Louisiana HB1000: TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Modifies certain operations within the Department of Transportation and Development and the Highway Priority Program

What the bill says

An act To amend and reenact R.S. 48:229.1(F) and (H), 231(A)(5), and 251(B), relative to reform operations within the Department of Transportation and Development and the Highway Priority Program; to clarify that the annual submissions of the highway priority program apply to the completed prior year's program; to specify that projects not included in the final construction program for the upcoming fiscal year must be provided to the House and Senate transportation committees by October 1st of the following year…

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AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 48:229.1(F) and (H), 231(A)(5), and 251(B), relative to reform operations within the Department of Transportation and Development and the Highway Priority Program; to clarify that the annual submissions of the highway priority program apply to the completed prior year's program; to specify that projects not included in the final construction program for the upcoming fiscal year must be provided to the House and Senate transportation committees by October 1st of the following year; to provide for an increase in the contract limit amount for highways or other public facilities; and to provide for related matters. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: Section 1. R.S. 48:229.1(F) and (H), 231(A)(5), and 251(B) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: §229.1. Statewide prioritization process for the Highway Priority Program * * * F. The department shall include in its annual submission of the highway priority program a detailed list of any changes to the completed previous year's program, along with an explanation of the reasons such changes were made. It shall be the goal of the department to ensure that at least ninety percent of its projects in the program progress as provided for in the completed previous year's program Page 1 of CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from …

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Sponsors

• Braud, Jacob (R, 105) · primary sponsor