HLS 14RS-2522 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 107
BY REPRESENTATIVE HUNTER
JOINT RULES: Provides relative to bills that contain only technical amendments to
provisions of law
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To adopt Joint Rule No. 11 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives2
to require certain legislative instruments to contain specified language.3
BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of Louisiana that Joint Rule No. 11 of the4
Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives is hereby adopted to read as follows:5
Joint Rule No. 11. Technical bills6
A. No bill that purports to only make technical changes to a law or a system7
of laws shall be introduced or received unless the bill contains the language specified8
in Paragraph C of this Rule.9
B. No bill whose author or handler describes as only making technical10
changes shall be reported by a committee or finally passed by either house unless the11
bill contains the language specified in Paragraph C of this Rule.12
C. Each bill which only makes technical changes shall contain the following13
language:14
"The legislature declares the provisions of this Act to be technical in nature15
exclusively and without exception. It is not the intent of the Legislature of Louisiana16
that the provisions of this Act alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation,17
or application of any existing law or administrative rule.18
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any rights,19
duties, or responsibilities of any person, agency, or instrumentality of the state,20
private organization, or other entity provided in existing law or administrative rule."21 HLS 14RS-2522 ORIGINAL
HCR NO. 107
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D. For purposes of this Joint Rule the term "technical changes" shall mean1
changes that do not alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation, or2
application of any existing law or administrative rule and include the following:3
(1) Renumber and rearrange sections or parts of sections.4
(2) Transfer sections or divide sections so as to give to distinct subject5
matters a separate section number, but without changing the meaning.6
(3) Insert or change the wording of section headings.7
(4) Change reference numbers to agree with renumbered chapters or8
sections.9
(5) Substitute the proper section or chapter number for the terms "this Act",10
"the preceding section", and the like.11
(6) Strike out figures where they are merely a repetition of written words and12
vice-versa.13
(7) Change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity.14
(8) Correct manifest typographical and grammatical errors.15
(9) Make any other purely formal or clerical changes in keeping with the16
purpose of the proposed revision.17
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)]
Hunter HCR No. 107
Proposed Joint Rule prohibits a bill that purports to make technical changes to a system of
laws from being introduced or received unless the bill contains specified language regarding
the intent and construction of proposed law. Proposed Joint Rule prohibits a bill whose
author or handler describes as only making technical changes from being reported by a
committee or finally passed by either house unless the bill contains specified language
regarding the intent and construction of proposed law. Proposed Joint Rule provides that the
term "technical changes" means changes that do not alter or affect in any way the substance,
interpretation, or application of any existing law or administrative rule, and provides a list
of what is included.
(Adds Joint Rule No. 11)