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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 31
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHAMPAGNE
A RESOLUTION1
To amend and readopt House Rule 6.8(F) of the Rules of Order of the House of2
Representatives, and to adopt House Rule 7.9(D) of the Rules of Order of the House3
of Representatives, and to repeal House Rule 6.8(F)(2) of the Rules of Order of the4
House of Representatives to provide relative to the content of the General5
Appropriation Bill and to provide relative to the recommittal of certain legislative6
instruments.7
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana8
that House Rule 6.8(F) of the Rules of Order of the House of Representatives is hereby9
amended and readopted and House Rule 7.9(D) of the Rules of Order of the House of10
Representatives is hereby adopted to read as follows:11
Rule 6.8. Recommittal: Constitutional amendments; study resolutions; Capital12
Outlay Bill; minimum foundation resolution; legislative instruments creating13
special funds; legislative instruments with a fiscal impact; public records14
exceptions; interstate compacts; felonies15
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F.(1) Any legislative instrument originating in the Senate with an estimated17
fiscal cost of five one hundred thousand dollars or more of state general18
funds annually in any one of the three ensuing fiscal years as reflected in the fiscal19
note prepared in accordance with Joint Rule No. 4, or with a fiscal cost which that,20
although not specified in the fiscal note, is indicated in the fiscal note as likely to21
equal or exceed five one hundred thousand dollars of state general funds annually in22
any of the three ensuing fiscal years, shall be referred to a standing committee under23
the provisions of Rule 6.5 and, if reported, shall be reported to the Clerk of the24
House in accordance with the requirements of Rule 6.11(A). However, after such25 ENROLLEDHR NO. 31
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report, any such House instrument ordered engrossed, immediately following the1
engrossment order, and any such Senate instrument reported favorably or with2
amendments, immediately following the reading of such report and action on any3
amendments reported, shall be recommitted by the Speaker to the Committee on4
Appropriations.5
(2) Any legislative instrument that is estimated to cause or result in a6
reduction in revenues to the state of five hundred thousand dollars or more annually7
in any one of the three ensuing fiscal years as reflected in the fiscal note prepared in8
accordance with Joint Rule No. 4, shall be referred to a standing committee under the9
provisions of Rule 6.5 and, if reported, shall be reported to the Clerk of the House10
in accordance with the requirements of Rule 6.11(A). However, after such report,11
any such House instrument ordered engrossed, immediately following the12
engrossment order, and any such Senate instrument reported favorably or with13
amendments, immediately following the reading of such report and action on any14
amendments reported, shall be recommitted by the Speaker to the Committee on15
Appropriations.16
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Rule 7.9. Engrossment, copies; digest; form and content of the General18
Appropriation Bill19
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D.(1) In the event that the legislative fiscal officer determines that the budget21
estimate as provided by Article VII, Section 11(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana22
recommends appropriations out of the state general fund and dedicated funds for the23
next fiscal year for health care and for higher education in amounts less than the24
appropriations enacted for each purpose for the current fiscal year, the General25
Appropriation Bill introduced as provided by Article VII, Section 11(B) of the26
Constitution of Louisiana shall provide separate recommendations for discretionary27
and nondiscretionary expenditures and the means of financing such expenditures28
which are subject to appropriation, excluding recommendations for legislative29
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(2) The General Appropriation Bill shall not be considered by a committee,1
by the Committee of the Whole, or considered on third reading and final passage by2
the House of Representatives if it is not in the form required by this Paragraph.3
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Legislature4
of Louisiana that House Rule 6.8(F)(2) of the Rules of Order of the House of5
Representatives is hereby repealed in its entirety effective January 11, 2016.6
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES