Section 238.225

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS

Chapter 238

Effective - 28 Aug 2011, 2 histories   

  238.225.  Projects, submission of plans to commission, approval — submission to local transportation authority, when — exemption. — 1.  Before construction or funding of any project the district shall submit the proposed project to the commission for its prior approval.  If the commission by minute finds that the project will improve or is a necessary or desirable extension of the state highways and transportation system, the commission may preliminarily approve the project subject to the district providing plans and specifications for the proposed project and making any revisions in the plans and specifications required by the commission and the district and commission entering into a mutually satisfactory agreement regarding development and future maintenance of the project.  After such preliminary approval, the district may impose and collect such taxes and assessments as may be included in the commission's preliminary approval.  After the commission approves the final construction plans and specifications, the district shall obtain prior commission approval of any modification of such plans or specifications.

  2.  If the proposed project is not intended to be merged into the state highways and transportation system under the commission's jurisdiction, the district shall also submit the proposed project and proposed plans and specifications to the local transportation authority that will become the owner of the project for its prior approval.

  3.  In those instances where a local transportation authority is required to approve a project and the commission determines that it has no direct interest in that project, the commission may decline to consider the project.  Approval of the project shall then vest exclusively with the local transportation authority subject to the district making any revisions in the plans and specifications required by the local transportation authority and the district and the local transportation authority entering into a mutually satisfactory agreement regarding development and future maintenance of the project.  After the local transportation authority approves the final construction plans and specifications, the district shall obtain prior approval of the local transportation authority before modifying such plans or specifications.

  4.  Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, this section shall not apply to any district whose project is a public mass transportation system.

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(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 45, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22, A.L. 2011 S.B. 173)