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Frith Morrish Willard OFFICIAL JOURNAL Fruge Murray Windhorst Gautreaux Nevers Winston OF THE Glover Odinet Wooton Green Perkins Wright HOUSE OF Total—102 ABSENT REPRESENTATIVES Strain OF THE Total—1 STATE OF LOUISIANA The Speaker announced that there were 102 members present and a quorum. Prayer FIFTY-EIGHTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS Prayer was offered by Rep. Romero. Twenty-fifth Regular Session of the Legislature Pledge of Allegiance Under the Adoption of the Rep. Riddle led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance Constitution of 1974 to the Flag of the United States of America. Reading of the Journal House of Representatives On motion of Rep. Frith, the reading of the Journal was State Capitol dispensed with. Baton Rouge, Louisiana On motion of Rep. Frith, the Journal of June 18, 1999, was Sunday, June 20, 1999 adopted. The House of Representatives was called to order at 2:00 P.M., Suspension of the Rules by the Honorable Hunt Downer, Speaker of the House of Representatives. On motion of Rep. Frith, the rules were suspended to limit the author or proponent handling the legislative instrument to five Morning Hour minutes for opening remarks and all subsequent speakers on the instrument to three minutes. ROLL CALL Conference Committee Appointment The roll being called, the following members answered to their names: The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the PRESENT disagreement to House Bill No. 2119: Reps. Waddell, Lancaster, and Winston. Mr. Speaker Guillory Pierre Alario Hammett Pinac Alexander Heaton Powell Conference Committee Appointment Ansardi Hebert Pratt Barton Hill Quezaire The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of the Baudoin Holden Riddle House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the Baylor Hopkins Romero disagreement to House Bill No. 434: Reps. Green, Windhorst, and Bowler Hudson Salter Quezaire. Bruce Hunter Scalise Bruneau Iles Schneider Conference Committee Appointment Carter Jenkins Schwegmann Chaisson Jetson Shaw The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of the Clarkson Johns Smith, J.D.—50th House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the Copelin Kennard Smith, J.R.—30th disagreement to House Bill No. 1500: Reps. Jetson, McDonald, and Crane Kenney Sneed Pratt. Curtis Lancaster Stelly Damico Landrieu Theriot Conference Committee Appointment Daniel LeBlanc Thompson Deville Long Thornhill The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of the DeWitt Marionneaux Toomy House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the Diez Martiny Travis disagreement to Senate Bill No. 549: Reps. McCain, Windhorst, and Doerge McCain Triche Walsworth. Donelon McCallum Waddell Dupre McDonald Walsworth Conference Committee Appointment Durand McMains Warner Farve Michot Welch The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of the Faucheux Mitchell Weston House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the Flavin Montgomery Wiggins disagreement to Senate Bill No. 598: Reps. Diez, Theriot, and Fontenot Morrell Wilkerson Gautreaux. 3313 Page 2 HOUSE 58th Day's Proceedings - June 20, 1999 Conference Committee Appointment HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 85— BY REPRESENTATIVE WALSWORTH The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of the A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the To urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study disagreement to Senate Bill No. 647: Reps. Wright, Long, and Diez. whether the Code of Civil Procedure should be amended to allow in certain cases, when prayed for by the plaintiff, the sale Conference Committee Appointment of mortgaged property under a writ of fifa without appraisal. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 125— The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of the BY REPRESENTATIVE WIGGINS House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION disagreement to Senate Bill No. 775: Reps. Windhorst, To urge and request the office of state parks to consider developing Marionneaux, and Wright. a state park in the Pineville area. Conference Committee Appointment HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 126— BY REPRESENTATIVE FARVE The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of the A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the To urge and request the Orleans Parish School Board to combine the disagreement to Senate Bill No. 893: Reps. Hunter, Windhorst, and Helen S. Edwards Elementary School, the G. W. Carver Middle Murray. School, and the G. W. Carver Senior High School into the Helen S. Edwards/G. W. Carver Accelerated Center for Suspension of the Rules Excellence for purposes of implementing on a pilot basis accelerated school programs designed to improve the academic On motionof Rep. Murray, House Rule 6.14 was suspended to achievement levels of students. permit the appointment of the conferees on the disagreement to Senate Bill No. 1108. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 128— BY REPRESENTATIVE DUPRE A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Conference Committee Appointment To memorialize the United States Congress to enact the Estuary The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of the Habitat Restoration Partnership Act to be introduced by United House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the States Senators John Chaffe and John Breaux. disagreement to Senate Bill No. 1108: Reps. Murray, Bruneau, and HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 130— Copelin. BY REPRESENTATIVES CARTER AND POWELL A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Privileged Report of the Committee on Enrollment To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to increase the speed limit on Interstate Highway June 20, 1999 55 between Pontchatoula, Louisiana, and LaPlace, Louisiana, from 60 m.p.h. to 70 m.p.h. To the honorable Speaker and Members of the House of HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 134— Representatives: BY REPRESENTATIVES GUILLORY, BAUDOIN, DAMICO, FONTENOT, HOLDEN, KENNEY, MARTINY, MORRISH, ROMERO, WADDELL, AND I am directed by your Committee on Enrollment to submit the WOOTON following report: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To memorialize the United States Congress to enact legislation to The following House Concurrent Resolutions have been allow Louisiana to impose requirements on the storage and properly enrolled: transportation of hazardous materials by rail car that are more stringent than federal requirements. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 37— BY REPRESENTATIVE HEBERT HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 146— A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION BY REPRESENTATIVE CARTER To urge and request each state department and agency which employs A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION state classified employees to adopt a rewards and recognition To urge and request the Department of Transportation and policy in accordance with civil service regulations to recognize Development to install lighting at the intersection of Interstate and reward outstanding achievements by its employees in the Highway 55 and Louisiana Highway 40 at the Independence exit performance of their public service. in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 147— HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 44— BY REPRESENTATIVE CARTER BY REPRESENTATIVE LANCASTER A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To urge and request the Department of Transportation and To urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to conduct a Development to install a traffic light at the intersection of feasibility study of adopting Chapters 2 and 2A of the Uniform Louisiana Highway 38 and 13th Street in Kentwood, Louisiana, Commercial Code and repealing the Civil Code articles Tangipahoa Parish. regarding sales and leases. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 149— HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 82— BY REPRESENTATIVES WILKERSON AND DURAND BY REPRESENTATIVE POWELL A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To urge and request that Indian casinos contribute to the state To urge and request the Department of Health and Hospitals to enter Compulsive and Problem Gambling Fund, monies from which into settlement negotiations with Options, Inc. over their dispute are used to treat and prevent compulsive gambling. regarding Medicaid reimbursement funds. 3314 Page 3 HOUSE 58th Day's Proceedings - June 20, 1999 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 154— paperwork, eliminating duplications, finding ways to more fully BY REPRESENTATIVE QUEZAIRE utilize teachers' talents during instructional time, eliminating the A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION waste of teachers' talents on noninstructional activities, and To urge and request the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to developing plans that include more volunteer parents and others continue its excellent efforts encouraging merchants to as participants in extracurricular activities and to submit a aggressively promote Louisiana products. written report on the progress of these efforts to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 155— Education prior to the beginning of the 2000 Regular Session. BY REPRESENTATIVE LONG AND SENATOR SMITH A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 215— To urge and request the Department of Transportation and BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHNEIDER, BRUCE, KENNARD, WINDHORST, Development to include the Natchitoches By-Pass project in the AND PERKINS proper priority in the Highway Priority Program for FY 2000- A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 2001 and to include