ENROLLED
ACT No. 154
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 210
BY REPRESENTATIVE BUTLER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:4548.5(A)(6), (12), and (20) and to enact R.S. 33:4548.5(C),
3 relative to the Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and
4 Community Development Authority; to provide relative to the powers and duties of
5 the authority; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 33:4548.5(A)(6), (12), and (20) are hereby amended and reenacted
8 and R.S. 33:4548.5(C) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง4548.5. Powers of the authority
10 A. The authority shall have all the powers necessary to give effect to and
11 carry out the purpose and provisions of this Chapter, including, in addition to all
12 other powers granted by other provisions of this Chapter, the powers:
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14 (6) To accept, administer, and expend donations of movable or immovable
15 property from any source,; and receive, administer, and expend appropriations from
16 the legislature and financial assistance, guarantees, insurance, or subsidies from the
17 federal or state government or a private source.
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19 (12) To accept any gifts or grants or loans of funds or financial or other aid
20 in any form from the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof
21 or from the state or from any other source and to comply, subject to the provisions
22 of this Chapter, with the terms and conditions thereof.
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1 (20) To loan money to any political subdivision, state agency, or other
2 eligible entity under any loan guaranty program of any department or agency of the
3 United States, including the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Utility
4 Services Water and Waste Disposal Guaranteed Loan Program and Community
5 Program Guaranteed Loan Program or any such successor guaranty program.
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7 C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the powers
8 of the authority pursuant to this Section shall extend to all parishes of the state. The
9 authority may exercise these powers directly or through the establishment of a joint
10 commission by entering into a local services agreement with a parish or municipality
11 pursuant to R.S. 33:1321 et seq. The service area of the authority or a joint
12 commission established in this manner shall be the state unless otherwise limited
13 pursuant to the terms of the local services agreement.
14 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
15 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
16 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
17 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
18 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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