Kansas Statutes 75-5035. Coordinated public transportation assistance fund established; funding
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-5035
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Elderly persons: means those persons 60 years of age or older. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Fund: means the Kansas communication system revolving fund established by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 75-5073
- Persons with disabilities: means those persons determined by the department of transportation to be disadvantaged in terms of the transportation services available to them due to physical or mental disability. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
- Secretary: means the secretary of the department of transportation or designee. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Transportation: means the movement of individuals and meals in a four or more wheeled motorized vehicle designed to carry passengers. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
(a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the coordinated public transportation assistance fund. Any expenditures from the fund shall be for the coordinated development, improvement or maintenance of transportation systems for elderly persons, persons with disabilities or the general public under this act and shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of transportation or by a person designated by the secretary.
(b) (1) On July 1, 1999, and each July 1 thereafter through July 1, 2012, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer $6,000,000 from the state highway fund to the coordinated public transportation assistance fund.
(2) On July 1, 2013, and each July 1 thereafter, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer $11,000,000 from the state highway fund to the coordinated public transportation assistance fund. The secretary is hereby authorized to transfer additional moneys to the coordinated public transportation assistance fund from the state highway fund and moneys from the coordinated public transportation assistance fund to the state highway fund. In no event shall the amount remaining in the fund and the amount spent or dedicated for grants or projects for public transportation in each fiscal year fall below $11,000,000.