HLS 16RS-2123 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1113
BY REPRESENTATIVE FRANKLIN
TRANSPORTATION: Authorizes the Department of Transportation and Development to
erect signs along a state highway where a church is located indicating parking is
permitted during worship service
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 48:277, relative to erecting signs indicating the location of
3 churches; to erect signs indicating parking is permitted during worship; to provide
4 for points for location, size, and design of such signs; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 48:277 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง277. Signs in advance of driveways for churches
9 A. The department may erect signs indicating the location of churches
10 located along state highways. The points for location of such signs shall be
11 determined by the traffic engineer of the highway district in which the church is
12 located. The signs shall conform to a standard size and design prepared by the
13 department.
14 B. Along a state highway where a church is located, the department may
15 erect signs indicating parking is permitted during worship service. The points for
16 location, size, and design of such signs shall be determined in accordance with
17 Subsection A of this Section.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 16RS-2123 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 1113
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 1113 Original 2016 Regular Session Franklin
Abstract: Authorizes the Dept. of Transportation and Development to erect signs indicating
parking is permitted during worship service along a state highway where a church
is located. Provides for determination of points for location, size, and design of such
signs.
Present law authorizes the department to erect signs indicating the location of churches
located along state highways.
Present law provides that the points for location of such signs will be determined by the
traffic engineer of the highway district in which the church is located. Provides that the
signs shall conform to a standard size and design prepared by the department.
Proposed law retains present law and authorizes the department to erect signs along state
highways where a church is located indicating that parking is permitted during worship
service.
(Amends R.S. 48:277)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.