Senate Joint Resolution No. 13–
Committee on Transportation

 

FILE NUMBER..........

 

Senate Joint RESOLUTION—Expressing support for certain applications for capital grant funding to assist in financing bus and bus-related capital projects that will benefit Nevada’s transit system and urging the Nevada Congressional Delegation to pursue the attainment of these grants from money appropriated for this purpose.

 

   Whereas, The Federal Government, through the Federal Transit

 Administration, provides financial assistance to develop new transit

 systems and improve, maintain and operate existing transit systems; and

   Whereas, Under the Capital Investment Grants and Loans Program,

 the Federal Transit Administration oversees thousands of grants to

 hundreds of state and local transit providers for new and replacement

 buses and facilities, modernization of existing rail systems and new fixed

 guideway systems; and

   Whereas, Projects associated with buses and bus-related facilities

 would benefit all Nevadans, including residents of rural areas, tribal

 reservations and small urban areas, by providing a means of public transit

 for the elderly, persons with disabilities, persons of low income and other

 persons who find it difficult to procure necessary transportation; and

   Whereas, These projects are critically needed and would aid this state

 in attaining the goals of reduced air pollution, more efficient maintenance

 of buses, increased sources of employment in small communities,

 development of sites as connection hubs for intracity transportation, safe

 and comfortable rides for passengers, and the availability of multipurpose

 buildings which serve both the transit system and other community needs,

 including use as meeting rooms, museums and office space; and

   Whereas, Each year as part of the Congressional transportation

 appropriations process, the Nevada Department of Transportation sends a

 list of projects to the Nevada Congressional Delegation requesting

 additional funding in the Transportation Appropriations Bill; and

   Whereas, At the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Nevada

 Department of Transportation on April 6, 2001, the Board supported the

 submission of requests for appropriations for fiscal year 2002 from the

 Transportation Appropriations Bill which includes $39.9 million for

 projects dealing with bus and bus-related facilities throughout Nevada, of

 which approximately $4 million would be used for critically necessary

 ongoing projects for rural and small urban areas; and

   Whereas, Congressional action on these vitally important applications

 may be influenced by the support of the Nevada Congressional Delegation

 and the Nevada State Legislature and the involvement of persons and civic

 organizations in the communities receiving the benefit of these grants;

 now, therefore, be it

   Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada,

 Jointly, That the Legislature of the State of Nevada hereby expresses its

 strong support for the submission of applications for capital grant funding

 that will assist in financing critically needed bus and bus-related projects

 in Nevada; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Legislature of the State of Nevada hereby

respectfully requests each member of the Nevada Congressional

 Delegation to support and work diligently toward obtaining full funding of

 Nevada’s applications for grants from Congressional appropriations to the

 Federal Transit Administration for these purposes; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy

 of this resolution to the Director of the Nevada Department of

 Transportation and to each member of the Nevada Congressional

 Delegation; and be it further

   Resolved, That this resolution becomes effective upon passage.

 

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