As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a)
“Benefit district” means a special benefit assessment district established pursuant to this chapter, the area of which shall lie not more than one-half mile from the center point of any transit station or proposed transit station.
(b)
“Board” means the governing board of the operator.
(c)
“Eligible transit project” means transit stations and rail facilities and associated services, but excludes operating costs of rail or transit services.
(d)
(1)For purposes of this chapter, “legal representative” means an official of a corporation owning real property in the benefit district.
(2)
For purposes of this chapter, “legal representative” also means a guardian, conservator, executor, or administrator of the estate of the holder of title to real property in the benefit district who is all of the following:
(A)
The person is appointed under the laws of this state.
(B)
The person is entitled to the possession of the estate’s real property.
(C)
The person is authorized by the appointing court to exercise the particular right, privilege, or immunity which he or she seeks to
exercise.
(e)
“Operator” means a transit district, municipal operator, or other public agency operating or contracting for the operation of transit, commuter rail, or intercity rail services.
(f)
“Rail” means rail transit, commuter rail, or intercity rail.
(g)
“Rail facilities” means land, buildings, and equipment, or any interest therein, whether or not the operation thereof produces revenue, which has, as its primary purpose, the operation of the rail system or the providing of services to the passengers of the rail system, but does not mean any land, buildings, or equipment, or interest therein, which is used primarily for the production of revenue not arising from the operation of the rail system.
(h)
“Transit station” means a rail station, or a ferry terminal, or a bus transfer station as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65460.1 of the Government Code.