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Foil Leger White OFFICIAL JOURNAL Franklin Leopold Zeringue Total - 102 OF THE The Speaker announced that there were 102 members present HOUSE OF and a quorum. REPRESENTATIVES Prayer OF THE Prayer was offered by Rep. Cox. STATE OF LOUISIANA Pledge of Allegiance Rep. Armes led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. EIGHTEENTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS Jonah Kyle Traylor sang "The National Anthem". Reading of the Journal Forty-third Regular Session of the Legislature On motion of Rep. Hill, the reading of the Journal was Under the Adoption of the dispensed with. Constitution of 1974 On motion of Rep. Hill, the Journal of May 8, 2017, was adopted. House of Representatives Petitions, Memorials, and State Capitol Communications Baton Rouge, Louisiana The following petitions, memorials, and communications were Tuesday, May 9, 2017 received and read: The House of Representatives was called to order at 3:19 P.M., Message from the Secretary of State by the Honorable Taylor Barras, Speaker of the House of Representatives. The following message from the Secretary of State was received and read: Morning Hour State of Louisiana ROLL CALL SECRETARY OF STATE May 9, 2017 The roll being called, the following members answered to their names: To the honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: PRESENT I have the honor to submit to you the name of Raymond Crews, Mr. Speaker Gaines Lyons who has been duly elected to fill the vacancy occurring in your Abraham Garofalo Mack honorable body caused by the resignation of "Mike" Johnson. Abramson Gisclair Magee Amedee Glover Marcelle Raymond Crews has been officially proclaimed duly and Anders Guinn Marino legally elected as State Representative from the 8th Representative Armes Hall McFarland District of the State of Louisiana. Bacala Harris, J. Miguez Bagneris Harris, L. Miller, D. With Best Wishes, Berthelot Havard Miller, G. Billiot Hazel Moreno TOM SCHEDLER Bishop Henry Morris, Jay Secretary of State Bouie Hensgens Morris, Jim Broadwater Hilferty Norton United States of America Brown, C. Hill Pearson STATE OF LOUISIANA Brown, T. Hodges Pierre Tom Schedler Carmody Hoffmann Pope Secretary of State Carpenter Hollis Price Carter, G. Horton Pugh As Secretary of State of the State of Louisiana, I do hereby Carter, R. Howard Pylant certify that the following candidate was declared elected by the Carter, S. Hunter Richard people to the office set opposite his name for an unexpired term: Chaney Huval Schexnayder Connick Ivey Schroder State Representative Raymond Crews, Representative of District Coussan Jackson Seabaugh 8. Cox James Shadoin Cromer Jefferson Simon In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused Danahay Jenkins Smith the seal of my office to be affixed at the city of Baton Rouge on this, Davis Johnson Stagni the 9th day of May, 2017. DeVillier Jones Stefanski Dwight Jordan Stokes With Best Wishes, Edmonds Landry, N. Talbot Emerson Landry, T. Thibaut TOM SCHEDLER Falconer LeBas Thomas Secretary of State 381 Page 2 HOUSE 18th Day's Proceedings - May 9, 2017 Oath of Office Chase, in Franklin Parish, as the "Trooper Bobby Smith 'Vision of Courage' Memorial Highway"; to designate a portion of Mr. Raymond Crews presented himself before the bar of the United States Highway 165 near the town of Sterlington, in House and took the following oath: Ouachita Parish, as the "Sterlington Police Officer David Elahi Memorial Highway"; and to provide for related matters. "I, Raymond Crews, do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution and laws of the United States and the constitution and Read by title. laws of this state and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as a member of the SENATE BILL NO. 72— House of Representatives according to the best of my ability and BY SENATOR MILKOVICH understanding, so help me God". AN ACT To enact Code of Civil Procedure Art. 1636.1, relative to Message from the Senate contradictory hearings in civil proceedings; to provide for the right to present oral arguments; to provide with respect to SENATE BILLS reasonable control of oral argument by the court, waiver of oral argument, and grounds for setting aside a judgment obtained in May 9, 2017 violation of requirements; and to provide for related matters. To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: Read by title. SENATE BILL NO. 81— I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has BY SENATOR BISHOP finally passed the following Senate Bills: AN ACT To amend and reenact Children's Code Articles 405(A) and (B), Senate Bill Nos. 43, 57, 60, 72, 81, 97, 98, 99, 115, 119, 132, 143, 1016(A), and 1025.4(A)(2), and to enact Children's Code 150, 162, 172, 177, 199, 200, 204, 207, 210, 230, 232, 238, 241, Articles 116(4.1), 643(C), 1004(D)(6), 1015(10), and 1023(C), 243, and 248 relative to curators; to provide for definitions; to provide for the payment of fees; to provide relative to unidentified parents; to Respectfully submitted, provide relative to termination of parental rights; to provide relative to right to counsel; to provide relative to conference GLENN A. KOEPP scheduling; and to provide for related matters. Secretary of the Senate Read by title. Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions on First Reading SENATE BILL NO. 97— BY SENATOR FANNIN The following Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions on first reading AN ACT were taken up, read, and placed upon the calendar for their second To amend and reenact R.S. 47:301(10)(e), 305.3, 305.8, 305.37(A), reading: and 305.63 and to enact R.S. 47:301(30), relative to sales tax; to provide relative to certain agricultural sales and use tax SENATE BILL NO. 43— exemptions; to define commercial farmer; to provide for an BY SENATOR MARTINY effective date; and to provide for related matters. AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 13:2590(B), the introductory paragraph Read by title. of 2590.1(B), and (C), relative to justice of the peace courts; to provide for court costs; to provide for distribution of court costs; SENATE BILL NO. 98— to provide for court costs in certain parishes; to provide for BY SENATORS DONAHUE AND THOMPSON agreements in cases with out-of-constable jurisdiction; and to AN ACT provide for related matters. To amend and reenact the introductory paragraph of R.S. 39:2(15.1), 24.1(A), (C), and (E)(3), 34(A), 51(A)(2), and 56(A) and to Read by title. enact R.S. 39:24.1(E)(4) and (5) and 36(A)(7), relative to budgetary procedures; to define expenditures and incentive SENATE BILL NO. 57— expenditure programs; to provide for inclusion in the executive BY SENATORS CORTEZ AND THOMPSON budget, the general appropriation bill, other appropriation bills, A JOINT RESOLUTION and the state budget of incentive expenditures programs; to Proposing to amend Article VII, Section 27(B) of the Constitution of provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. Louisiana, relative to the Transportation Trust Fund; to remove authority to appropriate or dedicate monies in the trust fund to Read by title. state police for traffic control purposes; and to specify an election for submission of the proposition to electors and SENATE BILL NO. 99— provide a ballot proposition. BY SENATOR DONAHUE AN ACT Read by title. To amend and reenact R.S. 33:130.401(A), 130.402(A), (B), (D), (E), (F) and (G), and 130.409(A), and to enact R.S. 33:130.409 (D), SENATE BILL NO. 60— relative to the St. Tammany Parish Development District; to BY SENATORS WALSWORTH, ALARIO, APPEL, BARROW, BISHOP, provide relative to the classification of the district; to provide BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CORTEZ, DONAHUE, ERDEY, FANNIN, HEWITT, JOHNS, LAFLEUR, LAMBERT, LONG, LUNEAU, MARTINY, relative to its board of commissioners; to provide relative to a MILKOVICH, MILLS, MIZELL, PEACOCK, PERRY, PETERSON, RISER, nominating committee; to provide relative to certain GARY SMITH, JOHN SMITH, TARVER, THOMPSON, WARD AND prohibitions regarding transactions and employment; and to WHITE AN ACT provide for related matters. To provide relative to state highways; to designate a portion of United States Highway 425 in the unincorporated community of Read by title. 382 Page 3 HOUSE 18th Day's Proceedings - May 9, 2017 SENATE BILL NO. 115— though 5002, relative to workforce housing; to encourage BY SENATOR APPEL incentive based housing policy; and to provide for related AN ACT matters. To enact R.S. 33:9097.30, relative to crime prevention and improvement districts; to create the University Neighborhood Read by title. Security and Improvement District in Orleans Parish; to provide for the powers and duties of the district and its board of SENATE BILL NO. 172— commissioners; to provide for a parcel fee; to provide with BY SENATOR MORRELL respect to termination of the district; and to provide for related AN ACT matters. To amend and reenact R.S. 47:227 as amended by Section 2 of Act No. 125, of the 2015 Regular Session of the Legislature, R.S. Read by title. 47:297.2, 6015(J), and 6019(A)(1)(a) and to enact R.S. 25:1226.4(D), R.S. 47:34(F), 37(I), 287.748(D), 287.749(E), SENATE BILL NO. 119— 287.752(D), 287.755(I), 297(Q), 297.9(D), 6006(F), 6025(E), BY SENATOR WARD 6032(I), and 6035(I), and to repeal R.S. 47:227 as amended by AN ACT Section 5 of Act 125 of the 2015 Regular Session of the To authorize and provide for the lease to Williams, Inc.