Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works
June 11, 2009
Upon Adjournment
Room E
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
HCR51
HENRY
RAILROADS
- Urges and requests DOTD to reevaluate the need to close the railroad crossing at Central Avenue
HCR172
HUTTER
BRIDGES/FERRIES
- Requests DOTD to conduct a bridge rating study on all state bridges
HB146
BADON
TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS
- Prohibits the use of a cellular telephone or electronic communications device while driving
HB350
TEMPLET
BRIDGES/FERRIES
- Provides for the cost and purchase of toll tags by public safety personnel exercising the right of free passage on the Crescent City Connection Bridge
HB354
G.JACKSON
PUBLIC CONTRACTS
- Extends the length of time relative to the utilization of design-build contracts
HB500
BALDONE
LEVEES/TERREBONNE
- Repeals the requirement of a distribution of a certain amount of millage revenues to the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District
HB625
SAM JONES
LEVEES/ST. MARY
- Revises provisions relative to the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District and the St. Mary Parish Levee District
HB652
NORTON
TRANSPORTATION DEPT
- Provides with respect to the adoption of minimum safety guidelines by DOTD for work performed in the construction of highways
HB666
HENRY
MOTOR CARRIERS
- Authorizes the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development to issue single-trip permits for the transport of sealed cargo containers rather than the transport vehicles
HB787
BALDONE
LEVEES
- Grants powers to levee districts for conservation purposes
HB796
PETERSON
LEVEES
- Provides with respect to the Southeast Flood Protection Authority East and West
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT