Senate Committee on Finance
June 5, 2015
Upon Adjournment
Room A-B
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
HB30
RICHARD
PUBLIC CONTRACTS
- Provides for the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget to review and take action on certain state professional, personal, and consulting service contracts and provides for deposit of certain funding from the contracts into the Higher Education Financing Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
HB376
LANCE HARRIS
PROCUREMENT
- Grants public and private postsecondary institutions greater participation in receiving and monitoring contracts and federal grants (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB42
SAM JONES
RETIREMENT/COLAS
- Authorizes payments funded by state retirement system experience accounts to certain retirees and beneficiaries of such systems (REF INCREASE APV)
HB80
CARMODY
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Creates the Better Highways and Higher Education Fund and dedicates a certain portion of state sales and use taxes from out-of-state vendors into the fund (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
HB208
T.LANDRY
TRANSPORTATION
- Provides relative to monies deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB307
JACKSON-ANDREWS
MENTAL HEALTH
- Provides relative to coverage and payment for services rendered to a person admitted under an emergency certificate (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB323
LEGER
EDUCATION/FINANCE
- (Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits the supplanting of state funds for tuition and fee increases for institutions of higher education (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB387
LEGER
TAX/INCOME-CREDIT
- Extends the sunset of the tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic structures for nonresidential property and provides eligibility requirements (EN -$9,000,000 GF RV See Note)
HB392
LOPINTO
LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Creates a database for certain training and hiring information for all law enforcement officers (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
HB562
HAVARD
BUDGETARY CONTROLS
- Requires the Revenue Estimating Conference to designate certain general fund money from mineral revenue as restricted and prohibits including such revenue in the executive budget (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
HB638
IVEY
STATE AGENCIES
- Provides for the collection of fees associated with payments to state agencies by credit cards, debit cards, or other forms of electronic payments (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
HB646
HARRISON
BUDGETARY CONTROLS
- Provides for an incentive expenditure forecast (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
HB773
LEGER
ECONOMIC DEVELOP/DEPT
- Provides relative to fees assessed by the Department of Economic Development (EN +$1,900,000 SG RV See Note)
HB779
PONTI
TAX CREDITS
- Provides with respect to the solar energy systems tax credit (EN +$19,000,000 GF RV See Note)
HB838
PRICE
STUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP
- Provides that students may use TOPS-Tech awards only for those degrees and programs that the Bd. of Regents and the La. Workforce Investment Council determine are aligned with state workforce priorities (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB842
MORENO
DOMESTIC ABUSE
- Provides relative to domestic abuse (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB843
HAZEL
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS
- Provides for the investigation and adjudication of violations by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE