Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:3455 – Projects undertaken by the department
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:3455
- Department: means the Department of Transportation and Development. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:3451
- 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: 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 34:3451
- 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.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
A. After adoption of the department‘s recommendations by the joint committee, the approved list of projects shall be forwarded to the department for implementation. The approved list shall be implemented by the department by the use of funds appropriated, funding obligation authority, or pursuant to the cash management program as provided by La. Rev. Stat. 48:251(D). Funding or funding obligation authority shall be allocated to projects in accordance with the prioritized list of projects approved by the joint committee. Funding obligation authority may be granted or authorized for a project from funds appropriated or obligated for another project or projects within the Port Priority Construction and Development Program provided that such authority does not impede such project or projects. Such funding obligation authority shall be extinguished for a project at such time as funds are made available for obligation for the project. The department shall not delete, add, or substitute any projects for those approved by the joint committee, except as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 34:3456; however, the secretary of the department may, at his discretion, authorize projects to be undertaken and financed due to an emergency out of the secretary’s emergency fund.
B. No port project shall be undertaken by the department except those included in the approved program listing which are funded or which have funding obligation authority for that fiscal year with the exception of projects undertaken and financed out of the secretary’s emergency fund.
Acts 1989, No. 452, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §2, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 161, §1, eff. May 7, 1998; Acts 2006, No. 18, §1, eff. May 4, 2006.