No property within this state shall be included within the territorial boundaries of more than one regional transit commission, nor shall any regional transit authority be created pursuant to sections 306.30 to 306.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code, which includes any territory within the territorial boundaries of a regional transit commission. No regional transit commission shall be created which includes territory theretofore included within the territorial boundaries of a regional transit authority unless all of the territory within the territorial boundaries of such regional transit authority is included within the territorial boundaries of the regional transit commission, in which event, to the extent lawful, the regional transit authority shall be merged into the regional transit commission, and the regional transit commission shall assume and perform all of the obligations of such regional transit authority.
Effective Date: 08-25-1970.