Rule 7.9. Engrossment, copies; digest; form and content of the General Appropriation Bill

            A. Each House instrument which has passed its second reading and which has been ordered engrossed or reengrossed and passed to third reading shall be presented to the House for its third reading, as engrossed or reengrossed.

            B. A copy of each engrossed or reengrossed House instrument shall be placed on the desk of each member who so requests no later than twenty-four hours following the reading of the committee report in the House and prior to its being considered on final passage by the House. Each Senate instrument shall be printed in the form in which it is received in the House and a copy thereof shall be placed on the desk of each member of the House who so requests prior to its consideration on final passage by the House. No instrument shall be considered unless this requirement has been met. In addition no bill shall be considered on final passage unless a digest of the bill, as it was reported by committee, has been placed on the desk of each member.

            C.(1) The General Appropriation Bill shall be prepared in a manner which includes an appendix which clearly shows each proposed number of authorized positions and each proposed appropriation and the corresponding number, if any, of authorized positions and the corresponding appropriation, and if any, from the enrolled version of the General Appropriation Bill for the current fiscal year. The inclusion of such information shall be for comparison purposes only and shall not constitute any part of law or proposed law.

            (2) The appendix to the General Appropriation Bill shall be prepared in a manner to include the current and the proposed salary, vehicle allowance, and housing allowance for each of the following officials:

            (a) The secretary of each of the following departments of state government:

            (i) The Department of Economic Development.

            (ii) The Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.

            (iii) The Department of Environmental Quality.

            (iv) The Louisiana Department of Health.

            (v) The Louisiana Workforce Commission.

            (vi) The Department of Natural Resources.

            (vii) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

            (viii) The Department of Revenue.

            (ix) The Department of Children and Family Services.

            (x) The Department of Transportation and Development.

            (xi) The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

            (xii) The Department of Veterans Affairs.

            (b) The superintendent of education, the commissioner of higher education, and the president of each public postsecondary education system.

            (c) Each of the following from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections: the deputy secretary for public safety services, the deputy secretary for corrections services, and the deputy secretary for youth services.

            (d) The director of state civil service.

            (e) The executive secretary of the Public Service Commission.

            (f) The commissioner of the division of administration.

            (3) The General Appropriation Bill shall not be heard by the Committee of the Whole or considered on third reading and final passage by the House of Representatives if it is not in the form required by this Paragraph. This Paragraph may be suspended by a vote of a majority of the elected members.

            D.(1) In the event that the legislative fiscal officer determines that the budget estimate as provided by Article VII, Section 11(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana recommends appropriations out of the state general fund and dedicated funds for the next fiscal year for health care and for higher education in amounts less than the appropriations enacted for each purpose for the current fiscal year, the General Appropriation Bill introduced as provided by Article VII, Section 11(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana shall provide separate recommendations for discretionary and nondiscretionary expenditures and the means of financing such expenditures which are subject to appropriation, excluding recommendations for legislative expenses and judicial expenses.

            (2) The General Appropriation Bill shall not be considered by a committee, by the Committee of the Whole, or considered on third reading and final passage by the House of Representatives if it is not in the form required by this Paragraph.

            HR 3, 1973; HR 21, 1974; HR 17, 1986; HR 45, 1998, eff. May 20, 1998; HR 63, 2007, eff. Jan. 1, 2008; HR 9, 2008, eff. June 23, 2008; HR 31, 2013, eff. June 6, 2013.