§ 95005 Public Transit Definition

Public Utilities Code·California

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•Transit means moving people (and their small bags) using buses or other vehicles, but not chartered or sightseeing buses.
•The district can rent its buses to private companies that are allowed to carry people.
•The district can also use its buses to take kids to and from school.

Example

A school district has extra buses.

The district can rent these buses to a private company that takes people to work, or use them to pick up kids for school.

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§ 95005 Public Transit Definition

“Transit” means the transportation of passengers only and their incidental baggage by means other than by chartered bus, sightseeing bus, or any other motor vehicle not on an individual passenger fare-paying basis. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the district from leasing its buses to private certified public carriers or to prohibit the district from providing schoolbus service for the transportation of pupils between their homes and schools. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Public Utilities Code. Section 95005.

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