House Committee on Appropriations
May 30, 2017
9:30 a.m.
Room 5
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HR135
STOKES
BUDGETARY PROCEDURES
- Requests the commissioner of administration to prepare a reconciliation of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report with certain other year-end financial reports
HR154
BACALA
BUDGETARY PROCEDURES
- Directs executive branch agencies receiving appropriations to prepare a report detailing the amount and impact of cuts to the agency's budget in FY 2016-2017 (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
HCR7
N.LANDRY
SCHOOLS/FINANCE-MFP
- Provides for legislative approval of the MFP formula for FY 2017-18 (EN +$80,832,311 GF EX See Note)
HCR88
STOKES
BUDGETARY PROCEDURES
- Requests the commissioner of administration to prepare a reconciliation of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report with certain other year-end financial reports
HB281
NORTON
MENTAL HEALTH
- Requires the Louisiana Department of Health to implement the Medicaid health home option for persons with serious mental illness (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB348
SAM JONES
TAX/GASOLINE TAX
- (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the deposit and use of the avails of the taxes levied on gasoline, motor fuels, and special fuels (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
SCR48
MILKOVICH
STATE AGENCIES
- Requires state agencies to include on their website information regarding any properties rented by the agency. (gov sig)
SCR83
BODI WHITE
FEDERAL PROGRAMS
- Requests that CDBG--Disaster Recovery Program funds received by Louisiana relative to damages caused by the flooding in the state during 2016 be subject to legislative oversight.
SB6
J.SMITH
GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM
- Provides for quorum requirements for the Office of Group Benefits Policy and Planning Board. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
SB12
ALARIO
STATE AGENCIES
- Re-creates the Department of the Treasury and its agencies. (6/30/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
SB57
CORTEZ
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Constitutional amendment to remove authority to fund state police for traffic control from the Transportation Trust Fund. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (RE NO IMPACT SD EX See Note)
SB67
FANNIN
PUBLIC CONTRACTS
- Provides contract restrictions on public entities that fail to comply with audit requirements. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
SB98
DONAHUE
FISCAL CONTROLS
- Provides for the appropriation of incentive expenditures. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
SB100
DONAHUE
FISCAL CONTROLS
- Provides for the requirement of the division of administration to produce a non-discretionary adjusted standstill budget. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
SB102
JOHNS
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Creates and provides for Louisiana Educational Workforce Training Fund to provide opportunities for educational training in the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
SB148
CHABERT
PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS
- Creates the Waterway Dredging and Deepening Priorty Program. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
SB207
BRET ALLAIN
FISH/FISHING
- Limits the permissible uses of monies in the Saltwater Fish Research and Conservation Fund. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
SB223
RISER
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Prohibits investment fund managers from investing the state's special funds monies in companies and in nations that support terrorism. (7/1/17) (REF NO IMPACT See Note)
SB225
HEWITT
CURRICULA
- Creates the Louisiana Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Advisory Council (LaSTEM). (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB249
CHABERT
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Provides for the disbursement of certain revenue from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund for hurricane protection purposes. (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
Sunset hearing on the Department of Treasury
ANNOUNCEMENTS