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OFFICIAL JOURNAL Rules Suspended OF THE Senator Bagneris asked for and obtained a suspension of the rules SENATE for the purpose of advancing to the order of OF THE Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions STATE OF LOUISIANA Returned from the House _______ of Representatives with Amendments EIGHTEENTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS _______ The following Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions returned from the Twenty-Fourth Regular Session of the Legislature House of Representatives with amendments were taken up and acted Under the Adoption of the upon as follows: Constitution of 1974 _______ SENATE BILL NO. 32— BY SENATOR MALONE Senate Chamber A JOINT RESOLUTION State Capitol Proposing to amend Article VII, Section 21(H) of the Constitution of Baton Rouge, Louisiana Louisiana, relative to ad valorem property tax exemptions; to Wednesday, June 10, 1998 authorize the State Board of Commerce and Industry to enter into tax exemption contracts, subject to the approval of the governor The Senate was called to order at 9:00 o'clock A.M., by Hon. and the local governing authority, with a property owner who Randy Ewing, President of the Senate. proposes the expansion, restoration, improvement, or development of an existing structure or structures in a downtown district, ROLL CALL primarily to develop structures for residential use, for an initial term of five years after completion of the work and up to two five-year The roll being called, the following members answered to their renewals for a total of fifteen years; and to specify an election for names: submission of the proposition to electors and provide a ballot proposition. PRESENT The bill was read by title. Returned from the House of Mr. President Dyess Lambert Representatives with the following amendments: Bagneris Ellington Landry Bajoie Fields C Lentini HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Barham Fields W Malone Bean Greene Robichaux Amendments proposed by House Committee on Civil Law and Branch Hainkel Romero Procedure to Engrossed Senate Bill No. 32 by Senator Malone Cain Heitmeier Schedler Campbell Hines Short AMENDMENT NO. 1 Casanova Hollis Siracusa On page 3, line 8, after "authority," and before "to enter" insert "in Cox Irons Smith addition to their authority" Cravins Johnson Tarver Dardenne Jones Theunissen AMENDMENT NO. 2 Dean Jordan Ullo On page 3, line 11, after "in a" delete the remainder of the line and Total—39 delete lines 12 through 17 in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof the ABSENT following: Total—0 "downtown, historic, or economic development district the right to pay ad valorem taxes, for an initial term of five years after completion of the The President of the Senate announced there were 39 Senators work and for a renewal term of five additional years, based on the prior present and a quorum. year's assessed valuation of the property, to grant an additional five-year renewal, for a total of fifteen years, if any such contract has as its primary object the development of structures for residential use within Prayer a downtown district." The prayer was offered by Senator Greene, following which the AMENDMENT NO. 3 Senate joined in pledging allegiance to the flag of the United States of On page 3, at the beginning of line 18, delete "work." America. HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Reading of the Journal Amendments proposed by Representative Dimos to Engrossed Senate On motion of Senator Greene, the reading of the Journal was Bill No. 32 by Senator Malone dispensed with and the Journal of yesterday was adopted. AMENDMENT NO. 1 Morning Hour In House Committee Amendment No. 2 proposed by the House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure, on line 11, after "the" and Rules Suspended before "assessed," delete "prior years" Senator Barham asked for a suspension of the rules for the purpose AMENDMENT NO. 2 of invoking 5 minute cloture. In House Committee Amendment No. 2 proposed by the House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure, on line 12, after "property" and Without objection, so ordered. before the comma "," insert "for the year prior to the commencement of the expansion, restoration, improvement, or development" Senator Malone moved to concur in the amendments proposed by the House. Page 2 SENATE 18th DAY'S PROCEEDINGS June 10, 1998 AMENDMENT NO. 7 ROLL CALL On page 2, line 20, change "Revenue" to "Labor" The roll was called with the following result: HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS YEAS Amendments proposed by Representative McDonald to Reengrossed Senate Bill No. 76 by Senator Barham Mr. President Ellington Lentini Barham Fields C Malone AMENDMENT NO. 1 Branch Fields W Robichaux On page 1, line 16, delete "advisors," Cain Greene Romero Campbell Hines Schedler HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Casanova Hollis Short Cox Johnson Siracusa Amendments proposed by Representative Hunter to