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SENATE
FILE
234
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
ECONOMIC
GROWTH
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
110)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
February
24,
2015
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
an
Iowa
employment
rides
initiative
and
1
related
fund
in
the
state
department
of
transportation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
324A.8
Iowa
employment
rides
1
initiative
——
grant
program
——
fund.
2
1.
As
used
in
this
section,
unless
the
context
otherwise
3
requires
“employment
transportation”
means
an
urban
or
4
rural
program
or
service
that
provides
an
individual
with
5
transportation
solely
to
or
from
a
workplace,
including
but
not
6
limited
to
the
following
programs
and
services:
7
a.
Expanding
or
sustaining
existing
transportation
services
8
or
service
hours.
9
b.
Coordinating
ride
share
services,
including
car
pool
or
10
van
pool
services.
11
c.
Shuttle
services.
12
2.
The
Iowa
employment
rides
initiative
is
established
in
13
the
department
to
provide
funds
to
public
transit
systems
for
14
programs
and
services
that
provide
employment
transportation
15
to
Iowans.
16
3.
The
department
shall
award
funds
from
the
initiative
17
on
a
competitive
grant
basis.
A
grant
shall
not
exceed
one
18
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars.
A
grant
application
shall
19
contain
a
commitment
from
the
public
transit
system
of
at
least
20
a
dollar-for-dollar
match
of
the
grant
funds
awarded.
Moneys
21
charged
to
individuals
receiving
employment
transportation
22
services
cannot
be
used
as
matching
funds.
Grant
funds
shall
23
be
used
only
for
operational
costs
directly
associated
with
24
providing
employment
transportation
and
shall
not
be
used
for
25
capital
expenditures
or
construction.
26
4.
A
public
transit
system
may
coordinate
with
other
local,
27
state,
or
federal
governmental
agencies
and
private
nonprofit
28
organizations
in
the
administration
of
a
program
or
service
29
receiving
a
grant
under
the
initiative
and
in
expenditure
of
30
grant
funds.
31
5.
The
department
shall,
by
January
1
each
year,
submit
32
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
on
the
outcomes
of
the
33
initiative,
including
the
grant
amount,
the
type
of
program
or
34
service
receiving
funds,
and
the
number
of
individuals
served
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for
each
grant
awarded
by
the
initiative.
As
a
condition
of
1
having
received
a
grant
from
the
initiative,
a
public
transit
2
system
shall
provide
the
department
with
information
on
any
3
program
or
service
for
which
the
public
transit
system
is
4
awarded
a
grant
from
the
initiative.
5
6.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
6
to
administer
the
initiative,
including
but
not
limited
to
an
7
application
process
and
grant
award
criteria.
8
7.
a.
An
Iowa
employment
rides
fund
is
created
in
the
state
9
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
department.
The
fund
shall
10
consist
of
moneys
appropriated
to
the
department
and
any
other
11
moneys
available
to,
obtained,
or
accepted
by
the
department
12
for
placement
in
the
fund.
13
b.
Moneys
in
the
fund
shall
be
used
to
provide
grants
14
under
the
Iowa
employment
rides
initiative
established
in
this
15
section.
16
c.
Moneys
in
the
fund
are
not
subject
to
section
8.33.
17
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
or
18
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
fund.
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