Requires currently licensed or contracted third-party testers administering driver's education courses to be licensed or contracted to administer on-road driving skills tests; requires such third-party testers to administer such test; and requires driver education courses or "prelicensing training courses" before issuance of most first-time driver's licenses (8/15/11) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
Provides for the application of the latest federal decennial census in determining population classes regarding certain transportation funding and maintenance of certain highways and DOTD facilities. (8/15/11)
Creates the Bunches Bend Protection District for the purpose of repairing, improving, and maintaining the Wilson Point Levee System in the Bunches Bend area. (gov sig)
Requests DOTD to take action to provide greater safety to the motoring public at the intersection of Thomas Road and Scenic Highway and the I-10 west entry ramp at Exit 157B on Acadian Thruway, both in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Requests DOTD to perform a study relative to the increase in the noise decibel levels as a result of the expansion of LA 42 (Burbank Drive) and elsewhere in Baton Rouge.
Authorizes ready-mixed concrete trucks to exceed maximum allowable gross vehicle weight under certain conditions. (8/1/12) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)
Urges the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to study the safety implications and practicality of requiring vehicles in adjacent lanes to stop for all city buses loading or unloading passengers