2012 Regular Session (Louisiana Session Laws)

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 30:29(C)(1), (2), and (3) and to enact R.S. 30:29(B)(5), (6), (7), and (L), relative to the remediation of oilfield sites and exploration and production sites; to provide for the admission or finding of liability by certain parties; to provide for the issuance of subpoenas for certain individuals and the procedure for a preliminary hearing; to suspend the...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 38:2211(A)(12), relative to public contracts; to provide relative to letting contracts for public works; to provide for prospective application; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 4:183(C), relative to the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association; to describe benefits for permittees and employees; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1299.35.2(D), 1299.35.6(B)(3)(h), 1299.35.10(A)(18) and (26), and 1299.35.11, and to enact R.S. 40:1299.35.2(E), relative to abortions; to provide with respect to ultrasound requirements; to provide for informed consent; to provide for penalties; to provide for forms, reports, and records relative to abortions; to provide for legislative intent; and to provide...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 49:214.24(C) and (D) and 214.34(A)(introductory paragraph), (1), and (5) and (B) and to enact R.S. 49:214.34(C), relative to the coastal zone boundary; to redraw the coastal zone boundary; to provide relative to determination of fastlands within the coastal zone; to provide relative to required coastal use permits within the coastal zone; and to provide for...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 15:1404(A) and (B)(introductory paragraph) and to enact R.S. 15:1404(B)(9) through (13), relative to criminal gang activity; to provide for the definition of "pattern of criminal gang activity"; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 14:403(A) and Children's Code Article 603(15)(introductory paragraph) and (d) and 610(A) and (E)(1) and (2), and to enact Children's Code Article 603(15)(j), relative to the reporting of abuse or neglect of children; to provide for criminal penalties; to provide relative to the reporting of sexual abuse of children; to provide for definitions; to amend the...

AN ACT To amend and reenact Children's Code Articles 1247 through 1250 and 1252(A), relative to intrafamily adoptions; to provide relative to notice to certain persons; to provide for the filing of an answer; to provide for redacting of social security numbers; to provide for service of process; to provide relative to investigations by the Department of Children and Family Services; and to...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 9:4781(8), 4783(B), 4784(B)(1)(c), (D), and (G), and R.S. 39:2181(A) and to enact Part XVII of Chapter 1 of Title 9 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 9:4791 through 4798, relative to towed and stored vessels; to provide for sales of certain boats; to provide for definitions; to provide for a privilege on towed and stored vessels;...

AN ACT To enact Part II-C of Chapter 8 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 17:1970.31 through 1970.33, relative to establishment of an international language immersion school exploratory committee; to provide relative to the development of an implementation plan for an international school; to provide for membership, duties and functions of such...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 38:2225.2.1(A)(1) and (3), relative to public contracts; to extend the time relative to the utilization of design-build contracts under certain circumstances; to provide applicability; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 37:1208, relative to the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy; to authorize the board to waive the annual license renewal requirements for pharmacists in certain circumstances; to authorize the board to waive the annual certification renewal requirements for certified technicians in certain circumstances; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 11:411(11), relative to the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System; to provide for system membership; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 38:2225.2.1(A)(1) and (3), relative to sewerage and water boards; to authorize the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans to use design-build contracts; to extend the authorization time for use of design-build contracts by certain public entities in areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, or both; and to provide for related matters. Notice of...

AN ACT To enact R.S. 47:1641.1, relative to criminal penalties for falsifying retail sales records; to prohibit automated sales suppression devices; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 44:9(F) and (G), relative to the Public Records Law; relative to records of violations of municipal ordinances and of state statutes classified as a misdemeanor or felony; to provide the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy and the office of financial institutions with access to expunged records under certain circumstances; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 14:95.7(C), relative to the crime of possession or dealing in firearms with obliterated identification marks or serial numbers; to provide for increased penalties; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 15:1228.6(6) and (7), relative to component systems of the Integrated Criminal Justice Information System (ICJIS) operated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections; to change the name of certain component systems; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 22:1576, relative to insurance producers; to require certain training for insurance producers in order to sell annuity products; to provide for the registration of annuity training course providers as continuing education providers; to require insurers to verify that a producer who sells annuities has satisfied annuity training requirements; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:24.2, 46(F), 500.2(A)(1) and (E)(1), 1176, 1202(A)(1) and (E)(1), and 1206.2(A)(1) and (E)(1), to enact R.S. 17:46(R), 500.2(F), 1176(D), 1202(F), and 1206.2(F), and to repeal Section 2 of Act No. 470 of the 2010 Regular Session of the Legislature, relative to elementary and secondary education; to provide with respect to school improvement; to provide for...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1299.55 and 1299.58.10(A), relative to consent to medical treatment and procedures; to provide for general application of laws providing for medical consent and declarations concerning life-sustaining procedures; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1236.13(E), relative to automated external defibrillators; to allow high schools that participate in interscholastic athletics to have an automated external defibrillator on their premises; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 9:1951 and to enact R.S. 9:1953, relative to the Louisiana Trust Code; to provide for the general rule for trusts created for mixed private and charitable purposes; to provide for the assignment of interest in a trust created for mixed private and charitable purposes; to provide for the termination of a trust created for mixed private and charitable purposes; and...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1046(B), (C), (F), and (G)(3) and (4) and to repeal R.S. 22:1046(E), relative to group health plans; to provide for continuation of group health plans; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 47:1508(B)(30) and (31), relative to the Department of Revenue; to provide with respect to the confidentiality of taxpayer records; to authorize the sharing of information to the Public Service Commission and the Louisiana Senate and House of Representatives in certain circumstances; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 49:191(6) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(4)(c), relative to the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, including provisions to provide for the re-creation of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law; to provide for the effective termination date for all statutory authority for the existence of such...

AN ACT To enact R.S. 15:541.1, relative to human trafficking; to provide that certain establishments shall post information regarding the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline; to provide for the form and content of the posting; to provide for languages in which the information is to be posted; to provide for certain departments to notify affected establishments of the requirements;...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:238(C), relative to the education of children in foster care; to provide relative to school placement of children in foster care; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 47:463.2(E), relative to the advertisement of special prestige license plates; to provide for advertisements for special prestige license plates; to provide rulemaking authority; to provide for deadlines; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 33:1947(A) and to enact R.S. 33:2201(F), relative to law enforcement; to provide for a member of the Law Enforcement Officers and Firemen's Survivor Benefit Review Board; to provide with respect to the eligibility of the surviving spouses and children of certain deceased law enforcement officials to receive benefits; to authorize that benefits may be paid if...