Section 99400 Of Article 8. Other Claims For Funds From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 10. >> Part 11. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 8.
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. Claims may be filed under this article with the
transportation planning agency by counties and cities for the
following purposes and by transit districts for the purposes
specified in subdivisions (c) to (f), inclusive:
(a) Local streets and roads, and projects which are provided for
use by pedestrians and bicycles.
(b) Passenger rail service operations and capital improvements.
(c) Payment to any entity which is under contract with a county,
city, or transit district for public transportation or for
transportation services for any group, as determined by the
transportation planning agency, requiring special transportation
assistance.
If the county, city, or transit district is being served by an
operator, the contract entered into by the county, city, or transit
district shall specify the level of service to be provided, the
operating plan to implement that service, and how that service is to
be coordinated with the public transportation service provided by the
operator. Prior to approving any claim filed under this section, the
transportation planning agency, or the county transportation
commission in a county with such a commission, shall make a finding
that the transportation services contracted for under subdivision (c)
are responding to a transportation need not otherwise being met
within the community or jurisdiction of the claimant and that, where
appropriate, the services are coordinated with the existing
transportation service.
(d) Payments to counties, cities, and transit districts for their
administrative and planning cost with respect to transportation
services under subdivision (c).
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
claimant for funds pursuant to subdivision (c) may also receive
payments for capital expenditures to acquire vehicles and related
equipment, bus shelters, bus benches, and communication equipment for
the transportation services.
(f) Acquisition or lease of vans and related equipment for a
farmworker vanpool program for purposes of farmworker transportation
to and from work, provided the farmworker vanpool program shall use
vans or related equipment for a commuter vanpool as defined by
Section 37.3 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations and the
regional transportation planning agency conforms with the planning
requirements of Section 5306 of Title 49 of the United States Code
and Part 613 (commencing with Section 613.100) of Chapter VI of Title
49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.