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
 SB438GREGORY MILLERLEVEES - Establishes minimum requirements for a levee commissioner. (8/1/24)
 SB446ABRAHAMTRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Provides relative to I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB492FESIFEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Provides relative to the Leeville Bridge toll fee. (8/1/24) (REF DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB493HODGESBOATS/BOATING - Provides for operation of air boats. (8/1/24)
 HB117GREENMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale" specialty license plate
 HB136JACKSONHIGHWAYS - 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"
 HB140HORTONAIRCRAFT/AIRPORTS - Provides relative to proof of disability requirements for an airport parking exemption for disabled veterans
 HB151ORGERONLEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS - Provides for the membership of the board of commissioners of the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District
 HB235COATESPUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS - Increases the dollar amount for the exception to public bid law applicable to the purchase of vehicles by local government units
 HB278ROMEROHIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE - Designates a certain portion of Louisiana Highway 383
 HB348HORTONMTR VEHICLE/MOTORCYCLES - Authorizes drivers of certain two-wheeled vehicles to proceed through a red light under certain circumstances
 HB381BRAUDTRANSPORTATION DEPT - Provides relative to Department of Transportation and Development spending
 HB432ILLGMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "LSU Baseball National Champions" specialty license plate
 HB514BRAUDCONTRACTS - Revises certain bid requirements for applicable projects by the Department of Transportation and Development
 HB612MCFARLANDENERGY/PIPELINES - Provides a voluntary process for pipeline crossing disputes
 HB645FREIBERGTRANSPORTATION DEPT - Moves responsibility for the collection of the electric and hybrid vehicle fee from the Department of Revenue to the office of motor vehicles
 HB648ZERINGUEHIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE - Designates the bridge on Louisiana Highway 648 over Bayou Lafourche as the "Austin Bush Memorial Bridge"
 HB732JACKSONMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the Grambling State University World Famed Tiger Marching Band specialty license plate
 HB755ZERINGUEPOLICE/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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