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R A L P H BILL STATUS March 27, 2002
REPORT OF LAST DAY'S ACTION - SENATE
SB 3 DUPRE PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS
Provides for the appointment of certain members of the
Terrebonne Parish Port Commission.
Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on
TRAN, HWY & PUBL WKS.
SB 5 CAIN FUNDS/FUNDING
Provides for the allocation and use of monies in the Beauregard
Parish Community Development Fund.
Read by title and finally passed, 31 yeas and 0 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 7 DUPRE PUBLIC LANDS
Authorizes the Terrebonne Parish School Board to lease certain
property in Terrebonne Parish to the Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries.
Read by title and finally passed, 31 yeas and 0 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 8 HOYT MUNICIPALITIES
Provides for annexation of property by the city of Crowley.
(gov sig)
Read by title and finally passed, 31 yeas and 0 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 9 JOHNSON TAX/TAXATION
Constitutional amendment to require two-thirds vote to enact
exemptions or exclusions from local sales and use taxes.
(2/3-CA13s1(A))
Read by title. Returned to the calendar subject to call.
SB 10 HOYT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Establishes a right-to-know law for medical waste storage.
(2/3-CA7s2.1(A)) (gov sig)
Read by title and finally passed, 30 yeas and 1 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 14 THEUNISSEN FUNDS/FUNDING
Reestablishes a dedicated fund to set aside funds for providing
rewards to schools earning rewards pursuant to the
accountability system. (gov sig)
Read by title and finally passed, 28 yeas and 2 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 16 THEUNISSEN PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS
Provides for per diem for members of the West Calcasieu Port,
Harbor, and Terminal District. (gov sig)
Read by title. Returned to the calendar subject to call.
SB 17 THOMAS SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Increases the membership of the board of commissioners of the
Washington Parish Hospital Service District Number One.
Read by title and finally passed as amended 30 yeas and 1
nays. Title read and adopted, bill ordered to the House.
Motion to reconsider tabled.
SB 18 DUPRE SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Authorizes the Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District Commission
to establish limits relative to per diem and mileage for
members.
Read by title and finally passed, 30 yeas and 1 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 19 HOYT TUITION
Revises START to provide for the payment of earnings
enhancement on equities' accounts and to define fully funded as
including all qualified educational expenses rather than only
tuition. (gov sig)
Read by title and finally passed, 33 yeas and 0 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 20 DARDENNE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Establishes an executive committee of the board of directors
for the Research Park Corporation. (gov sig)
Read by title and finally passed, 33 yeas and 0 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 21 SCHEDLER PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT
Eliminates cap of ten dollars on fees for civil applicant
processing. (gov sig)
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended, read by title,
committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed
and passed to a third reading.
SB 22 SCHEDLER COURTS
Provides relative to fees for court reporters in the 22nd
Judicial District Court. (gov sig)
Reported favorably, rules suspended, read by title, ordered
engrossed and passed to a third reading.
SB 23 CRAVINS PRIVATE SECURITY
Authorizes private security officers licensed by the Louisiana
State Board of Private Security Examiners who have been Peace
Officer Standards and Training (POST) certified to detain a
person suspected of certain criminal activity.
Rules suspended, reported with amendments. Rules suspended,
read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted.
Ordered engrossed and passed to a third reading.
SB 30 HAINKEL MOTOR VEHICLES
Creates the breast cancer awareness special prestige license
plate.
Read by title and finally passed as amended 33 yeas and 0
nays. Title read and adopted, bill ordered to the House.
Motion to reconsider tabled.
SB 32 B JONES JUVENILES
Adds a judicial district to the truancy and assessment and
service center pilot program.
Read by title and finally passed, 33 yeas and 0 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 33 B JONES EARLY CHILDHOOD ED
Revises program for early childhood development classes for
four-year-olds. (gov sig)
Rules suspended, recalled from committee.
Rules suspended. Read by title and passed to a third
reading.
SB 34 THEUNISSEN SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Provides for the merger of the Cameron Parish Sewerage District
No. 1 and the Cameron Parish Waterworks District No. 1.
Read by title and finally passed, 33 yeas and 0 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 35 THEUNISSEN SCHOOLS
Reinstates provisions providing for the probationary period of
a school employee who is promoted in a school system with a
population of 425,000 or more. (gov sig)
Read by title and finally passed, 31 yeas and 0 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 37 HAINKEL COURTS
Provides for a commissioner for the Twenty-Second Judicial
District Court.
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended, read by title,
committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed
and passed to a third reading.
SB 38 MCPHERSON PUBLIC LANDS
Authorizes the Board of Commissioners of the Red River,
Atchafalaya, and Bayou Boeuf Levee District to exchange title
to certain properties in Rapides Parish with the Hemphill Star
Church and Hemphill Star Cemetary.
Read by title and finally passed, 32 yeas and 0 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 40 BAJOIE SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Relative to the Garden District's Security Special Taxing
District, changes the name of the district and the
qualification of board and authorizes renewal of district's
special tax/fee. (gov sig)
Read by title and finally passed, 34 yeas and 0 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 42 MCPHERSON PUBLIC LANDS
Provides for the transfer of certain lands in Catahoula Parish
from the office of state lands to the Department of Wildlife
and Fisheries for inclusion into the Dewey W. Wills Wildlife
Management Area.
Read by title and finally passed, 33 yeas and 0 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 44 HEITMEIER NOTARIES
Authorizes the appointment of Crescent City Connection police
officers as ex officio notaries public for matters limited to
certain official functions of law enforcement relative to the
Crescent City Connection. (gov sig)
Reported favorably, rules suspended, read by title, ordered
engrossed and passed to a third reading.
SB 45 FONTENOT SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Provides relative to the board of commissioners of Hospital
Service District Number One of East Baton Rouge Parish,
increases the membership and provides for terms. (gov sig)
Read by title and finally passed as amended 33 yeas and 1
nays. Title read and adopted, bill ordered to the House.
Motion to reconsider tabled.
SB 46 FONTENOT LIABILITY
Provides with respect to limitation of liability for damages
from food donated by restaurants or food service establishments.
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended, read by title,
committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed
and passed to a third reading.
SB 47 BARHAM HOSPITALS
Changes certain criteria for defining rural hospitals. (gov
sig)
Read by title and finally passed, 33 yeas and 0 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 48 SCHEDLER SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Provides relative to the East Florida Parishes Retirement
District.
Read by title and finally passed as amended 32 yeas and 0
nays. Title read and adopted, bill ordered to the House.
Motion to reconsider tabled.
SB 53 MOUNT SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Provides relative to the per diem of the members of the board
of commissioners of the Calcasieu Cameron Hospital Service
District. (gov sig)
Read by title and finally passed, 33 yeas and 1 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 54 M SMITH SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Increases the membership of the board of commissioners of the
DeSoto Parish Industrial District and provides for appointment
of a treasurer. (gov sig)
Read by title and finally passed, 32 yeas and 1 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 56 HOLLIS COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS
Exempts authorized e-file providers from the definition of loan
broker. (gov sig)
Read by title. Returned to the calendar subject to call.
SB 58 M SMITH COURTS
Increases the civil jurisdictional amount for the City Court of
Natchitoches.
Reported favorably, rules suspended, read by title, ordered
engrossed and passed to a third reading.
SB 60 BAJOIE COURTS
Authorizes the judges of the Civil District Court for the
Parish of Orleans and the First and Second City Courts of the
city of New Orleans to utilize money in the judicial expense
fund to construct a new courthouse.
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended, read by title,
committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed
and passed to a third reading.
SB 61 BAJOIE COURTS
Creates and provides for the qualifications, compensation,
offices, and duties of the first appearance hearing officer of
the Municipal Court of New Orleans.
Reported favorably, rules suspended, read by title, ordered
engrossed and passed to a third reading.
SB 63 BARHAM MUNICIPALITIES
Authorizes the governing authority of the village of Lisbon to
provide for an appointed police chief or to abolish the office
and obtain law enforcement services. (gov sig)
Read by title and finally passed, 34 yeas and 0 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 68 SCHEDLER HEALTH CARE
Establishes the Louisiana Health Works Commission.
Rules suspended, recalled from committee.
Read by title and passed to a third reading.
Rules suspended.
Read by title and finally passed as amended 33 yeas and 1
nays. Title read and adopted, bill ordered to the House.
Motion to reconsider tabled.
SB 69 SCHEDLER MUNICIPALITIES
Provides for annexation by municipalities. (gov sig)
Read by title and finally passed, 33 yeas and 0 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 72 HAINKEL SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Provides for the creation of the Audubon Area Security District
in Orleans Parish. (gov sig)
Read by title and finally passed, 33 yeas and 0 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 75 BOISSIERE SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Excludes electricity and gas service from the authority to
develop infrastructure on a tax exemption basis through a
community development district.
Read by title and finally passed, 32 yeas and 0 nays. Title
read and adopted and bill ordered to the House. Motion to
reconsider tabled.
