HLS 15RS-1131 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 117
BY REPRESENTATIVE TALBOT
HOUSE/RULES: Provides relative to the passage of the Capital Outlay Bill
1 A RESOLUTION
2To adopt House Rule 7.20 of the Rules of Order of the House of Representatives to provide
3 that motions for final passage of the Capital Outlay Bill, to concur in amendments,
4 or to adopt any conference committee report on such bill are not in order under
5 certain circumstances.
6 BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana
7that House Rule 7.20 of the Rules of Order of the House of Representatives is hereby
8adopted to read as follows:
9 Rule 7.20. Capital Outlay Bill; final passage; concurrence; conference committee
10 reports
11 A.(1) The motion for final passage of the Capital Outlay Bill shall not be in
12 order unless the amount of funding required for the projects contained within the bill
13 is equal to or less than the amount of financing available to fund such projects.
14 (2) The motion to concur in Senate amendments to the Capital Outlay Bill
15 shall not be in order unless the amount of funding required for the projects contained
16 within the bill as proposed, including such amendments, is equal to or less than the
17 amount of financing available to fund such projects.
18 (3) The motion to adopt a conference committee report on the Capital Outlay
19 Bill shall not be in order unless the amount of funding required for the projects
20 contained within the bill as proposed by the conference committee is equal to or less
21 than the amount of financing available to fund such projects.
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1 B. For the purposes of this Rule, the amount of financing available to fund
2 projects contained within the Capital Outlay Bill shall be equal in amount to the
3 general obligation bond cash line of credit capacity as provided in R.S. 39:112(F)
4 plus an amount equal to ten percent of such capacity.
5 C. A motion to suspend the provisions of this Rule shall be a debatable
6 motion.
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)]
HR 117 Original 2015 Regular Session Talbot
Abstract: Requires the amount of funding for the projects contained within the Capital
Outlay Bill to be equal to or less than the amount of financing available to fund such
projects.
Proposed House Rule provides that the motion for final passage of the Capital Outlay Bill,
a motion to concur in Senate amendments to the Capital Outlay Bill, or a motion to adopt
a conference committee report on the Capital Outlay Bill shall not be in order unless the
amount of funding required for the projects contained within the bill is equal to or less than
the amount of financing available to fund such projects.
Proposed House Rule provides that the amount of financing available to fund projects
contained within the Capital Outlay Bill shall be equal in amount to the general obligation
bond cash line of credit capacity as provided in present law (R.S. 39:112(F)) plus an amount
equal to 10% of such capacity. (Present law (R.S. 39:112(F)) provides that the general
obligation bond cash line of credit capacity is limited to $200 million annually adjusted for
construction inflation from 1994. Provides that the limit shall only be raised by a favorable
vote of 2/3rds of the elected members of each house of the legislature.
Proposed House Rule provides that a motion to suspend the provisions of the proposed
House Rule shall be a debatable motion.
(Adds House Rule 7.20)
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