Law and Government Legislation in Louisiana

Defines as a "manufacturer" for the manufacturing machinery and equipment sales tax exclusion persons within NAISC code information Sector 51 or the manufacturing Sectors 511-511110 if they are required to register with the Department of Labor and are assigned such sector numbers. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Provides for temporary successors for legislators called to active duty in the armed services for a period of thirty days or more (EG NO IMPACT 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 dedication of certain revenues to transportation. (gov sig) (EN -$42,410,000 GF RV See Note)

(Constitutional Amendment) Requires the legislature to provide for temporary successors for legislators ordered to active duty

Provides relative to aggravated flight from an officer (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Suspends certain date provisions relative to facility need review approval for nursing homes and intermediate care facilities located in certain areas.

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for restrictions on millage increases after reappraisal and valuation (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Provides procedures for child in need of care proceedings (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

(Constitutional Amendment) Removes the requirement that laws be published in the official journal of the state after enactment

Increases the total aggregate amount of credits that may be taken under the new markets tax credit (Item #5) (EN -$10,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Increases the penalty for failure to pay sales and use taxes on certain purchases of off-road vehicles (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides with respect to cleansing period for prior DWI convictions (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the effectiveness of the state sales and use tax exemption for sales of electricity, natural gas, water, and steam (Item #2) (EN -$69,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Provides that certain federal income tax rebates or credits shall not reduce the federal income tax deduction (Item #12) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Accelerates the phase-out of state sales taxes on manufacturing machinery and equipment by one year, making the purchase or lease of such machinery and equipment beginning 7/1/09 and thereafter tax free. (7/1/08) (EN -$4,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Removes the requirement that Acts of the legislature be published in the official journal of the state (EG -$226,708 GF EX See Note)

Provides for development and determination of the expenditure limit (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Provides that chief administrators of schools responsible for ensuring the enforcement of immunization requirements by checking students' records must check such records annually

Removes provision which allows a public body to take up a matter not on the agenda of a public meeting

Provides for supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007-2008 (Item #8)

Accelerates the phase-out of corporate franchise tax on "borrowed capital" by one year, by excluding all "borrowed capital" from "taxable capital" for tax years beginning in 2011 (instead of 2012) and thereafter. (See Act) (EN -$26,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Authorizes the court to admit to bail a person arrested for extradition for commission of certain offenses

Provides relative to the electronic filing of certain instruments

Provides relative to noncomplex health procedures performed by certain school employees

Authorizes investment of monies in state treasury in tax exempt bonds issued by the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District (Item #13) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Provides for the deposit of monies into the Coastal Restoration and Protection Fund (Item #11) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Provides relative to the Algiers Development District (Item #10) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the law on successions

Amends law regarding which games may be displayed on video bingo machines (RE NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Provides for the director of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness to include representatives of the legislature in the state emergency operations plan (EOP). (8/15/08)

Authorizes licensed retail florists to operate automated floral climate-controlled vending kiosk systems, subject to certain restrictions. (gov sig)

Suspends the provisions of R.S. 18:1483(14)(c) and 1501.2 as enacted by Act No. 26 of the 2008 First Extraordinary Session relative to campaign finance

Authorizes and directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to review the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 814(C) regarding responsive verdicts

Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the order of appeal procedure

Provides for the expenditure limit for Fiscal Year 2007-2008 (Item #9)

Phases out the tax on incomes of individuals, estates, and trusts over a 10-year period at 10% per year beginning in 2008, and provides that certain refundable credits are still refundable even if there is little or no individual income tax. (gov sig) (RE -$278,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Increases penalties for driving without a license (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Provides relative to the La. Board of Nursing Facility Administrators

Provides for Louisiana health care consumers' right to know. (8/15/08) (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Amends provisions of the state public defender law. (8/15/08)

Urges and requests the state health officer of the Department of Health and Hospitals to amend the state sanitary code to require privacy partitions between urinals in male restrooms consistent with the International Plumbing Code

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for transfer of the special assessment level to new property purchased to replace expropriated property (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Provides for the forfeiture of property used in connection to the crime of public bribery (EG SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to contributions to post-employment benefit funds for public employees (EG NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to post-employment benefit funds established by political subdivisions (EG NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Allows meetings of legislative committees held in the interim between sessions to be conducted by video conference. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE)

Expands the list of crimes for which a criminal sentence may not be suspended (EG +$4,500,000 GF EX See Note)

Allocates excess money from the Insure Louisiana Incentive Program Fund to a program of homeowner's insurnace premium reduction for individuals who paid a premium during the previous 12 calendar months. (8/15/08)

Provides for the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment

Amends provisions of law regarding temporary release of inmates (EG DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Repeals the quality review privilege of accountants

Provides that the 10% surcharge on rates charged by the La. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. shall not apply in St. Mary Parish (EG -$573,314 SG RV See Note)

Re-creates the Department of Insurance (EG NO IMPACT SG EX See Note)

Prohibits the use of campaign funds to pay an immediate family member with certain exceptions

Creates crime for wrongful possession of recordings or videotapes of protected persons (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Authorizes the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to determine that a Medicaid provider is out of business (EG -$1,600,000 GF EX See Note)

Urges and requests the Department of Economic Development to annually review and report on the effectiveness of certain tax exemptions and tax credits (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Provides with respect to the crime of computer-aided solicitation of a minor (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Directs the Louisiana Recovery Authority to develop a plan for the review and approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget relative to the recoupment of Road Home monies from any source. (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to abandoned mine reclamation (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

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

Removes the commissioner of financial institutions from the membership of the State Market Commission. (gov sig)

