3. Committee responsibilities. a. Each committee shall, by July first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, develop an accessible transportation services plan to provide for accessible transportation services at a level sufficient to meet demand in an economic and efficient manner, which coordinates, to the maximum extent possible, accessible fixed-route services, para-transit, accessible rapid transit, and other transportation services available to transit-disabled persons, as appropriate. b. The accessible transportation services plan shall include service criteria for the provision of para-transit services. c. The plan shall also include:

1. (i) service areas and routes which shall reflect residential distributions of transit-disabled persons and existing transportation services operating in the transportation provider's service area that are accessible to transit-disabled persons;
2. (ii) eligibility for use of para-transit;
3. (iii) hours and days of operation;
4. (iv) available financing, including farebox revenue;
5. (v) passenger and mileage data;
6. (vi) vehicle hours of operation;
7. (vii) a financial analysis and comparison of projected capital and operating costs, a revenue plan to cover any additional costs within resources otherwise available to the transportation provider and a determination of the effectiveness of any proposed accessible fixed-route service and alternative para-transit; and
8. (viii) any other information deemed appropriate. The committee shall consult on such plan with the metropolitan planning organization, and following such consultation, shall recommend the plan to the transportation provider for implementation.

5. Required level of para-transit service. a. Within thirty days after the submission of the accessible transportation services plan, the transportation provider shall, with respect to that portion of the plan setting forth service criteria for para-transit service, approve such criteria, request amendments to the criteria or reject such criteria. If the transportation provider approves the criteria, it shall proceed to implement such criteria. If the transportation provider requests amendments to the criteria, the committee shall consider such request and, no later than thirty days following such request, submit either amended criteria or the initial criteria. Within fifteen days of such submission, the transportation provider shall either approve or reject the criteria, as resubmitted. If the transportation provider rejects the criteria, it shall be subject to the provisions of paragraph b of this subdivision. This schedule may be modified by mutual consent of the committee and the transportation provider. b. If a transportation provider rejects the service criteria submitted by the committee, the transportation provider shall, subject to the provisions of paragraphs c and d of this subdivision, provide the following minimum level of para-transit service:

1. (i) For transportation providers operating up to fifty buses, para-transit services shall operate with a para-transit fleet of no less than ten percent of the provider's fixed route fleet, but in no event less than one vehicle;
2. (ii) For transportation providers operating fifty-one to one hundred buses, para-transit services shall operate with a para-transit fleet of no less than eight percent of the provider's fixed route fleet, but in no event less than five vehicles;
3. (iii) For transportation providers operating one hundred one to one hundred fifty buses, para-transit services shall operate with a para-transit fleet of no less than six percent of the provider's fixed route fleet, but in no event less than eight vehicles; and
4. (iv) For transportation providers operating in excess of one hundred fifty buses, para-transit services shall operate with a para-transit fleet of no less than five percent of the provider's fixed route fleet, but in no event less than nine vehicles. c. Each provider shall begin implementing the requirements of paragraph a of this subdivision upon the committee's submission of an accessible transportation service plan and shall fully implement such requirements no later than three years thereafter; provided, however, that each provider must fully implement such requirements by December first, nineteen hundred ninety-four. d. In no event shall the amount of a provider's expenditures on para-transit services be less than the amount allocated for para-transit services in a provider's budget for the year nineteen hundred ninety, unless agreed to by the committee.