Erdey Montgomery Williams OFFICIAL JOURNAL Fannin Morrell Winston Farrar Morris Wooton OF THE Total - 102 HOUSE OF ABSENT Dartez Heaton Kennard REPRESENTATIVES Total - 3 OF THE The Speaker announced that there were 102 members present and a quorum. STATE OF LOUISIANA Prayer Prayer was offered by Rev. Richard Davis. THIRTY-SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS Pledge of Allegiance Rep. Hebert led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. Thirty-third Regular Session of the Legislature Under the Adoption of the Reading of the Journal Constitution of 1974 On motion of Rep. Downs, the reading of the Journal was dispensed with. On motion of Rep. Greene, the Journal of June 21, 2007, was House of Representatives adopted. State Capitol Baton Rouge, Louisiana House and House Concurrent Resolutions The following House and House Concurrent Resolutions lying Friday, June 22, 2007 over were taken up and acted upon as follows: The House of Representatives was called to order at 10:00 A.M., HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 116— by the Honorable Joe R. Salter, Speaker of the House of BY REPRESENTATIVES ALARIO, SALTER, AND DORSEY Representatives. A RESOLUTION To approve the declaration of intent to sell or convey up to one Morning Hour hundred percent of the state allocation of the tobacco settlement payments to the Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, ROLL CALL including the re-securitization of sixty percent of such allocation, as authorized in the Tobacco Settlement Financing The roll being called, the following members answered to their Corporation Act; and to provide for other matters pertaining names: thereto. PRESENT Read by title. Mr. Speaker Faucheux Morrish On motion of Rep. Alario, and under a suspension of the rules, Alario Frith Odinet the resolution was ordered passed to its third reading. Alexander Gallot Pierre Anders Geymann Pinac Senate Concurrent Resolutions Ansardi Gray Pitre Arnold Greene Powell, M. The following Senate Concurrent Resolutions were taken up and Badon Guillory, E.J. Powell, T. acted upon as follows: Baldone Guillory, E.L. Quezaire SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 105— Barrow Guillory, M. Richmond BY SENATOR BAJOIE Baudoin Harris Ritchie A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Baylor Hebert Robideaux To commend Portia Brown Jackson for thirty years of outstanding Beard Hill Romero public service to the Louisiana Legislature and the state of Bowler Honey Scalise Louisiana, and to offer congratulations on her richly deserved Bruce Hunter Schneider retirement. Burns Hutter Smiley Burrell Jackson Smith, G. Read by title. Carter, K. Jefferson Smith, J.D.–50th Carter, R. Johns Smith, J.H.–8th On motion of Rep. Jefferson, and under a suspension of the Cazayoux Katz Smith, J.R.–30th rules, the resolution was concurred in. Chandler Kenney St. Germain Crane Kleckley Strain SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 110— Crowe LaBruzzo Thompson BY SENATOR CASSIDY Curtis LaFleur Toomy A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Damico LaFonta Townsend To commend Andre Wiggins of Catholic High School in Baton Daniel Lambert Trahan Rouge, son of Paul and Celeste Wiggins, upon his selection as DeWitt Lancaster Triche a representative of south Louisiana at the Hugh O'Brian World Doerge Lorusso Tucker Leadership Congress in Washington, D.C. Dorsey Marchand Waddell Read by title. Dove Martiny Walker Downs McDonald Walsworth On motion of Rep. Crane, and under a suspension of the rules, Durand McVea White the resolution was concurred in. 1187 Page 2 HOUSE 32nd Day's Proceedings - June 22, 2007 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 111— HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 97— BY SENATOR MCPHERSON BY REPRESENTATIVE BARROW A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION To urge and request the Patient's Compensation Oversight Board to To urge and request the House Committee on Commerce to study direct the staff of the Patient's Compensation Fund to publish an and make recommendations relative to imposing green building annual report on the status of the Patient's Compensation Fund. standards for construction of public buildings in order to make the operation of such buildings more efficient and to protect the Read by title. health and welfare of employees who work in such buildings and the health and welfare of the citizens of this state, and to Motion report its findings to the House of Representatives no later than On motion of Rep. DeWitt, the resolution was returned to the February 1, 2008. calendar. Read by title. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 112— Reported with amendments by the Committee on House and BY SENATOR MCPHERSON Governmental Affairs. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To urge and request the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State The committee amendments were read as follows: University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and the LSU AgCenter to name the livestock show facility at the Dean HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Lee Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Alexandria for the late Charles Woodrow DeWitt, Sr. Amendments proposed by House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to Original House Resolution No. 97 by Read by title. Representative Barrow On motion of Rep. DeWitt, and under a suspension of the rules, AMENDMENT NO. 1 the resolution was concurred in. On page 1, line 2, change "Ways and Means" to "Commerce" SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 113— BY SENATOR HOLLIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To urge and request the office of financial institutions to study the On page 1, at the end of line 20, change "Ways and" to "Commerce" suitability of current practices, standards, and laws applicable to the mortgage lending business conducted by companies located AMENDMENT NO. 3 inside and outside the state in an effort to better protect consumers engaging in mortgage loan transactions. On page 2, at the beginning of line 1, delete "Means" Read by title. On motion of Rep. Lancaster, the amendments were adopted. On motion of Rep. Pinac, and under a suspension of the rules, On motion of Rep. Lancaster, the resolution, as amended, was the resolution was concurred in. ordered engrossed and passed to its third reading. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 114— HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 137— BY SENATOR B. GAUTREAUX BY REPRESENTATIVE WINSTON A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To memorialize the Congress of the United States to review and To continue and provide with respect to the Task Force on Legal consider eliminating provisions of federal law which reduce Representation in Child Protection Cases created in the 2003 Social Security benefits for those receiving pension benefits Regular Session pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution No. from federal, state, or local government retirement systems or 44 and continued in the 2004 Regular Session pursuant to House funds. Concurrent Resolution No. 59 and continued in the 2005 Regular Session pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution No. Read by title. 105. On motion of Rep. Dove, and under a suspension of the rules, Read by title. the resolution was concurred in. Reported favorably by the Committee on House and SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 115— Governmental Affairs. BY SENATOR MARIONNEAUX A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION On motion of Rep. Lancaster, the resolution was ordered To memorialize the Congress of the United States to vote in favor of engrossed and passed to its third reading. H.R. 1229, the "Non-Market Economy Trade Remedy Act of 2007." HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 215— BY REPRESENTATIVE DOWNS Read by title. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To express the concern of the Louisiana Legislature on the utilization On motion of Rep. St. Germain, and under a suspension of the of excessive traffic law enforcement "speed traps" by local law rules, the resolution was concurred in. enforcement agencies and local governing authorities as a way to raise revenue. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee Read by title. The following House and House Concurrent Resolutions Reported favorably by the Committee on Municipal, Parochial reported by committee were taken up and acted upon as follows: and Cultural Affairs. 1188 Page 3 HOUSE 32nd Day's Proceedings - June 22, 2007 On motion of Rep. Baylor, the resolution was ordered engrossed AMENDMENT NO. 8 and passed to its third reading. On page 3, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following: Senate Instruments on Second Reading Returned from the Legislative Bureau "C. The following Senate Instruments on second reading, returned * * * from the Legislative Bureau, were taken up and acted upon as follows: (5)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of Items (A)(1)(a)(iii) and (iv) of this Section to the contrary, a dependent student who meets all SENATE BILL NO. 94— of the following guidelines shall be considered a resident for program BY SENATOR CHAISSON award eligibility purposes: AN ACT To amend and reenact the introductory paragraph of R.S. (i) The student graduates during the 2007-2008 school year or 17:3048.1(A)(1)(a)(iii)(dd) and to enact R.S. thereafter from a Louisiana public high school or from a nonpublic 17:3048.1(A)(1)(a)(iii)(ee) and (ff), relative to the Tuition high school that is approved by the State Board of Elementary and Opportunity Program for Students; to provide for eligibility; to Secondary Education and that meets other requirements of this provide for certain residency requirements to determine Section applicable to nonpublic schools. eligibility for certain dependent students of certain retired military personnel; to provide relative to the time period in (ii) The student has a parent or court-ordered custodian who which such parent who moved from Louisiana under permanent relocated to Louisiana during the student's eleventh or twelfth grade change of station orders must change his military records to high school year as a result of a business expansion or new facility reestablish Louisiana as his official state of legal residence in location that qualifies for the quality jobs or enterprise zone incentive order for a dependent child to be eligible for an award; to programs administered by the Louisiana Department of Economic provide for the eligibility of displaced students who graduate Development.