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2018 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 212
BY SENATOR GATTI
TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT. Authorizes the Department of Transportation and
Development to rent or lease equipment. (8/1/18)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 48:262(A), relative to the Department of Transportation and
3 Development; to authorize the department to rent or lease maintenance equipment;
4 and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 48:262(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง262. Maintenance equipment owned by or temporarily leased to the; rent or lease
8 by the department; rent or lease to others
9 A. When the secretary determines that it is necessary or economically
10 feasible to use specialized maintenance equipment which will not be needed on a
11 permanent basis, the The department may rent or lease, in accordance with the
12 provisions of the public bid law, such equipment for the shortest period required
13 under the circumstances. In all other cases, the department shall own the fixed and
14 mobile equipment necessary to appropriately maintain and operate the facilities
15 under its jurisdiction. In the purchase or acquisition of this equipment, it is not
16 required to accept the equipment offered at the lowest price when such a practice
17 would result in the ownership or use of so many different types or brands that
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1 economic operation and maintenance of the equipment would be impracticable. The
2 department is not required to accept equipment offered at the lowest price when
3 such a practice would result in the use of so many different types or brands that
4 economic operation of the equipment would be impracticable.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
SB 212 Engrossed 2018 Regular Session Gatti
Present law allows DOTD to lease specialized maintenance equipment which will not be
needed on a permanent basis for the shortest period required under the circumstances, in
accordance with the public bid law, when the secretary determines that it is necessary or
economically feasible.
Present law, in all other cases, requires the DOTD to own the fixed and mobile equipment
necessary to appropriately maintain and operate the facilities under its jurisdiction.
Present law does not require the DOTD to accept equipment offered at the lowest price when
purchasing equipment when such practice would result in the ownership or use of so many
different types or brands that economic operation and maintenance of the equipment would
be impracticable.
Proposed law changes present law to authorize DOTD to rent or lease fixed and mobile
equipment necessary to appropriately maintain and operate its facilities.
Proposed law does not require DOTD to accept equipment offered at the lowest price when
renting or leasing equipment.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 48:262(A))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Transportation,
Highways, and Public Works to the original bill
1. Changes provisions from purchase, rent, or lease to rent or lease.
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