* § 412. Program, finance, and administration committee. 1. The council shall establish a program, finance, and administration committee, to be composed of staff representatives of the New York state department of transportation, the metropolitan transportation authority, and one to be appointed by each of the transportation coordinating committees. The central staff director shall serve as secretary to the committee. The co-chairpersons of the council shall appoint the chairperson of the committee from among the committee members. 2. The program, finance and administration committee shall be responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations of the metropolitan planning organization, including the following activities:(a) monitoring and coordinating progress of the council's unified planning work program to assure adherence to budgets and consistency with federal regulations and local, state and federal objectives, and
(b) minor revisions to budgets and other aspects of the work program, as necessary during the program year. 3. The program, finance and administration committee shall, in cooperation with the transportation coordinating committees, develop annually a draft unified planning work program consistent with the requirements of 23 CFR 450 and 49 CFR 613, for recommendation for endorsement by the council at the council's annual meeting. The work program shall include central and subregional staff activities, council member activities, and special studies. 4. Upon the initiation by any council member of a project of regionwide significance through the appropriate transportation coordinating committees, or changes to such projects, which must receive metropolitan planning organization endorsement during the interval between council meetings, the program, finance and administration committee shall be authorized to act for the council to include such project or make such changes with respect thereto in the council's transportation improvement program. To the extent possible such transportation improvement program changes shall be recommended by the program, finance and administration committee to the council at its next meeting. In the case that approval of affected transportation coordinating committees cannot be secured, then the council shall meet to decide the issue. 5. Upon the endorsement by a transportation coordinating committee of a change in its transportation improvement program, which change must for some reason be incorporated in the council program during the interval between the council's annual meetings, the program, finance and administration committee shall be authorized to act for the council to make such incorporation and shall make such incorporation, provided that the change is consistent with plans adopted by the council. 6. Upon the request of any council member of a change in the council's unified planning work program, including the program budget or budgets, which for some reason must receive metropolitan planning organization endorsement during the interval between the council meetings, the program, finance and administration committee shall be authorized to act for the council to make such a change. All actions taken by the program, finance and administration committee concerning the unified planning work program shall be reported to all council members within five working days. Such actions shall be effective unless a negative response is received from a council member within ten working days. * NB Expired June 30, 1983
