Sec. 9. (a) “Urban mass transportation system” means a public transportation system that:

(1) operates buses or other vehicles designed to carry more than six (6) passengers, exclusive of the driver; and

Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-9-1-9

(2) operates over designated and definite routes:

(A) within one (1) municipality and its suburban territory; or

(B) within and between two (2) or more municipalities located not more than ten (10) miles apart, and within their suburban territories.

     (b) For purposes of this section, the suburban territory of a municipality consists of the areas within one (1) mile outside its corporate boundaries and one (1) additional mile for each fifty thousand (50,000) population, or major fraction thereof, in the municipality.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-3 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.75.