Agenda - Transportation, Highways and Public Works

Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works
June 1, 2021 Upon Adjournment of the Senate Room E
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised May 28, 2021, 5:34 pm * Revision Notes: ADDED: SR132

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	May 20, 2021
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SR132	HEWITT	TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study the privatization of ferry operations throughout the state.
		HCR36	BROWN	BRIDGES/FERRIES - Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study the feasibility of having two dedicated lanes to exit eastbound from the Horace Wilkinson Bridge
		HCR75	BAGLEY	WEIGHTS/MEASURES - Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study the feasibility and reasonableness of increasing the gross vehicle weight and axle weight limits for an annual permit
		HB44	DEVILLIER	TRANSPORTATION DEPT - Provides for an additional exception when hauling construction aggregates
		HB93	MIGUEZ	PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS - Exempts the Iberia Parish Airport Authority from the public lease law applicable to certain properties
		HB198	PIERRE	MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Provides relative to Louisiana vehicle license plates (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)
		HB220	GREGORY MILLER	PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides relative to public works contracts
		HB337	CREWS	PROCUREMENT - Provides relative to the applicability of certain lease terms to the Shreveport Downtown Airport
		HB338	MCCORMICK	AIRCRAFT/AIRPORTS - Provides relative to the applicability of certain lease terms to the Vivian Municipal Airport (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
		HB349	EDMONSTON	MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Prohibits requiring vaccination verification or immunity status for certain transactions or for inclusion on a driver's license or special identification card
		HB350	FARNUM	MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE - Provides relative to office of motor vehicle fees for Calcasieu Parish
		HB381	MOORE	MOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to motor vehicle accident reports
		HB587	ROBERT OWEN	AIRCRAFT/AVIATION - Provides relative to the regulation of unmanned aerial and aircrafts systems and the Louisiana Drone Advisory Committee
		HB606	BRASS	TRANSPORTATION DEPT - Provides for the Department of Transportation and Development design-build contracts
		HB608	GAINES	TRANSPORTATION DEPT - Provides for $100,000 death benefit for an employee of the Department of Transportation and Development who is killed in a hazardous situation in the course and scope of his employment (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
		HB621	PIERRE	MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Provides relative to the issuance of identification cards (EN +$1,000,000 SD RV See Note)
		HB625	DESHOTEL	PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Changes the composition of the Avoyelles Parish Port Commission
		HB632	DEVILLIER	TRANSPORTATION DEPT - Authorizes a special permit to include a divisible load (RE INCREASE SD RV See Note)
		HB638	HILFERTY	MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Provides relative to certain motor vehicle transactions (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
		HB701	PIERRE	HIGHWAYS - Provides relative to the Department of Transportation and Development's authority over high-occupancy vehicle lanes on state highways (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT
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