Section 99155 Of Chapter 3. Miscellaneous From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 10. >> Part 11. >> Chapter 3.
99155
. (a) Each transit operator, whether publicly or privately
funded all or in part, nonprofit or for profit, which offers reduced
fares to senior citizens shall honor the federal Medicare
identification card as sufficient identification to receive reduced
fares. A transit operator which offers reduced fares to those senior
citizens who are less than 65 years old shall also honor the senior
citizen identification card issued pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 13000 of the Vehicle Code.
(b) Each transit operator, whether publicly or privately funded,
in whole or in part, nonprofit or for profit, which offers reduced
fares pursuant to subdivision (a) shall also offer reduced fares to
disabled persons, as defined by Section 99206.5, disabled persons, as
defined by Section 295.5 of the Vehicle Code, and disabled veterans,
as defined by Section 295.7 of the Vehicle Code, at the same rate
established for senior citizens. A transit operator shall honor the
disabled person or disabled veteran placard identification card
issued pursuant to Section 22511.55 of the Vehicle Code.
(c) Every transit operator that offers reduced fares to disabled
persons shall honor any current identification card that is valid for
the type of transportation service or discount requested and that
has been issued to an individual with a disability by another transit
operator.
(d) This section also applies to any dial-a-ride, paratransit, or
nonfixed route operator which serves the disabled, but does not apply
to a private nonprofit entity which serves the disabled or elderly.
(e) Nothing in this section prohibits a transit operator from
issuing its own identification card, except that no such card shall
be required to be presented in addition to either a federal Medicare
card or a card issued pursuant to Section 22511.55 of the Vehicle
Code.
(f) A transit operator, as defined in subdivision (b), which
receives funds pursuant to the Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act (Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 99200)), shall not require that a person
requesting transportation be a resident of that transit operator's
service area.