GREEN SHEET REDIGEST
HB 442 2016 Regular Session Robert Johnson
(KEYWORD, SUMMARY, AND DIGEST as amended by Senate committee
amendments)
Authorizes the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to rename
the correctional facility at Cottonport, Louisiana, the "Raymond Laborde Correctional
Center".
DIGEST
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 Labored
Correctional Center" in honor of former state representative Raymond Laborde.
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.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Senate and
Governmental Affairs to the engrossed bill
1. Provides for technical changes.
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Prepared by Ashley Menou.