Sec. 15. (a) The board shall, to the extent it considers feasible, adopt uniform standards for the making of grants and purchase of service agreements. These grant contracts or purchase of service agreements may be for the number of years or duration agreed to by the authority and the transportation agency.

     (b) If the authority provides grants for operating expenses or participates in any purchase of service agreement, the purchase of service agreement or grant contract must state the level and nature of fares or charges to be made for public transportation services, and the nature and standards of public transportation to be so provided. In addition, any purchase of service agreements or grant contracts must provide, among other matters, for:

(1) the terms or cost of transfers or interconnections between different public transportation agencies;

(2) schedules or routes of transportation service;

(3) changes that may be made in transportation service;

(4) the nature and condition of the facilities used in providing service;

(5) the manner of collection and disposition of fares or charges;

(6) the records and reports to be kept and made concerning transportation service; and

(7) interchangeable tickets or other coordinated or uniform methods of collection of charges.

The authority shall also undertake programs to promote use of public transportation and to provide ticket sales and passenger information.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2.5-12.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76. Amended by P.L.235-1997, SEC.10.