LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE
HOUSE 2005 REGULAR SESSION
Instrument Author Status Summary
HB 23 - ASSIGNED TO HOUSE ENVIRONMENT/WATER:Provides for permit requirements for those
BEARD
Withdrawn ENVIRONMENT utilizing reclaimed water
WATERWAYS/RESERVOIRS:Creates the Lincoln Parish Reservoir
HB 123 DOWNS PENDING HOUSE FLOOR ACTION
Authority
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE NATURAL FISHING/OYSTERS:Authorizes mechanical oyster dredging in
HB 179 FRITH
RESOURCES Calcasieu Lake
FUNDS/FUNDING: Dedicates to barrier island restoration certain
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE
HB 180 DOVE monies from the Mineral Revenue Audit and Settlement Fund
APPROPRIATIONS
dedicated to the Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Fund
TAX/GASOLINE TAX:(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for the
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE dedication and use of certain revenues in the Transportation Trust
HB 191 MONTGOMERY
APPROPRIATIONS Fund to be used to fund construction of Interstate 49 North and
South
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE WAYS AND TAX/INCOME TAX: Authorizes credit for oil and gas drilling deeper
HB 196 DOVE
MEANS than 10,000 feet in inland waters (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE NATURAL COASTAL RES/COASTAL ZONE:Creates the Coastal Passes
HB 197 DOVE
RESOURCES Stabilization and Restoration Program and Fund
WATERWAYS/LAKES:Exempts from royalty payments the dredging
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE NATURAL
HB 204 CAZAYOUX of False River to remove sediment or to enhance recreation and
RESOURCES
navigation
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE WAYS AND TAX CREDITS: Provides tax credits for certain types of mineral
HB 230 DOVE
MEANS exploration (OR -$463,000,000 GF RV See Note)
PLANNING/ZONING: Authorizes the Cameron Parish governing
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE MUNICIPAL authority to provide for the siting of facilities for disposal,
HB 249 FRITH
AND PAROCHIAL AFFAIRS incineration, or storage of solid or liquid waste in the parish and
provides relative to regulation of such waste in the parish
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE WAYS AND
HB 262 - Failed in TAX/TAXATION: Authorizes income tax credits for certain
MARCHAND MEANS - TO BE CONSIDERED ON
Committee brownfields investments (OR -$1,000,000 GF RV See Note)
05-09-05
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS/WATERSHED: Provides relative to the Claiborne Parish
HB 280 GALLOT
AND PAROCHIAL AFFAIRS Watershed District
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE NATURAL WILDLIFE/REFUGES:Requires the Wildlife and Fisheries
HB 283 KENNEY
RESOURCES Commission to allow limited hunting in wildlife refuges
TAX/GASOLINE TAX: Levies an additional one cent tax on gasoline
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE WAYS AND
HB 292 MONTGOMERY and motor fuels and on special fuels and dedicates the proceeds to I-
MEANS
49 North and South (OR +$13,000,000 SD RV See Note)
Instrument Author Status Summary
HB 313 - Passed DISTRICTS/WATER CONSERVN:Creates the Lake St. John
HAMMETT PENDING SENATE INTRODUCTION
to Senate Recreation and Water Conservation District
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE ENVIRONMENT/AIR:Requires air monitoring of certain air pollutant
HB 315 ODINET
ENVIRONMENT sources in the parish of St. Bernard
PROPERTY/PUBLIC:Authorizes the Grand Isle Port Commission to
HB 339 - Passed
PITRE PENDING SENATE INTRODUCTION use certain state water bottom, water column, and water surface
to Senate
for research purposes
HB 340 - Passed ASSIGNED TO SENATE ENVIRONMENT/QUALITY DEPT:Provides relative to the authority of
DAMICO
to Senate ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY various offices within DEQ
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE ENVIRONMENT:Provides for payment of a portion of fines and
HB 347 WADDELL
APPROPRIATIONS penalties to the parish where environmental violations occurred
HB 357 - Passed DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Creates the Lake Bistineau Conservation
MONTGOMERY PENDING SENATE INTRODUCTION
to Senate District
