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Fannin Montgomery Walsworth OFFICIAL JOURNAL Farrar Morrell Welch Faucheux Morrish Winston OF THE Flavin Murray Wooton Frith Nevers Wright HOUSE OF Total—102 ABSENT REPRESENTATIVES Downer Landrieu Pitre OF THE Total—3 STATE OF LOUISIANA The Speaker announced that there were 102 members present and a quorum. Prayer TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS Prayer was offered by Rev. Jerry Hillman. Twenty-ninth Regular Session of the Legislature Pledge of Allegiance Under the Adoption of the Rep. Doerge 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 May 20, 2003, was Wednesday, May 21, 2003 adopted. The House of Representatives was called to order at 2:00 P.M., Suspension of the Rules by the Honorable Charlie DeWitt, Speaker of the House of Representatives. On motion of Rep. Lancaster, the rules were suspended in order to allow the Committee on Insurance to meet while the House was in Morning Hour session. ROLL CALL Petitions, Memorials and The roll being called, the following members answered to their Communications names: The following petitions, memorials, and communications were PRESENT received and read: Mr. Speaker Fruge Odinet Message from the Senate Alario Futrell Perkins Alexander Gallot Peychaud HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS Ansardi Glover Pierre Arnold Green Pinac May 20, 2003 Baldone Guillory Powell Baudoin Hammett Quezaire To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Baylor Heaton Richmond Representatives: Beard Hebert Romero Bowler Hill Salter I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has Broome Honey Scalise concurred in the following House Concurrent Resolutions: Bruce Hopkins Schneider Bruneau Hudson Schwegmann House Concurrent Resolution No. 160 Capella Hunter Shaw Returned without amendments. Carter, K Hutter Smith, G.—56th Carter, R Iles Smith, J.D.—50th House Concurrent Resolution No. 161 Cazayoux Jackson, L Smith, J.H.—8th Returned without amendments. Crane Jackson, M Smith, J.R.—30th Crowe Johns Sneed House Concurrent Resolution No. 162 Curtis Katz Stelly Returned without amendments. Damico Kennard Strain Daniel Kenney Swilling Respectfully submitted, Dartez LaFleur Thompson Devillier Lancaster Toomy MICHAEL S. BAER, III Diez LeBlanc Townsend Secretary of the Senate Doerge Lucas Triche Downs Martiny Tucker Message from the Senate Durand McDonald Waddell Erdey McVea Walker HOUSE BILLS Page 2 HOUSE 28th Day's Proceedings - May 21, 2003 May 20, 2003 To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has adopted and asks your concurrence in the following Senate I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has Concurrent Resolutions: finally passed the following House Bills: Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 95 House Bill No. 987 Returned with amendments. Respectfully submitted, House Bill No. 1378 MICHAEL S. BAER, III Returned without amendments. Secretary of the Senate House Bill No. 1434 Suspension of the Rules Returned without amendments. On motion of Rep. Richmond, the rules were suspended in order House Bill No. 1435 to take up and consider Senate Concurrent Resolutions at this time. Returned with amendments. House Bill No. 1436 Senate Concurrent Resolutions Returned without amendments. The following Senate Concurrent Resolutions contained in the House Bill No. 1444 message were taken up and acted upon as follows: Returned without amendments. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 95— BY SENATOR HAINKEL House Bill No. 1445 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Returned without amendments. To urge and request that the Board of Administrators of Tulane University retain the university's Division 1-A intercollegiate House Bill No. 1446 athletics program. Returned without amendments. Read by title. House Bill No. 1466 Returned without amendments. On motion of Rep. Richmond, and under a suspension of the rules, the resolution was concurred in. House Bill No. 1477 Returned without amendments. Message from the Senate House Bill No. 1484 Returned without amendments. SENATE BILLS House Bill No. 1485 May 20, 2003 Returned without amendments. To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of House Bill No. 1509 Representatives: Returned without amendments. I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has House Bill No. 1511 finally passed the following Senate Bills: Returned without amendments. Senate Bill Nos. 27, 116, 511, 613, 625, 666, 672, 726, 781, 1102, House Bill No. 1512 and 1117 Returned without amendments. Respectfully submitted, House Bill No. 1537 MICHAEL S. BAER, III Returned without amendments. Secretary of the Senate Respectfully submitted, Suspension of the Rules MICHAEL S. BAER, III Secretary of the Senate On motion of Rep. Bruneau, the rules were suspended in order to take up the bills contained in the message at this time. Message from the Senate Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions ASKING CONCURRENCE IN on First Reading SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS The following Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions on first reading May 20, 2003 were taken up, read, and placed upon the calendar for their second reading: Page 3 HOUSE 28th Day's Proceedings - May 21, 2003 SENATE BILL NO. 27— SENATE BILL NO. 672— BY SENATOR HAINKEL BY SENATOR FONTENOT AN ACT AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 56:116.1(B)(1), relative to the use of To amend and reenact R.S. 37:1731(A)(1) and (E)(1) and to enact aircraft in the taking of wild turkey and white-tailed deer; to R.S. 37:1731(F), relative to the Good Samaritan Law; to extend prohibit the use of aircraft for the taking, or spotting of either immunity under the Good Samaritan Law to certain emergency species; and to provide for related matters. service providers; and to provide for related matters. Read by title. Read by title. SENATE BILL NO. 116— SENATE BILL NO. 726— BY SENATOR DARDENNE BY SENATOR C. JONES AN ACT AN ACT To enact R.S. 40:2155(B)(8) and (9), relative to adult residential care To amend and reenact Children's Code Art. 810, relative to homes; to provide for resident support during times of constitutional rights; to provide with respect to waiver of right emergency and natural disasters; and to provide for related to counsel; to provide for the constitutional rights of accused matters. delinquents; to prohibit juveniles from waiving right to counsel under certain circumstances; and to provide for related matters. Read by title. Read by title. SENATE BILL NO. 511— BY SENATOR C. JONES SENATE BILL NO. 781— AN ACT BY SENATOR BOISSIERE To amend and reenact R.S. 40:961(8) and 967(F)(3), relative to AN ACT controlled dangerous substances; to provide relative to the To enact Part IV of Chapter 9 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised penalties for possession of GHB (gamma hydroxybutyric acid) Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 33:4159.10, relative and analogues of GHB to eliminate inaccurate references to to sewage and water disposal; to prohibit privatization of public Schedule II(D)(2); to provide relative to the definition of a sewage disposal or treatment facilities in municipalities having controlled substance analogue; and to provide for related a population in excess of four hundred and seventy-five matters. thousand, according to the most recent federal decennial census, unless specifically authorized by the legislature; and to provide Read by title. for related matters. SENATE BILL NO. 613— Read by title. BY SENATOR C. JONES AN ACT SENATE BILL NO. 1102— To amend and reenact R.S. 46:236.5(B)(1), relative to public BY SENATOR SCHEDLER assistance; to provide for the establishment of paternity and the AN ACT enforcement of child support; to provide for an exception to fee To amend and reenact R.S. 56:1855(K), relative to the Louisiana assessment; and to provide for related matters. Scenic Rivers Act; to remove certain exemptions applicable to a portion of the Tchefuncte River in St. Tammany Parish; and Read by title. to provide for related matters. SENATE BILL NO. 625— Read by title. BY SENATORS IRONS AND BOISSIERE AN ACT SENATE BILL NO. 1117— To amend and reenact R.S. 13:4711(A), 4712, and 4713(A) and (C), BY SENATOR GAUTREAUX relative to public nuisance; to provide for definitions; to provide AN ACT that a petition establishes a rebuttable presumption of certain To amend and reenact R.S. 30:2000.3(B), the introductory paragraph activity; to provide for an award of expenses incurred in abating of R.S. 30:2000.4(A), the introductory paragraph of R. S. a public nuisance or civil penalties upon issuance of a final 30:2000.4(B), R.S. 30:2000.5(B)(1) and (2), and 2000.7(B) and injunction; and to provide for related matters. to enact R.S. 30:2000.2(7), relative to the Atchafalaya Basin Program; to provide for the powers, duties, and functions of the Read by title. secretary of the Department of Natural Resources; to provide for retroactive application; and to provide for related matters. SENATE BILL NO. 666— BY SENATOR HEITMEIER Read by title. AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 22:2002(3) and (6) and to enact R.S. 22:2004.2 and 3018.1, relative to health insurance; to require Introduction of Resolutions, coverage for low protein food products to treat certain diseases House and House Concurrent by certain health organizations and self-insured entities; and to provide for related matters. The following members introduced the following entitled House and House Concurrent Resolutions, which were read the first time by Read by title.