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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 6
BY REPRESENTATIVES ABRAMSON AND MILLER
HOUSE/RULES: Provides for recommittal of certain instruments and requires certain
motions prior to final passage of legislation relative to tax relief
A RESOLUTION1
To amend and readopt House Rule 6.8(A) of the Rules of Order of the House of2
Representatives and to adopt House Rule 7.20 of the Rules of Order of the House of3
Representatives, to provide relative to the recommittal of certain legislative4
instruments; and to provide relative to certain vote requirements.5
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana6
that House Rule 6.8(A) of the Rules of Order of the House of Representatives is hereby7
amended and readopted and House Rule 7.20 of the Rules of Order of the House of8
Representatives is hereby adopted to read as follows:9
Rule 6.8. Recommittal: Constitutional amendments; special elections; propositions;10
study resolutions; Capital Outlay Bill; minimum foundation resolution;11
legislative instruments creating special funds; legislative instruments with a12
fiscal impact; public records exceptions; interstate compacts; felonies13
A.(1) A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Louisiana14
Constitution or a bill which calls a special election or which proposes to submit a15
proposition or question to the voters, having been referred to a standing committee,16
other than the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure, under the provisions of Rule17
6.5, if reported, shall be reported to the Clerk of the House in accordance with the18
requirements of Rule 6.11(A). However, after such report, any such House19
instrument ordered engrossed, immediately following the engrossment order, and20 HLS 13RS-206 ENGROSSED
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any such Senate instrument reported favorably or with amendments, immediately1
following the reading of such report and action on any amendments reported, shall2
be recommitted by the speaker to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.3
(2)(a) Said committee shall study all legislative instruments recommitted to4
it pursuant to this Paragraph, shall ensure that the ballot language is comprised of5
simple, unbiased, concise, and easily understood language which conforms to all6
applicable laws, and shall review the proposed election date at which the proposition7
or question is to be submitted to the voters to ensure maximum voter turnout, to the8
extent practicable.9
(b) Said committee shall study all measures legislative instruments10
recommitted to it pursuant to this Paragraph, taking into account other joint11
resolutions introduced in either the House or the Senate, and shall report such12
measures to the full House "with amendments" or "without amendments".13
(c) Said committee shall study all joint resolutions recommitted to it, taking14
into account other joint resolutions introduced in either the House or the Senate, and15
include with the report a statement indicating whether the measures referred to it can16
be accomplished statutorily without the necessity of the constitutional amendment17
and whether such measures conflict with one another, and indicating the number of18
joint resolutions introduced and the number reported by other standing committees.19
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Rule 7.20. Legislative instruments providing tax relief resulting in net loss of21
revenue to the state; vote requirement22
A. The provisions of this Rule shall apply to each legislative instrument23
which provides a tax exemption, exclusion, deduction, rebate, incentive, abatement,24
or credit, regardless of how titled or designated, and which results in an estimated25
net loss of revenue to the state according to the fiscal note prepared in accordance26
with House Rule 7.16.27
B. No motion the effect of which is to finally pass a legislative instrument28
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such a motion a separate motion to authorize the approval of providing tax relief1
resulting in a net loss of revenue to the state is adopted by a favorable vote of at least2
sixty members.3
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
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Abstract: Requires any bill which calls a special election or which proposes to submit a
proposition or question to the voters to be recommitted to the Committee on Civil
Law & Procedure and further requires the adoption of a motion to authorize the
approval of providing tax relief resulting in a net loss of revenue to the state by a
favorable vote of at least 60 members prior to any motion to finally pass certain
legislative instruments.
Present House Rule (House Rule 6.8) requires the recommittal of certain legislative
instruments including constitutional amendments (Civil Law & Procedure); resolutions
proposing certain studies (House and Governmental Affairs); the Capital Outlay Bill
(Appropriations); the MFP concurrent resolution (Appropriations); specials funds
(Appropriations); Senate instruments with a fiscal cost of $500,000 or more
(Appropriations); Senate instruments with a net decrease in fees or a net increase in fees or
taxes of $500,000 or more (Ways & Means); public records exceptions (House and
Governmental Affairs); and provisions to join an interstate compact (House and
Governmental Affairs).
Proposed House Rule adds requirement that a bill which calls a special election or which
proposes to submit a question or proposition to the voters, if reported by the committee of
first referral, to be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law & Procedure, adds a specific
provision that the committee shall study all legislative instruments (joint resolutions and
bills) recommitted to it to ensure that the ballot language is comprised of simple, unbiased,
concise, and easily understood language which conforms to all applicable laws and shall
review the proposed election date at which the proposition or question is to be submitted to
the voters to ensure maximum voter turnout, to the extent practicable; otherwise, retains
present House Rule.
Proposed House Rule further provides that prior to any motion the effect of which is to
finally pass a legislative instrument which provides a tax exemption, exclusion, deduction,
rebate, incentive, abatement, or credit, regardless of how titled or designated, and which
results in an estimated net loss of revenue to the state according to the fiscal note prepared
in accordance with present House Rules, the House shall adopt a motion to authorize the
approval of providing tax relief resulting in a net loss of revenue to the state by a favorable
vote of at least 60 members.
(Amends House Rule 6.8(A); Adds House Rule 7.20)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on House and Governmental
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1. Adds provision requiring the adoption of a motion to authorize the approval of
providing tax relief resulting in a net loss of revenue to the state by a favorable
vote of at least 60 members prior to any motion to finally pass specified
legislative instruments.