State | Statue | Comments |
Alabama | Sec. 23-1-81 | Authorizes County Commissions to license toll bridges, tunnels, roads. 3 private toll road/bridges operational. |
Arizona | Sec. 28-7701 to 28-7758 | Passed in 1990. Allows solicited/unsolicited proposals. 6-7 proposals submitted. None approved. |
Arkansas | Ark. Stat. Ann. § 27-86-201 | 1923 statute authorizing counties to grant franchises for toll bridges, turnpikes and causeways over or along any watercourse, lake, bay or swamp. |
Colorado | Title 43-3:-202.5 & 301-322 | Provides PPP authority to Colorado DOT for specific projects including turnpikes and HOT lanes. Allows solicited and unsolicited proposals for PPPs. |
Delaware | Title 2: Ch. 20 | Passed in 2003. Authorizes solicited/unsolicited proposals. DelDOT to draft rules in Spring of 2004. |
Florida | Sec. 334.30 | Allows solicited/unsolicited proposals to FDOT. Project specific legislation approval required. Allows expressway authorities to accept unsolicited approvals. |
Georgia | Sec. 32-2-78 & 32-20-79 | Passed in 2003. Creates public-private initiative process. Allows GDOT to accept solicited/unsolicited proposals. |
Illinois | 20 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 2705-450. | Allows PPPs for high speed rail and magnetic levitation transportation. |
Indiana | In. Code § 8-10-1 | Allows Indiana Port Comm. To enter into PPPs. |
Louisiana | La. Rev. Stat. § 48:2020. | Allows parishes, municipalities and Louisiana Transportation Authority to enter into PPPs. |
Maryland | Md. Ann. Code § 8-204 | According to an Attorney General opinion referenced in the annotations to this statute, the Maryland Transportation Authority has authority to construct toll roads using PPPs |
Massachusetts | Ch. 53: Sec. 6 | Authorizes Route 3 North Project as a PPP. Requires Secretary to make recommendation within 3 months of its completion on extending PPV to other large projects |
Missouri | Ch. 160.84-160.93 | Creates a special purpose non-profit Transportation Corporation as a vehicle for PPVs. Lake of the Ozarks Bridge developed through this mechanism |
Nevada | NRS Ch. 338 | Passed in 2003. Legislation allows solicited/unsolicited proposals. Explicitly prohibits toll bridges and toll roads |
North Carolina | Art. 6H. Sec. 136-89, 180 136-89.197 | Passed in 2002. Legislation created North Carolina Turnpike Authority, among other things, to enter into partnership agreements with private entities. Authority is in the process of being organized in 2003-2004 |
Oregon | ORS 367.015 and 367.060 | Passed in 2003. Directs ODOT to create the Oregon Innovative Partnership Program. Allows solicited/unsolicited proposals for toll-way projects. Rulemaking to begin in Spring 2004 |
South Carolina | Section 57-3-200 | Authorizes SCDOT to enter into PPPs. Two projects have been completed: The Greenville Southern Connector and the Conway Bypass |
Texas | TransTexas Corridor: Multiple | 2003 legislation amended several sections of Texas statutes to allow implementation of TransTexas Corridor Plan. Allows both solicited/unsolicited development proposals to TxDOT, the Texas Turnpike Authority, and Regional Mobility Authorities |
Utah | Ch. 72-6-118 & 72-2-120 | Legislation set groundwork for PPPs and directs UDOT to draft rules. Rules never adopted. |
Virginia | Title 56-556 to 56-575 | Virginia's Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 authorizes PPPs. Allows solicited and unsolicited proposals. To date, there is 1 completed project, 5 active projects, and 5 pending proposals |
Washington | RCW 47.46.010-47.46.900 | Passed in 1995; authorizes WsDOT to solicit proposal for public-private initiatives for the development of up to six "demonstration"projects. To date only one project, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, has moved forward |
Wisconsin | Section 84.01 (30) | Authorizes the DOT to enter into build-operate-lease or transfer agreements for transportation projects |