2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 74-1503 — Terms, defined.

Section 74-1503
Terms, defined.

For purposes of the Nebraska Transit and Rail Advisory Council Act:

(1) Associated development means property, equipment, or buildings which are built, installed, or established to provide financing, funding, or revenue for the planning, constructing, managing, and operating of a high-speed rail transportation system and which are directly associated with transit stations. The term includes property necessary for joint development;

(2) Council means the Nebraska Transit and Rail Advisory Council;

(3) Department means the Department of Roads;

(4) High-speed rail transportation system means any high-speed, fixed-guideway transportation system for transporting people or goods which is capable of operating at speeds in excess of one hundred ten miles per hour, including a monorail system, dual track rail system, suspended rail system, magnetic levitation system, or pneumatic repulsion system. The term includes a corridor and structures essential to the operation of the system, including the land, structures, improvements, rolling stock, rights-of-way, easements, rail lines, rail beds, guideway structures, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, parking lots, power relays, switching houses, transit station, associated development, and any other facilities or equipment used or useful for the purposes of high-speed rail transportation construction, operation, or maintenance or the financing of high-speed rail transportation;

(5) Joint development means the planning, managing, financing, operating, or constructing of projects adjacent to or physically related, functionally related, or otherwise related to a passenger rail, high-speed rail, or other passenger surface transportation system in order to effect the policy and purposes of the act pursuant to agreements between any person, firm, corporation, association, organization, agency, or other entity, public or private;

(6) Passenger rail transportation system means any fixed-guideway transportation system for transporting people or goods which operates at speeds below one hundred ten miles per hour. The term includes a corridor and structures essential to the operation of the system, including the land, structures, improvements, rolling stock, rights-of-way, easements, rail lines, rail beds, guideway structures, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, parking lots, power relays, switching houses, transit station, associated development, and any other facilities or equipment used or useful for the purposes of passenger rail transportation construction, operation, or maintenance or the financing of passenger rail transportation;

(7) Right-of-way means land necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a passenger rail, high-speed rail, or other passenger surface transportation system;

(8) Terminus means the transit station serving the service area at the end of a passenger rail, high-speed rail, or other passenger surface transportation system; and

(9) Transit station or station means any structure or transportation facility that is primarily used, as part of a passenger rail, high-speed rail, or other passenger surface transportation system, for the purpose of loading, unloading, or transferring passengers or accommodating the movement of passengers from one mode of transportation to another.

Source:

Laws 1999, LB 829, § 3

Termination date June 30, 2005

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska