LouisianaHB 22026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

CAPITAL OUTLAY: Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget

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311 provisions identified: 293 benefits, 10 costs, 8 mixed.

Billions for Louisiana highways and bridge assistance

Louisiana’s statewide Highway Program gets about $2.305 billion from bonds, transportation funds, general funds, and federal funds. Within that amount, $35 million from the Louisiana Transportation Infrastructure Fund must pay only for box culvert costs. Up to $4 million is identified for the Secretary’s Emergency Fund. A separate $97.5 million appropriation supports that emergency fund under R.S. 48:232. It covers bridge damage, reimbursements, local matching dollars, federal funds, and opportunity grants for eligible governments or entities—not households.

Louisiana caps capital project bond financing

For Fiscal Year 2026–2027, Louisiana's capital financing limit is $1.994431681 billion. The state cannot grant cash lines of credit or authorize or issue general obligation bonds above that limit. This sets a state financing ceiling, not a household tax or payment.

Youth justice programs get statewide improvements

The law provides $102.849226 million in general obligation bonds for statewide community-based juvenile justice improvements. The Office of Juvenile Justice funding covers planning, construction, renovation, acquisition, and equipment. The provision does not specify individual eligibility or direct household payments.

Louisiana funds levees and flood protection

The law provides $125.229935 million for listed reservoir, dam, lake, bank, flood-control, and levee projects. The secretary can combine these projects, transferring their funding and approved cash and noncash credit lines; spending remains limited to listed projects. It provides $47.462245 million to raise Mississippi River levees from Arkansas to Old River in six parishes: Avoyelles, Concordia, East Carroll, Madison, Pointe Coupee, and Tensas. The Comite River Diversion Canal gets $50.515747 million, including $50 million in federal funds, for planning, land rights, utilities, and construction serving Ascension, East Baton Rouge, and Livingston. The Statewide Flood Control Program gets $20 million from the Transportation Trust Fund regular account.

Funding for Louisiana state building repairs

For July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, State Office Buildings get $22.11 million for repairs and equipment. This includes $5 million in Priority 1 bonds, $7.11 million in Priority 5 bonds, and $10 million in federal funds. Federal funds can be committed or spent only to the extent committed or received. The State Capitol gets about $89.091 million, split between about $28.891 million at Priority 1 and $60.2 million at Priority 5. The Calogero Courthouse gets about $26.381 million, split between about $4.081 million at Priority 1 and $22.3 million at Priority 5. Pentagon Barracks gets $33.9 million in Priority 5 bonds. Nonrecurring general funds provide $1.44 million for Shreveport storage and $798,000 for the Governor’s Mansion storage building and catering pad. Mansion renovations and additions get $2 million in Priority 5 bonds plus $225,000 in nonrecurring general funds.

Funding for regional airports and access roads

Acadiana Regional Airport improvements get about $40.373 million in general obligation bonds. This includes about $17.373 million at Priority 1 and $23 million at Priority 5 for the Iberia Parish Airport Authority. Another $80 million in Priority 5 bonds funds relocation of LA 67 at LA 408 for Baton Rouge airport improvements. The road relocation is in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Bridge and road funding near Jefferson

The law provides $23.957402 million for the Peters Road Bridge and extension in Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes. That includes $7 million in one-time state general fund money. Jefferson’s Earhart/Causeway interchange gets $53.531751 million for planning, engineering, land rights, utilities, and construction. New Orleans International Airport gets $5.892521 million for ground access improvements. The law also provides $3 million to raise the LA 45 roadway in Jefferson Parish.

Funding for coastal port access

Cameron Parish Port gets $4.9 million for dock restoration and expansion, including $500,000 in one-time state general fund money. West Calcasieu Port gets $2 million for Gulf Intracoastal Waterway property and $2.7 million for a dredged-material reception area. The law provides $9.8575 million for the Fourchon Bridge and Connector Road and $20 million for channel deepening to Belle Pass. Morgan City Port gets $35 million for dock expansion, bulkheading, state drydock repairs, and related dredging. St. Bernard Port gets $2.6 million for Arabi Terminal roadway improvements.

Funding for Louisiana interstate corridor construction

The transportation department gets about $188.065 million for I-49 South, from Lafayette to the Westbank Expressway. Funding covers planning, engineering, land rights, utilities, and construction. The corridor serves Iberia, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. Martin, St. Mary, and Terrebonne parishes. The I-49 North Inner City Connector in Caddo Parish gets $70 million, including $20 million from the Megaproject Leverage Fund. The connector provision sets no completion date.

Funding for Louisiana ports and freight routes

Mississippi River Deepening Phase 3 gets $80.5 million, and Houma Navigational Canal deepening gets $46.8 million. Both cover planning, design, construction, land rights, relocations, and utilities. The Louisiana International Terminal gets $140 million for drainage, site preparation, mitigation, roads, and rail; St. Claude Bridge gets $27.5 million, and the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor gets $50 million. The Public Improvements Multimodal Program gets about $164.222 million, usable only for its listed river, port-access, railroad, and rail-gateway projects. The transportation secretary can combine those listed projects into one program appropriation. Their appropriations and previously approved cash and noncash lines of credit then transfer into the combined project.

Funding for major Louisiana bridges and roads

For July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the law funds listed highway, bridge, interchange, and roadway projects. Jimmie Davis Bridge gets about $56.365 million in Priority 1 bonds, $36 million in Priority 5 bonds, and $50 million in nonrecurring general funds. LA 1 Phase 2 gets about $46.906 million in Priority 1 bonds and $28 million in nonrecurring general funds. The I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge gets about $49.386 million in Priority 1 bonds and $50 million in Priority 5 bonds. Other projects include LA 117, LA 28, US 90, the Highway 447 and I-12 overpass, and Hooper Road extension and widening. Listed projects use Priority 1, 2, and 5 bonds and general funds; federal funds can be committed or spent only to the extent committed or received.

Highway bond funding with borrowing limits

The law recognizes grant anticipation revenue bond approvals totaling up to $650 million for Louisiana highway projects. The first series is capped at $185 million, with estimated project amounts of $61.6 million for Barksdale, $77.6 million for Loyola, and $30.601 million for I-10. A second series is about $142 million. Listed remaining project estimates are $16.518 million for Barksdale, $87.5 million for Loyola, $37.982 million for I-10, and $12.5 million for Belle Chasse. The transportation department must seek Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approval for the second and every later series. It can manage actual proceeds to fund the projects while meeting federal tax spending requirements.

Road funding around Baton Rouge

The law provides $5 million for Ascension’s LA 429/I-10 interchange and $3.6 million for Livingston’s LA 16/LA 42 roundabout. East Baton Rouge gets $32.538487 million for LA 3034 and $16.057818 million for Hooper Road widening and sewer work. Hooper Road work runs from Blackwater Bayou to Sullivan Road. The New Mississippi River Bridge gets $3.538082 million, serving Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, St. James, and West Baton Rouge. West Baton Rouge’s LA 1/LA 415 Connector gets $51.61099 million, including $1.61099 million previously allocated for the Intracoastal Canal bridge.

Road funding for Lafayette and Evangeline

The law provides $60.5 million to widen Verot School Road, also called State Highway 339, in Lafayette Parish. Lafayette also gets $15 million to plan and build interchange improvements on current or former Louisiana highways. Evangeline Parish’s LA 10 project, from LA 106 to LA 13, gets $19.5 million. That includes $500,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund.

Funding for Baton Rouge university buildings

The law provides $260.379596 million in general obligation bonds for seven listed Louisiana State University Baton Rouge projects. This campus funding covers science, library, facility, and workforce hub projects and is limited to those projects. The facility-upgrade item totals $18 million: $9 million in bonds and $9 million in fees and self-generated revenues. The Construction Education and Workforce Hub item totals $30 million, split equally between bonds and fees and self-generated revenues. These project items are not presented as additional money beyond the campus package.

Funding for Grambling campus improvements

Grambling State University gets $8.5 million for building-envelope repairs and $16.696301 million for Criminal Justice Building renovations. Indoor athletics gets $24.7 million, and emergency campus utility repairs or replacement get $7.277741 million. A dining and student union facility gets $25 million, while a hotel and conference center gets $43 million. Campus perimeter fencing gets $5 million, and deferred-maintenance repairs get $16.4 million. These are campus investments, not direct household payments.

Funding for Lafayette university buildings

The law provides $442.538186 million for University of Louisiana Lafayette campus capital projects. Money is limited to the listed health-care education facility, engineering and science buildings, learning lab, kinesiology complex, and hall renovations. The Office of Facility Planning and Control director can combine these projects into one campus budget. Their appropriations and approved lines of credit transfer into that budget.

Funding for New Orleans medical education

The LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans gets $90.931927 million in general obligation bonds for its Dental School Simulation Facility. It also gets $12 million in bonds for elevated walkways and disability-access improvements, plus $3 million for stormwater upgrades. Third-floor work at the Center for Advanced Learning and Simulation gets $3 million in fees and self-generated revenues. Phase 1 laboratory renovations in the Medical Education Building get $12,556 in bonds. This funding supports university facilities, not household health coverage or direct payments.

Louisiana State University gets facility funding

The law provides $137.043667 million for the Baton Rouge Library Learning Commons and related work, including $3 million from fees and university income. It provides $18.938033 million in general obligation bonds for food science renovations, a new science building, infrastructure, and utilities. Bond funding also provides $21.293192 million for the Military and Security Sciences Center and $52 million for a construction management and engineering sciences building. Veterinary medicine repairs and an addition get $10.104704 million in bonds. These provisions fund facilities, not direct student payments or eligibility changes.

Southern University gets academic building funding

Southern University's Baton Rouge science complex gets $50.684466 million in general obligation bonds; its new laboratory school gets $72.969524 million. The business college gets $53.456267 million: $43.456267 million in bonds and $10 million from fees and university income. J. K. Haynes Hall nursing school renovations and an addition get $10.3 million in bonds. The Southern University Law Center library in East Baton Rouge Parish gets $9.372184 million in bonds for renovations and an addition. These provisions fund facilities, not tuition relief or direct household payments.

Southern University gets campus infrastructure funding

The law lists $293.656749 million in general obligation bonds for Southern University Baton Rouge campus projects. That money is limited to named projects, including the science complex, laboratory school, and chilled water lines. Individual project entries provide $32 million in bonds for chilled water lines and $2.863215 million for Stewart Hall heating and cooling on floors one through three. Ravine, bluff, and riverbank stabilization gets $39.5656 million, including $7.565 million in federal funds through agency transfers. The supplied text does not give the remaining stabilization funding sources; these figures are not presented as an added total.

Building purchases financed through state repayment

The law provides $125 million in revenue bond financing to buy and renovate buildings statewide. The Office Facilities Corporation can issue the bonds only with State Bond Commission approval. State appropriations secure the bonds and pay for repayment. This provides facility funding while committing public funds to debt repayment; it sets no direct household charge.

Coastal study funds face property-taking limits

The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority cannot use specified Southwest Coastal Louisiana Study funds for eminent domain or expropriation. This covers the study's national economic development and national ecosystem restoration components. The limit does not apply when at least 75% of owners voluntarily offer the property. It also does not apply when record or apparent owners offer the property but lack clear title.

Ascension drivers get road project funding

The law provides $12 million for Ascension Parish's LA 3127 connector from Highway 70 to LA 1. Roundabouts get $1.4 million at LA 431 and LA 931, and $2.15 million at LA 44 and LA 933/Parker Road. Planning and construction of the LA 73 and LA 30 roundabout get $4.25 million. Work at LA 73 and LA 429/Cornerview Road gets $3.75 million from remaining state general funds allocated under Act 5 of 2024. These are road-project appropriations, not direct payments to drivers.

Backup power for local sewer stations

The law provides $1.75 million for backup generators at listed East Bank sewer stations in Jefferson Parish. These include Clearview, Cleary, and Houma at West Napoleon, plus Galleria Sewer Station. Another $2 million funds generators at Camp Plauche and Transcontinental sewer lift stations. North-area sewer lift stations get $26,921 for backup generators. The equipment supports sewer operations during power outages.

Bundick Lake and Leesville get water-control funding

The law provides $4.871918 million to plan and build the Bundick Lake level control structure in Beauregard Parish. It also provides $300,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for drainage improvements in Leesville, Vernon Parish. The money supports lake-level management and local drainage work. Neither allocation sets a direct household payment.

Cities get civic facility funding

The law funds city facilities through general obligation bonds. St. Gabriel gets $496,214 in Priority 1 for new city council chambers. Central gets $16,943 in Priority 1 for an administration building. Zachary gets $3.75 million in Priority 5 for public cemetery maintenance, planning, and construction. These allocations do not provide direct household payments.

Communities get drainage and stormwater funding

The law provides $250,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for street and drainage improvements in Delcambre. It adds $517,500 in Priority 5 funding for DeRidder's P.W. West drainage improvements. It also adds $1.1025 million in Priority 5 funding for the Ascension Parish Stormwater Resilience Project. Ascension's listed project total is $1.2225 million. These provisions do not quantify household savings or changes in flood risk.

Communities get emergency and public works facilities

The law funds local emergency and public works facilities. Tangipahoa Parish's Region 9 Emergency Distribution Center and Public Works project gets $4 million in Priority 5 funding. Chaneyville Fire District No. 7 gets $300,000 in Priority 1 funding for the Reames Road fire station. Bogalusa gets $399,725 in Priority 1 funding for a community center and emergency shelter. Morehouse Parish gets $128,299 to plan and build a public works center.

Communities Get Fire Station Construction Funding

The law provides $4.2 million from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund to plan and build St. Bernard Parish Fire Station 10. Gueydan gets $1.6875 million in Priority 5 funding to rebuild its Police and Fire Station. Minden’s fire station gets $2.2055 million in Priority 5 bonds plus $594,500 in Priority 2 funding. These allocations support local public safety facilities. They do not establish household payments or quantify insurance savings or response times.

Communities get recreation and cultural facility funding

Tensas Parish's recreation facility gets $1 million from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund; its listed total is $8.563929 million. Terrebonne's Sports Complex gets $1.055239 million in Priority 1 funding. Phase 2 of Terrebonne's South Louisiana Wetland Discovery Center/Bayou Country Institute project gets $387,931 in Priority 1 funding. Priority 1 bonds provide $400,000 for Jean Lafitte's amphitheater stage and $28,879 for Mangham's recreation complex. The law funds these local facilities without setting direct household payments.

Communities Get Sewer Infrastructure Upgrade Funding

Grambling gets another $2 million in Priority 5 funding to expand its wastewater system. Haughton’s Interstate 20 water and sewer crossing and lift station get $500,000 in nonrecurring state general funds plus $4.2 million in bonds, totaling $4.7 million. Henderson and St. Martin Parish sewer improvements get $2.67 million in Priority 5 bonds plus $3 million in Priority 1 funding, totaling $5.67 million. Minden’s Robertson Lift Station gets another $890,000 from the previously allocated state general fund balance identified in the law, plus $890,000 in bonds, totaling $1.78 million. Ferriday’s municipal complex and wastewater collection and treatment improvements get another $18.4 million in Priority 5 funding, bringing the listed total to $19.1 million.

Communities get water and sewer improvements

Belle River's wastewater plant gets $900,000: $50,000 in Priority 2 bonds, $450,000 in Priority 5 bonds, and $400,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. That savings fund also provides $500,000 for Phase 2 of St. Tammany Parish's Castine wastewater plant expansion. It provides $1 million for Covington wastewater collection repairs and $350,000 for Crowley's sewer upgrade. The law adds Priority 5 funding of $2.7 million for St. Bernard Parish's Daniel Drive sewer repairs and $450,000 for DeRidder water lines. These project provisions do not specify household rate changes or direct payments.

