Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: SF1660

Requiring the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to design and implement a
pilot project to increase transportation opportunities for residents of greater
Minnesota in areas with limited or nonexistent transit service, requiring a
focus on the elderly or disabled or individuals with special transportation
needs; requiring the commissioner to establish criteria for participation in the
pilot project and to publicize the project; providing for application for and
award of grants; specifying certain duties of local government units and special
transportation providers selected for participation in the project; requiring a
commissioner report to the legislature by a certain date on implementation and
effectiveness of the project; appropriating money to the commissioner for design
and implementation of the pilot project and for greater Minnesota transit
assistance and to the metropolitan council for bus operations, requiring
certain amounts to be used for the operation of metro mobility
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