HLS 16RS-1001 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 561
BY REPRESENTATIVE PUGH
DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to membership in the Zachary Taylor Parkway
District and Commission
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 48:1801(3) and 1804(A), relative to the Zachary Taylor Parkway
3 District; to provide relative to membership in the district and on the commission; and
4 to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 48:1801(3) and 1804(A) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
7as follows:
8 §1801. Definitions
9 For purposes of this Chapter, the following words have the meanings ascribed
10 to them by this Section, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
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12 (3) "District" means the Zachary Taylor Parkway District, which is
13 comprised of the parishes of Avoyelles, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St.
14 Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington, and West Feliciana. , and of that portion of the
15 parish of Tangipahoa which lies north of Louisiana Highway 40.
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17 §1804. Creation of district and commission; powers
18 A. There is hereby created the Zachary Taylor Parkway District, subject to
19 the conditions hereinafter set forth, which shall be a body politic and corporate and
20 a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana comprising all of the territory within
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HB NO. 561
1 the geographical boundaries of the parishes of Avoyelles, East Feliciana, Pointe
2 Coupee, Rapides, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington, and West Feliciana. ,
3 together with all of the territory within the geographical boundaries of the parish of
4 Tangipahoa that lies north of Louisiana Highway 40.
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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 561 Original 2016 Regular Session Pugh
Abstract: Includes the entirety of Tangipahoa Parish in the Zachary Taylor Parkway
District.
Present law creates the Zachary Taylor Parkway District and commission composed of the
parishes of Avoyelles, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Helena, Washington, and
West Feliciana, together with that portion of Tangipahoa Parish that lies north of LA
Highway 40.
Proposed law includes the entirety of Tangipahoa Parish.
(Amends R.S. 48:1801(3) and 1804(A))
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