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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 585
BY REPRESENTATIVE PERRY
TRANSPORTATION: To make changes to "Road Show" hearings process
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 48:231(A) and (B)(1), relative to the highway priority2
construction program; to provide for scheduling of public hearings; to provide for3
notice requirements; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 48:231(A) and (B)(1) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
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, Between11
October first and November thirtieth of each year, the department shall hold public12
hearings in each highway district for the purpose of reviewing priorities for the13
coming fiscal year. A report based on the testimony received at said hearings shall14
be sent to the Joint Highway Priority Construction Committee. The department then15
shall create the final construction program for the coming fiscal year for submission16
to the legislature. When this final construction program is communicated to the17
legislature for funding for the coming fiscal year, any project which the legislature18
determines is not in the proper order of priority in accordance with the factors stated19
in R.S. 48:229 may be deleted by the legislature. However ; however, the legislature20 HLS 10RS-404 ORIGINAL
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shall not add any projects to this final construction program, nor shall the legislature1
make substitutions for projects which have been removed.2
B.(1) The Joint Highway Priority Construction Committee shall be3
comprised of the entire membership of the House and Senate transportation,4
highways and public works committees and shall include legislators representing the5
parishes within the respective highway district for the purposes of attending the6
public hearings in each district as required in Subsection A of this Section. The7
department shall provide notice to each member of the Joint Highway Priority8
Construction Committee and legislators representing the parishes within the9
respective highway district, thirty days prior to each public hearing in each highway10
district as required in Subsection A of this Section. Beginning in 2004, the chairman11
of the House transportation, highways and public works committee Transportation,12
Highways and Public Works Committee shall serve as chairman of the Joint13
Highway Priority Construction Committee. Thereafter, chairmanship of the Joint14
Highway Priority Construction Committee shall rotate between the chairman of the15
House and Senate transportation, highways and public works committees on a two-16
year basis.17
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
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Abstract: Requires DOTD to schedule public hearings between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30 of each
year for review of priorities on construction projects. Further provides for DOTD
to provide notice to the Joint Highway Priority Construction Committee and
respective legislators, 30 days prior to each public hearing in each required highway
district.
Present law provides that prior to the convening of each regular session, the department
shall hold public hearings each highway district for the purpose of reviewing priorities for
the coming fiscal year.
Proposed law requires that the department hold public hearings between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30
of each year for the purpose of reviewing priorities for th upcoming fiscal year. HLS 10RS-404 ORIGINAL
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Proposed law requires the department to provide notice to each member of the Joint
Highway Priority Construction Committee and each legislator representing the parishes
within the respective highway district, 30 days prior to each public hearing in each required
highway district.
(Amends R.S. 48:231(A) and (B)(1))