For purposes of the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act:

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 18-803

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(1) Board means the board of directors of any regional metropolitan transit authority established under the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act;

(2) Combined statistical area means two or more adjacent metropolitan statistical areas or micropolitan statistical areas delineated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as a combined statistical area under standards developed using data from the 2010 Census of Population by the United States Bureau of the Census, and data from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate by the United States Bureau of the Census, as such delineations existed on April 10, 2018;

(3) Governing body means the city council of a city or the village board of trustees of a village;

(4) Metropolitan statistical area means a core-based statistical area delineated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as a metropolitan statistical area under standards developed using data from the 2010 Census of Population by the United States Bureau of the Census, and data from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate by the United States Bureau of the Census, as such delineations existed on April 10, 2018;

(5) Micropolitan statistical area means a core-based statistical area delineated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as a micropolitan statistical area under standards developed using data from the 2010 Census of Population by the United States Bureau of the Census, and data from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate by the United States Bureau of the Census, as such delineations existed on April 10, 2018;

(6) Municipality means any city or village in the State of Nebraska;

(7) Revenue bonds means revenue bonds issued by a regional metropolitan transit authority established under the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act; and

(8) Territory means the operating jurisdiction of a regional metropolitan transit authority as established pursuant to section 18-804.