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Conference negotiators drop dashboard requirement, retain municipal reporting and locally managed projects language
Summary
Committee members removed proposed dashboard language but agreed to keep municipal reporting and locally managed projects sections and to retain 10g reports for municipalities.
Negotiators in the Senate-House conference committee on the T bill agreed to remove statutory dashboard language while keeping municipal reporting requirements and language on locally managed projects.
A committee member said testimony from stakeholders, including Jerry Reed, described dashboards used in other states for project tracking. Still, the committee agreed to remove the dashboard requirement, retaining language that requires municipalities to collect and report transportation project information. The meeting record shows the committee plans to keep the 10g reports and sections addressing municipal transportation needs (noted as sections 15, 16 and 17 in the draft).
Committee members characterized the decision as a compromise with the Agency of Transportation (AOT) and said AOT may continue dashboard work even without the statutory requirement. The committee agreed to return to municipal reporting language next year for further refinement.
No formal vote was recorded at the meeting; members indicated agreement and asked staff to incorporate the changes into the conference draft.
