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ACT No. 4
First Extraordinary Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 10
BY REPRESENTATIVE BARROW
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
to take such action by vote of its governing body, that is, the mayor and city council,20
commissioners, mayor and board of aldermen, city parish council, or police jury, as21
the case may be. Said The governing body may make such appropriations as are22
necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Part.23
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§767. Exemptions25
A. None of the provisions of this Part shall apply to or affect in any way any26
municipality or parish with a population of less than five hundred thousand persons27 ENROLLEDHB NO. 10
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except the city of New Orleans and the parishes of Franklin, Tensas, LaSalle,1
Catahoula, Concordia, and Caldwell. None of the provisions of this Part shall apply2
to or affect in any way the Vieux Carre' Section or Vieux Carre' Commission of the3
city of New Orleans as defined by Article XIV, Section 22A of the Constitution of4
Louisiana of 1921, nor shall the limitation of one historic preservation district5
commission as set forth in R.S. 25:756(1) apply in governmental units with a6
population in excess of four hundred thousand persons to the city of New Orleans.7
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§1253. Commission; appointment, term, and related matters9
A.(1) The commission shall be comprised of twenty-nine members who shall10
reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity of the population of the state and be11
geographically representative of the regions included in the River Road parishes as12
defined in R.S. 25:1251(2) and shall be appointed as follows:13
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(r) One representative of a parish having a population of at least four15
hundred fifty thousand and not more than four hundred eighty thousand persons16
according to the latest federal decennial census Jefferson Parish, appointed by the17
governor.18
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: