HLS 15RS-1018 REENGROSSED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 645
BY REPRESENTATIVE CONNICK
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
HIGHWAYS: Restricts the use of toll credits on certain highways
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 48:79, relative to toll credits; to require toll credits to be utilized in a certain
3 manner; and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 48:79 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 §79. Toll credits
7 A.(1) The department shall utilize toll credits generated by past toll
8 collections on the Crescent City Connection Bridge and not obligated on or before
9 April 3, 2015, to meet the nonfederal share requirement on transportation
10 infrastructure projects on the Crescent City Connection Bridge itself, the Westbank
11 Expressway or its approaches, the Fourth Street extension, or any combination
12 thereof, and for no other purpose.
13 (2) Toll credits shall be considered a supplemental funding source and not
14 as a replacement for any other form of state transportation funding.
15 B. For purposes of this Section, "toll credit" means a financing tool approved
16 by the Federal Highway Administration that allows states to use federal obligation
17 authority without the requirement of nonfederal matching dollars.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 15RS-1018 REENGROSSED
HB NO. 645
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)]
HB 645 Reengrossed 2015 Regular Session Connick
Abstract: Requires the Dept. of Transportation and Development (DOTD) to utilize toll
credits generated by past toll collections on the Crescent City Connection Bridge for
transportation infrastructure projects on the bridge itself, the Westbank Expressway
or its approaches, the Fourth Street Extension, or any combination thereof.
Proposed law requires DOTD to utilize toll credits generated by past toll collections on the
Crescent City Connection Bridge and not obligated on or before April 3, 2015, to meet the
nonfederal share requirement on transportation infrastructure projects on the Crescent City
Connection Bridge itself, the Westbank Expressway or its approaches, the Fourth Street
Extension, or any combination thereof, and for no other purpose.
Proposed law provides that toll credits shall be considered a supplemental funding source
and not as a replacement for any other form of state transportation funding.
Proposed law defines "toll credit" as a financing tool approved by the Federal Highway
Administration that allows states to use federal obligation authority without the requirement
of nonfederal matching dollars.
(Adds R.S. 48:79)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation,
Highways and Public Works to the original bill:
1. Remove a provision requiring toll credits generated by a tolled transportation
facility to be utilized solely for highway projects on or in the vicinity of the
facility where the toll was collected.
2. Add a provision to require the Dept. of Transportation and Development to
utilize toll credits generated by past toll collections on the Crescent City
Connection Bridge and not obligated on or before April 3, 2015, to meet the
nonfederal share requirement on transportation infrastructure projects on the
Crescent City Connection Bridge itself or the Westbank Expressway or its
approaches, or any combination of those three, and for no other purpose.
3. Remove a provision that specified that toll credits be considered a supplemental
funding source only to be used in the area where the toll credit is generated and
instead clarifies that toll credits be considered a supplemental funding source and
not as a replacement for any other form of state transportation funding.
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Add the Fourth Street Extension to the transportation infrastructure projects for
which the Dept. of Transportation and Development shall utilize toll credits
generated by past toll collections on the Crescent City Connection Bridge and not
obligated on or before April 3, 2015.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.