SB
222 by Sen. Jack Donahue
would produce a tax exemption expenditure forecast annually. Donahue told
the House
Appropriations Committee that this was similar to a bill passed last
year but eventually vetoed, requiring these listed in the executive budget
then but that not included now to remove the governor’s objections. He said
it would provide tools for better budgetary control, even as the
information was available elsewhere. It would include only a subset of tax
incentives. Technical amendments were approved, and then it was approved
without objection.
DID YOU KNOW?
HB
323 by Rep. Walt Leger
would amend the Constitution to prohibit taxpayer subsidies to be lowered
for higher education as tuition and fees increase. It would set the fiscal
year 2013 level as the baseline that could be overridden by
supermajorities, and was similar to a bill that got out of the House last
year. Without objection it was approved.
DID YOU KNOW?
HB
118 by Rep. Jim
Morris would revert back to previous law the ability of Caddo Parish
constables to appoint one deputy. A couple of years ago this had been
changed. An amendment explained to the Senate Judiciary B
Committee by Rep. Thomas Carmody
related that if constables acted outside of the legal instructions of the
justices of the peace and ran into legal trouble, the state would not pay
for their defense.
Caddo constables opposing the bill said there has been
no instances of improper behavior by constables or deputies and that they
were well-qualified. They asked that the bill be amended to set a limit of
five and that they be POST-certified.
Carmody closed by repeating a resolution by the Caddo
Parish Commission supporting the bill. There was no objection to the
amended bill’s reporting.
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