(a) The Commissioner of Transportation shall establish a state matching grant program, in accordance with the provisions of this section, which shall be available to any municipality upon application of such municipality. Such grants shall be expended by such municipalities for elderly and disabled demand responsive transportation programs that shall be available to persons age sixty or older.
(b) Not later than thirty days after the commissioner determines an allocation amount, the commissioner shall notify municipalities of the availability of such amount.
(c) Municipalities shall apply to the state through a designated regional planning organization or transit district for funding allocations. The regional planning organization or transit district and municipalities interested in applying for the funds shall collaborate on service design to determine how to use the funding most effectively in that municipality and its surrounding region. The commissioner shall have the authority to approve or disapprove the method for delivery of service.
(d) The maximum amount allocated to a municipality shall be determined by the commissioner in accordance with the following formula: Fifty per cent of such funds shall be apportioned on the basis of the share of the population of persons age sixty or older in the municipality relative to the state's total population of persons age sixty or older, as defined in the most recent federal decennial census or in estimates provided in the five-year interim by the Office of Policy and Management. Fifty per cent of such funds shall be apportioned on the basis of a municipality's square mileage relative to the state's total square mileage.
(e) Each municipality applying for such grant funds shall provide a fifty per cent match to such funds. If a municipality chooses not to apply for such funds, its portion shall revert to the Special Transportation Fund.
(f) A municipality, receiving a grant provided pursuant to this section, shall annually submit to the Commissioner of Transportation, on forms provided by said commissioner, the following data on such transportation programs: (1) The number of unduplicated riders; (2) the number of one-way trips; (3) the number of miles traveled; (4) the number of trip denials; (5) the number of hours vehicles are in use annually; (6) all federal, state, municipal and other revenues received and expenditures incurred in the provision of dial-a-ride services; and (7) any other information determined to be necessary by the commissioner.
(g) A municipality receiving a grant pursuant to this section shall annually submit to the Commissioner of Transportation a certification that any state grant shall be in addition to current municipality levels of spending on such programs.
(h) Any funds shall only be expended for grants and administrative costs and shall not be expended for any other purpose.
(P.A. 99-265, S. 4; P.A. 00-148, S. 22; P.A. 02-123, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-4, S. 39.)
History: P.A. 00-148 made technical changes, amended Subsec. (a) by making the state matching grant a program, amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “a grant” with “an allocation”, added new Subsec. (c) re application process for allotted funds and redesignated Subsecs. (c) to (g), inclusive, as Subsecs. (d) to (h), inclusive; P.A. 02-123 amended Subsec. (c) to eliminate references to “within the transportation service region, as established in section 13b-38m,” and “allocated to municipalities within that transportation service region” and to change “municipality and region” to “municipality and its surrounding region”, effective June 7, 2002; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-4 amended Subsec. (a) to delete references to deadlines for establishing program and to establishing program within available General Fund appropriations, amended Subsec. (e) by changing General Fund to Special Transportation Fund, and amended Subsec. (h) to remove reference to appropriated funds and specify that funds shall only be expended for grants and administrative costs, effective July 1, 2005.
See Sec. 13b-57s re funding for grants-in-aid and administrative expenses for program.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation
Section 13b-1. - Short title: State Transportation Act.
Section 13b-3. - Department of Transportation. Appointment of commissioner.
Section 13b-4. - Powers and duties of commissioner.
Section 13b-4b. - Commissioner's duties and responsibilities re railroads.
Section 13b-4d. - Commissioner's power to declare a state of emergency.
Section 13b-10a. - Transfer of employees connected with livery service.
Section 13b-10b. - Office of Innovative Finance and Project Delivery.
Section 13b-10e. - Consideration of application for employment.
Section 13b-11. - Connecticut Transportation Authority.
Section 13b-11a. - Connecticut Public Transportation Commission.
Section 13b-11b. - State-wide transportation goals. Report.
Section 13b-11c. - Connecticut Public Transportation Commission.
Section 13b-12 and 13b-13. - Connecticut Aeronautics Commission. Steamship Terminals Commission.
Section 13b-13a. - Connecticut Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board.
Section 13b-13b. - Transportation Policy Advisory Council.
Section 13b-13c. - Assessment of transportation projects.
Section 13b-14. - Long-range planning.
Section 13b-14a. - Funding for hazard elimination activities.
Section 13b-15. - Master transportation plan.
Section 13b-15a. - Hartford-New Britain busway project.
Section 13b-16. - Assessment of modes of transportation. Experimental projects.
Section 13b-16a. - Definitions. Public transportation analysis.
Section 13b-16b. - Southwest Corridor Action Council.
Section 13b-16c. - Commissioner's power to sit on a consortium or trade organization board.
Section 13b-18. - Investigations, inquiries and hearings.
Section 13b-19. - Cooperation with agencies and persons. Bonds for rail freight support facilities.
Section 13b-20a. - Regulations re hiring of consultants.
Section 13b-20b. - Definitions.
Section 13b-20c. - Consultant services evaluation and selection panels.
