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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 130
BY REPRESENTATIVE MONTOUCET
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
TRANSPORTATION: Requires DOTD to present highway priority program information
in a certain format
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 48:231(A), relative to the highway priority construction2
program; to provide for the presentation of the proposed program of construction to3
the Joint Highway Priority Construction Committee; and to provide for related4
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. Beginning on October 1, 2010, and not later than October 1 first of each11
year thereafter, the department shall provide a proposed program of construction for12
the coming fiscal year to the Joint Highway Priority Construction Committee. The13
proposed program shall display proposed construction projects by each highway14
district, parish, House of Representatives district, and Senate district. Any maps15
prepared in conjunction with the proposed program of construction shall present16
construction projects in a clear, concise, and easily discernable manner. The17
committee shall hold public hearings in each highway district for the purpose of18
reviewing priorities for the coming fiscal year. A report based on the testimony19
received at said hearings shall be sent to the department. The department then shall20 HLS 11RS-116 ORIGINAL
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create the final construction program for the coming fiscal year for submission to the1
legislature. When this final construction program is communicated to the legislature2
for funding for the coming fiscal year, any project which the legislature determines3
is not in the proper order of priority in accordance with the factors stated in R.S.4
48:229 may be deleted by the legislature. However, the legislature shall not add any5
projects to this final construction program, nor shall the legislature make6
substitutions for projects which have been removed.7
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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)]
Montoucet HB No. 130
Abstract: Provides for presentation format by which DOTD shall present the proposed
highway construction program to the Joint Highway Priority Construction
Committee.
Present law provides that DOTD shall provide a proposed program of construction for the
coming fiscal year to the Joint Highway Priority Construction Committee.
Proposed law requires that the proposed program shall display proposed construction
projects by each highway district, parish, House of Representatives district, and Senate
district and that any maps prepared in conjunction with the proposed program of
construction shall present construction projects in a clear, concise, and easily discernable
manner.
(Amends R.S. 48:231(A))