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2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 183
BY REPRESENTATIVES HENRY, ABRAMSON, ANDERS, ARMES, ARNOLD,
BADON, BARRAS, BARROW, BERTHELOT, STUART BISHOP, WESLEY
BISHOP, BOUIE, BROWN, BURFORD, HENRY BURNS, TIM BURNS,
BURRELL, CARMODY, CARTER, CHANEY, CONNICK, COX, DANAHAY,
EDWARDS, FOIL, FRANKLIN, GAINES, GAROFALO, GEYMANN, GISCLAIR,
GUILLORY, GUINN, HALL, HARRIS, HARRISON, HAVARD, HAZEL,
HENSGENS, HILL, HODGES, HOFFMANN, HOLLIS, HONORE, HOWARD,
HUNTER, IVEY, JACKSON, JAMES, JEFFERSON, MIKE JOHNSON, ROBERT
JOHNSON, JONES, LAMBERT, NANCY LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY, LEBAS,
LEGER, LEOPOLD, LOPINTO, LORUSSO, MACK, MIGUEZ, MILLER,
MONTOUCET, MORENO, JAY MORRIS, JIM MORRIS, NORTON, ORTEGO,
OURSO, PIERRE, PONTI, POPE, PRICE, PUGH, PYLANT, REYNOLDS,
RICHARD, RITCHIE, ROBIDEAUX, SCHEXNAYDER, SCHRODER,
SEABAUGH, SHADOIN, SMITH, ST. GERMAIN, STOKES, TALBOT,
THIBAUT, THIERRY, ALFRED WILLIAMS, PATRICK WILLIAMS,
WILLMOTT, AND WOODRUFF
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS: Expresses intention and support of the House of
Representatives to meet in veto session if the governor vetoes any appropriation or
funding the legislature has provided for healthcare and higher education
1 A RESOLUTION
2To express the intention and support of the House of Representatives to meet in a veto
3 session if the governor vetoes any appropriation or funding the legislature has
4 provided for healthcare and higher education.
5 WHEREAS, Article III, Section 16 of the Constitution of Louisiana provides that no
6money shall be withdrawn from the state treasury except through specific appropriation, and
7no appropriation shall be made for longer than one year; and
8 WHEREAS, the current Fiscal Year ends on June 30, 2015, and the new Fiscal Year
9begins on July 1, 2015; and
10 WHEREAS, this year is the last year of the term of office of the current governor;
11and
12 WHEREAS, Article III, Section 16 of the Constitution of Louisiana provides that
13except for the expenses of the legislature, a bill appropriating money in an extraordinary
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1session convened after the final adjournment of the regular session in the last year of the
2term of office of a governor shall require the favorable vote of three-fourths of the elected
3members of each house; and
4 WHEREAS, it is imperative for the maintenance of vital services for Louisianians
5and maintenance of critical regulation functions and other functions and duties of state
6government to maintain the heath, safety, welfare, education, and future of Louisianians that
7an operating budget for state government and appropriate funding for the operating budget
8be enacted in a timely manner; and
9 WHEREAS, the people of Louisiana have entrusted and empowered the Legislature
10of Louisiana to generally shape the policy of the state through control of the purse strings,
11specifically through the amendment and enactment of the operating and capital outlay
12budgets and the power to raise revenue, and the constitution vests the authority for
13appropriation of state monies and the power to raise certain revenues solely with the
14legislature; and
15 WHEREAS, Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana requires the
16legislature to meet in veto session in the state capital at noon on the fortieth day following
17final adjournment of the most recent session, to consider all bills vetoed by the governor,
18unless a majority of the elected members of either house declare in writing that a veto
19session is unnecessary; and
20 WHEREAS, Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana provides that a
21bill vetoed and subsequently approved by two-thirds of the elected members of each house
22shall become law.
23 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
24Legislature of Louisiana does hereby express its intention and support to meet in veto
25session if the governor vetoes any appropriation or funding the legislature has provided for
26healthcare and higher education.
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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 183 Original 2015 Regular Session Henry
Expresses the intention and support of the House of Representatives to meet in a veto session
if the governor vetoes any appropriation or funding the legislature has provided for
healthcare and higher education.
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