PURPOSE: This rule establishes procedures for the distribution of funds appropriated to the Missouri State Transit Assistance Program under section 226.195, RSMo.

1. (1) Applicants shall complete and submit to the commission a Missouri State Transit Assistance Application for the commission to make its determination of eligibility for the distribution of state financial assistance under the Missouri State Transit Assistance Program. The Missouri State Transit Assistance Application is available on the department’s website at http://www.modot.org/othertransportation/ transit/transitapplicationsreportsprograms.htm.

2. (2) Criteria. The following criteria will be used to distribute state financial assistance to eligible public mass transportation service providers under section 226.195, RSMo:

   1. (A) Eligibility.

      1. 1. Applicant shall be a mass transporta-

tion service provider and shall be one (1) of the following:

1. A. A city;
2. B. A city transit authority;
3. C. A city utilities board;
4. D. An interstate transportation author-

ity as such term is defined in section 94.600, RSMo;

1. E. An intrastate transportation author-

ity; or

1. F. An agency receiving funding,

either directly or as a sub-recipient, from either the Federal Transit Administration urbanized or nonurbanized formula transit programs.

1. 2. Applicant shall show that it will incur

operating or capital costs to provide public mass transportation service in Missouri; and

1. (B) Distribution of state financial assistance shall be made on the basis of population, ridership, cost and efficiency of the public mass transportation service provider’s program, availability of alternative public transportation in the service area, and local effort or tax support. The commission will determine the allocation of state transit assistance funding to urbanized areas and the allocation to other than urbanized areas.

   1. 1. For applicants providing public mass

transportation services in U.S. Census urbanized areas with a population of fifty thousand (50,000) persons or greater, the distribution of state financial assistance will be made on the basis of relative point scores determined by the following factors: three- (3-) year average of Missouri ridership (maximum twenty- Transportation Commission

four and one-half (24.5) points); public mass the Multimodal Operations Division, 105 transportation service area population in West Capitol Avenue, PO Box 270, Jefferson Missouri (maximum twenty-four and one- City, MO 65102, (573) 751-2523. half (24.5) points); annual operating cost of AUTHORITY: section 226.195, RSMo Supp. the Missouri portion of the program (maximum twenty-four and one-half (24.5) points); 2012.* Original rule filed Jan. 18, 2013, efficiency of the program (maximum one (1) effective Aug. 30, 2013. point); availability of alternative public trans- *Original authority: 226.195, RSMo 2011. portation in the public mass transportation service area (maximum one (1) point); and local effort or tax support (maximum twentyfour and one-half (24.5) points); and

1. 2. For applicants providing public mass

transportation in areas other than U.S. Census urbanized areas, the distribution of state financial assistance will be made on the following basis of relative point scores determined by the following factors: public mass transportation service area population in Missouri (maximum forty-nine (49) points); three- (3-) year average of Missouri ridership (maximum ten (10) points); annual operating cost of the Missouri portion of the program (maximum twenty-nine (29) points); efficiency of the program (maximum one (1) point); availability of alternative public transportation in the public mass transportation service area (maximum one (1) point); and local effort or tax support (maximum ten (10) points).

1. (3) Applications, Awards, and Disbursements.

   1. (A) Applications will be accepted each year.
   2. (B) Applications will be processed each year. The commission will review the applications. The commission will use the information in the application as well as the other documentation required by this rule to determine if the application is approved. The commission reserves the right to request additional information. The commission may deny funding as a result of applicant’s failure to fully and accurately complete the application.
   3. (C) Announcements of financial assistance to applicants will be made each year.
   4. (D) Awards will be made for a period of twelve (12) months. Disbursements will be made monthly on a reimbursable basis. The commission will review and approve the expenditures on the invoices.
   5. (E) All commission determinations under this rule including, but not limited to, approval or disapproval of applications, the amount of distributed state assistance, and all other determinations are final and not subject to appeal.
2. (4) Information. Information regarding the Missouri State Transit Assistance Program may be obtained from the transit section in