Chapter 1. General Provisions of California Public Utilities Code >> Division 10. >> Part 18. >> Chapter 1.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the Gold Coast Transit District Act.

The purpose of the transit district is to develop, provide, operate, and administer public transportation and to protect the public interest, health, and welfare.

As used in this part, the following terms have the following meanings:
  (a) "Agency" means Gold Coast Transit, a joint powers agency created pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
  (b) "Board of directors" or "board" means the board of directors of the district.
  (c) "Board of Supervisors" means the Ventura County Board of Supervisors.
  (d) "County" means the County of Ventura.
  (e) "Director" means a voting member of the board of directors.
  (f) "District" means the Gold Coast Transit District created by this part.
  (g) "General manager" means the person defined in subdivision (d) of Section 107020.
  (h) "Member" means the County of Ventura, the Cities of Oxnard, San Buenaventura (Ventura), Port Hueneme, and Ojai, and any other city within the County of Ventura that joins as a member of the district as set forth in this part. No person or entity of any kind that is not the county or a city in the county may be a member.
  (i) "Transit" means the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage.
  (j) "Transit facilities" means any and all real and personal property, easements, licenses, equipment, facilities, rights, title, or interests owned or acquired by the district for transit services and the operation thereof.
  (k) "Voter" means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.