House Committee on Appropriations
April 28, 2014
9:00 a.m.
Room 5
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HB1
FANNIN
APPROPRIATIONS
- Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2014-2015
HB37
PEARSON
RETIREMENT/TEACHERS
- Requires application of certain amounts of minimum foundation program formula funds to the initial unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (OR -$174,800,568 FC LF EX)
HB44
PEARSON
RETIREMENT/TEACHERS
- Requires application of minimum foundation program formula funds to the unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (OR -$756,394,593 FC LF EX)
HB115
DIXON
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Dedicates state sales tax revenues collected from the furnishing of hotel rooms in Rapides Parish located outside the city of Alexandria to the Rapides Parish Coliseum Fund (OR -$35,000 GF RV See Note)
HB148
CHAMPAGNE
FUNDS/FUNDING
- (Constitutional Amendment) Requires that monies received by the state from violations of certain federal and state laws associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill be deposited into the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
HB169
HOWARD
TAX/ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
- Dedicates a portion of the state excise tax levied on beverages of low alcoholic content to the La. Wounded Warriors Fund (OR -$5,325,000 GF RV See Note)
HB176
TERRY BROWN
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Dedicates the proceeds of the state sales tax collected on hotel occupancy tax in Grant Parish to the Grant Parish Economic Development Fund (OR -$5,000 GF RV See Note)
HB217
P.SMITH
PUBLIC CONTRACTS
- Creates the "Ban the Box for State Contracts Act" which prohibits certain contractors from inquiring about a job applicant's criminal history on a job application (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
HB343
HARRISON
ELDERLY
- (Constitutional Amendment) Creates and provides for a Department of Elderly Affairs (EG INCREASE See Note)
HB360
HARRISON
ELDERLY
- Provides for the allocation of appropriations to the office of elderly affairs for the voluntary parish councils on aging (OR +$5,151,118 GF EX See Note)
HB380
GEYMANN
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Prohibits the use of state funds for certain assessments without legislative authority (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB434
CHAMPAGNE
CAPITAL OUTLAY
- Requires line item appropriations for nongovernmental entities in the capital outlay bill to be listed in a separate schedule and requires the date the application was received to be included in the project title (OR NO IMPACT EX See Note)
HB726
IVEY
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Authorizes certain statutorily dedicated funds to be used for special law enforcement initiatives (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
HB1025
ABRAMSON
CRIMINAL/VICTIMS
- Provides relative to human trafficking, trafficking of children for sexual purposes, and commercial sexual exploitation (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB1026
FANNIN
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Provides for the transfer and deposit of monies among state funds (EN +$176,317,171 SD RV See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT