(1) (b) 1. Monitor the expenditures of transportation funds being expended on transportation services for the elderly seniors and disabled individuals with disabilities in the service area;
(1) (b) 2. Review passenger transportation plans for the service area;
(1) (b) 4. Review and comment on capital assistance applications under s. 85.22, Stats.; Trans 2.10 (1) (b) 5. is repealed.
Trans 2.10 (2) (a) and (b) are amended to read:
Trans 2.10 (2) (a) Is determined by the department to be eligible for assistance under the federal sec. 5310 program after first certifying to the department that no private, nonprofit organizations as specified in s. Trans 2.015 (2m) are readily available to provide transportation services to elderly seniors and disabled persons individuals with disabilities in a proposed service area and providing all of the following or similar documentation supporting such certification: 1. Copies of letters sent to all known private, nonprofit organizations specified in s. Trans 2.015 (2m), both within the county wherein such organizations are situated and in adjacent counties, soliciting interest in providing transportation services for elderly seniors and disabled persons individuals with disabilities in the proposed service area, along with copies of any resulting correspondence.
2. A certified copy of a public notice published in the appropriate official county newspaper soliciting responses from private, nonprofit organizations as specified in s. Trans 2.015 (2m), both within the county wherein such organizations are situated and in adjacent counties, interested in providing transportation services to elderly seniors and disabled persons individuals with disabilities in the proposed service area, along with copies of any resulting correspondence.
Trans 2.10 (2) (b) Is approved by the department to be the coordinator of transportation services to elderly seniors and disabled persons individuals with disabilities in the proposed service area. A local public body shall be approved by the county board and a transportation coordinating committee which satisfies the membership requirements in sub. (1) (a). The department may waive the membership requirements in sub. (1) (a) if the county board provides satisfactory evidence that the county board made a reasonable attempt to include members of all groups identified in sub. (1) (a). The applicant shall provide all of the following or similar documentation to the department verifying such approval:
1. Copies of documentation showing that a transportation coordinating committee approved the local public body as the coordinator of transportation services for elderly seniors and disabled persons individuals with disabilities in the proposed service area.
2. A certified copy of the resolution, passed by the county board, approving the local public body as the coordinator of transportation services for elderly seniors and disabled persons individuals with disabilities in the proposed service area.
Trans 2.11 is amended to read:
Trans 2.11 Reporting requirements. All recipients shall maintain records in the manner required by the department for all vehicles purchased expenditures made with program funds and shall make semi-annual scheduled reports on each vehicle or project as well as special reports as required by the department. If required semi-annual reports are not current at the time of the application filing deadline, the department may deny that recipient's application.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This rule shall take effect on the first day of the month following publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register as provided in s. 227.22 (2) (intro.), Stats. (END OF RULE TEXT)
