Trans 6.04(1)(1) The state’s annual apportionment of federal section 5311 funds shall be distributed as follows: Trans 6.04(1)(a)(a) Up to 10% will be reserved by the department for administrative and technical assistance purposes. Such technical assistance may include project planning, program development, management development, coordination of public transportation programs and research the department deems appropriate to promote effective means of delivering public transportation services in rural and small urban areas. Any uncommitted balance of the state’s apportionment of administrative funds from a preceding project year may be used during subsequent years until the balance is depleted. Trans 6.04(1)(b)(b) Apportionments are initially available for operating assistance grants to eligible applicants, but when combined with state s. 85.20, Stats., operating assistance funds are limited to the lesser of either the operating deficit or 65% of the total eligible operating project costs. No city, village, or town may receive federal section 5311 funds to operate a municipal bus transportation system unless the system is approved by action of its governing body and by referendum vote of its electorate pursuant to s. 66.0803 (2) (a), Stats. Trans 6.04(1)(c)(c) Any balance remaining in the apportionment referred to in par. (b) after operating assistance limits are met under par. (b) shall be available to all eligible applicants for capital grants awarded in accordance with criteria set forth under s. Trans 6.06. Trans 6.04(1)(d)(d) Any balance remaining in the apportionment after capital assistance needs are met under par. (c) shall be available to all eligible applicants for operating assistance beyond the 65% limitation initially imposed in par. (b), not to exceed allowable limits under 49 USC 5311. Trans 6.04(1)(e)(e) Not less than 15% of the apportionment made available to the state shall be used for the development and support of intercity bus service. Eligible activities under this program may include planning and marketing, capital grants for intercity bus shelters, joint-use stops and depots, operating grants through purchase-of-service agreements, user-side subsidies and demonstration projects, and coordination of rural connections between small transit operations and intercity bus carriers. This requirement is effective unless the governor certifies that the intercity bus service needs of the state are adequately being met. Trans 6.04(2)(2) Any uncommitted balances of the state’s apportionments or any unexpended balances from previous obligations shall be carried forward to the following year. Trans 6.04 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, April, 1984, No. 340, eff. 5-1-84; emerg., am. (1) (c), eff. 2-12-85; emerg. am. (1) (c), eff. 6-5-85; am. (2), Register, November, 1985, No. 359, eff. 12-1-85; am. (1) (c), cr. (1) (d), Register, December, 1989, No. 408, eff. 1-1-90; emerg. r. (1) (b), renum. (1) (c) and (d) to be (1) (b) and (c) and am., cr. (1) (d), eff. 2-20-92; r. (1) (b), renum. (1) (c) and (d) to be (1) (b) and (c) and am., cr. (1) (d), Register, June, 1992, No. 438, eff. 7-1-92; cr. (1) (e) Register, January, 1993, No. 445, eff. 2-1-93; am. (1) (e), Register, July, 1996, No. 487, eff. 8-1-96; correction in (1) (b) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register March 2012 No. 675; CR 18-065: am. (1) (intro.), (a), (b), (d), (e) Register October 2020 No. 778, eff. 11-1-20. Trans 6.05Trans 6.05 Operating grants to rural and small urban areas. Subject to the limitations set forth in s. Trans 6.03 (1), the operating assistance funds available in s. Trans 6.04 (1) (b) and (d) shall be allocated among eligible applicants in proportion to each applicant’s share of the projected operating project costs of all applications. Trans 6.05 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, April, 1984, No. 340, eff. 5-1-84; emerg. am. eff. 2-20-92; am. Register, June, 1992, No. 438, eff. 7-1-92; CR 18-065: am. (title) Register October 2020 No. 778, eff. 11-1-20. Trans 6.06(1)(1) When awarding capital assistance funds under s. Trans 6.04 (1) (c), the department shall consider the age and condition of items for which eligible applicants request funding, and the following funding hierarchy: Trans 6.06(1)(a)(a) Urgent capital needs that, based on available information, the department deems critical to transportation safety, operations, or asset management; Trans 6.06(1)(d)(d) Replacement of maintenance and storage facilities of existing systems; Trans 6.06(1)(e)(e) Purchase of vehicles by existing systems for expansion of transit services; Trans 6.06(1)(f)(f) Expansion and rehabilitation of maintenance and storage facilities of existing systems; Trans 6.06(1)(g)(g) Purchase and installation of passenger amenities for existing systems such as shelters and bus stop signs; Trans 6.06(1)(h)(h) Capitalized maintenance projects for existing transit systems; Trans 6.06(1)(j)(j) Job access and reverse commute projects, except where the department evaluates these projects through a stand-alone process using a set-aside of section 5311 funds; and Trans 6.06(2)(2) The department shall make awards until all allocated funds are committed. If available funds are not sufficient to fund all capital requests, then the department may, after consulting with applicants, reduce the scope or modify the timing of proposed projects to fit available funding. Trans 6.06 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, April, 1984, No. 340, eff. 5-1-84; r. (1) (a), renum. (1) (b) to (g) to be (1) (a) to (f) and am. (1) (b), Register, November, 1985, No. 359, eff. 12-1-85; emerg. am. (1) (intro.), eff. 2-20-92; am. (1) (intro.), Register, June, 1992, No. 438, eff. 7-1-92; CR 18-065: r. and recr. Register October 2020 No. 778, eff. 11-1-20; correction in (1) (a) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register October 2020 No. 778. Trans 6.07Trans 6.07 Application for federal aids. Trans 6.07(1)(1) Eligible applicants may apply to the department for federal section 5311 funds. If more than one local public body will financially participate in the project, one body shall submit a single application on behalf of all. In those cases, the federal aids received shall be allocated among all local public bodies in proportion to each one’s share of eligible project costs. Trans 6.07(2)(2) Applications shall be submitted to the department no later than December 15 of the year immediately preceding the project year. The department may accept revisions to a submitted application during the application review period. No application for operating assistance or capital assistance received after December 15 of the year immediately preceding the project year may be funded unless the department secretary determines that a later date is appropriate in order to properly respond to an emergency. Trans 6.07(3)(3) The transit services receiving financial assistance may be operated for less than a calendar year.