Riverside County Transportation Commission: transactions and use tax.
Existing law creates the Riverside County Transportation Commission with specified powers and duties relative to transportation planning and programming in Riverside County. Existing law authorizes the commission to impose a transactions and use tax for transportation purposes subject to approval of the voters, which, pursuant to the California Constitution, requires approval of 23 of the voters. Existing law requires that the tax be imposed in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in the county not exceed 2%. Existing law provides that the maximum tax rate that may be imposed by the commission for transportation purposes is 12 of 1%.
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California Legislature
20172018
AB 1189
California AB 1189 (20172018)
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Riverside County Transportation Commission: transactions and use tax.
California AB 1189 (20172018) — Riverside County Transportation Commission: transactions and use tax.
Existing law creates the Riverside County Transportation Commission with specified powers and duties relative to transportation planning and programming in Riverside County. Existing law authorizes the commission to impose a transactions and use tax for transportation purposes subject to approval of the voters, which, pursuant to the California Constitution, requires approval of 23 of the voters. Existing law requires that the tax be imposed in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in the county not exceed 2%. Existing law provides that the maximum tax rate that may be imposed by the commission for transportation purposes is 12 of 1%.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1189 GARCIA, E. Assembly Third Reading — 50–22 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — 9–3 (pass) · upper
AB 1189 GARCIA, E. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 50–27 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 6–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-09 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2017-03-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2017-04-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-04-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 22. Page 1137.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-04-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-10 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
2017-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-06-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-29 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 2459.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 3021.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2017-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 642, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/111175d1-683b-4b10-addf-c293c2485428. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).