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 88 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 93-503-NOV. 26, 1974

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grant for any project for the payment of subsidies for operating expenses shall not exceed 50 per centum of the cost of such operating expense project. The remainder shall be provided in cash, from sources other than Federal funds or revenues from the operation of public mass transportation systems. Any public or private transit system funds so provided shall be solely from undistributed cash surpluses, replacement or depreciation funds or reserves available in cash, or new capital. "(f) Federal funds available for expenditure for mass transportation projects under this section shall be supplementary to and not in substitution for the average amount of State and local government funds and other transit revenues such as advertising, concessions, and property leases, expended on the operation of mass transportation service in the area involved for the two fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the funds are made available; but nothing in this sentence shall be construed as preventing State or local tax revenues which are used for the operation of mass transportation service in the area involved from being credited (to the extent necessary) toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the project for purposes of the preceding sentence. " (g)(1) I t is declared to be in the national interest to encourage pi^°^^^nT^^ and promote the development of transportation systems, embracing programs. various modes of transport in a manner that will serve the States and local communities efficiently and effectively. To accomplish this objective the Secretary shall cooperate with the States in the development of long-range plans and programs which are properly coordinated with plans for improvement in other affected forms of transportation and which are formulated with due consideration to their probable effect on the future development of urban areas of more than fifty thousand population. The development of projects in urbanized areas under this section shall be based upon a continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive planning process covering all modes of surface transportation and carried on by the States and the governing bodies of local communities in accordance with this paragraph. The Secretary shall not approve any project in an urbanized area after July 1, 1976, under this section unless he finds that such project is based on a continuing comprehensive transportation planning process carried on in conformance with the objectives stated in this paragraph. "(2) The Governor or designated recipient shall submit to the r^'°^t^\°i. Secretary for his approval a program of projects for utilization of the mTttai to's^ecretary funds authorized, which shall be based on the continuing compre- °^ Transportation. hensive planning process of paragraph (1). The Secretary shall act upon programs submitted to him as soon as practicable, and he may approve a program in whole or in part. "(3) An applicant for assistance under this section (other than a Governor^^'° Governor) shall submit the program or programs to the Governor of the State affected, concurrently with submission to the Secretary. If within thirty days thereafter the Governor submits comments to the Secretary, the Secretary shall consider such comments before taking final action on the program or programs. " (h)(1) The Governor or the designated recipient of the urbanized surveys, plans, area shall submit to the Secretary for his approach such surveys, plans, uots^^^'"^' specifications, and estimates for each proposed project as the Secretary may require. The Secretary shall act upon such surveys, plans, specifications, and his entering into a grant or contract agreement with respect to any such project shall be a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of its proportional contribution thereto.

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