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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 116
BY SENATOR MILLS
HEALTH SERVICES. Provides for the naming of certain human services districts. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 28:912(B)(2) and to enact R.S. 28:912(B)(1)(g) and 915(B)(8),2
relative to human services districts; to provide with respect to the naming of Region3
4; to provide the authority for the naming of human services districts; and to provide4
for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 28:912(B)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.7
28:912(B)(1)(g) and 915(B)(8) are hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
§912. Creation and jurisdiction9
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B. The human services districts shall be:11
(1) The following statutory entities:12
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(g) Acadiana Area Human Services District.14
(2) The following districts created by this Chapter organized by region:15
(a) Region 4 which shall consist of the parishes of Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia,16
Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, and Vermilion.17 SB NO. 116
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(b) (a) Region 5, or any name formally adopted by the district's board,1
which shall consist of the parishes of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and2
Jefferson Davis.3
(c) (b) Region 6, or any name formally adopted by the district's board,4
which shall consist of the parishes of Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant,5
LaSalle, Rapides, Vernon, and Winn.6
(d) (c) Region 7, or any name formally adopted by the district's board,7
which shall consist of the parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto,8
Natchitoches, Sabine, Red River, and Webster.9
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§915. Districts; functions, powers, and duties11
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B. In addition to the functions as provided in Subsection A of this Section,13
the district shall have the following powers and duties:14
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(8) To name the district.16
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not18
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature19
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If20
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become21
effective on the day following such approval.22
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christopher D. Adams.
DIGEST
Present law provides for the Region 4 human services district to include the parishes of
Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, and Vermilion.
Proposed law names the Region 4 human services district, the Acadiana Area Human
Services District.
Proposed law provides a human services district board the authority to name the district. SB NO. 116
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Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 28:912(B)(2); adds R.S. 28:912(B)(1)(g) and 915(B)(8))