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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 352
BY REPRESENTATIVE BROSSETT
ADMINISTRATION DIVISION: Requires the state to provide free assistance to local law
enforcement agencies for the transfer of surplus equipment and supplies through the
Department of Defense Excess Property Program (1033 Program)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 39:330.4, relative to property control; to require the state to provide free2
assistance to local law enforcement agencies for the transfer of surplus equipment3
and supplies from the Department of Defense through the Department of Defense4
Excess Property Program; to prohibit the state from charging local law enforcement5
agencies for state costs for such program; to require the Louisiana Federal Property6
Assistance Agency to cease imposing or collecting service charges for property7
requisitioned through such program; to provide for an effective date; and to provide8
for related matters.9
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:10
Section 1. R.S. 39:330.4 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 11
ยง330.4. Transfer of excess military property to local law enforcement agencies12
The state, through a designated state coordinator of the federal Law13
Enforcement Support Office (LESO) 1033 Program, shall provide free assistance to14
local law enforcement agencies for the transfer of surplus equipment and supplies15
from the United States Department of Defense through the Department of Defense16
Excess Property Program (1033 Program). The state shall not charge local law17
enforcement agencies for the state's cost to support such program or the state's cost18
to maintain federal compliance. The Louisiana Federal Property Assistance Agency19 HLS 14RS-600 ORIGINAL
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shall cease imposing or collecting any service charges for property requisitioned1
through such program.2
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not3
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature4
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If5
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become6
effective on the day following such approval.7
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)]
Brossett HB No. 352
Abstract: Requires the state to provide free assistance to local law enforcement agencies
acquiring surplus property through the Dept. of Defense Excess Property Program
(1033 Program). Requires the La. Federal Property Assistance Agency to cease
imposing or collecting service charges for property requisitioned through the
program.
Present federal law authorizes the U.S. Secretary of Defense to provide surplus equipment
and supplies to state and local law enforcement agencies. The 1033 Program requires local
law enforcement agencies to apply for such equipment through a state point of contact. In
Louisiana, the state point of contact is the division of administration, La. Federal Property
Assistance Agency.
Proposed law requires the state, through a designated state coordinator of the federal Law
Enforcement Support Office (LESO) 1033 Program, to provide free assistance to local law
enforcement agencies for the transfer of surplus equipment and supplies from the U.S. Dept.
of Defense through the Dept. of Defense Excess Property Program (1033 Program).
Proposed law prohibits the state from charging local law enforcement agencies for the state's
cost to support the program or the state's cost to maintain federal compliance. Further
requires that the La. Federal Property Assistance Agency to cease imposing or collecting
service charges for property requisitioned through the program.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 39:330.4)