House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs
May 7, 2014
9:30 a.m.
Room 6
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HB489
W.BISHOP
PROPERTY/ABANDONED
- (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes the sale of certain property in the Lower Ninth Ward of the city of New Orleans by the city at a price set by the legislature (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
HB1001
W.BISHOP
PROPERTY/ABANDONED
- Authorizes the city of New Orleans to sell blighted property in the Lower Ninth Ward for a fixed price
HB1144
W.BISHOP
HOUSING
- Provides relative to fees charged by the La. Housing Corporation
HB585
STOKES
TAX/LOCAL
- Authorizes Jefferson Parish to create an automobile rental tax district (EG +$544,000 LF RV See Note)
HB699
CROMER
OFFICIAL JOURNALS
- Relative to the qualifications a newspaper must meet in order to be selected to publish the official proceedings, legal notices, and advertisements of a political subdivision
HB1097
NORTON
TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL
- Provides relative to the levy of an additional sales and use tax within the city of Shreveport (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
HB1164
JACKSON-ANDREWS
LOCAL FINANCE
- Provides relative to fiscal administrators, including provisions for their powers and duties and prohibition of retroactive application of certain provisions of law relative to fiscal administrators
HB1210
MORENO
TAX/LOCAL
- Authorizes the parish of Orleans to levy a sales tax on tobacco products sold in the parish (OR +$25,000,000 LF RV See Note)
SB183
FRED MILLS
LOCAL AGENCIES
- Requires additional notice to property owners directly affected by a public works project of meetings by a parish, a municipality, the state or a political subdivision of the state. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
SB186
FRED MILLS
CIVIL SERVICE
- Provides relative to the city of New Iberia municipal fire and police civil service system board. (gov sig)
SB564
FRED MILLS
MUNICIPALITIES
- Provides for position of deputy chief of police for the city of St. Martinville. (gov sig)
SB387
ERIC LAFLEUR
MUNICIPALITIES
- Provides relative to actions of special districts by a local governmental subdivision when the district and the subdivision have the same governing authority. (gov sig)
SB425
CORTEZ
WATER/SEWER OPERATORS
- Provides relative to privately owned public water supply or sewer system providers and requires office of public health to adopt rules to implement iron and manganese control requirements. (8/1/14)
SB435
PERRY
MUNICIPALITIES
- Authorizes the city of Scott to levy a hotel occupancy tax not to exceed five percent of the rent or fee charged for such occupancy. (gov sig)
SB549
GALLOT
LOCAL EMPLOYEES
- Provides relative to firefighters including minimum wages and the reinstatement, reemployment, and seniority of firefighters who retire due to injury. (8/1/14)
SB566
CLAITOR
LOCAL AGENCIES
- Provides relative to the board of commissioners of the Capital Area Transit System (CATS). (gov sig)
SB587
PETERSON
SPECIAL DISTRICTS
- Provides relative to the Mid-City Security District. (gov sig)
SB588
PETERSON
HOUSING
- Provides relative to the Louisiana Housing Corporation. (8/1/14)
SB601
J.AMEDEE
LOCAL OFFICIALS
- Provides relative to the abolition of the position of police chief and the police department of the town of Sorrento. (gov sig)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT