republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1078.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: transactions and use tax."
description: "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 not more than 30 years for the funding of specified transportation-related purposes pursuant to an adopted expenditure plan, subject to voter approval. Existing law requires the MTA board to notify the members of the Legislature representing the County of Los Angeles when certain amendments are proposed to an adopted expenditure plan, including amendments that affect the schedule for the availability of funds for a capital project identified in the expenditure plan or that affect the schedule for the estimated or expected completion date of the project. This notice is required to be provided no later than 365 days prior to the adoption of an amendment to the expenditure plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1078"
citation: "California AB 1078 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: transactions and use tax."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feuer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/403cd28d-24fa-4202-80ff-e3b2f478a1ce"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1078"
source_hash: "a6ed1ec10bb66c0983db7190a3ed32080cd7ca14c1fde6d07b18845854ef8497"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1078 (20092010) — 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 not more than 30 years for the funding of specified transportation-related purposes pursuant to an adopted expenditure plan, subject to voter approval. Existing law requires the MTA board to notify the members of the Legislature representing the County of Los Angeles when certain amendments are proposed to an adopted expenditure plan, including amendments that affect the schedule for the availability of funds for a capital project identified in the expenditure plan or that affect the schedule for the estimated or expected completion date of the project. This notice is required to be provided no later than 365 days prior to the adoption of an amendment to the expenditure plan.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1078&version=20090AB107899INT)
2. **05/06/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1078&version=20090AB107898AMD)
3. **08/05/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1078&version=20090AB107897AMD)
4. **08/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1078&version=20090AB107896AMD)
5. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1078&version=20090AB107894CHP)
6. **AB1078** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1078)
7. **09/08/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1078&version=20090AB107895ENR)

## Votes

- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1078 Feuer Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1078 FEUER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1078 FEUER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Feuer — primary (person)
- Huff — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2009-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1454.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-18** Joint Rules 61(b)(15) and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4589.)
- **2010-08-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4819.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-25** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-25** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6680.)
- **2010-08-26** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-27** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6798.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 568, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/403cd28d-24fa-4202-80ff-e3b2f478a1ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).