[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Guilderland 8-27-1986 by L.L. No. 3-1986 (Subpart 20 of the 1974 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Local Transit Law of the Town of Guilderland."
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Purposes. This chapter is enacted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety and general welfare of the people of the Town of Guilderland. To further such purposes, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Town of Guilderland that adequate, safe and efficient transportation facilities and services at reasonable cost to the people of the Town of Guilderland be established for the economic growth and development of the town and the well-being of its residents.
There is hereby created the Town of Guilderland local transit system. The transit system shall be managed, operated and controlled by the Town Board of the Town of Guilderland.
The territorial jurisdiction of the Town of Guilderland local transit system shall be coterminous with the territorial limits of the Town of Guilderland.
In addition to the powers granted in Article 5-I of the General Municipal Law, the Town Board shall have the following powers and duties with respect to mass transportation projects:
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To investigate transportation services within its territorial jurisdiction and the means of improving such services.
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To investigate to determine if there are inadequate and/or substandard transportation services.
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To publish and disseminate information.
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To prepare or arrange for preparation of plans for carrying out and operating mass transportation projects.
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To construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain or operate or provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance or operation of any mass transportation projects.
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To have jurisdiction and control of each of its projects, with the right and duty to establish and charge fares, fees, rentals, rates and other charges, and to collect revenues therefrom.
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To conduct operations customarily considered ancillary to rendering transportation services.
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To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out and conduct a mass transportation project or projects in the Town of Guilderland.
The Town Board may establish from time to time, by resolution, the fares, fees, rates and other charges for passage on any of its mass transportation projects.