SLS 22RS-239 ENGROSSED
2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 138
BY SENATOR MORRIS
FUNDS/FUNDING. Provides for the funding of certain projects from the Construction
Subfund. (7/1/22)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 48:77(C)(2)(c) and (E) and to enact R.S. 48:77(F), relative to the
3 funding of certain projects from the Construction Subfund of the Transportation
4 Trust Fund; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 48:77(C)(2)(c) and (E) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
7 48:77(F) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง77. Transportation Trust Fund; dedication and uses of certain monies to the
9 Construction Subfund
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11 C. The Department of Transportation and Development shall utilize up to
12 seventy-five percent of the monies deposited into the subfund pursuant to Subsection
13 A of this Section as follows:
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15 (2) For cash managed capacity projects included in the highway priority
16 program pursuant to the Department of Transportation and Development's definition
17 of capacity projects, including but not limited to the following:
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2 (c) Widening of LA 28 East to four lanes from Libuse to Hollway Holloway.
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4 E. As authorized by Article VII, Section 27(B)(2) of the Constitution of
5 Louisiana, and notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, the direct
6 costs associated with actual project delivery, construction, and maintenance of
7 local government projects listed or described in Subsections C and D of this
8 Section shall be funded with monies deposited into the subfund pursuant to the
9 provisions of this Section.
10 E.F. In any fiscal year, neither the state nor any agency shall issue debt in the
11 aggregate in excess of one hundred fifty million dollars that is secured by any monies
12 deposited into the subfund pursuant to the provisions of this Section.
13 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2022; if vetoed by the governor
14 and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on the day
15 following such approval by the legislature or July 1, 2022, whichever is later.
The original instrument was prepared by Martha Hess. The following digest,
which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was prepared
by Archana Cadge.
DIGEST
SB 138 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Morris
Present law provides for the funding of certain listed or described transportation projects
from the Construction Subfund of the Transportation Trust Fund. Proposed law retains
present law.
Proposed law provides that La. Const. Art. VII, Section 27(B)(2) allows for the direct costs
associated with actual project delivery, construction, and maintenance of local government
projects funded with monies deposited into the subfund.
Effective July 1, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 48:77(C)(2)(c) and (E); adds R.S. 48:77(F))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Transportation,
Highways, and Public Works to the original bill
1. Clarifies that La. Const. Art. VII, Section 27(B)(2) allows for the direct costs
associated with actual project delivery, construction, and maintenance of
local government projects funded with monies deposited into the subfund.
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