2020 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 80
BY SENATOR CARTER AND REPRESENTATIVES BRYANT, BUTLER,
CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, WILFORD CARTER, COX,
FARNUM, HUGHES, TRAVIS JOHNSON, LARVADAIN,
MARCELLE, MCFARLAND, MINCEY, PIERRE, SELDERS,
THOMAS, WHITE AND WILLARD
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 44:3.1 and 4(40) and to enact R.S. 17:410.1 and R.S.
3 44:1(A)(2)(c), relative to public school buildings and facilities; to exempt from
4 public records for interior blueprints and floor plans of public school buildings and
5 facilities from certain provisions of the public records law; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 17:410.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 §410.1. Interior blueprints and floor plans of public school buildings and
10 facilities; exemption from public records law
11 Blueprints and floor plans of the interior of a public school building or
12 facility shall not be subject to the Public Records Law.
13 Section 2. R.S. 44:3.1 and 4(40) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
14 44:1(A)(2)(c) is enacted to read as follows:
15 §1. General definitions
16 A. * * *
17 (2) * * *
18 (c) Notwithstanding Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, any blueprint
19 or floor plan of the interior of a public school building or facility is not a "public
20 record".
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1 §3.1. Certain records pertaining to terrorist-related security-related activity
2 A. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to require disclosure of records
3 containing security procedures, criminal intelligence information pertaining to
4 terrorist-related activity, or threat or vulnerability assessments created, collected, or
5 obtained in the prevention of terrorist-related activity, including but not limited to
6 physical security information, proprietary information, operational plans, and the
7 analysis of such information, or internal security information.
8 B. Nothing in the Chapter shall be construed to require the disclosure of
9 school crisis management and response plans.
10 C. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to require disclosure of a
11 blueprint or floor plan of the interior of a public school building or facility,
12 except as required as part of the public bid process. Any blueprint or floor plan
13 of the interior of a school building or facility provided as part of the public bid
14 process shall be deemed confidential and shall not be disclosed to persons other
15 than those responsible for the bidding or construction of the project.
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17 §4. Applicability
18 This Chapter shall not apply:
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20 (40) To any records, writings, plans, blueprints, or any information pertaining
21 to security systems or features submitted to obtain an individual a building permit
22 on file in the office of a regulatory agency or official; any records, writings, plans,
23 blueprints, or information submitted to obtain an individual a building permit which
24 details the interior layout of a residence or public school building or facility to such
25 an extent that access thereto would make such residence or public school building
26 or facility particularly vulnerable to burglary or other criminal activity; or any
27 records, writings, plans, blueprints, or information containing any proprietary work
28 product, design, or plan of any architect or engineer submitted to obtain an individual
29 a building permit; however, this Chapter shall be applicable to any survey or plot
30 plan submitted solely for the purposes of displaying the outline of a building on a lot
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1 or lots of record in order to show compliance with yard or other setback requirements
2 of a zoning ordinance or other such regulatory law.
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4 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
5 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
6 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
7 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
8 effective on the day following such approval.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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