California § 66540.3 - Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section

§ 66540.3. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this title. (a) “Authority” means the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority created by Section 66540.4. (b) “Bay area region” means the region described in Section 66502. (c) “Board” means the board of directors of the authority. (d) “Public agency” includes, but is not limited to, the federal government or any officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission or other body or agency thereof; the state government or any officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission or other body or agency thereof; other state governments or any officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission or other body or agency thereof; any town, city, county, city and county, and municipal corporation, whether incorporated or not and whether chartered or not, or any officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission or other body or agency thereof; any school district, political subdivision, district or local agency or any officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission or other body or agency thereof. (e) “Public transportation ferries” means ferryboats operated, sponsored, funded, or subsidized by any public agency, including, but not limited to, those ferryboats operated under agreement with a private operator. (f) “Water transportation services” means the transportation of passengers, their incidental baggage, including wheelchairs and bicycles, and small packages by water-borne vessels, and the loading, unloading, and ancillary activities related thereto. Water transportation services does not include the continuous transportation of goods in interstate or international commerce.