All Income/personal Legislation - Louisiana

Provides for donations of refunds of individual income tax to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund and for donations in addition to such taxes. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Requires individual income tax brackets to be increased each year by the percentage increase in the CPI-U (Consumer Price Index city average for all urban consumers) for the immediately preceding year. (gov sig)

Provides for donations of refunds of individual income tax to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund and for donations in addition to such taxes. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Requires individual income tax brackets to be increased each year by the percentage increase in the CPI-U (Consumer Price Index city average for all urban consumers) for the immediately preceding year. (gov sig)

Urges and requests the secretary of the Department of Revenue to take all possible actions to ensure that no state individual income tax burden is imposed on Louisiana taxpayers as a result of the federal income tax rebates and requests the governor to include in any Call for a Second Special Session the power to enact legislation to accomplish such purpose, if necessary.

Provides relative to the Louisiana Health Plan. (8/15/08) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Protects the ground water of Lake Peigneur by prohibiting the development, expansion, or conversion of certain storage caverns in the Jefferson Island salt dome. (8/15/08)

Constitutional amendment to remove certain restrictions on the disposition of blighted property expropriated in the parish of Baton Rouge. (2/3-CA13(A))

Makes a technical correction to the name of the office of agricultural and environmental sciences. (gov sig)

Provides for regulation of discount medical plans with the commissioner of insurance. (1/1/09)

Requires the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority to comply with the public bid law. (8/15/08)

Provides a Back-Deferred Retirement Option Program for members of the Assessors' Retirement Fund. (See Act) (EN 5yr COST $11.0M LF EX)

Provides for reduction of rates and brackets for the tax on incomes of individuals, estates, and trusts. (gov sig) (EN -$359,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Provides restrictions and disclosure requirements involving contractual arrangements between certain public servants and certain persons and entities. (1/9/12)

Provides for the crime of concealment of a financial conflict of interest by a legislator. (gov sig)

Establishes a contribution limit made to and accepted by the governor-elect's transition team. (gov sig)

Requires certain financial disclosure by statewide elected officials, legislators, and certain local elected officials. (OR +$705,458 GF EX See Note)

Constitutional amendment to allow forfeiture of benefits from any public retirement or pension system, plan, or fund member upon conviction of a felony. (2/3-CA 13s1(A)) (OR SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE)

Requires forfeiture of public retirement or pension benefits upon conviction of certain felonies. (OR SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE)

Requires lobbyists to file monthly expenditure reports and to disclose expenditures in excess of $50 in the aggregate on public servants. (See Act) (REF +$448,092 GF EX See Note)

Eliminates provision authorizing certain elected officials to vote upon matters which would otherwise present a conflict of interest. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds vote of the elected members of the legislature to enact exceptions to the Code of Governmental Ethics. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (EG NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Repeals the gift exception for elected officials for cultural and sporting events. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Prohibits certain public servants from receiving any thing of economic value for assistance to a person in a transaction for the purpose of lobbying and for such assistance for a certain period of time post public service. (RE1 NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Urges and requests the secretary of the Department of Revenue to take all possible actions to ensure that no state individual income tax burden is imposed on Louisiana taxpayers as a result of the federal income tax rebates and requests the governor to include in any Call for a Second Special Session the power to enact legislation to accomplish such purpose, if necessary.

Grants an individual income tax deduction for amounts paid for textbooks and curricula for home-schooled students. (gov sig) (1/1/09) (OR -$235,000 GF RV See Note)

Provides that the deduction from Louisiana income for federal income taxes will not decrease because of federal income tax rebates and credits received in 2008 from the federal Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. (8/15/08) (EG NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Provides for a state income tax deduction for certain elementary and secondary education tuition and fees, including an income tax deduction for certain public school and home-school educational expenses. (gov sig) (EN -$23,338,000 GF RV See Note)

Provides for a refundable individual income tax credit for 25% of the amount of ad valorem taxes paid by a homeowner who claims the homestead exemption, not in excess of $250.00 per tax year. (1/1/09) (OR -$58,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Provides that the deduction from Louisiana income for federal income taxes will not decrease because of the federal income tax reductions (i.e. the rebates) in the federal Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Provides for reduction of rates and brackets for the tax on incomes of individuals, estates, and trusts. (gov sig) (EN -$359,000,000 GF RV See Note)