Agenda - House and Governmental Affairs

House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs
April 2, 2014 9:30 a.m. Room 2
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
	HB105	JAMES	ETHICS - Increases the amount of supplemental compensation or benefits allowed to be provided to an attorney who is a public employee who is participating in a bona fide Loan Repayment Assistance Program
	HB112	RICHARD	LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS - (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the length of regular sessions in odd-numbered years and the consideration of certain measures in such sessions (OR -$267,311 GF EX See Note)
	HB252	T.BURNS	DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL - Provides relative to the application of certain ethics code provisions to certain members of the board of commissioners of the St. Tammany Parish Development District
	HB292	ABRAMSON	CONSTITUTION/CONVENTION - Provides for calling a limited constitutional convention for fiscal purposes and preparations therefor (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
	HB296	CONNICK	ELECTIONS - Provides for an automatic recount in elections when the number of absentee by mail and early voting ballots could make a difference in the outcome of the election (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
	HB373	STEVE CARTER	LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS - (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to legislative sessions and bill introduction limits (EG DECREASE GF EX See Note)
	HB374	GEYMANN	BESE - (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for the election of all members of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
	HB391	RICHARD	LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Relative to the revision of local government laws pursuant to HCR No. 218 of the 2009 Regular Session, transfers the Law Enforcement Executive Management Institute from the governor's office to the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections and provides for redesignation of provisions from Title 33 to Title 40
	HB485	P.SMITH	CIVIL SERVICE - Prohibits certain questions regarding criminal history during the employment process for certain positions
	HB500	BERTHELOT	ETHICS/CODE - Allows a public employee employed by a prekindergarten, kindergarten, elementary, or secondary school to accept gifts valued at twenty-five dollars or less, up to an aggregate value of seventy-five dollars in a calendar year from or on behalf of a student or former student
	HB626	ABRAMSON	APPROPRIATIONS - Requires certain quasi public and nongovernmental entities to submit information to the legislative auditor and be approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget prior to receiving state monies or assistance
	HB786	N.LANDRY	SCHOOLS/BOARDS - Provides relative to the election of members of the Lafayette Parish School Board (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
	HB858	BARROW	STATE AGENCIES - Provides that an action by a state agency which results in the termination of one hundred or more employees or a change in the parish in which one hundred or more employees report to work shall not be effective or enforcable unless it meets certain requirements
	HB1030	J.THOMPSON	ELECTIONS - Repeals additional fees imposed on candidates by political party committees
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT