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Louisiana State | Senate OFFICIAL JOURNAL I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House of OF THE Representatives has finally concurred in the following Senate Concurrent Resolutions: SENATE SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 89— OF THE BY SENATORS CLAITOR, ALARIO, ALLAIN, APPEL, BARROW, BISHOP, BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CHABERT, COLOMB, CORTEZ, STATE OF LOUISIANA DONAHUE, ERDEY, FANNIN, GATTI, HEWITT, JOHNS, LAFLEUR, _______ LAMBERT, LONG, LUNEAU, MARTINY, MILKOVICH, MILLS, MIZELL, NINETEENTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS MORRELL, MORRISH, PEACOCK, PERRY, PETERSON, RISER, GARY _______ SMITH, JOHN SMITH, TARVER, THOMPSON, WALSWORTH, WARD AND WHITE AND REPRESENTATIVES ABRAHAM, ABRAMSON, Forty-Third Regular Session of the Legislature AMEDEE, ANDERS, ARMES, BACALA, BAGLEY, BAGNERIS, BARRAS, Under the Adoption of the BERTHELOT, BILLIOT, BISHOP, BOUIE, BROADWATER, CHAD Constitution of 1974 BROWN, TERRY BROWN, CARMODY, CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER, STEVE CARTER, CHANEY, CONNICK, COUSSAN, _______ COX, CREWS, CROMER, DANAHAY, DAVIS, DEVILLIER, DWIGHT, Senate Chamber EDMONDS, EMERSON, FALCONER, FOIL, FRANKLIN, GAINES, GAROFALO, GISCLAIR, GLOVER, GUINN, HALL, JIMMY HARRIS, State Capitol LANCE HARRIS, HAVARD, HAZEL, HENRY, HENSGENS, HILFERTY, Baton Rouge, Louisiana HILL, HODGES, HOFFMANN, HOLLIS, HORTON, HOWARD, HUNTER, Monday, May 15, 2017 HUVAL, IVEY, JACKSON, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, NANCY LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY, LEBAS, LEGER, LEOPOLD, LYONS, MACK, MAGEE, MARCELLE, MARINO, The Senate was called to order at 4:30 o'clock P.M. by Hon. MCFARLAND, MIGUEZ, DUSTIN MILLER, GREGORY MILLER, John A. Alario Jr., President of the Senate. MORENO, JAY MORRIS, JIM MORRIS, NORTON, PEARSON, PIERRE, POPE, PRICE, PUGH, PYLANT, REYNOLDS, RICHARD, SCHEXNAYDER, SCHRODER, SEABAUGH, SHADOIN, SIMON, SMITH, Morning Hour STAGNI, STEFANSKI, STOKES, TALBOT, THIBAUT, THOMAS, WHITE AND ZERINGUE CONVENING ROLL CALL A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To express the sincere condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana The roll being called, the following members answered to their upon the death of Curt Eysink, former executive director of the names: Louisiana Workforce Commission. PRESENT Reported without amendments. Mr. President Erdey Morrell Allain Fannin Morrish SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 91— Appel Gatti Peacock BY SENATOR HEWITT Barrow Hewitt Perry A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Boudreaux Johns Riser To commend Leo Joseph Casanave for over fifty years of service to Carter Lambert Smith, G. the St. Tammany Parish School System as a math and science Chabert Long Smith, J. teacher and counselor. Claitor Martiny Thompson Colomb Milkovich Walsworth Reported without amendments. Cortez Mills Ward Donahue Mizell Respectfully submitted, Total - 32 ALFRED W. SPEER ABSENT Clerk of the House of Representatives Bishop Luneau Tarver LaFleur Peterson White Privileged Report of the Total - 6 Legislative Bureau The President of the Senate announced there were 32 Senators May 15, 2017 present and a quorum. Prayer To the President and Members of the Senate: I am directed by your Legislative Bureau to submit the The prayer was offered by Pastor Tim Burford, following which following report: the Senate joined in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. The following instruments are approved as to construction and duplication. We advise and suggest the following amendments: Reading of the Journal HOUSE BILL NO. 128— On motion of Senator Donahue, the reading of the Journal was BY REPRESENTATIVE CARMODY dispensed with and the Journal of May 11, 2017, was adopted. AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 45:164(E)(2)(a) and (c) and (3), relative Message from the House to carriers of household goods; to impose certain requirements on the operation of a household goods carrier business; to CONCURRING IN authorize the commission to suspend or cancel a household SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS goods carrier certificate in certain circumstances; to remove provisions related to the promulgation of rules and regulations; May 10, 2017 and to provide for related matters. To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate: Reported without amendments. 361 Page 2 SENATE 19th DAY'S PROCEEDINGS May 15, 2017 HOUSE BILL NO. 167— Reported without amendments. BY REPRESENTATIVES CARMODY, BAGLEY, BISHOP, COX, DAVIS, DWIGHT, FALCONER, GLOVER, HENSGENS, HOFFMANN, HORTON, MIGUEZ, REYNOLDS, SEABAUGH, SHADOIN, STAGNI, STEFANSKI, HOUSE BILL NO. 310— THIBAUT, AND THOMAS BY REPRESENTATIVES REYNOLDS AND FOIL AN ACT AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 32:1261(A)(1)(k), relative to To amend and reenact R.S. 12:1-140(25B), 1-402(C), 1-727(A), 1- unauthorized acts regarding motor vehicles; to modify certain 728(A), 1-1435(I), 1-1436(E) and (F), and 1-1444(A)(2) and requirements regarding sales or offers to sell made directly to a (F)(1) and to enact R.S. 12:1-742.2 and 1-742.3, relative to consumer; and to provide for related matters. corporations; to provide relative to quorum and voting requirements; to provide for the reservation of a terminated Reported without amendments. corporation's name; to provide with respect to shareholder meetings for the election of directors; to provide for personal HOUSE BILL NO. 211— jurisdiction over nonresident directors; to provide for venue in BY REPRESENTATIVE FOIL derivative proceedings; to provide with respect to an oppressed AN ACT shareholder's right to withdraw and the judicial determination of To amend and reenact R.S. 12:1-401(C) and (F), 1-403(B)(2), fair value and payment terms; to provide for the reinstatement 204(B)(introductory paragraph), 236(C)(1)(a), 308(A)(1), of a terminated corporation; and to provide for related matters. 