HLS 23RS-897 ENGROSSED
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 40
BY REPRESENTATIVE PIERRE
STATE AGENCIES: Urges and requests state agencies report certain fiscal data on
transportation services provided to their clients
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To urge and request each state agency report fiscal data regarding the amount, source, and
3 spending categories of any program funds spent on transportation services for their
4 clients.
5 WHEREAS, inadequate transportation forces state agency programs to pay for
6transportation services for the individuals they serve to be able to participate in their
7programs; and
8 WHEREAS, these programs would fail to fulfill their stated purposes without these
9transportation services; and
10 WHEREAS, persons who are disabled or elderly rely on public transportation to live
11and work in their communities, and a lack of reliable transportation severely limits their
12ability to live independently; and
13 WHEREAS, current transportation funding sources are duplicative and lack
14coordination to avoid waste and ensure optimal use; and
15 WHEREAS, many of these sources can be used to match federal dollars and expand
16transportation services statewide; and
17 WHEREAS, obtaining fiscal data on state agency spending for transportation
18services will help better coordinate transportation services across the state and reduce the
19need to take funds from non transportation state agency programs.
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1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
2urge and request that the agency head or designee of each state agency report to the
3Department of Transportation and Development, public transportation section, by August
41, 2023, the amount, source, and spending category for any transportation services during
5Fiscal Year 2022, including direct payments to clients, as well as funds paid to vendors or
6contractors, or that there are no funds or expenditures to report.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation and
8Development, public transportation section, shall then compile a summary report that
9identifies the total amount spent on transportation services by state agency programs.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation and
11Development, public transportation section, shall examine the data and report to the House
12Transportation, Highways, and Public Works Committee by February 1, 2024, with a
13recommendation on how the state can better coordinate and maximize transportation services
14for the citizens of the state of Louisiana.
15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
16agency head of each state agency.
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)]
HCR 40 Engrossed 2023 Regular Session Pierre
Urges and requests state agencies to report fiscal data for program funds spent on
transportation services for their clients and that the data be compiled by the commissioner
of administration for use in better coordinating transportation services. Urges agency heads
to provide a summary report of the collected data to the Dept. of Transportation and
Development, public transportation section, by Dec. 1, 2023. Requires the department report
their recommendations to the House transportation committees by Feb. 1, 2024.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation,
Highways and Public Works to the original bill:
1. Change the entity responsible for reporting transportation cost related data from
fiscal officers to agency head or designee.
2. Change the entity responsible for compiling the transportation cost related data
from the commissioner of administration to the Dept. of Transportation and
Development, public transportation section.
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3. Change the date that transportation cost related data is to be submitted from Oct.
1, 2023 to Aug. 1, 2023.
4. Remove from public transportation section the requirement to provide the report
to the Dept. of Transportation by Dec. 1, 2023.
5. Change the authority for a copy of the resolution to be transmitted from the
commissioner of administration to the agency head of each state agency.
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