Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 8 > Article 27 > Part I - Title; Findings; Definitions; Creation of Authorities

• Authority: means any urban mass transportation authority created pursuant to the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 8-27-3
• Board: means the board of any urban mass transportation authority. See West Virginia Code 8-27-3
• Contiguous counties: means two or more counties which constitute a compact territorial unit within an unbroken boundary wherein one county touches at least one other county, but does not require that each county touch all of the other counties so combining. See West Virginia Code 8-27-3
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• County court: includes any existing tribunal created in lieu of a county commission. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Governing body: shall mean the mayor and council together, the council, the board of directors, the commission, or other board or body of any municipality, by whatever name called, as the case may be, charged with the responsibility of enacting ordinances and determining the public policy of such municipality. See West Virginia Code 8-1-2
• in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing, engraving, writing, or otherwise. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Ordinance: shall mean the ordinances and laws enacted by the governing body of a municipality in the exercise of its legislative power, and in one or more articles of this chapter, ordinances enacted by a county commission. See West Virginia Code 8-1-2
• Participating government: means any municipality or county establishing or participating in an urban mass transportation authority. See West Virginia Code 8-27-3
• Service area of the authority: means and includes an area commensurate with the area served by an existing system or systems acquired or to be acquired by an authority, or if there be no existing system, the area shall extend to and include an area to be defined by the authority. See West Virginia Code 8-27-3
• State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• System: means any urban mass transportation system. See West Virginia Code 8-27-3
• Urban mass transportation system: means any common carrier of passengers for hire which operates equipment over regular routes within the service area of the authority. See West Virginia Code 8-27-3