2013 Regular Session (Louisiana Session Laws)

AN ACT To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 930.4(B), (C), (D), and (E), and 930.8(A)(1), relative to post conviction relief; to provide for a time period to supplement an application for relief; to provide for the mandatory dismissal and denial of relief for certain repetitive applications; to require that the applicant demonstrate diligence in discovering post-

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:633(1), (2), and (3), relative to the severance tax; to provide relative to the severance tax on trees, timber, and pulpwood; to provide relative to the valuation of such natural resources; to authorize the Louisiana Tax Commission to assist in valuation of such natural resources; to provide for certain definitions; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 13:1377(A) and 1381.4(A)(2), relative to courts and judicial procedure; to provide relative to the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans; to provide relative to the imposition of certain fees and court costs; to increase certain amounts; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 23:73(E)(2), R.S. 35:406(A)(1) and (D), R.S. 36:258(F), R.S. 39:33(A)(2), R.S. 46:931, 932(introductory paragraph) and (14), 933(A), (D), and (G), 934, 935(A), (B)(introductory paragraph), and (C), 936, 937, 937.1(A) and (B)(1) and (3), 937.2, 937.3, 938, and 2351(E)(introductory paragraph), to enact R.S. 36:4(A)(15) and Chapter 4 of Title 36 of the

A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to amend Article VII, Section 21(K)(1) and (3) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to providing an exemption of seven thousand five hundred dollars of the assessed valuation on property owned and occupied by a veteran with a certain service-connected disability rating; to extend the same exemption to surviving spouses of such totally disabled...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 32:1(1.1) and 190(D) and to enact R.S. 32:401(24) and 408(C)(3), relative to autocycles; to amend the definition of autocycle; to provide for a helmet exemption for operators and passengers of certain autocycles; to provide for an exemption for certain driver's license endorsements for operators of certain autocycles; to provide for an effective date; and to...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 11:2096, relative to the Registrars of Voters Employees' Retirement System; to provide relative to the powers and duties of the board relative to system's actuarial assumptions; 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 enact R.S. 47:338.211, relative to the city of Youngsville; to authorize the city to levy a hotel occupancy tax; to provide for the use of tax revenues; 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. 11:1732(14)(a), relative to employers participating in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System; to provide for participation by certain Calcasieu Parish entities; to include the West Calcasieu Parish Community Center Authority and the Vinton Public Power Authority in the definition of employer; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related...

AN ACT To enact R.S. 4:183(B)(3) and (4), relative to horse racing; to provide for the distribution of certain monies as purses; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 33:130.312(H), relative to the Sulphur Industrial Development District; to provide with respect to meetings of the board of commissioners; 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. 8:503(A), relative to cemetery merchandise trusts; to provide for withdrawals; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 23:1121(B)(1) and (5), 1124, 1201(H), 1208(F), (G), and (H), 1226(B)(3), 1310.8(B), 1314(E), and to enact R.S. 23:1021(13) and 1201.1, relative to workers' compensation; to provide with respect to choice of physician; to provide with respect to medical examinations; to provide with respect to the payment of benefits; to provide for hearing...

AN ACT To amend and reenact Civil Code Article 2041 and to enact Civil Code Articles 3505, 3505.1, 3505.2, 3505.3, and 3505.4, relative to modes of acquiring ownership; to provide relative to obligations and contracts; to provide for enforcement and termination; to provide for the extension of liberative prescription; to provide for actions in cases of fraud; to provide formal...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 33:130.166(B)(2), relative to the Grant Parish Economic and Industrial Development District; to provide for funding of the district; to provide for exemptions; and to provide for related matters. Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published

AN ACT To enact R.S. 15:85.4, relative to posting of criminal bonds; to provide for an additional fee to be assessed for criminal bonds posted in the city court of Baton Rouge; to provide for collection of fees by the constable of the Baton Rouge City Court; to provide for allocation of funds to the constable's fund; to provide for use of funds for the operational expenses of the...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 22:3, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1928(A)(introductory paragraph), and 1929(A), and R.S. 36:681(C)(1), to enact R.S. 36:691.1, and to repeal R.S. 36:691, relative to the Department of Insurance; to provide with respect to the division of insurance fraud; to provide for powers and duties of the division of insurance fraud; and to provide for related...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.4(B)(1) and to enact R.S. 15:574.4(E) and Code of Criminal Procedure Article 878.1, relative to juvenile parole eligibility; to provide for parole eligibility for juveniles sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for certain homicide offenses; to provide for conditions; to provide for a special sentencing hearing for...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:2126, relative to ad valorem taxation; to provide relative to the assessment of certain property; to authorize an assessor to make separate assessments of certain property under certain circumstances; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 15:1204.2(B)(8)(a) and (c), relative to the duties of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice; to provide with respect to an annual report containing criminal statistics; to provide for the distribution of such reports; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 22:2294(B) and to enact R.S. 22:2294(A)(11) and 2303(A)(4), relative to the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; to provide for an additional board member; to allow the Louisiana Chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors to nominate three possible board members; to allow the commissioner of insurance to...

AN ACT To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 780, relative to trial by jury; to provide for waiver of the right to trial by jury in certain criminal cases; to provide procedures and time limits relative to waiver of trial by jury; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact the introductory paragraph of R.S. 47:305(D)(2)(a) and 305(D)(2)(a)(ii), relative to exemptions and exclusions from sales taxes; to provide an exemption for the sale of meals furnished to staff and residents of nursing homes, adult residential care providers, and continuing care retirement communities; to provide for retroactive application; to provide...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 14:54.3(A), relative to the crime of manufacture and possession of a bomb; to provide relative to the definition of manufacture and possession of a bomb; to provide relative to licensing and regulation of explosives; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2740.70(D)(1)(b), (E)(2), and (G)(1) and (3) and to repeal R.S. 33:2740.70(F), to provide relative to the Gentilly Development District; to provide relative to the governance and powers and duties of the district; to reduce the membership of the district's governing board; to remove the authority to levy a special ad valorem tax for the district and to pay the...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1730.26(2), 1730.28(A)(3)(a)(introductory paragraph) and (e), and 1730.29 and to enact R.S. 40:1730.28(A)(3)(h), relative to the state uniform construction code; to require the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code to review, evaluate, and update the state uniform construction code; to adopt Part V-Mechanical of the International Residential...

AN ACT To enact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 404(D), relative to jury commissions; to provide for the functions of the jury commission in St. Charles Parish; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 48:274.2, relative to advertisement placement on certain ferries, rights-of-way, and other assets of the department; to provide for the sponsorship of signs on state-owned assets; to provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 47:13, relative to tax exemptions; to provide for renewal of certain tax exemption certificates once granted; to require the Department of Revenue to promulgate necessary rules and regulations; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:305.71 and to enact R.S. 47:301.1(F), relative to sales and use tax exemptions; to provide for a state sales and use tax exemption for sales of certain property to the "St. Bernard Project, Inc."; to provide for dedication of monies from sales tax on telecommunication services; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters