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ACT No. 91
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 185
BY REPRESENTATIVE HUTTER
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 48:231(A), relative to the state highway system; to provide2
relative to public hearings in each highway district; to restore the requirement that3
the Joint Highway Priority Construction Committee conduct public hearings in each4
highway district; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 48:231(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง231. Final construction program for current fiscal year; public hearings; Joint8
Highway Priority Construction Committee; reports; review by legislature;9
restrictions on legislature10
A. Prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature, the11
Beginning on October 1, 2010, and not later than October first of each year12
thereafter, the department shall provide a proposed program of construction for the13
coming fiscal year to the Joint Highway Priority Construction Committee. The14
committee shall hold public hearings in each highway district for the purpose of15
reviewing priorities for the coming fiscal year. A report based on the testimony16
received at said hearings shall be sent to the Department of Transportation and17
Development. Joint Highway Priority Construction Committee. The department then18
shall create the final construction program for the coming fiscal year for submission19
to the legislature. When this final construction program is communicated to the20
legislature for funding for the coming fiscal year, any project which the legislature21
determines is not in the proper order of priority in accordance with the factors stated22
in R.S. 48:229 may be deleted by the legislature. However, the legislature shall not23 ENROLLEDHB NO. 185
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add any projects to this final construction program, nor shall the legislature make1
substitutions for projects which have been removed.2
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: