New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter VI - Transportation Regulations › Subchapter G - Mass Transportation Operating Assistance › Part 980 - Rural Public Transportation Coordination Assistance Program Rules And Regulations › Section 980.4 - Interagency coordinating committee on rural public transportation

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Membership of
				  the Committee. The Committee shall consist of 19 members. The Commissioner or
				  his or her designee shall serve as chairperson. Twelve of such members shall be
				  the following or his or her duly designated representative: the Director of the
				  Office for the Aging; the Commissioner of Education; the Commissioner of Labor;
				  the Commissioner of Health; the Commissioner of the Office of Mental Health;
				  the Commissioner of the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental
				  Disabilities; the Commissioner of Social Services; the State Advocate for the
				  Disabled; the Secretary of State; the Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets;
				  the Director of the Office of Rural Affairs and the Director of the Division
				  for Youth. Six additional members, all of whom shall be transportation
				  providers or consumers representing rural counties shall be appointed to serve
				  a term of three years as follows: two by the President Pro-tempore of the
				  Senate, two by the Speaker of the Assembly, one by the Minority Leader of the
				  Senate, and one by the Minority Leader of the Assembly. Efforts shall be made
				  to provide a broad representation of consumers and providers of transportation
				  services in rural counties when making such appointments. Members of the
				  Committee shall receive no salary.
(b) Responsibilities of the Committee. State
				  agency representatives on the Committee shall provide the Department with
				  assistance in advancing the purposes of this Part. The Department may request,
				  and shall be entitled to receive, from any State agency such assistance,
				  service, facilities and data as necessary to enable the Department to carry out
				  its functions, powers and duties. Committee members shall have the following
				  specific responsibilities:
(1) Identify their
				  agency programs and the annual amounts and sources of funds from such programs
				  that are eligible to be used to support a coordinated public transportation
				  service, and the annual amounts and sources of such funds that are actually
				  used for client transportation or for transportation of persons in connection
				  with agency-affiliated programs or services; such data shall be provided on a
				  county basis;
(2) Identify
				  restrictions on existing agency programs that inhibit funds from such programs
				  being used to pay for a coordinated public transportation service in rural
				  counties;
(3) Recommend changes in
				  State or local laws or regulations that would improve the coordination of
				  funds, facilities, vehicles or equipment and other resources used for
				  transportation at the local level;
(4) Upon request, compile and forward to the
				  Commissioner such data or other information as may be required for the
				  effective implementation of the program.