La. Rev. Stat. § 2:803

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Priority list of projects; public hearings; final program

Official statutory text

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.

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