House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs
May 3, 2023
9:30 a.m.
Room 6
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HB23
GADBERRY
LOCAL GOVT/ORDINANCES
- Requires local governments that issue permits for parades to require the parade organization to provide for cleanup of litter
HB25
HOLLIS
LIBRARIES
- Provides relative to parish and municipal libraries
HB56
MOORE
EARLY CHILDHOOD
- Authorizes the Monroe City School Board to levy an ad valorem tax for the purpose of funding early childhood care and education (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
HB79
ROMERO
CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL
- Provides relative to the position of deputy police chief in the city of Jennings
HB105
CARRIER
HOUSING/AUTHORITIES
- Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of Kinder Public Housing Authority
HB128
LACOMBE
PROPERTY/SUBSTANDARD
- Provides relative to nuisance ordinances regarding grass cutting in West Baton Rouge Parish
HB136
BAGLEY
POLICE/MUNICIPAL
- Provides for the abolition of the office of police chief and the police department for the village of Noble
HB139
STEFANSKI
PARISH/ORDINANCES
- Provides relative to administrative adjudication of certain ordinance violations in the parish of Acadia
HB163
SELDERS
CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL
- Provides relative to the secretary of the Baton Rouge municipal fire and police civil service board
HB223
BROWN
PARKS/RECREATION COMMN
- Provides relative to the Iberville Parish Parks and Recreation District
HB224
BOYD
PROCUREMENT
- Provides relative to contracts awarded to socially and economically disadvantaged businesses in the city of New Orleans (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
HB225
HILFERTY
SEWERAGE/N O WATER BD
- Provides relative to the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
HB268
FARNUM
FIRE PROTECT/FIREMEN
- Provides relative to the salaries of firefighters employed by the city of Sulphur (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
HB274
JEFFERSON
PARISHES
- Provides relative to the investment of certain funds by the governing authority of Lincoln Parish
HB344
SELDERS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Provides with respect to certain permits required by parishes and municipalities
HB355
DEVILLIER
TAX/LOCAL
- Authorizes the city of Eunice to levy a hotel occupancy tax
HB362
FONTENOT
POLICE/MUNICIPAL
- Provides relative to the qualifications of an elected or appointed police chief
HB373
DEVILLIER
WATER/DRINKING WATER
- Provides relative to drinking water providers
HB450
FREIBERG
TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL
- Authorizes the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish to rebate sales and use tax revenue collected on the sale of admission tickets to certain events
HB482
ECHOLS
HIGHWAYS
- Provides relative to a Louisiana Music Trail (OR +$302,571 GF EX See Note)
HB507
EDMONDS
PRINTING
- Provides relative to compensation for printing of the official proceedings of political subdivisions (OR DECREASE LF EX See Note)
HB565
FREIBERG
DISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD
- Creates the University Security District in East Baton Rouge Parish
HB628
HODGES
LIBRARIES
- Provides relative to the membership of the Livingston Parish Library Board of Control
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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A. Any interested person or any committee member may file with the committee a prepared statement concerning a specific instrument or matter under consideration by the committee or concerning any matter within the committee's scope of authority, and the committee records shall reflect receipt of such statement and the date and time thereof.
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NOTE: Statements emailed to h-mpc@legis.la.gov and received prior to noon on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, will be distributed to the committee members prior to the meeting.