Public Transportation- House

Gavel lien up for we start meeting appreciate you all being here today we will. I'm Mike Holcomb I'm serving my six term this is my third term to be the chairman of the transportation my Last year. Good morning I'm Rick McClure serve most Hot Spring County a portion swing county in this is my first term and you. Okay we're going to start down the line wait we're going to start with you and we will just go down the line everyone we can add that in will will stop representative and it will get get here style you will come back across everyone just tell your district a list of about shall be brief and we'll we'll move off. A representative wait injuries I I from Camden represent district ninety eight covers most Ouachita County the very southern portion of a county north half of Columbia County in the northeast corner of Lake County. glad to be here look forward to a good session. District two parts of sharp Fulton Randolph County have a background in insurance and real estate investing and I look forward to working with everyone in this capacity to help transportation out. Hold on the second day and. Right now we've got a my name is representative Deanna Hodges I am from Springdale represent district nine this is my first term I have three grown children in merry thirty years I have a real estate and I'm very proud to be here and I look forward to working with you all. I'm representative Shepherd I represent District seventy nine south six thirty Alexander maple Vale area my background I'm a correctional auditor for the American correctional association I travelled IT. Parole authorities and I'm also a former board member with the little rock school district and in my day to day practice I work Arkansas G. without necessity treatment center. Thank you. A representative Chad per year District twenty five rule district east side of watching Crawford a little bit. Senator not your last time you per year okay I wanna be sure to that right thank you. Joe we car a district thirty four which is the eastern half of Mississippi County selects from tomato Leding down to for instance by you or the blahblah OCL area I've been an educator for thirty years I'm married I have four children and I just look forward to serving in working with you guys thank. Good morning I am represented in the Senate I represent District eighty which is downtown little rock and participle asking County I'm this is my second term and this is my second time here in this great committee and I look forward to everything that would on discuss this session thank. Where Han thanks again. Okay. Hello I'm Harlan Breaux district six eleven holiday island have been married for fifty two years ugh my bride and I will go to good years of not only that but tell. I am district six my third term of being on this committee and ami joined it we're going to get some things done thank you. Thank you. My name's Dwight Tosh state representative for district thirty eight a cover the southern part of Craighead County parts of born shared and also parts of Jackson County this is my second tarm I feel term in the house is be my second time olds up transportation my background is I spent thirty seven years with Arkansas state police where I retired from that agency as troop commander and Mr chairman I appreciate you appreciate this committee. I'm representative David Whitaker I represent house district twenty two which is west band bill and the city of Farmington of pertinent to this committee I also represent exit sixty through sixty seven on interstate forty nine and that's full time job by itself former assistant city attorney of the city of fat bill and like the chairman that beginning my six term to and I'm just thrilled to be here. Good morning thank you Mr chair my name is Joyce Springer and I am serving I have two and a half I had to serve a hapless starting the second term I'm here in Little Rock and I represent starting downtown little rock around Chester street going west all the way west pass Baptist hospital around canis road so my district is that particular area my background is I started out in business in about I guess. Thirty years ago I was asked to come work for us attorney John Walker so I turned an educator into an educator because I did it occasional monitoring for him so I enjoyed that however this is my second time around on the transportation committee and I've enjoyed it as well so I'm looking forward to working with each and everyone of you here on Education Committee however my heart is in education thank you. I Mark McElroy I'm state representative for district number sixty two which as part of the show a county part of Arkansas county are Monroe County order of St Francis County all of Lee County all of Phillips County imparted Bolivar Mississippi. And I learned it I want to share good listen to you just before redistricting do not make the governor Matt thank you. Thank you chair Ella Mark Perry retired second term district twenty six thank. A. Tricks seventy one at which is primarily the city of Maumelle with a few surrounding communities my professional background me my wife for both pharmacists and we have today thirteen independently owned family pharmacies that spanned pretty much from the drive from little rock to Memphis and take an exit we can sell you drugs happy to. Thank you Mr chairman RJ hawk from district eighty one I come from the greatest county in Arkansas that being slowing County represents Bryant bent Shannon Hills Alexander and I I guess I'll be a former radio personality here a couple weeks and a full time real estate agent right now so there's that. I thank you Mr chairman names Matt brown District fifty five which is in the city of Conway in my day job an attorney in private practice and I'm just proud to be here. Thank you offer got to say what disagreement district ninety three this