Reengrossed Dardenne Jones Smith Senate Bill No. 76 by Senator Barham Dean Lambert Tarver Dyess Landry Theunissen AMENDMENT NO. 1 Total—30 On page 2, line 14, after "year." delete the remainder of the line and NAYS delete lines 16 through 18 in their entirety Total—0 HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS ABSENT Amendments proposed by Representative Faucheux to Reengrossed Bagneris Cravins Irons Senate Bill No. 76 by Senator Barham Bajoie Hainkel Jordan Bean Heitmeier Ullo AMENDMENT NO. 1 Total—9 On page 2, line 2, after "schools," and before "or" insert "apprenticeship program registered with the Louisiana Department of Labor," The Chair declared the amendments proposed by the House were concurred in. Senator Malone moved to reconsider the vote by which AMENDMENT NO. 2 the amendments were concurred in and laid the motion on the table. On page 2, line 7, after "schools," insert "apprenticeship program registered with the Louisiana Department of Labor," SENATE BILL NO. 76— BY SENATOR BARHAM AMENDMENT NO. 3 AN ACT On page 2, line 26, after "schools," and before "and" insert To enact R.S. 47:6012, relative to employer tax credits; to establish an "apprenticeship program registered with the Louisiana Department of employer tax credit for income taxes and corporation franchise Labor," taxes for the donation of materials, equipment, advisors, or instructors to certain entities; to provide for the amount of the tax Senator Barham moved to concur in the amendments proposed by credit; to establish the taxable period for the tax credit; to provide the House. for the promulgation of rules and regulations; to provide for an effective date for donations; to provide a termination date for the ROLL CALL tax credit; and to provide for related matters. The roll was called with the following result: The bill was read by title. Returned from the House of Representatives with the following amendments: YEAS HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Mr. President Dyess Landry Bagneris Ellington Lentini Amendments proposed by House Committee on Ways and Means to Bajoie Fields C Malone Reengrossed Senate Bill No. 76 by Senator Barham Barham Fields W Robichaux Bean Greene Romero AMENDMENT NO. 1 Branch Hainkel Schedler On page 1, line 4, between "of" and "materials" insert "certain" Cain Hines Short Campbell Hollis Siracusa AMENDMENT NO. 2 Casanova Irons Smith On page l, line 4, delete "advisors," Cox Johnson Tarver Dardenne Jones Theunissen AMENDMENT NO. 3 Dean Lambert On page 2, at the beginning of line 6, insert "the latest technology Total—35 available in" NAYS AMENDMENT NO. 4 Total—0 On page 2, line 6, delete "advisors," ABSENT AMENDMENT NO. 5 Cravins Jordan On page 2, line 10, delete "advisor or" Heitmeier Ullo Total—4 AMENDMENT NO. 6 On page 2, line 19, change "Labor" to "Revenue" 18th DAY'S PROCEEDINGS Page 3 SENATE June 10, 1998 The Chair declared the amendments proposed by the House were On page 1, line 13, change "Section 2." to "Section 3." concurred in. Senator Barham moved to reconsider the vote by which the amendments were concurred in and laid the motion on the table. Senator Schedler moved to concur in the amendments proposed by the House. SENATE BILL NO. 112— BY SENATOR SCHEDLER AN ACT ROLL CALL To amend and reenact R.S. 51:2771(K), relative to the Louisiana Capital Investment Tax Credit; to eliminate the termination date The roll was called with the following result: for the credit; to provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters. YEAS The bill was read by title. Returned from the House of Mr. President Dyess Lambert Representatives with the following amendments: Bagneris Ellington Landry Bajoie Fields C Lentini Barham Fields W Malone HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Bean Greene Robichaux Amendments proposed by Representative Thornhill to Engrossed Senate Branch Hainkel Romero Bill No. 112 by Senator Schedler Cain Hines Schedler Campbell Hollis Short AMENDMENT NO. 1 Casanova Irons Siracusa On page 1, line 2, change "R.S. 51:2771(K)" to "R.S. 51:2461(B) and Cox Johnson Smith 2771(K)" Dardenne Jones Tarver Dean Jordan Theunissen AMENDMENT NO. 2 Total—36 On page 1, line 2, after "relative to" delete the remainder of the line and NAYS insert the following: Total—0 "certain tax credits; to extend the termination date for the Louisiana ABSENT Capital Investment Tax Credit; to extend the date beyond which no new applications will be approved relative to the Louisiana Quality Jobs Cravins Heitmeier Ullo Program Act; to require transfer of certain monies in the Louisiana Total—3 Economic Development Fund to the state general fund;" The Chair declared the amendments proposed by the House were AMENDMENT NO. 3 concurred in. Senator Schedler moved to reconsider the vote by which On page 1, delete line 3 in its entirety. the amendments were concurred in and laid the motion on the table. SENATE BILL NO. 115— AMENDMENT NO. 4 BY SENATOR LANDRY On page 1, line 6, change "R.S. 51:2771(K) is" to "R.S.
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