Section 661.20.4. Funding criteria.

       20.4(1) Allocation of federally appropriated funds administered by the governor’s traffic safety bureau pursuant to Title 23 U.S.C. as amended through September 1, 1993, shall be based on: (1) federally mandated projects; and (2) high fatality and personal injury crash causations and locations.

The following criteria will be used to rank Iowa’s counties according to the severity of their highway safety problems:

        a.           Fatal crashes by county.

        b.           Personal injury crashes by county.

        c.           Serious personal injury crashes by county.

        d.           Alcohol-related fatal crashes by county.

        e.           Alcohol-related personal injury crashes by county.

        f.            Vehicle miles of travel by county.

        g.           Serious traffic offenses by county.

        h.           Fatal and injury crashes involving motorcycles by county.

        i.            Fatal and injury crashes involving pedestrians and bicycles by county.

Eligibility of counties, and cities within those counties, for the limited federal funds available will be determined according to county rankings on the nine listed criteria.

       20.4(2) At least 40 percent of all federal funds apportioned to the state of Iowa pursuant to Title 23 U.S.C., Section 402, for any fiscal year shall be expended by political subdivisions of the state to carry out local highway safety programs authorized by the governor’s representative for highway safety.