§ 23 §4209 — Public transportation administration

1.
Geographic regions.
The department shall divide the State into a number of geographic regions for regional distribution of state-administered transportation funds. Upon designation of the geographic regions, a regional public transportation agency must be selected from each region to formulate a quinquennial locally coordinated plan for regional transit in accordance with federal requirements. The department shall select regional public transportation agencies in collaboration with transit stakeholders, including transportation providers, social service organizations, the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration and the Public Transit Advisory Council under section 4209‑A. The department shall establish a schedule for submittal of the quinquennial locally coordinated plans for regional transit to the department for review and approval in accordance with subsection 2.
1-A.
Interagency Transportation Coordinating Committee.
2.
Quinquennial locally coordinated plan for regional transit.
The quinquennial locally coordinated plan for regional transit submitted by each regional public transportation agency must provide for the following:
3.
State assistance.
Within the limits of available funding, the department shall provide assistance as follows:
4.
Human services assistance; priorities.
The Public Transit Advisory Council under section 4209‑A shall serve in an advisory capacity to the department, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor in matters concerning public transportation. In the event that transportation funds for human services programs are insufficient for full implementation of the human services portion of an approved quinquennial locally coordinated plan for regional transit, priorities established by the Department of Health and Human Services determine the priority clients that must be initially served by human services funds. The department, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor and their contractors shall actively engage local transportation providers in the planning of new services that are expected to have a transportation component.
5.
Intercity service.
Intercity service is service designated as such in a public transportation plan developed by the department. Intercity service planning must fulfill the requirements set forth in subsection 2 and must address public transportation needs that cannot be met by locally coordinated regional transit planning. The State may contribute to the nonfederal costs of intercity service.
6.
Letters of credit; reporting requirements; general powers.
To further the purposes of this section, the Department of Transportation may do the following:
7.
Review.

Legislative History

PL 1979, c. 505, §4 (NEW). PL 1981, c. 493, §2 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 559 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 812, §144 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 174, §E (AMD). PL 1987, c. 428, §§1-4 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 103 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 859, §1 (AMD). RR 1995, c. 2, §§47,48 (COR). PL 1995, c. 560, §K82 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §K83 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 354, §3 (AMD). RR 2003, c. 2, §§83,84 (COR). PL 2009, c. 130, §§1-4 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 182, §§2-7 (AMD).