HLS 19RS-657 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 236
BY REPRESENTATIVE BILLIOT
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS: Authorizes certain parishes to name a sports complex
in honor of a living person
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 33:4712.20, relative to naming public buildings; to authorize governing
3 authority of certain parishes to name certain buildings after living persons; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 33:4712.20 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง4712.20. Naming of sports complex by governing authority of certain parishes
8 Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the governing
9 authority of a parish with a population of not less than three hundred fifty thousand
10 persons and not more than four hundred thirty-five thousand persons according to the
11 most recent federal decennial census may name a sports complex in honor of a living
12 person.
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 236 Original 2019 Regular Session Billiot
Abstract: Authorizes a parish governing authority in a parish with a population between
350,000 and 435,000 persons to name a sports complex in honor of a living person.
Present law provides that, except as otherwise provided by law, no public building owned
by the state or by any political subdivision of the state or by any institution receiving its
support in whole or in part from the state shall be named in honor of any living person.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 19RS-657 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 236
Proposed law retains present law and authorizes the governing authority of a parish with a
population of not less than 350,000 persons and not more than 435,000 persons to name a
sports complex in honor of a living person.
(Adds R.S. 33:4712.20)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.