Trans 3.02 (3m) is created to read:
Trans 3.02 (m) “Passenger” means an individual on board, boarding, or alighting a revenue transit vehicle.
Trans 3.02 (4), (5), (7) and (9) are amended to read:
Trans 3.02 (4) “Passenger trip” means a revenue, transfer or free fare passenger an unlinked trip, as defined in s. Trans 4.02 (8m), on an urban mass transit system vehicle. Trans 3.02 (5) “Periods” mean the time periods during which a transit system is required to make conduct its survey for the purpose of computing average fare factors pursuant to the survey method under s. Trans 3.04. The general limits of the respective periods are: period I, March through April; period II, mid-June through mid-August; period III, mid-September through mid-November. The specific limits of these periods for any year shall be determined by the department and a notice of that determination shall be mailed to participating transit systems by January 31 of that year. Trans 3.02 (7) “Revenue passenger trip" means a trip by a revenue passenger taken on an urban mass transit system. The transit system may include routes that are generally known as includes all express services, shuttles, trippers, route guarantees, and special contracts for routes or service that are open to the general public, unless the passenger trips on the routes are paid for and reported by another urban mass transit system receiving state transit aids under s. 85.20, Stats. Revenue passenger trips on specialized subsystems shall be included to the extent that the subsystem’s operating expenses are included in the mass transit system's program under s. 85.20, Stats. If the a subsystem's operating expenses are not fully supported by the participating urban mass transit system, then the revenue passenger trip figures from the subsystem shall be in proportion to the transit system's share of the subsystem's operating deficit. Trans 3.02 (9) “Specialized subsystem” means a transportation service operated as a separate part of an urban mass transit system and which provides transportation exclusively for the disabled and elderly seniors and individuals with disabilities. The specialized subsystem may be operated directly by the urban mass transit system or by a public or private transportation provider under contract to the urban mass transit system receiving funds under s. 85.20, Stats. Trans 3.03 (1) (b), (3) (c) and (f) are amended to read:
Trans 3.03 (1) (b) By dividing the system's annual fare revenue by the system’s per-passenger tariff if the system has established and applied a uniform fare for each passenger using the system during the calendar year, and after accounting separately for elderly seniors and disabled individuals with disabilities, transfer and free fare passenger trips and passenger trips on specialized subsystems.
Trans 3.03 (3) (c) Children boarding free because they are under a certain age specified by the transit system and accompanied by an adult, or because they meet other special conditions, shall be counted as free fare passengers.
Trans 3.03 (3) (f) Transit riders using special subsystems exclusively for elderly seniors and disabled riders individuals with disabilities shall be counted separately from and included in a transit system's revenue passenger trips. Revenue passenger trips on special subsystems shall be determined by an actual count; or, if the subsystem is operated under contract to the urban mass transit system, the passenger trip figures reported shall be in direct proportion to the urban mass transit system's contribution to the special subsystem's total expenses. Alternative methods for counting transit riders under this paragraph may be used if expressly approved in writing by the department and then only if the department is satisfied that the alternative method does not adversely affect the statistical reliability, validity and comparability of the data collected pursuant to the variant procedures.
Trans 3.04 (3) (e) and (4) (c) are amended to read:
Trans 3.04 (3) (e) Special fare day. Revenue passenger trips on days when a special tariff is in effect shall be established by taking actual revenue passenger counts during the entire period in which the special tariff applies, unless the special fare is the same for all riders. If the special fare is the same for all riders, revenue passenger trips may be determined by dividing total special fare day revenues by the per-rider fare. On free fare days sponsored by the subsidizing governmental units, no revenue is recorded and no revenue passenger trips may be counted. On free fare or reduced fare days sponsored by an agency that actually pays the fare of those riding, a revenue may be recorded and the actual number of passengers counted may be included as revenue passengers.
Trans 3.04 (4) (c) An urban mass transit system may estimate pass ridership by multiplying the number or of each type of pass sold by the average number of passenger trips taken per pass during the time period for which the pass is valid. The average number of passenger trips taken by pass riders shall be estimated at least once every 3 years by a survey method approved by the department or when a change in a system's fare structure may significantly alter the average use of passes.
Trans 4.02 (1) is renumbered 4.02 (1d).
Trans 4.02 (1), (1h) and (1p) are created to read:
Trans 4.02 (1) “Capital equipment” means non-expendable personal property for use in the provision of public transit service having all of the following:
(a) An anticipated useful life of one year or more.
(b) An acquisition cost of $5,000 or more per unit.
Trans 4.02 (1h) “Eligible project cost” means an expense that an eligible applicant incurs in the operation of an urban mass transit system for which it is eligible to receive operating assistance authorized under s. 85.20, Stats. Trans 4.02 (1p) “Job access and reverse commute project” means a transportation project to finance planning, capital, or operating costs that support the development and maintenance of transportation services designed to transport welfare recipients and low-income individuals to and from jobs and employment-related activities, including transportation projects that facilitate the provision of public transportation services from rural and urbanized areas to suburban employment locations.
Trans 4.02 (1r) is renumbered to Trans 4.02 (1t) and amended to read:
Trans 4.02 (1t) “Joint-use facility” means a facility that is shared by the public transit operation a mass transit system and at least one other business.
