Section R2-1-801. Definitions

In this Article, unless otherwise specified:

1.        “Bus” means a motor vehicle designed to carry 16 or more passengers, including the driver.

2.        “Commute” means  travel  to  and from  an employee’s place of employment.

3.        “Director” means the chief executive officer of the Department of Administration or the director’s designee.

4.        “Eligible employee” means an individual who is employed by the state of Arizona, in pay status, and lives or works in a vehicle emissions control area, as defined in

A.R.S. § 49-541, except a university employee or an employee of the State Compensation Fund under A.R.S. § 23-981.01.

5.        “Pay status” has the meaning in R2-5A-101.

6.        “Private transportation” means the conveyance of passen- gers, by a commercial enterprise, on scheduled routes by bus for which an individual passenger pays a fare.

7.        “Public transportation” has the meaning in A.R.S. § 41- 710.01(B).

8.        “Reduced cost” means an eligible employee’s share of the total cost of public or private transportation that remains after the reimbursement subsidy is paid.

9.        “Reimbursement subsidy” means the portion of the total cost of public or private transportation that is paid through a contract with the state of Arizona on behalf of an eligible employee under A.R.S. § 41-710.01.

tion.

11. “Transportation program” means a system for reimburse- ment or subsidy of public or private transportation expenses under A.R.S. § 41-710.01.

Historical Note

Adopted effective May 31, 1991 (Supp. 91-2). Section repealed, new Section adopted effective December 30, 1994 (Supp. 94-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 6

A.A.R. 746, effective February 1, 2000 (Supp. 00-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 13 A.A.R. 4579, effec- tive February 5, 2008 (Supp. 07-4). Corrected rule refer- ence to R2-5A-101 in subsection (5) due to Personnel Reform rules made in 2012; statutory citations updated in subsections (7), (9) and (11) according to Laws 2012, Ch.

321, correction letter M15-192 filed by agency (Supp. 14-2).