HLS 17RS-969 ENGROSSED
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 611
BY REPRESENTATIVE GLOVER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of I-49 North from I-220 to La. Highway 1 as the T.J.
Hawkins, Craig E. Lear, Cooper Road USA Expressway
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 48:1844, relative to interstate highways; to designate a certain portion of
3 Interstate 49 in Shreveport as the T.J. Hawkins, Craig E. Lear, Cooper Road USA
4 Expressway; to provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 48:1844 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §1844. T.J. Hawkins, Craig E. Lear, Cooper Road USA Expressway
8 That portion of Interstate 49 from its intersection with Interstate 220 in
9 Shreveport to its intersection with Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport as the T.J.
10 Hawkins, Craig E. Lear, Cooper Road USA Expressway.
11 Section 2. This Act shall only take effect and become operative if and when the
12portion of Interstate 49 from its intersection with Interstate 220 in Shreveport to its
13intersection with Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport is completed by the Department of
14Transportation and Development or its contractors.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 17RS-969 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 611
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 611 Engrossed 2017 Regular Session Glover
Abstract: Designates a portion of Interstate 49 from its intersection with Interstate 220 in
Shreveport to its intersection with Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport as the T.J.
Hawkins, Craig E. Lear, Cooper Road USA Expressway.
Proposed law designates the portion of I-49 from its intersection with I-220 in Shreveport
to its intersection with La. Hwy. 1 in Shreveport as the T.J. Hawkins, Craig E. Lear, Cooper
Road USA Expressway.
Proposed law makes proposed law contingent upon the completion, by the Dept. of
Transportation and Development, of the section of I-49 identified in proposed law.
(Adds R.S. 44:1844)
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are additions.