S.D. Admin. R. 70:06:04:02

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 67, December 16, 2024

Section 70:06:04:02 - Criteria used to award grants

The department shall use the following criteria to award grants to providers of intercity bus services:

(1) The total number of vehicle miles driven and passengers served during the last operating year on regularly scheduled fixed routes by bus services which are open to the general public and operated by the grant applicant within South Dakota. No charter or tour mileages may be included;

(2) Annual operating losses on regularly scheduled, fixed-route intercity bus services within South Dakota, documented by a complete description of the intercity services provided and verification by an independent certified public accountant of the grant applicant's most recent financial statement;

(3) The providers proposed budget for operating expenses and transit administration expenses in the upcoming federal fiscal year; and Circular FTA C 9040.1G, Chapter VIII, dated November 24, 2014, issued by FTA to implement 49 U.S.C. § 5311(f).

The department may award additional funds to projects which expand intercity bus service to currently unserved areas of South Dakota or which support intercity bus services routes in immediate danger of abandonment.

S.D. Admin. R. 70:06:04:02

20 SDR 59, effective 11/1/1993; 45 SDR 158, effective 7/1/2019

General Authority: SDCL 1-44-7.4.

Law Implemented: SDCL 1-44-7.4.