Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Transportation
Chapter Trans 6 - Rural And Small Urban Area Public Transportation Assistance Program
Section Trans 6.04 - Distribution of federal aids
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง Trans 6.04
Current through February 26, 2024
(1) The state's annual apportionment of federal section 5311 funds shall be distributed as follows:
(a) Up to 10% will be reserved by the
department for administrative and technical assistance purposes. Such technical
assistance may include project planning, program development, management
development, coordination of public transportation programs and research the
department deems appropriate to promote effective means of delivering public
transportation services in rural and small urban areas. Any uncommitted balance
of the state's apportionment of administrative funds from a preceding project
year may be used during subsequent years until the balance is
depleted.
(b) Apportionments are
initially available for operating assistance grants to eligible applicants, but
when combined with state s.
85.20,
Stats., operating assistance funds are limited to the lesser of either the
operating deficit or 65% of the total eligible operating project costs. No
city, village, or town may receive federal section 5311 funds to operate a
municipal bus transportation system unless the system is approved by action of
its governing body and by referendum vote of its electorate pursuant to s.
66.0803(2)
(a), Stats.
(c) Any balance remaining in the
apportionment referred to in par. (b) after operating assistance limits are met
under par. (b) shall be available to all eligible applicants for capital grants
awarded in accordance with criteria set forth under s.
Trans
6.06.
(d)
Any balance remaining in the apportionment after capital assistance needs are
met under par. (c) shall be available to all eligible applicants for operating
assistance beyond the 65% limitation initially imposed in par. (b), not to
exceed allowable limits under
49 USC
5311.
(e) Not less than 15% of the apportionment
made available to the state shall be used for the development and support of
intercity bus service. Eligible activities under this program may include
planning and marketing, capital grants for intercity bus shelters, joint-use
stops and depots, operating grants through purchase-of-service agreements,
user-side subsidies and demonstration projects, and coordination of rural
connections between small transit operations and intercity bus carriers. This
requirement is effective unless the governor certifies that the intercity bus
service needs of the state are adequately being met.
(2) Any uncommitted balances of the state's apportionments or any unexpended balances from previous obligations shall be carried forward to the following year.
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