Louisiana 2012 2012 Regular Session

Louisiana House Bill HB314 Chaptered / Bill

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ACT No. 251
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 314
BY REPRESENTATIVE BERTHELOT
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 25:380.145(A) and R.S. 39:21.3(A)(2)(e) and (B)(2)(e) and2
22(1) and to repeal R.S. 17:2758(A)(4), 3129.2, 3138, and 3453(F), R.S. 25:380.1423
and 380.143, R.S. 36:4(B)(1)(q), 209(J)(3) and (Y), 309(C)(3), 650(B), 651(N), (R),4
and (V), and 769(K), and R.S. 49:667, relative to boards, commissions, authorities,5
districts, and like entities; to provide relative to the functional organization of state6
government by abolishing certain boards, commissions, authorities, and like entities;7
to transfer certain powers, functions, and duties; to remove references to certain8
abolished entities; to remove references to, provisions for, and the powers, functions,9
and duties of the Advisory Council of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium10
for Research and Education, Board of Directors for the Louisiana Infrastructure11
Bank, Board of Directors for Regional Education Service Centers, Council of 100,12
Executive Committee of the Louisiana Systemic Initiatives Program Council,13
Governor's State Manpower Services Council, Louisiana Higher Education14
Executive Advisory Committee, Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame15
Advisory Board, Minority Health Professions Education Foundation, Ozarks16
Regional Commission, and Postsecondary Education Review Commission; and to17
provide for related matters.18
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:19
Advisory Council of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium for Research and20
Education21
Section 1.  R.S. 17:3453(F) is hereby repealed in its entirety.22
Board of Directors for the Louisiana Infrastructure Bank23
Section 2.  R.S. 36:769(K) is hereby repealed in its entirety.24 ENROLLEDHB NO. 314
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Board of Directors for Regional Education Service Centers1
Section 3.  R.S. 36:651(V) is hereby repealed in its entirety.2
Council of 1003
Section 4.  R.S. 36:209(J)(3) is hereby repealed in its entirety.4
Executive Committee of the Louisiana Systemic Initiatives Program Council5
Section 5.  R.S. 17:2758(A)(4) is hereby repealed in its entirety.6
Governor's State Manpower Services Council7
Section 6.  R.S. 36:309(C)(3) is hereby repealed in its entirety.8
Louisiana Higher Education Executive Advisory Committee9
Section 7.(A) R.S. 39:21.3(A)(2)(e) and (B)(2)(e) and 22(1) are hereby amended and10
reenacted to read as follows:11
§21.3.  Consensus estimating conferences; duties and principals12
A.  Economic Estimating Conference.13
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(2)  Principals.  The principals of the conference are as follows:15
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(e) A faculty member from a public or private university or college in17
Louisiana who shall have forecasting expertise to be selected by the other four18
principals of the conference from a list of not less than three nor more than five19
nominees submitted by the Louisiana Higher Education Executive Advisory20
Committee Board of Regents after the board consults with the president of the21
Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.22
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B.  Demographic Estimating Conference.24
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(2)  Principals.  The principals of the conference are as follows:26
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(e) A faculty member from a public or private university or college in28
Louisiana who shall have forecasting expertise to be selected by the other four29
principals of the conference from a list of not less than three nor more than five30 ENROLLEDHB NO. 314
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nominees submitted by the Louisiana Higher Education Executive Advisory1
Committee Board of Regents after the board consults with the president of the2
Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.3
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§22.  Revenue Estimating Conference5
The Revenue Estimating Conference is a conference consisting of principals6
and participants as follows:7
(1) "Principals" shall be the governor, the president of the Senate, the8
speaker of the House of Representatives, or their respective designees, and a faculty9
member with revenue forecasting expertise from a public or private university in the10
state selected by the other three principal members from a list of as many as five, but11
not less than three names, submitted to them by the Louisiana Higher Education12
Executive Advisory Committee Board of Regents after the board consults with the13
president of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.14
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(B)  R.S. 17:3129.2 and R.S. 36:651(R) are hereby repealed in their entirety.16
Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame Advisory Board17
Section 8.(A) R.S. 25:380.145(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as18
follows:19
§380.145.  Donations and loans; disposition of property20
A.  The Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, the board, or any21
nonprofit corporation formed to support the museum and its activities, jointly or22
separately, may solicit and accept funds, governmental grants, donations, and23
contributions of lands, buildings, monies, artifacts, relics, audio and video24
recordings, motion picture films, works of art, or other property on behalf and as25
additions to the museum either in the form of loans or in the form of donations inter26
vivos or mortis causa, and the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism may27
acquire them by purchase, lease, or otherwise, subject to the terms, conditions, or28
limitations contained in the instrument by which such property is acquired.29
However, the museum, through the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism,30 ENROLLEDHB NO. 314
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or a nonprofit formed to support the programs and activities of the museum may1
enter into any and all contracts with any person, lender, or donor that it may deem2
fit, proper, and necessary to accept and receive such lands, buildings, monies,3
artifacts, relics, audio and video recordings, motion picture films, works of art, or4
other property on behalf of, as additions to, or for the benefit of the museum.  The5
museum may serve as the beneficiary of any public or private trust or insurance6
policy heretofore or hereafter created for such purpose, pursuant to the provision of7
R.S. 9:2341 et seq.8
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(B) R.S. 25:380.142 and 380.143 and R.S. 36:209(Y) are hereby repealed in their10
entirety.11
Minority Health Professions Education Foundation12
Section 9.  R.S. 36:650(B) is hereby repealed in its entirety.13
Ozarks Regional Commission14
Section 10. R.S. 36:4(B)(1)(q) and R.S. 49:667 are hereby repealed in their entirety.15
Postsecondary Education Review Commission16
Section 11.  R.S. 17:3138 and R.S. 36:651(N) are hereby repealed in their entirety.17
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: