28-6357 - Arizona Statutes

28-6357. Special assistant for the regional transportation plan A. The director shall appoint a special assistant for the regional transportation plan to provide coordination among the department of transportation, the regional planning agency and the local entities that are members of the regional planning agency on the regional transportation plan. B. The duties of the special assistant for the regional transportation plan include: 1. Life cycle management for the funding and programming of the regional transportation plan, including ombudsman services and oversight of gathering, analyzing, reporting, forecasting, coordinating, monitoring and executing information and programs related to the regional transportation plan. 2. Administrative support for the activities of the citizens transportation oversight committee established pursuant to section 28-6356. The special assistant is eligible to receive reimbursement for expenses incurred by providing administrative support for the activities of the citizens transportation oversight committee from monies distributed from the highway user revenue fund pursuant to section 28-6538, subsection B, paragraph 1. 3. Preparation and dissemination of reports on the status and the progress of the regional transportation plan to the citizens transportation oversight committee, the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the regional planning agency and other interested governmental agencies and citizens. 4. Coordination of public hearings of the citizens oversight committee on the regional transportation plan. C. The special assistant for the regional transportation plan is eligible to receive compensation pursuant to section 38-611. Notwithstanding the limitations imposed in section 28-6305, the compensation of the special assistant shall be paid from the regional area road fund.