Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: transactions and use tax.
Existing law authorizes the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to impose, in addition to any other tax that it is authorized to impose, a transactions and use tax at a rate of 0.5% for the funding of specified transportation-related projects and programs, subject to various requirements, including the adoption of an expenditure plan and voter approval. Existing law authorizes the MTA to seek voter approval to extend the transactions and use tax pursuant to an amended ordinance, subject to various requirements, including adoption of an amended expenditure plan that, among other things, updates certain cost estimates and identifies expected completion dates for projects and programs under the previous expenditure plan, and also requires the amended expenditure plan to be included in an updated long range transportation plan, as specified.
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California Legislature
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SB 767
California SB 767 (20152016)
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Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: transactions and use tax.
California SB 767 (20152016) — Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: transactions and use tax.
Existing law authorizes the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to impose, in addition to any other tax that it is authorized to impose, a transactions and use tax at a rate of 0.5% for the funding of specified transportation-related projects and programs, subject to various requirements, including the adoption of an expenditure plan and voter approval. Existing law authorizes the MTA to seek voter approval to extend the transactions and use tax pursuant to an amended ordinance, subject to various requirements, including adoption of an amended expenditure plan that, among other things, updates certain cost estimates and identifies expected completion dates for projects and programs under the previous expenditure plan, and also requires the amended expenditure plan to be included in an updated long range transportation plan, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — 6–3 (pass) · lower
SB 767 De León Senate Third Reading By SANTIAGO — 51–27 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB767 De León Concurrence — 26–13 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading SB767 De León — 24–13 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
De León — primary (person)
Allen — principal coauthor (person)
Bloom — principal coauthor (person)
Chau — principal coauthor (person)
Hall — principal coauthor (person)
Hernandez — principal coauthor (person)
Holden — principal coauthor (person)
Jones-Sawyer — principal coauthor (person)
Lara — principal coauthor (person)
Liu — principal coauthor (person)
Nazarian — principal coauthor (person)
Pavley — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2015-03-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-19 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
2015-03-27 Set for hearing April 14.
2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 621.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-17 Set for hearing April 22.
2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 726.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-24 Set for hearing May 4.
2015-05-04 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2015-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-01 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-06-01 Ordered to second reading.
2015-06-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 1332.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-06-18 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and TRANS. referral-committee
2015-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-07-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (July 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-08-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 3104.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2015-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 2754.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
2015-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 580, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5fb38424-057c-4a8c-8b29-9531984a734f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).