New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Chapter VI - Transportation Regulations
Subchapter G - Mass Transportation Operating Assistance
Part 980 - Rural Public Transportation Coordination Assistance Program Rules And Regulations
Section 980.9 - Responsibilities of current transportation providers in grant counties
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Regardless of their degree of participation in their county's coordinated service program, all public and private human service agencies or entities that apply for or have received federal, state or local government aid that is or may be used, in whole or in part, to provide and/or contract for passenger transportation services, or agencies that otherwise provide, purchase or operate transportation services, shall forward to their county's Services Coordinator the following information:
(b) Current operators of passenger transportation utilizing federal or state funds are encouraged to lease their vehicles to the CSO for use in the coordinated service. In some cases, county governments or appropriate State agencies may require this. Current providers of client-oriented transportation that join in the coordinated service are expected to phase-out regular passenger transportation operating responsibilities so that the productivity of the coordinated service will be maximized. Current providers would purchase transportation service from the CSO for their clients through tickets, monthly passes or other appropriate mechanisms.
(c) Agencies which are current purchasers of transportation receiving federal or state funds by or through the County, are expected to give preference to the CSO in purchasing transportation service and client referral.
(d) Current operators of vehicles purchased through the Section 16(b)(2) Program administered by the Department are encouraged to join the county's coordinated service by leasing their current vehicles to the CSO; if so they would then purchase service for their clients from the CSO. Future grants of 16(b)(2) vehicles to private, non-profit organizations in the rural county would be contingent upon such vehicles' full time management and control by the CSO.
(e) School districts are encouraged to participate in their county's coordinated service program as authorized in Section 1502 of the State Education Law. Section 1502 authorizes school districts to contract to store, maintain and repair any motor vehicle of and provide driver training for any operator of any motor vehicle used to provide a portion of a county's coordinated public transportation service and owned by any municipal corporation or any not-for-profit organization. The board of education of any school district is also authorized to contract with an operator of a coordinated public transportation service for the purpose of providing a portion of that service.