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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 482
BY SENATOR LAFLEUR
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 48:601(A), to enact R.S. 48:601(E) and (F), and to repeal2
R.S. 48:601(D)(2)(c), relative to St. Landry Parish; to provide for the3
absorption of parish road districts upon creation of a new parishwide road4
district; to require the creation of certain drainage districts; and to provide for5
related matters.6
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been7
published.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 48:601(A) is hereby amended and reenacted, and R.S.10
48:601(E) and (F) are hereby enacted to read as follows: 11
ยง601. St. Landry Parish Road District12
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, specifically13
R.S. 48:573 and R.S. 48:590, the governing authority of St. Landry Parish is14
hereby authorized to establish a road district, and such district shall become15
effective upon approval by a majority of the registered voters of St.16
Landry Parish voting on the proposition at an election held for that17
purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. which The18
district shall be comprised of St. Landry Parish in its entirety.19
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E.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon21 SB NO. 482 ENROLLED
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the district becoming effective, the parish road districts created pursuant1
to R.S. 48:600, 600.1, 600.2, 600.3 and 600.4 shall be absorbed into the2
district and shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.3
(2) The district shall be the successor to any district absorbed4
pursuant to this Subsection. All unfinished business, documents, liens5
against property for unpaid taxes, money, movable, and immovable6
property, and books and records of the absorbed road districts shall be7
transferred to and become the responsibility and property of the district.8
Any legal proceeding to which the district is a party and which is filed,9
initiated, or pending before any court on the effective date of abolition10
and all documents involved in or affected by said legal proceeding shall11
retain their effectiveness and shall be continued in the name of the12
district. All obligations of the absorbed districts shall become the13
obligations of the St. Landry Parish Road District.14
(3) Until such time as the district proposes a parish wide tax and15
it is approved by voters as provided in Subsection D, the district shall16
continue to levy the ad valorem and sales taxes authorized by the17
electorate of each former district, and the revenues generated in each18
former district must be utilized for benefit of that former district.19
F. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,20
upon the district becoming effective, the parish governing authority shall21
create drainage districts having boundaries coterminous with the22
boundaries of the road districts being absorbed. Such drainage districts23
shall have all the powers provided by law to construct, acquire, operate24
and maintain drainage facilities in their respective districts.25
Section 2. R.S. 48:601(D)(2)(c)is hereby repealed.26
Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon the first date to occur among27
the following: (1) the signature of the governor or, if not signed by the governor,28
upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature by the29
governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana, or30 SB NO. 482 ENROLLED
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(2) if vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act1
shall become effective on the day following such action, or (3) July 1, 2010.2
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: