Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session
Relating to: ramps on certain highway projects of the Department of Transportation. (FE)
Legislature — Finance, joint committee on Road — Construction and repair Road — Finance Rock county Transportation, department of — Roads
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Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, if a Department of Transportation (DOT) highway project
having a total cost of at least $5,000,000 and involving a state trunk highway having
at least four lanes (project) includes the replacement of one or more left-side ramps
with any right-side ramp, DOT must conduct a study and prepare a report relating
to this planned replacement. The report must include a cost-benefit analysis of the
replacement and an assessment of whether this replacement is cost-effective. DOT
must submit this report to the Joint Committee on Finance (JCF), for passive review,
before DOT begins construction of the project. If the JCF cochairpersons do not notify
DOT within 14 working days that JCF has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of
reviewing the report, DOT may proceed with the project as planned. If, within 14
working days, the JCF cochairpersons notify DOT that the committee has scheduled
a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the report, DOT may not include as part of
the project the replacement of any left-side ramp with any right-side ramp unless
the plan for this replacement is approved by JCF.