Flavin Murray Wooton OFFICIAL JOURNAL Frith Nevers Wright Fruge Odinet OF THE Futrell Perkins Total—103 HOUSE OF ABSENT Bruneau Hunter REPRESENTATIVES Total—2 OF THE The Speaker announced that there were 103 members present STATE OF LOUISIANA and a quorum. Prayer FIRST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS Prayer was offered by Rep. Salter. Pledge of Allegiance Thirty-first Extraordinary Session of the Legislature Rep. Pratt led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to Under the Adoption of the the Flag of the United States of America. Constitution of 1974 Petitions, Memorials and Communications House of Representatives The following petitions, memorials, and communications were State Capitol received and read: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Message from the Secretary of State Monday, March 25, 2002 The following message from the Secretary of State was received and read: The House of Representatives was called to order at 5:00 P.M., by the Honorable Charlie DeWitt, Speaker of the House of State of Louisiana Representatives. SECRETARY OF STATE Morning Hour March 19, 2002 ROLL CALL To the honorable Speaker and Members of the Louisiana House of The roll being called, the following members answered to their Representatives: names: I have the honor to hand you herewith certified copy of the PRESENT Proclamation by his Excellency, M. J. "Mike" Foster, Jr., Governor of the State of Louisiana, dated March 19, 2002, designating certain Mr. Speaker Gallot Pierre objects to be considered at the Extraordinary Session of the Alario Glover Pinac Legislature of Louisiana, to be convened at 5:00 o'clock P.M. on the Alexander, E Green Pitre 25th day of March, 2002, and to adjourn, sine die, not later than 5:00 Alexander, R Guillory Powell o'clock P.M. on the 19th day of April, 2002. Ansardi Hammett Pratt Baldone Heaton Quezaire Sincerely, Baudoin Hebert Richmond Baylor Hill Riddle W. FOX McKEITHEN Beard Honey Romero Secretary of State Bowler Hopkins Salter Broome Hudson Scalise United States of America Bruce Hutter Schneider STATE OF LOUISIANA Capella Iles Schwegmann Fox McKeithen Carter, K Jackson, L Shaw Secretary of State Carter, R Jackson, M Smith, G.—56th Cazayoux Johns Smith, J.D.—50th As Secretary of State of the State of Louisiana, I do hereby Clarkson Katz Smith, J.H.—8th certify that the attached pages contain a true and correct copy of the Crane Kennard Smith, J.R.—30th Proclamation by His Excellency, M. J. "Mike" Foster, Jr., Governor Crowe Kenney Sneed of the State of Louisiana, dated March 19, 2002, designating certain Curtis LaFleur Stelly objects to be considered at the Extraordinary Session of the Damico Lancaster Strain Legislature of Louisiana, to be convened at 5:00 o'clock P.M. on the Daniel Landrieu Swilling 25th day of March, 2002, and to adjourn, sine die, not later than 5:00 Dartez LeBlanc Thompson o'clock P.M. on the 19th day of April, 2002. Devillier Lucas Toomy Diez Martiny Townsend In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused Doerge McCallum Triche the Seal of my Office to be affixed at the City of Baton Rouge on this Downer McDonald Tucker the 19th day of March, 2002. Durand McVea Waddell Erdey Montgomery Walsworth FOX McKEITHEN Farrar Morrell Welch Secretary of State Faucheux Morrish Winston 1 Page 2 HOUSE 1st Day's Proceedings - March 25, 2002 STATE OF LOUISIANA wider variety of fields to create new, higher OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR paying jobs for Louisiana citizens; and to BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA otherwise provide relative thereto. PROCLAMATION NO. 11 MJF 2002 ITEM NO. 7: To legislate relative to limiting the direct By virtue of the authority vested in me by Paragraph B of liability of the state of Louisiana and the state’s Section 2 of Article III of the Constitution of Louisiana, I, M. J. indirect liability for the acts of federal agencies "Mike" Foster, Jr., Governor of the state of Louisiana, HEREBY for the impact of coastal restoration projects; and CALL AND CONVENE THE LEGISLATURE OF LOUISIANA to otherwise provide relative thereto. INTO EXTRAORDINARY SESSION to convene at the State Capitol, in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, during twenty-six ITEM NO. 8: To amend certain provisions of Title 47 of the calendar days, beginning at 5:00 o’clock p.m. on Monday the 25th of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to provide March 2002, and ending no later than 5:00 o’clock p.m. on Friday state sales and use tax exemptions, exclusions, or the 19th day of April, 2002. The power to legislate at such session credits for certain custom computer software shall be limited, under penalty of nullity, to the following specified development and to provide for the exemptions, enumerated objects: exclusions or credits by political subdivisions for sales and use of certain custom computer ITEM NO. 1: To legislate relative to the Department of software development; and to otherwise provide Economic Development; to require the relative thereto. Department of Economic Development to prepare a biennial report on economic ITEM NO. 9: