§ 1512. Coordination and consolidation
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 74 Pa.C.S.A. TransportationEffective: November 25, 2013
Effective: November 25, 2013
74 Pa.C.S.A. § 1512
§ 1512. Coordination and consolidation
(1) The department, in consultation with local governments and local transportation organizations, shall study the feasibility of consolidation and mutual cooperation among local transportation organizations as a means of reducing annual expenses without loss of service to the communities they serve. The study shall examine the creation of service regions or mutual cooperation pacts to determine whether either method would reduce annual expenses. The feasibility analysis is to include a cost-benefit analysis and operational analysis.
(3) The department shall waive the match requirement under sections 1513 (relating to operating program) and 1514 (relating to asset improvement program) for five fiscal years for the local transportation organization's participation in the recommended action under paragraph (2) in an amount not to exceed the estimated annual net savings of the implemented recommendations.
(c) Funding for merger and consolidation incentives and mutual cooperation pacts.--A capital project that is needed to support a local transportation organization that has agreed to merge and consolidate operations and administration or share facilities or staff through a mutual cooperation pact to achieve cost and service efficiencies shall be eligible for financial assistance under this chapter. The application for financial assistance must do all of the following:
Credits
2007, July 18, P.L. 169, No. 44, § 3, retroactive effective July 1, 2007. Amended 2013, Nov. 25, P.L. 974, No. 89, § 8, imd. effective.
74 Pa.C.S.A. § 1512, PA ST 74 Pa.C.S.A. § 1512
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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