Reference is to the bill as introduced.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/SECTION 1. Section 57-1-370(B), as added by Act 114 of 2007, is amended to read:
"(B) Concerning
the development, content, and implementation of the Statewide
Transportation Improvement Program, the commission must:
(1)
develop a process for consulting with nonmetropolitan
local officials, with responsibility for transportation, that
provides an opportunity for their participation in the
development of the long-range Statewide Transportation Plan and
the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program;
(2)
approve the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
and ensure that it is developed pursuant to federal laws and
regulations and approve an updated Statewide Transportation
Improvement Program from time to time as permitted by and in the
manner required by federal laws or regulations;
(3)
develop and revise the transportation plan for inclusion
in the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, for each
nonmetropolitan planning area in consultation with local
officials with responsibility for transportation;
(4)
work in consultation with each metropolitan planning
organization to develop and revise a transportation improvement
program for each metropolitan planning area;
(5)
select from the approved Statewide Transportation
Improvement Program the transportation projects undertaken in
nonmetropolitan areas in consultation with the affected
nonmetropolitan local officials with responsibility for
transportation;
(6)
select projects to be undertaken, in consultation with
each metropolitan planning organization, from the metropolitan
planning organization's approved transportation improvement plan
in metropolitan areas not designated as a transportation
management area;
(7)
consult with each metropolitan planning organization, in
metropolitan areas designated as transportation management
areas, concerning the projects selected to be undertaken from
the approved transportation improvement program and in
accordance with the priorities approved by the transportation
improvement program; and
(8)
when selecting projects to be undertaken from
nontransportation management area metropolitan planning
organizations' transportation improvement programs, or selecting
the nonmetropolitan area projects to be undertaken that are
included in the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program,
and when consulting with metropolitan planning organizations
designated as transportation management areas, the commission
shall establish a priority list of projects to the extent
permitted by federal laws or regulations taking into
consideration at least the following criteria:
(a)
financial viability including a life cycle analysis of
estimated maintenance and repair costs over the expected life of
the project;
(b)
public safety;
(c)
potential for economic development;
(d)
traffic volume and congestion;
(e)
truck traffic;
(f)
the pavement quality index;
(g)
environmental impact;
(h)
alternative transportation solutions; and
(i)
consistency with local land use plans; and
(9)
Prior to inclusion in the State Transportation
Improvement Program of a capacity project from the list provided
in item (8), the department shall conduct a cost-benefit
analysis."
SECTION 2. Section 6 of Act 114 of 2007 is repealed.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.