Section 99268.5 Of Article 4. Claims For Funds From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 10. >> Part 11. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 4.
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. (a) Commencing with claims for the 1980-81 fiscal year, no
funds shall be allocated under this article in any fiscal year to an
operator providing services using vehicles for the exclusive use of
elderly and disabled persons, unless the operator maintains, for the
fiscal year, a ratio of fare revenues to operating cost, as defined
by subdivision (a) of Section 99247, for those services at least
equal to one-tenth or to the ratio it had for those services during
the 1978-79 fiscal year, whichever is greater.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), an operator which provides
both exclusive transportation services for elderly and disabled
persons and regular scheduled public transportation services may be
allocated funds under this article for the exclusive service if the
combined services qualify under Section 99268.1, 99268.2, 99268.3, or
99268.4, as the case may be, and the ratio of fare revenues to
operating cost for the combined service shall not be less than the
ratio required in order to make allocations to the operator for its
regular scheduled services.
(c) In a county which had less than 500,000 population as
determined by the 1970 federal decennial census and more than 500,000
in population as determined by the 1980 or 1990 federal decennial
census, an operator in the county shall maintain a ratio of fare
revenues to operating cost, as defined by subdivision (a) of Section
99247, at least equal to one-fifth if serving an urbanized area or
one-tenth if serving a nonurbanized area.