HLS 17RS-981 ENGROSSED
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 299
BY REPRESENTATIVE COUSSAN
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
TECHNOLOGY: Provides relative to the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise
Commission
1 AN ACT
2To repeal Chapter 31 of Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of
3 R.S. 51:2101 and 2102, relative to the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise;
4 to dissolve the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise Commission; to
5 transfer the ownership of certain property; to provide for certain authority; and to
6 provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. Chapter 31 of Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,
9comprised of R.S. 51:2101 and 2102, is hereby repealed in its entirety.
10 Section 2. Ownership of all property of the Louisiana Immersive Technologies
11Enterprise Commission, movable or immovable, corporeal or incorporeal, shall be
12transferred to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
13 Section 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, including but
14not limited to Titles 17, 39, and 41 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Board of
15Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, acting through the President of the
16University of Louisiana at Lafayette, has the authority to grant leases of any portion of the
17Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise building to public or private lessees without
18the necessity of advertisement or bid.
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HB NO. 299
DIGEST
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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 299 Engrossed 2017 Regular Session Coussan
Abstract: Dissolves the La. Immersive Technologies Enterprise Commission and provides
for the transfer of ownership and authority regarding its property.
Present law establishes the La. Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) and creates the
La. Immersive Technologies Enterprise Commission (commission). Present law provides
for the authority, powers, duties, and functions of the commission.
Proposed law deletes present law effectively dissolving the commission.
Proposed law provides that ownership of all property of the commission, movable or
immovable, corporeal or incorporeal, shall be transferred to the Univ. of La. at Lafayette.
Proposed law provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
including but not limited to present law (Titles 17, 39, and 41 of the La. Revised Statutes of
1950), the Bd. of Supervisors for the Univ. of La. System, acting through the President of
the Univ. of La. at Lafayette, has the authority to grant leases of any portion of the LITE
building to public or private lessees without the necessity of advertisement or bid.
(Repeals R.S. 51:2101 and 2102)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Commerce to the
original bill:
1. Provide that ownership of all property of the commission, movable or
immovable, corporeal or incorporeal, shall be transferred to the Univ. of La. at
Lafayette, in general, rather than to a particular office of that university.
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