Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, before the district may establish any transit service or system which may at any time substantially divert, lessen, or compete for the patronage or revenues of any privately owned transit or intercity route existing prior to June 1, 1971, the district shall give a written notice to the public utility which is operating the existing route. The written notice shall describe the transit service or system which the district proposes to establish and shall state the time within which the district proposes to establish such service or system.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1374.)