Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works
May 28, 2009
1:00 pm
Room E
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised May 28, 2009, 1:27 pm *
Revision Notes:
Added SB 153
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SCR74
SHAW
COMMITTEE STUDIES
- Requests study of the need for additional spans on the Jimmie Davis Bridge (Hwy. 511) between Bossier and Shreveport and possible funding sources, including tolls.
SB153
MORRELL
FLOODS/FLOODING
- Transfers control and maintenance of certain non-flood protection assets of the Orleans Levee District to the New Orleans City Park Improvement Association. (8/15/09)
SB176
MICHOT
SPECIAL DISTRICTS
- Provides relative to the Lafayette Metropolitian Expressway Commission. (8/15/09)
SB258
MCPHERSON
TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT
- Provides for authority of DOTD to execute design-build contracts. (gov sig)
SB297
MORRISH
MOTOR VEHICLES
- Provides relative to abandoned vehicles. (08/15/09)
HB353
MONICA
PUBLIC CONTRACTS
- Increases the contract limit for public works projects undertaken by the public entity's own employees
HB444
PERRY
DWI
- Provides with respect to administrative law hearings in DWI matters
HB453
PUGH
MTR VEHICLE/WINDSHIELDS
- Provides for notification to law enforcement that person with sun allergies is in a motor vehicle
HB499
MONICA
MTR VEHICLE/SEAT BELTS
- Requires all passengers in a vehicle to wear a seat belt
HB597
LITTLE
TRANSPORTATION DEPT
- Allows DOTD to notify bidder of addenda by electronic transmission of notice
HB601
AUBERT
TRANSPORTATION DEPT
- Provides relative to contract documents of DOTD executed with electronic signatures
HB625
SAM JONES
LEVEES/ST. MARY
- Revises provisions relative to the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District and the St. Mary Parish Levee District
HB694
HOWARD
TRANSPORTATION
- Requires DOTD to include Hornbeck-Plainview Road in Sabine and Vernon parishes in the state highway system
HB726
AUBERT
TRANSPORTATION DEPT
- Authorizes the governor to delegate authority to DOTD to waive certain permit requirements during times of emergency
HB786
SAM JONES
PORTS/MORGAN CITY
- Provides relative to the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District
HB855
HENDERSON
TRAFFIC
- Provides that the left lane is for passing only
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT