2017 Regular Session (Louisiana Session Laws)

AN ACT To amend and reenact the introductory paragraph of R.S. 47:297(D) and (D)(1) and to repeal R.S. 47:297(D)(2) as amended by Section 5 of Act No. 125 of the 2015 Regular Session of the Legislature, relative to tax credits; to provide relative to reduction to tax due; to sunset the tax credit for educational expenses; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for ...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 13:5554(N) and 5554.3(B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) and to repeal R.S. 13:5554.3(G), relative to the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office; to provide for the payment of certain group insurance premiums for retirees of the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office; to provide for the qualifications for payment of certain insurance premiums; to provide ...

AN ACT To authorize and provide for the lease to Williams, Inc. of any right, title, and interest the state may claim in and to the surface of certain immovable property located in Iberville Parish; to provide for a description of the surface of the land to be leased; to provide for the reservation of mineral and timber rights; to provide for the discretion of the ...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 56:322.2(D), relative to shad gill nets; to provide for the commercial harvest of shad and skipjack; to provide for the seasons for taking of shad and skipjack; to provide limitations for the taking of shad as bait; to provide terms and requirements; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 46:1403.1 and Children's Code Article 116(25), the introductory paragraph of Children's Code Article 606(A), 606(A)(7), the introductory paragraph of Children's Code Article 622(B), 725.1, 725.2, and 725.3, to enact Children's Code Article 622(B)(5), 725.4, 725.5, and 725.6, relative to human trafficking of children; to provide findings and ...

AN ACT To enact Part VI of Chapter 14 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 37:1251, relative to prescription drug price information; to provide for disclosure of certain information; to provide for required data; to provide for responsibilities of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy; to provide for a website; to provide for definitions; to...

AN ACT To amend and reenact the introductory paragraph of R.S. 39:2(15.1), 24.1(A), (C), and (E)(3), 34(A), 51(A)(2), and 56(A) and to enact R.S. 39:24.1(E)(4) and (5) and 36(A)(7), relative to budgetary procedures; to define expenditures and incentive expenditure programs; to provide for inclusion in the executive budget, the general appropriation bill, other appropriation...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 13:996.66(A), relative to the judicial expense fund for the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court; to increase certain fees and costs in civil and criminal matters; to provide for a contingent effective date; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact Section 2 of Act No. 194 of the 2015 Regular Session of the Legislature, relative to court reporter fees; to provide relative to an increase in court reporter fees for the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District; to provide for a contingent effective date; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 11:1307(B), 2185, and 2235 and to enact R.S. 40:1665.4, relative to law enforcement officers; to authorize an immediate family member of a qualified law enforcement officer to purchase his duty firearm upon death; to provide for certain criteria; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 51:2356, to enact R.S. 47:4331(G), 6020(G), 6023(J), 6037(J), and R.S. 51:1807(F), and to repeal Chapter 12 of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 47:1121 through 1128, and Section 3 of Act No. 414 of the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature as amended by Act No. 104 of the 2015 Regular Session of...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:633(7)(c)(iv), relative to state severance taxes on oil and gas; to provide with respect to incentives relating to inactive and orphan wells; to provide for eligibility and the extent of certain special rate provisions; to provide for requirements and limitations; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 17:161.1, relative to school buses in Orleans Parish; to require all school buses used to transport students to public schools in Orleans Parish to contain lettering identifying the name of the school or schools; 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...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:6034(C)(1)(a)(ii)(aa) and (bb), (4), and (K) and to repeal R.S. 47:6034(C)(1)(a)(ii)(bb) as amended by Section 5 of Act No. 125 of the 2015 Regular Session of the Legislature, relative to tax credits; to provide for an annual credit cap for the musical and theatrical production income tax credit; to provide for a termination date; to provide

