| HB 95 | Kleckley | Requires the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana to release copies of the Field Procedure Reference Guide for Public Protection. |
| Bill History: |
03-12-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Insurance |
| HB 101 | Wooton | Amends penalty provisions for malfeasance in office. |
| Bill History: |
05-07-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Administration of Criminal Jus |
| HB 129 | Monica | Increases the civil jurisdictional amount of justice of the peace courts. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 186 | Honey | Forgives unemployment compensation debt for certain employers. |
| Remarks: | Forgives unemployment compensation benefits for Katrina/Rita related claims |
| Bill History: |
06-28-08 G Effective |
| HB 212 | Arnold | Provides relative to the sale of property by parishes and municipalities. |
| Remarks: | Adjusts brokers fees on the sale of public property |
| Bill History: |
06-17-08 G Effective |
| HB 258 | Little | Prohibits closure of railroad grade crossings when closure would prevent rights of passage in effect for 20 years. |
| Remarks: | Prohibits closure of RR crossings |
| Bill History: |
06-16-08 H Enrolled |
| HB 351 | Hines | Creates green building standards for certain buildings. |
| Remarks: | Applied Green Bldg standard to allpublic bldgs with any state funding - local projects through Capital Outlay, etc. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Appropriations |
| HB 415 | Kleckley | Requires the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana to release copies of the Field Procedure Reference Guide for Public Protection. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Insurance |
| HB 419 | Edwards | Increases maximum allowable monthly salary for police jurors and authorizes a police jury to increase the salary of the police jury president. |
| Remarks: | Increase max from 1200 to 1600, with 400 extra for president |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 438 | Ligi | Provides relative to drug testing of employees of local governmental subdivisions. |
| Remarks: | Current law doe snot entend to local governments |
| Bill History: |
06-17-08 G Effective |
| HB 456 | Honey | (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the seizure of property owned by political subdivisions of the state. |
| Remarks: | To allow seizure of public assets to satisfy judgments for wages |
| Bill History: |
05-07-08 H Meeting set for At Adj. House Municipal and Parochial Affair |
| HB 582 | Tucker | Revises the capital outlay process and the priorities and other content of the Capital Outlay Bill. |
| Bill History: |
06-09-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
| HB 707 | Peterson | Requires the construction of state buildings to include energy efficient measures. |
| Remarks: | Appears to apply to local buildings with an element of State funding |
| Bill History: |
04-21-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 5 House Appropriations |
| HB 733 | Schroder | Provides with respect to the authority of parish governments to enforce litter abatement ordinances. |
| Remarks: | Allows parishes to use adminstrative adjudication process for litter prosecutions |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 808 | LaBruzzo | Transfers authority to operate Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center, Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center, Bogalusa Medical Center, W.O. Moss Regional Medical Center, E.A. Conway Medical Center, and Huey P. Long Medical Center to hospital service district |
| Bill History: |
05-13-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 5 House Health and Welfare |
| HB 859 | Arnold | Extends immunity from antitrust suits to hospital service districts. |
| Bill History: |
05-14-08 H Recommitted House Appropriations |
| HB 869 | Arnold | Provides for regulation of cable and telecommunications services. |
| Bill History: |
04-24-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Commerce |
| HB 897 | Gallot | Requires the Department of Health and Hospitals to consider the impact of standards on rural hospitals. |
| Bill History: |
04-16-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 5 House Health and Welfare |
| HB 934 | Templet | Provides relative to the removal of dangerous structures by the governing authority of parishes and municipalities. |
| Remarks: | Expressly expands condemnation law to parishes |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 936 | Leger | Relative to budgets of local entities, provides for inclusion as expenditures of payment of judgments and settlements and prohibits borrowing for capital expenditures when current expenditures are not timely paid. |
| Remarks: | Seeks to MANDATE local gov't to approrpiate funds for the payment of certain judgments |
| Bill History: |
06-17-08 S Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 948 | St. Germain | Provides for the Public Fire Protection Grading Review Board and the Louisiana Addendum. Became HB 1369. |
| Remarks: | Makes fire ratings more relevant and provides access to fire suppression rating schedule - needs a tech amendment |
| Bill History: |
05-13-08 H Set on the House Orders |
| HB 1009 | Ellington | Creates the Consumer Choice for Television Act. |
| Remarks: | Similar to HB 869 Arnold |
| Bill History: |
04-24-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Commerce |
| HB 1040 | Abramson | Provides relative to the abatement of public nuisances. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 1088 | Willmott | Prohibits an elected official in a political subdivision from holding part-time employment in a political subdivision under certain conditions. |
| Bill History: |
06-20-08 H Withdrawn |
| HB 1104 | Tucker | Creates the Louisiana Workforce Commission. |
| Remarks: | Redesignates LDOL as LA Workforce COmmission and makes changes. |
| Bill History: |
06-23-08 S Enrolled |
| HB 1169 | Ritchie | Authorizes the La. Tax Commission to assess fees for its services through June 30, 2010. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-08 G Effective |
| HB 1209 | Greene | Revises the capital outlay process and the priorities and other content of the Capital Outlay Bill. |
| Remarks: | Changes to Capital Outlay process |
| Bill History: |
06-05-08 H Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 1234 | Leger | Provides relative to the recovery of damages resulting from the disclosure of personal information. |
| Remarks: | Unclear whether this would apply to local government |
| Bill History: |
05-13-08 H Failed to pass (Vote: Y: 17/N: 73) |
| HB 1369 | St. Germain | Creates the Louisiana Addendum Board within the office of the state fire marshal, code enforcement and building safety. Substitute for HB 948. |
| Bill History: |
06-23-08 H Enrolled |
| SB 27 | Gautreaux, B. | Allows garnishment of La. 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.(7/1/08) |
| Bill History: |
05-08-08 S Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| SB 88 | Chaisson | Authorizes parish governing authorities to provide certain per diem for members of the board of commissioners of hospital service districts in parishes with a certain population. |
| Remarks: | Request amendment to remove population limiation |
| Bill History: |
04-15-08 S Recommitted Senate Local and Municipal Affairs |
| SB 168 | Murray | Exempts Louisiana employers who operate on a reimbursement basis within the unemployment compensation system from repayment of benefits paid in accordance with Executive Orders KBB 2005-34, KBB 2005-46, and KBB 2005-76. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| SB 334 | Quinn | Provides for public fire protection grading by the commissioner of insurance. (8/15/08) |
| Bill History: |
04-23-08 S Involuntarily Deferred Senate Insurance |
| SB 375 | Martiny | Provides for public fire protection grading by the commissioner of insurance. (8/15/08) |
| Bill History: |
03-21-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Insurance |
| SB 422 | Duplessis | Provides for the Consumer Choice Television Act. (gov sig) Became SB 807. |
| Bill History: |
04-28-08 S Set on the Senate Orders |
| SB 665 | Cassidy | Requires certain local governmental subdivisions to include expenditures on the website of the division of administration. |
| Remarks: | Requires political subdivisions with population of 100K+ to post financial info on DOA website. |
| Bill History: |
05-01-08 S Meeting set for At Adj., Rm. F Senate Local and Municipal Affairs |
| SB 727 | Broome | Provides relative to privileges and liens. (8/15/08) |
| Bill History: |
04-21-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Local and Municipal Affairs |
| SB 807 | Duplessis | Provides for the Consumer Choice Television Act. (gov sig) Substitute for SB 422. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |