Section 8.02. Definitions.

 

(1)  "Capital project" means the acquisition, construction, reconstruction and improvement of facilities, vehicles and equipment for use in the provision of an eligible urban mass transit system.

(2)  "Capitalized maintenance costs" are costs associated with vehicle and facility related maintenance which a mass transit system has classified as capital costs as allowed by TEA 21. A mass transit system shall classify capitalized maintenance costs identically under both the federal section 5307 program and the state operating assistance program authorized under s. 85.20 , Stats.

(2m)  "Department" means the Wisconsin department of transportation.

(2r)  "Eligible recipient" means local public bodies in urbanized areas under 200,000 population who have been designated as recipients of federal section 5307 funds by the secretary of the department of transportation acting on behalf of the governor.

(3)  "Eligible urban mass transit system" means a mass transit system operating or designated to operate in urbanized areas of less than 200,000 population.

(4)  "Federal section 5307 funds" means all federal funds apportioned to the state for distribution by the governor for urban mass transit operating assistance and capital projects in urbanized areas under 200,000 population.

(5)  "Local public bodies" has the meaning given in s. Trans 4.02 (2) .

(6)  "Mass transit system" has the meaning given in s. Trans 4.02 (4) .

(7)  ``Operating assistance" means a subsidy to pay part of the operating deficit of an eligible urban mass transit system.

(8)  "Operating deficit" has the meaning given in s. Trans 4.05(3) .

(9)  "Operating expenses" means all eligible project costs under s. Trans 4.04 .

(10)  "Operating revenues" has the meaning given in s. Trans 4.05(4) .

(11)  "Project year" means a calendar year.

(11m)  "TEA 21" means the federal transportation equity act for the 21st century of 1998.

(12)  "Urbanized area" means those areas of the state so defined by the U.S. bureau of the census.

History: Cr. Register, January, 1987, No. 373 , eff. 2-1-87; renum. and am. (2) to be (2r), cr. (2), (2m) and (11m) and am. (4), (7) and (10), Register, November, 2000, No. 539 , eff. 12-1-00 ; reprinted to correct printing error in sub. (7), Register, March, 2001, No. 543 .