HLS 16RS-35 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 442
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT JOHNSON
PUBLIC BLDGS/GROUNDS-ST: Authorizes the secretary of the Department of Public
Safety and Corrections to rename the correctional facility at Cottonport, Louisiana,
the "Raymond LaBorde Correctional Center"
1 AN ACT
2To authorize the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to rename the
3 correctional facility located at Cottonport, Louisiana, as the Raymond LaBorde
4 Correctional Center; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 42:267 or any other provision of
7law to the contrary, the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections may
8designate and rename the correctional facility at Cottonport, Louisiana, as the "Raymond
9LaBorde Correctional Center" in honor of former state representative Raymond LaBorde.
10 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
11signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
12by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
13vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
14effective on the day following such approval.
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 442 Original 2016 Regular Session Robert Johnson
Abstract: Authorizes the secretary of the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to rename
the correctional facility at Cottonport, La., in honor of former state representative
Raymond LaBorde.
Proposed law authorizes the secretary of the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections,
notwithstanding the provisions of present law (R.S. 42:267) or any other provision of law
to the contrary, to rename the correctional facility at Cottonport, La., as the "Raymond
LaBorde Correctional Center" in honor of former state representative Raymond LaBorde.
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HB NO. 442
Present law (R.S. 42:267) provides that no public building, public bridge, public park, public
fish or game preserve, or public wildlife refuge owned by the state or by any political
subdivision of the state or by any institution receiving its support in whole or in part from
the state shall be named in honor of any living person except as authorized or provided by
law.
Proposed law retains present law.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
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