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PUBLIC LAW 88-365-JULY 9, 1964

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(b) The purposes of this Act are— (1) to assist in the development of improved mass transportation facilities, equipment, techniques, and methods, with the cooperation of mass transportation companies both public and private; (2) to encourage the planning and establishment of area wide urban mass transportation systems needed for economical and desirable urban development, with the cooperation of mass transportation companies both public and private; and (3) to provide assistance to State and local governments and their instrumentalities in financing such systems, to be operated by public or private mass transportation companies as determined by local needs. FEDERAL F I N A N C I A L

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SEC. 3. (a) I n accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Ad- Eiigibuity. ministrator is authorized to make grants or loans (directly, through the purchase of securities or equipment trust certificates, or otherwise) to assist States and local public bodies and agencies thereof in financing the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, and improvement of facilities and equipment for use, by operation or lease or otherwise, in mass transportation service in urban areas and in coordinating such service with highway and other transportation in such areas. Eligible facilities and equipment may include land (but not public highways), buses and other rolling stock, and other real or personal property needed for an efficient and coordinated mass transportation system. No grant or loan shall be provided under this section unless the Administrator determines that the applicant has or will have (1) the legal, financial, and technical capacity to carry out the proposed project, and (2) satisfactory continuing control, through operation or lease or otherwise, over the use of the facilities and equipment. No such funds shall be used for payment of ordinary governmental or nonproject operating expenses. (b) No loan shall be made under this section for any project for which a grant is made under this section, except grants made for relocatioli payments in accordance with section 7(b). I^oans under this section shall be subject to the restrictions and limitations set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 202(b) of the Housing Amendments of 1955. The authority provided in section 203 of such yg^stat^^iyV^' Amendments to obtain funds for loans under clause (2) of section 202 42 USC 1492. (a) of such Amendments shall (except for undisbursed loan commit- ^2 USC 1493. ^ ments) hereafter be exercised by the Administrator (without regard to the proviso in section 202(d) of such Amendments) solely to obtain funds for loans under this section. (c) No financial assistance shall be provided under this Act to any ^ Jj.^^^ll^ transit State or local public body or agency thereof for the purpose, directly °^''^ °'^' or indirectly, of acquiring any interest in, or purchasing any facilities or other property of, a private mass transportation company, or for the purpose of constructing, improving, or reconstructing any facilities or other property acquired (after the date of the enactment of this Act) from any such company, or for the purpose of providing by contract or otherwise for the operation of mass transportation facilities or equipment in competition with, or supplementary to, the service provided by an existing mass transportation company, unless (1) the Administrator finds that such assistance is essential to a program, proposed or under active preparation, for a unified or officially coordinated urban transportation system as part of the comprehensively

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