2011 Regular Session (Louisiana Session Laws)

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 37:3415.6 and to enact R.S. 37:3415.10, relative to real estate appraisal management companies; to establish an expiration date for licenses; to provide for prorating of assessments; to require a real estate appraisal management company to submit an application assessment along with an application for license or renewal; to require all real estate appraisal...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:6033(A) and (B)(1), relative to tax credits; to extend the applicability of the apprenticeship tax credit; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 38:2191, relative to public contracts; to provide for progressive stage payments made under public contracts; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1300.53(C)(2), relative to nonlicensed persons and licensed ambulance personnel; to provide for an exemption to the prohibition on employing a nonlicensed person or licensed ambulance personnel when such person has been convicted of certain offenses; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1379.3(C)(3) and (J)(3), relative to concealed handgun permits; to remove requirement that a person be a resident of Louisiana for six months prior to applying for a concealed handgun permit in order to be eligible for the permit; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 33:4530(A), relative to the city of New Orleans; to provide relative to the Public Belt Railroad Commission for the city of New Orleans; to provide relative to the appointment and terms of commission members; and to provide for related matters. Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1299.35.1(introductory paragraph) and (1)(b), 1299.35.2(A), 1299.35.6, and 1299.35.19 and to enact R.S. 40:1299.35.1(11) and 1299.35.5.1, relative to abortion; to require certain signage in abortion facilities; to provide for certain requirements of the Department of Health and Hospitals relative to abortion; to provide for voluntary and informed consent...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:293(5), relative to deductions from individual income tax; to provide with respect to the deduction for hurricane recovery benefits; to provide definitions; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:500.2(A)(1), 1176, 1202(A)(1), and 1206.2(A)(1), relative to the granting of certain types of leave by a city, parish, or other local public school board; to provide relative to the requirement that the board grant certain sabbatical leave requests; to provide relative to the requirement that the board permit certain employees to take extended sick leave; to...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:2060, relative to the transmission of tax collection information by local tax collectors; to change the time period within which certain tax collection information must be transmitted; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 34:1401(A) and (B) and to enact R.S. 34:1402(C), relative to membership on the Greater Ouachita Port Commission; to provide for residency requirements and removal of commissioners failing to attend the required number of regular meetings; and to provide for related matters. Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3048.1(A)(1)(e)(viii) and (x), relative to academic standards for a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students award; to provide relative to the high school core curriculum requirements for certain students to be eligible for an Opportunity, Performance, or Honors award; to provide applicability; to provide effectiveness; to provide an effective date; and to...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 34:851.27(B)(8), relative to the operation of watercraft; to authorize the parish of St. Tammany to regulate or prohibit the operation of watercraft; and to provide for related matters. Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of Louisiana

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2541.1(B)(1), relative to the position of deputy chief of police for the city of Jennings; to provide for qualifications; and to provide for related matters. Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published

AN ACT To enact R.S. 40:456.1, relative to the Housing Authority of New Orleans; to provide for the appointment, duties, and powers of its peace officers; and to provide for related matters. Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 22:885(B), relative to cancellation by the insured; to provide for the calculation of any unearned premium to be returned to the insured; to authorize calculating the unearned premium based on a short-rate provision contained in the policy filed with and approved by the commissioner; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 33:9664(C) and to enact R.S. 33:9664(G), relative to the lobbying of local government; to provide relative to the registration of certain lobbyists; to provide for fees associated with such registration; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 13:62(A)(2) and (B) and to enact R.S. 13:62(C), relative to the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana; to provide deadlines for submission of proposals regarding new or increased court costs to the council; to provide deadlines for the council to provide recommendations to the legislature; to provide for applicability; to provide for definitions; and...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 46:1053(M)(2) and (3)(a) and to enact R.S. 46:1053(M)(3)(c), relative to Terrebonne Parish; to provide relative to Hospital Service District No. 1; to provide relative to the governing board of the district; to provide relative to the terms of board members; and to provide for related matters. Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published as...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 26:71(A)(introductory paragraph), 76(A)(1), (6), and (7), 79, 88(A) and (B), 89, 271(A)(introductory paragraph), 276(A)(1), (6), and (7), 279, 285(A) and (B), 904, and 905(A) and (C), relative to alcohol permits for high and low alcoholic content and registration certificates and permits for tobacco products; to authorize the commissioner to issue a permit and a...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 39:54(B), relative to nonrecurring revenue; to provide for allowable uses of nonrecurring revenue; to provide for the payment of unfunded accrued liabilities; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters.Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published as provided by Article X, Section 29(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1299.28 and to enact R.S. 40:1299.27.1, relative to lead-free pipes, fittings, fixtures, solder, or flux; to provide for the use, introduction into commerce, and sale of certain pipes, fittings, fixtures, solder, or flux; to require lead-free pipes, fittings, fixtures, solder, or flux; to provide for exclusions; to provide for labeling; to provide for...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 25:283, relative to the Lafayette Parish Law Library Commission; to provide for revenues of the Lafayette Parish Law Library Commission; to increase fees collected for the library; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 22:867(C) and 873, relative to the methods of delivery of an insurance policy or evidence of insurance; to provide for methods of transmitting insurance policies and supporting documents; to provide for electronic transaction of documents; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 6:121.8, relative to the Office of Financial Institutions; to provide for the use of electronic systems for data subject to regulation by the Office of Financial Institutions; to provide for definitions; to authorize the use of such systems; to provide for a limitation on the use of such systems; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 775.1, relative to an automatic stay following order of mistrial; to provide that the stay applies to emergency writ applications to the appropriate reviewing courts with appellate jurisdiction, including the Louisiana Supreme Court; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1923(introductory paragraph) and to enact R.S. 22:1923(1)(j), relative to fraudulent insurance acts; to define certain activity toward a self-insured governmental entity that maintains a self-insured loss fund or risk pool as such an act; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To repeal R.S. 3:2475(D), relative to the sterilization requirements for pet overpopulation control; to repeal the exception for dog or cat adopters to provide written agreement for offspring care obligation

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 38:2211(A)(12) and to enact R.S. 38:2225.5, relative to contracts by public entities; to provide for certain restrictions; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:854, relative to the intent and purposes of the tax on tobacco; to exempt certain tobacco products sampled at convention facilities during certain conventions from the purposes of such tax; to provide for the taxable periods in which the exemption applies; and to provide for related matters