HLS 20RS-349 ENGROSSED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 97
BY REPRESENTATIVE LACOMBE
CAPITAL OUTLAY: Removes certain limitations on the exemption from local match
requirements for certain rural water system projects
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 39:112(E)(2)(c), relative to capital outlay; to provide with
3 respect to local match requirements for projects by non-state entities; to provide for
4 certain limitations; to provide for applicability; to provide for an effective date; and
5 to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 39:112(E)(2)(c) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง112. Capital outlay act
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10 E.
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12 (2) Non-state entity projects shall require a match of not less than twenty-
13 five percent of the total requested amount of funding except:
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15 (c) A project for a rural water system servicing less than one thousand two
16 hundred and fifty customers to extend or connect waterlines to other water systems.
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18 Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall be applicable to the funding of all projects
19included in the capital outlay budget for fiscal years commencing on and after July 1, 2020.
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1 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
2signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
3by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
4vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
5effective on the day following such approval.
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 97 Engrossed 2020 Regular Session LaCombe
Abstract: Removes the limitation that a project must extend or connect waterlines to other
water systems and increases the number of customers a rural water system may
service in order to be exempt from the local match requirement in the capital outlay
program.
Present law requires the governor to submit his capital outlay budget which implements the
first year of the five-year capital outlay program and the bond authorization bill for the sale
of bonds to fund projects included in the bond portion of the capital outlay bill to the
legislature no later than the eighth day of each regular session.
Present law requires nonstate entities applying for capital outlay funding to provide a match
of not less than 25% of the total requested funding amount with the following exceptions:
(1)Projects deemed to be an emergency by the commissioner.
(2)Projects for which a nonstate entity has demonstrated its inability to provide a local
match.
(3)Projects for rural water systems servicing less than 1,000 customers to extend or
connect waterlines to other water systems.
Proposed law removes the limitation that in order for a rural water system project to be
exempt from its local match requirement, the project must extend or connect waterlines to
other water systems and increases the number of customers a rural water system may service
from 1,000 to 1,250 in order to be eligible for the local match requirement.
Applicable to the funding of all nonstate entity projects included in the capital outlay budget
for fiscal years commencing on and after July 1, 2020.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 39:112(E)(2)(c))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Ways and Means to the
original bill:
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1. Increase the number of customers a rural water system may service from 1,000
to 1,250 in order to be exempt from the local match requirement.
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