Sec. 10. Urbanized Area Formula Funding program; Madison Mass Transit District.

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(a)As used in this Section:

"Agency" means the Bi-State Development Agency.

"District" means the Madison Mass Transit District.

"Federal formula" means the Urbanized Area Formula Funding program under 49 USC 5307.

(b)The Agency shall pass through to the District on an annual basis the amount of federal formula assistance equal to 100% of the Alton/Wood River urbanized area formula allocation as capital assistance, on the basis that the District is the exclusive provider of public transit service in the Alton/Wood River urbanized area with total responsibility for capital and operating expenses to deliver such services. The District shall be responsible for any obligations associated with the receipt of these funds as required by the Federal Transit Administration.

(c)The Agency shall pass through to the District 100% of that portion of the federal formula funds allocation generated to the St. Louis urbanized area as a result of the District's filing of National Transit Database statistics for passengers miles and revenue miles for those transportation services operated and reported by the District, including motor bus, demand response, and vanpool services, as defined by the Federal Transit Administration. The Agency shall use the Federal Transit Administration Unit Values of Data, published annually in the Federal Register, to calculate this allocation each year. The District shall be responsible for any obligations associated with the receipt of these funds as required by the Federal Transit Administration.

(d)The Agency shall retain the federal formula funds allocated by the Federal Transit Administration to the region on the basis of Madison County, Illinois population and population density within the St. Louis urbanized area. Additionally, the Agency shall retain those federal formula funds allocated on the basis of regular fixed route and seasonal services operated and reported by the Agency in the St. Louis urbanized area. These revenues shall constitute the total financial commitment and payment in full for:

(1)all claims, debts or obligations, rights, liabilities, direct or indirect, made or

asserted by the Agency, arising out of any previous service agreements, issues, or relationship between the District and the Agency occurring on or before June 30, 2019; and

(2)any capital or operating subsidy for the MetroLink Light Rail System, as currently

configured or as may be extended in the future. The Agency shall afford the District's bus passengers and vehicles full access to the MetroLink system without any additional fees or surcharges above and beyond those fares typically charged residents of the St. Clair County, the City of St. Louis, Missouri, or St. Louis County, Missouri, for comparable distance trips, subject to any agreement between the Agency and the District existing on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, until such time MetroLink is extended into Madison County.