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The Committee on Transportation (Bullard) recommended the

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following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment

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     Delete line(s) 9-16 and insert:

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     Section 1. The Department of Transportation, in

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consultation with the Department of Law Enforcement, the

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Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Community

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Affairs, and the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

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Development, shall complete a study of multimodal transportation

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alternatives for the travel corridor parallel to Interstate 95

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which takes into account the transportation, emergency

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management, homeland security, and economic development needs of

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the state. The report must include, but need not be limited to,

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identification of cost-effective measures that may be

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implemented to alleviate congestion on Interstate 95, facilitate

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emergency and security responses, and foster economic

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development. The Department of Transportation shall send the

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report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the

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Speaker of the House of Representatives by June 30, 2009.

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Speaker of the House of Representatives by June 30, 2009.

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