SB 80 C D JONES CONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE
Corrects retroactively the penalty for distribution or
possession with intent to distribute marijuana and revises the
crime of possession of gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB). (gov
sig)
Rules suspended; reported favorably, rules suspended, read
by title; ordered engrossed and passed to a third reading.
SB 81 BAJOIE TAX/TAXATION
Dedicates a portion of the revenues from one cent of the state
sales tax on hotel occupancy levied in Orleans.
Read by title. Returned to the calendar subject to call.
SB 82 ELLINGTON FARMING
Provides relative to the direct sale of farm products. (gov
sig)
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended, read by title,
committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed
and passed to a third reading.
SB 83 ELLINGTON FARMING
Provides for the sale of farm products sold by catfish farmers.
(gov sig)
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended, read by title,
committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed
and passed to a third reading.
SB 84 IRONS COURTS
Authorizes the judges of the Civil District Court for the
parish of Orleans and the First and Second City Courts of the
city of New Orleans to utilize money in the judicial expense
fund to construct a new courthouse.
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended, read by title,
committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed
and passed to a third reading.
SB 89 CAIN CRIME/PUNISHMENT
Creates the crime of operating a motor vehicle without lawful
presence in the United States and provides for the issuance and
revocation of driver's license to alien students and
nonresident aliens.
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended, read by title,
committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed
and passed to a third reading.
SB 94 HOLLIS FUNDS/FUNDING
Increases funds for West Napoleon Ave. TIMED project, provides
for cooperative endeavor agreements with city of Kenner and
Jefferson Parish, with the parish as project manager, for the
repayment of advanced funding. (gov sig)
Rules suspended, recalled from committee.
Read by title. Returned to the calendar subject to call.
SB 95 HOLLIS FUNDS/FUNDING
Authorizes DOTD to enter into cooperative endeavor agreements
with city of Kenner and Jefferson Parish for completion of the
West Napoleon Avenue TIMED project, with parish as project
manager, and for repayment of parish of advanced funding. (gov)
Rules suspended, recalled from committee.
Read by title. Returned to the calendar subject to call.
SB 97 CAIN CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Prohibits the expenditure, transfer, or other use of campaign
funds for federal office. (gov sig)
Introduced in the Senate, rules suspended, read first and
second time by title and referred to the committee on
SENATE & GOV AFFAIRS.
SB 98 HOLLIS TAX/SALES
Provides for a state sales and use tax exclusion for certain
custom software to be phased in over a four-year period and
allows political subdivisions to exempt sales of certain custom
computer software. (7/1/02)
Introduced in the Senate, rules suspended, read first and
second time by title and referred to the committee on
REV & FISCAL AFFAIRS.
SB 99 HOLLIS TAX/SALES
Provides for a state and local sales tax exclusion for certain
custom computer software to be phased in over a four- year
period. (7/1/02)
Introduced in the Senate, rules suspended, read first and
second time by title and referred to the committee on
REV & FISCAL AFFAIRS.
SB 100 B JONES FIREFIGHTERS RETIREMENT
Provides for an equal cost-sharing relationship between the
employee and employer with regard to employee and employer
contributions and provides for possible supplement funding.
(gov sig)
Introduced in the Senate, rules suspended, read first and
second time by title and referred to the committee on
RETIREMENT.
SR 15 CAMPBELL CONDOLENCES
Expresses condolences upon the death of James E. Bolin.
Rules suspended; introduced in the Senate. Read by title,
rules suspended, adopted.
SR 16 LAMBERT CONDOLENCES
Expresses condolences upon the death of Mr. Crawford A. Bishop.
Rules suspended; introduced in the Senate. Read by title,
rules suspended, adopted.
SCR 3 B JONES CONDOLENCES
Expresses condolences upon the death of Mr. William Andrew
Jackson Lewis, II.
Enrolled and signed by the President of the Senate.
SCR 4 SCHEDLER COMMITTEE STUDIES
Requests the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare and the
House Committee on Health and Welfare to meet jointly to study
and make recommendations regarding Medicaid reimbursement for
well baby nursery days.
Committee amendments read and adopted.
Read by title, amended, adopted by the vote of 29 yeas and
1 nays. Ordered engrossed and sent to the House.
SCR 5 SCHEDLER HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT
Requests DHH to promulgate rules affording residents of private
Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded
opportunities for moving to a more integrated setting.
Read by title, adopted by the vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays
and ordered to the House.
SCR 6 HAINKEL CONDOLENCES
Expresses condolences on the death of former legislator,
insurance executive and civic leader, Laurance Eustis.
Received from the House without amendments.
