HLS 24RS-1538 ENGROSSED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 922
BY REPRESENTATIVES OWEN, BOURRIAQUE, BOYER, CHASSION, MOORE,
TARVER, AND WALTERS
HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 171 as the
"Claude 'Buddy' Leach Memorial Highway"
1 AN ACT
2To designate the portion of Louisiana Highway 171, in Leesville, Louisiana as the "Claude
3 'Buddy' Leach Memorial Highway" and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. The portion of Louisiana Highway 171, at the intersection of Highway
6171 and Boone Street to East Louisiana Street, in Leesville, Louisiana, shall be known and
7is hereby designated as the "Claude 'Buddy' Leach Memorial Highway".
8 Section 2. The Department of Transportation and Development or its contractors are
9hereby directed to erect and maintain appropriate signage reflecting this designation
10provided local or private monies are received by the department equal to the department's
11actual cost for material, fabrication, mounting posts, and installation of each sign, not to
12exceed the sum of five hundred fifty dollars per sign.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 922 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Owen
Designates the portion of La. Hwy. 171, at the intersection of Hwy. 171 and Boone Street
to the intersection of Hwy. 171 and East La. Street in Leesville, La., as the "Claude 'Buddy'
Leach Memorial Highway".
Directs the Dept. of Transportation and Development (DOTD) to erect and maintain
appropriate signage reflecting this highway designation provided local or private monies are
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received by the DOTD equal to its actual cost for material, fabrication, mounting posts, and
installation of each sign, not to exceed the sum of $550 per sign.
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