Pugh (HB 584) Act No. 248
Existing 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.
New law authorizes the governing authority of Tangipahoa Parish to name the tourist
information center building owned by the Tangipahoa Parish Convention and Visitors
Bureau in honor of Betty Stewart.
Effective Aug. 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 33:4712.16)