RS 38:34: Project evaluation and ranking

A. Upon receipt of reports by the regional planning commissions as required by R.S. 38:33, the office of engineering shall evaluate them on a regional basis and shall rank them in order of priority for funding, according to its rules and regulations and consistent with water resource plans and program priorities as developed in the office of environmental affairs, where applicable.

B. The report by the office of engineering shall be submitted to the governor, the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works and the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget by January fifteenth of each calendar year. The report shall include narrative providing the following information for each proposal contained in the report:

(1) A statement of project needs and benefits.

(2) Rationale for priority ranking.