Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/576

 93 STAT. 544

Fare increases.

Federal funds, limitation.

Ante, p. 537.

Additional frequencies of service.

Reimbursement.

Advertising and promotion, limitation.

PUBLIC LAW 96-73—SEPT. 29, 1979 "(B) An agreement entered into pursuant to this section may by mutual agreement be renewed for one or more additional terms of not more than 2 years. "(C) If more than one application is made for service and all applications are consistent with the requirements of this subsection, but all the services applied for cannot be provided with the available resources of the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall decide in its discretion which application or applications best serve the public interest and can be provided with the available resources of the Corporation, except that a proposal for State support of a service deleted from the basic system in effect prior to October 1, 1979, or the basic system in effect after such date, shall be given preference. "(5) Prior to instituting any fare increase that applies to service provided under this subsection and that represents an increase of more than 5 percent over a 6-month period, the Corporation shall consult with and obtain the views of the appropriate officials of each State to be affected by such fare increase. The Corporation shall provide the officials of each such State with an explanation of the circumstances warranting the proposed fare increase (such as the unique costs of or demand for the services involved). "(6)(A) Federal funds available for expenditure under this subsection shall not be in substitution for the average amount of State and local funds expended for the operation of rail services under this subsection in the State for the two fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the funds are made available. "(B) If service provided under this subsection on the date of enactment of the Amtrak Reorganization Act of 1979 is terminated by a State or agency and such State or agency subsequently decides to resume such service, the Corporation shall agree to provide funding at the level provided under the contract in effect on such date of enactment. "(C) A State may add additional frequencies of service on an existing route. Additional frequencies shall be initiated in accordance with the funding formula described in paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection, without regard to funding ratios then in effect on other frequencies on such existing route. "(7)(A) Any funds provided by the Corporation under an agreement with an agency pursuant to this subsection which are allocated for associated capital costs and which are not expended during the fiscal year for which they are provided shall remain available until expended. (B) An agency entering into an agreement with the Corporation for the operation of service under this subsection shall be entitled to reimbursement for staff services in an amount equal to 1V2 percent of the operating losses and associated capital costs. "(C) The Board of Directors shall establish the basis for determining the solely related costs and associated capital costs of service operated under this subsection, and the total revenue from such service. "(8) Not more than five percent of all revenues generated by each particular route operated under the authority of this subsection shall be dedicated to advertising and promotion of such service on a local level". (c) REPEAL.—Section 403(c) of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 563(c)) is repealed. (d) COMMUTER SERVICE.—Section 403(d) of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 563(d)) is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" immediately before "The Corporation"; (2) by inserting immediately after the first sentence thereof the following: "An agreement made pursuant to this section may by

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