Transit productivity and performance measures; reports.

(1) Where there is an approved local government comprehensive plan in the political subdivision or political subdivisions in which the public transportation system is located, each public transit provider shall establish public transportation development plans consistent with approved local government comprehensive plans.

(2) Each public transit provider shall establish productivity and performance measures, which must be approved by the department and which must be selected from measures developed pursuant to s. 341.041(3). Each provider shall, by January 31 of each year, report to the department relative to these measures. In approving these measures, the department shall give consideration to the goals and objectives of each system, the needs of the local area, and the role for public transit in the local area. The report shall include the farebox recovery ratio.

(3) Each public transit provider shall publish on its website the productivity and performance measures established for the year and a report which provides quantitative data relative to the attainment of established productivity and performance measures.

(4)(a) As used in this subsection, the term:

1. “General administrative costs” includes, but is not limited to, costs related to transit service development, injuries and damages, safety, personnel administration, legal services, data processing, finance and accounting, purchasing and stores, engineering, real estate management, office management and services, customer service, promotion, market research, and planning. The term does not include insurance costs.

2. “Public transit provider” means a public agency providing public transit service, including an authority created pursuant to part II of chapter 343 or chapter 349. The term does not apply to the Central Florida Commuter Rail Commission or the authority created pursuant to part I of chapter 343.

3. “Tier 1 provider” has the same meaning as in 49 C.F.R. part 625.

4. “Tier 2 provider” has the same meaning as in 49 C.F.R. part 625.

(b) Beginning November 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, each public transit provider, during a publicly noticed meeting, shall:

1. Certify that its budgeted and general administrative costs are not greater than 20 percent above the annual state average of administrative costs for its respective tier.

2. Present a line-item budget report of its budgeted and actual general administrative costs.

3. Disclose all salaried executive management-level employees’ total compensation packages, ridership performance and metrics, and any gift as defined in s. 112.312 accepted in exchange for contracts. This disclosure shall be posted annually on the public transit provider’s website.

(c) To support compliance with paragraph (b), the department shall determine, by tier, the annual state average of general administrative costs by determining the percentage of the total operating budget which is expended on general administrative costs in this state annually by March 31 to inform the public transit provider’s budget for the following fiscal year. Upon review and certification by the department, costs budgeted and expended in association with nontransit-related engineering and construction services may be excluded.

(d) A year-over-year cumulative increase of 5 percent or more in general administrative costs must be reviewed before the start of the next fiscal year and must be reviewed and approved by the department before approval by the public transportation provider’s governing board.