1306(A)(3)(introductory paragraph) and (F), 1308(A)(2)(b), 1350(A)(1)(c) and (B)(2) and R.S. 51:215(A)(1), to enact R.S. Reported without amendments. 12:1308.3(C)(8)(c), and to repeal R.S. 12:315 and 1356, relative to regulations by the secretary of state with respect to filings of HOUSE BILL NO. 378— business entities; to provide relative to corporations, BY REPRESENTATIVE ANDERS partnerships, and certain limited liability companies; to provide AN ACT relative to agents for service of process; to repeal certain To amend and reenact R.S. 22:2083(A)(4) and to enact penalties applicable to foreign limited liability companies; to 22:2083(B)(2)(k), relative to the Louisiana Life and Health provide technical changes; and to provide for related matters. Insurance Guaranty Association; to exclude a person acquiring rights to receive payments through a "structured settlement Reported without amendments. factoring transaction" from guaranty fund coverage; and to provide for related matters. HOUSE BILL NO. 233— BY REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS Reported without amendments. AN ACT To enact R.S. 22:436(B)(4), relative to approved unauthorized HOUSE BILL NO. 393— insurers; to provide for placement on the list of approved BY REPRESENTATIVES CONNICK, MARCELLE, ARMES, BERTHELOT, BILLIOT, BOUIE, CARPENTER, STEVE CARTER, FOIL, LANCE HARRIS, unauthorized insurers; to provide filing requirements of surplus HAVARD, HOFFMANN, IVEY, JORDAN, LYONS, MARINO, JAY lines insurers; to require evidence from the insurer's domiciliary MORRIS, POPE, PYLANT, RICHARD, SCHEXNAYDER, SCHRODER, jurisdiction; and to provide for related matters. STAGNI, THOMAS, AND ZERINGUE AN ACT Reported without amendments. To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1331, relative to residential property insurance policies; to provide certain policyholders the option HOUSE BILL NO. 289— to exclude personal property coverage after a declared disaster; BY REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS to provide for a reduction in premium; to provide for the AN ACT withdrawal of the exclusion and the reduction in premium; and To enact R.S. 22:41.2, relative to the disclosure of contact to provide for related matters. information; to require that each risk-bearing entity transmit accurate contact information to the commissioner; to provide Reported with amendments. guidelines for whom the contact information is needed; and to provide for related matters. LEGISLATIVE BUREAU AMENDMENTS Reported without amendments. Amendments proposed by Legislative Bureau to Reengrossed House Bill No. 393 by Representative Connick HOUSE BILL NO. 290— BY REPRESENTATIVE COX AMENDMENT NO. 1 AN ACT In Senate Committee Amendment No. 2, proposed by the Senate To amend and reenact R.S. 37:3415.10(D), relative to appraisal Committee on Insurance and adopted by the Senate on May 11, 2017, management company license applications and renewals; to on page 1, line 12, after "from the" change "disaster declaration." to change a sunset provision; and to provide for related matters. "date the disaster declaration is made." Reported without amendments. HOUSE BILL NO. 407— BY REPRESENTATIVE HUVAL HOUSE BILL NO. 299— AN ACT BY REPRESENTATIVE COUSSAN To amend and reenact R.S. 22:855(B)(1) and (2)(c) and 1568(B) and AN ACT to enact R.S. 22:855(B)(2)(d), relative to producer To repeal Chapter 31 of Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of compensation; to authorize agency fees on individual and group 1950, comprised of R.S. 51:2101 and 2102, relative to the health insurance policies and supplemental benefit insurance Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise; to dissolve the policies; to provide for commissions and other forms of Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise Commission; to compensation; and to provide for related matters. transfer the ownership of certain property; to provide for certain authority; and to provide for related matters. Reported without amendments. 362 19th DAY'S PROCEEDINGS Page 3 SENATE May 15, 2017 HOUSE BILL NO. 480— On motion of Senator Morrish the resolution was read by title BY REPRESENTATIVE HUVAL and adopted. AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 22:821(B)(36) and (37), 2440(C), (D)(3), SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 107— and (E), 2441(E)(1), and 2443 and to repeal R.S. 22:2440(F) and BY SENATOR LONG 2451, relative to the Health Insurance Issuer External Review A RESOLUTION Act; to extend the period during which independent review To express the establishment of the Rose Landry Long Louisiana organizations are approved by the commissioner; to require Senate Scholarship.
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