STATE IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPORTATION, BILLING FOR HUMAN SERVICE AND RURAL TRANSIT SYSTEMS

This report deals with the state role in selecting and implementing uniform billing for human service and rural transit systems. Uniform billing concerns flow from the recognition of problems dealing with rate setting, invoicing, and cost allocation. Based on the experience of six states, resolving billing problems are highly related to the state adopting a uniform transportation bookeeping system provides structure to the financial and operating reports for such systems. Models of billing approaches in the states of Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina and South Carolina, members of the Transportation Accounting Consortium, demonstrate how these states are standardizing transportation billing for small and rural transit systems. The degree of standardization results from decisions of state human service and transportation departments on their respective roles.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Accounting Consortium

  P.O. Box 30037, 300 South Capitol Avenue
  Lansing, MI  United States  48909

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Department of Health and Human Services

  200 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20201
• Authors:
  • Malkowski, K
  • Bergeron, T
• Publication Date: 1983-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 17 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accounting; Billing; Cost allocation; Paratransit services; Rural areas; Social service agencies; Standardization; State government; Subsidies
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00384907
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TAC-83-5 Final Rpt.
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM