| HB 13 | Hoffman | Provides relative to the installation of speed bumps by municipal and parish governing authorities. |
| Remarks: | THis only applies to municipalities, do parishe sneed a specific authorizing statute? |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 59 | Foil | Changes the hours the polls are required to be open on election day. |
| Bill History: |
04-13-10 H Failed to pass (Vote: Y: 32/N: 56) |
| HB 69 | Ligi | Constitutional Amendment to provide for forfeiture of retirement benefits by public officials and employees who are convicted of felony acts associated with their positions. |
| Remarks: | As our members replace themselves this becomes less applicable, as the new PJ's can't join the retirement system. |
| Bill History: |
05-13-10 H Meeting set for 8:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Retirement |
| HB 72 | LaBruzzo | Prohibits a public servant convicted of an office-related felony from receiving retirement benefits. |
| Remarks: | THis appears to create a State penalty for certain federal crimes. Consitutional? |
| Bill History: |
05-13-10 H Meeting set for 8:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Retirement |
| HB 73 | Ligi | Requires forfeiture of retirement benefits by any public employee or elected official who is a member of a public retirement system and is convicted of certain state or federal felony acts associated with his office. |
| Bill History: |
05-13-10 H Involuntarily Deferred House Retirement |
| HB 77 | Hardy | Prohibits a defendant's release on his own recognizance for the arrest of a felony offense. |
| Remarks: | The Parish pays for every inmate who is unable to bond out...Amend to provide State to pay for inmates |
| Bill History: |
04-20-10 H Involuntarily Deferred House Administration of Criminal Justice |
| HB 95 | White | Provides for the impaneling of grand jury members, increases the number of alternate members which can be selected to serve on a grand jury and provides for the selection of a foreman. |
| Remarks: | Need to monitor for any potential cost issues |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 104 | Hardy | Requires a driver who is arrested for a DWI to remain in jail 48 hours after arrest. |
| Remarks: | The Parish will pay the expense of this mandatory 48 hours...amend to provide State pays |
| Bill History: |
05-17-10 H Involuntarily Deferred House Administration of Criminal Justice |
| HB 113 | Chandler | Provides for the payment of medical insurance premiums of certain retirees of the clerk of court's offices in the parishes of Grant, LaSalle, Winn, Caldwell and Franklin. |
| Remarks: | Need to add language that such obligation does not fall on the parish if the COC has insufficient funds. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 130 | White | Increases the time period in which a defendant shall be brought before the court for a hearing on a probation violation. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 133 | Hardy | Provides relative to the authority of members of the legislature to attend meetings of public bodies. |
| Remarks: | Would grant legislators the authority to attend even executive sessions of parish governing authorities |
| Bill History: |
04-29-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 3 House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 143 | LaBruzzo | Constitutional Amendment to provide for forfeiture of public retirement benefits by certain persons who are convicted of felony acts associated with their positions. |
| Bill History: |
05-13-10 H Meeting set for 8:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Retirement |
| HB 159 | Arnold | Prohibits governing authorities from imposing civil fines for traffic violations without a vote of the people. |
| Remarks: | Requires Local to have referrendum on taffic cameras |
| Bill History: |
03-12-10 H Withdrawn |
| HB 160 | Arnold | Prohibits local governments from using mounted traffic cameras to issue traffic violations |
| Remarks: | OUTRIGHT BAN ON TRAFFIC CAMERAS |
| Bill History: |
04-12-10 H Involuntarily Deferred House Transportation |
| HB 162 | Wooton | Authorizes the La. Gaming Control Board to adjust fuel sales requirements of qualified truck stop facilities. |
| Remarks: | Discuss with Wooten - Are VP Truckstops in danger of being decertified? |
| Bill History: |
04-20-10 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Administration of Criminal Jus |
| HB 170 | LeBas | Adds worker's compensation insurers to those entities required to generate a remittance advice for each pharmacy claim. |
| Remarks: | Send to CCMSI |
| Bill History: |
05-13-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 5 House Labor and Industrial Relations |
| HB 171 | Richard | Constitutional Amendment to prohibit introduction or consideration of nonfiscal matters during sessions convening in odd-numbered years. |
| Remarks: | no general matter bills or local did not work |
| Bill History: |
06-03-10 H Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 188 | Howard | Expands eligibility for payment of certain insurance premium costs for retired assessor's and assessor's employees in the parishes of LaSalle, Rapides, Sabine, and Winn. |
| Remarks: | make sure no unfunded mandate |
| Bill History: |
04-12-10 H Involuntarily Deferred House Ways and Means |
| HB 200 | Connick | Provides limitations on persons convicted of felonies from participating in governmental contracts. |
| Remarks: | impossible! |
| Bill History: |
05-25-10 H Set on the House Orders |
| HB 202 | Hines | Prohibits bidders convicted of certain crimes from bidding on public projects. |
| Remarks: | constitutional issue |
| Bill History: |
03-12-10 H Withdrawn |
| HB 206 | Fannin | Provides for changes to the La. State Uniform Construction Code. |
| Remarks: | no residential sprinklers |
| Bill History: |
06-29-10 G Effective |
| HB 224 | Pearson | Requires suspension of public retirement benefits during incarceration. |
| Remarks: | does nopublic corruption crimest limit suspension of benefits to |
| Bill History: |
04-19-10 H Failed to pass (Vote: Y: 41/N: 56) |
| HB 228 | Pearson | (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for suspension of public retirement benefits during a member's incarceration. |
| Remarks: | hb 224 |
| Bill History: |
04-19-10 H Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 229 | Pearson | (Constitutional Amendment) Relative to public retirement systems, requires a 2/3 vote to enact any changes to retirement provisions having an actuarial cost. |
| Bill History: |
11-02-10 G Effective |
| HB 234 | Carter | Clarifies that local political subdivisions may authorize a sales and use tax exemption for qualifying radiation therapy treatment centers. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 240 | Danahay | Provides relative to enforcement of laws within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics. |
| Bill History: |
05-06-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 a.m. Rm. 3 House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 246 | Pope | Constitutional amendment exempting property owned by certain disabled veterans and spouses from ad valorem property tax. |
| Bill History: |
11-02-10 G Effective |
| HB 248 | Greene | (Constitutional Amendment) Eliminates requirement that the Acts of the legislature be published in the official journal of the state. |
| Bill History: |
04-26-10 H Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 258 | LaBruzzo | Requires a person to file a financial disclosure statement within 10 days of becoming a candidate for an office and annually thereafter as long as he is a candidate for the office. |
| Bill History: |
04-27-10 H Failed to pass (Vote: Y: 37/N: 56) |
| HB 265 | Barrow | Requires health insurance coverage of annual screening for sexually transmitted diseases. |
| Remarks: | sent to msi for review |
| Bill History: |
04-29-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. House Insurance |
| HB 268 | LaBruzzo | Requires DOTD to establish traffic control signal specifications. |
| Remarks: | Putting DOTD in charge of local trafic signals and traffic cameras |
| Bill History: |
04-26-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 a.m. Rm. 3 House Transportation |
| HB 273 | LeBas | Provides relative to the payment of local sales and use tax on prescription drugs and pharmacist services. |
| Remarks: | would appear to delay our sales tax collecitons |
| Bill History: |
03-10-10 H Referred to House Committee on House Ways and Means |
| HB 276 | Leger | (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the sale of expropriated property. |
| Remarks: | Removes the requirement that expropriated property be offered for sale back to former owner - when property was originally expropriated as derelict property |
| Bill History: |
11-02-10 G Effective |
| HB 280 | Kleckley | Provides for continued health insurance coverage for an unmarried dependent student during a medically necessary leave of absence. |
| Remarks: | Sent to CCMSI for review |
| Bill History: |
03-11-10 H Referred to House Committee on House Insurance |
| HB 283 | Arnold | Provides that certain traffic violations be heard in certain courts. |
| Remarks: | Would require all traffic camera tix to be in Court - not adminstrative hearings |
| Bill History: |
06-20-10 S Senate Late Passage Approval |
| HB 286 | Burrell | Provides for a comprehensive revision of the law regarding bail. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 296 | Hutter | Allows a public servant to accept certain gifts for customary social occasions. |
| Remarks: | Allows gifts of $15 (max $45 per year) |
| Bill History: |
06-18-10 S Failed to pass (Vote: Y: 11/N: 17) |
| HB 300 | Ritchie | Authorization for the Louisiana Tax Commission to levy and collect certain fees. |
| Remarks: | 4 yr extension of existing law |
| Bill History: |
07-01-10 G Effective |
| HB 301 | Ritchie | Grants the La. Tax Commission the authority to manage its own budget, procurement, and general management and operational functions. |
| Remarks: | Removes LTC from DOR |
| Bill History: |
07-01-10 G Effective |
| HB 310 | White | (Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits state agencies and political subdivisions from entering into cooperative endeavors with the federal government to provide funding for the taking or damaging of lands for wetlands mitigation. |
| Remarks: | DOT has a probelm with this bill |
| Bill History: |
05-12-10 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 4 House Natural Resources and Environm |
| HB 318 | Greene | Provides relative to needs assessments for public printing. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 325 | Stiaes | (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes an extension of the homestead exemption and special assessment level for property damaged or destroyed by a disaster under certain circumstances. |
| Remarks: | Expands the Assessor's authority to grant special assessments |
| Bill History: |
06-20-10 H Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 328 | White | (Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits expropriation of private property for certain compensatory mitigation purposes. |
| Remarks: | DOT also opposed |
| Bill History: |
05-12-10 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 4 House Natural Resources and Environm |
| HB 329 | Pearson | (Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits membership of certain part-time public officials in public retirement systems. |
| Remarks: | Prevents a grandfathered member of a retirement system from re-entering the system if elected in 2011 after having been out of service. |
| Bill History: |
06-07-10 H Failed to pass (Vote: Y: 36/N: 46) |
| HB 330 | Pearson | Prohibits membership of certain part-time public officials in public retirement systems. |
| Remarks: | Statutroy Companion to HB 329 |
| Bill History: |
04-19-10 H Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 374 | Lopinto | Limits fines imposed for traffic offenses captured by automated traffic enforcement systems. |
| Remarks: | $50 max fine for traffic camera tix - may have an Art I Sectino 23 problem re: Redlex contractual rights |
| Bill History: |
04-26-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 a.m. Rm. 3 House Transportation |
| HB 378 | Downs | Provides relative to health insurance claims review or audit. |
| Bill History: |
04-28-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 2 House Insurance |
| HB 383 | Arnold | Prohibits governing authorities from imposing civil fines for traffic violations enforced by automated traffic enforcement systems without a vote of the people. |
| Bill History: |
03-12-10 H Referred to House Committee on House Municipal and Parochial Affairs |
| HB 392 | Hardy | Relative to state and statewide retirement systems, prohibits certain members who are reemployed after retirement from receiving retirement benefits or accruing additional benefits. |
| Remarks: | Need to ck with PERS on this rehire prohibition |
| Bill History: |
04-15-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 a.m. Rm. 4 House Retirement |
| HB 396 | Arnold | Provides for changes to the La. Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law, to define excavation; to define "forestry excavator"; to require regional notification centers to receive emergency locate requests electronically. |
| Remarks: | exempts cable providers from one-call |
| Bill History: |
09-01-10 G Effective |
| HB 404 | Dixon | Authorizes parish governing authorities to provide for the general health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of their respective parishes. |
| Remarks: | We did not draft this version |
| Bill History: |
04-14-10 H Withdrawn |
| HB 407 | Pugh | Prohibits persons convicted of felonies from participating in the procurement and public bid process. |
| Remarks: | will make it hard to bid anything |
| Bill History: |
04-27-10 H Withdrawn |
| HB 409 | Harrison | Provides term limits for members of city, parish, and other local public school boards. |
| Remarks: | If they fall we are next |
| Bill History: |
04-07-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 3 House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 410 | Carter | Requires local option elections in every school district on term limits for school board members. |
| Remarks: | If they fall we are next |
| Bill History: |
05-12-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. F Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 426 | Greene | Prohibits certain persons or business entities from bidding on or maintaining a contract with the state. |
| Remarks: | Bidders can't have unpaid judgments |
| Bill History: |
04-27-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. House Appropriations |
| HB 434 | Pugh | Makes revisions to the election code. |
| Bill History: |
04-21-10 H Recommitted House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 437 | Richardson | Provides relative to the publishing deadlines for proceedings of any municipal corporation, police jury, or school board. |
| Remarks: | Increases time limit to publish minutes from 10 to 30 days |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 461 | Harrison | Provides for regulation of telecommunications by the La. Public Service Commission. |
| Remarks: | PSC over cable & telephone services |
| Bill History: |
04-22-10 H Committee hearing cancelled House Commerce |
| HB 462 | Mills | Provides relative to procedures after a determination of mental capacity or incapacity; to provide for treatment after a determination of mental capacity or incapacity. |
| Remarks: | It actually may save us a little money, if the incompetent person is released for outpatient treatment. |
| Bill History: |
06-21-10 G Effective |
| HB 472 | Montoucet | Prohibits public entities from contracting with dealers who do not possess a valid dealer license issued by the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission. |
| Remarks: | Need to remove the fine from the public body |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 477 | Greene | Prohibits pictures of public officials or employees above a certain size in public documents. |
| Bill History: |
04-14-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 3 House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 481 | Roy | Authorizes sheriffs and ex officio tax collectors to employ an agency to assist in the collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes and obligations and provides for the payment of such services on a fee basis. |
| Bill History: |
06-14-10 S Reconsidered |
| HB 532 | Lorusso | Provides relative to open records of certain nonprofit corporations. Became HB 1488. |
| Remarks: | Aimed at NGO's but woudl make our records open to the public |
| Bill History: |
05-24-10 H Set on the House Orders |
| HB 560 | Pope | Provides relative to the enforcement of privileges and liens granted in favor of a parish or municipality for costs incurred in the demolition, removal, repair, or maintenance of condemned property. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-10 G Effective |
| HB 566 | Abramson | Requires disclosure by certain officials of information relative to employment and appointment of campaign contributors. |
| Remarks: | This will apply to every Parish President and City Mayor |
| Bill History: |
04-20-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 3 House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 568 | Abramson | Permits the application of reduced health insurance copayments for primary care services. |
| Bill History: |
04-28-10 H Committee hearing cancelled House Insurance |
| HB 576 | Mills | Authorizes local governing authorities to regulate dogs. |
| Remarks: | Grants us more latitude in animal control ordinances |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 577 | Pearson | (Constitutional Amendment) Increases the level of assessed valuation of property at which the homestead exemption applies and authorizes the deferral of property taxes for certain property owners. |
| Remarks: | Homestead Exp kicks in after $100K |
| Bill History: |
05-03-10 H Committee hearing cancelled House Ways and Means |
| HB 595 | Stiaes | Extends the homestead exemption and special assessment level for property damaged or destroyed by a disaster under certain circumstances. |
| Bill History: |
06-20-10 H Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 602 | Smith, Gary | Provides relative to the notice of delinquent ad valorem taxes. |
| Remarks: | Need to consult as to impact |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 604 | Champagne | Require certain notifications and procedures relating to insufficient reporting of taxable property. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 605 | Ellington | Authorizes a taxpayer to recover attorney fees under certain circumstances. |
| Remarks: | From where would the attorney fee be drawn? |
| Bill History: |
05-11-10 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Ways and Means |
| HB 627 | Gallot | Provides relative to the prohibition on certain precinct changes during certain time periods. |
| Remarks: | WIll aid in redistricting |
| Bill History: |
06-30-10 G Effective |
| HB 639 | Hazel | Specifies certain information which must be on a ballot relative to tax matters. |
| Remarks: | designed to thwart local tax elections...amend to make legislature take all tax increases to vote of the people |
| Bill History: |
01-01-11 G Effective |
| HB 664 | Leger | Repeals provision of law regarding the prohibition on subsequent bail obligations following revocation or forfeiture. |
| Remarks: | w/o bail opportunity the parish will pay for keeping and feeding |
| Bill History: |
05-13-10 H Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 666 | Nowlin | Authorizes a taxpayer to recover attorney fees under certain circumstances. |
| Remarks: | From where will the tax collector get the money to pay the attorney fees? |
| Bill History: |
07-02-10 G Effective |
| HB 667 | Nowlin | Authorizes a taxpayer to recover costs related to arbitrary tax assessments. |
| Remarks: | this will help taxpayers break the law |
| Bill History: |
07-08-10 G Effective |
| HB 670 | Henry | Provides relative to local ethics entities in certain parishes. |
| Remarks: | DO EBR & Jefferson want this |
| Bill History: |
06-01-10 G Effective |
| HB 671 | LaFonta | Provides relative to persons who are seeking elective office and who have been temporarily displaced by an emergency. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 672 | Leger | Requires that copies of public records be provided in an electronic format unless it creates an undue burden on the custodian or compromises the security of proprietary software. |
| Remarks: | Need to amend to change "shall" to "may" |
| Bill History: |
04-28-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 3 House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 675 | Pearson | (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes local elections to establish the level of assessed valuation of property at which the homestead exemption applies. |
| Bill History: |
05-04-10 H Involuntarily Deferred House Ways and Means |
| HB 676 | Pearson | Provides for procedures relating to local option elections for establishing the level of assessed valuation of property at which the homestead exemption applies in a parish. |
| Bill History: |
05-04-10 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Ways and Means |
| HB 696 | Ritchie | (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for transfer of the special assessment level to new property purchased to replace expropriated property. |
| Bill History: |
04-27-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 a.m. House Ways and Means |
| HB 700 | Hazel | Exempts church camps from enforcement of building code standards. |
| Bill History: |
05-03-10 H Committee hearing cancelled House Commerce |
| HB 705 | Jackson, M. | Requires public entities to give preference to state banks. |
| Remarks: | What sort of preference |
| Bill History: |
06-07-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 5 House Appropriations |
| HB 718 | Hines | Disqualifies bidders convicted of certain crimes. Became HB 1292. |
| Remarks: | Diff. from others - only applies to crimes involving theft or corruption |
| Bill History: |
04-14-10 H Set on the House Orders |
| HB 720 | Richmond | Requires the legislature to examine the use of the last known residency of those who are incarcerated for purposes of legislative reapportionment and redistricting. |
| Remarks: | may have federal issues |
| Bill History: |
05-10-10 H Failed to pass (Vote: Y: 35/N: 52) |
| HB 723 | Connick | Provides with respect to dual officeholding and dual employment. |
| Remarks: | Makes penalties retroactive for dual officeholding - Recent case "holliday" out of EBR says no penalty if officer resigns before Crt rules offices in compatible. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 758 | Hutter | Relative to enforcement of laws within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics, to require that certain information be made available to a person accused of violating such laws. |
| Bill History: |
06-23-10 G Vetoed |
| HB 761 | White | Provides for the application of certain financial disclosure provisions to certain parish and municipal employees. |
| Remarks: | Tier 2 financial disclsure for procurement employees of parishes over 50K population |
| Bill History: |
06-03-10 S Involuntarily Deferred Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 765 | Greene | Changes the "Official Journal of the State" from a newspaper to the Legislature's website. |
| Remarks: | State only |
| Bill History: |
04-14-10 H Involuntarily Deferred House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 771 | Burns, Tim | Provides for additional public notice requirements related to proposed increases in millage rates without voter approval. |
| Remarks: | Require estimates of actual dollar value of increase on fictitious homes |
| Bill History: |
07-08-10 G Effective |
| HB 777 | Montoucet | Provides relative to the definition of "public body" for purposes of public records laws. |
| Remarks: | Adds PJAL & LMA to public records law - Roland handling with his Rep. - FIled at request of Fire Union - no plans to move the bill |
| Bill History: |
04-27-10 H Committee hearing cancelled House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 782 | Cromer | Provides relative to expropriation of property in St. Tammany Parish. |
| Remarks: | Local Bill for St. Tammany - Maybe amend for Statewide application |
| Bill History: |
06-09-10 G Effective |
| HB 786 | Mills | Authorizes constables of justice of the peace courts to have parishwide jurisdiction for enforcement of certain motor vehicle violations. |
| Remarks: | Do we want JOP's doing traffic stops? |
| Bill History: |
04-21-10 H Committee hearing cancelled House Judiciary |
| HB 789 | Cromer | Modifies the definition of "Official Journal of the State" to include the legislature's website for purposes related to publication of Acts of the legislature. |
| Remarks: | Good enough for the State - good enough for locals? |
| Bill History: |
04-14-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 3 House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 793 | Champagne | Provides relative to qualifications, compensation, and benefits of, restrictions on, and disclosure requirements for the members of the Louisiana Tax Commission. |
| Remarks: | WIll send to Eddington for comment |
| Bill History: |
03-18-10 H Referred to House Committee on House Ways and Means |
| HB 822 | Cortez | Requires health insurance issuers to directly pay noncontracted health care providers of emergency services for their usual and customary charges. |
| Remarks: | Sent to CCMSI |
| Bill History: |
04-28-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 2 House Insurance |
| HB 845 | Nowlin | Provides relative to requirements for private contracts with agencies or firms for the collection of local sales and use tax. |
| Remarks: | Can probably agreto all but "G" making private firms subject to Ethics Code |
| Bill History: |
07-08-10 G Effective |
| HB 849 | Roy | Authorizes municipal tax collectors to employ private counsel or an agency for collection of delinquent taxes and provides for the collection of a fee for such services. |
| Remarks: | Applies only to municipal ad volrem tax collections |
| Bill History: |
06-15-10 S Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 850 | Roy | Authorizes the collection of refundable deposits from tax sale participants prior to the commencement of the tax sale. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 851 | Abramson | Establishes the "Juror's Bill of Rights". |
| Bill History: |
03-18-10 H Referred to House Committee on House Judiciary |
| HB 854 | Hines | (Constitutional Amendment) Provides with respect to the expropriation of blighted property. |
| Remarks: | Reverses much of the expropriation limits enacted a few years ago |
| Bill History: |
03-30-10 H Meeting set for 10:00 A.M. RM. 2 House Civil Law |
| HB 858 | Gallot | Provides relative to economic development districts created by local governmental subdivisions and for the use of tax proceeds collected by such districts. |
| Remarks: | Address Iberia / New Iberia issue |
| Bill History: |
07-01-10 G Effective |
| HB 859 | Arnold | Prohibits certain traffic cameras on highways that receive public funding. |
| Bill History: |
04-12-10 H Meeting set for 9:30 a.m. Rm. 3 House Transportation |
| HB 864 | Barrow | Provides interest penalties if an agency fails to pay contracts in a timely manner. |
| Remarks: | Appears to only apply to State agencies |
| Bill History: |
03-18-10 H Referred to House Committee on House Appropriations |
| HB 906 | Smiley | Provides relative to fixing the compensation of public officers. |
| Remarks: | I think this violates Art VI Sec. 6 re: Home Rule Charter Gov'ts |
| Bill History: |
06-08-10 S Meeting set for 9:30 a.m. Rm. E Senate Judiciary (B) |
| HB 924 | Smiley | Creates and provides for Tax Court as an administrative agency in the office of governor. |
| Remarks: | Remove consultation with LATA and add School Bds & Sherrifs as meebrs of the nominating committee |
| Bill History: |
03-18-10 H Referred to House Committee on House Ways and Means |
| HB 930 | Tucker | Relative to state retirement systems, establishes a defined contribution plan for new hires. |
| Remarks: | Does not apply to PERS |
| Bill History: |
05-13-10 H Meeting set for 8:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Retirement |
| HB 931 | Tucker | (Constitutional Amendment) Relative to state retirement systems, permits the legislature to establish a defined contribution plan for new hires. |
| Remarks: | Does not apply to PERS or Parish Employees |
| Bill History: |
05-13-10 H Meeting set for 8:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Retirement |
| HB 933 | Perry | Authorizes certain transactions between a hospital service district and a board member and legal entities in which a board member owns an interest. |
| Bill History: |
06-16-10 S Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 935 | Talbot | Provides for notice of public meetings. |
| Remarks: | Allows posint of notice on the internet as a valid means of public notice of meetings! |
| Bill History: |
04-14-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 3 House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 941 | Mills | Provides relative to the authority of municipal or parish governments to purchase, install, maintain, and replace culverts. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 951 | Billiot | Provides relative to code enforcement officers of municipalities and parishes and privileged communications made to certain code enforcement officers. |
| Remarks: | Extends general police power to all parishes, provides for privileged communications re: code enforcement officers |
| Bill History: |
06-25-10 G Effective |
| HB 958 | Ligi | Relative to La. public retirement systems, provides for limitations on average compensation upon which a retiree's benefits are calculated. |
| Remarks: | Changes benefit calculation to 120 months (10 years) for new hires |
| Bill History: |
05-13-10 H Meeting set for 8:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Retirement |
| HB 973 | Foil | Provides relative to Sustainable Energy Financing Districts. |
| Remarks: | Requires filing of lien with Clerk |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 983 | Richmond | Authorizes the division of administration to transfer the management of non-flood assets to other political subdivisions. |
| Remarks: | DOe snot appear to require consent of the political subdivision - in which case it becomes an unfunded mandate |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 H Referred to House Committee on House Transportation |
| HB 992 | Badon, Austin | Provides relative to abandoned and blighted housing property donated to or purchased by a nonprofit organization. |
| Remarks: | Requires bilghted property be improved within 1 year |
| Bill History: |
05-13-10 H Meeting set for 8:30 a.m. Rm. 4 House Municipal and Parochial Affair |
| HB 993 | Greene | (Constitutional Amendment) Increases the level of assessed valuation of property at which the homestead exemption applies. |
| Remarks: | Bracket Hometead exemption above $200K |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 H Referred to House Committee on House Ways and Means |
| HB 995 | Howard | Provides for special local option alcohol elections for a municipality. |
| Remarks: | Limited to one small town by population - prohibited local bill |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 997 | Fannin | Exempts certain organizations from the definition of nongovernmental organization. |
| Remarks: | Voluntary councils on aging, community water systems, and volunteer fire departments are exempt |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 998 | St. Germain | Provides for pipelines transporting hydrogen. |
| Remarks: | adds hydrogen pipeline companies to private entities that can expropriate |
| Bill History: |
05-06-10 H Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 1007 | White | Provides relative to the Louisiana Governmental Claims Act. |
| Remarks: | Make Govt'l Tort Claims not apply to Med Mal claims |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 1038 | Greene | Requires elected officials who hold a major or district office to file certain reports at specified times except under certain circumstances. |
| Bill History: |
06-21-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 a.M. House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 1040 | Ellington | Creates the "Private Property Protection Act". |
| Remarks: | Will greatly increase our repsonsibility to pay people for property |
| Bill History: |
05-03-10 H Committee hearing cancelled House Civil Law |
| HB 1059 | Abramson | Requires reimbursement when public funds are used or appropriated for certain prohibited purposes related to elections. |
| Remarks: | Results in punishment even if public funds serve a valid public purpose |
| Bill History: |
04-06-10 H Committee hearing cancelled House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 1070 | Burrell | Provides with respect to complying with federal and state regulations as relates to procurement. |
| Remarks: | Adds a report to EVERY bid contract |
| Bill History: |
05-24-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 a.m. Rm. 5 House Appropriations |
| HB 1074 | Pugh | Provides for the retention and preservation of records as relates to public records. |
| Bill History: |
05-12-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 a.m. Rm. 3 House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 1090 | Dove | Provides relative to the role of the Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration with respect to oil spills and coastal levees. |
| Remarks: | Adds levees to Coastal Protection concerns |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 1094 | Roy | Provides relative to cancellation of health and accident coverage by insurers or health maintenance organizations. |
| Remarks: | Review by CCMSI |
| Bill History: |
04-28-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 2 House Insurance |
| HB 1103 | Tucker | Relative to state retirement systems, makes changes to the benefits of persons hired on or after July 1, 2010. |
| Remarks: | Does not, as filed, apply to PERS |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 H Referred to House Committee on House Retirement |
| HB 1105 | Greene | (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for the valuation of unoccupied land for purposes of determining its assessed valuation for ad valorem taxation. |
