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A bid to increase emergency shelter space in Louisiana by upgrading public buildings so they can house hurricane evacuees sailed through the Senate with a unanimous vote Wednesday.
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration is pushing the proposal (Senate Bill 279) by Sen. Mike Walsworth as a way to save millions of dollars in evacuee transport money and to avoid the annual haggling with other states over whether they can take in Louisiana’s evacuees.
The bill would ask local emergency officials to recommend public places they think would work as shelters, like schools or government buildings. The state would improve buildings so they meet American Red Cross standards for shelters. About $7.5 million is set aside in a separate bill to pay for building upgrades.
Supporters of the proposal acknowledged it would take several years to inventory public buildings, determine which could be used for shelters and improve them so they meet standards.
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