Terms Used In New York Laws > Transportation > Article 2-F - New York State Rural Public Transportation Coordination Assistance Program

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Commissioner: shall mean the commissioner of transportation. See N.Y. Transportation Law 73-C
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Coordinated public transportation service: shall mean a coordinated transportation service which is predominately a public transportation service as defined in this article. See N.Y. Transportation Law 73-C
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: shall mean the state department of transportation. See N.Y. Transportation Law 73-C
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Public transportation service: shall mean a passenger transportation service which, during its hours of operation, is available on an equal opportunity basis to any person, without preference for service availability, eligiblity or design being given to any person or population sub-group because of age, gender, race, national origin, creed or agency client status, and which is regularly advertised and marketed as available to the general public. See N.Y. Transportation Law 73-C
• Rural counties: shall mean those New York state counties having populations of two hundred thousand or less. See N.Y. Transportation Law 73-C
• Services coordinator: shall mean the person, authority, agency or corporation designated by resolution of a rural county's governing body to undertake or oversee preparation and implementation of the rural county's public transportation service plan in accordance with this article. See N.Y. Transportation Law 73-C
• Transportation provider: shall mean any public, private or not-for-profit entity utilizing public funds to provide or contract for public transportation services for the benefit of the general public or specific client groups. See N.Y. Transportation Law 73-C