Community organizations get facility funding

The law funds two community organization projects through Priority 5 general obligation bonds. The YWCA of Greater New Orleans gets $6.75 million for a construction project. The Children's Advocacy Network gets $2 million for its campus. The allocations do not specify service changes, individual eligibility, or direct household payments.

Community park funds reach named sites

Tensas Parish recreation appropriations include facilities in Newellton, St. Joseph, and Waterproof. The Inspiration Center–Howell Community Park appropriation moves from the Baton Rouge Recreation and Parks Commission to the Baton Rouge Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Foundation. The transfer changes the recipient, not the stated project scope. Neither change states a new funding amount.

Courthouse elevators and government parking receive funding

The law provides $171,900 to plan and build elevators at the Iberia Parish Courthouse. It also provides $10.100737 million for a parking lot at the Gretna Government Complex in Jefferson Parish. These allocations support access to local government buildings.

Cultural and historic sites get repairs

The law funds cultural and historic sites through general obligation bonds. The New Orleans African American Museum of Art, Culture and History gets $4.343299 million for renovation and new construction: $343,299 in Priority 1 and $4 million in Priority 5. The Strand Theatre of Shreveport gets $984,000 in Priority 5 for repairs and renovation. Antioch Baptist Church gets $2 million in Priority 5 for historic restoration. Historic Turners Hall gets $2 million in Priority 5 for critical repairs and restoration.

Donaldsonville gets natural gas system improvements

The law provides $1.006204 million in Priority 1 funding for Phase III of Donaldsonville's natural gas system improvements. The appropriation funds local utility infrastructure. It does not specify changes to household energy bills or service access.

Drainage funding for two bayou communities

The law provides $1.65 million for drainage and ecological improvements at Choctaw Bayou. It also provides $477,500 for Bayou Mouchoir drainage improvements in Ouachita Parish. The money funds local projects, with no direct household payments specified.

East Baton Rouge gets disaster shelter funding

The law provides $10.338067 million in general obligation bonds for Southern University's disaster relief mega shelter and safe room. The money funds planning and construction in East Baton Rouge Parish. The appropriation does not establish individual shelter access rules or household payments.

Farmerville Gets Lake Ramp Project Funding

The law adds $2.185 million in Priority 5 funding for Farmerville’s Lake D’Arbonne Mega Ramp. The listed project total is $4.185 million. The allocation supports local recreational access rather than direct household payments. The provision does not set a completion date.

Flood protection funding for Orleans and Lafitte

The law provides $22.5 million for Lakefront Airport flood protection planning, design, and permit analysis in Orleans Parish. The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority East receives that funding. In Jefferson Parish, Goose Bayou/The Pen Levee Basin gets $1 million. Lower Lafitte's Orange Street Basin gets $3.570631 million for levee and flood-protection work.

Franklin Parish gets activity center funding

The law provides $2.745004 million to plan and build the Franklin Parish Activity Center. The appropriation supports a local community facility. It does not set a project schedule or say who can use the center.

Funding a Pointe Coupee senior center

The law allocates $3.283013 million to plan and build a senior center for the Pointe Coupee Council on Aging. Funding includes $2.153013 million in Priority 1 general obligation bonds and $1 million in Priority 5 bonds. It also includes $130,000 in one-time State General Fund money. The allocation does not set rules for who can use the center or provide direct household payments.

Funding baseball fields and recreation facilities

The law allocates $1.950417 million for Fifth Ward Recreation District baseball fields in St. Helena Parish. Funding includes $950,417 in Priority 1 general obligation bonds and $1 million in Priority 5 bonds. South Beauregard Recreation District No. 2, serving Wards 4 and 6, receives $1.8 million in Priority 5 bonds for multipurpose recreation improvements. The allocations do not specify household charges or access rules.

Funding food access and food-bank repairs

The law allocates $18 million for North Baton Rouge Food Access and Community Development planning and construction. Funding includes $17.2 million in general obligation bonds and $800,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana receives $352,888 in Priority 1 bonds. That money funds roof replacement and heating and cooling equipment. These allocations fund facilities and projects, not new household food benefits or eligibility rules.

Funding for Audubon visitor facility improvements

The Audubon Nature Institute gets $19 million in Priority 1 bonds for Audubon Zoo renovations and improvements. Audubon Riverfront for All gets $23.8 million in Priority 5 bonds for facility renovations and improvements. Both projects are in Orleans Parish. The law does not create household payments.

Funding for community buildings and renovations

Orleans Parish's Greater Works Family Life Center, associated with the Paul S. Morton Scholarship Foundation, gets $6.2 million in Priority 5 bonds. The O.W. Dillon Training and Community Development Center building gets $5.679207 million: $1.179207 million in Priority 1 and $4.5 million in Priority 5. Magnolia Community Services' Whitehall renovations in Jefferson Parish get $2.39 million from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. Whitehall funding requires submission and approval of a capital outlay budget request under R.S. 39:112. Watt Villas planning and construction in Orleans Parish get $3 million in bonds: $300,000 in Priority 1 and $2.7 million in Priority 5; its use and occupancy rules are not specified.

Funding for fire and police facilities

The law provides general obligation bond funding for local fire and law enforcement facilities. New fire stations get $3.25 million in Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, and $1.6 million in Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish. Both appropriations are Priority 5. The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office law enforcement center gets $46.5 million at Priority 5. The Bossier Parish Sheriff's response-vehicle driving track gets $3.4 million: $594,500 at Priority 2 and $2.8055 million at Priority 5.

Funding for Jefferson area drainage upgrades

The law provides $14.316194 million to close Bainbridge Canal from Veterans Boulevard to Terminal Drive. It provides $7.238507 million to stabilize Bonnabel Canal's west bank from Veterans Boulevard to West Esplanade. Drainage funding includes $6.5 million for Barataria Boulevard (LA 45), Merlin Lane to Pritchard Road, and $13.56 million for Metairie Road, Causeway Boulevard to Focis Street. It provides $2 million to replace the culvert at Shrewsbury Road and Jefferson Highway, plus $3.7 million for West Esplanade pump station. Woodlake Estates gets $2.35675 million for drainage improvements, and Woodland West gets $1.344655 million.

Funding for Lafayette Parish courthouse

The law allocates $1.1495 million for the Parish Government Complex courthouse in Lafayette Parish. This funds a public facility project, not a household payment or new benefit eligibility rule.

Funding for local drainage and levees

The law allocates $1.802898 million for Brown Avenue Canal improvements between the Westbank Expressway and Harold Street. In St. John the Baptist Parish, Parallel Woodland Canal excavation and Airline Highway culvert work receive $5.235 million in Priority 5 funding; the listed total is $5.758 million. Lafayette Parish receives $11 million to strengthen Isaac Verot Coulee's main channel, and Lafourche Parish receives $17.946 million to replace Butch Hill pump station. South Slidell levee rehabilitation receives $9.108 million in Priority 5 funding for planning, land acquisition, and construction. Priority 5 general obligation bonds provide $3.3 million for West Monroe/Ouachita Parish Mid-City drainage and $2.7 million for White Castle street and drainage improvements.

Funding for local drinking water improvements

The law provides $1.8 million in Priority 5 funding for an above-ground water storage tank in St. James Parish. It also provides $1.8 million in Priority 5 general obligation bond funding for Vinton water plant improvements in Calcasieu Parish. These appropriations fund water infrastructure, not household payments. They do not specify changes to household water bills.

Funding for local library and recreation

The law provides $1.8636 million in Priority 1 funding to plan and build Audubon Library in St. Helena Parish. It also provides $500,000 in one-time state general fund money for St. James Parish’s Bayou Chevreuil boat launch. The boat launch’s listed project total is $900,000. These funds support public facilities, not household payments.

Funding for local parks and venues

The law allocates $5.375 million for Fat City Leisure Park and Annex in Jefferson Parish. Heymann Park improvements in Lafayette Parish receive $8.625 million. An Amite River boat launch in Livingston Parish receives $7.4 million. Baton Rouge's Raising Cane's River Center receives $750,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for planning, design, and renovation. The River Center's listed project total is $18.75 million; these funds are project funding, not household payments.

Funding for museums and cultural facilities

The law provides $20,139 in Priority 1 general obligation bonds for West Feliciana's Julius Freyhan Cultural/Conference Center. The National World War II Museum gets $18.255333 million for eight projects under state facility management and the Liberation Pavilion. That includes $10.255333 million in Priority 1 bonds and $8 million in Priority 5 bonds. The Northeast Louisiana Children's Museum gets $2.5 million in Priority 5 bonds for relocation and land acquisition. Its planning and construction get another $8 million: $7.5 million in Priority 5 bonds and $500,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund.

Funding for New Orleans senior center

The law provides $3.35 million for a New Orleans Council on Aging office and senior community center. Funding includes $2.85 million in Priority 1 general obligation bonds and $500,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. It covers building purchase or land acquisition and new construction. The provision does not set service eligibility or household charges.

Funding for parish jails and emergencies

Washington Parish’s Sheriff's Office gets $27.5 million to plan and build an emergency operations center and jail. This includes $27 million in bonds and $500,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. Lafayette Parish gets $35 million for planning and construction of a new design for its Government Complex jail. These are public facility funds, not household payments.

Funding for parks and boating access

West Bank Park improvements, including new soccer and recreation facilities, get $13.903789 million in bonds. Funding includes $2.678389 million in Priority 1 and $11.2254 million in Priority 5. The appropriation requires submission and approval of a capital outlay budget request under R.S. 39:112. The law also provides $1.8728 million to rehabilitate the Seabrook Public Boat Launch in Orleans Parish.

Funding for parks and camp facilities

The law provides general obligation bond funding for Camp Atchafalaya Swamp Base and Lafayette Central Park improvements. The camp gets $9.470858 million: $470,858 at Priority 1 and $9 million at Priority 5. The park gets $5.637 million: $500,000 at Priority 1 and $5.137 million at Priority 5. These provisions do not set individual eligibility or provide household payments.

Funding for parks and historic sites

For July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the law funds Louisiana parks, museums, and recreation facilities. Madame John’s Legacy gets $3.275 million in Priority 5 bonds plus $325,000 in nonrecurring general funds. Old U.S. Mint work gets $23 million in Priority 5 bonds plus $225,000 in nonrecurring general funds. The Civil Rights Museum gets about $25.049 million in bonds. Statewide park maintenance gets about $3.458 million in Priority 1 bonds, $1.340 million in Priority 5 bonds, $4.340 million in nonrecurring general funds, and $20 million in interagency transfers. Funding also covers Bogue Chitto, Poverty Point, Tunica Hills, erosion work, park land and cabins, City Park, Bayou Oaks, and USS KIDD work. Federal funds can be committed or spent only to the extent committed or received. The Office of Facility Planning and Control can also make a restoration agreement for Hope Haven/Madonna Manor with the Archdiocese of New Orleans and Jefferson Parish; no amount is specified.

Funding for St. Martin park improvements

The law provides $450,000 for Parc Hardy improvements in St. Martin Parish. The money comes from previously allocated, one-time State General Fund revenues. It funds a local public project, not direct payments to households.

Funding for St. Tammany road improvements

The law provides Priority 5 funding for two road projects in St. Tammany Parish. Harrison Avenue widening receives $13.3 million. The Ben Thomas–Stone Road to Powell Drive project receives $3.615 million; its listed total is $5.115 million. The provisions do not set completion dates or direct household payments.

Funding for the Lafayette Loop Project

The law allocates $2.5 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds for the Lafayette Loop Project. The Lafayette Metropolitan Expressway Commission is the named recipient. The allocation does not describe the work's scope or establish direct household payments.

Funding for three community resilience hubs

The law provides Capital Outlay Savings Fund money to plan and build three Community Power South resilience hubs. Caddo Parish's Williams Memorial CME Temple hub gets $225,000, and its Cedar Grove Friendship House hub gets $250,000. Calcasieu Parish's Mt. Olive Baptist Church hub gets $200,000. The provisions do not specify who can use the hubs or when they will be completed.

Funding local justice and sheriff facilities

The law allocates $25.3 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds to Community Receiving Home, Inc. for the Rapides Parish Juvenile Justice Complex. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff receives $18 million in Priority 5 bonds to plan and build a training facility. Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office plumbing replacement at OJC receives $500,000 in Priority 2 bonds. Plaquemines Parish detention-center security upgrades receive $1.75 million from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund, subject to submission of a capital outlay budget request under R.S. 39:112. A new Acadiana Criminalistics Laboratory receives $75,371 in Priority 1 bonds for planning, design, construction, and equipment.

Funding local museum construction and repairs

The law allocates $2 million for River Road African American Museum planning and construction: $1.5 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds and $500,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. Ogden Museum of Southern Art renovations receive $22.776 million: $21.315 million in Priority 5 bonds and $1.461 million in one-time State General Fund money. Roof replacement at the Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum and Veterans' Archives receives $540,000 in Priority 5 bonds. Pierre Part Belle River Museum planning and construction receive $2.25 million: $2 million in Priority 5 bonds and $250,000 from the savings fund. These allocations do not specify changes to admission prices or household payments.

Funding local nonprofit and community facilities

The law allocates $175,769 in Priority 1 general obligation bonds for Mu Zeta Foundation, Inc.'s expansion. McKinley High School Alumni Association receives $362,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for center safety repairs, system replacements, upgrades, and renovations. Friends of Crowville community-center improvements receive $1.9 million: $565,000 in Priority 5 bonds, $100,000 in one-time State General Fund money, and $1.235 million from the savings fund. Hollygrove Community Center renovation receives $95,000: $65,000 in one-time State General Fund money and $30,000 from the savings fund. Highland Center accessibility improvements receive $100,000 from the savings fund.

Funding Louisiana arts and music spaces

The law allocates $25 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds to plan and build the Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience. The Baton Rouge Recreation and Parks Commission receives $10 million in Priority 5 bonds for Baton Rouge Gallery at City Park. Efforts of Grace, Inc. receives $45,000 in Priority 1 bonds for the Ashe Too project. These allocations fund cultural projects, not household payments, and do not set admission prices.

Funding Orleans communications and emergency facilities

The law allocates $2.01 million in Priority 1 general obligation bonds to plan and build the Orleans Parish Communications District expansion. Orleans emergency readiness and facility repairs receive $4.5 million in bonds: $250,000 at Priority 2 and $4.25 million at Priority 5. The LaSalle Street Resilience Hub receives $1 million for planning and construction in Orleans Parish. Its bond funding includes $100,000 at Priority 2 and $900,000 at Priority 5. These allocations support local facilities and do not establish household payments or service eligibility.

Funding Sun town hall roof replacement

The law allocates $200,000 in Priority 1 general obligation bonds to replace Sun's town hall roof in St. Tammany Parish. The money supports a local government building project, not direct household payments.

Funding upgrades for local water systems

The law allocates $62,125 in Priority 1 general obligation bonds for Tallulah emergency water production, delivery, and treatment. Lewisburg Bellevue receives $1.68 million in Priority 5 bonds for distribution and safety work, plus $950,000 in Priority 1 bonds for meters and water-tower repairs. Berwick/Bayou Vista treatment-facility renovations receive $400,000: $30,000 in Priority 2 bonds, $270,000 in Priority 5 bonds, and $100,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. Kraemer water-line upgrades through the Lafourche Parish Water District receive $1.5 million in Priority 5 bonds. Avoyelles Parish Waterworks District 1 receives $2.15 million for its distribution system: $1.75 million in bonds and $400,000 from the State General Fund. Jefferson Davis Water District 4 receives $1.74 million for drinking-water improvements: $1.64 million in bonds and $100,000 from the savings fund. The law requires rate studies for non-state water projects, but these allocations do not set household bills.

