House Committee on Appropriations
April 28, 2014
9:00 a.m.
Room 5

Adjourned		 




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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
 HB1FANNINAPPROPRIATIONS - Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2014-2015
 HB37PEARSONRETIREMENT/TEACHERS - Requires application of certain amounts of minimum foundation program formula funds to the initial unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (OR -$174,800,568 FC LF EX)
 HB44PEARSONRETIREMENT/TEACHERS - Requires application of minimum foundation program formula funds to the unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (OR -$756,394,593 FC LF EX)
 HB115DIXONFUNDS/FUNDING - Dedicates state sales tax revenues collected from the furnishing of hotel rooms in Rapides Parish located outside the city of Alexandria to the Rapides Parish Coliseum Fund (OR -$35,000 GF RV See Note)
 HB148CHAMPAGNEFUNDS/FUNDING - (Constitutional Amendment) Requires that monies received by the state from violations of certain federal and state laws associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill be deposited into the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
 HB169HOWARDTAX/ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE - Dedicates a portion of the state excise tax levied on beverages of low alcoholic content to the La. Wounded Warriors Fund (OR -$5,325,000 GF RV See Note)
 HB176TERRY BROWNFUNDS/FUNDING - Dedicates the proceeds of the state sales tax collected on hotel occupancy tax in Grant Parish to the Grant Parish Economic Development Fund (OR -$5,000 GF RV See Note)
 HB217P.SMITHPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Creates the "Ban the Box for State Contracts Act" which prohibits certain contractors from inquiring about a job applicant's criminal history on a job application (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB343HARRISONELDERLY - (Constitutional Amendment) Creates and provides for a Department of Elderly Affairs (EG INCREASE See Note)
 HB360HARRISONELDERLY - Provides for the allocation of appropriations to the office of elderly affairs for the voluntary parish councils on aging (OR +$5,151,118 GF EX See Note)
 HB380GEYMANNFUNDS/FUNDING - Prohibits the use of state funds for certain assessments without legislative authority (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB434CHAMPAGNECAPITAL OUTLAY - Requires line item appropriations for nongovernmental entities in the capital outlay bill to be listed in a separate schedule and requires the date the application was received to be included in the project title (OR NO IMPACT EX See Note)
 HB726IVEYFUNDS/FUNDING - Authorizes certain statutorily dedicated funds to be used for special law enforcement initiatives (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
 HB1025ABRAMSONCRIMINAL/VICTIMS - Provides relative to human trafficking, trafficking of children for sexual purposes, and commercial sexual exploitation (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB1026FANNINFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for the transfer and deposit of monies among state funds (EN +$176,317,171 SD RV See Note)

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ADJOURNMENT