HLS 16RS-492 REENGROSSED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 203
BY REPRESENTATIVE LANCE HARRIS
TRANSPORTATION: Provides relative to the Central Louisiana Regional Infrastructure
Beltway Commission
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 48:2154(C)(1)(introductory paragraph) and to enact R.S.
3 48:2154(C)(1)(k), relative to the Central Louisiana Regional Infrastructure Beltway
4 Commission; to provide relative to the membership of the board of directors; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
8 Louisiana.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 48:2154(C)(1)(introductory paragraph) is hereby amended and
11reenacted and R.S. 48:2154(C)(1)(k) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
12 ยง2154. Central Louisiana Regional Infrastructure Beltway Commission; creation;
13 board of directors; meetings; quorum
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15 C.(1) The board shall be composed of fourteen fifteen directors who shall be
16 the governing body of the commission, with full power to promulgate rules and
17 regulations for the maintenance and operation of said the commission as follows:
18 * * *
19 (k) The executive director of the Central Louisiana Regional Port or his
20 designee.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 16RS-492 REENGROSSED
HB NO. 203
1 Section 2. Any provision of the bylaws of the Central Louisiana Regional
2Infrastructure Beltway Commission that is not consistent with the provisions of R.S. 48:2154
3as amended by this Act is hereby declared null and void, including any such provision that
4denies designees the right to vote at commission meetings.
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 203 Reengrossed 2016 Regular Session Lance Harris
Abstract: Provides relative to the membership of the Central La. Regional Infrastructure
Beltway Commission.
Present law creates the Central La. Regional Infrastructure Beltway Commission in Rapides
and Grant parishes to establish and construct a transportation and utility corridor.
Present law provides for the commission to be composed of 14 directors with full power to
promulgate rules and regulations for the maintenance and operation of the commission as
follows:
(1)Mayor from each of the following municipalities: Alexandria, Pineville, Woodworth,
Ball, and Boyce, or their designees.
(2)The chancellor of LSU-A or his designee.
(3)The chancellor of La. College or his designee.
(4)The executive director of England Authority or his designee.
(5)The president of the city council of Alexandria or his designee.
(6)The president of the Rapides Parish Police Jury or his designee.
(7)The highway district engineer administrator for highway district No. 8 of the Dept.
of Transportation and Development.
(8)A member appointed by the Central La. Chamber of Commerce.
(9)The president of the Grant Parish Police Jury or his designee.
(10)The president of the Avoyelles Parish Police Jury or his designee.
Proposed law adds the executive director of the Central La. Regional Port or his designee
to the board of directors; otherwise retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 48:2154(C)(1)(intro. para.); Adds R.S. 48:2154(C)(1)(k))
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