Section R. 247.4102 - Local public transportation and intercity passenger transportation financial assistance programs; submittal and approval processRule 102.
(1) The department shall make application instructions available to all prospective local public transportation and intercity passenger transportation applicants and other interested parties. The application instructions shall contain the items required by the act.(2) The department shall update the application instructions each year. The department may issue amended application instructions based upon programmatic or funding changes.(3) A local public transportation and intercity passenger transportation applicant shall file an application with the department. An application shall contain all of the information required in the application instructions.(4) A local public transportation and intercity passenger transportation applicant shall give public notice of its intent to apply for comprehensive transportation funds according to the act. A local public transportation and intercity passenger transportation applicant shall transmit all comments it receives to the department. The public notice shall include all of the following information: (a) The amount of funding requested.(b) The operating and capital program that the local public transportation and intercity passenger transportation applicant proposes to undertake with the funds.(c) The location where the application may be reviewed.(5) The department shall review the applications and transmit comments to each local public transportation and intercity passenger transportation applicant.(6) Each local public transportation and intercity passenger transportation applicant shall provide any additional information that is requested and responses that are related to subrule (5) of this rule.(7) The department shall approve, modify, or reject all or any portion of an application by written notification to the local public transportation and intercity passenger transportation applicant setting forth its reasons for approval, modification, or rejection. The applicant may appeal any approval, modification or rejection of the application to an appeals officer as appointed by the director of the department. The department may modify or reject all or any portion of a local transportation or intercity passenger program if any 1 of the following situations occurs:(a) A local public transportation and intercity passenger transportation applicant fails to submit an application as outlined by the application instructions provided under subrule (1) of this rule and application sections of the act or fails to comply with the requirements prescribed in the act.(b) The total estimated revenues available for comprehensive transportation fund programs are exceeded by the sum of all funding that is requested in the applications received for the state fiscal year.(c) The department determines that a proposed project requires further justification.(d) The eligible authority or eligible governmental agency has failed to develop and implement plans, programs, and services, or use appropriate equipment, to provide public transportation for the elderly and persons who have disabilities as set forth in the provisions of R 247.4201 to R 247.4203.(8) A local public transportation and intercity passenger transportation applicant shall notify the department of a proposed change in an initial or amendatory application for federal funds that would require an increase or decrease of the state financial commitment.(9) A local public transportation and intercity passenger transportation applicant shall provide the department with a copy of any federal application for capital or operating assistance at the time an initial or amendatory application is filed with the federal government.(10) The department may administratively fund the first 3 years of new services using the funding limits and provisions established in the operating grants to eligible authorities and eligible governmental agencies section of the act.Mich. Admin. Code R. 247.4102