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HB 645 Engrossed 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, 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
or the Westbank Expressway or its approaches, 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.