H97 - 2015 Appropriations Act, Sec. 29.11: Product Evaluation Program/Increase Innovation (SL 2015-241)

Session Year 2015

Overview: Sec. 29.11 of S.L. 2015-241 does all of the following:

  • Effective September 18, 2015, requires the Board of Transportation to develop a plan to bring greater visibility and public awareness to the Product Evaluation Program, a unit within the Department of Transportation and directs the Board to (i) submit the plan to the chairs of the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee by December 1, 2015, and (ii) implement the plan by February 1, 2016.
  • Creates a new law that requires the Product Evaluation Program to complete its evaluation of any technologies or products submitted for its review within one year from the date the technology or product was submitted. This provision becomes effective January 1, 2016, and applies to technologies and products submitted for review on or after that date.

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