| Remarks: | WIll reduce the assessemnt on "unoccupied land" even highly valued commercial property |
| Bill History: |
05-04-10 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Ways and Means |
| HB 1108 | Pearson | Authorizes the deferral of ad valorem taxes and provides with respect to tax deferral liens. |
| Remarks: | There is no Art. 7 Sect 20(A)(11) |
| Bill History: |
05-03-10 H Committee hearing cancelled House Ways and Means |
| HB 1117 | Greene | Provides for the valuation of unoccupied land for purposes of determining its assessed valuation for ad valorem taxation. Became HB 1471. |
| Remarks: | Implements his CA HB 1105 |
| Bill History: |
05-05-10 H Set on the House Orders |
| HB 1136 | Carter | Provides with respect to dealers for purposes of the sales and use tax. |
| Bill History: |
05-06-10 H Committee hearing cancelled House Ways and Means |
| HB 1138 | Ponti | Provides relative to workers' compensation and the transfer of indemnity payments by electronic funds transfer. |
| Remarks: | ccmsi |
| Bill History: |
06-25-10 G Effective |
| HB 1143 | Gallot | Amends provisions concerning enforcement of the ethics code. |
| Bill History: |
06-21-10 S Senate adopted the conference report (Vote: Y: 36/N: 0) |
| HB 1149 | Jackson, M. | Authorizes the DOTD to install video cameras at railroad crossings. |
| Bill History: |
05-11-10 H Failed to pass (Vote: Y: 49/N: 31) |
| HB 1158 | Hoffman | Provides for witness fees in criminal cases for law enforcement officers appearing in court. |
| Remarks: | Only applies to municipalities |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 H Referred to House Committee on House Judiciary |
| HB 1162 | Richard | Provides for procedures relative to recall elections. |
| Remarks: | Requires the recall petition be submitted to the elected official before submission to registrar |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 1167 | Hoffman | Increases witness fees for law enforcement officers appearing in court. |
| Remarks: | Companion to HB 1158 |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 H Referred to House Committee on House Judiciary |
| HB 1175 | Tucker | Provides for the distribution of unspent federal funds made available for recovery efforts from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. |
| Bill History: |
06-18-10 S Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 1178 | Connick | Provides relative to the Ethics Adjudicatory Board. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 H Referred to House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 1179 | Ligi | Provides relative to decisions of the Board of Ethics and of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 H Referred to House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 1182 | Greene | Requires network adequacy of health insurance issuers. |
| Remarks: | ccmsi |
| Bill History: |
05-25-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 2 House Insurance |
| HB 1186 | Greene | Requires recognition of assignment of health insurance benefits to health care providers. |
| Remarks: | ccmsi |
| Bill History: |
05-05-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 2 House Insurance |
| HB 1197 | Ponti | Provides relative to funding the Workers' Compensation Second Injury Fund. |
| Remarks: | ccmsi |
| Bill History: |
06-10-10 H Meeting set for 12:30 P.M. RM. 5 House Labor and Industrial Relations |
| HB 1202 | Gallot | Provides relative to appeals of decisions enforcing laws within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 H Referred to House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 1203 | Gallot | Provides for certain time limits for enforcing ethics code provisions. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 H Referred to House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 1212 | Arnold | Relative to official journals and electronic publication. |
| Remarks: | Provides for LEg website to be State official journal |
| Bill History: |
04-14-10 H Involuntarily Deferred House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 1214 | White | Establishes an Intrastate Mutual Aid Compact and provides for an Intrastate Mutual Aid Subcommittee. |
| Remarks: | No need for GOHSEP to be in control of locals |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 1223 | Edwards | Provides relative to the Workers' Compensation Second Injury Fund. |
| Remarks: | ccmsi |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 H Referred to House Committee on House Labor and Industrial Relations |
| HB 1246 | McVea | Provides relative to insurance contracts with dental providers. |
| Remarks: | sent to CCMSI |
| Bill History: |
01-01-11 G Effective |
| HB 1270 | Greene | Prohibits the suspension or interruption of prescription for certain taxes, licenses, interest, and penalties under certain circumstances. |
| Bill History: |
05-11-10 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Ways and Means |
| HB 1292 | Hines | Prohibits certain contractors from bidding on public projects, to provide for disqualifying crimes, to provide for criminal background checks. Substitute for HB 718. |
| Bill History: |
07-02-10 G Effective |
| HB 1321 | Jackson, M. | Provides for the right to utilize propane gas as an energy source. |
| Remarks: | Propane industry to amend to refrence Gas Commission regs - Bill due to several municipalities bannign propane |
| Bill History: |
06-21-10 S Senate adopted the conference report (Vote: Y: 37/N: 0) |
| HB 1324 | Richmond | Repeals provisions relative to compensation in certain expropriation proceedings. |
| Remarks: | Appears to only apply to expropriations by Levee districts |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 1331 | Ellington | Prohibits further creation of liability trust funds. |
| Remarks: | Request amendment to clarify that this does not apply to interlocal risk mgt agencies |
| Bill History: |
06-21-10 G Effective |
| HB 1355 | Arnold | Provides for changes to the Private Investigators Law. |
| Remarks: | Subjects speed vans to private investigator licensure |
| Bill History: |
05-06-10 H Committee hearing cancelled House Commerce |
| HB 1389 | Ligi | Provides relative to tax sales and adjudicated property. |
| Remarks: | Allows multiproperty sales |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 1401 | Nowlin | Provides relative to the notice of delinquent property taxes. |
| Remarks: | sets tax day at Feb 1 |
| Bill History: |
05-03-10 H Committee hearing cancelled House Ways and Means |
| HB 1403 | Barras | Provides relative to late filing fees applicable to a person who is an executive branch and legislative branch lobbyist and files one report disclosing all of his lobbying expenditures. |
| Remarks: | Need retroactive amendment |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 1404 | Mills | Provides for a local sales and use tax exemption for the procurement or administration of certain prescription drugs. |
| Bill History: |
06-02-10 H Failed to pass (Vote: Y: 44/N: 45) |
| HB 1409 | Jackson, G. | Provides relative to notices for demolition or removal of buildings. |
| Remarks: | Service of notice of damage is "de facto" proof of 50% damage |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 1410 | Jackson, M. | Creates the Louisiana Intrastate Rail Compact in the DOTD relative to powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions of the compact. |
| Remarks: | railway compacts |
| Bill History: |
06-30-10 G Effective |
| HB 1454 | Smith, Patricia | Creates the Housing and Transportation Planning and Coordinating Commission. |
| Remarks: | Proposed amendments to make Commission merely advisory and add PJAL & LMA |
| Bill History: |
05-27-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 a.m. House Municipal and Parochial Affair |
| HB 1457 | Monica | Relative to payments in lieu of ad valorem tax paid by a lessee to a political subdivision, industrial development board or certain public trust in relation to a securitized transaction. |
| Remarks: | Asked Gordon King to give me his thoughts. |
| Bill History: |
07-08-10 G Effective |
| HB 1471 | Greene | Provides relative to the valuation of unoccupied residential immovable property for purposes of ad valorem property taxes. Substitute for HB 1117 |
| Remarks: | Subst for HB 1351 - testimony on amended language was that bill did not do anything or restrict valuation for assessment. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HB 1488 | Lorusso | Provides relative to certain not-for-profit organizations subject to legislative audit. Substitute for HB 532. |
| Remarks: | Sub for HB 532 - No longer applies to PJAL |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| HCR 3 | Foil | Directs LSLI to study and make recommendations on revising the laws on expropriation by private entities. |
| Bill History: |
05-25-10 S Enrolled |
| HCR 115 | Downs | Recommends alternative funding sources for transportation construction projects in the state of La. |
| Bill History: |
06-11-10 S Enrolled |
| SB 4 | Murray | Authorizes ordinances regulating backwashing of swimming pools into the street. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| SB 12 | Appel | Requires forfeiture of retirement benefits by any public employee or elected official who is a member of a public retirement system and is convicted of certain state or federal felony acts associated with his office. |
| Remarks: | Extends state sanction to federal crimes - which does not seem to be Constitutional |
| Bill History: |
05-17-10 S Meeting set for 12:30 P.M. RM. E Senate Retirement |
| SB 13 | Gautreaux, B. | Allows garnishment of Louisiana public retirement or pension system, plan, or fund benefits of an elected official to pay fines or restitution imposed for a felony associated with his office. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-10 G Effective |
| SB 20 | Murray | Relative to ad valorem property tax exemptions and assessments: to authorize an extension of the homestead exemption or a special assessment level on property damaged or destroyed in certain disasters or emergencies, and for claiming the extension. |
| Remarks: | Similar to House Bills by Rep. Staies |
| Bill History: |
11-02-10 G Effective |
| SB 21 | Murray | Constitutional amendment to extend the time in which the owner of a homestead must reoccupy the homestead in order to retain the homestead's homestead exemption or its special assessment level from five years from December 31st of the disaster. |
| Bill History: |
11-02-10 G Effective |
| SB 22 | Alario | Constitutional amendment to allow persons 65 years of age or older to receive the special assessment regardless of income. |
| Remarks: | Expansion of special assessment no associated with need - millionaire's tax break |
| Bill History: |
03-08-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
| SB 23 | Alario | Constitutional amendment to increase the homestead exemption to $15,000 of the assessed valuation and provides for annual adjustment in accordance with the Consumer Price Index. |
| Bill History: |
03-08-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
| SB 24 | Alario | Constitutional amendment to limit the increase in the assessed value of real or immovable property upon reappraisal to the increase in the CPI except in certain circumstances. |
| Remarks: | caps increases in property assessemnts at CPI - REGARDLESS of actual increase in value |
| Bill History: |
03-08-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
| SB 25 | Crowe | Exempts from local sales and occupancy tax in St. Tammany Parish agreements to furnish for a period of 30 days or longer an accommodation, space, or lot which is in an overnight camping facility or trailer park. |
| Remarks: | Local bill for St. Tammany |
| Bill History: |
06-14-10 H Meeting set for 10:00 A.M. RM. 6 House Ways and Means |
| SB 32 | Morrell | Provides that state government emails are public records and requires public servants to execute written acknowledgement that such emails are considered public. |
| Remarks: | Already the law - but the execution of a document by EVERY PUBLIC EMPLOYEE is overly burdensome |
| Bill History: |
04-28-10 S Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. F Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| SB 67 | Martiny | Mandates use of the E-verify system for new employees. |
| Remarks: | Requires verification of citizenship of all employees - Cost? |
| Bill History: |
05-05-10 S Meeting set for At Adj. of Joint Session, R...Senate Labor and Industrial Relation |
| SB 71 | Appel | Requires state and local contractors to disclose the full disposition, splitting, or sharing of contract commissions, fees, or other consideration by an "affidavit of notice of fee disposition" if the contract is let without bid. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-10 G Effective |
| SB 76 | Gautreaux, B. | Limits the ability of certain employees and employers to participate in the Parochial Employees' Retirement System. |
| Remarks: | PERS |
| Bill History: |
07-01-10 G Effective |
| SB 85 | Gautreaux, B. | Establishes a range for employee contributions to be set by the board of trustees for Plans A and B as relates to the Parochial Employees' Retirement System. |
| Remarks: | PERS Bd |
| Bill History: |
01-01-11 G Effective |
| SB 100 | Gautreaux, B. | Provides for a five-year final average compensation period in the Parochial Employees' Retirement System. |
| Remarks: | Imposes 60 month rule on all persons in PERS, even those already vested |
| Bill History: |
06-10-10 S Involuntarily Deferred House Retirement |
| SB 119 | Gautreaux, B. | Provides for funding of the Parochial Employees' Retirement System. |
| Remarks: | this looks like it is case specific |
| Bill History: |
07-01-10 G Effective |
| SB 124 | Adley | Authorizes a refund of an overpayment of state tax or local sales tax for any payment for any period if a claim for refund is received between June 30, 2010 and January 1, 2011. |
| Remarks: | Waives prescription on all sales tax refund requests if filed by Jan1, 2011 |
| Bill History: |
04-26-10 S Withdrawn |
| SB 141 | Hebert | Authorizes public entities utilizing tax increment finance (TIF) to enter into a joint venture or cooperative endeavor with one or more other public entities utilizing TIF to utilize all or a portion of the tax increments. |
| Remarks: | Also cooperative endeavor TIF's |
| Bill History: |
06-25-10 G Effective |
| SB 154 | Morrell | Constitutional amendment to remove limitations on what shall be a "public purpose," relative to expropriation. |
| Remarks: | Repeals much of the expropriation limitations enacted a few years ago |
| Bill History: |
03-16-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Judiciary (A) |
| SB 185 | Gautreaux, N. | Constitutional amendment to provide that a person convicted of a felony under the laws of another state or of the United States or of a foreign government cannot be permitted to qualify as a candidate for elective public office. |
| Remarks: | Addresses a pending court decision |
| Bill History: |
06-18-10 H Indefinitely Postponed (Vote: Y: 46/N: 38) |
| SB 186 | Gautreaux, N. | Constitutional amendment to provide that no tax by a local governing authority may be passed unless one-third of the registered voters vote in the election. |
| Remarks: | WHy punish the people that actually go vote in favor of the lazy |
| Bill History: |
04-28-10 S Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. F Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| SB 205 | McPherson | Provides that certain medical transportation services provided by or to state owned facilities shall not be subject to regulation by local governing authorities. |
| Remarks: | There must a problem in Rapides? |
| Bill History: |
03-17-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Health and Welfare |
| SB 220 | Appel | Limits the number of unit prices in lump sum contracts pursuant to the Public Bid law. |
| Remarks: | Not sure what Rep. Appel is getting at with this |
| Bill History: |
04-29-10 S Meeting set for At Adj., Rm. E Senate Transportation |
| SB 226 | LaFleur | Provides for the examination of a workers compensation self-insurance fund by the Department of Insurance in accordance with department procedures. |
| Bill History: |
03-17-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Insurance |
| SB 244 | Murray | Increases the amount of the contract which is required to be publicly advertised for bids on materials and supplies contracts of the sewerage and water board in the city of New Orleans. |
| Remarks: | Brings SWB up to $30K like all other public bodies |
| Bill History: |
06-22-10 G Effective |
| SB 252 | Dorsey | Provides with respect to the expenditure of campaign funds. |
| Remarks: | Allow campaign funds for formal wear |
| Bill History: |
04-27-10 S Withdrawn |
| SB 255 | Chaisson | Provides relative to electronic medical billing requirements for workers' compensation matters. |
| Remarks: | Send to CCMSI |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| SB 259 | Adley | Provides that the attorney general is to prosecute felony violations of state campaign finance laws. Became SB 791. |
| Bill History: |
04-28-10 S Set on the Senate Orders |
| SB 266 | LaFleur | Provide for the retention of original records of domestic insurers. |
| Remarks: | ccmsi |
| Bill History: |
03-17-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Insurance |
| SB 269 | Broome | Relative to special districts; to provide for the authority to levy, impose, and collect parcel fees in certain districts. |
| Remarks: | Limits authority to create capital improvements districts |
| Bill History: |
06-29-10 G Effective |
| SB 275 | Heitmeier | Provides that the personnel files of law enforcement officers are not public records. |
| Bill History: |
03-30-10 S Withdrawn |
| SB 278 | Erdey | Provides with respect to the costs associated with the removal of dangerous structures incurred by a parish or municipality. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| SB 279 | Martiny | Provides for exemptions for public record requests. |
| Remarks: | Creates a form of exemption for records under subpoena |
| Bill History: |
03-17-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| SB 280 | Martiny | Excepts personnel records of public employees and records of internal affairs investigations and proceedings relating to such employee from provisions relative to public records. |
| Remarks: | FUll out exemptino fo rpublic emplyee records - will not pass in this form - need to amend to track school board employee language |
| Bill History: |
03-17-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| SB 283 | Martiny | Provides relative to the collection and disposition of bonds, fines, fees, licenses, taxes as relates to delinquent payments. |
| Remarks: | Bill only applies to Orleans - Maybe amend to make state wide. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| SB 296 | Martiny | Provides relative to the appointment and compensation of attorney or agency for municipal tax collections. |
| Remarks: | only applies to municipalities - amend in parishes |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| SB 306 | Martiny | Provides with respect to investments by political subdivisions. |
| Remarks: | expands list of investmetns to include other state's bonds |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| SB 310 | Kostelka | Provides relative to the Code of Governmental Ethics relative to enforcement of laws within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics. |
| Remarks: | 2 yr terms for adjudicatory bd judges |
| Bill History: |
07-08-10 G Effective |
| SB 311 | Kostelka | Provides relative to campaign contributions and expenditures by individuals. |
| Bill History: |
06-30-10 G Effective |
| SB 319 | Heitmeier | Requires all individuals registering to run for local/state office submit proof to the local election official that a current state income tax return has been filed. |
| Bill History: |
06-15-10 H Failed to pass (Vote: Y: 31/N: 58) |
| SB 325 | Hebert | Constitutional amendment to provide that under certain circumstances a person who fills a vacancy in local elective offices shall not be an eligible candidate in next election held for such office. |
| Remarks: | CA to prohibit sucessor filing a voluntary vacancy from running in next election |
| Bill History: |
05-26-10 S Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. F Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| SB 327 | Hebert | Requires an agency to provide an opportunity for public comment, questions and answers at certain permit hearings. |
| Remarks: | Only applies to State agency permit hearings - protect agaisnt expansion to all public meetings |
| Bill History: |
05-26-10 S Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. F Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| SB 332 | Hebert | Constitutional amendment to authorize the electorate to adopt or reject laws by referendum. |
| Remarks: | State laws by referrendum |
| Bill History: |
05-25-10 S Committee hearing cancelled Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| SB 337 | Marionneaux | Repeals provision authorizing late approval of certain capital outlay budget requests. |
| Remarks: | Appears to take away th eability to get a late filed Capaital Outlay project funded |
| Bill History: |
06-21-10 H House appointed a conference committee Greene, Tucker and Henry |
| SB 359 | Broome | Provide for network adequacy in the health insurance market. Became SB 795. |
| Remarks: | ccmsi |
| Bill History: |
05-13-10 S Set on the Senate Orders |
| SB 367 | Michot | Authorizes the use of reverse auctions by certain political subdivisions. |
| Bill History: |
06-21-10 S Senate adopted the conference report (Vote: Y: 37/N: 0) |
| SB 369 | Claitor | Constitutional amendment to provide that any person who is appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected office shall not be eligible to be a candidate for election to that office. |
| Bill History: |
05-12-10 S Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. F Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| SB 372 | Amedee | Relative to workers' compensation, changes the definition of covered employee to exclude illegal aliens. |
| Bill History: |
04-06-10 S Committee hearing cancelled Senate Labor and Industrial Relations |
| SB 379 | Morrell | Provides an exception to the public records law for certain records involving criminal litigation. |
| Bill History: |
04-28-10 S Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. F Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| SB 396 | Gautreaux, N. | Requires the qualifying fee paid by a candidate to be used to run a criminal background check on the candidate. |
| Remarks: | Very similar to the bill we ran a few years ago |
| Bill History: |
06-15-10 H Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| SB 418 | Kostelka | Provides relative to the Code of Governmental Ethics. |
| Bill History: |
07-09-10 G Vetoed |
| SB 424 | Donahue | Eliminate Workers' Compensation Second Injury Fund. |
| Remarks: | ccmsi |
| Bill History: |
03-18-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Labor and Industrial Relations |
| SB 427 | Donahue | Authorizes the use of reverse auctions by public entities. |
| Remarks: | Allow reverse auctions |
| Bill History: |
03-18-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Finance |
| SB 432 | Marionneaux | Constitutional amendment to repeal severance taxes on oil and gas and to allow levy of a tax on hydrocarbon processing and to require a dedication of such taxes to replace dedications of severance tax. |
| Remarks: | Repeals Severance Tax and replaces it with a processing tax |
| Bill History: |
06-08-10 S Failed to pass (Vote: Y: 6/N: 31) |
| SB 433 | Quinn | Constitutional amendment to authorize the full homestead exemption for an owner in indivision who is occupying the homestead if the exemption had been allowed to such owner prior to June 20, 2003. |
| Remarks: | Yet another expansion of homestead eligibility |
| Bill History: |
04-26-10 S Meeting set for 1:00 P.M. Hainkel Rm. Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
| SB 437 | Appel | Provides for recovery of attorney fees and costs relative to contracts for public works and private works if fraud is alleged in non-residential contracts and not proven after the five-year peremptive period has run. |
| Remarks: | Allows a contractor who built a bad building to get attorney fees if we can' t prove fraud |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| SB 455 | Donahue | Provides relative to the sunset and abolition of certain special funds in the state treasury. |
| Remarks: | Repeals all "special funds" in Treasury - PTF? |
| Bill History: |
03-18-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Finance |
| SB 470 | Long | Provides relative to conflicts of interest, to provide that certain children of members of boards of commissioners of certain hospitals may contract with such hospitals under certain circumstances. |
| Remarks: | hospital issues |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| SB 481 | Riser | Provides relative to bonus payments to employees. |
| Bill History: |
04-22-10 S Meeting set for At Adj., Rm. C Senate Labor and Industrial Relation |
| SB 482 | LaFleur | Provide for dissolution of parish road districts in St. Landry Parish. |
| Remarks: | St. Landry only |
| Bill History: |
06-25-10 G Effective |
| SB 507 | Jackson, L. | Provides for the regulation and disclosure of expenditures by persons who lobby local government. |
| Remarks: | Expands "lobbyist" to include influencing local government |
| Bill History: |
01-01-11 G Effective |
| SB 510 | Long | Provides relative to workers' compensation self-insurance funds. |
| Remarks: | Need to determine if beneficial for PGRMA |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Labor and Industrial Relations |
| SB 512 | Murray | Increases the limit under which the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board may perform construction work for its public systems. |
