Citations Affected: IC 2-5.
Synopsis: Joint committee on transportation infrastructure. Establishes
the joint study committee on transportation and infrastructure
assessment and solutions. Sets forth the membership of the committee.
Provides that the committee operates under policies adopted by the
legislative council. Provides that the committee expires January 1,
2016. Repeals law establishing the joint study committee on mass
transit and transportation alternatives.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 18, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
January 27, 2011, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning the
general assembly.
subsection (a)(1) shall serve as chair of the committee.
(c) Beginning in calendar year 2012, and in even-numbered
years thereafter, the chair of the standing committee specified in
subsection (a)(2) shall serve as chair of the committee.
Sec. 4. The committee shall do the following:
(1) Assess the condition of Indiana's transportation
infrastructure in both the public and private sectors.
(2) In connection with the Indiana department of
transportation and other interested parties, project Indiana's
transportation demands through 2035.
(3) Determine whether Indiana's existing transportation
infrastructure is capable of meeting the transportation
demands projected under subdivision (2).
(4) Establish appropriate roles and responsibilities for:
(A) the state and county and municipal governments; and
(B) the private sector;
in meeting Indiana's projected transportation demands.
(5) Identify potential funding sources for both public and
private transportation and infrastructure projects.
(6) Report its findings to the governor and, in an electronic
format under IC 5-14-6, the general assembly.
Sec. 5. The legislative services agency shall provide support staff
for the committee.
Sec. 6. The committee shall operate under policies governing
study committees adopted by the legislative council.
Sec. 7. This chapter expires January 1, 2016.