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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)