SLS 19RS-36 ENGROSSED
2019 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 134
BY SENATOR BISHOP
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
ROADS/HIGHWAYS. Provides for addition of "Home of the Who Dat Nation Highway"
signs on Interstate 10 in Louisiana. (8/1/19)
1 AN ACT
2 To provide relative to state highways; to provide for the addition and erection of certain
3 signs on the Louisiana welcome signs on Interstate 10 at the Texas and Mississippi
4 State Lines; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. The department shall add "Home of the Who Dat Nation" signs to the
7 Louisiana welcome signs on Interstate 10 in Louisiana at the Texas and Mississippi State
8 Lines and in downtown New Orleans at the exit to the Superdome.
9 Section 2. The Department of Transportation and Development is hereby directed
10 to erect and maintain appropriate signs provided local or private monies are received by the
11 department equal to the department's actual costs for material, fabrication, mounting posts,
12 and installation of each sign, not to exceed the sum of one thousand one hundred dollars per
13 sign.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 134
SLS 19RS-36 ENGROSSED
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
SB 134 Engrossed 2019 Regular Session Bishop
Requires DOTD to add "Home of the Who Dat Nation" signs to Louisiana welcome signs
on Interstate 10 in Louisiana at the Texas and Mississippi State Lines and in downtown New
Orleans at the exit to the Superdome.
Directs DOTD to erect and maintain signs provided local or private monies are received by
the department equal to the department's actual costs for material, fabrication, mounting
posts, and installation of each sign, not to exceed $1,100 per sign.
Effective August 1, 2019.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Transportation,
Highways, and Public Works to the original bill
1. Removes designation of I-10 in Louisiana from the Mississippi State Line to
the Texas State Line as the "Who Dat Nation Highway".
2. Requires DOTD to add "Home of the Who Dat Nation" signs to Louisiana
welcome signs on Interstate 10 in Louisiana at the Texas and Mississippi
State Lines and in downtown New Orleans at the exit to the Superdome.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.