Amend the amendment bearing file path 3579R067.EB.LKG (amendment 31A), as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered new SECTION to read:
/ SECTION __. Article 3, Chapter 1, Title 57 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 57-1-390. (A) The department shall develop a road and transportation plan for submission to the Governor. The plan shall include, but is not limited to:
(1) the list of projects the department plans to implement in order based on priority;
(2) the cost of each project;
(3) the time frame for completion of each project;
(4) the amount of money local government entities, the department, other state government entities, and federal government entities are contributing to each project;
(5) the amount of money to be bonded for future projects; and
(6) the amount of funding the department plans to set aside for future projects.
(B) The department shall include information on projects it plans to implement in a three-year period, an eight-year period, and a twelve-year period.
(C) The department must submit its road and transportation plan to the Governor by March 1, 2017. The Governor shall have thirty days to review and approve the plan. Copies of the plans must also be submitted to the chairman of House of Representatives Education and Public Works Committee and the chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee on March 1, 2017.
(D) If the department fails to submit the plan by March 1, 2017, or the Governor fails to approve the plan within thirty days of its submission, five percent of the $400 million described in Section 57-1-100 shall be redirected to the House of Representatives and the Senate. This money shall be used by the House of Representatives and the Senate to conduct a nationwide search to hire a consulting firm to develop a road and transportation improvement plan. If the plan is not submitted to the Governor or approved by the Governor by March 1, 2018, the remaining funds from Section 57-1-100 shall be withheld by the General Assembly until the plan is submitted and approved." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.