2013 house notes final wrap up

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The 2013 Regular Session has

adjourned Sine Die.

Speaker Kleckley congratulated

members on their hard work and bipartisan

support to create the state's $25.4 billionbudget.

A total of 969 bills were introduced by

both houses; 423 bills have completed the

legislative process.

At the end of the 2011 Regular

Session, the last fiscal session, 443 bills

completed legislative action, 20 more than

during the current fiscal session.

The governor has signed 215 bills into

law as of June 11.

The Legislature approved eightproposed constitutional amendments that will

go before voters on November 4, 2014, the

state's next general election.

A brief description of a few of the bills

that generated public interest during this

session follow. The bills are hyperlinked to

the most current posted version of the

instrument.

BUDGET/REVENUE

Key budget bills have completed

legislative action:

* House Concurrent Resolution 6,

which has completed the legislative process,

reduces the expenditure limit for fiscal year

2013-2014 from $15,686,646,424 to

$12,916,140,954.

* House Bill 1, the state's general

operating budget, has completed the process

and heads to the governor for executiveapproval.

Among the many appropriations

outlined in the 2013-2014 $25 billion budget

are $69 million in additional funding for

public schools, half of which will go to pay

raises for certified teachers, and $20 million

funding for the voucher program.

* House Bill 2, the state's construction

budget, has been sent to the governor.

Capital outlay for the 2013-2014 fiscal

year includes $1,121,958,273 in cash and$3,080,810,000 in general obligation bonds.

* House Bill 168 provides for ancillary

expenses of state government.

* House Bill 452 provides for the

transfer and deposit of monies among state

funds.

* House Bill 620 would require

spending due to constitutional or other

mandate to be considered in a separate

appropriations bill from spending that is not

required to be funded, if health care or higher

education funding is reduced.

* House Bill 678, which has been signed

by the governor, provides for supplemental

appropriations for Fiscal Year 2012-2013,

* House Bill 691, provides for funding

of the Louisiana judicial system.

HOUSE NOTESLouisiana House of Representatives

Communications Office2013 Regular Session

Wrap Up-Final, June 12, 2013
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* House Bill 692 provides for the

allocation and distribution of the state

Revenue Sharing Fund.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

* House Bill 532 would create theHospital Stabilization Fund to allow hospitals

to deposit money in a state-operated fund for

submission to the federal government to

capture additional matching Medicaid dollars.

The funding measure would establish

a hospital Medicaid reimbursement formula;

implement an annual hospital provider

assessment through the formula; require

revenues generated from the assessment to be

deposited to the Hospital Stabilization Fund in

the Treasury; and would establishreimbursement rate enhancements for

Medicaid claims and uncompensated care

costs.

* House Bill 533 would create the

Medical Assistance Trust Fund to allow

healthcare provider groups to deposit money

into a state-operated fund to receive Medicaid

reimbursement. The legislation also

establishes a Medicaid base rate of

reimbursement. The legislature would

annually appropriate monies from the fundnecessary for Medicaid Program expenditures

of each participating provider group.

The healthcare provider groups who

would pay fees into the account include

nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities

for people with developmental disabilities,

prescriptions, medica l transportation

providers, and health care premium

assessments paid by Medicaid-enrolled

managed care organizations.

* Senate Bill 56 would exclude

homeowners who are permanently, totally

disabled from the requirement to annually

certify their adjusted gross income in order to

receive the Special Assessment Level on their

residences for property tax purposes, if that

individual has applied for and received the

special assessment level in the prior year.

* Senate Bill 96, which has completed

the legislative process, would qualify disabled

veterans and their spouses to receiveexemptions from ad valorem taxes.

SB96 would add the disability rating

of "totally disabled or unemployable" to

current law which doubles the homestead

exemption for veterans with a service-related

disability rating of 100%.

