Illinois Administrative Code › Title 92 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 651 - CANNABIS BUSINESS INCUBATOR AND SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMS › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 651.103 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following
				  words and phrases as used in these regulations shall have the meanings ascribed
				  to them in the following sections.
"Act" means the Downstate Public Transportation Act (Ill.
				  Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 1112/3,
				  par. 661 et seq.).
"Apportioned funds" means 75% of the funds appropriated by
				  the General Assembly in any fiscal year for expenditure by the Department for
				  operating assistance for new programs which the Department apportions among the
				  non-urbanized area transportation assistance regions pursuant to Section
				  651.104
				  herein.
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Transportation,
				  Division of Public Transportation.
"Discretionary funds" means 25% of the funds appropriated by
				  the General Assembly in any fiscal year for expenditure by the Department for
				  operating and capital assistance for new programs.
"Eligible capital expenses" means any expenditure of monies
				  for capital items necessary for the provision of public transportation
				  services, including expenditures for:
the purchase of vehicles for use in public transportation
				  service;
the purchase of maintenance and support equipment directly
				  related to the support of such service operations (e.g. maintenance tools,
				  fareboxes, wheelchair lifts, ramps, radios, etc.);
the purchase or construction of fixed facilities.
"Eligible operating expenses" means eligible operating
				  expenses as defined in Section 1.04 of Article III of the Act.
"FHWA" means the Federal Highway Administration of the U.S.
				  Department of Transportation.
"Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of the State of Illinois
				  for the period July 1 through June 30.
"New programs" means:
those public transportation programs operated by participants
				  which did not receive financial assistance under the Act during fiscal year
				  1979 or did not receive demonstration project funds from the U.S. Department of
				  Transportation during fiscal year 1979; and
those public transportation programs operating outside the
				  geographic boundaries of service areas (as approved by the Department or by the
				  U.S. Department of Transportation in fiscal year 1979) of those participants
				  which received financial assistance under the Act during fiscal year 1979 or
				  which received demonstration project funds from the U.S. Department of
				  Transportation during fiscal year 1979.
"Nonurbanized area transportation assistance regions" means
				  those regions established by the Department for apportioning 75% of the total
				  Section 18 funds appropriated by the General Assembly for new programs as
				  provided under Article III, Section 4 of Act and Section
				  651.103
				  herein.
"Operating deficits" means operating deficits as defined in
				  Article III, Section 1.02 of the Act.
"Operating revenue" means:
revenues from nonreimbursable fares, reduced fare
				  reimbursements, rentals of properties, advertising, and any other amounts
				  collected or received in the process of providing public transportation under
				  the Section 18 program which, under standard accounting practices, are properly
				  classified as operating revenue or operating income attributable to providing
				  public transportation; and
any unrestricted Federal, State or local funds received as a
				  result of providing public transportation services funded under the Section 18
				  program which are not used to match grant funds awarded under the Section 18
				  program.
"Participant" means participant as defined in Article III,
				  Section 1.02 of the Act, except that only participants providing transportation
				  services under new programs will be governed by these regulations. For the
				  purpose of determining the boundaries of "cities over 20,000" as used in
				  Article III, Section 1.02 of the Act, the Department will consider two cities
				  that, at any point, share coterminous boundaries and whose populations together
				  exceed 20,000 in number to be eligible participants for the purposes of
				  receiving assistance from the Section 18 program and will accept joint
				  applications from such cities.
"Program of proposed expenditures" means:
the services to be provided and the budget for the provision
				  of those services both as approved by the Department under the Section 18
				  program; or
the project budget for the purchase of capital items as
				  approved by the Department under the Section 18 program.
"Public Transportation" means public transportation as
				  defined in Article III, Section 1.05 of the Act. In determining whether a
				  participant's proposed program should be classified as public transportation,
				  the Department will consider all transportation services included in an
				  application as one program. Although some client specific transportation
				  services may be included as part of a proposed program, some portion of
				  transportation services to be funded under any single program must be available
				  to the general public or groups of the general public with special needs (such
				  as the elderly and handicapped) in order for that program, as a whole, to be
				  classified as public transportation. For programs that include subsidized taxi
				  service, rides shared by two or more passengers must be allowed and encouraged
				  in order for taxi service to be classified as public transportation. FHWA will
				  review all proposed service provided under a participant's program to determine
				  the eligibility of the service for funding under Section 18, and FHWA's
				  decision as to the eligibility of the proposed service will be final.
"Section 18" means Section 18 of the Urban Mass
				  Transportation Act of 1974, as amended.
"State" means the State of Illinois.