Historic and memorial sites get funding

Holy Rosary Institute gets $8.718859 million for planning, construction, and restoration. Its general obligation bond funding includes $3.518859 million in Priority 1, $1 million in Priority 2, and $4.2 million in Priority 5. The Watt Algiers Memorial Spirit Temple gets $6.5 million. That includes $5.85 million in Priority 5 bonds and $650,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. These project appropriations do not create household payments or access rights.

Historic buildings and cultural center receive funding

The law provides $8.128748 million to preserve and restore historic buildings at the Hope Haven/Madonna Manor campus. It also provides $3.55 million for the Asian American Cultural and Service Center. The center allocation does not specify its services or who can use them.

Historic warship gains restoration contracting options

The USS KIDD restoration appropriation is designated a public purpose and capital asset. The Naval War Memorial Commission, through the state's culture office, can use an alternative contractor-selection process. It must choose from at least three highly qualified ship builders or shipyards with restoration experience acceptable to the Commissioner of Administration. Facility Planning and Control administers contracts under state guidelines. Work must meet U.S. Department of the Interior historic ship preservation standards.

Jefferson Parish gets playground field improvements

The law directs $600,000 in previously allocated State General Fund money to PARD playground field improvements in Jefferson Parish. This is local recreation project funding, not a new payment to households.

Lakeshore Drive repair funding for Jackson residents

The law provides $1.455903 million to repair and improve Lakeshore Drive in Jackson Parish. The money funds a local road project, not direct payments to residents.

Local communities get drainage repair funding

East Baton Rouge Parish gets $30.391389 million to expand, repair, and modify drainage systems throughout the parish. Assumption Parish gets $467,500 for pumps and drainage work, plus $13,867 for drainage improvements in Plattenville. Lake Providence Lake gets $400,000 for spillway repairs and cleaning the downstream outfall canal. Big Creek Bridge and Looney Canal get $600,000 for erosion control and bank stabilization. These appropriations fund local infrastructure, not household payments, and do not set completion dates.

Local communities get flood and drainage funding

Plaquemines Parish gets $1.8 million to redesign and rebuild the Nov-13 Flood Gate Project. South Nobile drainage improvements in St. James Parish get $85,000 from one-time State General Fund revenues; the listed total is $990,000. Harahan gets $300,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund to cover the eroding ditch at the Colonial Club entrance. Slaughter, in East Feliciana Parish, gets $400,000 in Priority 2 general obligation bonds for drainage improvements.

Local drivers get lighting project funding

The law allocates $1.68 million for Empire Bridge lighting in Plaquemines Parish. Harahan, in Jefferson Parish, gets $675,000 in general obligation bonds for the Jefferson Highway Safety Street Lighting Project.

Local emergency and sheriff facilities funded

Westwego gets $24,975 in Priority 1 general obligation bonds for an emergency preparedness building. The Beauregard Parish Sheriff gets $600,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for an emergency operations center. The East Carroll Parish Sheriff's Office gets $12 million for a training and recreation center. That includes $3 million in Priority 1 and $9 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds. These allocations fund facilities, not direct household payments or changes to law enforcement practices.

Local flood projects gain more flexibility

Lafayette Parish can contract for both Bayou Vermilion flood-control phases before a cooperative agreement, credit line, or bond sale. This covers specified pre-construction services and amendments, and the work is exempt from R.S. 39:126. Project funds can pay or reimburse costs unless state bond counsel warns the payment may violate federal tax law. West Shore Hurricane Protection funds can also cover levee improvements around the Port of South Louisiana's airport runway. That expanded scope applies to appropriations in this and other capital outlay acts.

Local government buildings get construction funding

Plaquemines Parish gets $8 million to renovate a Government Complex building for the Clerk of Court, Assessor, and judges’ offices. Pointe Coupee Parish gets $82,689 for Phase 2 courthouse restoration. St. Landry Parish gets $500,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund to plan and replace the District Attorney Building’s chiller; the listed total is $1 million. Marion, in Union Parish, gets $700,000 in Priority 5 general obligation bonds for a municipal complex. Maurice, in Vermilion Parish, gets $1.365 million in Priority 1 general obligation bonds for a new village hall.

Local Government Buildings Get Renovation Funding

The law adds $990,000 in Priority 5 funding to renovate Eunice City Hall and the Police Department. Gretna City Hall’s interior and exterior renovations get $1.5 million in Priority 5 funding, with a listed total of $1.883347 million. Sunset City Hall renovations and an addition get another $150,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. Sunset’s listed project total is $1.62 million. These allocations fund government buildings, not direct household payments.

Local governments get public building funding

Union Parish courthouse renovations get $200,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund; the listed project total is $400,000. Priority 5 bonds provide $796,404 for Homer town hall renovations and $370,000 for Jeanerette city hall renovations. Livingston's old courthouse gets $3 million in Priority 5 bonds for renovations. Mandeville's police department building gets $1 million each in Priority 1 and Priority 2 funding, totaling $2 million. These allocations support local government buildings, not direct household payments.

Local lakefront and park projects expand

Lake Charles receives $1 million from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for lakefront development. Its listed total, including bonds, is $3.721222 million. Funds for C.C. Antoine Park and its Museum and Arts Center can cover a replica or replacement C.C. Antoine House. Covered work includes planning, design, site work, construction, and reconstruction. The house can move from its original site, but must remain inside C.C. Antoine Park.

Local recreation and youth facilities receive funding

Bucktown Harbor gets $1.575 million for a boardwalk and kayak launch, plus $3.5 million for a multipurpose pavilion. Hope Haven's indoor swimming facility gets $15 million, and Jefferson Park sports field renovations get $6.84 million. Woodmere Playground improvements get $3.150962 million, and Woodmere Youth Center gets $50,500. Estelle Recreation Complex gets $1 million: $400,000 from previously allocated state funds and $600,000 from another previously allocated state program balance. Cheniere Lake Area 1 in Ouachita Parish gets $846,430 for improvements; the provision does not describe the work.

Local roads get added improvement funding

The law adds $355,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund to surface Rapides Parish's Trinity Church Road shoulder for school-traffic staging. It adds Priority 5 funding of $1.2 million for Richland Parish's Christian Drive, whose listed total is $2.4 million. Priority 5 additions also include $6.04 million for Crowley's Oddfellows Road and $2.77 million for Denham Springs' Home Depot Road between LA 3003 and LA 3002. Savings-fund additions include $1.1 million for Denham Springs' DEMCO Drive/Convention Drive project, whose listed total is $6.1 million. The fund also adds $100,000 each for street rehabilitation in DeQuincy and DeRidder, with listed totals of $2.1 million and $850,000, respectively.

Local safety facilities receive upgrade funding

The law provides $840,000 to plan and build improvements to the Iberia Parish jail. Natchitoches Parish gets $391,522 for courthouse security improvements. A statewide radio system tower serving the Bayou Sorrel/Bayou Pigeon Fire Department gets $500,000. The tower funding supports local emergency communications.

Local trails and fields get improvements

The law adds $2.4 million in Priority 5 funding to plan and build St. Bernard Parish's 40 Arpent Trail bridge over LA 47. It provides $286,500 in Priority 1 funding to renovate Lala Regira Field in Donaldsonville. The provisions fund local recreation infrastructure without specifying household payments or fee changes.

Local Water and Sewer Plants Get Funding

Ferriday water renovations get another $1.5 million from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund, bringing the listed total to $6.298987 million. Grayson’s water treatment plant gets another $300,000 from that fund, bringing its total to $3.95 million. Golden Meadow’s North Sewerage Treatment Plant upgrade gets $4,065 in Priority 1 funding. Maurice’s sewer treatment plant extension gets $400,000 in nonrecurring state general funds plus $6.1 million in bonds, totaling $6.5 million. These allocations fund local infrastructure rather than direct household payments.

Local water districts get upgrade funding

Beauregard Parish Water Works District No. 2 gets $1.08 million for booster stations through general obligation bonds. That includes $250,000 in Priority 1 and $830,000 in Priority 5. Calcasieu Parish Water Works District 1 gets $2.5 million in Priority 5 bonds for wells serving Plants A and B. South Grant Water Corporation's East Well No. 2 and Pollock-area production improvements get $900,000. That includes $510,000 in Priority 5 bonds and $390,000 remaining from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund allocation under Act 465 of 2023; no household rate changes are specified.

Louisiana courthouses get construction and repair funds

East Carroll Parish gets $10.1 million to assess and restore its courthouse. The Third Circuit Court of Appeal gets $268,700 in general obligation bonds for a new courthouse in Calcasieu Parish. That funding covers land purchases, planning, and construction. Grant Parish gets $63,000 for Phase I courthouse renovations. These appropriations support court buildings and do not establish household payments or project schedules.

Louisiana prisons get repairs and upgrades

The law provides $9 million for fences and security at all state adult prisons: $8 million in bonds and $1 million in nonrecurring state general funds. Bond funding includes $34.47393 million for heating, cooling, offender housing, planning, and construction. Louisiana State Penitentiary gets $24.342276 million for its electrical system and $1.563382 million for showers and cellblock plumbing. The women's correctional facility in Iberville Parish gets $7.97229 million to rebuild or replace facilities damaged by the 2016 flood. Rayburn Correctional Center in Washington Parish gets $115,567 for perimeter fence planning and construction; these four project amounts also use bonds.

Louisiana towns get road repair funding

Hall Summit, in Red River Parish, gets $2.7 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds for street rehabilitation. Harahan redirects $1.5 million from a previously allocated Capital Outlay Savings Fund balance to emergency road repair and replacement. Mermentau, in Acadia Parish, gets $435,000 in Priority 5 general obligation bonds for street improvements. Slaughter, in East Feliciana Parish, gets $100,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for road rehabilitation.

Louisiana towns get water system upgrades

Priority 5 general obligation bond funding includes $1 million for Harahan’s emergency sewer overhaul. It also includes $1 million for Haynesville’s Phase II water distribution improvements in Claiborne Parish. Many, in Sabine Parish, gets $1.5 million in Priority 5 bonds for water treatment acquisition, planning, and construction. Priority 1 bonds provide $546,684 for Minden’s drinking-water storage tank in Webster Parish. Slaughter, in East Feliciana Parish, gets $2.5 million in Priority 1 bonds for water system improvements.

More drainage funding for Louisiana communities

Kenner's Pump to the River Pump Station, Phase I, gets $15.05 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds. Another $1.421379 million in Priority 1 funding brings its listed total to $16.471379 million. Drainage work in downtown Lafayette, Freetown, and UL gets $10 million in Priority 5 bonds plus $2 million in Priority 2 funding. St. Martin's Joe Daigre Canal improvements get an added $550,000 in Priority 5 funding, with a $1.222999 million listed total. These allocations fund drainage infrastructure, not household payments.

More Funding for Community Water Lines

Evergreen water improvements get $4,055 in Priority 1 funding. Fordoche water distribution improvements get another $500,000 in Priority 5 funding, bringing the listed total to $3.322475 million. Grambling gets another $1.92 million in Priority 5 funding to replace its water distribution system. Haynesville gets another $150,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund plus $855,000 in Priority 1 bonds, totaling $1.005 million. Krotz Springs and St. Landry Parish water improvements get $630,000 in Priority 5 bonds plus $70,000 in Priority 1 funding, totaling $700,000; these provisions do not set household water rates.

More funding for local public facilities

Kenner's replacement fire facility and new station get $1 million from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. Another $1 million in Priority 5 bonds brings the listed total to $2 million. Vernon Parish's Historic Courthouse gets $150,000 from the savings fund for renovations. The Amite Governmental Complex gets an added $2.6 million in Priority 5 funding, with a $2.795799 million listed total. Lake Charles's public works campus relocation gets $6 million in Priority 5 bonds; Priority 1 and 2 funding bring its listed total to $10.642453 million.

More Funding for Streets and Crosswalks

Jennings’ Fred and Ruth Zigler Memorial Drive extension gets another $200,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund; its listed total is $8.155 million. Kenner’s Roosevelt Boulevard work, from Airline Drive to West Metairie Avenue, gets another $500,000 from that fund; its total is $5.23 million. Marksville’s Airport Road and West Waddil Street get $70,000 in nonrecurring state general funds plus $740,000 in bonds, totaling $810,000. Melville streets get $1.2 million in Priority 5 bonds plus $120,000 in Priority 1 funding, totaling $1.32 million. Slidell crosswalks on US 11 at Kostmayer Avenue, Westchester Place, Pennsylvania Avenue, and West Hall Street get $2 million in Priority 5 bonds plus $250,000 in Priority 2 funding, totaling $2.25 million.

More Road Funding for Louisiana Communities

The law provides $2.542129 million in Priority 1 funding for Duson’s Highway 95 roundabout. It adds $3.78 million in Priority 5 funding for Eunice streets. Gonzales roadway improvements get another $2.705 million in Priority 5 funding, bringing the listed total to $2.742 million. A Gonzales Hospital District connector road gets $37,208 in Priority 1 funding. Haughton’s Highway 157 widening, from Interstate 20 to the railroad south of West McKinley Avenue, gets another $550,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund; its listed total is $6.05 million.

More road funding for St. Tammany

The law provides Priority 5 funding for four St. Tammany Parish road projects. Emerald Forrest Boulevard to LA 59 gets $13 million; Sharp Road improvements and sidewalks get $6.125 million. LA 1077 widening gets $20 million in Priority 5 funding, with a listed total of $20.02 million. Roads serving the Safe Haven Behavioral Health Campus get $2.25 million for design, planning, and construction.

Museum and Cajundome project funding

Future NOMA, the New Orleans Museum of Art project, gets $4 million in bonds. That includes $500,000 in Priority 1 and $3.5 million in Priority 5. The Cajundome gets $6.364182 million in Priority 1 bonds for indoor air quality improvements and a memorabilia project. Of that amount, $500,000 must support the Louisiana Basketball Coaches Association historical memorabilia project at the Cajundome.

Neighborhoods Get More Drainage Project Funding

Golden Meadow’s Armand/Alcide drainage project gets $1.01 million in nonrecurring state general funds. Harahan’s Halsey Drive drainage installation gets another $300,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund, bringing the listed total to $1.08388 million. Harahan’s Glenwood Park emergency drainage gets $900,000 in Priority 5 bonds plus $100,000 in Priority 2 funding, totaling $1 million. Jonesville’s Glenn Ditch Pump Station gets another $325,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund plus $325,000 in Priority 5 bonds, totaling $650,000. Kenner’s Lincoln Manor Drainage Phase 2 gets another $100,000 from that fund plus $1.25 million in bonds, totaling $1.35 million.

Neighborhoods get road and drainage improvements

Millhaven Estates in Ouachita Parish gets $2.11 million for drainage and road planning, right-of-way, and construction. Kaplan, in Vermilion Parish, gets $850,000 in Priority 5 general obligation bonds for street and drainage improvements. Kenner, in Jefferson Parish, gets $119,998 in Priority 1 general obligation bonds for road and drainage work. The Kenner project covers 30th Street from Loyola Drive to Ohio Street in Lincoln Manor Subdivision.

New facilities for local fire services

The law allocates $2.12271 million in Priority 1 general obligation bonds for the Bruce Cutrer Regional Fire Training Facility. The money funds planning and construction for Tangipahoa Parish Fire District 1 and regional fire training. Jonesville Fire District receives $800,000 in Priority 1 bonds for a new station at U.S. Highway 84 and 3rd Street. These allocations fund fire-service facilities, not direct household payments.

