Committee advances bill regulating Calcasieu Bridge tolls | News
A Senate committee advanced a bill Tuesday setting limits on what the state can do with tolls collected on the Calcasieu River Bridge.
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A Senate committee advanced a bill Tuesday setting limits on what the state can do with tolls collected on the Calcasieu River Bridge.
Enactment of this law would make Louisiana the fifth state to recognize gold and silver as legal tender. Utah led the way, reestablishing constitutional money in 2011. Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Arkansas have since joined. Practically speaking, this would allow Louisianians to use gold or silver coins as money rather than just as mere investment vehicles. In effect, it would put gold and silver on the same practical footing as Federal Reserve notes.
Louisiana state Sen. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, filed the proposal, which would apply to people found guilty of committing sex crimes against children under 13.
Louisiana state Sen. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, filed the proposal, which would apply to people found guilty of committing sex crimes against children under 13.
Under the proposed law, “any gold or silver coin or specie issued by any state or the United States government as legal tender shall be recognized as legal tender in the state of Louisiana.”