Rall, Jaime, Jim B. Reed, Nicholas J. Farber. 2010. Public-private Partnerships for Transportation: A Toolkit for Legislators. National Conference of State Legislatures.
http://www.ncsl.org/documents/transportation/PPPTOOLKIT.pdf
1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................1
2. NCSL Partners Project on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) for Transportation ...................................................2
3. What Are PPPs? Definitions and Key Characteristics..............................................................................................3
Definitions .......................................................................................................................................................3
The Range of PPP Approaches: The Mission, the Method and the Money.......................................................3
A Note on Brownfield Long-Term Lease Concessions.......................................................................................7
PPP Project Participants ...................................................................................................................................8
4. Framing the Debate: Potential PPP-Related Benefits, Concerns and Controversies.................................................9
Potential Benefits..............................................................................................................................................9
Potential Concerns and Controversies ............................................................................................................11
5. State-Federal Relations and Federal Government Roles in the PPP Process...........................................................14
6. State Government Roles in the PPP Process ......................................................................................................15
The State Legislative Role in PPPs..................................................................................................................15
The State Executive Role in PPPs ...................................................................................................................19
Shared State Legislative and Executive Roles in PPPs......................................................................................20
7. Principles for State Legislators ..........................................................................................................................21
Principle 1: Be informed.................................................................................................................................22
Principle 2: Separate the debates.....................................................................................................................24
Principle 3: Consider the public interest for all stakeholders...........................................................................25
Principle 4: Involve and educate stakeholders .................................................................................................26
Principle 5: Take a long-term perspective........................................................................................................27
Principle 6: Let the transportation program drive PPP projects—not the other way around ...........................28
Principle 7: Support comprehensive project analyses.......................................................................................29
Principle 8: Be clear about the financial issues ................................................................................................31
Principle 9: Set good ground rules for bidding and negotiations.....................................................................32