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Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-4-3201: Part definitions

As used in this part: (1) "Implementing agency" means any public transit agency, regional transportation authority created under title 64, chapter 8, or other local government department, agency, or designated entity that is responsible for planning or implementing a transit improvement program; (2) "Local government" means: (A) Any county in this state, including any county having a metropolitan or consolidated form of government, having a population in excess of one hundred twelve thousand (112,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census; or (B) Any city in this state having a population in excess of one hundred sixty-five thousand (165,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census; (3) "Public transit system" means any mass transit system intended for shared passenger transport services to the general public, together with any building, structure, appurtenance, utility, transport support facility, transport vehicles, service vehicles, parking facility, or any other facility, structure, vehicle, or property needed to operate the transportation facility or provide connectivity for the transportation facility to any other non-mass transit system transportation infrastructure, including, but not limited to, interstates, highways, roads, streets, alleys, and sidewalks; (4) "Surcharge" means a tax, or combination of taxes, levied by a local government pursuant to this part; and (5) "Transit improvement program" means a program consisting of specified public transit system projects and services. Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 181,s 27, eff. 4/26/2017.
As used in this part:
(1) "Implementing agency" means any public transit agency, regional transportation authority created under title 64, chapter 8, or other local government department, agency, or designated entity that is responsible for planning or implementing a transit improvement program;
(2) "Local government" means: (A) Any county in this state, including any county having a metropolitan or consolidated form of government, having a population in excess of one hundred twelve thousand (112,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census; or (B) Any city in this state having a population in excess of one hundred sixty-five thousand (165,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census;
(A) Any county in this state, including any county having a metropolitan or consolidated form of government, having a population in excess of one hundred twelve thousand (112,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census; or
(B) Any city in this state having a population in excess of one hundred sixty-five thousand (165,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census;
(3) "Public transit system" means any mass transit system intended for shared passenger transport services to the general public, together with any building, structure, appurtenance, utility, transport support facility, transport vehicles, service vehicles, parking facility, or any other facility, structure, vehicle, or property needed to operate the transportation facility or provide connectivity for the transportation facility to any other non-mass transit system transportation infrastructure, including, but not limited to, interstates, highways, roads, streets, alleys, and sidewalks;
(4) "Surcharge" means a tax, or combination of taxes, levied by a local government pursuant to this part; and
(5) "Transit improvement program" means a program consisting of specified public transit system projects and services.

Where this section sits in the code

TN Code
Title 67
Chapter 4

As used in this part:

(1) "Implementing agency" means any public transit agency, regional transportation authority created under title 64, chapter 8, or other local government department, agency, or designated entity that is responsible for planning or implementing a transit improvement program;

(2) "Local government" means: (A) Any county in this state, including any county having a metropolitan or consolidated form of government, having a population in excess of one hundred twelve thousand (112,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census; or (B) Any city in this state having a population in excess of one hundred sixty-five thousand (165,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census;

(A) Any county in this state, including any county having a metropolitan or consolidated form of government, having a population in excess of one hundred twelve thousand (112,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census; or

(B) Any city in this state having a population in excess of one hundred sixty-five thousand (165,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census;

(3) "Public transit system" means any mass transit system intended for shared passenger transport services to the general public, together with any building, structure, appurtenance, utility, transport support facility, transport vehicles, service vehicles, parking facility, or any other facility, structure, vehicle, or property needed to operate the transportation facility or provide connectivity for the transportation facility to any other non-mass transit system transportation infrastructure, including, but not limited to, interstates, highways, roads, streets, alleys, and sidewalks;

(4) "Surcharge" means a tax, or combination of taxes, levied by a local government pursuant to this part; and

(5) "Transit improvement program" means a program consisting of specified public transit system projects and services.

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