HLS 21RS-849 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 347
BY REPRESENTATIVE KERNER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides relative to the Regional Maintenance and Improvement Fund
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 48:197(B)(3), relative to the Regional Maintenance and
3 Improvement Fund; to provide for the administration and use of the fund; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 48:197(B)(3) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง197. Motor vehicle license tax; Regional Maintenance and Improvement Fund
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9 B.
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11 (3) Monies in the fund shall be appropriated to Jefferson Parish and from the
12 fund shall be used exclusively for maintenance and improvements of state highways
13 in Jefferson Parish. along the Westbank Expressway US 90 Business corridor located
14 in Jefferson Parish, including the operation and maintenance of all lighting
15 previously operated and maintained by the Department of Transportation and
16 Development. Monies collected in the parish of Jefferson shall be appropriated to
17 the Regional Planning Commission and used for purposes pursuant to R.S.
18 48:1161.2(D).
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 21RS-849 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 347
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 347 Original 2021 Regular Session Kerner
Abstract: Makes changes to the disbursement of monies in the Regional Maintenance and
Improvement Fund.
Present law creates the Regional Maintenance and Improvement Fund and provides that after
allocations are made to the highway fund No. 2 for the Greater New Orleans Expressway
Commission and the New Orleans Ferry Fund, 50% of remaining vehicle registration fees
shall be deposited into the fund.
Present law provides that monies in the fund shall be appropriated to the Regional Planning
Commission and used for maintenance and improvements of state highways in Jefferson
Parish.
Proposed law provides instead that monies in the fund shall be appropriated to Jefferson
Parish and used for maintenance and improvements along the Westbank Expressway US 90
Business corridor located in Jefferson Parish, including the operation and maintenance of
all lighting previously operated and maintained by the Dept. of Transportation and
Development.
(Amends R.S. 48:197(B)(3))
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