2022 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 87
BY SENATOR CATHEY
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 39:112(C)(1)(a) and (b), and (E)(2)(a), and to enact R.S.
3 39:112(E)(3), relative to capital outlay; to provide for the approval of the Joint
4 Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay of economic development and emergency
5 projects; to provide for the reporting of projects that are exempt from providing a
6 local match; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 39:112(C)(1)(a) and (b), and (E)(2)(a) are hereby amended and
9 reenacted and R.S. 39:112(E)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง112. Capital outlay act
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12 C.(1) Capital outlay budget requests submitted after November first may be
13 included within the capital outlay act if the capital outlay budget request meets all
14 of the applicable requirements as provided in R.S. 39:101 and 102 except for time
15 of submission and if any of the following conditions have been met:
16 (a) The project is an economic development project recommended in writing
17 by the secretary of the Department of Economic Development. and has been
18 approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay.
19 (b) The project is an emergency project recommended in writing by the
20 commissioner of administration. and has been approved by the Joint Legislative
21 Committee on Capital Outlay.
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23 E.(1) * * *
24 (2) * * *
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1 (a) A project deemed by the commissioner of administration to be an
2 emergency project. and has been approved by the Joint Legislative Committee
3 on Capital Outlay. The commissioner shall submit the emergency project to the
4 Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay for review and shall, within
5 seven days, notify all members of the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital
6 Outlay that an emergency project has been submitted. The Joint Legislative
7 Committee on Capital Outlay shall meet to review the emergency project for
8 approval within forty-five days of receipt from the commissioner. If the Joint
9 Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay does not meet within the forty-five-
10 day review period, the emergency project shall be approved.
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12 (3) The commissioner of administration shall submit an annual report,
13 no later than the first day of February, to the Joint Legislative Committee on
14 Capital Outlay, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Senate
15 Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs detailing the projects which have
16 been exempted from providing a local match pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this
17 Subsection.
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19 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
20 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
21 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
22 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
23 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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