Trans 1.05(2)(c)
(c) A county need not physically segregate the cash in its trust fund from other county funds and may pool aids held in trust with other county funds for investment in such manner as the county is authorized to invest its funds. Any interest earned by aid held in trust shall be added at least annually to the trust fund. Interest shall be determined from the average annual rate of return for all funds with which the aid is invested and the average monthly balance of aid held in trust during the year.
Trans 1.05(2)(d)
(d) Counties shall maintain records showing the dates and amounts of deposits to the trust fund; the dates, amounts and purposes of expenditures from the fund; and interest earned by the fund.
Trans 1.05(2)(e)
(e) Aid may be held in trust only for the purpose of acquiring or maintaining transportation equipment used in services covered by this chapter.
Trans 1.05(2)(f)
(f) Expenditures of aid from a county's trust fund shall be made according to a plan approved by the department. A county's plan for the use of its trust fund shall indicate for what purpose the fund is being accumulated. A plan may be amended with the department's approval at any time.
Trans 1.05(3)
(3) All revenue received from passengers for transportation service shall be applied to approved senior and disabled transportation projects. Counties may solicit revenue from passengers for non-transportation purposes if the solicitation indicates the intended use of the revenue.
Trans 1.05(4)(a)
(a) If it requires copayments by users, a county shall establish the copayment amount based on a specific schedule of user fees that shall be made known to users.
Trans 1.05(4)(b)
(b) Counties shall establish the method by which the copayment is collected from the user.
Trans 1.05(4)(c)
(c) Fixed or variable rates of copayment may be permitted. Rate variation may be based on, among others, trip length, time required for a trip, trip purpose, ability to pay or the cost of individual versus group travel.
Trans 1.05(4)(d)
(d) Non-cash forms of exchange such as tickets, coupons, vouchers, passes, or billing accounts are permitted. A non-cash form of exchange shall represent an obligation to pay or to complete the payment of a copayment, unless the requirements for copayment have been waived.
Trans 1.05(4)(e)
(e) When allocated aid subsidizes a user's fee, the allocated aid may not pay the entire user's fee charged the user, unless the user's fee has been waived or unless the county provides the user with an opportunity to make voluntary contributions in accordance with sub.
(5).
Trans 1.05(5)(a)
(a) A voluntary contribution policy making user contributions optional and allowing each user to establish the amount of the voluntary contribution shall be permitted.
Trans 1.05(5)(b)
(b) If a county provides users an opportunity to make a voluntary contribution, the county shall:
Trans 1.05(5)(b)2.
2. Appropriately notify all users of the recommended contribution amount; and
Trans 1.05(5)(b)3.
3. Establish a method for collecting voluntary contributions from users.
Trans 1.05(6)
(6) A county may establish a combination of copayment and voluntary contribution policies under this chapter that are applicable either among its different transportation systems or within one transportation system.
Trans 1.05 Note
Note: A county shall use appropriate methods to notify all users about the user fees established under sub. (4) (a) and to notify all users about the recommended contribution established under sub. (5) (b) 1. Appropriate notice methods may be posting written notices within vehicles, printing notices upon collection instruments or providing all individual users a written notice prior to each trip.
Trans 1.05(7)
(7) A county shall reimburse the department for its share of the value of equipment purchased under this chapter which is sold or removed from specialized transportation service unless the sales proceeds are spent for specialized transportation projects approved by the department.
Trans 1.05(8)
(8) A county shall have in place a competitive, public procurement process for the purchase of specialized transportation services or equipment with aids allocated under this chapter. All requests for bids or proposals from transportation providers interested in providing the specialized transportation services to be purchased shall be by published, public notice. Request for bids or proposals shall be made for all procurement of specialized transportation goods or services subject to competitive, public procurement under this chapter. A county's procurement process shall include a procedure for resolving complaints and conflicts. A county's decision to reject a proposal may be appealed to the department, but the appeal shall be limited to procedural complaints and the department may not review the substance of a county's decision.
Trans 1.05 History
History: Cr.
Register, January, 1978, No. 265, eff. 2-1-78; r. and recr.
Register, July, 1982, No. 319, eff. 8-1-82; am. (1), r. and recr. (2), cr. (5),
Register, January, 1984, No. 337, eff. 2-1-84; r. and recr. (4), renum. (5) to be (7), cr. (5) and (6),
Register, May, 1986, No. 365, eff. 6-1-86; am. (7), cr. (8),
Register, June, 1988, No. 390, eff. 7-1-88; correction in (4) (d) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 12., Stats.,
Register, December, 1993, No. 456;
CR 04-034: am (2) (b), (e) and (f), (3), (7) and (8), r. (2) (g)
Register September 2004 No. 585, eff. 10-1-04;
CR 22-048: am. (3) Register July 2023 No. 811, eff. 8-1-23.
Trans 1.06(1)(1)
Any county may apply to the department for its allocation of the aids appropriated for the program. Two or more counties may jointly prepare a single project proposal, but each county is required to submit its own application. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the department shall encumber the funds allocated to a county upon approval of the county's application by the department and the execution of a contract between the department and the county. The contract shall provide for a schedule of disbursement of state aids so encumbered.
Trans 1.06(2)
(2) Applications for grants of allocated aids shall be submitted to the department no later than December 31 of the year immediately preceding the project year. No application received after January 1 of the project year shall be funded unless the secretary of the department determines that a later date is appropriate.
Trans 1.06(3)
(3) Applications shall be made in a form and manner prescribed by the department and signed by the county board chair, county executive or county administrator, or the county position authorized in writing each year by this person. Applications shall include, but not be limited to, a project description, a project budget, a plan for allocated aid held in trust, and such other relevant information as the department may require to effectively evaluate the proposal. In addition, the application shall include formal comments on the proposed project(s) by appropriate county agencies such as committees or commissions on aging and boards created under ss.
51.42 and
51.437, Stats.
Trans 1.06(5)
(5) A county shall submit the original of its application to the department.
Trans 1.06(6)
(6) A county applicant shall submit a copy of its application for review and comment to the appropriate regional planning commission, area agency on aging and department of health services' regional office. In order to be considered by the department, comments by such agencies must be submitted to the department by February 1 of the grant year.
Trans 1.06 History
History: Cr.
Register, January, 1978, No. 265, eff. 2-1-78; am.
Register, November, 1978, No. 275, eff. 12-1-78; am. (2) and (3),
Register, July, 1981, No. 307, eff. 8-1-71; am. (3) and (4),
Register, January, 1984, No. 337, eff. 2-1-84; am. (1),
Register, June, 1988, No. 390, eff. 7-1-88;
CR 04-034: am (2) (3), (5) and (6), r. (4)
Register September 2004 No. 585, eff. 10-1-04;
correction in (6) made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 6., Stats.,
Register March 2012 No. 675.
Trans 1.07(1)(1)
A county applicant is required to conduct a public hearing so that interested persons in the county may be informed of the proposed project and have an opportunity to express their views before the application is submitted to the department. The applicant shall include in its application a brief description of the hearing and a summary of the views expressed at the hearing. Any written statements presented for the public hearing record shall be submitted to the department along with other documentation concerning the hearing. The public hearing shall be held not less than 14 days prior to the date on which a county submits its application.
Trans 1.07(2)
(2) The applicant shall publish notice of the public hearing not less than 10 days prior to the hearing. A preliminary draft of the application shall be available for public inspection not less than 10 days prior to the hearing. The published notice shall indicate where the draft application is available for public inspection. At a minimum, the public hearing notice shall be published in the official county newspaper, or if there is no official county newspaper, then in a newspaper likely to give notice in the area or to the persons affected in accordance with s.
985.02 (1), Stats. A county applicant shall make appropriate efforts to encourage residents to attend the public hearing.
Trans 1.07 History
History: Cr.
