Agenda - Transportation, Highways and Public Works

Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works
May 10, 2012 Upon Adjournment Room E
Adjourned

BLUE = already considered. RED = currently being considered. BLACK = not yet considered.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	April 26, 2012
	May 3, 2012
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SR95	FRED MILLS	TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Requests the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to proceed with the Vida Shaw Bridge replacement project.
		SB503	CLAITOR	TRAFFIC - Permits driving in left lane in certain municipalities. (8/1/12)
		HCR30	JACKSON	HIGHWAYS - Urges and requests DOTD to install a traffic light at the junction of LA 594 and Millhaven Road and the entrance to Millhaven Estates Subdivision in Ouachita Parish
		HB117	H.BURNS	MTR VEHICLE/COMMERCIAL - Prohibits commercial motor vehicle drivers who have been issued certain waivers from driving commercial motor vehicles for public utilities
		HB124	J.EDWARDS	MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the Korean Defense Service license plate
		HB133	ARMES	MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Authorizes the placement of "VETERAN" on drivers' licenses and special identification cards
		HB162	GISCLAIR	MOTOR VEHICLES - Requires drivers to use headlights when driving through a tunnel
		HB197	H.BURNS	MTR VEHICLE/SEAT BELTS - Requires all occupants of a motor vehicle to wear safety belts
		HB310	PONTI	MTR VEHICLE/DISMANTLERS - Provides relative to the issuance of permits to dismantle motor vehicles which are more than 15 years old
		HB317	GISCLAIR	PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS - Authorizes the use of salvage material in coastal protection and restoration projects
		HB367	LEGER	PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides relative to construction managers or third-party consultants employed by a public entity
		HB374	ARMES	MTR VEHICLE/INSPECTION - Changes time limitations on issuance of permits for official inspection stations
		HB384	DANAHAY	PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Provides for shallow-draft ports to lease certain property without the necessity of public bid
		HB413	HARRISON	WATER/DRINKING WATER - Authorizes the Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration to assist the Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District and gives the district authority over activities on the banks of Bayou Lafourche
		HB425	BROSSETT	MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates a special "For Hire" license plate for use in the city of New Orleans (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
		HB478	GISCLAIR	PORTS/GRAND ISLE - Changes the boundaries set aside for seafood production research
		HB485	THIERRY	TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS - Revises penalty provisions regarding overtaking and passing school buses (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
		HB499	H.BURNS	MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Provides for drivers' licenses issued to veterans
		HB533	HODGES	DWI - Revises implied consent law to change term "machine" to "instrument"
		HB544	MONTOUCET	MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Requires a licensed driver who OMV has reason to believe to be unqualified to drive to submit to the written and skills test
		HB652	LEGER	PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Authorizes ports to use the design-build method on certain construction projects (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
		HB713	HUNTER	LAW ENFORCEMENT - Provides with respect to law enforcement checkpoints (EG1 NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
		HB805	PONTI	PUBLIC SERVICE COMN - Provides with respect to the regulation of motor carriers
		HB831	HAZEL	PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS - Provides relative to the exclusion of certain contractors from bidding on public projects
		HB839	HENRY	MTR VEHICLE/TOWING - Provides with respect to the towing of motor vehicles
		HB857	ROBERT JOHNSON	MOTOR CARRIERS - Provides for minimum liability coverage for passenger vans used to transport railroad workers
		HB1056	FRANKLIN	MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the Free and Accepted Mason prestige license plate (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)
		HB1061	ORTEGO	FUELS - Authorizes the use of automatic liquefied petroleum gas dispensing devices
		HB1130	CROMER	INSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE - Provides for electronic display of proof of insurance
		HB1154	THOMPSON	MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Public Schools" prestige license plate
		HB1189	HODGES	INSURANCE - Provides for car carrier insurance requirements (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
		HB1200	TERRY BROWN	PUBLIC WORKS - Authorizes DOTD to transfer property destined to be demolished for public works
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT