Title 74, TRANSPORTATION

(a) Establishment.--A special fund is established within the State Treasury to be known as the Public Transportation Trust Fund. Money in the fund is hereby appropriated, upon approval of the Governor, to the department for the purposes set forth under this chapter. (b) Deposits …

(a) Application.--An eligible applicant that wishes to receive financial assistance under this chapter shall submit a written application to the department on a form developed by the department, which shall include the following: (1) The name and address of the applicant. (2) The…

(a) General rule.--The department shall administer the programs established under this chapter in a manner that permits full cooperation between Federal, State and local governments, agencies and instrumentalities, local transportation organizations and private interests, so as t…

All decisions, findings and regulations made by the department pursuant to this chapter shall be for the purposes of this chapter only and shall not constitute evidence before a regulatory body of this Commonwealth or any other jurisdiction.

(a) Review and oversight.--The department shall initiate and maintain a program of financial and performance review and oversight for all programs receiving financial assistance under this chapter. The department may perform independent financial audits of each award recipient to…

(a) Establishment.--The State Safety Oversight Office is established in the department and shall be under the jurisdiction of the secretary. The secretary, in consultation with the Federal Transit Administration, shall determine an appropriate staffing level for the SSO Office th…

The department shall submit a public passenger transportation performance report to the Governor and the General Assembly by April 30 of each year, covering the prior fiscal year. (Nov. 25, 2013, P.L.974, No.89, eff. 60 days) 2013 Amendment. See the preamble to Act 89 in the appe…

(a) Coordination.--Coordination is required in regions where two or more award recipients have services or activities for which financial assistance is being provided under this chapter to assure that the services or activities are provided efficiently and effectively. (b) Consol…

(a) Eligible applicants.--The following may apply for financial assistance for operating expenses under this section: (1) The governing body of a municipality or an instrumentality of a municipality. (2) A Commonwealth agency or instrumentality. (3) A local transportation organiz…

(a) Eligible applicants.-- (1) The following may apply for financial assistance for improvement, replacement or expansion of capital projects under this section: (i) A local transportation organization. (ii) An agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth. (iii) A person respons…

(a) Eligible applicants.--Persons eligible to apply for financial assistance under section 1514 (relating to asset improvement program) shall also be eligible to apply for financial assistance for new or expansions of fixed guideway systems under this section. (b) Applications.--…

(a) General rule.--Money in the fund allocated for programs of Statewide significance shall be used by the department to support public transportation programs, activities and services not otherwise fully funded through the operating program, capital program or asset improvement …

(a) Eligibility.--A local transportation organization may apply for financial assistance under this section. (b) Applications.--The department shall establish the contents of the application for the program established under this section. The information shall be in addition to i…

(a) Establishment.--The department is authorized to establish a competitive grant program to implement capital improvements deemed necessary to support conversion of a local transportation organization's fleet for use of an alternative energy source, including compressed natural …

The department is authorized to use available money in the fund to cover the costs incurred by the department in administering all of its public passenger transportation funding programs, including those established under this chapter, and incurred in the carrying out of its resp…

(a) Date of project.--Financial assistance may be awarded under this chapter by the department with reference to an appropriate project irrespective of when it was first commenced or considered and regardless of whether costs with respect to the project were incurred prior to the…

(a) Study.--A local transportation organization receiving funding in an amount greater than $5,000,000 annually under this chapter shall undertake a study to evaluate the feasibility of utilizing partnerships with private service providers and financial partners as a method to op…