Trans 4.02 (2) (intro.), (a) and (b) are amended to read:
Trans 4.02 (2) (intro.) “Local public bodies body” are defined to be means one of the following:
Trans 4.02 (2) (a) Counties, municipalities or towns, or agencies A county or a municipality as defined in s. 59.001 (3), Stats., or an agency thereof; Trans 4.02 (2) (b) Transit A transit or transportation commissions or authorities commission or authority, and or a public corporations corporation established by law or by interstate compact to provide mass transportation services and facilities; or
Trans 4.02 (2m) is created to read:
Trans 4.02 (2m) “Low-income individual” means an individual whose family income is at or below 150 percent of the poverty line, as that term is defined in Section 673 (2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act, 42 U.S.C. 9902 (2), including any revision required by that section. Trans 4.02 (3) is repealed and recreated to read:
Trans 4.02 (3) “Mass transit system” has the meaning given in s. 85.20 (1) (e), Stats., and may include specialized transportation subsystems for seniors and individuals with disabilities, but does not include transportation services exclusively for a subgroup of the general public. Trans 4.02 (3g) and (3r) are created to read:
Trans 4.02 (3g) “Operating deficit” means the amount by which the total operating expenses incurred in the operation of a mass transit system exceeds the amount of operating revenues derived therefrom.
Trans 4.02 (3r) “Operating revenues” means income that accrues to a mass transit system by virtue of its operations, excluding any income derived from the sale of charter service or the hauling of freight.
Trans 4.02 (4) is amended to read:
Trans 4.02 (4) “Private provider” means a privately owned entity that owns facilities or revenue passenger vehicles used to provide provides public transit service.
Trans 4.02 (4g) and (4r) are created to read:
Trans 4.02 (4g) “Project” means operation of an urban mass transit system, or subsystem thereof, during a project year.
Trans 4.02 (4r) “Project year” means a calendar year in which an eligible applicant executes a public transit project receiving funding under s. 85.20, Stats. Trans 4.02 (5m), (7) and (8m) are amended to read:
Trans 4.02 (5m) “Revenue hours” means the annual number of hours in which a mass transit vehicle is operating in revenue service, such as being available to pick up or discharge passengers for which a mass transit system’s revenue passenger vehicles offer advertised public transit service, plus the annual sum of any additional hours during which these vehicles transport revenue paying passengers and, for shared-ride taxicab services, during which they travel to a base destination at the end of daily operation or undergo a pre-trip inspection.
Trans 4.02 (7) “Shared-ride taxicab" means a taxicab legally able to simultaneously transport passengers having different origins, or different destinations, or both.
Trans 4.02 (8m) “Unlinked trip” means a trip beginning when a passenger boards the vehicle and ending when the passenger alights from the vehicle, even though if the passenger may have to transfer transfers to another vehicle to complete his or her journey reach a destination.
Trans 4.02 (10g) and (10r) are created to read:
Trans 4.02 (10g) “Urbanized area” means an area of the state so defined by the U.S. bureau of the census.
Trans 4.02 (10r) “Useful life” means a minimum time period, specified by the department, during which an asset is expected to remain in suitable condition for continued use in its intended capacity.
Trans 4.02 (11) is amended to read:
Trans 4.02 (11) “User-side subsidy” means financial assistance provided directly to a user of a mass transit system or of a subsystem thereof in the form of a voucher provided to the user by the local public body for use in payment of a fare, or a portion of a fare, for a trip taken on an urban transit system or eligible subsystem.
Trans 4.02 (12) is created to read:
Trans 4.02 (12) “Welfare recipient” means an individual who has received assistance under a State or tribal program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq., at any time during the previous three-year period. Trans 4.03 is amended to read:
Trans 4.03 Appropriateness of urban areas. All urban areas shall be deemed appropriate for an urban mass transit system for purposes of receiving state aid, except that no city or village shall be deemed appropriate may receive state aid for a municipal bus transportation transit system unless the system is approved by action of it’s its governing body and by referendum vote of its electorate pursuant to s. 66.0803 (2) (a), Stats. Trans 4.04 (1) and (2) are amended to read:
Trans 4.04 (1) Eligible project costs are limited to the operating expenses of an urban mass transit system, including labor, fringe benefits, materials and supplies, utilities, insurance, purchased transportation services, license fees and lease expenses. For publicly owned mass transit systems, the only the wages and fringe benefits that shall be considered eligible project costs are those of those employees whose activities are directly related to the day-to-day operation of the system shall be considered eligible project costs. If those For employees who do not work full time on transit system operations, only expenses related to that portion of their time spent on transit shall be considered eligible project costs. For urban mass transit services provided by a private transportation providers provider operating under mass transit contracts contract with an eligible applicant, eligible project costs may include profit, return on investment, interest on short term debt obligation, and depreciation of facilities and capital equipment used directly for the provision of urban mass transit services, provided that the facilities and equipment were acquired without benefit of public financial assistance. If a facility is a joint-use facility, depreciation costs for of only that portion of the facility used in the provision of urban mass transit services are is an eligible project costs cost. For shared-ride taxicab services provided by private transportation providers operating under mass transit system contracts contract with an eligible applicant, eligible project costs may include management administrative fees that the eligible applicant incurs in the course of satisfying state and federal requirements.
Trans 4.04 (2) Eligible project costs may include the costs of user-side subsidies provided to disabled persons individuals with disabilities. User contributions to the user-side subsidy service are considered eligible project costs in accordance with s. 85.20 (3m) (b), Stats.
