Transfers the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board to the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. (7/1/13) (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX See Note)
Provides for the merger of the Feed, Fertilizer, and Agricultural Liming Commission and the Seed Commission and creates the Agricultural Chemistry and Seed Commission. (gov sig)
Provides an exemption from sales tax on the sale of meals to staff, patients and residents of nursing homes, adult residential care providers, and continuing care retirement communities. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Requires Department of Transportation and Development to award contracts and issue a "notice to proceed" within sixty days of receipt of bids. (8/1/13)
Creates a fund to pay group insurance premiums for retired assessors and employees of the assessor's office in Orleans Parish. (8/1/13) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Creates the Rapid Response to Declared Disasters Income Tax Exclusion Act to exclude from gross income certain monies received for services rendered by nonresidents during a declared disaster or emergency. (gov sig) (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)