SLS 16RS-1053 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 459
BY SENATOR LAFLEUR
SPECIAL DISTRICTS. Provides for powers and duties of certain parishwide solid waste
disposal districts. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To provide relative to parishwide solid waste disposal districts; to provide for the powers
3 and duties of the district including the power to tax and to dedicate and rededicate
4 tax proceeds; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Definitions. As used in this Act, "district" means a parishwide solid waste
7 disposal district created by an Act of the legislature and designated as a Solid Waste
8 Disposal District which is situated in a parish governed by a home rule charter and with a
9 population of between twenty-five thousand and fifty thousand persons according to the
10 latest federal decennial census.
11 Section 2. Powers and duties. The governing authority of a district, in addition to
12 the other powers and duties provided by law, shall have the power and duty to provide for
13 road maintenance and construction within the district.
14 Section 3. Rededication of tax proceeds. The district, through its governing
15 authority, shall have the power to redirect the proceeds of a tax levied, collected, and used
16 as authorized according to law provided that the district shall not propose to redirect the tax
17 proceeds until the parish governing authority has approved the calling of an election for that
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 459
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1 purpose, the district has obtained the consent and approval of the State Bond Commission
2 pursuant to R.S. 39:1410.61, and the qualified electors of the district have approved the
3 proposition at an election called for that purpose, all according to law.
4 Section 4. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
5 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
6 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
7 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
8 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SB 459 Original 2016 Regular Session LaFleur
Proposed law applies to parishwide solid waste disposal districts created by an Act of the
legislature and designated as a Solid Waste Disposal District situated in a parish governed
by home rule charter and with a population of between 25,000 and 50,000 persons according
to the latest federal decennial census.
Provides that the governing authority of a district, in addition to the other powers and duties
provided by law, shall have the power and duty to provide for road maintenance and
construction within the district.
Provides that the district, through its governing authority, may redirect the proceeds of a tax
levied, collected, and used by the district as authorized according to law, if the parish
governing authority approves the calling of an election for that purpose, the district obtains
the consent and approval of the State Bond Commission pursuant to R.S. 39:1410.61, and
the qualified electors of the district approve the proposition at an election called for that
purpose, all according to law.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.