Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs
May 14, 2014
9:30 a.m.
Room E
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
April 30, 2014
May 7, 2014
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SCR90
MARTINY
BANKS/BANKING
- Recognizes the importance and superiority of electronic payments over cash and encourages the use of electronic payments.
SR42
CROWE
COMMENDATIONS
- Commends the Republic of China, known as Taiwan, for economic relations with Louisiana.
HCR35
PONTI
COMMERCE
- Repeals the plumbing provisions of the state Sanitary Code
HCR54
ST.GERMAIN
SALT DOMES
- Requests the office of conservation to study the effect of implementing certain requirements for operators of salt dome caverns
HCR98
JEFFERSON
TAX CREDITS
- Urges and requests the secretary and staff of the Dept. of Economic Development to advise businesses receiving tax and other financial incentives that the legislature requests that hiring decisions be focused on Louisiana residents
HCR136
P.SMITH
ECONOMIC DEVEL/TRAINING
- Requests the Department of Economic Development to encourage new and existing Louisiana companies to create strategies that would increase the number of women employed in STEM positions
HB230
PONTI
SUNSET LAW
- Re-creates the Department of Economic Development
HB248
PONTI
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- Repeals the requirement that the Louisiana Economic Development Corporation have a coordinator position
HB267
PONTI
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- Removes requirements of the State Board of Commerce and Industry and the secretary of the Department of Economic Development to approve the issuance of certain bonds (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
HB400
BADON
TRADEMARKS/TRADE NAMES
- Provides relative to using Jazzland as a trademark
HB466
H.BURNS
HUMAN REMAINS
- Provides for requirements relative to the disposal of human remains
HB469
LANCE HARRIS
SECONDHAND DEALERS
- Prohibits the payment of cash for the purchase of aluminum-copper air conditioning coils
HB551
T.BURNS
PRIVATE SECURITY
- Makes changes to the Private Security Regulatory and Licensing Law
HB611
ABRAMSON
COMMERCIAL LAWS/LA.(UCC)
- Provides for revisions relative to the electronic transfer of funds
HB730
JACKSON-ANDREWS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
- Permits providers of deferred presentment transactions or small loans to report positive information to credit bureaus
HB841
LEGER
CORPORATIONS
- Provides for voting trusts as holders of limited liability company certificates
HB1089
BILLIOT
MTR VEHICLE/DEALERS
- Provides with respect to insurance requirements for rental motor vehicle dealers
HB1249
MONTOUCET
UTILITIES
- Provides relative to inspection and supervision fees paid by certain motor carriers and public utilities doing business in this state (EN NO IMPACT SD RV See Note)
HB1273
LEGER
LICENSING
- Provides relative to the issuance of provisional licenses to ex-offenders in order to work in certain fields
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT