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Restrictions:
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Public Transit Block Grant funds may be used for eligible capital and operating costs of providing public transit service.
The following limitations shall apply to the use of Public Transit Block Grant Program funds:
* State participation in eligible capital projects shall be limited to 50 percent of the non-federal share of such project costs.
* State participation in eligible public transit operating costs may not exceed 50 percent of such costs or an amount equal to the total revenue, excluding farebox, charter, and advertising revenue and federal funds, received by the provider for operating costs, whichever amount is less.
* No eligible public transit provider shall use public transit block grant funds to supplant local tax revenues made available to such provider for operations in the previous year; however, the Secretary of Transportation may waive this provision for public transit providers located in a county recovering from a state of emergency declared pursuant to Part I of Chapter 252, F.S.
* The state may not give any county more than 39 percent of the funds available for distribution under s. 341.052, F.S., or more than the amount that local revenue sources provide to that transit system.
The following limitations shall apply to the use of Public Transit Block Grant Program funds:
* State participation in eligible capital projects shall be limited to 50 percent of the non-federal share of such project costs.
* State participation in eligible public transit operating costs may not exceed 50 percent of such costs or an amount equal to the total revenue, excluding farebox, charter, and advertising revenue and federal funds, received by the provider for operating costs, whichever amount is less.
* No eligible public transit provider shall use public transit block grant funds to supplant local tax revenues made available to such provider for operations in the previous year; however, the Secretary of Transportation may waive this provision for public transit providers located in a county recovering from a state of emergency declared pursuant to Part I of Chapter 252, F.S.
* The state may not give any county more than 39 percent of the funds available for distribution under s. 341.052, F.S., or more than the amount that local revenue sources provide to that transit system.
To remain eligible to receive funding under the Public Transit Block Grant Program, eligible public transit providers must comply with the requirements of ss. 341.071(1) and 341.072(2), F.S., and must comply with the provisions of s. 341.052(2)(b), F.S., relating to existing transit corridor projects.
Any funds distributed to an eligible provider pursuant to s. 341.052, F.S., subsection (6) which cannot be expended within the limitations of the Public Transit Block Grant Program shall be returned to the Department within the same year of allocation for redistribution to other eligible providers pursuant to that section. The Department may consult with an eligible provider, before distributing funds to that provider to determine whether the provider can expend its total block grant within the limitations of the program. If the Department and the provider agree that the total block grant cannot be expended, the provider may agree to accept a block grant of less than the total amount, in which case the funds that exceed such lesser agreed-upon amount shall be redistributed to other eligible providers pursuant to subsection (6). If an audit reveals that an eligible provider expended block grant funds on unauthorized uses, the provider must repay to the Department an amount equal to the funds expended for unauthorized uses and the Department shall redistribute such repayments to other eligible providers pursuant to subsection (6).
Apart from the provisions of s. 341.052, F.S., subsections (6) and (7), the Department may supplement an eligible provider's block grant allocation if funds are available; if requested by the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) or, if there is no MPO, by the county with jurisdiction; and if the Department concurs in the request. The provisions of s. 341.052, F.S., subsections (2) and (3) shall apply to total block grants as supplemented by allocations made under this subsection.
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