chairperson Lincoln Cleveland Drew County I'm a retired Jefferson County judge racks retired educator and and we're select county judge glad you're here today with us let me introduce our staff first of all we have is our committee analysts to suggest Whitaker with this Ashley Miller Ashley way okay and Diane Tories porters are committee attorney she's not here I don't know who as we have only one of the. Mary is helping. All right so we're. we're gonna ask the the various agencies are here with this let me just say something about the committee but how we operate when you press your button up you'll you'll be recognized if you have questions when anyone's presenting yeah questions your name will come up in order and I'll take you in order we always it will allow you to when you ask questions ask you questions and then if you have a follow up ask me for a follow and then we usually allow follow ups and then if we have other questions will move on to them take their questions then we have time we'll come back to you so but we try not to be repetitive if three but if the question get repetitive we cannot start repeating myself I move the committee L. and so always your your Mike we need to be read before you speak to it and I'll put you in here sometimes you see a notice will go will have a malfunction occasion a lot of fun to begin but that's the way it works so we have we're gonna recognize some of the various agencies that are with us today and let them introduce yourself these of the people would be dealing with and by the way we will meet next Tuesday we have five or six bills already will be dealing with and I want to say of they will be you've been on the committee with me every every time. All I think services we came in together so glad to have you back not have all of you here so we're like three if you would we have three subcommittees that we will be appointing of that will be of the rail water and air not extend highways so if you would just hello if you would do that for me just write little short by yourself to something on the notepad of what what particular you like to be and can't put everyone on the same committee but I need to sign a committees for that so if you do that so me sometime in the next if you get to me next week that'll be fine no rush on. All right the. We're here we're gonna hear from department transportation so miss Lori would you come up introduce yourself bring to you all we you and just to give us a brief statement about what you do and I know you do a lot in your ad there's your there's a lot asking of you so you would introduce yourself and guests and yeah I understand so would you like to say we'll move on. Well good morning I'm Lori tutor the Director of the Arkansas department of transportation and I brought it to the podium to the table with me Arkansas highway police chief Jeff Holmes. the mission of the Arkansas Arkansas department of transportation is just to provide a safe and efficient highway system to the citizens of the state and so all the things that go into that and we just want to be a responsive in helping each and everyone of you as you try to meet you. And also it like to introduce a few folks that we brought with this that you'll see around the capital and will be with me from time to time. I've got deputy director and chief engineer rex finds. I have our assistant chief of administration Kevin Thorton. And then I have our assistant chief engineer of planning shared widely and then last but not least I have Gil Rogers he's our governmental relations officer he'll be around throughout the session if you need anything you need to get a hold of anybody you to set up a meeting and have any questions he's here for you he's he's your resource to have a connection with are not like for and see if she phones have refused your largest for giving everyone your phone number if you would if you have questions for are not he's our contact me so give give us give us your everyone take his phone number now because you're going to need hello everyone. OR member. He's right in capital has an office in the capital so contact you if you've got questions you need anything anything of communication with our department are I'm sorry would. Hi I'm Jeff follows on the chief for the highway police I'm a thirty year veteran of the highway police our mission is primary to protect infrastructure size away regulations permit loads and enforce drug safety regulations we have approximately a hundred and forty officers statewide and seventy patrol units and operate eighty eight way stations and I look forward to working with the committee thank you thank you anyone have any questions we will come short on time today we may have them back to give a good presentation thank you for coming up Preciado all right next we'll move on to the Arkansas state police. Morning I'm captain Bradley with Arkansas state police have been there for about seventeen years other state police has several different divisions such as highway patrol which we have about three hundred fifty troopers out patrolling interstates US highways and we also assist the local agencies as well for calls for service or whatever they might need we also have a criminal investigation division that there's about eighty of them spread out across the state and they also systems smaller agencies that may not have the tools or resources needed to investigate some of the major crimes will have a regulatory services division which is the fire marshal's office they also regulate all concealed carry permits used motor vehicle dealer licensing things such as that and we have our crimes against children division that works closely with the H. S. and they investigate law the allegations against against children so I'm just probably Senator quite a bit I'm over we have troopers here at the capitol during the session that are in the house and