2023 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 166
BY SENATORS JACKSON, BARROW, BOUIE, CARTER, CATHEY, CLOUD,
DUPLESSIS, FIELDS, HEWITT, KLEINPETER, LUNEAU, MIZELL,
PRICE AND SMITH AND REPRESENTATIVES BOURRIAQUE,
BROWN, BRYANT, CARRIER, WILFORD CARTER, EDMONSTON,
FISHER, GLOVER, GREEN, TRAVIS JOHNSON, LARVADAIN,
LYONS, GREGORY MILLER, NEWELL, STEFANSKI, TURNER
AND WHITE
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 39:112(E)(2)(e), relative to capital outlay procedure; to provide relative to
3 match requirements for non-state entity projects; to authorize the division of
4 administration to waive the local match requirements for certain projects; to provide
5 for application requirements; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 39:112(E)(2)(e) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง112. Capital outlay act
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11 E.(1) * * *
12 (2) Non-state entity projects shall require a match of not less than twenty-five
13 percent of the total requested amount of funding except:
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15 (e)(i) The division of administration may, at its discretion, waive the
16 entire match or a portion thereof for an applicant project undertaken by a
17 municipality with a population of less than six thousand or a parish with a
18 population of seven thousand five hundred or less which has demonstrated its
19 inability to provide a local match by submitting to the division of
20 administration:
21 (aa) The applicant's two most recent annual financial reports.
22 (bb) If the applicant project relates to an existing utility system, a rate
23 study conducted within three years prior to the request for a waiver of the
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1 match.
2 (ii) If the applicant project relates to an existing utility system, the
3 division of administration may, at its discretion, approve a waiver of the entire
4 match or a portion thereof pursuant to this Subparagraph that is contingent
5 upon the applicant increasing utility rates.
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7 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
8 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
9 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
10 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
11 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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