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Durand McDonald Winston OFFICIAL JOURNAL Erdey McVea Wooton Fannin Montgomery Wright OF THE Farrar Morrell Total - 104 HOUSE OF ABSENT REPRESENTATIVES Total - 0 OF THE The Speaker announced that there were 104 members present and a quorum. STATE OF LOUISIANA Prayer Prayer was offered by Pastor Larry O'Dell. TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS Pledge of Allegiance Rep. Hill led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to Thirty-first Regular Session of the Legislature the Flag of the United States of America. Under the Adoption of the Constitution of 1974 Reading of the Journal On motion of Rep. Cazayoux, the reading of the Journal was House of Representatives dispensed with. State Capitol On motion of Rep. Fannin, and under a suspension of the rules, Baton Rouge, Louisiana the Journal of June 9, 2005, was corrected to reflect him as voting nay on final passage of House Bill No. 771. Monday, June 13, 2005 On motion of Rep. Crowe, the Journal of June 9, 2005, was The House of Representatives was called to order at 2:00 P.M., adopted. by the Honorable Joe R. Salter, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Petitions, Memorials and Communications Morning Hour The following petitions, memorials, and communications were ROLL CALL received and read: The roll being called, the following members answered to their Message from the Senate names: ASKING CONCURRENCE IN PRESENT SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS Mr. Speaker Faucheux Morrish June 9, 2005 Alario Frith Odinet Alexander Gallot Pierre To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Ansardi Geymann Pinac Representatives: Arnold Glover Pitre Badon Gray Powell, M. I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has Baldone Greene Powell, T. adopted and asks your concurrence in the following Senate Barrow Guillory, E. Quezaire Concurrent Resolutions: Baudoin Guillory, M. Richmond Baylor Hammett Ritchie Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 101 Beard Heaton Robideaux Respectfully submitted, Bowler Hebert Romero Bruce Hill Scalise GLENN A. KOEPP Bruneau Honey Schneider Secretary of the Senate Burns Hopkins Smiley Burrell Hunter Smith, G. Message from the Senate Carter, K. Hutter Smith, J.D.–50th Carter, R. Jackson Smith, J.H.–8th SENATE BILLS Cazayoux Jefferson Smith, J.R.–30th June 9, 2005 Crane Johns St. Germain Cravins Katz Strain To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Crowe Kennard Thompson Representatives: Curtis Kenney Toomy Damico Kleckley Townsend I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has Daniel LaBruzzo Trahan finally passed the following Senate Bills: Dartez LaFleur Triche DeWitt LaFonta Tucker Senate Bill No. 325 Doerge Lambert Waddell Dorsey Lancaster Walker Respectfully submitted, Dove Marchand Walsworth Downs Martiny White GLENN A. KOEPP Secretary of the Senate 949 Page 2 HOUSE 28th Day's Proceedings - June 13, 2005 Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions on Senate education committees by not later than February 1, 2006; Second Reading to be Referred and to provide for related matters. Rep. Baylor asked for and obtained a suspension of the rules to Read by title. take up at this time the following Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Under the rules, the above resolution was referred to the just received from the Senate with a view of advancing same, which Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. were taken up, read, and referred to committees, as follows: HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 178— SENATE BILL NO. 325— BY REPRESENTATIVE GALLOT AND SENATOR MICHOT BY SENATOR JONES A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AN ACT To urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the To enact R.S. 33:2740.49(H), (I), and (J), relative to special districts; duties of clerks of court and recorders of mortgages and to provide to the Downtown Economic Development District of conveyances to maintain and preserve original, electronic, and the City of Monroe the authority for tax increment financing by historic records affecting immovable property. the city, subject to the approval of district voters; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. Read by title. Read by title. Under the rules, the above resolution was referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. Under the rules, the above bill was referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 179— BY REPRESENTATIVE GRAY Introduction of Resolutions, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To continue the work of House Concurrent Resolution No. 289 of the House and House Concurrent 2004 Regular Session regarding the study of issues relating to The following members introduced the following entitled House juvenile competency by creating a task force and to extend the and House Concurrent Resolutions, which were read the first time by period of time for the study of such issues to June 1, 2006. their titles and placed upon the calendar for their second reading: Read by title. