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(4m) (am) From the amounts appropriated under s. 20.395 (1) (bu), the
9department shall make supplemental payments of state aid to each eligible
10applicant
in an urban area under par. (a) 3. served by an urban mass transit system
11with annual operating expenses in excess of $20,000,000 and annual ridership
12exceeding 7,000,000 one-way revenue passenger trips operating within an urban
13area having a population as shown in the 1990 federal decennial census of more than
14200,000 and meeting the federal definition of urbanized area for the purpose of
15federal mass transit aid. State aid to an eligible applicant under this paragraph shall
16be paid in each fiscal year according to a schedule established by the department.
1The department may not make the last payment for a fiscal year until the
2department has completed an audit under sub. (3) (c) of the applicable urban mass
3transit system for the most recent state aid contract period. Payments under this
4paragraph are in addition to any payments made under par. (a). Each eligible
5applicant shall provide a local contribution, exclusive of user fees, toward operating
6expenses in an amount equal to at least 20% of any supplemental payment of state
7aid to that eligible applicant under this paragraph. Payments under this paragraph
8shall be made so that the sum of state and federal aids distributed to each eligible
9applicant for a state aid contract period is equal to a uniform percentage of operating
10expenses established by the department.".
