Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 732 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DIVISION › Division 5 - SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION FUND FOR THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED › Section 732-005-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following definitions apply to rules in chapter 732
				divisions 5, 10, 20 and 30:
(1)
			 "Administration" means the essential activities incurred by the STF Agency:
			 receiving, disbursing and accounting for STF moneys.
(2) "Administrative Allotment" means a fixed
			 amount, disbursed annually to a STF Agency, for Administration.
(3) "Advisory Committee" means a committee
			 appointed by a STF Agency to advise and assist the STF Agency in carrying out
			 the purposes of the Special Transportation Fund.
(4) "Capital equipment" means tangible
			 property having a useful life of more than one year and with an acquisition
			 cost of more than $5,000. Examples include and are not limited to: vehicles,
			 buildings, and passenger shelters. Aggregated purchases, e.g., groups of
			 computers and communication equipment purchased as a single procurement, even
			 if delivered and paid for individually, are treated as capital if the total
			 cost exceeds $5,000.
(5)
			 "Coordination" means working cooperatively with Providers and other individuals
			 and agencies representing people unable to drive, low-income, Elderly and
			 People with Disabilities, to more effectively apply funding and other resources
			 to meet common transportation needs. Coordination actions may reduce
			 duplication of service, reduce cost, increase service levels or make services
			 more widely available in a community.
(6) "Disabled," also "People with
			 Disabilities" or "Individual with Disabilities" means a person or persons who,
			 by reason of illness, injury, advanced age, congenital malfunction, or other
			 permanent or temporary incapacity, have a physical or mental impairment that
			 substantially limits one or more of their major life activities. This
			 definition does not include substance abuse disorders resulting from the
			 current illegal use of drugs.
(7)
			 "Discretionary Account" means a Special Transportation Fund account for
			 distribution of the remaining cigarette tax receipts and other revenues
			 contributed to the STF set aside following distribution of the Formula
			 Allocation, Minimum Allocation and Administrative Allotment.
(8) "Discretionary Grant" means a grant award
			 from the Discretionary Program.
(9)
			 "Discretionary Program" means a program financed by the Discretionary Account
			 that may be offered by the Division to support Projects benefiting the Elderly
			 and People with Disabilities.
(10)
			 "District" means a mass transit district organized under ORS
			 267.010 to
			 267.390 or a transportation
			 district organized under ORS
			 267.510 to
			 267.650.
(11) "Division" means the Oregon Department
			 of Transportation, Public Transit Division.
(12) "Elderly" also "Seniors" means
			 individuals who are 60 years of age or older.
(13) "Formula Allocation" means an amount of
			 STF moneys made available to a STF Agency on the basis of the STF Agency's
			 share of resident population in proportion to the population of the state as a
			 whole.
(14) "Formula Program" means
			 the program of regular distribution of STF moneys from the Division to the STF
			 Agencies that is composed of the Formula and Minimum Allocations, plus the
			 Administrative Allotment.
(15)
			 "Incidental Use" means a use of a Project that is not the primary purpose of
			 the Project.
(16) "Indian Tribe"
			 means a federally recognized Indian Tribe in Oregon that has members residing
			 on a reservation or tribal trust lands in Oregon.
(17) "Minimum Allocation" means a minimum
			 annual amount for which each STF Agency will be eligible, composed of the
			 Formula Allocation moneys plus moneys from the Discretionary Account sufficient
			 to equal the Minimum Allocation.
(18) "Operations" means provision of
			 transportation services.
(19)
			 "Operating Expense" means the costs associated with the provision of
			 transportation services. Operating Expense does not include expense associated
			 with procuring or leasing capital equipment. Common Operating Expenses include,
			 and are not limited to: personnel, insurance, utilities, vehicle and facility
			 maintenance, professional and technical services, security, fuel and tires,
			 purchased transportation services, personnel training, communication and
			 technology maintenance, marketing/public information, and planning integral to
			 the provision of transit services.
(20) "Oregon Transportation Commission" means
			 a commission established under ORS
			 184.612.
(21) "Project" means a Public Transportation
			 System or Service, a Capital Item or any associated activity including, but not
			 limited to, planning and needs assessment, training, and research and that
			 falls within the purposes defined in OAR 732-005-0016.
(22) "Provider" means a city, county,
			 district, Indian tribe, or any other person or agency, whether public or
			 private, that maintains, operates, or sponsors vehicles and facilities for
			 Public Transportation Services for profit or on a nonprofit or voluntary
			 basis.
(23) "Public Transportation
			 Services" means any form of passenger transportation by car, bus, rail or other
			 conveyance, either publicly or privately owned, which provides service to the
			 general public (not including charter or sightseeing or exclusive school bus)
			 on a regular and continuing basis. Such transportation may include services
			 designed to meet the needs of a specific user group, including for the Elderly
			 and People with Disabilities, and for purposes such as health care, shopping,
			 education, employment, public services, personal business or
			 recreation.
(24) "Recipient" means
			 a city, county, transportation district, mass transit district, county service
			 district, Indian tribe, public or private non-profit corporation, or other
			 person or agency, that is in receipt of STF moneys to finance in whole or part
			 a Project for the elderly and people with disabilities.
(25) "Representative of Disabled Persons"
			 means an individual who is familiar with the needs of People with Disabilities
			 and is knowledgeable or aware of the transportation needs of People with
			 Disabilities.
(26) "Representative
			 of Elderly Persons" means an individual who is familiar with the needs of the
			 Elderly and is knowledgeable or aware of the transportation needs of the
			 Elderly.
(27) "Special
			 Transportation Fund for Elderly and Disabled" also "STF" means moneys generated
			 by a tax on cigarettes, or from other sources, appropriated to the Division for
			 distribution to STF Agencies for the purpose of financing and improving
			 transportation programs and services for the Elderly and People with
			 Disabilities.
(28) "Special
			 Transportation Fund Operating Grants" also "STO Grants" means moneys
			 appropriated from the Oregon General Fund to the Division for distribution to
			 STF Agencies for the purpose of financing Operating Expenses that provide
			 access to Transportation Systems and Services for Seniors and Individuals with
			 Disabilities.
(29) "STF Agency"
			 means the mass transit district, transportation district, county in which no
			 part of a mass transit or transportation district is located or Indian tribe
			 that is eligible to receive STF and STO moneys directly from the
			 Division.
(30) "STF Plan" means a
			 plan developed by the STF Agency to guide the investment of STF moneys over at
			 least a three year period.
(31)
			 "STF Program" means a set of policies and procedures that guide the expenditure
			 of STF moneys to benefit transportation services for the Elderly and People
			 with Disabilities.
(32)
			 "Transportation Service" means a project that provides rides or improves access
			 to rides for seniors and individuals with disabilities.
(33) "Transportation System" means one or
			 more transit services that are operated in coordination with each other, and
			 when viewed as a whole, offers access to Transportation Service appropriate to
			 the individual.
(34) "User of
			 Transportation Services" means a person who is Elderly or a Person with
			 Disabilities and who makes use of transportation programs and services for the
			 Elderly and People with Disabilities financed in whole or part with STF
			 moneys.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  184.616,
				  184.619 &
				  391.810
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  391.800 -
				  391.830, Ch 910 OL
				  2009