SLS 21RS-170 ENGROSSED
2021 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 26
BY SENATOR HENSGENS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
ROADS/HIGHWAYS. Designates the Forked Island Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway
on Louisiana Highway 82 in Vermilion Parish as the "Rose Ashy Broussard Memorial
Bridge". (8/1/21)
1 AN ACT
2 To provide relative to state highways; to designate the Forked Island Bridge over the
3 Intracoastal Waterway on Louisiana Highway 82 in Vermilion Parish as the "Rose
4 Ashy Broussard Memorial Bridge"; 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 Forked Island Bridge
7 over the Intracoastal Waterway on Louisiana Highway 82 in Vermilion Parish is hereby
8 designated as the "Rose Ashy Broussard Memorial Bridge".
9 Section 2. The Department of Transportation and Development is hereby directed
10 to erect and maintain appropriate signs of this designation provided local or private monies
11 are received by the department equal to the department's actual costs for material,
12 fabrication, mounting posts, and installation of each sign, not to exceed the sum of five
13 hundred fifty 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. 26
SLS 21RS-170 ENGROSSED
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
SB 26 Engrossed 2021 Regular Session Hensgens
Designates the Forked Island Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway on Louisiana Highway
82 in Vermilion Parish as the "Rose Ashy Broussard 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, 2021.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Transportation,
Highways, and Public Works to the original bill
1. Changes name of bridge to "Rose Ashy Broussard Memorial Bridge".
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.