Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 732 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DIVISION › Division 40 - STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT FUND - GENERAL INFORMATION › Section 732-040-0055 - Creation of New Mass Transit District or Transportation District

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) In the event that a Mass Transit District
			 or Transportation District comes to exist in any part of a county or counties
			 in which it did not previously exist, the Mass Transit District or
			 Transportation District replaces the county(ies) in which it exists as
			 Qualified Entity for the Area(s) of Responsibility previously attributed to
			 that county(ies). Upon its existence, the Mass Transit District or
			 Transportation District shall assume the Qualified Entity role previously held
			 by the county(ies) in which any part of it exists with respect to all aspects
			 of STIF Formula Fund administration for its Area(s) of Responsibility and for
			 all purposes under These Rules.
(2)
			 It is the goal of the Agency and the STIF Formula Fund program that such a
			 transition between Qualified Entities be accomplished smoothly, efficiently and
			 without disruption of Public Transportation Services. For that reason, a county
			 which is a Qualified Entity shall provide notice to the Agency when it
			 publishes notice of the first public meeting at which it will consider creating
			 or establishing a Mass Transit District or Transportation District.
(3) Upon establishment of a Mass Transit
			 District or Transportation District in any county or counties, Commission and
			 Agency hereby recognize the Mass Transit District or Transportation District as
			 the new Qualified Entity for the Area(s) of Responsibility formerly attributed
			 to the county(ies) in which any part of the Mass Transit District or
			 Transportation District exists.
(a) Within
			 ten business days of coming into existence, the Mass Transit District or
			 Transportation District must send Agency notice of the effective date of its
			 existence, the name(s) of its designated contact person(s), and a copy of the
			 legal documentation of its creation. Agency may reasonably delay any pending
			 STIF Formula Fund disbursement under OAR 732-042-0010(5)  until the Mass Transit
			 District or Transportation District establishes a financial account.
(b) Agency and Commission shall consider all
			 STIF Formula Fund program documents previously submitted to Agency or
			 Commission by the county(ies) to have been assigned to and assumed by the Mass
			 Transit District or Transportation District. Agency and Commission shall
			 consider all responses or approvals previously made to the county(ies) to have
			 been made to the Mass Transit District or Transportation District.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this
			 section, at its first public meeting, the Mass Transit District or
			 Transportation District, consistent with its procedural requirements, may
			 decide not to assume any or all STIF Formula Fund program documents previously
			 submitted to Agency or Commission by the county(ies). If the Mass Transit
			 District or Transportation District does not reject assumption of the STIF
			 Formula Fund program documents by official act at its first public meeting,
			 such documents and any responses or approvals previously made to them by Agency
			 or Commission shall be irrevocably assumed by the Mass Transit District or
			 Transportation District for the duration of the current STIF Formula Fund
			 Cycle.
(d) If the Mass Transit
			 District or Transportation District decides not to assume the STIF Plan(s)
			 previously prepared by the county(ies) pursuant to OAR 732-042-0015  and
			 approved by the Commission pursuant to OAR 732-042-0025:
(A) Agency shall accumulate STIF Formula Fund
			 monies for the Mass Transit District or Transportation District as described in
			 OAR 732-042-0030(1); and
(B) The
			 Mass Transit District or Transportation District may submit a new STIF Plan to
			 the Commission at any time during the current STIF Formula Fund
			 Cycle.