* Senate Bill 128, which has completed

the legislative process, would create the

Artificial Reef Development Fund, and

provides for the use of grants, donations and

other forms of assistance from private andpublic sources and for allocation for siting,

designing, constructing, permitting,

monitoring and managing an artificial reef

system.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

* House Bill 152, which has been sent

to the governor, would grant parole eligibility

to any person serving a life sentence who was

under 18 years old at the time of the

commission of the offense of first degreemurder or second degree murder if a judicial

determination has been made that the person

is entitled to parole eligibility and all of the

following conditions have been met:

1) served 35 years of the sentence imposed;

2) the offender has not committed any

disciplinary offenses in the months prior to

parole eligibility;

3) the offender has completed the mandatory

minimum of 100 hours of pre-release

programming;

4) the offender has completed substance abuse

treatment;

5) the offender has obtained a GED or is

deemed by a certified educator as incapable of
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obtaining a GED due to a learning disability;

6) the offender has obtained a low-risk

designation determined by a validated risk

assessment instrument;

7) the offender has completed a re-entry

program to be determined by the Departmentof Public Safety and Corrections.

* House Bill 512 (Act 6) provides that if

a criminal defendant who fails to appear in

court and the defendant is subsequently

arrested, the periods of limitations shall not

commence to run anew until the defendant

appears in person in open court where the case

on the original charge is pending, or the

district attorney prosecuting the original

charge has notice of the defendant's custodial

location.* Senate Bill 8(Act 52) would authorize

sheriffs to use prisoners to work at churches,

synagogues, mosques, or other buildings or

structures used primarily for religious

worship.

* Senate Bill 70 would classify the

burning of a victim that results in serious

bodily injury as a crime of violence, and

provides for a penalty of five to 50 years

without benefit of probation, parole, or

suspension of sentence.SB70 has been sent to the governor.

* Senate Bill 72 (Act 30) provides that

any intentional engaging in any act or any

utterance, gesture, or display designed to

disrupt a funeral, funeral route, or burial,

during the period beginning 120 minutes

before and ending 120 minutes after the

funeral or burial and within 300 feet of the

funeral or burial, would be prohibited.

The proposal would prohibit the

intentional blocking or interfering with a

funeral route, including the blocking or

interference with access into or from any

building or parking lot of a building in which

a funeral is being conducted, or any burial plot

or the parking lot of the cemetery in which a

funeral or burial is being conducted, beginning

120 minutes before and ending 120 minutes

after the funeral or burial and within 500 feet

of the funeral or burial.

Finally, SB72 increases in themaximum fine to $500 for disturbing the

peace relative to a funeral or burial.

* Senate Bill 88 provides for the

proceeds from the public sale or auction of

forfeited property of any person convicted of

the crime of trafficking of children for sexual

purposes.

SB88 awaits the governor's pen.

DRUG OFFENDERS

* House Bill 10 (Act 7) adds 27hallucinogenic substances to Schedule I of the

Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance

Law.

* House Bill 15 (Act 8) adds certain

compounds and substances to the listing of

synthetic cannabinoids in the Schedule I

classification of controlled dangerous

substances.

* House Bill 442, sent to the governor,

authorizes the secretary of Department of

Public Safety and Corrections to establish asubstance abuse probation program to provide

counseling and treatment for defendants

sentenced to substance abuse probation.

HB442 authorizes the secretary to

enter into cooperative endeavors or contracts

with DHH, training facilities, and service

providers to provide for substance abuse

treatment and counseling for defendants

participating in the program.

EDUCATION


to the governor, would reorganize the top tier

of administration in the Department of

Education.
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* House Bill 343 (Act 151) provides

that a student with disabilities who is not

pursuing a regular diploma shall not be

administered any test pursuant to the La.

Competency-Based Education Program or

LEAP or the state's school and districtaccountability program, including the ACT

unless student's Individualized Education Plan

indicates that the examination is an

appropriate assessment instrument for the

student, and the student's parent or legal

guardian requests in writing that the student

be administered the exam.

PRE K


to the governor's desk, provides for theEarlySteps childhood disability intervention

program, and authorizes a fee schedule known

as cost participation for services of the

program.

* House Bill 698, which awaits the

governor's approval, provides for school

readiness tax credits, and for the

administration and recapture of tax credits.

HB698 adds the definitions of Tiered

Kindergarten Readiness Improvement System,

Early Childhood Care and EducationNetwork, and eligible learning centers to the

School Readiness Tax Credit statute.

* Senate Bill 222, which has been sent

to the governor, provides licensure procedures

for early childhood learning centers.

