ENROLLED
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
A RESOLUTION
To express 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.
WHEREAS, Article III, Section 16 of the Constitution of Louisiana provides that no
money shall be withdrawn from the state treasury except through specific appropriation, and
no appropriation shall be made for longer than one year; and
WHEREAS, the current Fiscal Year ends on June 30, 2015, and the new Fiscal Year
begins on July 1, 2015; and
WHEREAS, this year is the last year of the term of office of the current governor;
and
WHEREAS, Article III, Section 16 of the Constitution of Louisiana provides that
except for the expenses of the legislature, a bill appropriating money in an extraordinary
session convened after the final adjournment of the regular session in the last year of the
term of office of a governor shall require the favorable vote of three-fourths of the elected
members of each house; and
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WHEREAS, it is imperative for the maintenance of vital services for Louisianians
and maintenance of critical regulation functions and other functions and duties of state
government to maintain the heath, safety, welfare, education, and future of Louisianians that
an operating budget for state government and appropriate funding for the operating budget
be enacted in a timely manner; and
WHEREAS, the people of Louisiana have entrusted and empowered the Legislature
of Louisiana to generally shape the policy of the state through control of the purse strings,
specifically through the amendment and enactment of the operating and capital outlay
budgets and the power to raise revenue, and the constitution vests the authority for
appropriation of state monies and the power to raise certain revenues solely with the
legislature; and
WHEREAS, Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana requires the
legislature to meet in veto session in the state capital at noon on the fortieth day following
final adjournment of the most recent session, to consider all bills vetoed by the governor,
unless a majority of the elected members of either house declare in writing that a veto
session is unnecessary; and
WHEREAS, Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana provides that a
bill vetoed and subsequently approved by two-thirds of the elected members of each house
shall become law.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby express its intention and support to meet in veto
session if the governor vetoes any appropriation or funding the legislature has provided for
healthcare and higher education.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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