2:00 pm-6:00 pm

Registration

9:00 am-5:00 pm

Staff Sections, Workshops, Ancillary Groups, Task Forces (See master agenda at http://www.ncsl.org/standcomm/spring03.htm)

5:00 pm-6:00 pm

NCSL Standing Committees Steering Committee (Committee chairs and vice-chairs)

7:00 am-5:00 pm

Registration

8:00 am-9:30 am

Plenary Breakfast-Economic Outlook

9:45 am-5:00 pm

Transportation Committee Meeting

9:45 am-11:15 am

Introductory remarks regarding the committee, introductions of new members and state and federal transportation updates from NCSL staff.

Presiding: Senator Betty Karnette, California, Chair

11:30 am-1:00 pm

Teen Licensing (Box lunches)

Teen drivers are more likely to be involved in fatal crashes than the rest of the general driving population. Young drivers' inexperience and risk taking contribute to the high incidence of crashes. Graduated driver licensing (GDL) is a successful approach many states are taking to address youthful risk taking and inexperience, by limiting exposure to high-risk situations and gradually phasing in the driving privilege. Safety experts will discuss the benefits of GDL and what various states have accomplished in lowering the fatal crash rates of teen drivers.

Elizabeth Vermette, AAA, Washington, D.C
Chuck Hurley, National Safety Council, Washington, D.C.
National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, D.C.

1:15 pm -3:15 pm

Tour participants will learn about the Big Dig's goal of making underground highway improvements, while maintaining the central artery above ground for day-to-day transportation needs. In a bustling city like Boston, the Big Dig amounts to one of the largest, most technically difficult and environmentally challenging infrastructure projects ever undertaken in the United States.

3:30 pm-5:00 pm

Transportation Financing. (Joint with Budgets and Revenue Committee) Given the implications of the reauthorization of TEA-21, this session will focus on innovative finance solutions for states and ways for states to partner with private industry to leverage scarce transportation dollars and achieve shared goals.

Moderator: John Massey, Legis. Fiscal Analyst Office, Utah
Kimberly Swain, J.P. Morgan, New York
Mark Bleazard, Legislative Fiscal Analyst Office, Utah

5:15 pm-6:15 pm

NCSL Standing Committees Steering Committee (Committee chairs and vice-chairs)

6:30 pm-8:00 pm

Reception

7:00 am-5:00 pm

Registration

8:45am -10:15 am

Tips for Communicating in a Wired World (Joint Committee Session)

Over the last decade, legislatures have taken advantage of technology to make their proceedings, bills, votes and reports more available to the public. Now with more than half of the American public online, legislators are finding new challenges to communicating with their constituents. This session provides tips for communicating effectively in a fast-paced digital world.

10:30 am-12 noon

Business Meeting

12:15 pm-2:00pm

Plenary Lunch-Dealing with the Media

2:15 pm-4:00 pm

Economic Recovery
Prescription Drugs
Homeland Security

8:00 am-9:00 am

Breakfast

9:00 am-11:30am

Legislative Skills Development Workshop

11:30 am

Meeting Adjourns