(1) The department may allocate funds received from the federal government under the hazard elimination program, 23 U.S.C. sec. 152, as amended, or its successor program, to projects funded under the safe routes to school program.
(2) It is the intent of the general assembly that the department allocate to the safe routes to school program any funds received from the federal government under any federal safe routes to school program or other new federal program that designates funds for any of the following purposes:
To enable and encourage children to walk and bicycle to school;
To make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportationalternative; or
To facilitate planning, development, and implementation of projects and activitiesthat will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption, and air pollution in the vicinity of schools.
Source: L. 2004: Entire part added, p. 1986, § 1, effective June 5.