A public transit district may not exercise control over a transit facility or public transit service or system owned or operated inside or outside the district by a governmental entity unless, upon mutually agreeable terms, the governmental entity consents.
Public transit: means regular, continuing, shared-ride, surface transportation services that are open to the general public or open to a segment of the general public defined by age, disability, or low income. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
Public transit district: means a special district that provides public transit services. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Transit facility: means a transit vehicle, transit station, depot, passenger loading or unloading zone, parking lot, or other facility:
(a)
leased by or operated by or on behalf of a public transit district; and
(b)
related to the public transit services provided by the district, including:
(i)
railway or other right-of-way;
(ii)
railway line; and
(iii)
a reasonable area immediately adjacent to a designated stop on a route traveled by a transit vehicle. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
(2)
(a)
A public transit district may not establish, directly or indirectly, a public transit service or system, or acquire a facility necessary or incidental to a public transit service or system, in a manner or form that diverts, lessens, or competes for the patronage or revenue of a preexisting system of a publicly or privately owned public carrier furnishing like service, unless the district obtains the consent of the publicly or privately owned carrier.
(b)
A public transit district’s maintenance and operation of an existing system that the district acquires from a publicly or privately owned public carrier may not be considered to be the establishment of a public transit service or system under this Subsection (2).
(c)
A public transit district’s introduction, maintenance, or operation of a system may not be considered to be the establishment of a public transit service or system under this Subsection (2) if the service or system is introduced, maintained, or operated by the public transit district:
(i)
as part of a program of projects approved by the Federal Transit Administration;
(ii)
in cooperation with the state or a political subdivision of the state, pursuant to an interlocal agreement; or
