The commissioner, after consultation with the commissioner of public safety, shall prescribe procedures to permit the occasional use of lift-equipped vans that have been financed, in whole or in part, by public money to transport an individual whose own lift-equipped vehicle is unavailable because of equipment failure and who is thus unable to complete a trip home or to a medical facility. The commissioner shall encourage publicly financed lift-equipped vans to be made available to a county sheriff's department, and to other persons who are qualified to drive the vans and who are also qualified to assist the individual in need of transportation, for this purpose.
History:1Sp1993 c 1 art 5 s 10; 1997 c 187 art 1 s 17