Session of 2000
HOUSE BILL No. 2731
By Committee on Transportation
1-27
10 AN ACT relating
to highways; concerning system enhancement projects;
11 amending K.S.A. 1999
Supp. 68-2314a and repealing the existing
12 section.
13
14 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
15 Section
1. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 68-2314a is hereby amended to read
16 as follows: 68-2314a. (a) In order to plan,
develop and operate or coor-
17 dinate the development and operation of the
various modes and systems
18 of transportation within the state, the
secretary of transportation is hereby
19 authorized and directed to initiate a
comprehensive transportation
20 program.
21 (b) The
comprehensive transportation program shall provide for the
22 construction, improvement, reconstruction
and maintenance of the state
23 highway system. These expenditures may
include but not be limited to
24 the following:
25 (1) Maintenance
programs to efficiently maintain a safe state highway
26 system in its original or improved
condition. It is the intent of the legis-
27 lature that the surface condition of the
state highway system and its
28 bridges, as measured by the Kansas
department of transportation pave-
29 ment and bridge management systems, shall
be maintained or improved;
30 (2) construction
and reconstruction programs to develop, to the ex-
31 tent practical, the state highway system
including major modification pro-
32 jects to improve service, comfort,
capacity, condition, economy or safety
33 of the existing system and priority bridge
projects to replace or rehabili-
34 tate bridges that have a deteriorated
condition or that have deficiencies
35 in load carrying capacity, width or traffic
service;
36 (3) system
enhancement projects which include additions to the sys-
37 tem of highways or which substantially
improve safety, relieve congestion,
38 improve access or enhance economic
development. It is the intent of the
39 legislature that, As
nearly as possible, the amount of
$1,050,000,000
40 $1,100,000,000 shall be expended or
committed to be expended for sys-
41 tem enhancements for the period beginning
July 1, 1999, through June
42 30, 2009. The Kansas department of
transportation shall utilize the se-
43 lection methodology developed by the
department, to select system en-
2
1 hancement projects;
2 (4) a
highway demonstration project for the purpose of demonstrat-
3 ing advanced and innovative pavement
technologies which may include
4 financing, design, construction and
performance guarantee. The secretary
5 is authorized to procure such
demonstration project in the same manner
6 as engineering services are procured
under K.S.A. 75-5801, et seq., and
7 amendments thereto, and such
demonstration project need not comply
8 with the provisions of K.S.A. 68-410
or 75-430a, and amendments thereto,
9 or any other applicable statute to
the procurement of state highway con-
10 struction contracts.
11 (c) The
comprehensive transportation program shall provide for as-
12 sistance, including credit and credit
enhancements, to cities and counties
13 in meeting their responsibilities for the
construction, improvement, re-
14 construction and maintenance of the roads
and bridges not on the state
15 highway system. These expenditures may
include but not be limited to
16 the following:
17 (1) Apportionment
of the special city and county highway fund to
18 assist cities and counties with their
responsibilities for roads and bridges
19 not on the state highway system;
20 (2) programs to
share federal aid with cities and counties to assist
21 with their responsibilities for roads and
bridges not on the state highway
22 system;
23 (3) programs to
assist cities with the maintenance of city connecting
24 links as specified in K.S.A. 68-416, and
amendments thereto, and local
25 partnership programs to resurface or
geometrically improve city con-
26 necting links or to promote economic
development; or
27 (4) programs to
assist cities and counties with railroad crossings of
28 roads not on the state highway system.
29 (d) The
comprehensive transportation program shall provide for a
30 railroad program to provide assistance in
accordance with K.S.A. 75-5040
31 through 75-5050, and amendments thereto,
for the preservation and re-
32 vitalization of rail service in the
state.
33 (e) The
comprehensive transportation program shall provide for an
34 aviation program to provide assistance for
the planning, constructing, re-
35 constructing or rehabilitating the
facilities of public use general aviation
36 airports, in accordance with K.S.A.
75-5061, and amendments thereto.
37 (f) The
comprehensive transportation program shall provide for pub-
38 lic transit programs to aid elderly
persons, persons with disabilities and
39 the general public, in accordance with
K.S.A. 75-5032 through 75-5038,
40 and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 75-5051
through 75-5058, and
41 amendments thereto.
42 Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1999 Supp.
68-2314a is hereby repealed.
43 Sec. 3. This act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its
3
1 publication in the statute book.