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Relating to the proposal of rural four-lane bypasses by the department of transportation to the state transportation commission
Topics:Transportation
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 2020
- Done: House committeeFebruary 20, 2020
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary If the director of the department of transportation wants to build a four-lane bypass around a small town of 10,000 people or fewer, they must hold a public hearing in that town first. Any new bypass must also include ways for people to get into the town, ensure emergency services can reach the area, and try to keep existing rural road crossings.1
Read the official explanation
Under current law, the director of the department of transportation is required to assist the state transportation commission (STC) in developing state transportation policy and a state transportation plan. This bill requires that if the director proposes to the STC the construction of a four-lane bypass around a municipality with a population of 10,000 or less, the director must first conduct a public hearing in the municipality around which the proposed bypass is to be constructed. Any four-lane bypass proposed by the director to the STC must also provide access or interchanges to the municipality consistent with access or interchanges to other municipalities along the same route, allow for sufficient emergency medical services access to the municipality, and preserve or maintain rural road crossings where possible.
House subcommittee
Named February 11, 2020. On February 13, 2020 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part