Senate and make sure you each and every one your protected each and every day you hear so our CDM so you'll see me popping in here and there just checking on them like insurer based on what they're supposed to be done so look forward to working with each of you if you have any questions feel free to reach out to us anything you want quick question who's I all right thanks okay were next with go to the department of finance administration. Someone here one. Good morning Mr I'm Wayne Hamrick I'm the administrator for the office of motor vehicle and driver services separate office than the administration over revenue offices we are the office that provides all the systematic support materials inventory that they're at a hundred and thirty four revenue offices work from. So internally we're responsible for all of your titles the registration examination of all the applications that are received from a state revenue offices and from all the dealerships on on purchases in addition we do administer the international registration plan for the eighteen wheelers and the trucking we work closely with the trucking association with automobile dealers association and then also we have driver services unit where we are responsible for the driver's licenses real ID's of a D. D. W. eyes the the boating under the influence it is well so so we're responsible for that and with me today is the assistant administrator of motor vehicle Christy Earnhardt and this is a ministry for driver services market makes use thank you any any questions. I thank you all for being here and I know we're we're not gonna see as much as years we have in the past I think but we'll probably see some so thank you Sir thank you Mister chair I will add that out of the administration for DS in the this is your senior leadership this is all this is what you get. Hammer thank you. Okay anyone if they're not. C. one if merit not H. we we deal with that also how about the motor vehicle commission anyone here. More Mr chairman one of I'm not saying the Stroop and I'm the director of the Arkansas motor vehicle commission we're located just down the road on Capitol little bit and what is referred to as the old Dillard's office. The take care of licensing all manufacturers of new automobiles and trucks RV's and power sports and then the licensing of the dealers and. As far as any questions or concerns to be glad to visit with anybody who got any questions and and we can be located down there or just give us a call. Thank you Mr president stat thank you anywhere from towing and recovery. We we. They're not here but we we do a towing coverage a lot so we probably have some bills matter of fact as you do with them waterways commission. Anyone from waterways commission. About the the Attorney General have a liaison here today. You want the governor's office to which speak. Okay of about Shannon Shannon from trucking association. Thank you chairman after the invitation I'm she attended and I'm the president of the Arkansas trucking association now as a special thank you to all the returning members who chose to be on transportation I know a lot of the others may not have a choice so I appreciate look forward to getting to work with the new members biggest issues for us and I deal with highway safety the highways of Arkansas as the workplace for our industry and so most of the issues that were interested in come before this committee deal with roadway safety or protecting the infrastructure for which we have only invest in and I look forward to working with all of you that I haven't and those of you that have it again your questions you will change thank you. Dermis anyone anyone here for another agency wants to speak. A mark you anything you want. Good morning Mr chairman members of the committee I Mark Whitmore I'm association Arkansas counties we represent for this committee I think mostly germane the county judges the sheriff's Scott Bradley is the director of sheriffs association he could be here as well I want to go ahead and give you my phone number Five a one. Nine four oh oh five thirty one we believe. Our contact us throughout the year not just during recession you'll have issues that come up with your constituents that there were counties and we represent all the different county officials and implement the laws of. That you might have contact with but as far as this committee I think could be primary the judges shares if you have any questions feel free to give us a call any questions. Thank you Margaret senator anyone else. Thank you my name is Andrew Gilbert I'm director of the Arkansas transit association and we represent the sixteen public transit systems of the state and all of the developmental disabilities schools and senior centers that transport their clients so happy to be here thank you any questions miscue okay thank you for coming to have appreciated I miss anyone else. Thank you my name's Joseph givens I am going to be the infrastructure and transportation liaison for the office of the governor under eye circles Sanders so looking for working with each and everyone of you in such you Mr chairman and if anyone has any questions for me to want to speak with me I'll be here after the meeting convenes I'm sure we'll have plenty of questions view portal thank you for coming down thank you Mr chairman you're brave may. Of all. Also one of my committee would you raise your hand at Michael's from Walmart you might say why we've well we are doing transportation will we have a I thank you recession before last we have some autonomous bills we had a run of a autonomous vehicles and so we had to we have made some adjustments for that so sometimes you see businesses include. Thank you Mr chairman my name's James Miller not represent Arkansas River this's ation so anything that deals with trains ninety nine percent of time I'm probably the gas. We usually see James every year some issues or change creates come that any questions okay thank. I miss anyone. All right the let me go through the thank you all thank you all for being here if you've got somewhere you need to go you go it I'm just gonna go through the rules of the committee but if Preciado Allen Kevin take your time to share with us thank you again. I want to what committee members to know that during the session the Committee will always meet in in that B. will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays at ten o'clock now if if it's alive it's alive schedule I'm I'm not called me but it may move it on because if there's one bill and in this it's not a it's not progressing well we made we made skip but other than that our our schedule meetings are Tuesday and Thursday at ten o'clock a quorum must be present that's eleven members to constitute a quorum it's important that that we be on time that we start start of meetings on time and is your CV I try to keep the meeting movie we'll try to keep it keep it moving because we all have busy schedules if you have a bill that you're going to run. And you know you're gonna be late so you and other committee meeting just let me know that you're going to be here I can move it so I move that down on the agenda and sometimes your bill may be a simple bill that's not hard to run you can get someone else to run that for you we allow that also use make sure don't mess it up for you when you have someone to do that. Of. The The agendas are prepared in accordance with the House rules in the genders are prepared two days in advance of the sponsor notification we sent to you who have bills on the agenda two days before the committee meeting so the US sponsor notices will be sent by email. after bill or resolution has appeared on the Committee agenda and has been called up for consideration and the sponsor is not present the item will be placed at the bottom of the active agenda if a bill or resolution has been called up for consideration three times it will automatically be dropped from the deferred list unless the sponsor notifies the staff and request that we move the bill from the deferred list to the active agenda by two thirty PM two days prior to the scheduled meeting. Of amendment should always be in writing. Please let staff know before the meeting if you have an amendment. And the if you have a special order of business so you've got a bill that you know's going take a long time gonna be a lot of suppressing discussion you have a you have testimony coming to people traveling a long way we're set aside a special order business for that this is this is the call of the chairman is done when the sponsor the bill request special meeting date or time for the committee to hear the bill and so it's usually when there's a controversy bill that we do this so you have any questions anyone have any questions before let's all try to work together as a one thing we don't allow we allow you to get argument in this committee you have questions five ask questions will move on to get your better but but we we don't argue will ask questions and up try to be respectful of everyone running there be. any questions we want a. Whitaker you're recognized well it meant Mr thank you for recognition it's not a question so much as is pointing out of a parliamentary corporate we probably never thought we deal with in public transportation but if you'll notice the sign board next to me the Speaker is a member of this standing committee which I believe changes the threshold for do pass from eleven to ten am I am I correct that's correct. We have. Yeah I'm I'm I'm I'm sure you're right. I wish you the council was bigger than me and so that is true. All right. Apartment. Will the speakers on the Committee it only takes ten votes develop a Celtic to get something out of committee so be a little easier to get your bill out of here in other words supple any other questions any comments thank you would just I like to just lose your bio kind which background is nothing nothing really long so I also to help me in the committee selection for the for the subcommittee any questions any comments thank you for for people just make committee to me of transportation is one of the most important committees there is I can tell you I'm a highway man all the way being a former county judge then on this committee for this of the my six term I realize how important it to economic development infrastructure is a is a direct impact on economic belt if if you don't believe that go back when they built the highway from of fate will over twenty years ago there was nothing there and it was just like a vacuum that sucked out of everything out of the delta so um. We would have I. forty nine now we know how important that is a lot of times when I've got a of what I'm going to a meeting or something home my district is really large geographically because the population in that area a lot of times I'll take the long route to get there because it's a good highway we will be highways in Arkansas we don't want people take along route one around Arkansas one of my passions is and I hope you will help the pushes much as possible we have I sixty nine future I. sixty nine across the southern part of Arkansas it's so important to the whole state we got I. sixty now we've got all right of ways Kentucky's already started there you already started their bridge across the river our big hold up is with Mississippi get the get the bridge across the river the Mississippi but if we could do that all the truck traffic did you see when I thirty enough forty we would take half of that or more away from that and it would just be a shot in the arm for the for the debt so at any any chance you get to help me promote US sixty nine you would make Arkansas greater state any time if anyone else will be thank you for being here we sent John.