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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 91
BY SENATOR BROWN
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 39:112(C)(2) and to enact R.S. 39:112(C)(1)(d), relative to2
capital outlay; to provide for the submission of capital outlay budget requests for3
certain projects resulting from a national or state declared disaster; to provide for4
definitions; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 39:112(C)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.7
39:112(C)(1)(d) is hereby enacted to read as follows:8
ยง112. Capital outlay act9
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C.(1) Capital outlay budget requests submitted after November first may be11
included within the capital outlay act if the capital outlay budget request meets all12
of the applicable requirements as provided in R.S. 39:101 and 102 except for time13
of submission and if any of the following conditions have been met:14
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(d) The project is located in a designated disaster area and there is a16
public need for the project because of a national or state declared disaster, and17
the project has been approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital18
Outlay, which approval may occur after the first day of February and which19
project may have a total project cost of one million dollars or more.20
(2) For purposes of this Section, "economic development" means the21
following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly22
indicates otherwise:23
(a) "Designated disaster area" means the actual affected geographical24
area or parish or parishes as designated in an executive order or proclamation25
of the governor or a parish president pursuant to the Louisiana Homeland26
Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act.27
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(b) "Economic development" means:1
(a)(i) Improvements on public or government-owned property for the2
purposes of attracting or retaining a specific new or existing manufacturing or3
business operation that benefits Louisiana.4
(b)(ii) Facilities or improvements on public or government-owned property5
that generate new, permanent employment or which help retain existing employment.6
(c)(iii) Facilities or infrastructure improvements on public or government-7
owned property necessary for the manufacturing plant or business to operate.8
(d) (c) For purposes of this Subsection, "emergency" "Emergency" means9
essential to alleviate conditions that are hazardous to life, health or property, and10
court mandates.11
(d) "Public need" means a capital outlay budget request which occurs12
within twelve months of the executive order or proclamation of the governor or13
a parish president for a project that stabilizes a disaster designated area.14
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2014; if vetoed by the governor16
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,17
2014, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.18
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: