2018 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 212
BY SENATOR GATTI
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 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
18 economic operation and maintenance of the equipment would be impracticable. The
19 department is not required to accept equipment offered at the lowest price when
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1 such a practice would result in the use of so many different types or brands that
2 economic operation of the equipment would be impracticable.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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