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2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 611
BY REPRESENTATIVE GLOVER
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 48:1844, relative to interstate highways; to designate a certain portion of
3 Interstate 49 in the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, as the T.J. Hawkins, Craig E. Lear,
4 Cooper Road USA Expressway; to provide an effective date; and to provide for
5 related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 48:1844 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §1844. T.J. Hawkins, Craig E. Lear, Cooper Road USA Expressway
9 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, that portion of Interstate 49
10 from its intersection with Interstate 220 to its intersection with Louisiana Highway
11 1 in the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, shall be known and designated as the "T.J.
12 Hawkins, Craig E. Lear, Cooper Road USA Expressway".
13 Section 2. This Act shall only take effect and become operative if and when the
14 portion of Interstate 49 from its intersection with Interstate 220 to its intersection with
15 Louisiana Highway 1 in the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, is completed by the Department
16 of Transportation and Development or its contractors.
17 Section 3. Upon completion of the designated portion of Interstate 49, the
18 Department of Transportation and Development or its contractors are hereby directed to
19 erect and maintain appropriate signage reflecting this designation, provided local or private
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1 monies are received by the department equal to the department's actual costs for the material,
2 fabrication cost, mounting posts, and installation required for installation of each sign, not
3 to exceed the sum of five hundred fifty dollars per sign.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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