2016 Regular Session (Louisiana Session Laws)

AN ACT To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 978(B)(1), 989, and 992 and to enact Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 976(A)(4) and 978(E), relative to expungement; to provide for eligibility for an expungement in cases of factual innocence; to provide for the expungement of certain crimes of violence after a cleansing period; to provide for the expungement...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 3:1204(A)(1)(a)(introductory paragraph) and (C)(3), relative to the state soil and water conservation commission; to modify the membership of the soil and water conservation commission; to remove the requirement that the Department of Agriculture and Forestry perform audits on the state soil and water commission; and to provide for related...

AN ACT To enact R.S. 11:411(12), 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. 33:2740.27(K), relative to the Algiers Development District in Orleans Parish; to provide relative to the powers and duties of the district; to authorize the legislative auditor to audit contracts the district enters for certain purposes; to provide limitations; and to provide for related matters. Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 14:130.1(A)(introductory paragraph) and to enact R.S. 14:130.1(A)(4), relative to obstruction of justice; to provide for additional elements of the crime of obstruction of justice; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:2323(C)(3) and to enact R.S. 47:2323(E), relative to ad valorem property tax assessments; to provide with respect to the fair market valuation of property for purposes of assessment; to prohibit consideration of the value of certain federal tax and financial benefits for certain residential housing unit property in determining fair market...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 9:1103, R.S. 30:961(G)(3), 2000.11(E), 2459(A) and (D), 2460(A)(14), R.S. 35:411(A), (B), and (E), R.S. 38:100(introductory paragraph), 106(A)(2)(introductory paragraph) and (B), 111, 112, 213(D), 214(B), 218(B), 221(F), 225(A)(2), (D)(2)(b), (F), 226, 301(B), 301.1(A), (B), and (C), 306(C), 313(B)(2), 315, 329.6(H), 330.1(C)(2)(c) and (3)(a), 3097.4

AN ACT To enact R.S. 17:1944(F), relative to assignment of students with exceptionalities; to require local education agencies to assign a student to the school requested by the parent; to provide for conditions; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT Making annual appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 for the ordinary expenses of the executive branch of state government, pensions, public schools, public roads, public charities, and state institutions and providing with respect to the expenditure of said appropriations

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1310(A)(2) and to enact R.S. 18:1308(A)(1)(d), relative to voting absentee by mail; to provide for the electronic transmission of voting materials to certain voters under certain circumstances; to provide relative to the procedures and requirements for voting using such materials; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 56:433.1(A)(1) and (2), to enact R.S. 56:433.1(B)(4), and to repeal R.S. 56:433.1(E), relative to the oyster seed ground vessel permit; to provide relative to the permit fee; to dedicate the revenues derived from the permit fee; to provide for certain qualifications for applying for the permit; to repeal the termination date for the permit program;...

AN ACT To repeal R.S. 51:3143(A)(4) and (5), relative to home service contracts; to repeal certain requirements for the submission of documentation to the secretary of state

AN ACT To enact R.S. 42:1123(13)(a)(iii), relative to the acceptance of complimentary admission by public servants; to allow the acceptance of complimentary admission to certain events held for or by educational institutions and other organizations; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To repeal R.S. 40:34(E), relative to paternity; to repeal provisions in the Vital Records Law regarding allegations of paternity for child support purposes

AN ACT To enact R.S. 13:5554(G)(5), relative to payment for certain benefits for retirees from the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office; to provide for the qualification for and payment of certain insurance premiums; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 35:15(A)(4) and 16(B) and (C), relative to notaries public; to provide relative to the revocation of notarial commissions; to provide for revocation of a notarial commission under certain circumstances; to provide for notification to the attorney general; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 46:1844(G), relative to rights of crime victims and witnesses; to provide for the rights of family of crime victims; to provide for designated courtroom seating; to provide for separation of certain individuals; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 46:121(4), 122(B)(1), and 123(B)(1) and (2), (D)(1)(a), (b), and (c)(iii), (E), (G)(1) and (2), and (K)(2), (3), and (4) and to enact R.S. 46:121(5), relative to the Louisiana Military Family Assistance Fund; to provide for eligibility of benefits for certain honorably discharged military personnel; to provide for definitions; and to provide for...

AN ACT To enact R.S. 47:306.4, relative to online hotel sales; to provide for registration of certain dealers using online forums to transact business; to require allocation of existing resources for implementation; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 56:434.1(C), relative to the Public Oyster Seed Ground Development Account; to provide for the uses of the monies in such account; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 14:91.15, relative to offenses affecting health of minors; to create the crime of unlawful operation of an unlicensed child day care center; to provide definitions; to provide criminal penalties; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 14:286(D), R.S. 40:34(B)(1)(a)(viii), (h)(v), (i), and (j), and R.S. 44:4.1(B)(26), to enact Chapter 1-C of Code Title IV of Code Book III of Title 9 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 9:2718 through 2720.15, R.S. 14:286(E), and Part VII of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 39:1590 and to enact R.S. 39:1567(B)(3) and (4) and (F), relative to certain contract reporting requirements; to provide for reporting certain contract information on the Internet; to provide for a Report of certain contracts for Fiscal Year 2015-2016 through Fiscal Year 2017-2018; to provide for the creation of the Contract Services Joint...

AN ACT To amend and reenact Title VIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to be comprised of Articles 311 through 342, R.S. 15:85, and the introductory paragraph of R.S. 22:1441(A) and (A)(1) through (5), (C)(1), the introductory paragraph of (C)(2) and (C)(2)(a) through (e), and (D), to enact R.S. 22:1441(C)(3) through (5), and to repeal Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 327.1, 3

AN ACT To enact R.S. 28:931 and 932, relative to healthcare services for persons experiencing mental health or behavioral health crises; to authorize establishment of facilities to be known as intervention and stabilization units; to provide for powers of human services districts and authorities with respect to such facilities; to condition establishment of any such facility upon...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3995(A)(3) and (4)(a)(ii) and (I), and 3999, and to enact R.S. 17:10.7.1, 100.11(I), and 3995(K), relative to the return of certain schools from the Recovery School District to the transferring school system; to provide for the governance, funding, and status of such schools; to provide for the return of school buildings, facilities, and ...

A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to add Article VII, Section 10(F)(4)(h), 10.15, and 10.16 of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to dedications of revenues; to provide for the dedication of certain revenues; to create the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund; to provide for deposits into the funds; to provide for investments of the fund; to provide for uses of the fund; to provide for

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 15:168(B)(1), relative to the judicial district indigent defender fund; to extend the period of time in which the special cost assessed in criminal cases in each judicial district court shall be collected for the district indigent defender fund; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To repeal R.S. 13:847(E)(1)(c) and (d), relative to fees in criminal cases; to repeal certain fees charged for certain felony expungement proceedings; to repeal certain fees charged for certain misdemeanor expungement proceedings; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact Part IX of Subchapter D of Chapter 5-D of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 40:1226.1 through 1226.7, relative to hospital discharge planning; to provide for designation of a family caregiver; to provide for notice and instruction; to provide for exceptions and limitation of liability; to provide for an effective date; and...