As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) Advertising device means an outdoor sign, display, poster, or other
message used to advertise a product or service or other message.
(1.5) Authority means a body corporate and political subdivision of the
state created pursuant to this part 6 or a transportation planning organization
exercising the powers of an authority as authorized by section 43-4-622.
(2) Board means the board of directors of an authority or of a
transportation planning organization exercising the powers of an authority as
authorized by section 43-4-622.
(3) Bond means any bond, note, interim certificate, contract, or other
obligation of an authority authorized by this part 6.
(3.5) Boundaries of the authority means the boundaries specified in the
contract creating the authority, as may be changed in the manner provided in
section 43-4-605 (2), or the boundaries of the territory in which a transportation
planning organization is authorized to exercise the powers of an authority as
specified in the resolution authorizing the transportation planning organization to
exercise the powers of an authority adopted by the board of the transportation
planning organization as authorized by section 43-4-622, as may be changed in the
manner provided in section 43-4-605 (2).
(4) Combination means any two or more municipalities, two or more
counties, or one or more municipalities and one or more counties. In addition,
combination may include:
(a) One or more special districts organized with street improvement, safety
protection, or transportation powers under and as defined in article 1 of title 32,
C.R.S., and one or more municipalities, counties, or counties and municipalities;
(b) The state to the extent authorized by section 43-4-603 (5).
(5) Construct or construction means the planning, designing,
engineering, acquisition, installation, construction, or reconstruction of regional
transportation systems.
(6) County means any county organized under the laws of the state,
including any city and county.
(7) Division means the division of local government in the department of
local affairs.
(8) Governmental unit means the state or any political subdivision thereof,
except school districts or special purpose authorities as defined in section 24-77-102 (15), C.R.S.
(9) (a) Grant means a cash payment of public funds made directly to a
regional transportation activity enterprise by a governmental unit within the state,
which cash payment is not required to be repaid.
(b) Grant does not include the following:
(I) Public funds paid or advanced to a regional transportation activity
enterprise by a governmental unit in exchange for an agreement by a regional
transportation activity enterprise to provide a regional transportation system or for
the use of property included in or in connection with a regional transportation
system;
(II) Refunds made in the current or next fiscal year;
(III) Gifts;
(IV) Any payments directly or indirectly from federal funds or earnings on
federal funds;
(V) Collections for another government;
(VI) Pension contributions by employees and pension fund earnings;
(VII) Reserve transfers or expenditures;
(VIII) Damage awards; or
(IX) Property sales.
(10) Municipality has the same meaning as that provided in section 31-1-101
(6), C.R.S.
(11) Operation and maintenance expenses means all reasonable and
necessary current expenses of the authority, paid or accrued, of operating,
maintaining, and repairing any regional transportation system.
(12) Person means any natural person, corporation, partnership,
association, or joint venture, the United States of America, or any governmental
unit.
(12.5) Region means all of the territory within the boundaries of, and
subject to the jurisdiction of, the governing body of any member of a combination
that creates an authority pursuant to section 43-4-603 or the governing body of
any member of a transportation planning organization exercising the powers of an
authority as authorized by section 43-4-622.
(13) and (14) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2005, p. 1058, � 3, effective January
1, 2006.)
(15) Regional transportation activity enterprise means any regional
transportation activity business owned by an authority, which enterprise receives
under ten percent of its annual revenues in grants from all state and local
governments within the state combined and is authorized to issue its own revenue
bonds pursuant to this part 6.
(16) Regional transportation system means any property, improvement, or
system designed to be compatible with established state and local transportation
plans that transports or conveys people or goods or permits people or goods to be
transported or conveyed within a region by any means, including, but not limited to,
an automobile, truck, bus, rail, air, or gondola. The term includes any real or
personal property or equipment, or interest therein, that is appurtenant or related
to any property, improvement, or system that transports or conveys people or
goods or permits people or goods to be transported or conveyed within a region by
any means or that is financed, constructed, operated, or maintained in connection
with the financing, construction, operation, or maintenance of any such property,
improvement, or system. The term may also include, but is not limited to, any
highway, road, street, bus system, railroad, airport, gondola system, or mass transit
system and any real or personal property or equipment, or interest therein, used in
connection therewith; any real or personal property or equipment, or interest
therein, that is used to transport or convey gas, electricity, water, sewage, or
information or that is used in connection with the transportation, conveyance, or
provisions of any other utilities; and paving, grading, landscaping, curbs, gutters,
culverts, sidewalks, bikeways, lighting, bridges, overpasses, underpasses, cross-roads, parkways, drainage facilities, mass transit lanes, park-and-ride facilities, toll
collection facilities, service areas, and administrative or maintenance facilities.
Rights-of-way included in a regional transportation system shall be considered
public rights-of-way for purposes of the location of utilities owned by persons other
than the authority; except that no right-of-way within the regional transportation
district created and existing pursuant to article 9 of title 32, C.R.S., that is not a
publicly dedicated right-of-way by a municipality, a county, or the state shall be
considered a public right-of-way as a result of its inclusion in the district.
(16.5) Revenues means any tolls, fees, rates, charges, assessments, taxes,
grants, contributions, or other income and revenues received by the authority.
(16.7) Special district has the same meaning as provided in section 32-1-103 (20), C.R.S.
(17) State means the state of Colorado or any of its agencies.
(18) Streetscape enhancement means an advertising device located on a
bus or transit shelter or bench, waste receptacle, kiosk, or other freestanding
structure located within an authority.
(19) Transportation planning organization means a metropolitan planning
organization, as defined in section 43-1-1102 (4), or a rural transportation planning
organization responsible for transportation planning for a transportation planning
region, as defined in section 43-1-1102 (8).