Local public transport; receipt of a local public transport allocation

The local public transport authorities receive allocations from the governments for local public transport purposes.

Purpose

The planning, organization and provision of general local public transport is a voluntary task of the administrative districts and independent municipalities within their own sphere of influence. They carry out these tasks within the limits of their capacity. The Free State of Bavaria supports the local public transport authorities in their efforts within the framework of the local public transport allocations.

Object

The allocations are intended for the purposes of general local public transport. They can therefore be used comprehensively.

Beneficiaries

Funding is provided to local public transport authorities in accordance with the Bavarian Local Public Transport Act (BayÖPNVG), generally the administrative districts and independent cities.

Eligible costs

In particular, investments and local transport planning are compatible with the purposes specified in Art. 27 BayÖPNVG, as are organizational expenses to a lesser extent.

Type and amount

Funding is provided within the framework of project funding as fixed-amount funding. The amount of the local public transport allocations is determined in the budget in accordance with the approval. The amount and distribution of the local public transport allocations for the individual public transport authorities is determined annually in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Ordinance on Financial Assistance for General Local Public Transport (FinÖPNVV) and is set out in the annex to this ordinance. The distribution also takes into account whether and to what quality a local public transport service is available.

• if applicable, the ordinance on the transfer of public transport responsibilities

  if the task has been delegated, the delegation decree is to be enclosed

• Statement of own funds used in the relevant financial year

  Annex 1 to RZÖPNV

Local public transport allocations are granted for the purposes of and to improve general local public transport (Art. 27 BayÖPNVG).

• Lump-sum advance payment is made on April 1 of each year

• Payment of the remaining amount is only made if the responsible body has submitted the required documents via the online portal by August 1 of each year at the latest.

• Notification of the documents required in accordance with Section 2 (2) sentence 3 FinÖPNVV by August 1 of each year
• The proof of use must be submitted by September 30 of the following year.