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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 39
BY SENATOR MCPHERSON AND REPRESENTATI VE ST. GERMAIN
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 48:231(A), relative to the state highway system and the final2
highway construction program; to provide with respect to the duties of the Joint3
Highway Priority Construction Committee; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 48:231(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง231. Final construction program for current fiscal year; public hearings; Joint7
Highway Priority Construction Committee; reports; review by8
legislature; restrictions on legislature9
A. Prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature,10
Beginning on October 1, 2010, and not later than October 1 of each year11
thereafter, the department shall provide a proposed program of construction for12
the coming fiscal year to the Joint Highway Priority Construction Committee.13
The committee shall hold public hearings in each highway district for the purpose14
of reviewing priorities for the coming fiscal year. A report based on the testimony15
received at said hearings shall be sent to the Joint Highway Priority Construction16
Committee department. The department then shall create the final construction17
program for the coming fiscal year for submission to the legislature. When this final18
construction program is communicated to the legislature for funding for the coming19
fiscal year, any project which the legislature determines is not in the proper order of20
priority in accordance with the factors stated in R.S. 48:229 may be deleted by the21 SB NO. 39 ENROLLED
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legislature. However, the legislature shall not add any projects to this final1
construction program, nor shall the legislature make substitutions for projects which2
have been removed.3
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: