2014 Virginia Code
Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns
§ 15.2-4502. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Definitions

As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:

(a) "District" means a transportation district authorized to be created by this chapter;

(b) "Commission" or "district commission" means the governing body of a district;

(c) "Agency" or "such agency" means an agency authorized by, or arising from action of, the General Assembly of Virginia to plan for or provide transportation facilities and service for a metropolitan area partly located in Virginia;

(d) "Component governments" means the counties and cities comprising a transportation district and the various departments, bureaus and divisions of such counties and cities;

(e) "Governing bodies" means the boards of supervisors of counties and councils of cities comprising a transportation district;

(f) "Metropolitan area" means a standard metropolitan statistical area as defined in the pamphlet Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas, issued by Executive Office of the President, Bureau of the Budget, 1964, or any contiguous counties or cities within this Commonwealth which together constitute an urban area;

(g) "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, or any governmental agency or authority;

(h) "State" includes the District of Columbia;

(i) "Transportation facilities," "transit facilities" or "facilities" mean all those matters and things utilized in rendering transportation service by means of rail, bus, water or air and any other mode of travel, including without limitation tracks, rights-of-way, bridges, tunnels, subways, rolling stock for rail, motor vehicle, marine and air transportation, stations, terminals and ports, areas for parking, buildings, structures and all equipment, fixtures and business activities reasonably required for the performance of transportation service, but shall not include any such facilities owned by any person, company, association or corporation, the major part of whose transportation service extends beyond a transportation district created hereunder.

1964, c. 631, § 15.1-1344; 1986, c. 438; 1997, c. 587.