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE WATER/RESOURCES:Provides for declaring areas of groundwater
HB 388 FANNIN
ENVIRONMENT concern
SEWERAGE:Authorizes Jefferson Parish to contract with private
SUBSTITUTE ADOPTED ON THE
HB 389 DAMICO entities in a joint venture for the treatment and disposal of sewage
HOUSE FLOOR - HB 843
and liquid and solid wastes
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE NATURAL
HB 397 BALDONE FISHING/NETS: Removes certain restrictions on unattended nets
RESOURCES
ENERGY/ALTERNATE:Authorizes the Department of Natural
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE NATURAL
HB 428 PIERRE Resources to lease state lands for the development or production of
RESOURCES
wind energy
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT/WASTE TIRES: Provide for fees collected on the sale
HB 473 McDONALD
WELFARE of tires from salvage yards
ENVIRONMENT/LITTERING: Increases special court costs for
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE
HB 504 BADEN littering and provides for use of proceeds from such increase (OR SD
ENVIRONMENT
RV See Note)
PARKS/STATE:Provides relative to a highway in the Poverty Point
HB 548 THOMPSON PENDING HOUSE FINAL PASSAGE
Reservoir District
HB 596 - Passed WATERWAYS/RESERVOIRS:Creates the Jackson Parish Dugdemona
FANNIN PENDING SENATE INTRODUCTION
to Senate Watershed Authority
HB 600 - Failed in ASSIGNED TO HOUSE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING:Provides for the recycling of mercury
McDONALD
Committee ENVIRONMENT switches in end-of-life vehicles
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE WAYS AND
HB 648 HAMMETT TAX/TAXATION: Enacts Biodiesel Incentive Act
MEANS
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE
TRANSPORTATION: Provides for the program for construction of
HB 661 BEARD TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAYS,
state transportation infrastructure
AND PUBLIC WORKS
TAX CREDITS: Provides for an income or corporation franchise tax
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE WAYS &
HB 662 BEARD credit for certain expenses incurred as a result of the reclaimed
MEANS
water program
Instrument Author Status Summary
INVOLUNTARILY DEFERRED IN
FUNDS/TRANSPORT TRUST: Provides relative to funding the
HB 676 M. POWELL HOUSE TRANSPORTATION,
completion of I-49 North (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
HIGHWAYS, AND PUBLIC WORKS
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE NATURAL MINERALS/LEASES:Relative to the management and administration
HB 683 DOVE
RESOURCES of mineral leases on state land
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE NATURAL PROPERTY/PUBLIC:Prohibits permanent hunting stands or blinds
HB 701 BAUDOIN
RESOURCES on state lands
DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Creates the Bayou Desiard Lake Restoration
HB 717 McDONALD PENDING HOUSE FLOOR ACTION
Commission
TAX/SALES-USE, STATE: Provides for a state sales and use tax
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE WAYS &
HB 811 MORRISH limitation on the sales price and cost price of natural gas and to
MEANS
phase in the restoration of the sales tax exemption for natural gas
HB 814 - Failed in ASSIGNED TO HOUSE WAYS & TAX CREDITS: Authorizes income tax credits for certain brownfields
DAMICO
Committee MEANS investments
TAX/SEVERANCE-EXEMPTION:Exempts from the severance tax
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE WAYS &
HB 835 DANIELS production from certain inactive wells from July 1, 2006 through
MEANS
June 30, 2010
SEWERAGE:Authorizes Jefferson Parish to contract with private
HB 843 DAMICO PENDING HOUSE FINAL PASSAGE entities in a joint venture for the treatment and disposal of sewage
and liquid and solid wastes
ASSIGNED TO HOUSE WAYS & TAX/SALES & USE:Provides with respect to sales tax exemption for
HB 860 BEARD
MEANS certain energy conservation property and alternative fuels
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LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE
SENATE 2005 REGULAR SESSION
Instrument Author Status Summary
EXPROPRIATION:Authorizes the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated
ASSIGNED TO SENATE JUDICIARY
SB 14 DUPRE Government to expropriate property by a declaration of taking for
A
coastal restoration projects.
ASSIGNED TO SENATE LOCAL & EXPROPRIATION:Authorizes the Lafourche Parish Council to
SB 16 DUPRE
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS expropriate by a declaration of taking.
CONSERVATION:Adds a member to the White Lake Advisory Board,
ASSIGNED TO SENATE &
SB 21 N GAUTREAUX being a resident of Ward 8 of Vermilion Parish, appointed by the
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
governor.
ASSIGNED TO SENATE LOCAL & PLANNING/ZONING:Authorizes Cameron Parish to have land use
SB 33 THEUNISSEN
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS zoning. (gov sig)
TAX/TAXATION:Grants a refundable income and franchise tax credit
ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & equal to 20% of the cost of certified recycling equipment and/or
SB 34 McPHERSON service contracts used by nonhazardous industrial waste generators
FISCAL AFFAIRS
or beneficial reuses to implement DEQ-approved reuse programs.
(gov sig)
SUBJECT TO CALL - SENATE FINAL SPECIAL DISTRICTS:Authorizes expanding Bayou Lafourche Fresh
SB 54 DUPRE
PASSAGE Water District to include Terrebonne Parish. (gov sig)
ASSIGNED TO SENATE LOCAL &
SB 76 ADLEY SPECIAL DISTRICTS:Creates the Lake Bistineau Watershed District.
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS
COASTAL RESOURCES:Constitutional amendment to provide that
certain federal revenues received by the state generated from Outer
SB 187 DUPRE PENDING SENATE FLOOR ACTION Continental Shelf oil and gas activity shall be credited to the
Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Fund and used only for
certain purposes. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL:Provides relative to criminal penalties
ASSIGNED TO SENATE
SB 188 FONTENOT for violations of the Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
System.
TAX/TAXATION:Constitutional amendment to authorize the levy of
ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE &
SB 191 McPHERSON a tax on the use of hydrocarbon processing facilities and provide for
FISCAL AFFAIRS
the use of such monies. (2/3 - CA 13s1(A))
COASTAL RESOURCES:Provides for deposit into Wetlands
Conservation and Restoration Fund and uses of certain federal
SB 195 DUPRE PENDING SENATE FLOOR ACTION
revenues generated from Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas
activity.
FUNDS/FUNDING:Repeals the authority of PSC to establish rules for
SB 219 FONTENOT PENDING SENATE FINAL PASSAGE
the Energy Efficiency Fund.
ASSIGNED TO SENATE ENVIRONMENT QUALITY DEPT:Provides relative to permits issued
SB 221 FONTENOT
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY by DEQ.
Instrument Author Status Summary
SB 240 - Failed in ASSIGNED TO SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL:Exempts certain facilities from
ELLINGTON
Committee ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY permitted capacity restrictions.
ASSIGNED TO SENATE NATURAL MINERALS:Provides relative to responsibilities and liabilities
SB 244 MARIONNEAUX
RESOURCES regarding mineral leases.
SUBJECT TO CALL - SENATE COASTAL RECLAMATION:Provides relative to coastal wetland areas
SB 276 B GAUTREAUX
REFERRAL and remediation.
SPECIAL DISTRICTS:Provides for the authority, composition, duties,
SB 278 NEVERS PENDING SENATE FLOOR ACTION functions, powers, and responsibilities of the Washington Parish
Reservoir District. (gov sig)
ROYALTIES:Provides certain oil and natural gas royalty relief
SB 280 N GAUTREAUX PENDING SENATE FLOOR ACTION
incentives.
FUNDS/FUNDING:Creates the Louisiana Waterways Infrastructure
SB 311 - failed in ASSIGNED TO SENATE NATURAL
BOASSO and Development Fund and the Louisiana Waterways Infrastructure
committee RESOURCES
Development Bank. (7/1/05)
ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & TAX/TAXATION:Authorizes tax credits for certain brownsfields
SB 324 BAJOIE
FISCAL AFFAIRS investments.
TAX/ENERGY:Reestablishes the new discovery well severance tax
ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE &
SB 346 N GAUTREAUX suspension for wells completed between September 30, 2005 and
FISCAL AFFAIRS
September 30, 2010.
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