28M.2 - REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT CREATED.
28M.2 REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT CREATED.
1. A county with a population in excess of one hundred
seventy-five thousand and participating cities may create, by chapter
28E agreement, a regional transit district in the county pursuant to
this chapter. Two or more contiguous counties and participating
cities may create, by chapter 28E agreement, a regional transit
district pursuant to this chapter if one of the counties has a
population in excess of one hundred seventy-five thousand. A
district shall consist of the unincorporated area of any
participating county and the incorporated area of any city in the
county that does not have an urban transit system. However, a city
without an urban transit system may decline, by resolution forwarded
to the board of supervisors, to participate in a regional transit
district.
2. A city with an urban transit system may participate in a
regional transit district if the city council, by resolution
forwarded to the board of supervisors, notifies the county that the
city wishes to participate.
3. A city that is located in a nonparticipating county that is
contiguous to a county with a population in excess of one hundred
seventy-five thousand that is creating a regional transit district
may notify that county, by resolution forwarded to the board of
supervisors of that county, that the city wishes to participate.
4. The chapter 28E agreement shall include a map showing the area
and boundaries of the regional transit district. Section History: Recent Form
2004 Acts, ch 1072, §2; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §326