MR. PRESIDENT:
The Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security, to which was referred
House Bill No. 1489, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same
back to the Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:
Delete the title and insert the following:
A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning high speed rail funding.
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SOURCE: ; (03)CR148901.1. -->
SECTION 1. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003] (a) This SECTION
applies to a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2003, and
ending before July 1, 2005.
(b) For each state fiscal year described in subsection (a), the
Indiana department of transportation shall expend at least ten
percent (10%) of Indiana's federal funding for state planning and
research received under 23 U.S.C. 505 during the state fiscal year
to pay planning costs, including environmental impact studies,
associated with the development of a high speed passenger rail
system in Indiana.
(c) This SECTION expires July 1, 2005.
(Reference is to HB 1489 as printed February 20, 2003.)
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
Committee Vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0.
Wyss
CR148901/DI 71 2003