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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 114
BY SENATOR AMEDEE
STATE DEPARTMENTS. Requests the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental
Affairs and the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to study the issues
relative to the merger of one or more state departments.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To urge and request the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs and the2
House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to meet and function as a3
joint committee to study the issues relative to the merger of one or more state4
departments.5
WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 1(B) of the Louisiana Constitution limits the number6
of executive branch departments to no more than twenty departments; and 7
WHEREAS, for several years, the state has been wrestling with yearly budget8
deficits and mid-year budget cuts; and 9
WHEREAS, higher education and health care have suffered the brunt of these mid-10
year budget reductions; and 11
WHEREAS, the legislature is obligated to find further efficiencies, savings, and12
methods to streamline state programs and services.13
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby14
urge and request the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs and the House15
Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to meet and function as a joint committee16
to study the issues relative to the merger of one or more state departments.17
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the joint committee shall specifically solicit18 SCR NO. 114
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input, recommendations, and advice from the following:1
(1)The governor.2
(2)The commissioner of administration.3
(3)The Civil Service Commission.4
(4)The head of each department in the executive branch of state government.5
(5)The president of the Senate.6
(6)The speaker of the House of Representatives.7
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the joint committee shall report its findings to8
the legislature no later than February 1, 2014.9
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the10
governor, the commissioner of administration, the Civil Service Commission, the head of11
each department in the executive branch of state government, the president of the Senate,12
and the speaker of the House of Representatives.13
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Tim Prather.
DIGEST
Amedee SCR No. 114
Requests the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs and the House
Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to meet and function as a joint committee
to study the issues relative to the merger of one or more state departments.