HLS 12RS-1215 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 788
BY REPRESENTATIVE ST. GERMAIN
PROPERTY: Provides relative to the annexation of property by municipalities
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:180(B), relative to annexation; to provide for exclusion of2
certain areas for annexation; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 33:180(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 5
ยง180. Ordinance to annex territory owned by a public body6
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B. No municipality may annex the paved portion of a public road without8
including in such annexation all property adjacent to at least one side of the road, the9
paved portion of which is included in the annexation. At the discretion of the10
Department of Transportation and Development, the paved portion of an interstate11
highway right-of-way may be excluded from the annexation without the annexation12
being considered non-contiguous.13
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not15
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature16
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If17
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become18
effective on the day following such approval. 19 HLS 12RS-1215 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 788
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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)]
St. Germain HB No. 788
Abstract: Provides that at the discretion of DOTD, the paved portion of interstate highway
right-of-way may be excluded from the annexation.
Present law provides that no municipality may annex the paved portion of a public road
without including in such annexation all property adjacent to at least one side of the road,
the paved portion of which is included in the annexation.
Proposed law provides that at the discretion of DOTD, the paved portion of an interstate
highway right-of-way may be excluded from the annexation without the annexation being
considered non-contiguous.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 33:180(B))