Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 7 - MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Division 10 - Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission
Chapter 7 - Transportation
Section 7 CSR 10-7.030 - Distribution of Funds Appropriated to the Missouri State Transit Assistance Program
Universal Citation: 7 MO Code of State Regs 10-7.030
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment removes the application paragraph to remain consistent with 7 CSR 10-7.010 and removes the monthly disbursement requirement to reduce regulatory burden.
(1) Criteria. The following criteria will be used to distribute state financial assistance to eligible public mass transportation service providers under section 226.195, RSMo:
(A) Eligibility.
1. Applicant shall be a mass transportation
service provider and shall be one (1) of the following:
A. A city;
B. A city transit authority;
C. A city utilities board;
D. An interstate transportation authority as
such term is defined in section 94.600, RSMo;
E. An intrastate transportation authority;
or
F. An agency receiving funding,
either directly or as a sub-recipient, from either the Federal Transit
Administration urbanized or nonurbanized formula transit programs.
2. Applicant shall show that it
will incur operating or capital costs to provide public mass transportation
service in Missouri; and
(B) Distribution of state financial
assistance shall be made on the basis of population, ridership, cost and
efficiency of the public mass transportation service provider's program,
availability of alternative public transportation in the service area, and
local effort or tax support. The commission will determine the allocation of
state transit assistance funding to urbanized areas and the allocation to other
than urbanized areas.
1. For applicants
providing public mass transportation services in U.S. Census urbanized areas
with a population of fifty thousand (50,000) persons or greater, the
distribution of state financial assistance will be made on the basis of
relative point scores determined by the following factors: three- (3-) year
average of Missouri ridership (maximum twenty-four and one-half (24.5) points);
public mass transportation service area population in Missouri (maximum
twenty-four and one-half (24.5) points); annual operating cost of the Missouri
portion of the program (maximum twenty-four and one-half (24.5) points);
efficiency of the program (maximum one (1) point); availability of alternative
public transportation in the public mass transportation service area (maximum
one (1) point); and local effort or tax support (maximum twenty-four and
one-half (24.5) points).
2. For
applicants providing public mass transportation in areas other than U.S. Census
urbanized areas, the distribution of state financial assistance will be made on
the following basis of relative point scores determined by the following
factors: public mass transportation service area population in Missouri
(maximum forty-nine (49) points); three- (3-) year average of Missouri
ridership (maximum ten (10) points); annual operating cost of the Missouri
portion of the program (maximum twenty-nine (29) points); efficiency of the
program (maximum one (1) point); availability of alternative public
transportation in the public mass transportation service area (maximum one (1)
point); and local effort or tax support (maximum ten (10) points).
(2) Applications, Awards, and Disbursements.
(A) Applications
will be accepted each year.
(B)
Applications will be processed each year. The commission will review the
applications. The commission will use the information in the application as
well as the other documentation required by this rule to determine if the
application is approved. The commission reserves the right to request
additional information. The commission may deny funding as a result of
applicant's failure to fully and accurately complete the application.
(C) Announcements of financial assistance to
applicants will be made each year.
(D) Awards will be made for a period of
twelve (12) months. Disbursements will be made on a reimbursable basis. The
commission will review and approve the expenditures on the invoices.
(E) All commission determinations under this
rule including but not limited to approval or disapproval of applications, the
amount of distributed state assistance, and all other determinations are final
and not subject to appeal.
(3) Information. Information regarding the Missouri State Transit Assistance Program may be obtained from the transit section in the Multimodal Operations Division, 105 West Capitol Avenue, PO Box 270, Jefferson City, MO 65102.
*Original authority: 226.195, RSMo 2011 .
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