Agenda - Transportation, Highways and Public Works

Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works
April 17, 2024 1:00 p.m. Room E
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised April 16, 2024, 12:03 pm * Revision Notes: Added HB 136, HB 381, HB 514 and HB 732

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	April 3, 2024
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SB438	GREGORY MILLER	LEVEES - Establishes minimum requirements for a levee commissioner. (8/1/24)
		SB446	ABRAHAM	TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Provides relative to I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
		SB492	FESI	FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Provides relative to the Leeville Bridge toll fee. (8/1/24) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
		SB493	HODGES	BOATS/BOATING - Provides for operation of air boats. (8/1/24)
		HB117	GREEN	MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale" specialty license plate
		HB136	JACKSON	HIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Highway 175 in Mansfield, Louisiana, in DeSoto Parish as the "Jerius Marshall Highway" and a portion of Highway 133 in Start, Louisiana, in Richland Parish as the "Luke Letlow Memorial Highway"
		HB140	HORTON	AIRCRAFT/AIRPORTS - Provides relative to proof of disability requirements for an airport parking exemption for disabled veterans
		HB151	ORGERON	LEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS - Provides for the membership of the board of commissioners of the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District
		HB235	COATES	PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS - Increases the dollar amount for the exception to public bid law applicable to the purchase of vehicles by local government units
		HB278	ROMERO	HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE - Designates a certain portion of Louisiana Highway 383
		HB348	HORTON	MTR VEHICLE/MOTORCYCLES - Authorizes drivers of certain two-wheeled vehicles to proceed through a red light under certain circumstances
		HB381	BRAUD	TRANSPORTATION DEPT - Provides relative to Department of Transportation and Development spending
		HB432	ILLG	MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "LSU Baseball National Champions" specialty license plate
		HB514	BRAUD	CONTRACTS - Revises certain bid requirements for applicable projects by the Department of Transportation and Development
		HB612	MCFARLAND	ENERGY/PIPELINES - Provides a voluntary process for pipeline crossing disputes
		HB645	FREIBERG	TRANSPORTATION DEPT - Moves responsibility for the collection of the electric and hybrid vehicle fee from the Department of Revenue to the office of motor vehicles
		HB648	ZERINGUE	HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE - Designates the bridge on Louisiana Highway 648 over Bayou Lafourche as the "Austin Bush Memorial Bridge"
		HB732	JACKSON	MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the Grambling State University World Famed Tiger Marching Band specialty license plate
		HB755	ZERINGUE	POLICE/LOCAL - Authorizes the Houma-Terrebonne Airport Commission to appoint and commission peace officers
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

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