1. 1. “Agency head” means the head of each department, agency, board, and commission of this state.
2. 2. “Area A and Area B” have the same meaning in A.R.S. § 49-541.
3. 3. “Commuter transportation” means a mode of transportation used by an eligible employee to travel to or from the eligible employee’s place of employment and made available to the eligible employee by a transportation provider under contract with the state of Arizona.
4. 4. “Director” means the Director of the Department of Administration or the director’s designee.
5. 5. “Eligible employee” means an employee, in pay status, and lives or works in Area A or Area B, except a university employee.
6. 6. “Employee” means an individual elected or appointed to a state position, or employed on a part-time or full-time basis by a department, agency, board, or commission of this state.
7. 7. “Pay status” has the meaning in R2-5A-101.
8. 8. “Period” means October 1 through the following April 1.
9. 9. “Reduced cost” means the portion of the total cost of commuter transportation that is paid by an eligible employee.
10. 10. “Reimbursement subsidy” means the portion of the total cost of commuter transportation that is paid on behalf of an eligible employee to a transportation provider through a contract with the state of Arizona.
11. 11. “Telework” has the same meaning as at 5 U.S.C. 6501.

12. 12. “Transportation provider” means:

    1. a. An incorporated city or town,
    2. b. A regional public transportation authority established under A.R.S. § 48-5102,
    3. c. A regional transportation authority established under A.R.S. § 48-5302,
    4. d. A commercial enterprise, or
    5. e. An Arizona state agency.

In this Article, unless otherwise specified:

Historical Note

Adopted effective May 31, 1991 (Supp. 91-2). Section repealed, new Section adopted effective December 30, 1994 (Supp. 94-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 6 A.A.R. 746, effective February 1, 2000 (Supp. 00-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 13 A.A.R. 4579, effective February 5, 2008 (Supp. 07-4). Corrected rule reference to R2-5A-101 in subsection (5) due to Personnel Reform rules made in 2012; statutory citations updated in subsections (7), (9) and (11) according to Laws 2012, Ch. 321, correction letter M15-192 filed by agency
(Supp. 14-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 625, effective May 5, 2018 (Supp. 18-1).