A county that is not included within the jurisdiction of a statutorily created regional transportation agency but for which there is a council of governments may, pursuant to this section, elect, with the concurrence of a majority of the cities which include at least 50 percent of the incorporated population within the county, to form a local transportation commission pursuant to Section 29535. Applications for funds may be allocated by the local transportation commission only if the council of governments has not objected to the application. For those counties with a population of 500,000 or more, as determined under Section 28020 of the Government Code, as now or hereafter amended, but excluding counties with more than 4,500 miles of maintained county roads as of 1970, the members appointed by the city selection committee of the county from a city for which a transit service is provided and the members appointed by a transit district and the member representing other transit operators shall have no vote in the approval of the claims filed under Article 8 (commencing with Section 99400), Chapter 4, Part 11, Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code. For those counties with a population of less than 500,000, as determined under Section 28020 of the Government Code, as now and hereafter amended, and for counties with a population of 500,000 or more, as determined under Section 28020 of the Government Code, as now or hereafter amended, and with more than 4,500 miles of maintained county roads as of 1970, the members appointed by the city selection committee of the county from a city for which all of the proportion of the total revenues placed by the county in the local transportation fund that the city’s population bears to the total of the county population is used to pay approved claims filed under Article 4 (commencing with Section 99260), Chapter 4, Part 11, Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code, and the members appointed by a transit district, and the member representing other transit operators shall have no vote in the approval of the claims filed under Article 8 (commencing with Section 99400), Chapter 4, Part 11, Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code.
Applications for funds shall be submitted to both the local transportation commission and the council of governments, which shall have 60 days after the receipt of applications to notify the local transportation commission and the county auditor of any objection. If neither the local transportation commission nor the county auditor receive notice of objection, the approval of the council of governments shall be presumed. Applications for funds to which the council of governments has objected shall not be paid by the county auditor until the objection has been removed.