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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 324A.7 SENIOR CITIZEN
1 2 TRANSPORTATION PILOT PROJECT.
1 3 1. The department shall coordinate a three-year pilot
1 4 project commencing July 1, 1999, to provide transportation
1 5 service to meet critical service needs of senior citizens
1 6 across the state. There is appropriated from the general fund
1 7 of the state to the department for each fiscal year in the
1 8 fiscal period beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30,
1 9 2002, an amount equal to five dollars for each senior citizen
1 10 residing in this state. Each area agency on aging shall
1 11 certify to the department the number of senior citizens
1 12 residing in the agency's service area on or before the
1 13 beginning of each fiscal year for purposes of determining the
1 14 number of senior citizens in the state.
1 15 2. The moneys appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to
1 16 subsection 1 shall be distributed to each area agency on aging
1 17 in an amount equal to five dollars for each senior citizen
1 18 residing in the area served by the agency. An area agency on
1 19 aging may also accept donations, seek grants, and utilize any
1 20 other source of funding legally available to the agency for
1 21 provision of transportation services pursuant to this section.
1 22 3. Each area agency on aging in the state shall enter into
1 23 cooperative agreements with public transit systems in the area
1 24 served by the agency to provide transportation service for
1 25 senior citizens in the area for the period of the pilot
1 26 project. The department shall provide technical assistance to
1 27 the area agencies on aging in drafting the agreements and
1 28 coordinating transportation service for senior citizens in the
1 29 area served by the agency. Whenever possible, the funding
1 30 provided to an agency under this section shall be used to
1 31 provide new services or supplement existing services to senior
1 32 citizens in the area.
1 33 4. Each area agency on aging, in cooperation with the
1 34 public transit systems that have entered into cooperative
1 35 agreements with the agency pursuant to subsection 2, shall
2 1 submit a report to the department each fiscal quarter. The
2 2 report shall provide information concerning the transportation
2 3 services provided during the quarter pursuant to the
2 4 cooperative agreements. The information shall include the
2 5 number of senior citizens using the transportation service,
2 6 the number of one-way rides, the mode of transportation used,
2 7 donations received, and all financial expenditures associated
2 8 with the provision of services.
2 9 5. For purposes of this section, "senior citizen" means a
2 10 person sixty years of age or older.
2 11 6. The department shall adopt rules to administer this
2 12 section.
2 13 7. This section is repealed on July 1, 2002.
2 14 Sec. 2. CERTIFICATION. Each area agency on aging in the
2 15 state shall certify to the state department of transportation
2 16 by June 1, 1999, the number of senior citizens residing in the
2 17 agency's service area for purposes of determining the amount
2 18 to be appropriated to the department for the fiscal year
2 19 beginning July 1, 1999, under section 324A.7, as enacted by
2 20 this Act.
2 21 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 2 of this Act, being
2 22 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 23 EXPLANATION
2 24 This bill creates new Code section 324A.7 to establish a
2 25 senior citizen transportation pilot project. The bill directs
2 26 the state department of transportation to coordinate the
2 27 project for three years commencing July 1, 1999, to provide
2 28 transportation service to meet critical service needs of
2 29 senior citizens across the state.
2 30 The bill appropriates from the general fund of the state to
2 31 the department for each fiscal year in the period beginning
2 32 July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2002, an amount equal to
2 33 five dollars for each senior citizen in the state for purposes
2 34 of the project. The moneys appropriated for a fiscal year
2 35 shall be distributed to each of the 13 area agencies on aging
3 1 in the state in an amount equal to five dollars for each
3 2 senior citizen residing in the area served by the agency. An
3 3 area agency on aging may also accept donations, seek grants,
3 4 and utilize any other source of funding legally available to
3 5 the agency for provision of transportation services pursuant
3 6 to the bill.
3 7 The bill provides that each area agency on aging shall
3 8 enter into cooperative agreements with public transit systems
3 9 in the area served by the agency to provide transportation
3 10 service for senior citizens in the area for the period of the
3 11 pilot project. Each area agency on aging, in cooperation with
3 12 the public transit systems that have entered into cooperative
3 13 agreements with the agency, is required to submit a report to
3 14 the department each fiscal quarter. The report is to provide
3 15 information concerning the transportation services provided
3 16 during the quarter pursuant to the cooperative agreements.
3 17 The information shall include the number of senior citizens
3 18 using the transportation service, the number of one-way rides,
3 19 the mode of transportation used, donations received, and all
3 20 financial expenditures associated with the provision of
3 21 services.
3 22 The bill also directs each area agency on aging to certify
3 23 to the state department of transportation by June 1, 1999, the
3 24 number of senior citizens residing in the area for purposes of
3 25 determining the amount to be appropriated to the department
3 26 for fiscal year 1999-2000. This provision takes effect upon
3 27 enactment.
3 28 LSB 2658YH 78
3 29 nh/gg/8.1
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