Register, January, 1978, No. 265, eff. 2-1-78; am.
Register, November, 1978, No. 275, eff. 12-1-78; am. (1),
Register, January, 1984, No. 337, eff. 2-1-84.
Trans 1.08(1)(1)
All counties shall maintain records as required by the department. The following information shall be furnished semi-annually by each county to the department on forms provided by the department:
Trans 1.08(1)(a)
(a) Total number of one-way passenger trips per reporting period by passenger type for each project;
Trans 1.08(1)(b)
(b) Total number of one-way passenger trips per reporting period by trip purpose for each project;
Trans 1.08(1)(c)
(c) Total number of service hours per reporting period for each project;
Trans 1.08(1)(d)
(d) Total number of service miles per reporting period for each project.
Trans 1.08(2)
(2) The following information shall be furnished annually by each county to the department on forms provided by the department:
Trans 1.08(2)(a)
(a) A financial report indicating the total annual cost of transportation for each project and the sources and amounts of revenue which offset the annual cost of transportation for each project.
Trans 1.08(2)(b)
(b) A statement of the amount of allocated aid expended or encumbered and the amount of allocated aid to be returned to the department and a certification that all allocated aid together with the county's matching share have been used in accordance with the terms of this chapter and s.
85.21, Stats.
Trans 1.08(2)(c)
(c) A report on a trust fund permitted under s.
Trans 1.05 (2) which shows the opening balance, additions, deductions and end of year balance.
Trans 1.08(3)
(3) The department may withhold the distribution of all or part of a county's allocation under this chapter if the county fails to furnish timely and satisfactorily the information required under this section. The information to be furnished by counties under sub.
(1) shall be submitted to the department by August 15 of the project year and by March 1 of the calendar year following the end of the project year. The information to be furnished by counties under sub.
(2) shall be submitted to the department by March 31 of the calendar year following the end of the project year. If a due date for submitting information to the department under sub.
(1) or
(2) falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, that due date shall be the first business day following the Saturday, Sunday or holiday.
Trans 1.08 History
History: Cr.
Register, January, 1978, No. 265, eff. 2-1-78; r. and recr.
Register, July, 1982, No. 319, eff. 8-1-82; cr. (2) (c),
Register, January, 1984, No. 337, eff. 2-1-84; am. (1) (intro.) and (2) (intro.), renum. (1) (c) to be (1) (e), cr. (1) (c) and (d) and (3),
Register, June, 1988, No. 390, eff. 7-1-88;
CR 04-034: am (1) (a) to (d), (2) (a) and (3), r. (1) (e)
Register September 2004 No. 585, eff. 10-1-04.
Trans 1.09(1)(1)
A county may not use aids allocated under this chapter to purchase service from, nor make grants to third parties without a contract, agreement, purchase of service order or other legal equivalent. Grants or purchases of services costing $100 or less per occurrence and expense reimbursement arrangements for volunteers are exempt from this requirement. Third-party contracts shall be available for inspection by the department upon request.
Trans 1.09(2)
(2) No third-party contract for transportation services purchased by a county with allocated aids may include a prohibition against further subcontracting for the provision of the services unless the contract is awarded through a competitive, public procurement process established in full accordance with s.
Trans 1.05 (8) or the total amount of the contract is $500 or less.
Trans 1.09(3)
(3) A third party contract for transportation services purchased by a county with allocated aids shall, at least once every 5 years, be subject to and awarded through a competitive, public procurement process established in full accordance with s.
Trans 1.05 (8) when the total amount of the contract is $10,000 or more.
Trans 1.09 History
History: Cr.
Register, January, 1984, No. 337, eff. 2-1-84; am. (1), cr. (2) and (3),
Register, June, 1988, No. 390, eff. 7-1-88; am. (3),
Register, December, 1993, No. 456, eff. 1-1-94;
CR 04-034: am (2) and (3)
Register September 2004 No. 585, eff. 10-1-04.
