SLS 25RS-61 ORIGINAL
2025 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 140
BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX
PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS. Provides for naming the Heymann Park Complex in
honor of a living person. (8/1/25)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 33:4712.26, relative to property and buildings; to provide relative to the
3 naming of public buildings by the city of Lafayette; to authorize the governing
4 authority of the city of Lafayette to name the Heymann Park Complex in honor of
5 a living person; and to provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 33:4712.26 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง4712.26. Naming of Heymann Park Complex
10 Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the
11 governing authority of the city of Lafayette may name the Heymann Park
12 Complex in honor of John "Cush" Leblanc.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by James Benton.
DIGEST
SB 140 Original 2025 Regular Session Boudreaux
Present law (R.S. 42:267) prohibits the naming of public buildings after living persons.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 140
SLS 25RS-61 ORIGINAL
Proposed law authorizes the governing authority of the city of Lafayette to name the
Heymann Park Complex in honor of John "Cush" Leblanc.
Effective August 1, 2025.
(Adds R.S. 33:4712.26)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.