STATE MANAGEMENT PLAN SECTION 5311 PROGRAM NONURBANIZED AREA FORMULA PROGRAM INCLUDING RTAP STATE OF NEW JERSEY May 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL OVERVIEW Introduction and Overview ................................................................................................................. 6 Definitions........................................................................................................................................... 7 Programs Goals and Objectives…………………………………………………………………………… 8 State Role in Program Administration ................................................................................................ 8 Local Public Involvement ................................................................................................................... 10 COORDINATION Overview……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 11 United We Ride……………………………………………………………………………………………….11 Required Elements of a Plan………………………………………………………………………………..12 History of Coordination – Early Years 1980 through 1997................................................................13 Interagency Coordination – 1997 through 2007…………………………………………………………..14 ELIGIBILITY AND ELIGIBLE ASSISTANCE CATEGORIES Eligible Subrecipients ......................................................................................................................... 15 Eligible Services and Service Areas .................................................................................................. 16 Capital Expenses ............................................................................................................................... 17 Operating Expenses ........................................................................................................................... 17 Project Administration ........................................................................................................................ 17 Local Match Requirement and Eligibility ............................................................................................ 18 State Contribution .............................................................................................................................. 18 PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA AND METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING FUNDS Program Notification…………………………………………………………………………………………19 Application Review ............................................................................................................................. 19 Technical Capacity ............................................................................................................................. 20 Funding Distribution ........................................................................................................................... 20 Application Instructions and Approval Process .................................................................................. 21 Section 5311 Timeline Chart .............................................................................................................. 22 Transfer of Funds ............................................................................................................................... 23 INTERCITY BUS Intercity bus……………………………………………………………………………………………………24 STATE ADMINISTRATION AND TECHNICAL ASISTANCE General ............................................................................................................................................... 25 Administrative Expenses .................................................................................................................... 26 RURAL TRANSIT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Program Objectives……………………………………………………………………………………….....27 Program Delivery………………………………………………………………………………………….….27 Technical Training and Scholarship Programs……………………………………………………………27 CIVIL RIGHTS Non-Discrimination ............................................................................................................................. 28 Title VI Program Requirements .......................................................................................................... 29 2 Equal Employment Opportunity Requirements .................................................................................. 30 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Requirements ............................................................ 30 Section 504 and ADA Reporting ........................................................................................................ 31 STATE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT Equipment Management ................................................................................................................... 31 Title to Vehicles .................................................................................................................................. 32 Transfer of Property ........................................................................................................................... 32 Vehicle Useful Life and Replacement Standards .............................................................................. 32 Disposition .......................................................................................................................................... 33 Vehicle Insurance ............................................................................................................................... 34 Vehicle Destroyed or Damaged ......................................................................................................... 34 Maintenance ....................................................................................................................................... 34 Procurement and Third Partying Contracting ..................................................................................... 35 Satisfactory Continuing Control ........................................................................................................ 35 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Financial Records .............................................................................................................................. 36 Allowable Costs .................................................................................................................................. 36 Budget Revisions ............................................................................................................................... 36 Audits ................................................................................................................................................. 37 Closeout ............................................................................................................................................. 38 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS Annual Program of Projects Status Reports ...................................................................................... 39 Financial Status Reports .................................................................................................................... 39 Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA)………………………………………..39 Charter Service Report ...................................................................................................................... 39 DBE Reports ...................................................................................................................................... 39 Subrecipient Quarterly Reports .......................................................................................................... 39 NTD Reports………………………………………………………………….……………………………… 39 OTHER PROVISIONS Charter Service .................................................................................................................................. 41 Private Sector Participation ................................................................................................................ 42 Labor .................................................................................................................................................. 42 School Transportation ........................................................................................................................ 43 Buy America ....................................................................................................................................... 43 Pre-Award and Post-Delivery Review ................................................................................................ 44 New Model Bus Testing ..................................................................................................................... 44 Safety ................................................................................................................................................. 44 Drug-Free Workplace……………………………………………………………………………………….. 44 Drug and Alcohol Abuse .................................................................................................................... 45 Commercial Driver’s License ............................................................................................................. 45 Restriction on Lobbying ...................................................................................................................... 45 Protection of the Environment ............................................................................................................ 45 Clean Air Act .....................................................................................................................................