2020 Extraordinary Session 2 (Louisiana Session Laws)

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 39:122(A), relative to work on projects in the annual capital outlay act; to provide relative to the commencement of work or delays in construction; to provide relative to public statements and notices of delays in construction; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 27:417(A)(2)(introductory paragraph) and (B)(2) and to enact R.S. 27:417(B)(3) and (D), relative to licensing requirements for qualified truck stop facilities; to provide relative to criteria and amenity requirements for qualified truck stop facilities during a declared emergency; to provide relative to the suspension of operations of the criteria...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 37:682(4) through (15), 683(A), (B)(1), (2), and (3), and (C), 684, 686, 693(A) and (B), 695, 698(C), 700(C), and to enact R.S. 37:682(16), relative to the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board; to provide for board membership and qualifications of members; to provide for licensure requirements of professional engineers; to...

AN ACT To enact R.S. 40:539(C)(8)(j), relative to employees of the Kenner Housing Authority; to provide that employees of the authority shall not be in the state civil service; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:6016.1(B)(4), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), and (11) and to enact R.S. 47:6016.1(B)(12), relative to the Louisiana New Markets Jobs Act tax incentives; to add businesses impacted by Hurricane Laura to the eligible qualified active low-income community businesses; to provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 34:3492(1), (10), (11), and (14), 3493(A)(1), 3499(F), 3501, and 3503(A)(2) and (3), relative to the Louisiana International Deep Water Gulf Transfer Terminal Authority; to provide with respect to the issuance of bonds; to revise definitions; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:81(O) and (Z) and R.S. 42:851(E)(2) and to enact R.S. 42:851(U), relative to group health insurance for public school employees; to provide relative to effective dates of coverage for employees of public elementary and secondary school systems during a disaster or emergency; to provide for application and rules promulgation; to provide for an...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 22:242(7) and 243(F), relative to licensing requirements for health maintenance organizations; to provide for the organization of a health maintenance organization as either a business or nonprofit corporation; to provide with respect to nonprofit corporation law; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 47:302(BB)(113), 305.74, 321(P)(114), 321.1(I)(114), and 331(V)(114), relative to sales and use tax; to establish a sales and use tax holiday for certain purchases; to provide for requirements and limitations; to provide for the effectiveness of the sales and use tax holiday; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 42:345(B), 1261, 1263(A), 1265, 1267(A)(1), and 1383(A); and to repeal R.S. 36:53(G) and R.S. 42:1262, relative to the Department of State Civil Service; to provide relative to a fee schedule for in-service training and educational programs provided by the department; to abolish the Advisory Board on In-service Training and Education; to provide ...

AN ACT To enact Part II of Chapter 34 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 37:2678.1, relative to the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact; to provide for the model language required to participate in the compact; to provide for the effectiveness of the compact upon adoption by ten member states; to provide for the...

AN ACT To enact R.S. 40:1203.2(C)(3), relative to the employment of nonlicensed persons by certain health care providers; to provide for an exemption from the criminal history and security check requirement for certain rehired persons; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 40:1271.3, relative to the duties of the office of public health of the Louisiana Department of Health; to establish requirements for reporting of certain public health data during a state of public health emergency; to require the office of public health to report data on infectious disease incidence among school-age children under certain circumstances; to...

A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to amend Article VIII, Sections 6(B)(1), 7(B)(1), and 7.1(B)(1) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the membership of postsecondary education boards of supervisors; to authorize the governor to appoint persons who reside out-of-state to the boards of supervisors under certain circumstances; and to specify an election for submission of the proposition to...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:6006(B), relative to tax credits and incentives; to provide for the carryforward of the tax credit for ad valorem taxes paid on inventory; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.4(J)(1)(introductory paragraph) and to enact R.S. 15:574.4(J)(4), relative to parole eligibility for juvenile offenders; to modify the applicability of certain parole eligibility provisions to juvenile offenders serving life sentences; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To appropriate funds and to make certain reductions from certain sources to be allocated to designated agencies and purposes in specific amounts for the making of supplemental appropriations and reductions for the agencies and purposes for Fiscal Year 2020-2021; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 17:3393, relative to colleges and universities; to provide relative to the exceptions and exemptions that a public postsecondary education institution may receive from state regulations of their operations under certain conditions; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 47:293(9)(a)(xix) and 297.15, relative to individual income tax deductions; to authorize a deduction for certain educational expenses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020; to provide for the amount of the deduction; to provide for definitions; to provide for limitations and requirements; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related...

AN ACT To enact Chapter 61 of Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 51:3211 through 3214, relative to the use of digitized identification cards; to provide definitions; to provide for the acceptance of digitized identification cards at places of business; to provide for exceptions; to limit liability; to provide for certain powers and duties;...

AN ACT To enact R.S. 15:584(C) and 587(J), relative to criminal justice system data; to provide relative to the duty and authority of the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information to cooperate with certain nonprofit entities; to provide for the authority of certain nonprofit entities to obtain access to certain criminal justice system data and information under...

AN ACT To enact R.S. 23:1605, relative to unemployment compensation; to provide for definitions; to require the Louisiana Workforce Commission to conduct certain checks with respect to unemployment compensation; to provide for data sharing; to require annual reports; to provide for the promulgation of rules; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 18:423(J), and 1315(B) and to enact R.S. 18:1313.2, relative to elections impaired as the result of a declared disaster or emergency; to provide for the powers, functions, duties, processes, and compensation of parish boards of election supervisors relative to the preparation, verification, tabulation, and counting of absentee by mail and early...

AN ACT To enact R.S. 47:293(4)(e), relative to individual income tax; to define federal income tax liability for purposes of calculating individual income tax liability; to require certain federal disaster losses to be included in the calculation of federal income tax liability; to provide for applicability; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To appropriate funds from certain sources in specific amounts for the making of supplemental appropriations to the capital outlay budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 36:4(CC), R.S. 49:968(B)(21)(d), and Chapter 12 of Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 51:1361 through 1365, relative to the office of broadband and connectivity; to place the office within the executive branch; to provide definitions; to provide for the appointment of an executive director; to require reporting; to...

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 15:573.2 and 574.4.1(A)(2), relative to hearings of the Board of Pardons and committee on parole; to provide relative to the continuity of government by authorizing certain persons to appear before the Board of Pardons and committee on parole by teleconference; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 27:305, 308(A)(3), (4)(a), and (B) and to enact R.S. 27:302(11), relative to fantasy sports; to clarify licensee requirements; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To enact R.S. 47:6006(G), 6006.1(H), and 6014(G), relative to tax credits; to authorize payments of certain ad valorem taxes made for the 2020 tax year to be treated as timely paid for purposes of the tax credits for ad valorem taxes paid; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 34:3494(A) and (B), 3495(A), (C), and (G), and 3496(A), relative to the Louisiana International Deep Water Gulf Transfer Terminal Authority board of commissioners; to provide for a reduction in membership on the board of commissioners; to provide for membership term limits; to provide for review of reporting practices; to provide for the election of