Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 49, § 135. State Capitol Complex; approval of construction

A. No state building shall be erected in the area hereinafter defined as the State Capitol Complex and no bid for the construction thereof shall be accepted unless and until such construction has been approved by a majority of the elected members of both houses of the legislature and such approval has been certified to the division of administration by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.

B. For the purposes of this section, the term state building shall be deemed to include any structure except levees which is financed by funds appropriated, dedicated or otherwise allocated from sources of revenues, fees, charges, assessments or other funds of the state.

C. For the purposes of this section, the term State Capitol Complex shall be deemed to apply to that area in the city of Baton Rouge, containing the State Capitol building and bounded on the south by North Street, on the west by the Mississippi River, on the north by Choctaw Drive, and on the east by the Kansas City Southern Railway tracks.