SLS 20RS-895 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 503
BY SENATOR WHITE
APPROPRIATIONS. Suspends deadline for withdrawing appropriations from preceding
fiscal year from state treasury. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 39:82.2, relative to appropriations; to provide relative to the deadline to
3 withdraw appropriations from the preceding year against which bona fide liabilities
4 existed as of the last day of the fiscal year; to provide for the suspension of laws;
5 and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 39:82.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง82.2. Suspension of laws; appropriations
9 The provisions of R.S. 39:82 which establish a deadline to withdraw
10 appropriations from the preceding year against which bona fide liabilities
11 existed as of the last day of the fiscal year are hereby suspended until the
12 sixtieth day after final adjournment of the 2021 Regular Session of the
13 Legislature of Louisiana.
14 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
15 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
16 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
17 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
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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. 503
SLS 20RS-895 ORIGINAL
1 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ridge.
DIGEST
SB 503 Original 2020 Regular Session White
Proposed law suspends the provisions of R.S. 39:82 which establish a 45-day deadline to
withdraw appropriations from the preceding year against which bona fide liabilities existed
as of the last day of the fiscal year until the 60
th
day after final adjournment of the 2021 R.S.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 39:82.2)
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