{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-17b-2a-805","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 17B-2a-805","heading":"Limitations on authority of a public transit district.","body":"(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.\n(2)\n(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.\n(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).\n(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:\n(i) as part of a program of projects approved by the Federal Transit Administration;\n(ii) in cooperation with the state or a political subdivision of the state, pursuant to an interlocal agreement; or\n(iii) in accordance with Title 72, Chapter 12, Travel Reduction Act.","path":["Title 17B Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts","Chapter 17B-2a Provisions Applicable to Different Types of Special Districts","Part 17B-2a-8 Public Transit District Act"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title17B/Chapter2a/17B-2a-S805.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"eb7bed0694843b105f26d24b6be21dd52bb0c0273339eed859d96f796cc058f0","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-17b-2a-804","next":"us-ut/utah-code-17b-2a-806"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}