Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 84, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, page 423, after line 8, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:
/84.__. (DOT: Pothole Busters) The Department of Transportation shall assemble in each transportation maintenance district Pothole Suppression Teams whose primary responsibility shall be to identify and fill in potholes and perform associated minor maintenance throughout the maintenance district. Each District Engineer must report quarterly to the Secretary of Transportation on the progress of the Pothole Suppression Teams within his district. The report must contain information related to the number and location of potholes filled and associated minor maintenance. The Secretary must make those reports available to the public on the department's website.
To implement the provisions of this proviso, the Secretary of Transportation shall consult with the Director of the Department of Corrections and the local sheriff's department to determine the feasibility of engaging appropriate inmates to perform pothole suppression and associated minor maintenance. To the extent feasible, and upon the agreement of the Secretary of Transportation, the Director of the Department of Corrections, and the local sheriff, appropriate inmates shall be engaged for pothole suppression and associated minor maintenance./
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