c8c496. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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