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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 354 2024 Regular Session Brass
DISTRICTS/ROAD LIGHTING: Provides for the authority of road lighting districts and the
allocation of funding
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Change proposed law from changing the name of road lighting districts to
authorizing road lighting districts to expend funds on certain security electronic
safety equipment.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Present law authorizes parish governing authorities to create road lighting districts and to
consolidate existing districts. Road lighting districts are authorized to enter into contracts
with an electric public utility to provide and maintain electric lights on the roads and in
public places. Provides that the parish governing authority is the governing authority of such
a district and the parish treasurer is the district's treasurer. Authorizes road lighting districts
to levy ad valorem taxes subject to voter approval.
Proposed law provides that a parish governing authority may also authorize any such district
it creates or any consolidated district it creates pursuant to present law to use up to 25% of
its funds to purchase, install, operate, and maintain electronic safety equipment.
Proposed law provides that a parish governing authority may designate a district that is
authorized to use funds in accordance with present law as a security and road lighting district
in a form similar to that provided by proposed law for road lighting districts.
(Amends the Heading of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of L.R.S. and R.S. 48:1306, 1307, and 1308)
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