SLS 14RS-10 ORIGINAL
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 206
BY SENATOR JOHN SMITH
LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS. Designates the mayhaw fruit tree as the official state fruit
tree. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 49:160.1, relative to state symbols; to provide for the official state fruit tree;2
and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 49:160.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:5
ยง160.1. State fruit tree6
There shall be an official state fruit tree. The official state fruit tree shall7
be the mayhaw fruit tree. Its use on official documents of the state and with the8
insignia of the state is hereby authorized.9
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ashley E. Menou.
DIGEST
John Smith (SB 206)
Proposed law provides that the mayhaw fruit tree shall be the official state fruit tree and
authorizes its use on official documents of the state and with the insignia of the state.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 49:160.1)