{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-160a-681","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-681","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following definitions apply in this Article:\n(1)\tAuthority. - The Ferry Transportation Authority.\n(2)\tBoard of Trustees. - The governing board of the Authority.\n(3)\tFerry Transportation Authority. - A public body corporate and politic organized in accordance with the provisions of this Article for the purposes, with the powers, and subject to the restrictions hereinafter set forth.\n(4)\tFerry transportation service. - Transportation of passengers or freight by any means of conveyance, including a ferry, barge, vehicle, or tram.\n(5)\tFerry transportation system. - A combination of real and personal property, structures, improvements, buildings, equipment, maritime vessels, vehicles, vehicle parking, trams, shuttle buses, docks, terminals, and other facilities necessary for the maintenance and operation of a ferry transportation service. The term does not include public streets, roads, or highways.\n(6)\tUnit of local government. - A county, city, town, or municipality of this State, and any other political subdivision, public corporation, authority, or district in this State, that is or may be authorized by law to acquire, establish, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, own, or operate a ferry transportation system.\n(7)\tUnit of local government's chief administrative official. - The county manager, city manager, town manager, or other person in whom the responsibility for the unit of local government's administrative duties is vested.\n(8)\tVessel. - Watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation of passengers or freight on water. (2017-120, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 160A. Cities and Towns.","Article 29. Ferry Transportation Authority."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_160A/GS_160A-681.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:25:42Z","sha256":"896554b683b0de2e6401c97848fa9d5fabc02c79ff67300d81c6db26f57dddce","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-160a-680","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-160a-682"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}