RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 594 (SB 430) 2022 Regular Session Womack
Existing law (R.S. 42:267(A)) provides that no public building, public bridge, public park,
public fish or game preserve, or public wildlife refuge owned by the state or by any political
subdivision of the state or by any institution receiving its support in whole or in part from the
state shall be named in honor of any living person, except as authorized or provided by law.
Existing law (R.S. 17:85) provides that a local public school board may name a street or
existing athletic facility at a school within its jurisdiction in honor of a living person.
New law (R.S. 17:85.1) provides that the Concordia Parish School Board may name the new
gymnasium at Monterey High School in honor of Jack Bairnsfather.
Effective June 17, 2022.
(Adds R.S. 17:85.1)