SCR 7 HAINKEL CONDOLENCES
Expresses condolences on the death of Raymond Joseph Salassi,
Jr.
Received from the House without amendments.
SCR 8 HAINKEL COMMENDATIONS
Expresses condolences on the death of world renowned decorator,
Melanie Pulitzer Feldman.
Received from the House without amendments.
SCR 9 HAINKEL COMMENDATIONS
Commends Edward Walker Herlitz on being selected as Fort Gordon
Post Soldier of the Year.
Received from the House without amendments.
SCR 10 MCPHERSON TELEPHONES
Requests BellSouth to reconsider relocating its Alexandria call
center.
Received from the House without amendments.
SCR 11 HAINKEL CONDOLENCES
Extends condolences upon the death of Charles Y. McClendon.
Received from the House without amendments.
SCR 12 DUPRE U S DEPARTMENTS
Requests the secretary of the Army to extend the rotation cycle
of the district engineer of the New Orleans district of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from the normal two-three year
cycle to a minimum cycle of five years.
Received from the House without amendments.
SCR 13 BAJOIE COMMITTEE STUDIES
Creates a subcommittee of the Senate Local and Municipal
Affairs Committee and the House of Representatives Municipal,
Parochial and Cultural Affairs Committee to study the
feasibility of selling or leasing the Louis Armstrong Internatio
Read by title. Returned to the calendar subject to call.
SCR 14 C D JONES BANKS/BANKING
Commends certain Louisiana banks for outstanding performance
rating pursuant to the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977.
Received from the House without amendments.
SCR 15 HOLLIS LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS
Proclaims April 1through 7, 2002 as "American Business Women's
Week".
Received from the House without amendments.
SCR 18 MOUNT LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS
To proclaim March 30, 2002, Doctors Day in Louisiana.
Rules suspended; introduced in the Senate. Read by title.
Rules suspended; adopted by the vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays
and ordered to the House.
HCR 1 HUTTER SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH
Recognizes annually the week of September 11 as a week of
prayer and remembrance
Signed by the President of the Senate.
HCR 3 DOWNER COMMENDATIONS
Commends Louis Toups upon being named Louisiana State Police
Uniformed Trooper of the Year
Signed by the President of the Senate.
HCR 7 M STRAIN SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH
Recognizes the Reserve Peace Officers of the state of Louisiana
and declares the first full week of April as "State Reserve
Peace Officer Recognition Week"
Signed by the President of the Senate.
HCR 8 SCHNEIDER COMMENDATIONS
Commends the LSU Fighting Tigers upon the culmination of the
historic 2001 football season
Signed by the President of the Senate.
HCR 9 McDONALD CONDOLENCES
Expresses the condolences of the Louisiana Legislature upon the
death of Tony Cascio of Monroe
Signed by the President of the Senate.
HCR 10 ANSARDI COMMENDATIONS
Commends the American Society of Civil Engineers upon the
occasion of its one hundred fiftieth anniversary
Signed by the President of the Senate.
HCR 11 FLAVIN CONDOLENCES
Expresses condolences upon the death of Judge Edwin F. Hunter,
Jr. of Lake Charles
Signed by the President of the Senate.
HCR 12 FLAVIN CONDOLENCES
Expresses condolences upon the death of former District
Attorney Frank T. Salter, Jr. of Calcasieu Parish
Signed by the President of the Senate.
HCR 17 JOHNS CONDOLENCES
Expresses condolences upon the death of Eugene "Gene" Allen of
Sulphur
Signed by the President of the Senate.
HCR 20 BAYLOR SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH
Recognizes annually the first Tuesday in May as National High
School Seniors' Voter Registration Day
Signed by the President of the Senate.
HCR 22 CAZAYOUX CONDOLENCES
Expresses condolences upon of death of Donald Anthony "Donnie"
Andre of Rosedale
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended, read by title and
concurred in by the vote of 28 yeas and 0 nays and ordered to
the House.
HCR 23 CAZAYOUX CONDOLENCES
Expresses condolences upon the death of Freddie H. Pitre, Sr.
of Plaquemine
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended, read by title and
concurred in by the vote of 26 yeas and 0 nays and ordered to
the House.
HCR 24 FAUCHEUX HUNTING/DEER
Requests the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to allow hunting
with dogs in the Maurepas WMA
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended read first and
second time by title and referred to the committee on
NATURAL RESOURCES.
HCR 25 FAUCHEUX WILDLIFE/MGT AREAS
Requests the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission and the
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to allow use of camps in
the Maurepas WMA
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended read first and
second time by title and referred to the committee on
NATURAL RESOURCES.