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 46:460.36(D) and to repeal R.S. 46:460.36(B), (C), and (E), relative to Medicaid managed care pharmacy reimbursements; to provide for the base of reimbursement for prescription drugs; to repeal provisions regarding ingredient cost reimbursement; to repeal requirements for a dispute process; to repeal cost provisions; and to provide for related...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 28:53(B)(1), (2)(a) and (b), and (F), relative to healthcare professionals who may issue an emergency certificate for mental health or substance abuse treatment; to provide for authority to issue an emergency certificate; to provide with respect to certificate documentation; to provide authority to require transportation; and to provide for related...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:6035(A), (B)(2), (C)(1), (D), and (E) and to repeal R.S. 47:6035(C)(1) and (D) as amended by Section 5 of Act 125 of the 2015 Regular Session of the Legislature, relative to the tax credit for conversion of vehicles to alternative fuel usage; to remove the refundability of the credit; to reduce the credit rate for the conversion of vehicles and...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:227, 287.759(A), 297(B) and (G)(2), 297.6(A)(1)(a), 6005(C)(1), 6013(A), 6020(D)(2)(a), 6034(C)(1)(a)(iii)(bb)(introductory paragraph), and (d)(ii), and 6037(B)(2)(b)(i) and (ii) and (c) all as amended by Section 2 of Act No. 125 of the 2015 Regular Session, R.S. 47:6022(D)(3)(introductory paragraph), and R.S. 51:2354(B)(introductory paragraph)...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 14:95.10(A), (C), and (E), R.S. 15:590(8), R.S. 46:2136.3(A)(introductory paragraph) and (1) and 2151(B), Code of Evidence Article 412(A) and (D), and Code of Criminal Procedure Article 387(A)(introductory paragraph) and to enact R.S. 14:2(B)(47), 34.9, and 34.9.1, relative to domestic abuse; to provide relative to acts of abuse involving dating...

AN ACT To enact R.S. 15:255(S), relative to witness fees for off-duty law enforcement officers; to authorize the transfer of certain witness fee surplus funds within Washington Parish; to provide for the transfer procedures and use of such funds; to provide for definitions; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:6007(C)(4)(b) and to enact R.S. 47:6007(C)(4)(g), relative to motion picture production tax credits; to authorize a fee for the transfer of a motion picture production credit; to establish the Louisiana Entertainment Development Fund as a special treasury fund; to provide for deposits into and uses of the fund; to provide for effectiveness;...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:338.164(A), relative to the sales tax levied by the West Ascension Parish Hospital Service District; to decrease the maximum rate of such tax, subject to voter approval; to provide for effectiveness; 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...

AN ACT To enact R.S. 11:1441(E), relative to benefits for surviving spouses from the Assessors' Retirement Fund; to provide for Back-Deferred Retirement Option Program benefits payable to surviving spouses of members of the fund under certain circumstances; and to provide for related matters. Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published as provided by Article X,

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 11:710(A)(8) and to enact R.S. 11:710(A)(5)(d) and (9), relative to the reemployment of retired members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana in school nurse positions covered by the system; to authorize the reemployment of retirees as school nurses; to provide relative to earnings restrictions on such reemployment; and to provide for

AN ACT To enact R.S. 25:224 to authorize St. John the Baptist Parish to name the St. John the Baptist Parish Library's central branch in honor of a living person; and to provide for related matters. Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published

AN ACT To enact R.S. 33:3887(C), relative to the Livingston Parish Sewer District; to provide for an increase in the membership of the board of supervisors; and to provide for related matters. Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published

AN ACT To enact R.S. 48:1660.1, relative to the Regional Transit Authority; to authorize the use of public-private partnership contracts by the authority for certain projects; to provide for procedure; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 32:402.1(B), relative to driver education; to authorize an alternative instruction method to deliver the classroom instruction portion of an approved prelicensing training course; to establish approval requirements for the alternative method of instruction; to prohibit any portion of the classroom instruction of the driver education course for persons...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 13:587.4(A) and 5401(A) and (B)(1) and (2) and to repeal R.S. 13:5401(C), relative to reentry courts; to authorize the creation of a reentry division in all district courts; to remove the enumerated district courts authorized to create reentry divisions; to require certain criteria for eligibility and suitability; to provide for certain...

AN ACT To appropriate funds to defray the expenses of the Louisiana Judiciary, including the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, District Courts, Criminal District Court of Orleans Parish, and other courts; and to provide for related matters