BILL NUMBER: S995
SPONSOR: ROLISON
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the elder law, in relation to establishing a municipal
senior center capital support program in the office for the aging to
assist municipalities in accessing capital funds necessary for the
purchase of senior buses; and making an appropriation therefor
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To enact the Municipal Senior Center Capital Support Program that estab-
lishes a program in the State Office for the Aging (SOFA) for local
senior centers to access capital funds necessary for the purchase of ADA
accessible senior buses.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Creates the Municipal Senior Center Capital Support Program
and defines eligible entities as municipalities with senior centers.
Directs the Director to establish criteria for the disbursement of
grants (not to exceed $100,000) to eligible municipalities for the
purpose of procuring senior buses.
Section 2. Appropriates $3 million in capital projects to the State
Office of the Aging to effectuate the purposes of the bill.
Section 3: Severability clause. Section 4. Effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation creates the Municipal Senior Center Capital Support
Program to help local governments provide transportation services to
seniors. The program would be administered by the State Office for the
Aging (SOFA) and allows municipal senior centers to access grants of up
to $100,000 for ADA accessible senior buses.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2024: S8460 - Referred to Finance
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
$3 million to the state, no fiscal impact on local governments.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.