HIGHER ED


governor's pen, would authorize the LSU

Board of Supervisors to impose a digital

media program fee of $2,500, a building use

fee of $48 for building repairs and

renovations, undetermined tuition and

attendance fees for distance education degree

programs, a school of dentistry fee of $300,

and a $275 prosthetic device fee for second

year students in the dental surgery program.

COMMUNITY COLLEGES/TECH

COLLEGES

* Senate Bill 45, which has been signedinto law, transfers all funds, obligations,

property, programs, facilities and functions

related to all campuses of the Capital Area

Technical College to the Baton Rouge

Community College system.

ELDERLY

* Senate Bill 75, which has been sent to

the governor, adds potential revenues that may

be deposited into the Medicaid Trust Fund for

the Elderly.

ENVIRONMENT/COAST

* House Concurrent Resolution 42

creates the Coastal Protection and Restoration

Authority Board to represent the state's

position in policy relative to the protection,

conservation, enhancement, and restoration of

the coastal area of the state through oversight

of integrated coastal protection projects and

programs.

* House Bill 493, which awaitsgubernatorial approval, requires the

commissioner of conservation to make rules,

regulations and orders to control solution

mining injection wells and solution mined

caverns.

* House Bill 705, awaiting executive

approval, repeals the wind energy systems tax

credit, and converts the solar energy system

tax credit to a solar electric system credit.

Further, HB705 authorizes a credit for solar

thermal systems.

FIREARMS

* House Bill 8, which prohibits the

release of information associated with
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concealed handgun permits or permit

applications, has been sent to the governor for

executive approval.


governor's signature, prohibits the possession

and purchase of a firearm that has not beenregistered or transferred in accordance with

federal law.

* House Bill 717, on its way to the

governor's desk, would tighten up reporting

requirements submitted to the National Instant

Criminal Background Check System for

residents prohibited from possessing a

firearm.

HEALTH

* House Bill 173 , which has beensigned into law, amends Louisiana's safe

haven law to provide that a child 60 days old

or younger may be relinquished to a

designated emergency care facility.

* House Bill 322, which awaits

gubernatorial approval, requires birthing

facilities to perform congenital heart defect

screening by pulse oximetry on newborns.


to the governor, requires training be made

available for mandatory reporters relative tomandatory reporting of child abuse, and

authorizes state regulatory departments,

boards, commissions, and agencies to offer

continuing education credit for training on the

statutory requirements and responsibility of

reporting child abuse and neglect.

HOMELAND SECURITY

* House Bill 718 (Act 50) provides for

a school crisis management and response plan

to address school safety and the incidence of

a shooting or other violence at schools, on

school buses, and at school-related activities.


governor's pen, would require twice-yearly

crisis safety drills at all public schools.

Additionally, HB368 says public

school boards and governing authorities of

nonpublic schools should make every effort to

provide for the presence of an armed school

resources officer at each school for theduration of each school day.

* House Bill 6, which has been sent to

the governor, would exempt law enforcement

officers from the crime of carrying a firearm

or dangerous weapon on school property.

HOSPITALS

* House Bill 383 (Act 111) allows

hospital service districts in Jefferson Parish to

lease hospitals owned by the hospital service

district with approval of the governingauthority.


governor's pen, provides for the existing lease

for the New Orleans Adolescent Hospital

property to be converted to a sale.

* Senate Concurrent Resolution 98

expresses support of and provides authority

for actions by the LSU Board of Supervisors

for the strategic collaboration among the

division of administration, the Department of

Health and Hospitals, and the LSU Board ofSupervisors in planning for a new model of

health care delivery in the Lake Charles

region.

INSURANCE

* Senate Bill 120 (Act 23) allows the

commissioner of insurance to grant

reinsurance credits to captive insurers.

JUVENILE JUSTICE

* House Bill 177 (Act 3) designates the

Institute for Public Health and Justice as an

adviser to the legislature on matters related to

youth in the criminal justice system and youth

with behavioral needs.
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* Senate Bill 107, which allows for

proactive treatment of youth who are involved

in both child welfare and juvenile justice

systems, has been sent to the governor's desk.

RETIREMENT* House Bill 36 (Act 10) changes

current law eligibility for Sheriffs' Pension

and Relief Fund (SPRF) members to transfer

prior service credits.

