HLS 15RS-659 REENGROSSED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 180
BY REPRESENTATIVES BOUIE, ARMES, ARNOLD, BADON, BARROW, BILLIOT,
WESLEY BISHOP, TIM BURNS, BURRELL, COX, EDWARDS, GAINES,
GISCLAIR, GUILLORY, HALL, HARRISON, HONORE, HUNTER, JACKSON,
JAMES, JEFFERSON, JONES, TERRY LANDRY, LEBAS, LEOPOLD,
LORUSSO, NORTON, OURSO, PIERRE, PRICE, REYNOLDS, RICHARD,
RITCHIE, SHADOIN, SMITH, ST. GERMAIN, THIERRY, ALFRED WILLIAMS,
WILLMOTT, AND WOODRUFF
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
PUBLIC FACILITIES: Prohibits the construction of schools on former waste sites
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 17:173, relative to the construction of schools; to prohibit the construction of
3 certain schools on certain former waste sites; and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 17:173 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 ยง173. Construction of schools on waste sites prohibited
7 The governing authority of any public school or school in a special school
8 district in the state shall not approve, authorize, or implement a plan for the new
9 construction of a school for grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade on land
10 formerly used in the disposal, storage, or deposition of sewage sludge, solid waste,
11 or hazardous waste, as defined in the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act, R.S.
12 30:2001 et seq., or "oilfield wastes", as defined in R.S. 30:73. The provisions of this
13 Section shall not apply to the repair or ordinary maintenance of an existing school.
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are additions. HLS 15RS-659 REENGROSSED
HB NO. 180
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 180 Reengrossed 2015 Regular Session Bouie
Abstract: Prohibits the new construction of any pre-K through 12th grade school on
property formerly used as a waste site.
Proposed law prohibits the governing authority of any public school or school in a special
school district from approving, authorizing, or implementing a plan for the new construction
of a school for grades pre-K-12 on land formerly used in the disposal, storage, or deposition
of sewage sludge, solid waste, hazardous waste, or oilfield waste.
Proposed law provides that proposed law shall not apply to the repair and ordinary
maintenance of an existing school.
(Adds R.S. 17:173)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Add that proposed law applies to new construction and shall not apply to the
repair and ordinary maintenance of an existing school.
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