Section 415-2-004 - REDUCED FARES004.01 City bus systems, operating over regularly-scheduled routes and receiving State funds under this program, must offer a reduced fare not to exceed one-half of the rates generally applicable to other persons at peak hours per one-way trip for persons who are elderly or handicapped. This provision does not apply to special transportation systems, such as portal-to-portal escorted service designed to serve the elderly or handicapped, or to bus systems not operating over regularly-scheduled routes. Nor does this provision prohibit a city bus system from offering a reduced fare to groups in addition to the elderly and handicapped or from offering this reduced fare at less than the stated reduced rate. The recipient may designate certain peak periods during which reduced fares shall not apply.004.02 The recipient shall be responsible for determining the disability criteria by which a handicapped person will be eligible for the reduced fare, in determining this eligibility, recipients may expand upon the definitions of handicapped as set forth in the legislation but may not make their disability criteria more strict.004.03 Certification of persons as being elderly or handicapped and eligible for the reduced fare shall be the responsibility of the recipient The recipient may delegate part or all of this responsibility to another agency(ies), professional(s), or adopt any combination of these or other methods of certification that best meets the individual circumstances of the recipient and still fulfills the requirements of law, the approved criteria, and this Rule and Regulation.415 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 2, § 004
Amended effective 7/28/2021