Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A. Municipalities and Counties § 3501. Definitions

1. District. “District” or “transit district” includes:

2. Regional transportation corporation. “Regional transportation corporation” means any private, nonprofit corporation formed for the express purpose of providing public transportation services to more than one municipality but which is not wholly or partly owned by the municipalities. The corporation must be approved, for the purpose of providing public transportation services, by the municipal officers of each community to receive public transportation services from the corporation. After being approved by the municipal officers of 5 or more communities, such a corporation shall be duly certified as a regional transportation corporation by the Department of Transportation and is subject to all applicable Public Utilities Commission rules governing charter and rates of fare.

3. Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System. “Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System” means the federally designated planning organization for the Portland region established to improve the coordination of transportation planning and investment decisions by state, municipal and public transportation organizations.

4. Transportation corridor district. “Transportation corridor district” means a specified area contiguous with a transportation route or facility that has been formed by a municipality or municipalities and approved by the voters as provided under section 3502-A.