70:06:01:01.  Definitions. Terms used in this article have the following meaning:

 

          (1)  "Capital," transit vehicles and related equipment and structures having a useful life expectancy of one or more years;

 

          (2)  "Department," the South Dakota Department of Transportation;

 

          (3)  "Dispatcher," a person who assigns transit drivers and transit vehicles to specific travel routes during specific time periods on specific days;

 

          (4)  "Fixed route," a specific route over which bus service is provided during specific time periods on specific days;

 

          (5)  "FTA," the Federal Transit Administration, United States Department of Transportation;

 

          (6)  "Grant," a written award to an eligible grantee for a specific amount of funds to carry out specific activities for a specific time period;

 

          (7)  "Grant administration performance," an evaluation of a grantee's implementation of and compliance with grant requirements, participation in transit training, and service to transit organizations and associations;

 

          (8)  "Intercity bus service," regularly scheduled bus service for the general public which operates with limited stops over fixed routes connecting two or more municipalities, which has the capacity for transporting baggage carried by passengers, and which makes connections with scheduled intercity bus service to more distant points when such service is available;

 

          (9)  "Local funding," funding eligible to be considered local match in accordance with FTA requirements;

 

          (10)  "Operating expenses," costs related to transit vehicle operations, including drivers' and dispatchers' salaries and fringe benefits, gasoline, oil, engine repairs, and vehicle maintenance expenses;

 

          (11)  "Passenger trip," the point from which the passenger enters the transit vehicle to the destination point where the passenger leaves the transit vehicle;

 

          (12)  "Public transportation," the transporting of persons from one location to another location for a fee in a transit vehicle open to the general public or open to a segment of the general public defined by age, disability, or low income;

 

          (13)  "Rural area," an area encompassing a population of less than 50,000 people that has not been designated in the most recent decennial census as an urbanized area by the Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce;

 

          (14)  "Transit," public transportation;

 

          (15)  "Transit administration expenses," salaries and fringe benefits for administrative, secretarial, building maintenance, and fiscal staffs and costs necessary to acquire and maintain administrative office spaces, insurance policies, and related office equipment and supplies;

 

          (16)  "Urbanized area," an area encompassing a population of not less than 50,000 people that has been defined and designated in the most recent decennial census as an urbanized area by the Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce;

 

          (17)  "User-side subsidies," the partial funding of the price of a transit fare for an individual rider;

 

          (18)  "Vehicle miles driven," the numerical changes in a transit vehicle's odometer over a specific period of time.

 

          Source: 19 SDR 155, effective April 11, 1993; 20 SDR 59, effective November 1, 1993; 45 SDR 158, effective July 1, 2019.

          General Authority: SDCL 1-44-7.3, 1-44-7.4.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 1-44-7.3, 1-44-7.4.

 

          70:06:01:02.  Federal transit grants eligible for state matching funds. Grantees receiving the following federal transit grants are eligible for state matching funds from the state highway fund:

 

          (1)  Urban public transit grants for capital purchases and operating expenses as authorized under 49 U.S.C. § 5307; and

 

          (2)  Rural area transit grants for operating expenses and transit administration expenses as authorized under 49 U.S.C. § 5311.

 

          Source: 19 SDR 155, effective April 11, 1993; 45 SDR 158, effective July 1, 2019.

          General Authority: SDCL 1-44-7.3.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 1-44-7.3.

 

          70:06:01:03.  Eligible grantees. The following entities are eligible to receive a state matching fund grant from the state highway fund if they have first received FTA or department approval for a federal transit grant listed in § 70:06:01:02:

 

          (1)  County government;

          (2)  City government;

          (3)  Indian tribal governments;

          (4)  Private nonprofit corporations; and

          (5)  State agencies.

 

          Source: 19 SDR 155, effective April 11, 1993; 45 SDR 158, effective July 1, 2019.

          General Authority: SDCL 1-44-7.3.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 1-44-7.3.