§ 1299-fff. Filing five year performance, capital and operating
finance plans. 1. (a) On or before October first, nineteen hundred
ninety-four, and annually thereafter on or before April first, the
authority shall adopt an operational performance plan for the five-year
period commencing April first. The plan shall set operational
performance plan goals and objectives, including but not limited to
ridership and passenger revenue goals and objectives for the period, for
fixed route bus operations, and shall establish performance indicators
to measure standards of service and operations. The performance
indicators shall include: revenue passengers, total passengers, revenue
vehicle miles, revenue vehicle hours, number of employees by department,
vehicle mean distance between failures, on-time performance for total
service provided, the cost per passenger, the cost per revenue vehicle
mile and the operating-revenue-to-cost ratio.

(b) Quarterly reports shall be prepared for authority members on
operating performance of fixed route bus operations. The first such
report shall cover the three-month period commencing April first,
nineteen hundred ninety-five and shall be submitted no later than thirty
days after the end of the quarter. Thereafter, quarterly reports shall
be submitted on the last day of October, January, April, and July of
each year. The report shall compare the performance indicators for the
most recent quarter and the year-to-date performance indicators with the
same time period in the previous year with the annual goals established
pursuant to this subdivision.

2. (a) On or before October first, nineteen hundred ninety-four, and
annually thereafter on or before April first, the authority shall adopt
a capital program plan for the five-year period commencing April first.
The plan shall contain the capital program, separately itemized, by the
following functions: regular fixed route bus service, demand responsive
bus service, and any aviation facilities and any marine facilities for
which it currently has or shall assume responsibility.

(b) The plan shall set goals and objectives by function for capital
spending, establish standards for service and operation, describe each
capital project to be initiated in each of the years covered by the plan
and explain how each proposed project supports the goals and objectives
and the service and operational standards established in the performance
plan. The plan shall list separately by function those projects
contributing to the maintenance of the system infrastructure and those
intended to enhance the system. The plan shall also include an estimated
cost for each project and set forth an estimate of the amount of capital
funding required for each year of the plan and the expected sources of
such funding. It shall also include a project schedule for the
initiation and completion of each project. Each plan subsequent to the
first such plan shall describe the current status of each capital
project which has a total estimated cost of one hundred thousand dollars
or more and which was included in the previously adopted plan.

(c) In addition to the annual update, a quarterly capital plan status
report shall be provided to the authority members and shall include, but
not be limited to, a description of any material change in the scope,
cost, funding or time of initiation or completion of a project which has
a total estimated cost of one hundred thousand dollars or more, as
adopted in the plan. The first such report shall cover the three-month
period commencing April first, nineteen hundred ninety-five and shall be
submitted no later than thirty days after the end of the quarter.
Thereafter, quarterly reports shall be submitted on the last day of
October, January, April, and July of each year.

3. (a) On or before October first, nineteen hundred ninety-four, and
annually thereafter on or before April first, the authority shall adopt
an operating finance plan for the five-year period commencing April
first. The plan shall include the annual estimated operating cost for
the following authority functions: fixed bus operations, demand
responsive bus operations, and any aviation facilities and any marine
facilities for which it currently has, or shall assume responsibility.
The plan shall include the proposed method of financing for the level of
service defined for each year of the plan and shall fully allocate the
authority's general costs to each of the above separate functions. The
plan shall provide a narrative describing the overall financial
condition of the operating budget of the authority.

(b) In addition to the annual update, quarterly operating budget
reports shall be prepared for the authority members on the financial
condition of each of the authority's functions. The first such report
shall cover the three-month period commencing April first, nineteen
hundred ninety-five and shall be submitted no later than thirty days
after the end of the quarter. Thereafter, quarterly reports shall be
submitted on the last day of October, January, April, and July of each
year. The reports shall include a budgetary comparison of the most
recent quarter and year-to-date actual revenue and expenditures with the
same time period in the previous year and with the projections for that
time period based on the board approved budget. The reporting for fixed
route bus operations shall be separate from the reporting for demand
responsive bus service.

4. Any and all reports, including interim reports, shall be submitted
to the director of the division of the budget, the commissioner of
transportation and the chief executive officers of Genesee, Livingston,
Monroe, and Wayne counties, the county legislatures of Genesee,
Livingston, Monroe, and Wayne counties, the temporary president of the
senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chairpersons of the senate
finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee, and the
chairpersons of the senate and assembly transportation committees.