ENROLLED
ACT No. 49
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 442
BY REPRESENTATIVES ROBERT JOHNSON, ABRAMSON, ADAMS, ARMES,
BARRAS, BERTHELOT, BILLIOT, BOUIE, BROADWATER, TERRY BROWN,
STEVE CARTER, CHANEY, COX, DAVIS, DWIGHT, FRANKLIN, LANCE
HARRIS, HAVARD, HAZEL, HORTON, HOWARD, JACKSON, NANCY
LANDRY, LEBAS, LOPINTO, GREGORY MILLER, MONTOUCET, MORENO,
NORTON, PIERRE, PUGH, PYLANT, REYNOLDS, RICHARD, SIMON,
STOKES, THIBAUT, WILLMOTT, AND ZERINGUE AND SENATORS ALARIO
AND THOMPSON
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 42:267 or any other provision of
7 law to the contrary, the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections may
8 designate and rename the correctional facility at Cottonport, Louisiana, as the "Raymond
9 Laborde 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
11 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
12 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
13 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
14 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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