Transportation: funds; population threshold for certain grants; increase. Amends secs. 10e & 13c of 1951 PA 51 (MCL 247.660e & 247.663c)

HB 6129 updates the population thresholds used to determine funding levels for public transportation grants in Michigan, raising the cutoff from 100,000 to 200,000 residents for urbanized areas. Under these changes, transit agencies serving areas with populations between 100,000 and 200,000 would receive grants covering up to 50% of their eligible operating expenses, while those in smaller urbanized or non-urbanized areas would continue to receive up to 60%. The bill also amends the relevant state statutes to ensure these new population criteria are applied when distributing funds from the Comprehensive Transportation Fund. This legislation directly affects local transit authorities and governmental agencies responsible for providing public transportation services across the state.