New Orleans community spaces get funding

The law funds three community-space projects through general obligation bonds. Harmony Circle gets $4 million in Priority 5 for planning and construction. A multi-sport venue serving Eastern New Orleans and the Lower Ninth Ward gets $4.014617 million. That includes $3.314617 million in Priority 1 and $700,000 in Priority 2. A four-acre Irish heritage park in Lakeview gets $183,522 in Priority 1; the allocations do not specify individual access rules.

Parish courthouses get repairs and backup power

The law provides $21,440 in Priority 1 funding to renovate the St. Landry Parish Courthouse. It also provides $165,409 in Priority 1 funding for emergency power improvements at the St. Mary Parish Courthouse. These appropriations fund public buildings, not payments to households.

Parish roads and bridges get improvement funds

DeSoto Parish's Five-Year Capital Road Plan gets $30 million, without a specific project schedule. Acadia Parish gets $684,921 for an Old Spanish Trail freight bypass around a dangerous railroad crossing and $2.07 million for Ye Olde Country and Muskrat roads. Allen Parish gets $1.55 million for road rehabilitation and $3.05 million for bridge improvements, including planning and construction. Avoyelles parishwide roads get $2 million, and Beauregard's Camp Edgewood Road Phase 2 gets $1.29 million. Riley Road gets $1 million for planning and improvements, while Grant Parish's landfill road gets $565,000.

Parishes get emergency facility project funding

The law allocates about $46.81 million for the Livingston Parish Emergency Response and Evacuation Center. Plaquemines Parish gets $4 million for construction and equipment for its emergency call center. Bossier Parish gets $450,000 for a communications tower serving public safety and utilities. The Bossier funding comes from the previously allocated State General Fund balance identified in the law.

Parishes get public safety facility funding

The law provides $6 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds for the Jefferson Parish Coroner's advanced forensic center. It provides $3.3 million from the same funding source and priority for St. Martin Parish sheriff training barracks and records storage. Red River Parish gets an added $500,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for an E911 facility, sheriff station, and offices. That project's listed total is $1 million. Four Corners gets an added $150,000 in State General Fund direct revenues for Fire Protection District No. 11's central station, with a listed total of $300,000.

Plaquemines training center gets project funding

The law allocates $23 million in Priority 5 funding for the Plaquemines Parish Training Center. It does not specify the center’s programs, who can take part, or any household payment.

Pointe Coupee gets drainage project funding

The law allocates $3.25 million for Pointe Coupee Parish’s Portage Canal Drainage Project. Another $1.84362 million funds watershed drainage improvements. The named waterways are Bayou Grosse Tete, Bayou Cholpe, Bayou Choctaw, False River Outfall Channel, and Johnson Bayou.

Pointe Coupee gets electronic utility meters

The law allocates $7 million for an electronic water and gas meter system in Pointe Coupee Parish. It does not specify changes to household utility bills or individual payments.

Pointe Coupee subdivision project gets funding

The law allocates $900,000 for the Roy O Martin/Crestwood Subdivision project in Pointe Coupee Parish. The provision does not describe the work or establish a specific household benefit.

Police training funds cover virtual facilities

JESTC Training Facility Improvements funds can cover facilities for a less-than-lethal training program using mobile virtual training. The law broadens the existing project's eligible uses. It states no new funding amount.

Rapides Parish gets four road projects

The law allocates $441,639 for Gunter Road and Barron Chapel Road improvements, listed as Priority 1. Philadelphia Road improvements get $500,000, also listed as Priority 1. Hickory Hill Road resurfacing gets $805,000, listed as Priority 5. Tioga Road resurfacing gets $630,000, also listed as Priority 5.

Road and path funding for Jefferson residents

The law provides $9.312656 million to replace 11th Street and upgrade underground drainage between Queens and Manhattan Boulevard. It provides $16.09 million for the Airline Drive (US 61) drainage crossing at 17th Street Canal and railroad bridge replacement. Hickory Avenue (LA 3154) gets $6.87 million for repairs from River Road to 10th Street. A 4th Street walking and cycling path gets $4.3716 million, covering Barataria Boulevard to Gretna's city limits. Huey P. Long Bridge lighting gets $4.075 million.

Slidell can contract sewer upgrades earlier

Slidell can contract for specified sewer lift station upgrades before approval from the Office of Facility Planning and Control. The stations are Grafton Drive (PS 312), Breckenridge (PS 252), and LaQuinta/Cracker Barrel (PS 202). Bid-document addenda do not require the usual bid-opening extensions for this project. The state can help pay project obligations, but this provision states no amount.

Springfield gets recreational park construction funding

The law allocates $655,000 for planning and construction of a recreational park in Springfield, Livingston Parish. The money comes from the previously allocated State General Fund balance identified in the law.

St. Bernard Gets Canal and Culvert Funding

The law adds $11 million in Priority 5 funding for St. Bernard Parish’s Hebert, Creely, and Bluebird canal project. It also adds $3.5 million in Priority 5 funding for St. Claude Avenue culvert improvements. The money supports local canal and drainage infrastructure. The provisions do not quantify changes in household costs or flood risk.

St. Bernard Gets Jail Renovation Funding

The law adds $3.2 million in Priority 5 funding for St. Bernard Parish jail renovations. The listed project total is $5.735411 million. This funds a local corrections facility rather than direct household payments. The provision does not specify household-level changes in costs or services.

State agency funds water monitoring equipment

The law provides $2.724968 million in general obligation bonds for a water monitoring system in East Baton Rouge Parish. The project is associated with the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy. The allocation does not establish household payments or change eligibility for services.

State police get new facilities

The law provides $7.2 million to plan and build State Police Region 3 headquarters in Rapides Parish. That includes $6.55 million in bonds and $650,000 in nonrecurring state general funds. It provides $27 million in bonds to plan and build a new Troop L facility in St. Tammany Parish. Another $3.75 million in bonds funds improvements, planning, and construction at the JESTC training facility in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Tangipahoa sheriff gets facility funding

The law provides $1.301722 million for a multipurpose facility for the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff. It includes $1 million from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. It redirects $248,989 in unused bond proceeds from a St. James Parish dock project under Act 465 of 2023. It also redirects $52,733 from a Cajundome heating and cooling project under Act 2 of 2020. The appropriation does not specify a direct change in public services.

Terrebonne gets drainage and water-control funding

The law provides $101,868 in Priority 1 funding for Westside/Alma Street drainage in Terrebonne Parish. Priority 5 funding includes $2.125 million to replace the D-18 Pump Station at Falgout Canal in Theriot. Bayou LaCarpe Watershed Project, Location C, gets $9 million for design and construction; its listed total is $9.314308 million. Priority 5 funding also provides $9 million each for the Company Canal gate in Bourg and Bayou Terrebonne gate at Twin Span. These allocations fund local infrastructure, not household payments.

Thibodaux emergency center gets more funding

The law adds $400,000 in state funding for Thibodaux's emergency operations center in Lafourche Parish. The project also has $2.47 million in Priority 5 bonds. Its listed total is $2.87 million.

University Lakes contracts can start earlier

The LSU Real Estate and Facilities Foundation can sign University Lakes restoration contracts before a cooperative agreement, credit line, or bond sale. After an agreement is signed, project funds can pay or reimburse contract obligations. Payment is barred when state bond counsel warns the Commissioner of Administration that it may violate federal tax law. Alternative competitive contracting requires the commissioner's prior approval.

Water and sewer upgrades for parish residents

The law provides $13.9 million for Iberia Parish sewer collection improvements and $10 million for its sewer treatment plant. Iberville Parish gets $600,000 for water lines along Highway 69. That project replaces two-inch lines with four-inch lines and adds customers. These allocations fund local systems, not direct payments to residents.

Water and sewer upgrades for towns

The law funds water and sewer projects in three Louisiana towns through general obligation bonds. Springhill's Phase 3 water upgrades get $6.4772 million: $2.3772 million in Priority 1 and $4.1 million in Priority 5. Sterlington's sewer collection upgrades get $5 million: $400,000 in Priority 2 and $4.6 million in Priority 5. Sulphur gets $2 million in Priority 5 funding to install water meters. These allocations do not set household water or sewer rates.

Wildlife department funds offices and land

The law funds offices and property purchases for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. It provides $6.182698 million in bonds to plan and build the Woodworth Central Office Complex and Pineville Office/Region 3 in Rapides Parish. Hammond headquarters in Tangipahoa Parish gets $324,036 in bonds for planning and construction. The Kitterlin Creek acquisition in LaSalle Parish gets $9 million in bonds and $2 million in one-time State General Fund money. The acquisition's total is $11 million; the provision does not specify public access rules.

Youth sports facility can contract earlier

The YMCA of Northwest Louisiana can contract for its Youth Sports Construction project before state facility-planning approval. The state can help pay obligations created for this project. The provision states no funding amount or change in family fees.

Beauregard and Baldwin get water system funding

Beauregard Parish Waterworks District 3 gets $1.26 million to replace the Texas Eastern Road water line. That includes $1.06 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds and $200,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. Beauregard Waterworks District 6 gets $1 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds for water system improvements. Baldwin drinking-water improvements have a listed total of $753,796, including $700,000 at Priority 5; wastewater repairs get $1 million at Priority 5. The law also requires rate studies for non-state water system projects, but these appropriations set no household rate increase.

Calcasieu and Baker get drainage improvements

Calcasieu Parish's Lateral W-3 drainage improvements get $2.25 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds. Buxton Creek drainage gets $6.1 million in general obligation bonds: $4.1 million at Priority 1 and $2 million at Priority 5. Baker drainage upgrades have a listed total of $3.1 million, including $500,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. Baker also gets $1.875 million in Priority 5 funding for sidewalks on underdeveloped streets and culverts. General obligation bond projects generally receive funding in higher-priority order.

Funding for Amite and False River

The law allocates $67 million in general obligation bonds for Upper Amite River flood risk reduction and restoration. This includes $4 million at Priority 1 and $63 million at Priority 5. The work covers East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, and St. Helena parishes through the Amite River Basin Commission. The law also allocates $5.251 million for False River restoration, including bulkhead replacement, in Pointe Coupee Parish. These are project funds, not household payments.

Funding for levee and reservoir projects

The law provides $16.65 million in Priority 5 funding for St. James Parish’s West Shore Risk Reduction Connector Levee. The levee’s listed project total is $20.164698 million. The law also provides $21.185096 million for the Bayou Dechene Reservoir in Caldwell Parish. Reservoir funding covers planning, land purchases, and construction. These investments support flood-risk reduction and water infrastructure, without specifying household savings.

Funding for levees and flood reservoirs

The law provides $5.355289 million to plan and build Turkey Creek Lake repairs in Franklin Parish. It provides $2 million for Amite River Basin flood-control reservoirs serving Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, and St. Helena parishes. North Lafourche's Jessee Dufrene/Homeplace FDA Phase II levee improvements get $5.5 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds and $200,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. Raceland Prairie levee improvements get $4.975 million in Priority 5 bonds and $1 million from that fund. The levee projects support the North Lafourche Conservation Levee and Drainage District.

Funding for parish drainage and flood control

Lafayette Parish gets $31.4925 million for Bayou Vermilion Flood Control. St. Charles Parish gets $3.25 million at Priority 5 for Primrose Canal sheet-pile work. Its Fifth Street drainage project gets $500,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund, toward a listed $4.95 million total. Des Allemands Bulkhead Phase 1 gets $500,000 from that fund, toward a listed $4.1225 million total. Cameron Gravity Drainage District #9 gets about $1.915 million for the Schoolhouse Marsh Control Structure. That includes $250,000 in Priority 2 bonds, $1.61516 million in Priority 5 bonds, and $50,000 from the savings fund.

Local communities get levee and emergency funding

Squirrel Run Levee and Drainage District gets $221,488 for levee upkeep and federal emergency agency certification, including $200,000 in one-time general fund revenue. Grand Isle back-levee flood protection in Jefferson Parish gets $1.5 million. Campti-Clarence and Powhatan levee setbacks get $3.825 million, including $800,000 in direct general fund revenue. Terrebonne gets $9.6 million for a levee district office, satellite emergency operations center, and state wildlife and fisheries facility.

Local water and sewer systems get funding

Ascension Parish gets $15.975 million for water-system upgrades and a new treatment plant. Wastewater improvements along Harry Guilbeau Road, linked to the Central St. Landry Economic Development District, get $9 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds. The Hebert Water System gets $3.713583 million: $1.213583 million in Priority 1 bonds, $1.5 million in Priority 5 bonds, and $1 million in nonrecurring state general funds. The law requires rate studies for non-state water-system projects but does not set household rates or promise specific service changes.

Louisiana funds dam and reservoir repairs

The law provides $26.212788 million to repair and restore state-maintained dams and reservoirs. The funding supports public water infrastructure and related safety. The provision does not name specific sites or provide household payments.

Plaquemines gets water and sewer funding

The law allocates $22.2 million to increase capacity at the Belle Chasse water treatment facility. Plaquemines Parish also gets $6.7 million for planning and construction tied to water tower repairs. Another $3.6 million funds the Highway 11 Sewer Collection System. These allocations fund local infrastructure, not household payments.

Regional communities get flood protection funding

The West Bank and Vicinity Western Tie-In project in St. James Parish gets $30 million for planning and construction. Lake Pontchartrain West Shore hurricane protection enhancements get $10.566307 million. Bayou Manchac gets $7.37 million for clearing and snagging and $1.24 million for flood-risk reduction permits. The LA 22 Gapping Project gets $3.99 million, and the Amite Diversion Canal Weir gets $11 million. Larose-to-Golden-Meadow gets $1.6 million for pump-station monitoring and controls and $10.2 million for hurricane protection.

River repairs and basin study funding

The law provides $17.392599 million for bank stabilization and levee repairs along the Ouachita River and its tributaries. This work supports flood protection in affected parishes. It also provides $750,000 for the transportation department's West of Atchafalaya Basin feasibility study. The study funding does not itself approve construction.

St. Tammany water and sewer investments

The law provides Priority 5 funding for four St. Tammany Parish water and sewer projects. Highway 11 Opportunity Zone sewer and water improvements get $28 million; Fabourg Coquille water quality improvements get $6.05 million. Highway 11 Regional Water Consolidation gets $20 million for design, planning, and construction. East St. Tammany Regional Sewer Consolidation gets $30 million for design, planning, and construction. These items do not set household savings or completion dates.

University Lakes gets restoration and flood funding

The University Lakes Restoration Project gets $25.292437 million for work that includes flood control. General obligation bonds provide $18.292437 million at Priority 1 and $5 million at Priority 5. One-time state general fund revenue provides another $2 million. The funding supports the restoration project rather than direct payments to nearby households.

Emergency power funding for Terrebonne hospital

The law provides $15.8 million to replace and upgrade emergency power at Hospital Service District 1 in Terrebonne Parish. This includes $15 million in Priority 5 general obligation bond funding. Another $800,000 comes from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. The law does not specify changes to patient costs or insurance coverage.

Funding for Jefferson Parish food resources

Giving Hope, Inc. gets $4.2 million to plan and build Jefferson Parish’s Food Pantry and Resource Center. Funding includes $3.775 million in bonds and $425,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. The law funds the facility but does not set food-assistance eligibility or create household cash payments.

Funding for local health care facilities

The law provides $7 million to acquire and renovate the Odyssey House Louisiana Gambling Treatment Center in Orleans Parish. It provides $3.7 million to build and complete a new Teche Action Clinic health center in Gramercy. Both appropriations use Priority 5 general obligation bonds. These provisions fund facilities, not new individual treatment benefits, eligibility rules, or household prices.

