The legislative instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP ORT DIGEST
SB 60 2017 Regular Session Walsworth
Keyword and summary of the bill as proposed by the Conference Committee
ROADS/HIGHWAYS. Designates portions of certain state highways in memory of certain persons.
(8/1/17)
Report adopts House amendments to:
Amend the title to designate a portion of LA 557 in the Luna Community of the city of West
Monroe, Louisiana, as the "Justin Levi Beard Memorial Highway".
Report rejects House amendments which would have:
Designated a portion of LA 557 in the Luna Community of West Monroe, Louisiana, in Ouachita
Parish, as the "Justin Levi Beard Memorial Highway".
Changed the language of Section 3 of Reengrossed Senate Bill 60 relative to the department's receipt
of monies for sign costs.
Made technical corrections to the bill.
Report amends the bill to:
Designate a portion of LA 557 in the Luna Community of the city of West Monroe, Louisiana, in
Ouachita Parish, as the "Justin Levi Beard Memorial Highway".
Amend Section 1 of Act No. 23 of the 2010 Regular Session of the Legislature to change the
designation of a portion of Interstate 20 in Ouachita Parish to the "Servicemen Powell, Barnes, and
Deal Memorial Highway".
Make technical corrections.
Digest of the bill as proposed by the Conference Committee
Designates a portion of US 425 in Franklin Parish as the "Trooper Bobby Smith 'Vision of Courage'
Memorial Highway", notwithstanding any other law to the contrary. Designates a portion of US 165 in Ouachita Parish as the "Sterlington Police Officer David Elahi
Memorial Highway".
Designates a portion of LA 557 in the Luna Community of the city of West Monroe, LA, in Ouachita
Parish, as the "Justin Levi Beard Memorial Highway".
Amends Section 1 of Act No. 23 of the 2010 Regular Session of the Legislature to change the
designation of a portion of Interstate 20 in Ouachita Parish to the "Servicemen Powell, Barnes, and
Deal Memorial Highway".
Directs DOTD to erect and maintain signs of these designations, provided local or private monies
are received by the department equal to the department's actual costs for the material, fabrication
cost, mounting posts, and installation required for installation of each sign, not to exceed $550 per
sign.
Effective August 1, 2017.
(Amends Section 1 of Act 23 of the 2010 R.S.)