§ 73-g. Financial assistance for creation of coordinated rural public\ntransportation services. 1. The commissioner may approve grants to any\nrural county having no coordinated public transportation service, for\nthe purpose of developing such a service, and such approval shall\nreflect on ongoing funding commitment to the extent necessary to develop\nand implement a county plan. Such grants shall be awarded in amounts up\nto a maximum of forty-five thousand dollars for up to three successive\nyears, subject to the amounts of an annual appropriation to be included\nin the state budget, and shall be utilized by such county solely to pay\nfor its eligible costs incurred in the development and implementation of\ncoordinated public transportation service plan for said county. No\ngrant shall be approved for a rural county until the commissioner has\ncertified to the director of the division of the budget that said county\nwill appropriate for the purpose of planning and implementation of such\ncoordinated public transportation service plan, county funds equivalent\nto at least ten percent of the grant to be awarded the first year,\ntwenty percent of the grant awarded the second year, and thirty percent\nof the grant to be awarded the third year.\n 2. Each grant shall be considered by the commissioner upon application\nby a county, signed by the chief executive officer of the county, if\nany, or the chairperson of the county legislative body, including but\nnot limited to, the general intent and purpose of the project; a general\nstatement of the expected benefits to derive therefrom; and an\norganizational statement, designating the person responsible for\nmanaging the grant, and the manner by which the county will maintain\noversight of the expenditure of grant funds. Such application shall also\nstate that the county will appropriate an amount equivalent to at least\nten percent of the grant to be awarded the first year, twenty percent of\nthe grant awarded the second year, and thirty percent of the grant to be\nawarded the third year.\n 3. Upon notification by the commissioner of the approval of an\napplication for funding under this section, the services coordinator\nshall prepare a countywide coordinated public transportation service\nplan in accordance with guidelines issued by the commissioner. No such\nfunds shall be used for purchase of capital equipment. In the event a\nplan is completed and approved within one year and funds awarded to a\nrural county for this purpose are not fully expended, the remaining\nunexpended funds may be utilized to implement such plan.\n a. The commissioner shall by rule issue program guidelines for\npreparing a countywide coordinated public transportation service plan.\nSuch guidelines may address, but not be limited to, the following\nelements of the plan:\n (1) provision for consultation with existing transportation providers\nand purchasers, the county executive, if any, the county legislature,\nthe general public and any other persons interested in the plan;\n (2) a description of the geographic area to be served;\n (3) a description of existing transportation services, facilities,\nequipment, and usage;\n (4) a description of the nature and levels of existing funding\nsources;\n (5) a description of any new funding sources that are proposed to be\nincluded in the coordinated public transportation service program;\n (6) provision for the retention of existing levels of human service\nagency funding for transportation services;\n (7) provision for the inclusion of federal and state public\ntransportation operating assistance;\n (8) provision for continuation of existing levels of service to agency\nclients and the general public currently receiving service;\n (9) specific provision of new services for persons in need of\ntransportation who are not currently served or sponsored by a human\nservice agency or program;\n (10) provision for the increased utilization of vehicles
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