To legislate relative to the revision of the Motion development activities, fiscal support for those Picture Incentive Act; to provide certain sales activities, and performance data regarding the and use tax refunds, exemptions, exclusions, or activities; and to otherwise provide relative credits; to provide for investor tax credits, and thereto. employment tax credits in connection with the production in Louisiana of nationally-distributed ITEM NO. 2: To amend Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised motion pictures, television programs and pilots, Statutes of 1950, to authorize tax exemptions, and television commercials; and to otherwise exclusions, or credits for capital expenditures for provide relative thereto. new research equipment purchased by biotechnology businesses, as identified by the ITEM NO. 10: To amend the Capital Outlay Bill of the 2001 specific North American Industrial Classification Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature to System codes for biotechnology; and to appropriate for the New Orleans Arena build out otherwise provide relative thereto. project; to appropriate for the New Orleans Saints indoor football practice facility; to ITEM NO. 3: To amend and reenact R.S. 39:1367 to authorize provide relative to the Avery Alexander debt incurred to fund the TIMED program to Commission; and to otherwise provide relative exceed the state debt limit; and to otherwise thereto. provide relative thereto. ITEM NO. 11: To legislate by providing for a supplemental ITEM NO. 4: To legislate relative to tax credits for the appropriation for Louisiana Stadium and commercialization of patents developed at Exposition District professional sports Louisiana colleges and universities when they incentives; a supplemental appropriation for locate their research and development facility or control of hydrilla in Henderson Lake; a the primary “downstream” production of those supplemental appropriation to the Department of patents in Louisiana; to legislate relative to tax Education relative to one-time reductions in the credits for the commercialization of intellectual Minimum Foundation Program funding for the property licenses from Louisiana colleges and 2001-02 fiscal year; a supplemental universities when they locate their research and appropriation of the federal Temporary development facility or the primary Assistance for Needy Families Supplemental “downstream” production of that intellectual Grant for federal fiscal year 2002; and to property in Louisiana; and to otherwise provide otherwise provide relative thereto. relative thereto. ITEM NO. 12: To legislate relative to providing for taxes on ITEM NO. 5: To legislate relative to tax credits for private certain operations in the greater New Orleans sector research and development based on the metropolitan area; to provide for an auto rental federal Internal Revenue Code’s research and tax to be dedicated to the development of the development tax credit; to allow small New Orleans Morial Convention Center; to businesses to sell such research and development provide a hotel/motel tax increase to support the tax credits to other taxpayers; to authorize development of the New Orleans Morial research and development tax credits to match Convention Center; to authorize a tax increase proportionally any company’s claim for federal on the food and beverages sold in restaurants to SBIR grants; and to otherwise provide relative support the New Orleans Morial Convention thereto. Center; to create a tax increment financing district for the New Orleans Morial Convention ITEM NO. 6: To legislate relative to restructuring the Center; to amend and reenact R.S. 47:322.38, to Louisiana Quality Jobs Program Act to induce provide relative to the New Orleans Area the creation of jobs at different levels of salaries Tourism and Economic Development Fund; and with employer-paid health care benefits and to to otherwise provide relative thereto. permit smaller businesses and companies in a 2 Page 3 HOUSE 1st Day's Proceedings - March 25, 2002 ITEM NO. 13: To legislate relative to authorizing the for the Louisiana Corrections Administrative Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to grant Remedy Procedures relative to lawsuits and certain lifetime licenses to Louisiana residents claims filed by prisoners; to provide with respect who have joined the military, including their to the initiation and limitation of administrative spouses and children; and to otherwise provide remedies; to provide with respect to dismissal of relative thereto. claims; to provide for judicial review; to provide for exclusivity of remedies and limitations on the ITEM NO. 14: To amend the Louisiana Mineral Code, Title 31 filing and recovery of certain claims; to provide of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, proper venue for prisoner suits; to provide for relative to the reservation of mineral rights the proper party defendant in certain claims; to otherwise subject to the prescription of nonuse provide for proceeding in forma pauperis; and to on land acquired by any governmental agency, otherwise provide relative thereto.