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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 36 2023 Regular Session Travis Johnson
DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides for the Delta Agriculture Research and Sustainability
District
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Requires that the district director hired after July 1, 2023 be a resident of the
state and have been domiciled in the district for the preceding two years prior
to employment.
2.Makes technical changes.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Present law (R.S. 3:341(D)) establishes the boundaries of the Delta Agriculture Research and
Sustainability District which are coterminous with East Carroll and Tensas parishes.
Proposed law expands the boundaries of the district to include the boundaries of Concordia
and Madison parishes.
Proposed law requires that the district director hired after July 1, 2023 be a resident of the
state and have been domiciled in the district for the preceding two years prior to employment.
Proposed law specifies that the board, its members, and its agents are immune from personal
liability for good faith acts related to the board's responsibilities. Further specifies that this
immunity applies to all costs, damages, and attorney fees arising from claims and suits
against them related to matters where the immunity applies.
(Amends R.S. 3:341(D) and 342(I); Adds R.S. 3:342(J))
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