The staff shall provide support to the task force and the major employers. The staff shall:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 49-584

  • Board: means the board of supervisors of a county with a population of more than one million two hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 49-581
  • Employer: means any sole proprietor, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, cooperative, joint venture, agency, department, district or other individual or entity, either public or private, that employs workers. See Arizona Laws 49-581
  • Major employer: means an employer with one hundred or more employees working at or reporting to a single work site during any twenty-four hour period for at least three days per week during at least six months of the year, except that in area A the threshold is fifty employees. See Arizona Laws 49-581
  • Motor vehicle: means any self-propelled vehicle including a car, van, bus or motorcycle and all other motorized vehicles. See Arizona Laws 49-581
  • Reduced emission vehicle: means a motor vehicle that is certified by the task force as being substantially lower emitting in actual use than vehicles generally purchased in the area and that shall be counted as less than a single motor vehicle for travel reduction plan purposes. See Arizona Laws 49-581
  • Staff: means the county staff assigned to the task force. See Arizona Laws 49-581
  • Task force: means the travel reduction program regional task force in area A which is designated by the board as the responsible agency to implement and enforce this article. See Arizona Laws 49-581
  • Transportation coordinator: means a person designated by an employer, property manager or transportation management association as the lead person in developing and implementing a travel reduction plan. See Arizona Laws 49-581
  • Travel reduction plan: means a written report outlining travel reduction measures. See Arizona Laws 49-581

1. Provide assistance to each employer in coordinating data collection, dissemination of information on air quality, alternative modes programs, developing a travel reduction plan and increasing the effectiveness of selected travel reduction measures.

2. Coordinate training programs for major employers to assist them in training their transportation coordinator, preparing and implementing their travel reduction plans and preparing annual reports.

3. Coordinate survey and data collection activities and overall program monitoring with the task force and the board.

4. Under direction of the task force, develop an implementation schedule for annual surveys of the major employer community.

5. Assist the task force in developing and implementing policies, standards and criteria for certifying eligible motor vehicles as being reduced emission vehicles.

6. Assist the task force in developing and implementing policies, standards and criteria for reduced emission vehicle factors to be applied to the single occupancy vehicle count and the motor vehicle miles traveled count pursuant to section 49-588.