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 101— BY REPRESENTATIVES PINAC AND JACK SMITH Under the rules, the above resolution was referred to the A RESOLUTION Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. To urge and request the Louisiana Public Service Commission to HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 182— continue to work with the Louisiana Association of Community BY REPRESENTATIVE GLOVER Action Partnerships to develop and implement an Energy A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Efficiency Fund that will benefit the people of the state of To urge and request the Department of Health and Hospitals to study Louisiana. all viable opportunities to offer prescription drugs at no cost or reduced cost to Louisiana's uninsured and under-insured Read by title. populations. On motion of Rep. Pinac, and under a suspension of the rules, the resolution was adopted. Read by title. Under the rules, the above resolution was referred to the House and House Concurrent Resolutions Committee on Health and Welfare. The following House and House Concurrent Resolutions lying Senate Concurrent Resolutions over were taken up and acted upon as follows: The following Senate Concurrent Resolutions lying over were HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 99— taken up and acted upon as follows: BY REPRESENTATIVES THOMPSON, BRUNEAU, AND WADDELL A RESOLUTION SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 75— BY SENATORS N. GAUTREAUX, CAIN, DUPRE, MALONE, To urge and request the Committee on House and Governmental MCPHERSON AND ROMERO Affairs to study the issues surrounding the processes involved A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION in the delivery and distribution of items, materials, letters, To create a task force to study state royalty and tax policy relative to packages, and information to the members of the House of the exploration and production within the oil and gas industry Representatives during legislative sessions and make in order to align the interests of the state and the industry in recommendations regarding standards and procedures to govern Louisiana. those processes to the House of Representatives no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the 2006 Regular Session Read by title. of the Legislature. Under the rules, the above resolution was referred to the Read by title. Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. Under the rules, the above resolution was referred to the SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 81— Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. BY SENATOR JONES A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 100— To urge and request the Senate Committee on Senate and BY REPRESENTATIVES TUCKER AND ARNOLD Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on House and A RESOLUTION Governmental Affairs to meet jointly to examine issues related To establish and provide for a task force to study and recommend to the investment in and establishment of low-income housing how best to govern, manage, and supervise the effective and and to determine and report on legislative initiatives that would efficient delivery of public elementary and secondary education enhance and improve the climate for investment in low-income services to residents of the Algiers community in the city of housing, including providing for alternate assessment of such New Orleans; to provide that the task force shall report study housing as it relates to taxation and including authorizing the findings and recommendations in writing to the House and 950 Page 3 HOUSE 28th Day's Proceedings - June 13, 2005 establishment of crime prevention districts in areas in which Under the rules, the above bill was referred to the Committee on low-income housing is established. Ways and Means. Read by title. SENATE BILL NO. 114— BY SENATOR MICHOT AN ACT Under the rules, the above resolution was referred to the To enact R.S. 47:6020, relative to tax credits; to grant a sound Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. recording investor income tax credit; to provide for certain SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 109— procedures, and collection; and to provide for related matters. BY SENATORS ELLINGTON, ADLEY, BOASSO, CHAISSON, B. GAUTREAUX AND HEITMEIER Read by title. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To create and provide with respect to a group to study issues relative Motion to state participation in and implementation of the Federal Railroad Safety Program State Participation Agreement and to On motion of Rep. Karen Carter, the bill was returned to the make recommendations to the legislature concerning legislation calendar. for the 2006 Regular Session. SENATE BILL NO. 259— BY SENATORS KOSTELKA, BARHAM, DUPLESSIS AND MICHOT AND Read by title. REPRESENTATIVES JACKSON, BURNS AND ROBIDEAUX AN ACT Under the rules, the above resolution was referred to the To amend and reenact R.S. 47:287.93(B), relative to the corporation Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. income tax; to provide for an allocation of the deduction for interest expense applicable to investments which produce Motion allocable income; and to provide for related matters. On motion of Rep. Thompson, the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development was discharged from Read by title.