Funding for parish hospitals and clinics

East Baton Rouge Parish Hospital Service District No. 1 gets bond funding for three projects. A surgical robot gets $2.5 million: $625,000 at Priority 2 and $1.875 million at Priority 5. A behavioral health clinic gets $1 million, split $250,000 and $750,000 between those priorities. Its obstetrics-gynecology clinic gets $1.7 million, split $170,000 and $1.53 million between those priorities. Natchitoches Regional Medical Center’s Ambulatory Tower gets $19.6 million: $16.6 million in bonds, $1 million in general funds, and $2 million from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. These projects do not change patient coverage, eligibility, or out-of-pocket costs.

Funding Wynhoven and Calcutta House facilities

The law allocates $9.427216 million for Wynhoven Health Care expansion, including St. Andrew's Village. Funding includes $5.427716 million in Priority 1 general obligation bonds and $3.9995 million in Priority 5 bonds. Hospice of Acadiana Foundation, Inc. receives $600,000 in Priority 5 bonds for Calcutta House planning and construction. These are facility funds; the allocations do not specify changes to patient eligibility, insurance coverage, or prices.

Local health facilities get building improvements

St. Helena Parish Hospital Service District No. 1 gets $3.647583 million in Priority 1 bonds for renovation, expansion, and equipment replacement. The Office of Aging and Adult Services gets $900,000 in bonds for roofs and storm drains on all its East Feliciana patient buildings. Safe Haven's behavioral and mental health campus gets an added $8.35 million in Priority 5 funding for planning, construction, and triage renovation. Safe Haven's listed project total is $11.377703 million. These provisions do not specify changes to insurance coverage, patient eligibility, or household medical bills.

Louisiana hospitals get building improvement funds

Baton Rouge General Mid City's EmPATH mental health unit gets $2.2 million: $1.2 million in Priority 5 bonds and $1 million from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. Allen Parish Hospital's Phase 1 build-out gets $5.4 million: $5.2 million in Priority 5 bonds and $200,000 from that fund. Beauregard Memorial Hospital gets $2.7 million in Priority 5 bonds for an emergency department addition and renovations, including its women's center. West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital's medical office building gets $4.286063 million: $264,063 in Priority 1 bonds and $4.022 million in Priority 5 bonds. Franklin Medical Center gets $500,000 for improvements; these appropriations do not establish patient eligibility, prices, or service start dates.

Odyssey House renovations receive bond funding

The law allocates $2 million in Priority 5 bonds for the Odyssey House Louisiana Renovation Project in Orleans Parish. Alongside $4.871958 million in Priority 1 funding, the listed total is $6.871958 million. This funds facility renovations, not a new individual benefit or eligibility rule.

Terrebonne gets medical facility construction funding

The law provides $12.5 million in Priority 5 funding for a Neuro Medical Facility in Terrebonne Parish. The money covers planning, design, land purchase, and construction. This funds facility development, not direct household payments. The provision does not set rules for who can receive care.

Veterans wellness facility gets funding

Bastion Community of Resilience gets $263,257 in Priority 1 general obligation bonds for its New Orleans veterans wellness facility. The allocation supports the facility, not direct payments to veterans. It does not specify service eligibility or the services provided.

Eden House facility funds reach statewide

Eden House's New Orleans Emergency Shelter appropriations can cover other Eden House facilities statewide. Eligible work includes buying facilities, renovations, and new construction. The law states no new funding amount or individual shelter eligibility rule.

Senior communities get Lotus Village funding

The law funds senior-community projects through the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging. Lotus Village at the Lakes gets $8.684 million in general obligation bonds: $1 million at Priority 2 and $7.684 million at Priority 5. Lotus Village Phase II gets $3.1 million, split equally between Priority 2 and Priority 5 bond funding. The law does not set resident eligibility, rents, or direct payments.

Trafficking survivors get shelter project funding

The law provides $14 million for emergency housing and services for human trafficking survivors. This includes $11 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds and $3 million in nonrecurring state funds. A separate New Orleans emergency shelter gets $850,000 in Priority 1 bond funding. The provisions do not state individual eligibility rules or household payment amounts.

Funding a new Northshore school campus

The law allocates $13 million to plan and build a new Northshore Charter Schools campus. Funding includes $12.5 million in general obligation bonds and $500,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. The allocation supports school facilities but does not change student eligibility or provide household payments.

Funding for local learning and training

STEM NOLA’s Innovation Hub gets $7.8 million in general obligation bonds, with the Center for Innovative Training of Youth named as beneficiary. This includes $500,000 in Priority 1 funding and $7.3 million in Priority 5 funding. Opportunities Industrialization Center Incorporated of Ouachita gets $1.231775 million in Priority 1 bonds to plan and build an education building. The law does not set student eligibility, tuition changes, or direct household payments.

Funding for school access and facilities

The law provides $900,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for Moss Bluff Elementary carpool improvements. The North DeSoto turning lane gets $113,000 in nonrecurring state funds and $900,000 from the savings fund. Bunche Elementary gets $200,000 from the savings fund for a bridge or crossing to Airline Highway in Jefferson Parish. Livingston Parish's school arts and multipurpose facility gets $735,000 in Priority 2 general obligation bonds. Lake Charles Boston Stadium renovations get $990,000 in bonds: $167,000 at Priority 1 and $823,000 at Priority 5.

Funding for St. Tammany learning facilities

The law provides $9.378 million in Priority 5 funding for University Square Learning Center facilities in St. Tammany Parish. The money supports facilities, not direct household payments. The provision does not set a completion date.

New access road for Delgado campus

The law provides $1.55 million for a new access road in Churchill Technology and Business Park. The road serves Delgado's Advanced Manufacturing and River City Campus. This funds campus access, not student aid or direct household payments.

New Orleans learning facilities get funding

The New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy gets $22.4 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds for Phase I campus expansion. WIL R EACH ONE Foundation's Center for High-Quality Early Learning gets $1.75 million in New Orleans. That includes $1 million in Priority 5 bonds and $750,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. The allocations do not specify enrollment changes, tuition changes, or household fees.

Thibodaux families get facility project funding

The law allocates $4.5 million for Hero’s Park Recreation Center and Head Start facilities in Thibodaux, serving Lafourche Parish. The allocation supports recreation and early-childhood facilities. It does not change who qualifies for Head Start or set a completion date.

Agencies can access funds before bonds

The State Bond Commission can approve agency lines of credit before general obligation bonds are issued for current capital-budget projects. Money comes from the Comprehensive Capital Outlay Escrow Account, or other available state cash when that account lacks enough funds. Agencies must follow the commission's policies and procedures. On the approval date, the attorney general must not advise that a barrier to valid bond issuance exists.

Beauregard residents get funded road repairs

The law funds five road projects in Beauregard Parish. Greentown Road Phase 2 gets $562,000, and Lumus Road repairs get $562,500. H.B. Hickman Road repairs get $765,000, and Hoy Road repairs get $562,500. Longview Road improvements get $360,000 for the parish Police Jury. The money funds roads, not payments to residents.

Bond funding for Youngsville road projects

The law provides general obligation bond funding for four road projects in the Youngsville and Lafayette Parish area. The Fortune Road extension receives $2.811038 million in Priority 1 funding. Priority 5 funding includes $5.58 million for the Langlinais Road extension and $5.405 million for Highway 92 improvements. It also includes $2.614 million to design, plan, and build the Highway 92 and Prescott Boulevard roundabout. Bond-funded projects generally receive funding in higher-priority order.

Bond interest can help finish projects

The commissioner of administration can use invested bond or note interest from the capital escrow account to finish projects. The facility-planning director must find that unavoidable deficiencies leave appropriated funds insufficient, including administrative or legal requirements. The Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget must approve the use. Spending from this authority cannot exceed $5 million in any fiscal year.

Bossier drivers get funded highway improvements

The law funds three road projects in Bossier Parish. LA Highway 3, also called Benton Road, and the I-220 interchange get $7.7 million. Highway 157 gets $10.2 million for improvements between LA Highway 3227 and US Highway 80. The US Highway 71 four-lane extension and Colleen Drive improvements get $7 million. This money funds road construction, not household payments.

Broussard and Youngsville fund highway upgrades

The law funds separate Highway 89 improvement projects in Broussard and Youngsville. Broussard gets $4 million in Priority 5 funding, with a listed project total of $7.635748 million. Youngsville gets $12.945515 million in Priority 5 bonds plus $5.978531 million in Priority 1 bonds. Youngsville's listed total is $18.924046 million. The money supports highway work for people using these routes, not direct household payments.

Calcasieu and Ouachita get sewer upgrades

The law funds sewer projects in Calcasieu and Ouachita Parishes. Calcasieu gets $12.098116 million for main sewer pipes and a pumping station serving South Wards 3 and 4. Ouachita gets $1 million to replace the pressurized sewer pipe serving Lift Station N. Ouachita's funding covers planning, land access, and construction. Neither allocation provides a household payment.

Capital projects gain more time

State agencies can keep covered planning, acquisition, construction, and major repair funds until projects are complete. Funds remain available even without a valid payment obligation at fiscal year-end. Section 1(A) projects missing the November 1, 2025, application deadline can submit by June 5, 2026. This extension covers projects that have not already received late approval. Timely applications satisfy late-approval requirements, and their supporting materials count as the required feasibility study.

Church Point and Winnfield fund drainage

The law provides $5.3 million in Priority 5 funding for street and drainage improvements in Church Point. South Winnfield's Phase 1 drainage work gets $600,000 in Priority 5 bonds. With $60,375 in Priority 1 bonds, South Winnfield's listed project total is $660,375. These projects fund local drainage infrastructure rather than payments to residents.

Earlier contracts for Lafayette and Acadia

Lafayette Parish can contract for its Government Complex and Courthouse before a cooperative agreement, credit line, or bond sale. Funds can pay or reimburse those obligations unless state bond counsel warns the Commissioner of Administration of a federal tax-law violation. Acadia Parish's Hains Road project can contract before Facility Planning and Control approval. Hains Road is exempt from bid-opening extensions tied to changes in bidding documents, and the state can share project obligations.

Flexible contracts for selected state projects

For specified disaster-repair and economic development projects, the Commissioner of Administration can waive bidding, contract review, and related legal requirements. Project managers must document public benefits and the need for timely completion. Designers can be chosen from at least three acceptable firms or joint ventures with specialized experience. Funds can cover capital equipment and reimburse earlier spending, subject to state bond counsel's federal tax-law advice. Land or buildings acquired under this authority must be titled to a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.

Four communities get sewer upgrade funding

The law funds sewer and wastewater projects in Church Point, Walker, Westwego, and Wisner. Church Point gets $3.9 million in Priority 5 funding for sewer improvements. Walker and Livingston Parish's plant upgrades get $1.8 million in Priority 5 bonds and $200,000 in Priority 2 bonds, totaling $2 million. Westwego's plant improvements get $4.5035 million in Priority 5 bonds and $1 million in Priority 2 bonds, totaling $5.5035 million. Wisner's plant repairs get $1.25 million in Priority 5 bonds and $200,000 in Priority 1 bonds, totaling $1.45 million.

Funding for a biomedical research building

The Biomedical Research and Innovation Park building gets about $25.191 million in general obligation bonds. Funding includes about $8.291 million at Priority 1, $7 million at Priority 2, and $9.9 million at Priority 5. The law supports research facilities but does not create household benefit eligibility or direct cost relief.

Funding for Lafayette development complex

The law provides $10 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds to plan and build Lafayette Parish's LA Hub Complex Development. The project is listed under ULL Economic Development. The provision does not establish household payments or eligibility rules.

Funding for Lafayette roads and intersections

The law funds six transportation projects in Lafayette Parish. It allocates $3 million for the East Broussard roundabout and $4 million for the Cue Road extension. Road resurfacing and Rue Du Belier widening each receive $7 million. Interchange entrance and exit improvements receive $10 million. University Avenue corridor improvements receive $13 million for planning, construction, and land acquisition.

Funding for local meeting and event facilities

St. Tammany Parish’s Harbor Center District gets $500,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. The money covers air-conditioning ductwork, exterior doors and frames, exterior wall and framing repairs, and chairs for new meeting space. The New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority property project gets $25.5 million in bonds. That includes $4.5 million at Priority 1 and $21 million at Priority 5.

Funding for local roads and bridges

The law provides general obligation bond funding for three local transportation projects. Calcasieu Parish Airport District 1 gets $1 million at Priority 1 for entrance improvements, access roads, and a marquee. Thibodaux gets $3 million at Priority 5 for the LA 648 and Acadia Road intersection in Lafourche Parish. It also gets $5.929963 million at Priority 1 to replace Canal Boulevard bridges and build the Menard walking and biking trail.

Funding for local roads and intersections

Central's Wax Road extension gets $3.2 million in bond funding: $1.6 million each in Priorities 2 and 5. In Livingston Parish, the transportation department manages $2.175 million for planning and building the LA 64–LA 1019 roundabout. The law provides $12,287 for Bossier Parish's LA 3227–LA 157 realignment and $28,516 for LA 13 from Crowley to the Vermilion Parish line. Tangipahoa Parish's South Airport Road and North Hoover Road improvements get $2.186727 million in Priority 1 funding. North Hoover Road Phase 2 gets $6 million in Priority 5 funding, with a listed total of $8.7205 million.

Funding for local sewer system upgrades

The law allocates $2 million for wastewater collection, transfer, and treatment in Jefferson Davis Parish. In St. John the Baptist Parish, Big Belle Terre Lift Station repairs receive $1.53 million in Priority 5 funding; the listed total is $1.7 million. Ouachita Parish's Steep Bayou/Tupawek Bayou sewer project receives $3.934137 million for planning, construction, and right-of-way acquisition. Priority 5 general obligation bonds provide $12.481 million for Ville Platte/Evangeline Parish treatment facility repairs, $3.3 million for Westlake/Calcasieu Parish sewer transport improvements, and $4.5 million for Youngsville/Lafayette Parish wastewater improvements. These project provisions do not specify changes to household sewer bills.

Funding for Louisiana port facilities

The law allocates $44 million to plan and build a maritime manufacturing facility in Terrebonne Parish. It also allocates $51.541023 million to rebuild Port of Lake Charles wharves and sheds at City Docks, Berths 4–6. These funds support port-related facilities, not direct household payments.

Funding for parish roads and corridors

The law allocates $3.825 million for parishwide road and bridge improvements in Jefferson Davis Parish. The South Lafourche Airport Corridor Project receives $5.281009 million. Livingston Parish receives $6.005 million to extend Juban Road North between US 190 (Florida Boulevard) and LA 1026 (Lockhart Road). Goldonna Road resurfacing in Natchitoches Parish receives $3.56 million. Westlake street repairs receive $960,000 in Priority 5 general obligation bond funding.

Funding for parish roads and intersections

Lafayette Parish gets $11.325 million for state interchange improvements. St. Charles Parish gets $2.825 million at Priority 5 to demolish and rebuild Paul Fredrick and Kinler streets. The transportation department gets about $24.544 million to widen LA 42 from US 61 to LA 44, including a Joe Sevario Road roundabout. It also gets $6.2 million to replace Acadia Parish’s LA 91 Bayou Plaquemine Brule Bridge. Another $9.6 million funds a roundabout at LA 3233 and the I-49 northbound service road in St. Landry Parish.

