§ 73-f. Local coordination of rural public transportation services.
Transportation services funded under this article must be coordinated
with transportation services funded by other federal, state and local
sources. Public, private, and private non-profit corporations or
organizations applying for or receiving federal, state or local aid in
order to provide or contract for public transportation services or
transportation to the general public and specific clientele groups in
rural counties, shall coordinate and integrate funding and resulting
services, to the maximum extent possible, with services coordinators in
said counties in accordance with this article. No rural county shall
qualify for aid or assistance authorized pursuant to this article unless
said county shall first appoint a services coordinator. An individual,
agency or corporation may be designated a services coordinator by the
county executive, if any, or the county legislative body in a rural
county in accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner which
rules shall establish criteria for selecting and terminating
coordinators. A rural county may terminate the services of a services
coordinator at any time following established county procedures for same
and may change its designation of a services coordinator at any time in
accordance with this article. A rural county's designated services
coordinator may request, from public and private agencies receiving
federal, state or local aid in that county, information or data related
to transportation services, facilities, equipment, usage, costs,
revenues and funds as he or she may deem necessary for the preparation,
revision, updating and implementation of the county's coordinated public
transportation service plan. The extent to which such information is
provided by agencies wishing to participate in the program may be
considered by the department in the awarding of grants.