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1 1 Section 1. SENIOR CITIZEN TRANSPORTATION &endash; PILOT PROJECT.
1 2 The department shall establish a pilot project to provide
1 3 transportation services which offer special ridership priority
1 4 to persons aged sixty or older through cooperative agreements
1 5 with each of the state's area agencies on aging. The
1 6 agreements shall be direct service contracts between the
1 7 department and the area agencies. The area agencies shall
1 8 report to the department on a quarterly basis the number of
1 9 persons aged sixty or older utilizing the service, the number
1 10 of one-way rides, the destination of each trip, the mode of
1 11 transportation utilized, donations generated for the service,
1 12 and all financial expenditures associated with the service.
1 13 For purposes of this section, an area agency providing
1 14 transportation exclusively for the benefit of persons who are
1 15 aged sixty or older either directly or indirectly through
1 16 service contracts with other private or nonprofit agencies
1 17 shall be considered a public transit provider.
1 18 The pilot project shall begin on July 1, 1995, and end on
1 19 June 30, 1996.
1 20 Sec. 2. FUNDING. Funds for implementation of this pilot
1 21 project shall not be allocated from public transit assistance
1 22 funds under section 324A.6, but shall be allocated from other
1 23 funds available to the state department of transportation.
1 24 EXPLANATION
1 25 This bill requires the state department of transportation
1 26 to establish a demonstration project to provide transportation
1 27 services to offer special ridership priority to persons aged
1 28 60 or older through cooperative agreements with the state's 13
1 29 area agencies on aging. The bill provides that for purposes
1 30 of the pilot project area agencies on aging are considered to
1 31 be public transit providers. The bill states that funds for
1 32 implementation of the pilot project shall not be allocated
1 33 from public transit assistance funds under section 324A.6, but
1 34 from other funds available to the department.
1 35 LSB 1651SS 76
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