There is created an Authority to be known as the Transit Authority of Murray-Calloway County which shall be a political subdivision and a public body corporate with power to contract and be contracted with, to sue and to be sued, to establish, alter, and enforce rules and regulations in furtherance of the purpose of its creation, to adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal, and to have and exercise generally all the powers of private corporations, except to the extent the same may be inconsistent with KRS 96A.010, et seq. The Authority shall be authorized to promote and develop mass transportation within the city and the county including establishment, operation, and extension of a mass transit system and the Authority shall have and may exercise such power as may be necessary or desirable to carry out such purpose.
(Ord. 717, passed 8-28-80)