DEFINITIONS.

In this chapter:

(1) "Authority" means a regional transit authority created under this chapter.

(2) "Complementary transportation services" includes:

(A) special transportation services for a person who is elderly or has a disability;

(B) medical transportation services;

(C) assistance in street modifications as necessary to accommodate the public transportation system;

(D) construction of new general aviation facilities or renovation or purchase of existing facilities not served by certificated air carriers to relieve air traffic congestion at existing facilities; and

(E) any other service that complements the public transportation system, including providing parking garages.

(3) "Executive committee" means the authority directors who serve as the governing body of the authority.

(4) "Mass transit system" means a system constructed by an authority for the transportation of passengers and hand-carried packages or baggage of a passenger by any means of surface, overhead, or underground transportation, other than an aircraft or taxicab. The term includes a rail system and services coordinated with a transit system operated by a municipality.

(5) "Public transportation system" means:

(A) all property owned or held by an authority for public transportation service purposes;

(B) real property, facilities, and equipment for the protection and environmental enhancement of all the facilities; and

(C) property held:

(i) in accordance with a contract with the owner making the property subject to the control of or regulation by the authority; and

(ii) for public transportation service purposes.

(6) "Regional high capacity transit" means intercity transit service designed to transport more people than typical, local fixed-route bus service by using dedicated lanes or rights-of-way or by having transit priority, including queue jumps or traffic signal priority. The term includes bus rapid transit, light rail, commuter rail, streetcars, high occupancy toll lanes, or other fixed guideway operations.

(7) "Service plan" means an outline of the service that would be provided by the authority to counties if confirmed at an election.