Rajasthan State Bus Terminal Development Authority Act, 2015
No: 19 Dated: Apr, 27 2015
THE RAJASTHAN STATE BUS TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT, 2015
(Act No. 19 of 2045)
[Received the assent of the Governor on the 24" day of April, 2015]
An Act
to provide for the creation, development and operation offacilities at the notified bus terminals and for the constitution of the Rajasthan Siate Bus Terminal Development Authority and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Sixty-sixth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan State Bus Terminal Development Authority Act, 2015.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Rajasthan.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2.Definitions.-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Authority” means the Rajasthan State Bus Terminal DevelopmentAuthority constituted under section 4;
(b) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of theAuthority;
(c) “concession” means the rights and obligations specified in a contract entered into between the Authority and any person for the development, financing and operation of the notified bus - terminals or part thereof;
(d) “concessionaire” means a person who has entered into 4 contract with the Authority for andin respect of a concession;
(e) “consultant” means a person who has the qualitication, experience, and expertise to assist and advise the Authority on matters related to thefunctions ofthe Authority;
(f) “encroachment” means unauthorized occupation of any notified bus terminal or part thereof, and includes,-
(i) the erection of a building or any other structure, balconies, thresholds, porches or projections on, over, or overhanging, the notified bus terminal or any part thereof;
(ii) unauthorized stacking of materials or goods of any description or exhibiting of articles for sale or erecting of any temperary structure or parking of vehicles at the premises of notified bus terminals;
(g) “facility” includes hotel, motel, restaurants, service stations, hospitals, shopping compiexes, office complexes, storage facilities, logistic hubs, entertainment complexes and other services and facilities for the users of notified bus terminals;
(h) “member” means a member of the Authority appointed under section 4 and includes aChairperson; () “notified bus terminal” means the bus terminal notified under section 3;
(j) “operation”, in relation to a notified bus terminal, includes its maintenance, repair, modification, improvement, mene oe regulation, and collection of user charges and “operate” shall be construed accordingly;
(k) “person”includes any company or association or body’ of individuals, whether incorporated or not, or a partnershipfirm;
(l) “private bus operator" means a person, ot an State Transport Undertakings, who operates bus services;
(m) “regulations” means the regulations made by the Authority under this Act; and
(n) “rules” means the rules made by the State Covenant under this Act.