Section 13b-20d. - Negotiation committees.
Section 13b-20f. - Evaluation of consultants having active agreements with department.
Section 13b-20g. - Notice of need for consultants. Responses.
Section 13b-20h. - Selection panel. Responsibilities. Meetings.
Section 13b-20i. - Criteria for selection of consultants.
Section 13b-20k. - Negotiations with selected consultants. Memorandum re negotiations.
Section 13b-20l. - Regulations re selection of consultants.
Section 13b-20m. - Guidelines for determining reasonableness of consultant services.
Section 13b-20p. - Reduction of number of consultants. Report.
Section 13b-21. - Grants to the department.
Section 13b-22. - Annual report.
Section 13b-23. - Additional powers.
Section 13b-23a. - Leasing of naming rights of transit stations and transit-owned property.
Section 13b-23b. - Vision Zero Council.
Section 13b-24. - Jurisdiction over state highway system. Responsibility for highways of state.
Section 13b-25. - Bureau of Highways.
Section 13b-26. - Alteration of state highway system.
Section 13b-26a. - Certification upon completion of highway or bridge project.
Section 13b-27. - Limited access highway.
Section 13b-28. - Agreement with adjoining state.
Section 13b-29. - Commuter parking facilities. Regulations.
Section 13b-30. - Maintenance of roads on state property.
Section 13b-31. - Town highways.
Section 13b-31b. - Definitions.
Section 13b-31c. - Designation of scenic roads.
Section 13b-31d. - Alteration or improvement of scenic road.
Section 13b-31e. - Regulations.
Section 13b-31f. - Ninety-day permit application final determinations.
Section 13b-32. - Declaration of policy.
Section 13b-33. - Bureau of Public Transportation.
Section 13b-34. - Powers of commissioner.
Section 13b-34a. - Subsidy equalization grants for privately owned bus companies.
Section 13b-34b. - Annual report re public transportation costs.
Section 13b-35. - Express finding required before commissioner can exercise power.
Section 13b-37. - Hearing before the Department of Public Utility Control.
Section 13b-38. - Advice and assistance to transit districts. Grants and loans.
Section 13b-38c. - Loans for the acquisition of vanpool vehicles.
Section 13b-38cc. - Buses for 21st Century Mobility program.
Section 13b-38ee. - CTpass program.
Section 13b-38f. - Bus shelter construction program.
Section 13b-38g. - Expansion of mass transportation systems.
Section 13b-38h. - Fare changes for mass transportation.
Section 13b-38i. - Failure to pay lawful charge for bus service.
Section 13b-38k. - Paratransit vehicles defined. Bidding for service programs.
Section 13b-38l. - Citizens' Transportation Advisory Council. Appointments. Functions and duties.
Section 13b-38o. - Definitions.
Section 13b-38p. - Voluntary traffic reduction program.
Section 13b-38t. - Assistance to Department of Transportation from Labor Commissioner.
Section 13b-38u. - Exempted employers.
Section 13b-38v. - Moneys received for traffic reduction programs.
Section 13b-38w. - Filing fees.
Section 13b-38x. - Regulations re traffic reduction program.
Section 13b-39. - Jurisdiction over and responsibility for aeronautics.
Section 13b-39a. - Registration of aircraft.
Section 13b-39b. - Aircraft registration forms and decals.
Section 13b-39c. - Display of registration decal. Certificate of registration.
Section 13b-39d. - Registration fee.
Section 13b-39e. - Exemption for military aircraft, government aircraft or aircraft dealers.
Section 13b-39f. - Penalty for failure to register.
Section 13b-39g. - Municipality may retain fees.
Section 13b-39h. - Grants to municipalities.
Section 13b-40 and 13b-41. - Bureau of Aeronautics. State airways system.
Section 13b-43. - Municipal airports.
Section 13b-44. - Establishment and maintenance of state airports.
Section 13b-44a. - Filing of documents with the Properties Review Board.
Section 13b-45. - Publication of standards applicable in taking of land.
Section 13b-46. - Certificate of approval. Licenses.
Section 13b-47. - Criteria for approval.
Section 13b-48. - Hearing on application for certificate of approval or license.
Section 13b-49. - Revocation of certificate of approval or license.
Section 13b-50a. - Initiatives for the preservation of airports.
Section 13b-50b. - Set aside for veterans with service in time of war.
Section 13b-50c. - Connecticut airport and aviation account.
Section 13b-51a. - Connecticut Maritime Commission. Establishment. Members. Duties.
Section 13b-51b. - State Maritime Office.
Section 13b-52. - Bureau of Waterways.
Section 13b-55. - Sale or conveyance of excess property or rights therein.
Section 13b-55a. - Harbor improvement projects.
Section 13b-55b. - Harbor improvement account. Deposit and expenditure of funds.
Section 13b-55c. - Priority ranking for certified clean marinas.
Section 13b-56. (Formerly Sec. 8-211). - Harbor improvement agencies.
Section 13b-57. (Formerly Sec. 8-212). - State grants-in-aid for harbor improvement projects.