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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 10
BY REPRESENTATIVE TERRY LANDRY
TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Requests the House Committee on Transportation to study
the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development's Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise Program to determine if the department's contracting activities
are in line with the program's objectives based on local market place conditions
A RESOLUTION1
To urge and request the House Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works2
to study the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development's3
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program.4
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has5
developed a Unified Certification Program, as required by 49 CFR Part 26.81 of the United6
States Department of Transportation, to certify businesses qualified as a Disadvantaged7
Business Enterprise (DBE); and8
WHEREAS, DBEs are for-profit small businesses where socially and economically9
disadvantaged individuals own at least a fifty-one percent interest and also control10
management and daily business operations; and11
WHEREAS, a DBE program was created to remedy past and current discrimination12
against socially and economically disadvantaged individuals wanting to do business with the13
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development on federally assisted projects; and14
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is15
responsible for certifying the eligibility of DBE firms to participate in United States16
Department of Transportation contracts and establish narrowly-tailored goals for the17
participation of disadvantaged entrepreneurs; and 18 HLS 14RS-265 ORIGINAL
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WHEREAS, the United States Department of Transportation's DBE program1
provides a vehicle for increasing the participation of minority-owned small businesses in2
state and local contract procurement. 3
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the4
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the House Committee on5
Transportation, Highways, and Public Works to study the Unified Certification Program of6
the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to ensure the department's7
contracting and certification activities follow the program's objectives based on local market8
place conditions.9
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a final report of the committee's findings and10
recommendations shall be submitted to the House of Representatives no later than January11
1, 2015.12
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the13
Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.14
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)]
Terry Landry HR No. 10
Urges and requests the House Committee on Transportation to study the La. Dept. of
Transportation and Development's Unified Certification Program. Provides that the
committee submit a final report to the House of Representatives by Jan. 1, 2015.