Section 6.07. Application for federal aids.

 

(1)  Eligible applicants may apply to the department for federal section 18 funds. If more than one local public body will financially participate in the project, one body should submit a single application on behalf of all. In those cases, the federal aids received shall be allocated among all local public bodies in proportion to each one's share of eligible project costs.

(2)  Applications shall be submitted to the department no later than October 15 of the year immediately preceding the project year. The department may accept revisions to a submitted application during the application review period. No application for operating assistance or capital assistance received after October 15 of the year immediately preceding the project year may be funded unless the secretary of transportation determines that a later date is appropriate in order to properly respond to an emergency.

(3)  The assisted transit services may be operated for less than a calendar year.

(4)  Applications shall be made in a manner and form prescribed by the department in accordance with governing federal regulations.

(5)  The applicant shall submit the original of its application to the bureau of transit and local transportation aids with a copy to the appropriate region office of the department.

(6)  An applicant shall submit a copy of its application for review and comment purposes to the appropriate regional planning commission, to the appropriate area agency on aging, and to the appropriate department of health services' regional office. In order to be considered by the department, comments by the agencies shall be submitted to the department's appropriate transportation region office within 45 days following the submission of the application to the department. The department shall give appropriate consideration to the review comments of the agencies.

(7)  The department reserves the right to reject applications for any of the following reasons:

(a) The proposed project is not consistent with the intent of the federal section 18 program;

(b) The lack of federal funds;

(c) The application is incomplete;

(d) The proposed project is not effective and efficient when compared to projects of a similar type. Such measures as the ratio of operating revenues to operating expenses, passengers per mile of service, operating expenses per passenger, and passengers per population served may be used to determine effectiveness and efficiency.

History: Cr. Register, April, 1984, No. 340 , eff. 5-1-84; emerg. am. (2) eff. 6-5-85; am. (2), Register, November, 1985, No. 359 , eff. 12-1-85; am. (2), Register, December, 1987, No. 384 , eff. 1-1-88; am. (2) and (5), Register, January, 1993, No. 445 , eff. 2-1-93; correction in (6) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6. , Stats., Register March 2012 No. 675 ; corrections in (5), (6) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6. , Stats., Register February 2013 No. 686 .