[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR630.3]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 630--UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS AND REPORTING SYSTEM--
Table of Contents
 
Sec. 630.3  Definitions.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided, terms defined in the Federal 
Transit

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Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), are used in this part as so 
defined.
    (b) Terms defined in the current editions of the Urban Mass 
Transportation Industry Uniform System of Accounts and Records and the 
annual Reporting Manual, are used in this part as so defined.
    (c) For purposes of this part:
    Administrator means the Federal Transit Administrator or the 
Administrator's designee.
    Applicant means an applicant for assistance under section 9 of the 
Federal Transit Act, as amended.
    Assistance means Federal financial assistance for the acquisition, 
construction, or operation of public mass transportation services.
    Beneficiary means any organization operating and delivering urban 
transit services that directly receives benefits from assistance under 
section 9 of the Federal Transit Act, as amended.
    Chief Executive Officer (CEO) means the principal executive in 
charge of and responsible for the reporting agency.
    Current edition of the Urban Mass Transportation Industry Uniform 
System of Accounts and Records and the Reporting Manual means the most 
recently issued edition of the reference documents.
    Days mean calendar days.
    The Federal Transit Act means the Federal Transit Act, as amended 
(49 U.S.C. 1601a et seq.)
    Mass Transportation Agency or transit agency means an agency 
authorized to transport people by bus, rail, or other conveyance, either 
publicly or privately owned, and which provides to the public general or 
special service (but not including school, charter, or sightseeing 
service) on a regular and continuing, scheduled or unscheduled, basis. 
Transit agencies are classified according to the mode of transit service 
operated. A multi-mode transit agency operates two or more modes, which 
are defined in the current editions of the Urban Mass Transportation 
Industry Uniform System of Accounts and Records and the Reporting 
Manual.
    Reference Document(s) means the current editions of the Urban Mass 
Transportation Industry Uniform System of Accounts and Records, and the 
Reporting Manual. These documents are subject to periodic revision. 
Beneficiaries and applicants are responsible for using the current 
editions of the reference documents.
    Reporting agency means the agency required to submit a report under 
section 15.