RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 252 (SB 72) 2023 Regular Session Bouie
Existing law authorizes any public trust, political subdivision, district, corporation, or
instrumentality which is authorized to issue revenue bonds on behalf of the state to issue
bonds on behalf of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
New law retains existing law.
Existing law authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds for the relocation, planning,
acquisition, construction, and equipping of a Joint Emergency Services Training Center in
the parish of East Baton Rouge or the state fire marshal's project at Independence Park in the
parish of East Baton Rouge, and to fund the cost of issuance, credit enhancements, or other
obligations related to the issuance of such bonds.
New law additionally authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds for the relocation, planning,
acquisition, construction, and equipping of a public safety complex, including without
limitation a crime lab and the state fire marshal's project at Independence Park in the parish
of East Baton Rouge, and troop or regional headquarters throughout the state, and otherwise
retains existing law.
Effective June 12, 2023.
(Amends R.S. 40:1487(A)(2))