| Remarks: | New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board |
| Bill History: |
06-25-10 G Effective |
| SB 531 | Claitor | Creates State Spending Programs Integrity Act authorizing actions and qui tam actions for certain matters. |
| Remarks: | Appears to allow private rights of action for claims of perceived governmental fraud - definition appears to include locals |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| SB 541 | Michot | Establishes the Louisiana Enhanced Governmental Access Portal and its oversight board in the office of the governor and provides for functions and duties. |
| Remarks: | Why is this needed? Who wants it? |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| SB 543 | Morrish | Creates the Louisiana Mandated Health Benefits Commission and provides for its membership and functions. |
| Remarks: | Add PGRMA or PJAL |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| SB 546 | Thompson | Provides relative to parish emergency preparedness directors. |
| Remarks: | Bars parish president as OEP director |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Judiciary (B) |
| SB 567 | Morrish | Relative to the sales and use tax of political subdivisions of the state; to provide for a procedure for mandatory arbitration of issues related to the collection or refund of such tax; to authorize an exemption for commercial fishermen. |
| Remarks: | substututes board of tax appeals for courts |
| Bill History: |
07-08-10 G Effective |
| SB 578 | Claitor | Prohibits liability insurance insurers and providers from reimbursing any health insurance issuer, provider, or subrogee paid pursuant to a health insurance policy, plan, or self-insurance fund without the written consent of the insured. |
| Remarks: | Requires claimant consent for health insurer to be paid by liabiity carrier |
| Bill History: |
06-08-10 H Involuntarily Deferred House Insurance |
| SB 582 | Peterson | Revises the Public Records Law. |
| Remarks: | exempts email from public records law |
| Bill History: |
04-26-10 S Withdrawn |
| SB 583 | Peterson | Revises the Open Meetings Law. |
| Remarks: | exempts from "public meeting" meeting with governing authority and chief executive |
| Bill History: |
05-25-10 S Withdrawn |
| SB 594 | Gautreaux, B. | Relative to public retirement systems, provides relative to investments. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-10 G Effective |
| SB 609 | Claitor | Provides that any publication of any record by a public entity that is required by law can be satisfied by posting on the Internet. |
| Remarks: | allows internet publication in lieu of official journal |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| SB 612 | Dorsey | Provides regulations and procedures for any public or private entity which receives federal funds from the state. |
| Remarks: | unsure as tp what regulations the bills applies |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Transportation |
| SB 615 | Martiny | Provides relative to election offenses. |
| Bill History: |
01-01-11 G Effective |
| SB 617 | McPherson | Prohibits impounding of a private passenger car, pickup truck, van, recreational vehicle, or motorcycle operated by Louisiana residents except when there exists an imminent danger to the public. |
| Remarks: | No proof of insurance |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| SB 624 | Marionneaux | Authorizes the secretary of the Department of Economic Development to grant a Louisiana Mega Project Energy Assistance Rebate of severance taxes that were paid on natural gas consumed or used directly in the operation of the mega-project. |
| Remarks: | Need to clarify what happens to local sevrance portion if State decides to grant rebate. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-10 G Effective |
| SB 630 | Nevers | Provides for the fair market value of property held for residential development for property tax purposes. |
| Remarks: | WOuld appear to suppress property values, artificially |
| Bill History: |
04-12-10 S Meeting set for 1:30 P.M. HAINKEL RM. Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
| SB 632 | Gautreaux, B. | Provides a regular schedule for permanent benefit increases for retirees of the state retirement systems. |
| Remarks: | Increases employee ret. contribution, but bill does not apply to PERS |
| Bill History: |
05-17-10 S Meeting set for 12:30 P.M. RM. E Senate Retirement |
| SB 639 | Murray | Provides relative to Workers' Compensation Second Injury Fund. |
| Remarks: | Appears to make it easier to get SIF reimbursement (CCMSI) |
| Bill History: |
06-30-10 G Effective |
| SB 641 | Morrell | Provides that certain contracts shall be null and void and requires the attorney of a local government subdivision to file an injunction as relates to public bribery. |
| Remarks: | Need to clarify when the obligation to seek nullity kicks in Amended at our urging to clarify how this process works to nullify contracts abtained through public bribery |
| Bill History: |
06-22-10 G Effective |
| SB 646 | Hebert | Authorizes certain parishes to provide excavation equipment to parish residents for drainage maintenance and improvement. |
| Remarks: | The population ranges will be impacted by the Census, so we have no idea to which parishes this may apply. Also, it appears to have conflicting "may" and "shall" language. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| SB 652 | Hebert | Requires that propositions placed on a ballot be worded in plain simple grammar in the form of a question. |
| Remarks: | SImple and short language is not always best. |
| Bill History: |
06-21-10 S Senate adopted the conference report (Vote: Y: 38/N: 1) |
| SB 653 | Hebert | Provides that under certain circumstances a person who fills a vacancy in a local elected office will not be an eligible candidate in the next election held for such office. |
| Remarks: | Bars appointee to a vacancy from running in the next election |
| Bill History: |
05-26-10 S Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. F Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| SB 656 | Hebert | Provides for appropriation bills of the state and political subdivision's budgets to clearly compare the previous year's funding level. |
| Remarks: | Requires the "side-by-side" comparison budgets to apply to locals as well. Need to amend out locals. |
| Bill History: |
01-01-11 G Effective |
| SB 659 | Hebert | Establishes the State Highway Maintenance by Parishes Pilot Program providing for transfer of maintenance money to the parishes in DOTD District 03 for maintenance of state highways located in District 03. |
| Remarks: | Pilot program - Parish may enter a cooperative endeavor to maintain State roads |
| Bill History: |
05-13-10 S Meeting set for At Adj. Rm. E Senate Transportation |
| SB 668 | Hebert | Provides for increasing the termination age for children under health and accident policies to age 26. |
| Remarks: | CCMSI |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Insurance |
| SB 670 | Hebert | Provide for the examination of worker's compensation self-insurance funds. |
| Remarks: | CCMSI |
| Bill History: |
03-19-10 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Insurance |
| SB 675 | Hebert | Provide for the retention of original records of domestic insurers. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| SB 683 | LaFleur | Requires health insurance issuers to directly pay noncontracted health care providers of emergency services for their usual and customary charges. |
| Bill History: |
11-15-10 G Effective |
| SB 762 | Broome | Provides that it is a violation to discriminate in land use decisions or the permitting of development based on the fact that a development contains affordable housing units. |
| Remarks: | LA Fair Housing Act - Interferes in local zoning decisions |
| Bill History: |
06-02-10 H Meeting set for 10:00 A.M. RM. 2 House Civil Law |
| SB 778 | LaFleur | Provides that bonds secured by ad valorem taxes issued by political subdivisions may be sold at private sale. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| SB 791 | Adley | Requires the Supervisory Committee on Campaign Finance Disclosure to post on its website the status of cases referred for prosecution. Substitute for SB 259. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-10 G Effective |
| SB 795 | Broome | Provides for network adequacy in the health insurance market. Substitute for SB 359. |
| Bill History: |
06-08-10 H Meeting set for 9:00 a.m. Rm. 2 House Insurance |
| SCR 13 | Gautreaux, N. | Requests parish governing authorities to provide markings or striping on parish roads. |
| Remarks: | Not a mandate - Parishes should be doing this anyway - Need to add munis |
| Bill History: |
06-15-10 S Enrolled |