                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 33.2-1901)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Agency&#8221; or &#8220;such agency&#8221; means an agency authorized
by, or arising from action of, the General Assembly to plan for or provide
transportation facilities and service for a metropolitan area located wholly or
in part in the Commonwealth.
		&#8220;Commission&#8221; or &#8220;district commission&#8221; means the
governing body of a district.
		&#8220;Component governments&#8221; means the counties and cities composing a
transportation district and the various departments, bureaus, and divisions of
such counties and cities.
		&#8220;District&#8221; means a transportation district authorized to be
created by this chapter.
		&#8220;Governing bodies&#8221; means the boards of supervisors of counties and
councils of cities composing a transportation district.
		&#8220;Metropolitan area&#8221; means a metropolitan statistical area as
defined by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget or any
contiguous counties or cities within the Commonwealth that together constitute
an urban area.
		&#8220;Person&#8221; means an individual, partnership, association, or
corporation or any governmental agency or authority.
		&#8220;State,&#8221; when applied to a part of the United States, includes any
of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
		&#8220;Transportation facilities,&#8221; &#8220;transit facilities,&#8221; or
&#8220;facilities&#8221; means 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 tracks, rights-of-way, bridges, tunnels,
subways, and 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 does 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 in this chapter.

HISTORY: 1964, c. 631, § 15.1-1344; 1986, c. 438; 1997, c. 587, § 15.1-4502;
2014, c. 805.