2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 75 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
75-303.02 Contracts for transportation; requirements; reimbursement.

75-303.02. Contracts for transportation; requirements; reimbursement.

(1) The commission, in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations governing minimum liability insurance requirements, equipment standards, driver qualification requirements, and the issuance and filing of notice for any contractor utilized by the department or any agency organized under the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act pursuant to section 75-303.01.

(2) The department or any agency organized under the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act shall reimburse common and contract carriers for transportation of passengers at a rate not to exceed the rate of reimbursement pursuant to section 81-1176 multiplied by three. The maximum reimbursement rate provided for in this subsection shall not apply when the carrier (a) transports such person wholly within the corporate limits of the city or village where the transportation of the person originated or (b) transports a disabled person as defined by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 in a vehicle that is compliant with the regulations providing for the transportation of such disabled person.

Source

Laws 1993, LB 412, § 5;
Laws 1995, LB 424, § 25;
Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 792;
Laws 1999, LB 594, § 69;
Laws 2007, LB296, § 698.

Cross References

Nebraska Community Aging Services Act, see section 81-2201.