RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
Act 160 (SB 130) 2015 Regular Session Johns
New law authorizes the governing authority of Calcasieu Parish to use a portion of the
monies allocated from the Parish Transportation Fund to perform additional work to include:
(1)Funding or performing landscaping and maintenance improvements along interstate
highway rights-of-way within Calcasieu Parish.
(2)Funding or constructing capacity improvements to state highways within Calcasieu
Parish in accordance with DOTD standards.
New law requires that the additional work shall be performed, provided that the project cost
does not exceed the contract limit as defined by law, and provided that the Calcasieu Parish
governing authority indemnifies the state for any loss or injury arising therefrom.
Effective August 1, 2015.
(Adds R.S. 48:753(G))