Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 43
BY SENATOR ALARIO
A RESOLUTION
To amend and readopt Senate Rule No. 13.22(C) of the Rules of Order of the Senate; to
provide relative to the procedure for establishing the annual vouchered allotment for
members of the Senate; to provide that the vouchered allotment be established at the
beginning of each term for members of the Senate.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana amends and
readopts Senate Rule No. 13.22(C) of the Rules of Order of the Senate to read as follows:
Rule 13.22. Senate Executive Committee
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C.(1) The committee shall have the authority to establish an annual
vouchered allotment for members of the Senate to be drawn by each member in
monthly payments. This vouchered allotment shall be used exclusively for expenses
incurred in the course and scope of duties as a member of the Senate such as rent for
office space; electricity; water; gas; telephone; communication services; stationery;
supplies; mileage or expense reimbursement for official travel in or out of state; and
other expenses related to the holding or conduct of office. The committee may
authorize an unexpended allotment amount to be carried forward from one fiscal year
into the next fiscal year.
(2) The allotment shall be established no later than May fifteenth of the first
calendar year of each term of office to be effective for the succeeding four-year term,
until changed by the Executive Committee pursuant to the adoption of a resolution
as provided in this Paragraph. This allotment shall be set or changed by the adoption
of a resolution of the Executive Committee in an open public hearing.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE