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First Extraordinary Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 10
BY REPRESENTATIVE BARROW
CENSUS: Provides relative to provisions in Title 25 which are limited in applicability to
political subdivisions or local areas meeting specified population characteristics
(Item #8)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 25:752, 767(A), and 1253(A)(1)(r), relative to provisions of Title2
25 (Libraries, Museums, and other Scientific and Cultural Facilities) of the Louisiana3
Revised Statutes of 1950 which are limited in applicability to certain political4
subdivisions or local areas based upon population classifications; to specify5
applicability to one or more political subdivisions or local areas; and to provide for6
related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 25:752, 767(A), and 1253(A)(1)(r) are hereby amended and9
reenacted to read as follows:10
§752. Authorization for historic district and landmarks commissions 11
Any municipality, incorporated town, lake commission, parish, parish council12
or similar governmental unit with a population in excess of five hundred thousand13
and The governing body of the city of New Orleans and the parishes of Franklin,14
Tensas, LaSalle, Catahoula, Concordia, and Caldwell, which city and parishes shall15
be designated as "governmental unit" hereinafter in this Part, may establish within16
its borders an the borders of the city or parish a historic preservation district17
commission and/or or a landmarks commission or a combination of the two to18
promote the educational, cultural, economic, and general welfare of the public and19 HLS 111ES-25 ENGROSSED
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to take such action by vote of its governing body, that is, the mayor and city council,1
commissioners, mayor and board of aldermen, city parish council, or police jury, as2
the case may be. Said The governing body may make such appropriations as are3
necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Part.4
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§767. Exemptions6
A. None of the provisions of this Part shall apply to or affect in any7
way any municipality or parish with a population of less than five hundred8
thousand persons except the city of New Orleans and the parishes of9
Franklin, Tensas, LaSalle, Catahoula, Concordia, and Caldwell. None of the10
provisions of this Part shall apply to or affect in any way the Vieux Carre'11
Section or Vieux Carre' Commission of the city of New Orleans as defined12
by Article XIV, Section 22A of the Constitution of Louisiana of 1921, nor13
shall the limitation of one historic preservation district commission as set14
forth in R.S. 25:756(1) apply in governmental units with a population in15
excess of four hundred thousand persons to the city of New Orleans.16
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§1253. Commission; appointment, term, and related matters18
A.(1) The commission shall be comprised of twenty-nine members who shall19
reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity of the population of the state and be20
geographically representative of the regions included in the River Road parishes as21
defined in R.S. 25:1251(2) and shall be appointed as follows:22
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(r) One representative of a parish having a population of at least four24
hundred fifty thousand and not more than four hundred eighty thousand persons25
according to the latest federal decennial census Jefferson Parish, appointed by the26
governor.27
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Barrow HB No. 10
Abstract: Updates applicability of provisions in Title 25 as a result of the 2010 census.
Proposed law, contained in Title 25 (Libraries, Museums, and other Scientific and Cultural
Facilities) of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, legislates with regard to classifications
of parishes, municipalities, or other political subdivisions or local areas according to
population by limiting applicability to one or more political subdivisions or local areas, as
follows:
CITATION/
TOPIC
EXISTING LAW AFFECTED
LOCATIONS
PROPOSED
LAW
R.S. 25:752 -
Authorization to
establish a historic
district or landmarks
commission
Municipality,
incorporated town, lake
commission, parish,
parish council, or similar
governmental unit with a
population of 500,000+
City of New
Orleans (1970,
1980 census)
City of New
Orleans
R.S. 25:767(A) -
Exemption from
limitation on creation of
historic preservation
districts
Municipality,
incorporated town, lake
commission, parish,
parish council, or similar
governmental unit with a
population of 400,000+
City of New
Orleans (1990,
2000 census)
City of New
Orleans
R.S. 25:1253(A)(1)(r) -
Residency requirement
of a member of the
Mississippi River Road
Commission
Parish having a
population of 450,000 -
480,000 persons
Jefferson
Parish (2000
census)
Jefferson
Parish
(Amends R.S. 25:752, 767(A), and 1253(A)(1)(r))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Municipal, Parochial
and Cultural Affairs to the original bill.
1. Adds provision relative to exemption from limitation on creation of
historic preservation districts.