Bill Text: IA HF2343 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing an Iowa employment rides initiative in the department of transportation and making an appropriation.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-26 - Subcommittee, Kaufmann, Landon, and Stutsman. H.J. 352. [HF2343 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF2343-Introduced.html
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BY
LUNDBY
,
STAED
,
GASKILL
,
KAUFMANN
,
KEARNS
,
MURPHY
,
JACOBY
,
OURTH
,
THOMAS
,
ISENHART
,
STECKMAN
,
FORBES
,
STUTSMAN
,
WINCKLER
,
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
BYRNES
,
MOORE
,
T.
OLSON
,
THEDE
,
and
BERRY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
an
Iowa
employment
rides
initiative
in
the
1
department
of
transportation
and
making
an
appropriation.
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.
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
submit
an
annual
report
on
the
32
outcomes
of
the
initiative,
including
the
grant
amount,
the
33
type
of
program
or
service
receiving
funds,
and
the
number
of
34
individuals
served
for
each
grant
awarded
by
the
initiative
to
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the
general
assembly
by
January
1
each
year.
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
to
administer
the
6
initiative,
including
but
not
limited
to
an
application
process
7
and
grant
award
criteria.
8
Sec.
2.
APPROPRIATION.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
9
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
transportation
10
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2014,
and
ending
June
30,
11
2015,
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
12
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
designated:
13
For
grants
from
the
Iowa
employment
rides
initiative
14
established
in
section
324A.8:
15
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$
1,000,000
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
establishes
an
Iowa
employment
rides
initiative
20
in
the
department
of
transportation
to
provide
funds
to
21
public
transit
systems
for
programs
and
services
that
provide
22
employment
transportation
to
Iowans.
23
The
bill
defines
“employment
transportation”
as
an
urban
24
or
rural
program
or
service
that
provides
an
individual
with
25
transportation
solely
to
or
from
a
workplace,
including
but
26
not
limited
to
expanding
or
sustaining
existing
transportation
27
services
or
service
hours;
coordinating
ride
share
services,
28
including
car
pool
or
van
pool
services;
and
shuttle
services.
29
A
“public
transit
system”
is
defined
under
Code
section
30
324A.1
as
an
urban
or
regional
transit
system
providing
31
transit
services
accessible
to
the
general
public
and
receiving
32
federal,
state,
or
local
tax
support.
33
The
department
shall
award
funds
from
the
initiative
on
a
34
competitive
grant
basis.
A
grant
cannot
exceed
$150,000.
A
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grant
application
must
contain
a
commitment
from
the
public
1
transit
system
of
at
least
a
dollar-for-dollar
match
of
the
2
grant
funds
awarded.
Moneys
charged
to
individuals
receiving
3
employment
transportation
services
cannot
be
used
as
matching
4
funds.
Grant
funds
can
only
be
used
for
operational
costs
5
directly
associated
with
providing
employment
transportation
6
and
cannot
be
used
for
capital
expenditures
or
construction.
7
The
bill
permits
a
public
transit
system
to
coordinate
8
with
other
local,
state,
or
federal
governmental
agencies
and
9
private
nonprofit
organizations
in
the
administration
of
a
10
program
or
service
receiving
a
grant
under
the
initiative
and
11
in
expenditure
of
grant
funds
awarded.
12
As
a
condition
of
receiving
a
grant
from
the
initiative,
13
a
public
transit
system
must
provide
the
department
with
14
information
on
any
program
or
service
for
which
the
public
15
transit
system
is
awarded
a
grant.
The
bill
requires
the
16
department
to
submit
an
annual
report
on
the
outcomes
of
the
17
initiative,
including
the
grant
amount,
the
type
of
program
18
or
service
receiving
funds,
and
the
number
of
individuals
19
served
for
each
grant
awarded
by
the
initiative
to
the
general
20
assembly
by
January
1
each
year.
21
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
adopt
administrative
22
rules
to
administer
the
initiative,
including
but
not
limited
23
to
an
application
process
and
grant
award
criteria.
24
The
bill
appropriates
$1
million
to
the
department
for
25
fiscal
year
2014-2015
to
be
used
for
Iowa
employment
rides
26
initiative
grants.
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