Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works
April 15, 2015
Upon Adjournment
Room E
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
May 15, 2015
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SB4
ALARIO
ROADS/HIGHWAYS
- Names the new bridge across Caminada Pass to Grand Isle on LA 1 in Jefferson Parish the "Andy P. Valence Memorial Bridge". (8/1/15)
SB6
PERRY
ROADS/HIGHWAYS
- Names US Highway 167 between the southern corporate limits of the village of Maurice and the northern corporate limits of the city of Abbeville in Vermilion Parish the "Deputy Allen Bares, Jr. Memorial Parkway". (8/1/15)
SB7
E.GUILLORY
ROADS/HIGHWAYS
- Designates the intersection of LA Hwy 182 and LA Hwy 358 in Opelousas as the "St. Landry Parish Memorial Intersection" and designates the US 190 bridge in Krotz Springs as the "Sal and Frank Diesi Bridge". (8/1/15) (EN +$2,850 SD EX See Note)
SB26
J.SMITH
PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS
- Provides for a per diem for members of the Board of Commissioners of the West Calcasieu Port. (8/1/15) (EN +$6,000 LF EX See Note)
SB66
SMITH
PUBLIC CONTRACTS
- Extends time for ports to use the design-build method on certain construction projects. (8/1/15)
SB67
BODI WHITE
MOTOR VEHICLES
- Provides for exceptions that only a Class "E" operator's license is required for certain operators of vehicles when in the course and scope of employment when necessary to preserve life or property or in executing emergency governmental functions. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
SB71
ERDEY
PARISHES
- Provides for information of any negative and positive impact on surrounding parishes to be included in applications for funding of any flood-control projects. (8/1/15) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
SB161
CHABERT
TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT
- Provides relative to the office of multimodal commerce within the Department of Transportation and Development. (see Act) (EN +$97,500 SD EX See Note)
SB213
WALSWORTH
MOTOR VEHICLES
- Creates the "Eagle Scouts", the "Louisiana Licensed Professional Geoscientist", and the "Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Louisiana" and the "Southern University and A&M College Marching Band" prestige license prestige license plates. (8/1/15)
SB215
WALSWORTH
ROADS/HIGHWAYS
- Names the dam and spillway at Bayou D'Arbonne Lake. (8/1/15)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT