49 C.F.R. § 604.5 Definitions.
Title 49 - Transportation
(a) All definitions in the FT Act (at 49 U.S.C. 1608) are applicable to this part, except as may otherwise be provided in this section. (b) The Acts means the FT Act and those parts of Title 23 United States Code, 23 U.S.C. 103(e)(4), 142(a) and 142(c), that provide for assistance to public bodies for purchasing buses. (c) Administrator means the Administrator of FTA or his or her designee. (d) Categories of Revenue Vehicle means bus or van. (e) Charter Service means transportation using buses or vans, or facilities funded under the Acts of a group of persons who pursuant to a common purpose, under a single contract, at a fixed charge (in accordance with the carrier's tariff) for the vehicle or service, have acquired the exclusive use of the vehicle or service to travel together under an itinerary either specified in advance or modified after having left the place of origin. This definition includes the incidental use of FTA funded equipment for the exclusive transportation of school students, personnel, and equipment. (f) Chief Counsel means the Chief Counsel of FTA. (g) Days means calendar days in subpart A and Federal working days in subpart B. (h) Designated Official means the applicant's and recipient's employee authorized to file applications on behalf of the applicant or to enter into agreements on behalf of the recipient. (i) Incidental Charter Service means charter service which does not: (1) interfere with or detract from the provision of the mass transportation service for which the equipment or facilities were funded under the Acts; or (2) does not shorten the mass transportation life of the equipment or facilities. (j) Interested Party means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or public or private organization that has a financial interest which is adversely affected by the act or acts of a recipient regarding charter service. (k) Non-urbanized area means an area with a population of less than 50,000 people. (l) Recipient means one that has received or is receiving Federal financial assistance under the Acts. The term includes subrecipients of a recipient, subrecipients in FTA's State administered programs, public bodies that receive assistance that will be passed on to another public or quasi-public body, any operator for a recipient, whether publicly or privately owned, and may include lessees of federally assisted buses and other equipment. For any FTA State administered program, the State is the recipient. (m) State Administered Program means any FTA grant program in which the State is the recipient of funds, passes the funds to subrecipients, and administers the program for FTA. (n) FT Act means the Federal Mass Transit Act of 1964, as amended, 49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. (o) FTA means the Federal Transit Administration. (p) Willing and able means having the desire, having the physical capability of providing the categories of revenue vehicles requested, and possessing the legal authority, including the necessary safety certifications, licenses and other legal prerequisites, to provide charter service in the area in which it is proposed to be provided.
Title 49: Transportation
PART 604—CHARTER SERVICE
Subpart A—General
§ 604.5 Definitions.
