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Pugh HB No. 584
Abstract: Authorizes the governing authority of the parish of Tangipahoa to name the
Tangipahoa Parish Convention and Visitors Bureau building in honor of Betty Stewart.
Present law provides that no public building, public bridge, public park, public fish or game
preserve, or public wildlife refuge owned by the state or by any political subdivision of the state
or by any institution receiving its support in whole or in part from the state shall be named in
honor of any living person, except as authorized or provided by law.
Proposed law retains present law and authorizes the governing authority of the parish of
Tangipahoa to name the tourist information center building owned by the Tangipahoa Parish
Convention and Visitors Bureau in honor of Betty Stewart.
(Adds R.S. 33:4712.16)