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| SPONSOR: | Garcia | DATE TYPED: | 01/29/99 | HB | |||
| SHORT TITLE: | Rural Public Transportation | SB | 41 | ||||
| ANALYST: | Gonzales | ||||||
| Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||||
| FY99 | FY2000 | FY99 | FY2000 | ||
| $ 700.0 | Non-Recurring | GF | |||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Local Government Division (LGD), Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)
State Highway and Transportation Department (SHTD
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
The bill provides an appropriation to LGD for FY2000 to assist qualified rural public transportation programs in meeting federal match requirements for federal public transportation grants. Local communities would be required to provide at least a 25 percent match. The bill also directs LGD to coordinate with the public transportation programs bureau of the State Highway and Transportation Department to select the rural areas that will receive funding.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The bill provides a general fund appropriation of $700.0 for this purpose for FY2000. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 reverts to the general fund.
RELATIONSHIP
Funding is also available for public transportation through state funding of local road projects through the local government road fund, the general fund, general obligation bonds and severance tax bonds.
TECHNICAL ISSUES
SHTD identifies the following issues:
On page 1, line 20 strike "in meeting federal match requirements for federal public transportation grants. Assistance shall be provided only to rural transportation programs that contribute at least twenty-five percent local match."
"Identify 'rural public transportation programs' as any community with less than 50,000 in population."
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