Funding for Pearl River and Carencro

The law provides $500,000 in Priority 1 funding for the Pearl River Navigational Canal. That money supports planning, construction, and acquisition. It also provides $203,058 in Priority 1 funding for Carencro's I-49 to Gloria Switch Coulee project. The supplied provision does not describe the Carencro project's work or a direct household financial benefit.

Funding for two local airports

Chennault International Airport in Calcasieu Parish gets $6 million in Priority 5 bonds for Firewater Pumphouse #3 and related infrastructure. Livingston Executive Airport gets $10.32882 million in bonds. Its funding includes $5.67882 million in Priority 1 and $4.65 million in Priority 5. These appropriations do not specify changes to passenger services or fares.

Funding grows for streets and sidewalks

Sulphur receives $1.2 million in one-time state funding for Maplewood Drive, with a listed total of $10.811954 million. Vinton receives $500,000 in Priority 5 bonds alongside $100,000 in Priority 1 funding, totaling $600,000. Vivian's Phase II street and drainage work receives $408,850 in Priority 5 bonds and $200,000 in Priority 2 funding. Vivian's listed total is $608,850. West Monroe's Cotton Street and sidewalks receive $550,000 in Priority 5 bonds and $350,000 in Priority 1 funding, totaling $900,000.

Funding to repair transportation maintenance facilities

The law provides $47.5 million to rebuild or repair transportation department maintenance facilities across Louisiana. The funding supports the department’s facilities and operations. It does not go directly to households.

Globalplex port funds cover more work

Port of South Louisiana Globalplex terminal funds can cover similar building upgrades and a heavy-load foundation or floor. Terminal upgrade funds can also cover improvements at the port's Executive Regional Airport. Dock access bridge and equipment funds can cover an access road, and rail siding funds can cover a rail spur. The parking-area roadway project near Building 60 can include a W. 10th Street access road. Conveyor system and related equipment design fees can exceed the usual 10% limit.

Globalplex port gets buildings and access upgrades

The law funds Globalplex port upgrades in St. John the Baptist Parish. It provides $24.385 million for a warehouse and cargo-moving system, plus $1.567361 million for Building 71 and other buildings. Dock bridge and equipment repairs or replacement get $1.012032 million; parking-area roads near Buildings 60 and 2 get $743,152 and $2.865 million. Roads and drainage between Buildings 71 and 76 get $437,188. These are port project funds, not household payments.

Globalplex port gets guard station funding

The law provides $1.58 million to plan and build a new guard station at Globalplex. The project is in St. John the Baptist Parish and supports port operations and security. The appropriation does not provide direct household payments.

Highway projects get help with overruns

Louisiana's transportation department can use Highway Program Transportation Trust Funds to cover overruns on qualifying general obligation bond projects. Projects must be on the state or federal highway system and in the priority program. The department must confirm the overrun. Overruns of $50,000 or more need Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approval; smaller overruns do not.

Insurance money can fund immediate repairs

The Office of Facility Planning and Control can receive insurance payments and immediately repair facilities suffering insured losses. Repairs do not need to appear first in a Capital Outlay Act. The office must report insurance-funded spending to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.

Lake Charles gets parking garage repairs

The law provides $1.5 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds to repair a downtown Lake Charles parking garage. The allocation supports a local public parking facility in Calcasieu Parish. It does not specify a direct household payment.

Local drivers get more road project funding

The law provides $6.3 million for road repairs across Cameron Parish. Doty Road reconstruction in Concordia Parish gets $3 million from one-time State General Fund revenues. Livingston Parish's Cook Road Extension Economic Development Corridor, also called Pete's Highway Frontage Road, gets $1.073907 million. Airport Road roundabouts get $5 million in Priority 5 funding. The allocations fund road projects, not household payments.

Local road funds cover more improvements

Beauregard Parish's Longview Road appropriation includes Longville Road improvements, and Winn Parish's project covers all of Eugene Garrett Road. Kenner's Lincoln Manner drainage project includes 30th Street road and drainage work from Loyola Drive to Ohio Street. Scott's LA 93 funds cover roundabout planning and design at Exit 97 Westbound and LA 93 at Renaud Drive. That change does not establish roundabout construction funding. St. Francisville's Commerce Street project includes added infrastructure and related features on connected streets and areas.

Local roads and bridges get funding

The law provides $8 million in Priority 5 funding for Hooper Road widening and sewers, from Blackwater Bayou to Sullivan Road. Its listed project total is $9.5 million. Old Hammond Highway gets $8.25 million in Priority 5 funding, from Boulevard De Province to Millerville Road; its listed total is $9.7 million. Bogalusa gets $565,000 in Priority 5 funding for emergency replacement and repair of Davenport Avenue Bridge and Servitude Street.

Local streets and downtown upgrades funded

The law funds two local infrastructure projects through Priority 1 general obligation bonds. West Monroe gets $350,000 for Jersey Street improvements in Ouachita Parish. Lafayette Centre Development District gets $400,099 for public infrastructure upgrades in downtown Lafayette. These allocations do not specify direct household payments or cost changes.

Local towns get utility improvement funding

The law provides Priority 5 funding for local utility work: $878,000 for Basile gas and drainage improvements. Benton gets $1.7 million for Courthouse Subbasin wastewater collection, with a listed project total of $3.4 million. Blanchard gets $1 million for State Line Road water distribution, with a listed total of $1.9 million. Blanchard also gets $2 million for wastewater facilities. Bastrop gets $75,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for sewer treatment; its listed project total is $750,000.

Local travelers get road project funding

The law provides Priority 5 funding for streets in Clayton ($3.5 million) and Colfax ($1.25 million; listed total $1.381157 million). Covington gets $2.7 million for a roundabout at LA 21 and Tyler Street. Welsh and Jefferson Davis Parish's frontage road extension gets $1.145 million in Priority 5 bonds. Including Priority 1 and Priority 2 funding, that project's listed total is $4.145 million. Westwego's Sala Avenue street and infrastructure work gets $850,000 in Priority 5 bonds plus $184,400 in Priority 1 bonds, totaling $1.0344 million.

Local utility funds cover added work

New Roads industrial park funds can cover underground electrical system upgrades. Scott's Apollo Road Extension project includes placement of water and sewer lines along the roadway. Franklin's water treatment, booster station, and distribution project includes needed plant improvements, including the transfer pump. These changes state no new funding amounts or household utility rate changes.

Local water systems get upgrade funding

The law provides Priority 5 funding for water projects in Bossier City, Broussard, and Westwego. Bossier City's Swan Lake/Deen Point waterline extension gets $6.12 million. Broussard gets $1 million for a groundwater storage tank, $4.2 million for the Marteau Road well, and $2.716 million for Albertson Parkway's well and ground storage tank. Their listed project totals are $1.125 million, $4.59 million, and $4.606 million, respectively. Westwego's tower, lines, improvements, and meter replacement get $1 million in Priority 5 bonds plus $1 million in Priority 2 bonds, totaling $2 million.

Lockport marine manufacturing gets electrical upgrades

The law provides $13 million in Priority 1 general obligation bonds for Lockport's Marine Manufacturing Electrical Utility Modernization Project. The funding supports electrical utility upgrades for marine manufacturing. It does not specify household payments or consumer electric rate changes.

Louisiana airports get improvement program funding

The law provides $21.945415 million for the State Aviation and Airport Improvement Program. This includes $19.945415 million from the Transportation Trust Fund and $2 million from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. The money supports statewide aviation and airport projects, not direct payments to travelers.

Louisiana communities get street improvement funding

The law provides Priority 5 funding of $4.6 million for Vermilion Parish roads and $5 million for Lake Charles' Enterprise Boulevard extension. Hessmer street improvements get $920,000 in Priority 5 bonds plus $115,000 in Priority 2 funding, totaling $1.035 million. Priority 5 bonds also provide $600,000 for Homer streets, $1.625 million for Iota streets, and $675,000 for Welsh street repairs. These allocations support local transportation projects and do not set direct household payments.

Louisiana funds aviation and business facilities

The law provides bond funding for three local aviation and economic development facilities. The England Economic and Industrial Development District's high-bay aircraft maintenance hangar in Rapides Parish gets $15.425 million in Priority 5 and $1.713915 million in Priority 1 funding, totaling $17.138915 million. The Lafayette Innovation Center gets $5 million in Priority 5 and $3.661342 million in Priority 1 funding, totaling $8.661342 million. Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport's Aviation Business Park gets $4.75 million in Priority 5 and $1.686902 million in Priority 1 funding, totaling $6.436902 million.

Louisiana ports get docks and freight upgrades

The law funds port and freight projects, not household payments. Houma Navigation Canal slip dredging gets $2 million; Lake Charles gets $574,501 for two mobile harbor cranes at BT-1. Tangipahoa's Building 2 barge dock gets $1 million, Mermentau harbor slips get $57,852, and Vinton's barge berth gets $1.980637 million. Central Louisiana Regional Port gets $2.697989 million for a raised work area and access road for high-water conditions. Avondale Marine rail restoration gets $3.8 million, Columbia's railroad spur gets $1.93538 million, and Tensas port planning gets $170,550 in Priority 1 funding.

Louisiana towns get sewer improvement funding

The law provides Priority 5 general obligation bond funding for four local wastewater projects. Lake Arthur, in Jefferson Davis Parish, gets $1.05 million for wastewater treatment facility improvements. Iota gets $1.26 million for a belt press system to treat sewer sludge. Jeanerette gets $3.32 million for sewer improvements, and Lake Providence gets $1.74 million for sewer improvements. The allocations do not specify direct household payments or changes to sewer bills.

Louisiana towns get water system funding

Priority 1 bonds provide $74,903 for Hornbeck's West Side Water System expansion and $3.8474 million for Springfield water upgrades. Ida gets $1.092435 million in Priority 1 bonds for wells, tanks, and booster stations, plus $2.7 million in Priority 5 bonds for Phase 1 water main replacements. Priority 5 bonds provide $575,000 for Jeanerette water improvements and $675,000 to replace Welsh water meters. Vivian gets $94,523 in Priority 1 bonds to improve and extend water and wastewater systems. Madisonville gets $500,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for water mains; these allocations do not specify household payments or bill changes.

More flexibility for state construction spending

Chapter 17 of Title 39 does not apply to architectural and engineering contracts the Office of Facility Planning and Control administers under capital outlay acts. For specified Section 1(A) and 1(B) projects, revenue bond proceeds can enter accounts outside the treasury when financing documents allow. Deposits must follow constitutional and financing rules; the office alone requests funds for projects it administers. Project descriptions include related costs shown in required capital requests, subject to Title 39. New or renovated facilities can also include unlisted equipment or acquisitions reasonably needed to make them functional.

More funding for community wastewater systems

Amite's regional wastewater treatment and transmission facilities get an added $12.05 million in Priority 5 funding. Their listed project total is $32.75 million. Capital Outlay Savings Fund additions provide $300,000 for Abita Springs wastewater treatment, with a $3 million listed total. The same fund adds $100,000 for Homer's wastewater plant, with an $875,000 total, and $100,000 for Lake Arthur wastewater collection, with a $1.09 million total. These project allocations do not state changes to household sewer charges.

More funding for local electrical upgrades

The law provides $298,557 in Priority 1 funding for Vernon/Fort Johnson thoroughfare electrical power extensions and utilities, including generators. Abbeville gets $250,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for electrical distribution improvements. These allocations support local utility infrastructure. They do not specify changes to household electricity rates.

More funding for local utility upgrades

Leesville's sewer extension to the Fort Johnson entrance road receives $2 million in Priority 5 bonds. Alongside $2.356294 million in Priority 1 funding, its listed total is $4.356294 million. Livonia's water well receives $150,000 in state funds and $988,425 in Priority 1 bonds, totaling $1.138425 million. West Monroe receives $300,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for Phase 1 downtown utility upgrades, totaling $855,000. These allocations do not set household utility rates or provide direct payments.

More funding for local water systems

Priority 5 water funding adds $2 million for Abita Springs and $2.025 million for Arcadia, and provides $250,000 for Cankton. Carencro gets $600,000 from the State General Fund for citywide water main repairs, with a $6.6 million listed total. Hosston gets an added $203,058 in previously allocated general obligation bond proceeds, with an $803,058 listed total, for a well, main, controls, generator, and equipment. Lake Arthur gets an added $900,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for water improvements, with a $1.89 million listed total. Anacoco gets $540,000 in Priority 2 funding for Port Arthur Avenue street repairs and water-line replacement. These allocations do not state changes to household water bills.

More funding for Louisiana road corridors

St. Landry's parishwide road program gets $2.4 million in one-time State General Fund money; its listed total is $4.9 million. The Highway 1088/I-12 AML corridor in St. Tammany gets an added $11.625 million in Priority 5 funding. Its listed project total is $14.625 million. Lafayette's Johnston Street improvements get $22.5 million in Priority 5 general obligation bond funding. Another $2.5 million in Priority 1 funding brings the Johnston Street total to $25 million.

More funding for St. Martin roads

The law funds four road projects in St. Martin Parish. It provides $235,000 in previously allocated State General Fund money for Theobold Road improvements. The Spanish Trail Industrial Park access road gets $1.343268 million in Priority 1 funding. Milhomme Bridge improvements get an added $1 million in Priority 5 funding. The I-10 frontage road from LA 328 to LA 347 also gets an added $1 million in Priority 5 funding.

More money for local road improvements

The law adds money for roads in Leesville, Lutcher, and Madisonville. Leesville receives $750,000 in Priority 5 bonds alongside $3,433 in Priority 1 funding, totaling $753,433. Lutcher receives $1 million in Priority 5 bonds alongside $500,000 in Priority 2 funding, totaling $1.5 million. Madisonville receives $100,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund, bringing its listed total to $1.1 million.

More money for local street repairs

Priority 1 funding provides $47,245 to rebuild Martin Luther King Roadway in Charenton within its existing right-of-way. It also provides $367,675 for Eugene Garrett Road and $15,092 for Frank White Road reconstruction. Added Priority 5 funding includes $1.78 million for Bailey Road, with a $5.28 million listed total, and $900,000 for Section Line Road. Lake Charles's Sallier Street gets $2 million in Priority 5 bonds plus $1 million in Priority 1 funding; Covington's Downtown Historic District overlays get $640,000 in Priority 5 funding, with a $668,473 listed total. Hornbeck road rehabilitation gets an added $100,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund, with a $700,000 listed total.

More road funding for St. James

The law provides $1 million in one-time state general fund money for parishwide road repairs; the listed total is $1.745362 million. LA 3127 widening from LA 20 to LA 3213 gets $21.4 million in Priority 5 funding. That widening project’s listed total is $24.963747 million. A separate LA 3127 project, from LA 70 to the St. James Canal Bridge, gets $15.5 million. LA 641 work from LA 44 to LA 3125 gets $5.4 million, including $400,000 in one-time state general fund money.

Motor vehicle office gets renovation funding

The law provides $6.789354 million in general obligation bonds for the Office of Motor Vehicles campus in East Baton Rouge Parish. The money supports renovation, demolition, and improvements. This allocation does not specify changes to household fees, eligibility, or services.

Named local projects avoid matching costs

The law waives matching requirements only for specifically listed non-state projects. These include Opelousas water meter and bridge upgrades, Tensas Parish's recreation facility, and East Carroll sheriff training, recreation, and courthouse improvements. It also covers Oberlin Street Improvements Phase I, Fifth Ward baseball fields, and Eunice City Hall and Police Department renovations. Upper Amite River flood risk reduction and restoration, the Ouachita education building, and Gretna Government Complex parking are also exempt. The law states no dollar value for the waived matches.

