House Committee on Ways and Means
April 23, 2013
10:00 am
Room 6
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HB75
W.BISHOP
TAX/SALES-USE, ST-EXEMPT
- Provides for a state sales and use tax exemption for sales of certain property to "St. Bernard Project, Inc." and provides for the dedication of certain state sales and use tax monies into the Telecommunications for the Deaf Fund (EN -$1,100,000 GF RV See Note)
HB377
LEGER
TAX CREDITS
- Establishes a registry for tax credits and provides relative to the period of time to report claims or a transfer to the registry (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB418
J.EDWARDS
TAX/SALES & USE
- Provides with respect to the state and local sales and use tax exemption for sales at certain events sponsored by nonprofit organizations (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
HB474
BISHOP
ENERGY/DRILLING
- Provides relative to the exemption from severance tax for inactive wells (RE +$22,700,000 GF RV See Note)
HB483
N.LANDRY
TAX CREDITS
- Extends authority to grant tax credits for certain state-certified musical or theatrical facility infrastructure projects (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
HB537
JACKSON-ANDREWS
TAX/TOBACCO TAX
- (Constitutional Amendment) Levies an additional tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products and authorizes the dedication of such monies (OR +$64,000,000 GF RV See Note)
HB623
JACKSON-ANDREWS
TAX/TOBACCO TAX
- Increases the state tax on certain tobacco products (OR +$64,000,000 GF RV See Note)
HB629
BROADWATER
REVENUE DEPARTMENT
- Establishes the office of debt recovery at the Dept. of Revenue for the collection of delinquent debts owed to certain governmental entities (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
HB631
W.BISHOP
TAX
- Removes the exclusion of the city of New Orleans and the parish of Orleans relative to the offset of individual income tax refunds (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS