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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 49
BY SENATOR LONG
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 38:2324(B) and 2330.2(B) and R.S. 44:23.1(A), relative to the2
Sabine River Authority; to establish the Sabine River Authority as a nonbudget unit3
of the state; to provide with regard to certain records of the Sabine River Authority;4
and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 38:2324(B) and 2330.2(B) are hereby amended and reenacted to read7
as follows:8
§2324. Status; suits; process; exemption from taxation9
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B. (1) The authority shall operate from self-generated revenues and shall11
not be a budget unit of the state. The authority may, however, receive state12
appropriations at any time it is deemed advisable by the legislature, and only13
the expenditure of such appropriated funds shall be subject to budgetary14
controls or authority of the division of administration. The authority shall15
establish its own operating budget for the use of its self-generated revenues or16
unencumbered fund balances subject to majority approval of the board of17
commissioners of the authority. Any budget adopted shall be effective for a18
fiscal year commensurate with that of the state. The budget shall be submitted19
to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget for review and approval.20
(2) The authority It shall not have the power to levy taxes but it may assess21
and collect charges, fees, and rentals for the use of its lands or water bottoms and for22
the construction, installation, maintenance, and operation on such lands or water23
bottoms, or on the surface of any lake or reservoir owned by it or in which it has an24
interest, any wharf, dock, boathouse, pier, marine, shop, store, gasoline dispenser,25
or other commercial establishment. It shall have and possess the authority to sue and26
be sued. All legal process shall be served upon the chairman of the board of27 SB NO. 49 ENROLLED
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commissioners.1
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§2330.2. Sabine River Compact Administration; per diem expenses for Louisiana3
members4
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B. The members of the Sabine River Compact Administration appointed by6
the governor to represent the state as provided by Article VII of the Sabine River7
Compact contained in R.S. 38:2329 shall be entitled to receive a per diem allowance8
of fifty dollars for each day of a meeting of the administration or any of its9
committees actually attended by such member, to be paid out of the funds available10
for the purpose by the Department of Transportation and Development Sabine River11
Authority, on their its own warrant. This per diem allowance shall also include any12
additional days of travel reasonably required to attend the meetings. In addition, such13
members of the administration shall be entitled to be reimbursed for expenses14
actually incurred in attending meetings of the administration or its committees, or in15
the transaction of any business of the administration, when such business has been16
authorized by the Department of Transportation and Development Sabine River17
Authority.18
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Section 2. R.S. 44:23.1(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:20
§23.1. Department of Transportation and Development; Sabine River Authority;21
exception for certain sensitive security information or critical22
infrastructure information23
A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this Section, nothing in24
this Chapter shall be construed to require disclosure of records of the Department of25
Transportation and Development, including without limitation or the Sabine River26
Authority, state of Louisiana, containing sensitive security information or critical27
infrastructure information.28
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Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not30 SB NO. 49 ENROLLED
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signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature1
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If2
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become3
effective on the day following such approval.4
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: