H 4086 General Bill, By W.D. Keyserling, Cobb-Hunter, M.F. Jaskwhich, Sandifer, 
Whatley and L.S. Whipper

Similar(S 761)
 A Bill to amend Section 58-25-50, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
 1976, relating to powers and duties of transportation authorities, so as to
 require these authorities to report annually to the Governor and General
 Assembly and to provide that no state or federal public or human services
 transportation funds may be provided to and entity unless the Department of
 Transportation has certified that the entity has not failed to comply with a
 local or regional coordinated transportation plan.

   04/12/95  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-44
   04/12/95  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-44

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 58-25-50, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO POWERS AND DUTIES OF TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THESE AUTHORITIES TO REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE GOVERNOR AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND TO PROVIDE THAT NO STATE OR FEDERAL PUBLIC OR HUMAN SERVICES TRANSPORTATION FUNDS MAY BE PROVIDED TO AN ENTITY UNLESS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS CERTIFIED THAT THE ENTITY HAS NOT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH A LOCAL OR REGIONAL COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. The last paragraph of Section 58-25-50 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 449 of 1992, is amended to read:

"The authority or other authorized regional transportation organization, in conjunction with all other organizations providing public or human service transportation in the service area, shall prepare and produce a plan to coordinate public and human services transportation services provided by each entity utilizing state funds or funds administered by the State to ensure that resources are being used in the most efficient and cost-effective manner. No later than October thirty-first of each year, the Department of Transportation shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the status of all local and regional transit providers in complying with provisions of this section. The coordinated transportation plan must maintain the provision, type, and level of assistance to individuals at least equal in quality to that currently provided by the human service transportation providers in the service area. The failure of an entity providing these services to comply with the coordinated plan must be reported by the authority or the service provider Department of Transportation to the appropriate state agencies or funding authorities which administer, contract, grant, approve, or appropriate funds for services. Transportation resources presently owned by or under contractual agreement of the service provider must remain under the authority of the service provider. No state funds for public or human services transportation purposes or federal funds administered by the State for public or human services transportation purposes may be provided to an entity by a state agency or funding authority unless the Department of Transportation has certified that the entity has not failed to comply with a local or regional coordinated transportation plan."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.