Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 226 - Department of Transportation
Section 226.805 - Interstate agency committee on special transportation created — members — powers and duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
226.805. Interstate agency committee on special transportation created — members — powers and duties. — 1. There is hereby created the "Interagency Committee on Special Transportation" within the Missouri department of transportation. The members of the committee shall be: the director of the Missouri department of transportation, or his or her designee; the deputy commissioner of the department of elementary and secondary education, responsible for special transportation, or his or her designee; the director of the division of senior and disability services of the department of health and senior services, or the director's designee; the director of the family support division of the department of social services, or the director's designee; the director of the division of developmental disabilities and the director of the division of administrative services of the department of mental health, or the directors' designees; the executive director of the governor's council on disability; and other state agency representatives as the governor deems appropriate for temporary or permanent membership by executive order.
2. The interagency committee on special transportation shall:
(1) Jointly designate substate special transportation planning and service areas within the state;
(2) Jointly designate a special transportation planning council for each special transportation planning and service area. The special transportation planning council shall be composed of the area agency on aging, the regional center for developmental disabilities, the regional planning commission and other local organizations responsible for funding and organizing special transportation designated by the interagency committee. The special transportation planning councils will oversee and approve the preparation of special transportation plans. Staff support for the special transportation planning councils will be provided by the regional planning commissions serving the area with funds provided by the department of transportation for this purpose;
(3) Jointly establish a uniform planning format and content;
(4) Individually and jointly establish uniform budgeting and reporting standards for all transportation funds administered by the member agencies. These standards shall be adopted into the administrative rules of each member agency;
(5) Individually establish annual allocations of funds to support special transportation services in each of the designated planning and service areas;
(6) Individually and jointly adopt a five-year planning budget for the capital and operating needs of special transportation in Missouri;
(7) Individually develop administrative and adopt rules for the substate division of special transportation funds;
(8) Jointly review and accept annual capital and operating plans for the designated special transportation planning and service areas;
(9) Individually submit proposed expenditures to the interagency committee for review as to conformity with the areas special transportation plans. All expenditures are to be made in accordance with the plans or by special action of the interagency committee.
3. The assistant for transportation of the Missouri department of transportation shall serve as chairman of the committee.
4. Staff for the committee shall be provided by the Missouri department of transportation.
5. The committee shall meet on such a schedule and carry out its duties in such a way as to discharge its responsibilities over special transportation expenditures made for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 1989, and all subsequent years.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 676 § 1, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1064 merged with H.B. 1299 Revision, A.L. 2018 S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision)

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