Louisiana Revised Statutes 2:803 – Priority list of projects; public hearings; final program
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 2:803
- Airport authority: means the owner of any airport or landing field, or the governing authority of any airport district. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 2:801
- Department: means the Department of Transportation and Development. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 2:801
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
- Joint committee: means the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, functioning as a joint legislative committee. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 2:801
A. Prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature, beginning with the 1990 Regular Session, the department shall prepare and shall furnish the priority list to the joint committee which shall hold a public hearing or hearings for the purpose of reviewing the priority list of projects for the coming fiscal year. Prior to each hearing, the department shall publish the appropriate official notice in the necessary journals. Subsequent to the joint committee hearing and prior to the convening of the regular session, the department shall prepare the final construction program for the coming fiscal year for submission to the joint committee. When this final construction program, as approved by the joint committee, is presented to the legislature for funding for the coming fiscal year, the legislature shall not add any projects to this final construction program except as provided in Subsection B of this Section.
B. If the governing authority of an airport authority district, parish, or of any local unit of government obtains ninety percent or more funding for an airport, or for an airport project, from federal sources or from sources other than state funds, the legislature shall give priority to funding the remaining amount necessary for the airport or for the airport project, even if the project is not on the priority list of projects.
Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989.