HLS 15RS-1202 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 688
BY REPRESENTATIVE MONTOUCET
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
PLANNING/ZONING-STATE: Provides relative to state planning and development
districts
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 33:140.62(C), relative to regional planning; to provide relative to state
3 planning and development districts; to authorize the governor to designate another
4 entity to represent state planning and development district no. 4; to provide that such
5 entity may be designated as a regional planning commission and a United States
6 Department of Commerce recognized economic development district; and to provide
7 for related matters.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 33:140.62(C) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง140.62. Designation of regions
11 * * *
12 C(1). Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if the
13 entity designated to represent the development district provided for in Paragraph
14 (A)(4) of this Section ceases to exist, the governor may designate another entity to
15 represent such development district. The governor shall designate another entity
16 upon the request of the member parishes of the development district.
17 (2) The entity designated pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection may
18 be designated as a regional planning commission pursuant to R.S. 33:132(C). Any
19 such entity shall also be eligible to be designated as an economic development
20 district by the United States Department of Commerce.
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HB NO. 688
DIGEST
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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 688 Original 2015 Regular Session Montoucet
Abstract: Relative to state planning and development district no. 4, authorizes the governor
to designate another entity to represent the district.
Present law provides that the development districts for the state designated and established
by the governor in Executive Order No. 27 of 1973 are continued as follows:
(1)District #1, composed of the parishes of Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard
and St. Tammany.
(2)District #2, composed of the parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East
Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, Tangipahoa, Washington, West
Baton Rouge, West Feliciana and St. Helena.
(3)District #3, composed of the parishes of Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St.
James, St. John the Baptist and Terrebonne.
(4)District #4, composed of the parishes of Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St.
Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary and Vermilion.
(5)District #5, composed of the parishes of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and
Jefferson Davis.
(6)District #6, composed of the parishes of Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant,
LaSalle, Rapides, Vernon and Winn.
(7)District #7, composed of the parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne,
DeSoto, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine and Webster.
(8)District #8, composed of the parishes of Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson,
Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union and West Carroll.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally authorizes the governor to designate
another entity to represent district no. 4 if the entity that was originally designated to
represent the district cease to exist. Provides that the governor shall make the designation
upon the request of the district's member parishes.
Present law authorizes the member parishes and municipalities of a regional planning
commission to designate the entity that represents a state planning and development district
as its regional planning commission.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that the entity designated to represent district
no. 4 pursuant to proposed law may be designated as a regional planning commission.
Additionally provides that such entity is eligible to be designated as an economic
development district by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce.
(Adds R.S. 33:140.62(C))
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