HLS 16RS-1006 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 371
BY REPRESENTATIVE BOUIE
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 former waste sites
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
9 construction of a new school for grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade on
10 land formerly used in the commercial disposal, the commercial storage, or the
11 commercial deposition of sewage sludge, solid waste, or hazardous waste, as defined
12 in the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act, R.S. 30:2001 et seq., or oilfield wastes,
13 as defined in R.S. 30:73. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the repair
14 or ordinary maintenance of an existing school.
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HB NO. 371
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 371 Original 2016 Regular Session Bouie
Abstract: Prohibits the construction of a new pre-K through 12
th
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 construction of
a new school for grades pre-K-12 on land formerly used in the commercial disposal, the
commercial storage, or the commercial 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)
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