Under HB 36, a member of SPRF is

required to be an active member for at least

one year before becoming eligible to transfer

prior service credit into the Fund.

* House Bill 41, which has been sent to

the governor, provides for the board of

trustees for the New Orleans FirefightersPension and Relief Fund (NOFF), for terms,

powers, elections, voting limitations and

votes, and requires 2/3 approval for an annual

cost-of-living increase.

* House Bill 44, which has been signed

into law, provides an exception to

confidentiality provisions of the Public

Records Law to allow for disclosure of the

home addresses of members of the

Firefighters' Retirement System, if requested

by a member of the Legislature, an agency oremployer reporting information to the system,

or a recognized association of system

members.

* House Bill 46, waiting on executive

approval, authorizes a one-time cost-of-living

adjustment to: retirees and beneficiaries and

survivors who retired prior to July 1, 2001;

entered DROP prior to July 1, 2001, and

retired prior to July 1, 2012; any beneficiary of

a retiree who met the above criteria if he were

still alive. The maximum benefit increase

permitted under HB 46 is 3.75% of the

member's annual pension. The increase

becomes effective July 1, 2013.


gubernatorial approval, increases the

employee contribution rate for members of

NOFF with less than 20 years of service from

6% to 10% with a 2 year phase-in, and

increases the employee rate for members with

more than 20 years from 0% to 10% with a 3year phase-in.

* House Bill 51 andHouse Bill 42

provide for calculation of final average

compensation for members of NOFF. For

retirements occurring on or after July 1, 2013,

the number of months of earnings included in

the calculation of final average compensation

for members will be 60 months.

For NOFF members retiring or

entering DROP or participating in DROP on a

retroactive basis on or after July 1, 2013, andon or before June 30, 2014, the period used to

calculate the monthly final average

compensation will be 48 months plus the

number of whole months since July 1, 2013.


gubernatorial approval, provides for survivor

benefits for the surviving spouses and children

of firefighters and full-time law enforcement

officers employed by federally- or state-

recognized Indian tribes.

HB128 additionally provides that allfull-time correctional officers employed by the

Louisiana Department of Public Safety and

Corrections shall be eligible as well.

SEIZURES/SALES/LEASES

* Senate Bill 27 requires additional

information on the notice of seizure provided

to judgment debtors whose property is seized

by the sheriff and scheduled for sale.

* Senate Bill 156, provides that prior to

entering into a lease agreement for a

residential dwelling unit within a multi-family

residential dwelling, the lessor shall disclose

in writing to the prospective lessee, at the time

of the signing of the lease, any pending
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foreclosure action to which the multi-family

residential dwelling is subject.

SEX OFFENDERS


to the governor, establishes that the durationof registration for anyone who has been

convicted of a sex offense in another state and

who establishes residency in Louisiana shall

be the duration of his or her lifetime, and that

the frequency of in-person renewals shall be

every three months from the date of the initial

registration.


to the governor, requires information

concerning prior arrests for sex offenses,

crimes of violence, and dismissed convictionsbe provided to colleges that request criminal

history information of an applicant or

prospective employee.

STREAMLINING GOVERNMENT

* House Bill 629, which has completed

legislative action, creates the Office of Debt

Recovery within the Department of Revenue,

and would require the office to collect

delinquent debts on behalf of all state agencies

that do not have debt collection contracts withthe attorney general's office.

TAXES/TAX CREDITS


to the governor's desk, would require agencies

administering a tax incentive outlining the

purpose and success of each incentive, the

return on investment, economic benefits and

unintended consequences.

* House Bill 456, awaiting executive

approval, establishes the Louisiana Tax

Delinquency Amnesty Act of 2013.


to the governor, removes part-time jobs from

eligibility under current project qualifications

for LED rebate programs, and increases

employment requirements from 35% to 50%

of employees within criteria listed in current

law. Additionally, HB571 limits those

retailers with 100 or more employees to

groceries and pharmacies located in anEnterprise Zone. Retailers smaller than 100

employees are still eligible.

* House Bill 630, headed to the

governor's desk, allows a single taxpayer to

claim $5 million of credit per year for

expenses to rehabilitate nonresidential and

rental historic structures in downtown

development and cultural products districts.

* House Bill 653 changes the state sales

and use tax rate and provides for the taxability

of sale and services.* Senate Bill 37, which has completed

the legislative process, authorizes corporations

a net operating loss carry-back of 5 years if the

loss is attributable to Hurricane Isaac.

* Senate Bill 122, awaiting executive

approval, would expand the investor credit to

ship building and repair and oil and gas

support activities. SB122 would lower the

minimum project size to $1.5 million for

expenses paid after July 1, 2013; exclude

industrial projects and bulk liquid/gasfacilities; modify the revenue neutrality

requirement; and limit infrastructure projects

to $2.5 million per year per project with a cap

of $6.250 million per fiscal year. The cargo

credit would begin with the 2014 tax year.

TRANSPORTATION/PUBLIC SAFETY

* House Concurrent Resolution 67

creates the "Battle of New Orleans

Bicentennial 1815-2015" as an official state

license plate, and requires the Department of

Public Safety to issue the plate beginning Jan.

2, 2014.

* House Bill 147 creates the "I'm

Cajun...and Proud" and "I'm Creole...and
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Proud" prestige license plates.

* Senate Bill 201 (Act 55) provides that

upon request, the designation words "I'm a

Cajun" shall be exhibited below the person's

photograph on their driver's license.

* House Bill 386(Act 41) authorizes theDepartment of Transportation and

Development (DOTD) to regulate sponsorship

signs on state-owned ferries, rights-of-way

and assets of the department, including the

state's nine rest areas.

* House Bill 396(Act 43) provides that

vehicular traffic may cautiously turn in the

direction of a flashing yellow arrow signal,

and shall yield to other vehicles approaching

from the opposite direction, vehicles in the

intersection and pedestrians.* House Bill 409, which has been signed

into law, provides for safety regulations for

contract carriers transporting railroad

employees.

* House Bill 415 requires DOTD to

adopt a process to allow parish governing

authorities to request bilingual guide signs

along state and federal highways within their

boundaries. The guide signs would display

terms in both English and the language

requested by the parish governing authority.* House Bill 721,which has been signed

by the governor, requires DOTD to provide

maps of highway priority projects by House

and Senate districts to all members of the

legislature.

* Senate Bill 103, which has been

signed by the governor, provides for the

economic and medical hardship appeal of a

suspended driver's license.

* Senate Bill 147(Act 62) prohibits any

device from being used to access, read, or post

to a social networking site while operating a

motor vehicle and requires that tests

administered to driver's license applicants

include the applicant's knowledge of

distracted driving issues.

* Senate Bill 215, which has been sent

to the governor, requires DOTD to own,

insure and contribute $4,000,000 annually

from its operating budget for the continued

operation of the Chalmette ferry. SB215creates the New Orleans Ferry Fund, and

which will authorize cooperative agreements

for ferry service, establish ferry fares, and

dedicate permit fees and taxes.

* Senate Concurrent Resolution 119

establishes a task force to study and make

recommendations on implementation of the

federal REAL ID Act of 2005 in Louisiana.

VETERANS

* House Bill 312 (Act 5) gives militaryservice members extra time, up to 180 days

after return from active duty or a hospital

discharge, to renew government-issued or

professional licenses.

* Senate Bill 32 (Act 29) authorizes

courts to check on a defendant's military or

veteran status. If the veteran has been

diagnosed as having a mental illness, the court

may order a presentence investigation and is

required to consult with veterans agencies

regarding treatment options.Additionally, the court would be

required to consider the treatment

recommendations before imposing a sentence.

* Senate Bill 60 (Act 90) creates the

crime of impersonating a veteran with the

intent to injure, defraud, obtain economic

gain, or obtain or secure any special privilege

or advantage.

SB60 provides for a fine of $1,000, six

months imprisonment, or both, for committing

the crime of impersonating a veteran or

veteran-owned business.

WORKERS COMPENSATION

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gubernatorial approval, provides for physician

choice, medical exams, benefits payments,

hearing procedures, notice requirements,

modification, suspension, termination,

controversion of benefits; procedure, payment

of benefits for rehabilitation of injuredemployees; disputes; and other matters related

to workers' compensation.

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