SECTIONS 14925-14929 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 14925-14929

14925. This chapter and Article 4 (commencing with Section 14170)
of Chapter 2 of Part 5 shall be known and may be cited as the
Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project.

14926. The Department of General Services shall establish and
administer the Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project in
accordance with this chapter.

14927. The demonstration project shall utilize state owned
equipment and facilities operated by the department, or equipment and
services contracted for by the department, to make return trip
transportation available to eligible state employees in cases of
emergency or other unforeseen circumstances which make it necessary
for the employee to leave his or her workplace. The transportation
shall be provided at no cost or at a nominal cost not to exceed the
amount normally spent for home-to-work transportation by such means
as a taxi, rental car, fleet car, or escort service, to the employee'
s home or other agreed upon location.

14928. The department shall develop standards and guidelines for
the demonstration project, including standards for eligibility for
and utilization of services provided under the demonstration project.
The services shall be available to all state employees who regularly
commute to work by use of mass transit or high-occupancy vehicle.

14929. (a) The department shall conduct an evaluation of the
Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project established pursuant to
this chapter to determine the effectiveness of the project in
promoting the use of mass transit and high-occupancy vehicle
commuting by state employees. The evaluation shall include all of the
following:
(1) Utilization of services under the project.
(2) Cost of providing services.
(3) Impact of the project on the patterns of mass transit and
high-occupancy vehicle usage by state employees.
(b) Not later than July 30, 1993, the department shall submit to
the Legislature the results of its evaluation of the demonstration
project, together with its recommendation as to whether the project
should be continued.