HLS 15RS-253 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 110
BY REPRESENTATIVE WHITNEY
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Repeals provisions for the South Louisiana Wetlands
Discovery Center Commission
1 AN ACT
2To repeal R.S. 25:1311 through 1316, relative to the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery
3 Center; to repeal provisions for the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center and
4 its commission.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
6 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
7 Louisiana.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 25:1311 through 1316 are hereby repealed in their entirety.
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)]
HB 110 Original 2015 Regular Session Whitney
Abstract: Abolishes the South La. Wetlands Discovery Center Commission.
Present law creates the South La. Wetlands Discovery Center as a tourist center to be located
in Terrebonne Parish and creates the South La. Wetlands Discovery Center Commission in
the parish.
Present law provides that the commission consists of:
(1)Three members appointed by the Terrebonne Parish Council from six names
submitted by Friends of South La. Wetlands Discovery Center Foundation.
(2)One member appointed by the Terrebonne Parish president.
(3)One member appointed by the senator elected to represent the 20th senatorial district
from two names submitted by Nicholls State University.
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(4)One member appointed by the senator elected to represent the 21st senatorial district
from two names submitted by L.E. Fletcher Community College.
(5)One member appointed by the representative elected to represent the 51st
representative district from two names submitted by the Barataria-Terrebonne
National Estuary Program.
(6)One member appointed by the representative elected to represent the 52nd
representative district from two names submitted by the Terrebonne Levee Board.
(7)One member appointed by the representative elected to represent the 53rd
representative district from two names submitted by the Houma Area Convention
and Visitors Bureau.
Present law authorizes the commission to:
(1)Seek and expend funds from any source, public or private, to support programs of
the center.
(2)Authorize reports and recommendations which include the issuance, publication, or
distribution of general information documents or pamphlets.
(3)Acquire and use any property necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes
of present law and sell, lease as lessor, transfer, and dispose of any such property.
(4)Acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise construct, develop, maintain, and operate
the center.
Proposed law repeals present law in its entirety.
(Repeals R.S. 25:1311 - 1316)
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