SLS 20RS-249 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 64
BY SENATOR MCMATH
ROADS/HIGHWAYS. Names the new I-12 bridge over the Tchefuncte River the Patricia
"Pat" Brister Memorial Bridge. (8/1/20)
1 AN ACT
2 To provide relative to state highways; to designate the bridge over the Tchefuncte River on
3 Interstate 12 in St. Tammany Parish as the "Patricia 'Pat' Brister Memorial Bridge";
4 and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the bridge over the
7 Tchefuncte River on Interstate 12 in St. Tammany Parish is hereby designated as the
8 "Patricia 'Pat' Brister Memorial Bridge".
9 Section 2. The Department of Transportation and Development is hereby directed to
10 erect and maintain appropriate signs of this designation provided local or private monies are
11 received by the department equal to the department's actual costs for material, fabrication,
12 mounting posts, and installation of each sign, not to exceed the sum of five hundred fifty
13 dollars per 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. 64
SLS 20RS-249 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Xavier I. Alexander.
DIGEST
SB 64 Original 2020 Regular Session McMath
Designates the new I-12 bridge over the Tchefuncte River as the "Patricia 'Pat' Brister
Memorial Bridge".
Directs DOTD to erect and maintain signs of this designation 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 $550 per sign.
Effective August 1, 2020.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.