HCASB228 4747 5877 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session ENROLLEDAmendments SENATEproposed BILLby NO.House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure to Reengrossed Senate Bill No.

228 BYby SENATORSenator DUPLESSISDuplessis ANDAMENDMENT REPRESENTATIVESNO. BOYD, BRASS, BRAUD, BRYANT, CHASSION, FISHER, FREEMAN, GREEN, JACKSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, JORDAN, KNOX, LAFLEUR, MANDIE LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, MENA,MILLER,MOORE,NEWELL,THOMPSON,WALTERSAND YOUNG A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to amend Article VII, Section 14(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to waterutilityservicelines;toprovidefortheuseofpublicfundstoremoveorreplace drinking water utility service lines located on property owned by utility customers;

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Section3 1.On page 4, delete lines 3 through 8 in their entirety and insert the following:

Be"Do ityou resolvedsupport bythean Legislatureamendment ofto Louisiana,allow two-thirdsfor the use of thepublic membersfunds electedtoeachhouseconcurring,thatthereshallbesubmittedtotheelectorsofthestate,forby theira approvalpolitical subdivision to identify, inventory, remove, or rejectionreplace indrinking thewater mannerutility providedservice bylaw,lines amade proposalof or affected by hazardous materials including but not limited to amendlead, Articlecopper, VII,and Sectiongalvanized 14(B)steel ofor theiron Constitutionon ofproperty Louisiana,owned toby readutility ascustomers? follows:(Amends Article VII, Section 14(B))" Page 1 of 1 CODING:

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Donation, Loan, or Pledge of Public Credit Section 14.(A) * * * (B) Authorized Uses.

Nothing in this Section shall prevent (1) the use of public funds for programs of social welfare for the aid and support of the needy;

(2) contributions of public funds to pension and insurance programs for the benefit of public employees;

(3) the pledge of public funds, credit, property, or things of value for public purposes with respect to the issuance of bonds or other evidences of Page 1 of 4 Coding:

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228 ENROLLED indebtedness to meet public obligations as provided by law;

(4) the return of property, including mineral rights, to a former owner from whom the property had previouslybeen expropriated, or purchased under threat of expropriation, when the legislature by law declares that the public and necessary purpose which originally supported the expropriation has ceased to exist and orders the return of the property to the former owner under such terms and conditions as specifiedbythe legislature;

(5) acquisition of stock by any institution of higher education in exchange for any intellectual property;

(6) the donation of abandoned or blighted housing propertyby the governing authority of a municipality or a parish to a nonprofit organization which is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) nonprofitorganizationandwhichagreestorenovateandmaintainsuchpropertyuntil conveyance of the property by such organization;

(7) the deduction of any tax, interest, penalty, or other charges forming the basis of tax liens on blighted property so that they may be subordinated and waived in favor of any purchaser who is not a member of the immediate family of the blighted property owner or which is not any entity in which the owner has a substantial economic interest, but only in connection with a property renovation plan approved by an administrative hearing officer appointed by the parish or municipal government where the property is located;

(8) the deduction of past due taxes, interest, and penalties in favor of an owner of a blighted property, but onlywhen the owner sells the propertyat less than the appraised value to facilitate the blighted property renovation plan approved by the parish or municipal government and onlyafter the renovation is completed such deduction being canceled, null and void, and to no effect in the event ownership of the propertyin the future revertsback to the owner or anymember of his immediate family;

(9) the donation by the state of asphalt which has been removed from state roads and highways to the governing authority of the parish or municipality where the asphalt was removed, or if not needed bysuch governing authority, then to any other parish or municipal governing authority, but only pursuant to a cooperative endeavor agreement between the state and the governing authority receiving the donated property;

(10) the investment in stocks of a portion of the Rockefeller Page 2 of 4 Coding:

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228 ENROLLED Wildlife Refuge Trust and Protection Fund, created under the provisions of R.S.

56:797, and the Russell Sage or Marsh Island Refuge Fund, created under the provisions of R.S.

56:798, such portion not to exceed thirty-five percent of each fund;

(11) the investment in stocks of a portion of the state-funded permanently endowed funds of a public or private college or university, not to exceed thirty-five percent of the public funds endowed;

(12) the investment in equities of a portion of theMedicaidTrustFundfortheElderlycreatedundertheprovisionsofR.S.46:2691 etseq.,suchportionnottoexceedthirty-fivepercentofthefund;(13)theinvestment of public funds to capitalize a state infrastructure bank and the loan, pledge, or guarantee of public funds by a state infrastructure bank solely for transportation projects;

(14) pursuant to a written agreement, the donation of the use of public equipmentandpersonnelbyapolitical subdivision uponrequesttoanotherpolitical subdivision for an activity or function the requesting political subdivision is authorizedtoexercise;or(15)apoliticalsubdivisionfromwaivingchargesforwater if the charges are the result of water lost due to damage to the water delivery infrastructure and that damage is not the result of any act or failure to act by the customerbeingchargedforthewater;or(16)theuseofpublic funds byapolitical subdivision forthepurposeofidentifying,inventorying,removingorreplacing drinkingwaterutilityservicelinesmadeoforaffectedbymaterialsasspecified orprescribedbytheLeadandCopperRuleImprovements of theUnitedStates Environmental Protection Agency, promulgated October 30, 2024, or subsequent promulgation, on property owned by utility customers.

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Beit furtherresolvedthat this proposed amendment shall be submitted to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 3, 2026.

Section 3.

Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at said election there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted to voteYES orNO,to amendtheConstitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall readas follows:

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228 ENROLLED Do you support an amendment to allow for the use of public funds by a political subdivision for the purpose of identifying, inventorying, removing or replacing drinking water utility service lines made of or affected by materials as specified or prescribed by the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, promulgated October 30, 2024, or subsequent promulgation, on property owned by utility customers? (Amends Article VII, Section 14) PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Page 4 of 4 Coding: