                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION INCENTIVE FUND (§ 15.2-4217.1)

The Specialized Transportation Incentive Fund (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;) is
established and shall be used to assist participating planning districts in the
development of coordinated specialized transportation plans and projects. In
order to be eligible to receive monies from the Fund, a planning district
commission or single locality shall establish, in consultation with its
metropolitan planning organization if one exists, an advisory transportation
coordination committee and shall submit to the Disability Commission a plan for
cost-effective coordination of specialized transportation services in the
planning district or in localities within the planning district. Single
localities may appoint an advisory transportation coordinating committee
independent of the planning district commission and receive specialized
transportation incentive funds if the locality is located in a regional planning
district in which all other localities are recipients of the federal funds and
subject to the provisions of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act,
Public Law 101-336 (42 U.S.C. § 12131 et seq.). The advisory transportation
coordination committee shall guide planning for the coordination and
administration of specialized transportation with human service agencies,
participating public transportation systems and, where appropriate, with private
for-profit and nonprofit transportation providers. Advisory transportation
coordination committees shall be composed of, but not limited to, elderly and
disabled persons, providers of specialized transportation systems, participating
public transportation systems, and local private for-profit and nonprofit
transportation providers. Localities and public transportation systems subject
to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Public Law 101-336 (42
U.S.C. § 12131 et seq.), shall not be required to participate in coordinated
specialized transportation plans, but may participate at their option.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 454.