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

Provides relative to fertilizer regulation and prohibits local government subdivisions from regulating fertilizers. (gov sig)

Repeals the Louisiana Crawfish Market Development Authority and removes certain statutory references. (gov sig)

Provides relative to violations of the Horticulture Law. (gov sig)

Consolidates the professions of horticulturalist and landscape contractor into one licensed profession known as "landscape horticulturist". (gov sig)

Provides relative to the Boll Weevil Eradication Commission. (gov sig)

Provides that each member of the Zachary Taylor Parkway Commission shall be appointed by his parish president or by the president of the police jury if there is no parish president

Changes the name of the First Stop Shop to the office of GeauxBiz within the Department of State (EG NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Provides for changes to the minimum standards for installation of manufactured homes

Provides for changes to the Louisiana Accountancy Act

Requests the secretary of state's voter outreach division to strengthen its efforts relative to voter education and promoting and facilitating voter registration throughout the state

Extends until January 1, 2010, the facility need review approval for licensed nursing homes or intermediate care facilities that are located in certain areas. (gov sig)

Enacts the Inmate Rehabilitation and Workforce Development Act

Provides with respect to expropriated property of DOTD not used for projects in a certain time period

Provides relative to the Interim Emergency Board (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Amends provisions of law regarding the crime of abuse of office

Limits retroactive denial and recoupment of health insurance claims (EG NO IMPACT SG EX See Note)

Provides for the surrendering of parental rights

Amends provisions of law regarding venue in delinquency proceedings for certain judicial districts

Provides for changes to the Uniform Standards Code for Manufactured Housing (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Authorizes a notice when the purchase exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars to persons who furnish commodities by notice sent through an electronic interactive environment (EG SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Prohibits the use of campaign funds to pay fines, fees, and penalties assessed pursuant to campaign finance

Provides with respect to crimes involving prostitution (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to use of monies in the West Calcasieu Community Center Fund (EG NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Provides with respect to the La. Recovery Authority (EG DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to violations of the operation of commercial motor vehicles

Provides for changes to the release of certain information by certain financial institutions

Dedicates a portion of the state sales tax on hotel occupancy collected in Webster Parish to the Webster Parish Convention and Visitors Bureau (EG -$140,000 GF RV See Note)

Provides relative to the conditions required for certain expelled students to be admitted or readmitted to public school

Provides for changes to the La. Securities Law (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides for standards for crisis receiving centers. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the listing of property in the name of a tax sale purchaser (EG NO IMPACT LF See Note)

Requires commissioner of insurance review and approval of vehicle mechanical breakdown insurance policies (EG +$1,825 SG RV See Note)

Provides for a time limit for certain refunds of overpayments (EG NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Authorizes the St. Bernard Port, Harbor, and Terminal District to acquire certain property

Adds battery of a police officer and battery of a correctional facility employee to the list of crimes of violence (EG +$153,672 GF EX See Note)

Provides for discounts on automobile insurance with vehicles that have certain features

Provides with respect to the use of videotapes of protected persons in criminal prosecutions

Authorizes the Central Community School Board to levy and collect an additional sales and use tax (RE +$2,500,000 LF RV See Note)

Prohibits use of public funds for human cloning (OR See Note)

Requires the board of directors of the La. School of Math, Science, and the Arts to develop and adopt a policy for sabbatical leave for certified employees prior to the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year

Provides for the release of certain information upon escape from a juvenile facility

Provides for the prescriptive period for actions involving the sale of certain immovable property

Provides for the confirmation of certain default judgments

Provides relative to proper venue for a suit on a promissory note

Requires review and cooperation with LSU biologists prior to establishment of offshore fish farming in La. waters

Requires the reporting and electronic filing of student immunization compliance reports for postsecondary institutions (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to venue for post-judgment proceedings related to interdictions

Provides relative to the date interest begins to accrue on delinquent ad valorem taxes (RE INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to the duration and notification period of convicted sex offenders. (gov sig)

Provides for membership on the Board of Pardons. (8/15/08)

Extends until August 31, 2014, the period within which to file an application for DNA testing (EG +$20,000 SD EX See Note)

Creates the crime of home improvement fraud (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Development and determination of the expenditure limit. (8/15/08) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the period during which public employees may accept contributions from not-for-profit organizations or funds within such organizations and the deadline by which organizations must report such contributions to the Board of Ethics

Provides with respect to the failure to pay the sex offender registration fee (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides for resisting an officer with force or violence (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Amends provisions of law regarding toxicology laboratories (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Creates the Alligator Council and removes alligator marketing and management from the Fur and Alligator Council responsibility (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Creates and provides for Louisiana Workforce Commission. (gov sig) (RE +$4,642,096 GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the levy of hotel taxes in certain parishes (EG +$68,000 LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to per diem for hospital service district commission members in St. Charles Parish

Authorizes the governing authority of the city of Winnsboro to levy and collect an additional sales and use tax (EG +$600,000 LF RV See Note)

Authorizes the governing authority of the city of Winnsboro to levy and collect a hotel occupancy tax subject to voter approval (EG +$20,000 LF RV See Note)

Relative to audits concerning New Orleans City Park and the New Orleans City Park Improvement Association and its board, provides for the respective responsibility of the park, the association, and its board, and of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism relative to such audits (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Creates the Jackson Parish Industrial District (RE NO IMPACT LF See Note)

Authorizes state participation in the Pest Control Compact. (gov sig) (RE +$12,228 GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to retirement benefits for certain court reporters employed by Caddo Parish (EG NO COST)

Provides for the membership of the Juvenile Justice Reform Act Implementation Commission