Appendix C. Characteristics of state PPP legislation, as of December 2011

Broad application of legislation1 5

Unsolicited proposals4

Availability payments/ shadow tolls3

Gives lower level agencies PPP authority7

Prior state legislature approval needed1

Non-compete clauses3 6

Public sector agency can hire its own technical and legal consultants2

Alabama

Alaska

Arkansas

N

Arizona

California

Colorado

Delaware

Florida

N

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Minnesota

Mississippi

N

Missouri

Nevada

North Carolina

N

North Dakota

Ohio

Oregon

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

N

Utah

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

1. NCSL, 2010: Appendix B.

2. PriceWaterhouse Coopers, "Public-Private Partnerships: The US Perspective" (June 2010).

3. Wagner, 2011.

4. PriceWaterhouse Coopers, 2010 for legislation through May 2010; Wagner, 2011 for legislation passed thereafter.

5. Brookings Metro Program analysis.

6. A column with an "N" indicates that statute explicitly forbids PPP agreement from containing a non-compete clause.

7. Brookings analysis of Jaime Rall "State Transportation PPP Enabling Statutes Relevant to Localities," National Conference of State Legislatures, March 2011; and Wagner, 2011.

Note: While in Utah, prior state legislature approval is not needed to engage in a PPP contract, legislative approval is needed to establish or operate a tollway on an existing highway. Maryland PPP legislation requires legislative review of proposed PPP projects, instead of state legislative approval.