SLS 16RS-546 ORIGINAL 2016 Regular Session SENATE BILL NO. 463 BY SENATOR BISHOP COURTS. Provides relative to Judicial Building Fund for Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans. (8/1/16) 1 AN ACT 2 To amend and reenact R.S. 13:996.67(D), relative to the judicial building fund for the Civil 3 District Court for the parish of Orleans; to provide relative to conditions and dates 4 for certain activity; and to provide for related matters. 5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: 6 Section 1. R.S. 13:996.67(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7 ยง996.67. Judicial building fund 8 * * * 9 D. If by August 15, 2016 2017, neither public bids have been let for 10 construction nor a lease agreement executed for a privately constructed facility for 11 use as a courthouse, then the authority provided in this Section to levy the additional 12 costs and charges shall terminate and be null and void. Thereafter, no costs or 13 charges authorized in this Section shall be imposed or collected. If the authority to 14 levy such costs and charges terminates as set forth herein, all funds collected and 15 deposited in the separate account as provided in this Section shall be used solely for 16 capital improvements to the facility then housing the Civil District Court for the 17 parish of Orleans. Page 1 of 2 Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 463 SLS 16RS-546 ORIGINAL The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ben Huxen. DIGEST SB 463 Original 2016 Regular Session Bishop Proposed law relative to the judicial building fund for the Orleans Civil District Court extends the present law deadline from August 15, 2016, to August 15, 2017, for public bids to be let for construction and a lease agreement to be executed for a privately constructed facility for use as a courthouse, therefore maintaining the authority to levy the additional costs and charges authorized under present law. Effective August 1, 2016. (Amends R.S. 13:996.67(D)) Page 2 of 2 Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions.