Sec. 7-273l. Application for state funds. Distribution formula. Conditions for receiving funds. Municipal transit service. Regulations.
Sec. 7-273l. Application for state funds. Distribution formula. Conditions for
receiving funds. Municipal transit service. Regulations. Each transit district established under this chapter or any special act may (1) impose service charges and user
fees on persons using transit systems operated by such district and (2) apply for funding
from the Department of Transportation in accordance with the provisions of this section
to finance construction, acquisition, purchase, lease or operation of a mass transit system
and related programs authorized under section 7-273b. For each year starting with the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1984, the commissioner shall distribute such funds to each
transit district in the same manner as the formula specified under the Section 5 or Section
18 operating assistance programs, depending on whether the transit district is in an
urbanized or nonurbanized area, of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as may
be amended from time to time. In order to qualify for any such funds, a transit district
shall derive at least thirty per cent of its operating costs from service charges and user
fees or from federal or local subsidies and other sources other than state subsidies for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1984, thirty-five per cent of its costs from such sources
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1985, and forty per cent of its costs from such sources
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1986. Any municipality providing transit service that
is not part of a transit district may either establish a transit district under the provisions
of this chapter to assume operating control of such service or negotiate an agreement
with the Department of Transportation to administer the operation of such service. In
the latter case, the department shall provide financial assistance to such municipality
according to the formula specified in this section. As a condition of receiving any funds,
such municipality shall derive the same percentage of operating costs from service
charges, user fees, federal or local subsidies and sources other than state subsidies as
that required for transit districts under the provisions of this section. The Commissioner
of Transportation shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter
54 to implement the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 82-371.)
See Sec. 13b-38 re advice and assistance by Commissioner of Transportation to transit districts.