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OFFICIAL JOURNAL SENATE BILL NO. 4— BY SENATOR ALARIO AND REPRESENTATIVES BILLIOT AND OF THE GISCLAIR AN ACT SENATE To name the new bridge across Caminada Pass to Grand Isle on LA OF THE 1 in Jefferson Parish as the "Andy Valence Memorial Bridge"; and to provide for related matters. STATE OF LOUISIANA _______ Reported with amendments. TWENTIETH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS _______ SENATE BILL NO. 7— BY SENATOR GUILLORY Forty-First Regular Session of the Legislature AN ACT Under the Adoption of the To designate certain highways and bridges in the state highway Constitution of 1974 system; to designate the intersection of Louisiana Highway 182 _______ and Louisiana Highway 358 in Opelousas as the "St. Landry Senate Chamber Parish Memorial Intersection"; to designate the US 190 bridge State Capitol in Krotz Springs as the "Sal and Frank Diesi Bridge"; and to Baton Rouge, Louisiana provide for related matters. Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Reported with amendments. The Senate was called to order at 2:15 o'clock P.M. by Hon. SENATE BILL NO. 67— John A. Alario Jr., President of the Senate. BY SENATOR WHITE AN ACT Morning Hour To enact R.S. 32:402(C)(5), relative to motor vehicles; to provide a licensing exception for law enforcement officers to operate CONVENING ROLL CALL certain law enforcement vehicles; and to provide for related matters. The roll being called, the following members answered to their names: Reported with amendments. PRESENT SENATE BILL NO. 213— BY SENATORS WALSWORTH, ERDEY, NEVERS AND THOMPSON Mr. President Gallot Peacock AN ACT Allain Guillory Perry To enact R.S. 47:463.71.1, 463.183 and 463.184, relative to motor Amedee Heitmeier Peterson vehicle special prestige license plates; to provide for the Eagle Appel Johns Riser Scouts special prestige license plate; to provide for the Broome Kostelka Smith, G. "Louisiana Licensed Professional Geoscientist" special prestige Brown LaFleur Smith, J. license plate; to provide for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Chabert Long Thompson of Louisiana special prestige license plate; to provide for Claitor Mills Walsworth creation, issuance, and design of the license plate; to provide Cortez Morrell Ward relative to the fee for the plate; to authorize the promulgation of Crowe Morrish White rules and regulations relative to the creation and implementation Donahue Murray of the prestige license plate; and to provide for related matters. Erdey Nevers Total - 34 Reported with amendments. ABSENT SENATE BILL NO. 220— Adley Dorsey-Colomb Tarver BY SENATOR CHABERT Buffington Martiny AN ACT Total - 5 To amend and reenact R.S. 38:3086.21 and 3086.24, relative to the Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District; to provide definitions; The President of the Senate announced there were 34 Senators to provide the district with additional powers; to authorize the present and a quorum. district to acquire and sell certain property; to authorize the promulgation of certain rules, regulations, and ordinances; to Prayer provide penalties; to provide terms, conditions, and requirements; and to provide for related matters. The prayer was offered by Pastor Herbert H. Rowe, following which the Senate joined in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the Reported with amendments. United States of America. SENATE BILL NO. 6— BY SENATOR PERRY AND REPRESENTATIVES ADAMS, ARMES, Reading of the Journal BROWN, COX, CROMER, FOIL, FRANKLIN, GISCLAIR, GUILLORY, GUINN, HENSGENS, HONORE, JAMES, NANCY LANDRY, TERRY On motion of Senator Brown, the reading of the Journal was LANDRY, MIGUEZ, JAY MORRIS, JIM MORRIS, NORTON, ORTEGO, PEARSON, REYNOLDS, ST. GERMAIN AND THIERRY dispensed with and the Journal of May 18, 2015, was adopted. AN ACT To name U.S. Highway 167 between the southern corporate limits of Message from the House the village of Maurice and the northern corporate limits of the city of Abbeville in Vermilion Parish the "Deputy Allen Bares, PASSED SENATE BILLS AND Jr. Memorial Parkway"; and to provide for related matters. JOINT RESOLUTIONS Reported without amendments. May 18, 2015 SENATE BILL NO. 71— To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate: BY SENATOR ERDEY AND REPRESENTATIVES BROWN, GISCLAIR, GUINN, HILL, HODGES, HONORE, HOWARD, TERRY LANDRY, MACK AND NORTON I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House of AN ACT Representatives has finally passed the following Senate Bills and To enact R.S. 38:90.4(A)(1)(j), relative to the Statewide Flood- Joint Resolutions: Control Program; to provide for information to be included in 405 Page 2 SENATE 20th DAY'S PROCEEDINGS May 19, 2015 applications for funding of any flood-control projects; and to students to the country of China for a one-year humanitarian provide for related matters. mission to broaden good will and cultural exchange between the United States and China. Reported without amendments. The resolution was read by title and placed on the Calendar for SENATE BILL NO. 151— a second reading. BY SENATOR CORTEZ AN ACT SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 128— To amend and reenact R.S. 48:251.5(B)(1) and (2), 256.5(B), BY SENATOR PERRY 256.6(A)(1), and 256.7(C), relative to public contracts of the A RESOLUTION Department of Transportation and Development; to provide To commend and congratulate Keith Thomas Reed on completing the relative to payment of legal interest on contract balances; to 2015 Memorial Hermann Ironman North American provide relative to filing of statements of amounts due by Championship Texas. claimants; to provide relative to cancellation of the inscription of claims and privileges; and to provide for related matters. The resolution was read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. Reported without amendments. SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 129— SENATE BILL NO. 159— BY SENATOR WALSWORTH BY SENATOR HEITMEIER A RESOLUTION AN ACT To commend and congratulate Cory Bahr on his numerous To amend and reenact R.S. 48:250.2(A), and to enact R.S. contributions and extraordinary accomplishments, on his 38:2225.2.5 and R.S. 48:232.1 and 250.2(D), relative to design- inspiration to others, and on his individual promotion of build contracts; to authorize any regional transit authority Louisiana and all the state has to offer. created by law to let a design-build contract for new ferries on the Mississippi River; to require that the Department of The resolution was read by title and placed on the Calendar for Transportation and Development give priority to any bridge a second reading. project which replaces a tunnel; to authorize the Department of Transportation and Development to utilize the design-build SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 130— method to contract for ferries on the Mississippi River and for BY SENATOR BROOME a bridge project which replaces a tunnel; and to provide for A RESOLUTION related matters. To urge and request the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state Department of Education to study the Reported without amendments. effectiveness of the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports program in public schools. SENATE BILL NO. 161— BY SENATOR CHABERT The resolution was read by title and placed on the Calendar for AN ACT a second reading. To amend and reenact R.S. 36:508.3(D), the introductory paragraph of R.S. 36:508.4(B), R.S. 36:508.4(B)(3) and (C), and Section SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 131— 3 of Act No. 719 of the 2014 Regular Session of the Legislature, BY SENATOR DORSEY-COLOMB and to enact R.S. 51:3136(A)(9), relative to the office of A RESOLUTION multimodal commerce in the Department of Transportation and To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature Development; to provide for divisions in the office of of Louisiana upon the death of Lloyd Francis Reynaud. multimodal commerce; to extend the time for creation and approval of an operational plan for the office by the Multimodal The resolution was read by title and placed on the Calendar for Commerce Advisory Commission; to add the commissioner of a second reading. the office of multimodal commerce as a member of the Louisiana Board of International Commerce; to provide a time Introduction of to appoint the commissioner of multimodal commerce; and to Senate Concurrent Resolutions provide for related matters. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 105— Reported without amendments. BY SENATOR GALLOT A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SENATE BILL NO. 215— To urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and BY SENATOR WALSWORTH make recommendations regarding whether the Constitution of AN ACT Louisiana should be amended to provide that mineral interests To enact R.S. 38:2573, relative to water conservation; to name the of the state, school boards, or levee districts should be subject dam and spillway at Bayou D'Arbonne Lake; to direct the to loss by prescription or other means, and that private Department of Transportation and Development to erect and purchasers of land belonging to the state, school boards, or levee maintain signage; and to provide for related matters. districts should gain the ability to acquire the mineral interests in those lands upon prescription resulting from nonuse without Reported without amendments. interruption or other means. Respectfully submitted, The resolution was read by title and placed on the Calendar for ALFRED W. SPEER a second reading. Clerk of the House of Representatives SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 106— Introduction of Senate Resolutions BY SENATOR WALSWORTH A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 127— To commend CenturyLink, Inc. and its employees for eighty-five BY SENATOR LONG years of service to the citizens of Louisiana and customers A RESOLUTION across our nation and for following an exemplary corporate To commend Joshua Phillips for leading a team of Louisiana State philosophy.