(1) 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.
(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 (iii) in accordance with Title 72, Chapter 12, Travel Reduction Act.
(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 (iii) in accordance with Title 72, Chapter 12, Travel Reduction Act.
(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
(iii) in accordance with Title 72, Chapter 12, Travel Reduction Act.
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