Northern parishes get road and bridge funding

The law provides $7.45 million to plan and build Ridge Road improvements in Bienville Parish. Caldwell Parish gets $426,000 for planning and construction on Swim Lake Road, plus $477,500 for Wiles and Kountry Korner Roads. Lincoln Parish gets $380,000 to replace bridges on Mitchell and Shady Grove Roads. Catahoula Parish road improvements receive a $3 million allocation. That allocation requires approval of the capital outlay budget request under R.S. 39:112.

Older water project applications count timely

Water or sewer projects submitted to the Water Sector Program by August 31, 2022, count as timely. Applicants must also submit a capital outlay request that otherwise follows La. R.S. 39:101 and 39:102. This preserves timely status for qualifying projects but does not guarantee funding.

Ports can sign construction contracts earlier

The Port of Lake Charles can contract for City Docks Berths 4, 5, and 6 wharf and shed reconstruction before credit lines or bond sales. The Port of New Orleans can contract for Louisiana International Terminal roadway, rail, drainage, site preparation, and mitigation work earlier. Its authority applies before a cooperative agreement, credit line, or bond sale. Both appropriations can pay or reimburse contract obligations unless state bond counsel warns the Commissioner of Administration of a federal tax-law violation.

Public projects gain contracting financing options

Approved highway, airport, port, and statewide flood-control projects can receive full-project contracts even when payments extend beyond the fiscal year. Projects must be bid and awarded, authorized, or started that year; the required cash management plan still applies. Capital outlay projects can also use financing from qualifying public trusts or public corporations with Louisiana as beneficiary. Financing from the Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority also qualifies. The Division of Administration must direct alternative financing, and the State Bond Commission must approve it.

Public projects gain supplemental funding options

The commissioner can transfer statewide or multi-parish facility funds to current or prior projects needing qualifying state-facility improvements. The receiving work must qualify for the source program. The facility-planning office can add settlement or vendor rebate receipts to related projects, including funds previously made unavailable. Unrelated uses require legislative budget committee approval, as do commissioner substitutions or additions of available federal or other funds. Approved replacement funds count as appropriated; prepaid reimbursement receipts also qualify under State Bond Commission deposit policies and procedures.

Railroad, river, and vessel project funding

The Northeast Louisiana Railroad Development District gets $10 million in bonds for planning and construction. That includes $1 million in Priority 1 and $9 million in Priority 5. The J. Bennett Johnston (Red River) Deepening project gets $400,000. The law also provides $1.5 million from the Transportation Trust Fund regular account for statewide vessel and equipment drydocking and repairs.

Regional airports get runway and hangar funding

Avoyelles Parish Airport Authority gets $2.44 million for the Marksville Municipal Airport runway extension. That includes $2.2 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds and $240,000 in nonrecurring State General Fund money. Ascension-St. James Airport and Transportation Authority gets $1 million in Priority 5 bonds for a Louisiana Regional Airport commercial hangar complex. It also gets $131,378 in Priority 1 bonds for drinking water, fire suppression, and disability access improvements. These allocations fund airport projects, not household payments.

Road funding for Webster and Rapides

The law provides $3.6 million to widen US 371 in Webster Parish. A roundabout at Pinecrest on US 165 in Rapides Parish gets $18 million. That includes $5.5 million in one-time state general fund money. Another $18 million funds planning and construction on LA 8 from the Richard Thompson Bridge to Colfax.

Road improvements for St. Tammany travelers

The law provides $3.85457 million for the LA 22 extension and improvements in St. Tammany Parish. The project includes an LA 22 roundabout. Funding covers design, engineering, planning, and construction.

Scenic Highway redevelopment gets state funding

The law provides $2 million in Priority 5 bonds for Ghost Kitchen redevelopment at the former Ace Cleaners site. The Project 70805, Inc. project is at 2504 Scenic Highway in East Baton Rouge Parish. Funding covers planning, land acquisition, site cleanup, design, permits, construction, and equipment.

Smaller matches for partially funded projects

Project sponsors can reduce a required local or federal match in proportion to state funding actually made available. This applies when the project title calls for a match and only part of the state appropriation becomes available. The rule covers partial funding through lines of credit or other means. It does not set a fixed matching rate.

Stadium district gains project delivery flexibility

The Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District can receive reimbursement for project spending made before credit lines or bond sales. The State Treasurer must confirm that project cash is deposited in the capital outlay escrow account. For TPC Louisiana planning and construction, the district can use alternative competitive purchasing and project-delivery methods. It can directly select a designer from at least three firms or joint ventures experienced in professional sports facilities. The commissioner must approve the selection list, and design fees must follow state facility-planning guidelines.

State project budgets gain management flexibility

Louisiana Economic Development's secretary can combine specified projects, including current and prior appropriations, funding sources, and approved credit lines. The transportation secretary can combine listed Engineering and Operations Facilities projects and their appropriations and approved credit lines. The transportation combination remains subject to Section 5 approval. Named agencies can use up to 6% of eligible current or prior capital line items for administration. Transportation and Office of Louisiana Highway Construction projects can also use that allowance for field engineering or construction supervision.

State revenues fund supplemental capital projects

Appropriations labeled State General Fund (Direct) Non-Recurring Revenues fund supplemental capital projects for fiscal year 2025–2026. Appropriations labeled Interest Earnings serve the same purpose and fiscal year. These provisions do not state a combined funding amount or provide household payments.

State transportation facilities get repair funding

The law provides $2 million from the Transportation Trust Fund regular account for transportation department facilities and equipment. It also provides $49.5 million for the Engineering and Operations Facilities Program Capital Projects. That program's money is limited to the listed maintenance-unit reconstruction, repairs, renovations, additions, new facilities, and equipment replacement. These allocations support agency sites, not payments to households.

Terrebonne gets road and bridge funding

The law provides $32 million in Priority 5 funding for the Valhi Extension from Savanne to LA 311. It provides $2 million from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for Brady Road Bridge replacement. The bridge's listed project total is $7.846 million. Both projects are in Terrebonne Parish and receive infrastructure funding rather than direct payments to residents.

Unused hurricane recovery money returns home

The State Treasurer returns eligible surplus hurricane-recovery money and earned interest to their proper source. This covers self-generated funds and advanced insurance funds transferred between agencies to the Office of Facility Planning and Control. At deposit, the Treasurer's Office must receive notice that the agency or Office of Risk Management intends to request interest back. The provision does not create household refunds.

Vidalia gets Mississippi River port funding

The law provides $364,616 in Priority 1 general obligation bond funding for a slackwater port on the Mississippi River. The project is in Vidalia and Concordia Parish. The money supports local port development rather than direct household payments.

Walker gets gas system upgrade funding

The law adds $400,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for gas system upgrades in Walker and Livingston Parish. The listed project total is $4 million. This funds local gas infrastructure but does not specify a change to household gas bills.

Westwego funds parks and riverfront projects

The law funds Westwego's parks and two development projects. Riverboat Landing Phase III gets $4 million in Priority 5 bonds plus $476,000 in Priority 2 bonds, totaling $4.476 million. Parks, improvements, and land purchases get $1 million from a previously allocated State General Fund balance; the listed total is $2.336038 million. The WHARF gets $2.2 million in Priority 5 bonds for planning, construction, and site preparation. With $2.502867 million in Priority 1 bonds, The WHARF's listed total is $4.702867 million.

Bossier City Gets Water Treatment Funding

The law provides $21 million in Priority 5 funding for Bossier City’s water treatment improvements. The project uses a nanofiltration system to filter water. Its listed total is $23 million. The money funds the treatment project, not direct payments to households.

Flood protection funds reach more areas

Lake Pontchartrain West Shore hurricane protection appropriations now include Ascension Parish within the project's scope. This applies to funds in this law or any other Capital Outlay Act. Monroe's Young's Bayou channel-capacity project includes streams and tributaries flowing into the watershed. These changes broaden eligible flood-control work without stating new funding amounts.

Funding for inland port expansion

The law provides $5 million for Phase 3 of the Vidalia Port expansion. The Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission gets $14.75979 million for the Inland Rivers Marine Terminal dock and access road. The Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission gets $8 million to buy land in Caddo Parish. These projects support port and freight infrastructure.

Funding for local water and utilities

The law funds Lafayette Waterworks District South improvements with $1.1 million in general obligation bonds and $500,000 in Capital Outlay Savings Fund money. Lafayette Waterworks District-North gets $6.475 million in Priority 5 bonds for a water filtration plant. Sulphur gets $1.3 million in Priority 5 bonds for Phase 3 wastewater improvements and $1.075 million in Priority 1 bonds for the Maplewood Pump Station. Vidalia's utility upgrade gets $10.943913 million in bonds: $3.943913 million at Priority 1 and $7 million at Priority 5. Jefferson Davis Water and Sewer District Commission No. 1 gets $6.2 million in bonds: $2 million at Priority 1 and $4.2 million at Priority 5.

Funding for Louisiana freight rail upgrades

The law provides $21.808146 million for short-line railroad upgrades across Louisiana. It also provides $11.872606 million for the New Orleans Rail Gateway Program in Jefferson and Orleans parishes. The money supports rail infrastructure used by rail users and freight businesses. It does not provide direct household payments.

Funding for water and community projects

For July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the Community Water Enrichment Program gets $16 million. That includes $11 million in Priority 5 bonds and $5 million in nonrecurring general funds. The Local Government Assistance Program gets $13 million: $10 million in Priority 5 bonds and $3 million in general funds. Additional balances support listed port, road, and drainage projects. St. Charles Parish also gets $33 million at Priority 5 for the West Bank Water Treatment Plant E Plant. This funding does not set household water rates or provide household payments.

Road and channel funding for Iberia

The law provides $18 million for Iberia Port road repairs, replacement, and improvements. That includes $3.3 million in one-time state general fund money. It separately provides $5 million for the Acadiana Gulf of Mexico Access Channel project. Another channel appropriation provides $2.840987 million for planning, design, construction, land rights, relocations, and utilities.

Statewide funding for Louisiana port construction

The law provides $39.4 million for Louisiana’s Port Construction and Development Priority Program. The money comes from the Transportation Trust Fund’s regular account. It supports port construction and development statewide, not direct payments to households.

Funding for clinics and medical centers

Open Health Care Clinic's Airline Highway renovations get $3 million in bonds: $250,000 in Priority 2 and $2.75 million in Priority 5. Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center planning and construction get $13 million: $4.5 million in Priority 1 and $8.5 million in Priority 5. Ascension Parish's Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center gets $3.5 million: $500,000 in Priority 2 and $3 million in Priority 5. St. James Parish Hospital's West Bank clinic gets $10.689295 million: $2.789295 million in Priority 1 and $7.9 million in Priority 5. These appropriations do not set individual care eligibility or household savings.

Funding for Opelousas hospital water wells

The law provides $3.915 million in Priority 5 funding for water wells at Opelousas General Hospital. The work serves its Main and South campuses. The listed project total is $4.35 million. This funds hospital infrastructure, not new health coverage or direct household payments.

Hospital relocation funds cover building work

Central Louisiana State Hospital's relocation-to-Pinecrest appropriations can cover new building construction and renovations. The law expands eligible facility work for the Office of Behavioral Health. It states no new funding amount and does not change who qualifies for behavioral-health services.

Hospitals get emergency and imaging funding

Citizens Medical Center gets $18.4 million to expand its emergency department, intensive care unit, and imaging services. General obligation bonds provide $2.5 million in Priority 1, $2 million in Priority 2, and $11.9 million in Priority 5. Another $2 million comes from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. Union General Hospital gets $500,000 from that fund to replace its CT scanner and improve diagnostic images. These allocations do not specify changes to patient coverage, prices, or eligibility.

Hospitals get power and building upgrades

Thibodaux Regional gets $20.1 million for emergency power: $4.3 million in Priority 2 and $15.8 million in Priority 5 bonds. St. Tammany Health System gets $10 million in Priority 5 bonds for a parking garage and helipad. It also gets $210,000 for stronger building exteriors and $320,000 for roof, heating, and cooling replacements. Lake Charles Memorial gets $1 million for mechanical upgrades: $250,000 in Priority 2 and $750,000 in Priority 5 bonds. Washington Parish Hospital Service District No. 1 gets $3.947498 million for emergency power, mechanical systems, and roofing: $347,498 in Priority 1 bonds, $3.1 million in Priority 5 bonds, and $500,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund.

Local hospitals get care facility funding

The law funds three hospital projects through general obligation bonds. Iberia Medical Center gets $7.149828 million in Priority 1 for planning, construction, and equipment for medical, surgical, and psychiatric inpatient rooms. Abbeville General Hospital gets $3.2 million in Priority 1 to expand and update outpatient surgery and childbirth departments. Our Lady of the Angels Hospital gets $4.4 million in Priority 5 to plan and build a medical office building. These allocations do not specify changes to patient eligibility or medical charges.

More funding for New Orleans healthcare

Orleans Parish Hospital Service District A gets $3.2 million in Priority 1 bond funding to expand behavioral health services. A Volunteers of America of Southeast Louisiana health hub beside BioDistrict New Orleans gets $6.55 million for planning and construction. Its bond funding includes $550,000 in Priority 2 and $6 million in Priority 5. START Corporation's Community Health Center French Quarter parking project gets $3.5 million: $3 million from bonds and $500,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. These items do not set care eligibility, service costs, or parking prices.

State hospitals get building upgrade funding

Central Louisiana State Hospital in Rapides Parish gets $3.54 million in bonds to plan and build a relocated warehouse. It also gets $10 million in interagency transfers to demolish buildings on Rainbow Drive. East Louisiana State Hospital in East Feliciana Parish gets $5 million in bonds for its center building and fire alarm system. It gets another $2.4532 million in bonds to replace fire alarms in ten buildings. East Louisiana Mental Health System's water replacement gets $2.02 million in bonds and $200,000 in one-time state funds, totaling $2.22 million. Pinecrest in Rapides Parish gets $5 million in interagency transfers to plan and build a kitchen; these allocations do not change household benefit eligibility.

Housing projects get infrastructure and rebuilding

Rising Oaks housing infrastructure Phases II and III get $3 million in general obligation bonds. This includes $500,000 at Priority 2 and $2.5 million at Priority 5. A separate commercial and rental housing building reconstruction gets $217,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. These provisions do not set resident eligibility or household payments; the rebuilding provision also gives no unit count or rents.

Ascension and Washington families get school funding

The law provides $2.7 million to plan and build an early childhood education project in Ascension Parish. It does not set family eligibility rules for that project. Thomas Elementary School in Washington Parish gets $6.5 million for cafeteria expansion and a classroom building. That includes $6 million in general obligation bonds and $500,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund.

Baton Rouge campuses can combine budgets

The state facility-planning director can combine covered projects into separate LSU Baton Rouge and Southern University Baton Rouge campus budgets. Related appropriations and previously approved State Bond Commission credit lines move into the combined budgets. LSU's combination remains subject to Section 5 approval. Southern University's combination does not require the legislative budget committee approval otherwise required by that section.

Central families get school recreation funding

The Central Community School System gets $2 million in Priority 5 general obligation bonds for sports complex infrastructure and school board facilities. A multi-use activity center and recreational facility gets $14.6 million. That includes $13.4 million in general obligation bonds and $1.2 million from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund. The activity center appropriation requires a capital outlay budget request under Louisiana law.

College students get funded repairs and equipment

The law provides $10 million for major repairs and overdue maintenance at postsecondary education buildings and facilities. System-wide telecommunications wiring and equipment get $1.995822 million. Land purchases for postsecondary institutions get $160,908. The funding supports the Louisiana Board of Regents and institutions statewide.

Community college gets Pointe Coupee funding

The law provides $6 million in general obligation bonds for Baton Rouge Community College campus development in Pointe Coupee Parish. The money covers planning and construction. It does not provide direct payments to students or households.

Community college students get training facility funding

Louisiana Delta Community College gets $17.5 million for campus development and $2,463 for expansion in Winnsboro. Central Louisiana Technical Community College's Rod Brady Campus gets $19 million for development. The community and technical college system gets $2.63502 million for parking resurfacing. Its Maritime/Petroleum Workforce Training Academy gets $9.334817 million. Fletcher Technical Community College gets $5.441625 million to plan and build a precision agriculture training facility.

Deaf school students get building repairs

The Louisiana School for the Deaf gets $500,000 to replace air-handling units in its administrative and B1 buildings. Roof replacement at the middle, high, and vocational schools gets $717,877. The funding comes from transfers between agencies. It supports school repairs rather than payments to families.

Early contracts for Southern university stabilization

The transportation department can sign contracts before funding arrives for Southern University–Baton Rouge’s Ravine, Bluff and Riverbank Stabilization Project. The authority also covers contracts already signed for planning, environmental, engineering, and other preconstruction services. Louisiana can financially participate and reimburse eligible costs or obligations under those contracts.

Education buildings gain broader funding uses

Remaining funds from the 2008 Second Extraordinary Session major repairs program can be pooled for more higher education repairs. The Board of Regents and Facility Planning and Control must find those repairs necessary and approve them. Statewide roofing, waterproofing, repair, and equipment funds can cover Peltier Hall at Nicholls State University. Pointe Coupee's school board office relocation project following Hurricane Gustav flooding includes 8777 Morganza Highway. The Opportunities Industrialization Center of Ouachita education building project can cover new construction and renovations.

Flexible hiring for university project teams

LSU can use alternative contracting methods for Research Well No. 3 and the system-wide Louisiana Optical Network Infrastructure telecommunications project. Well-project selection lists must include at least three qualified choices with relevant expertise or experience acceptable to the Commissioner of Administration. Network-project lists must include at least three acceptable choices, if available. LSU administers contracts under delegated authority and a cooperative endeavor agreement, including the network project through the Board of Regents and LONI. La. R.S. 38:2212(L) does not apply, but other applicable public-contract laws and guidelines remain in force.

Funding for agricultural research facilities

The LSU Agricultural Center in East Baton Rouge Parish gets $4.743355 million for its Food Innovation Center. This includes $3.993355 million in general obligation bonds and $750,000 in one-time State General Fund money. Animal and food science modernization, Phases I–V, gets $29.663979 million in bonds; the Renewable and Natural Resources Building gets $4.999874 million. The John M. Parker Agricultural Center and Livestock Show Barn get $23 million in bonds for repairs and renovations. Tornado-damaged buildings at the Dean Lee facility in Rapides Parish get $97,687 in bonds for repairs and reconstruction.

Funding for Alexandria university expansion

Louisiana State University Alexandria gets $29.144545 million in general obligation bonds for its Downtown Health Services Center. Its Workforce Academic Center gets $23.304391 million: $21.304391 million in bonds and $2 million in fees and self-generated revenues. The Student Success Center gets $2.9 million in bonds. A parking garage gets $7.5 million: $6.75 million in bonds and $750,000 in direct State General Fund money. Property acquisition gets $4 million in bonds, subject to capital outlay request approval under R.S. 39:112.

Funding for biomedical research center pipes

The law provides $2.2 million in general obligation bonds for the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in East Baton Rouge Parish. The money replaces underground chilled-water and hot-water supply and return pipes. It funds research-center infrastructure, not household water service or direct payments.

Funding for Eunice university facilities

Louisiana State University Eunice gets $1.054802 million in general obligation bonds for Manuel Hall exterior wall and roof repairs. Its athletic complex gets $9.728007 million for planning and construction. That includes $4.978007 million in bonds and $4.75 million in one-time State General Fund money. Phase 1 of the STEAM Innovation Center gets $22.9 million in bonds.

Funding for New Orleans university facilities

The University of New Orleans gets $5.79357 million in general obligation bonds for its Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Program. This covers Phase 1 relocation and buildout in the North Central Plant Building. The university also gets $4.8 million in bonds for campus roof replacements, planning, and construction.

Funding for Shreveport university repairs

Louisiana State University Shreveport gets $10.5 million for student wellness facility renovations and campus repairs. This includes $9 million in general obligation bonds and $1.5 million from previously allocated Capital Outlay Savings Fund money for the Shreveport Healthcare and Development Corridor. Exterior wall and bridge repairs get $951,628 in bonds. A high-voltage grid project gets $4.62 million: $4.12 million in bonds and $500,000 in one-time State General Fund money.

Louisiana Tech students get campus repairs

Louisiana Tech University gets $36.683762 million to renovate George T. Madison Hall. Emergency waterproofing and restoration of Wyly Tower–Prescott Library get $5 million. The Agriculture and Forestry Wood Products Education and Research Center gets $9.416818 million. Central steam generator and switch gear work gets $169,906, and the Athletic Academic Center gets $1,860. This money funds campus and research facilities.

Marine researchers gain ship contracting options

The R/V Pelican replacement is a public-purpose capital asset. The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium can use an alternative process to choose designers and builders. It must choose from at least two experienced ship-design firms or joint ventures and three qualified ship builders or shipyards. Firms must have relevant experience and be acceptable to the Commissioner of Administration. State guidelines still govern design fees and construction contract administration.

Marine researchers get vessel and campus funding

The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium gets $20.823903 million to replace the R/V Pelican research vessel. Phase 2 of its Houma Marine Campus gets $14.740647 million. This funding supports marine research facilities, not direct household payments.

McNeese students get repairs and recovery funding

McNeese State University gets $7 million for exterior damage-prevention work at Burton Business Center. Cowboy Stadium repairs and code upgrades get $2 million. Renovation and expansion of Shearman Fine Arts Building get $4.182206 million. Disaster recovery gets $6.661316 million, and Phase II of the Contraband Bayou erosion retaining wall gets $2.614114 million.

Medical students get funded campus upgrades

The law provides general obligation bond funding for three projects at Louisiana State University's Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. Emergency water supply improvements get $4.920006 million. Expansion and modernization of the gross anatomy lab get $26,872. The Center for Medical Education and Wellness gets $1.077028 million. This funding supports campus facilities, not payments to students.

Monroe and Northwestern students get facility funding

The University of Louisiana Monroe gets $11.15 million for Brown Hall and $3.765676 million for Sugar and Caldwell halls. Northwestern State University gets $17.525 million for its Nursing Education Center at Warrington Place on the Shreveport campus. Replacement of Northwestern's John S. Kyser Hall gets $6.544641 million. The Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts and Northwestern State University Innovation Center gets $13.8 million. These funds support education facilities, not direct household payments.

Nicholls students get new campus facilities

Nicholls State University gets $3.1 million for Didier Fieldhouse and $3.7 million for the Women's Student Athlete Performance Center. A new nursing building gets $12.1436 million. The May and Harvey Peltier Center gets $4.335 million, and the Coastal Center Facility gets $7 million. The Al Danos College of Business/School of Marine Transportation building gets $25 million. These funds support university facilities, not student payments.

Northshore students get new and expanded campuses

Northshore Technical Community College gets $11.585635 million for a new diesel automotive building at its Sullivan Campus. Expansion of the Livingston Campus gets $9.2 million. A new campus near Hammond gets $38.975 million. These appropriations fund college facilities, not direct payments to students.

Parish can recover welding grant costs

St. Mary Parish can recover expenses incurred to secure a federal grant for the Charenton Canal Industrial Park welding training center project. Reimbursement must come from a cash line of credit approved for that infrastructure and construction project. The law states no reimbursement amount and provides no direct household payment.

Pointe Coupee school board relocation funding

The law provides $6.15356 million in bonds to plan and build the Pointe Coupee Parish School Board office relocation. The new location is 8777 Morganza Highway, the former Labarre Elementary School site. Funding includes $4.15356 million in Priority 1 and $2 million in Priority 5.

Shreveport health campus gets facility funding

The law provides $5 million in general obligation bonds for LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport's Stonewall Animal Research and Training Facility. That facility is in DeSoto Parish. It also provides $3 million in bonds to plan and build expanded student and faculty parking at the Shreveport campus. These provisions fund facilities, not household payments.

Southeastern students get nursing and campus facilities

Southeastern Louisiana University gets $27.014543 million for an academic athletic training facility and related athletic space. Renovation of the Baton Rouge Nursing Center gets $15.2109 million. A Nursing and Health Science Building gets $31.301729 million. Renovation and expansion of D. Vickers Hall get $6.97822 million. The funding supports university facilities and health-science education.

Southern New Orleans students get campus upgrades

Southern University New Orleans gets $14.311545 million in general obligation bond funding for its cafeteria. Housing renovation gets $19.5 million in general obligation bonds. The Nursing and Allied Health Building gets $3 million from fees and self-generated revenue. Accessible restrooms and public spaces get $977,998, and outdoor lighting upgrades get $100,062. These appropriations fund campus projects, not household payments.

Southern Shreveport students get training facilities

Southern University Shreveport gets $7.48 million in general obligation bonds for drinking-water, hot-water-loop, and drainage improvements. The Workforce Training and Technology Center gets $19.006598 million. Replacement of the Louis Collier Hall Science Building gets $17.904083 million. The money supports campus services and education facilities, not direct student payments.

Southern University funds renovations and replacement

Southern University Baton Rouge's Global Innovation and Welcome Center Phase II gets $31.68 million: $30 million in bonds and $1.68 million in nonrecurring state funds. A.O. Williams Hall renovations get $33.882677 million: $19.382677 million in bonds and $14.5 million in nonrecurring state funds. At Southern University Shreveport, Louis Collier Hall renovation funds can also cover replacing the existing science building. The replacement rule states no funding amount.

White Castle funds a training center

The law adds $500,000 from the Capital Outlay Savings Fund for White Castle's training and learning center. Alongside $1 million in Priority 5 bond funding, the listed total is $1.5 million. The allocation funds the facility but does not set enrollment rules or provide payments to trainees.

Business and workforce facilities get funding

The law funds three business-development projects through general obligation bonds. Made in America, Inc. gets $9.999595 million for a Caddo business incubator, health clinic, and workforce center: $999,595 in Priority 1 and $9 million in Priority 5. The Louisiana Chamber of Commerce Foundation gets $1.644795 million in Priority 1 for its Business Innovation Center. Iberia Economic Development Authority gets $7.803402 million for land, planning, and construction at Progress Point Business Park and Airport Gateway. That includes $5.003402 million in Priority 1, $1.2 million in Priority 2, and $1.6 million in Priority 5; these allocations do not establish direct household or business payments.

Coastal construction requires approved annual plans

Funds in this law can pay for integrated coastal protection construction only when the project appears in an approved annual plan. The Louisiana Legislature must give final approval to that plan. This limits agency spending, not household eligibility or payments.

Officials must approve golf tournament move

The PGA TOUR event played at TPC Louisiana cannot move to the New Orleans City Park Golf Complex without two approvals. Both the Commissioner of Administration and Jefferson Parish Council chairman must agree. City Park can still host other tournaments and events, including other PGA-affiliated or sponsored events.

Audit failures block capital project funding

The state cannot release this law’s funds to recipients that fail or refuse to meet audit requirements under R.S. 24:513. The block lasts while the recipient remains out of compliance. A recipient is not treated as out of compliance during an extension granted by the Louisiana legislative auditor.

Highway projects need approval before spending

The state cannot spend funds on covered state highway projects unless they are included in the Highway Program. The Joint Legislative Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works must also approve them. This applies to projects on state-system highways under the transportation department’s authority.

Local assistance spending must meet definition

Local Government Assistance Program capital outlay spending must follow only the capital outlay definition in La. R.S. 39:2(9). Local governments and administering agencies must use that definition to classify spending. The law creates no direct household payment.

Project revenue must cover bond repayment

Bonds repaid partly or fully from project revenue must be labeled Reimbursement Bonds. The responsible agency or local government must pay bond debt costs into the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. The State Bond Commission decides whether payment occurs annually or at the end of the bond term. This rule does not impose a direct household payment duty.

Unfunded agencies face project spending limits

Capital funds cannot be spent on projects under abolished agencies or agencies receiving no 2026–2027 general budget appropriation. The governor can allow spending needed to protect life or property. Projects transfer when legislation moves their associated facilities or programs to another agency or entity.

Local water projects require rate studies

Every non-state capital project that includes a water system must include a rate study. The law does not set water rates or require a specific household payment. It does not state the study's cost.

Revenue bonds face state backing limits

Revenue bonds appropriated in Sections 1(A) or 1(B) cannot be backed by Louisiana's full faith and credit. This limits the state guarantee available to holders of those bonds. The provision does not directly change household taxes or benefits.

Iberia officials must coordinate jail improvements

Iberia Parish and the Iberia Parish Sheriff must coordinate priorities for the jail improvement project's scope of work. This gives both officials a role in setting priorities and limits unilateral project decisions. The provision states no funding amount.

Road money shifts to Donaldsonville projects

The law moves State General Fund direct money previously allocated to Ascension Parish's LA 73 at LA 30 roundabout. It adds $400,000 to Donaldsonville's septage receiving station, a facility for waste pumped from septic tanks. That project's listed total is $1.66 million. It also adds $100,000 to Donaldsonville's LA 3089 railroad crossing project, whose listed total is $2.25 million. The two Donaldsonville projects gain funding previously assigned to the roundabout.

Alexandria road funding includes local match

The law adds $4.62 million in Priority 5 funding for Alexandria's Sugarhouse Road/Eddie Williams Boulevard project. The funding covers Phases I and II from LA Highway 1. The project also lists a $5 million local match. That match is a project-level contribution, not a stated charge to individual households.

Earlier business project payments, tighter award uses

The Lafayette Innovation Center can sign contracts before funding arrives, and the state can share the resulting financial obligations. Louisiana Economic Development can administer projects through cooperative agreements, outside specified capital-outlay laws, and reimburse costs incurred before agreements or credit lines. The Commissioner of Administration can waive specified bidding and contract-review rules. Office of Business Development awards can fund only capital and infrastructure improvements verified by Facility Planning and Control. Documented award costs from Louisiana Economic Development Corporation board approval onward can be reimbursed once the project agreement is signed.

Local project funds face spending deadlines

Capital project funds administered for non-state entities through cooperative endeavor agreements must be spent within two years after bond issuance. The agency must notify the entity of the bond-issuance date within three months. After two years, the agency can close the project and recommend moving unspent proceeds to another capital project. The receiving project must appear in this law or a previous Capital Outlay Act.

Project money can fund public art

The commissioner of administration can move qualifying project money to the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism for public art. This supports art purchases and administration but shifts money away from the project's remaining uses. Transfers cannot exceed 1% of project funding or $450,000 per qualifying project. Administration can use no more than 10% of the 1% amount.

State projects face bond priority rules

Higher-priority projects generally must receive bond cash credit lines before lower-priority projects. An agency can seek an exception through a detailed impossibility or impracticality certificate; the State Bond Commission must agree. Moving projects higher requires specified review and legislative approval, subject to stated emergency or unexpected-cause rules. Priority 5 projects can move higher only through that process or to complete or further fund another capital outlay project. Priority 5 bond funding covers contract portions needing no cash that fiscal year, with noncash credit required before contract awards.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Tony Bacala
Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 375 • No: 0

House vote • 5/29/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 102, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 102 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/26/2026

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 38 • No: 0

House vote • 4/16/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 103 • No: 0