The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Jay R. Lueckel.
DIGEST
SB 178 Original 2016 Regular Session Peacock
Present law provides for requirements relative to certain appropriations.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that except as otherwise provided by the Constitution
of Louisiana, money shall be drawn from the state treasury only pursuant to an appropriation made
in accordance with law.
Present law provides that money designated in the official forecast as nonrecurring shall only be
appropriated for certain purposes.
Proposed law retains present law and specifies that nonrecurring revenue shall be appropriated only
for retiring or for the defeasance of bonds in advance or in addition to the existing amortization
requirements of the state; for providing funding for capital outlay projects in the comprehensive state
budget; for providing for the allocation or appropriation for deposit into the Budget Stabilization
Fund.
Proposed law adds other constitutional requirements that the legislature shall provide for the
payment of supplements to the salaries of full-time local law enforcement and fire protection officers
of the state and that no law shall reduce any supplemental payments to full-time law enforcement
and fire protection officers.
Proposed law also provides for conditions of eligibility for full-time law enforcement and fire
protection officers to receive salary supplements; that full funding shall be equal to the amount
required to meet the requirements of law; and that neither the governor nor the legislature may
reduce an appropriation except by using means provided for in the Act containing the appropriation,
provided that two-thirds of the elected members of each house of the legislature consent to any such
reduction in writing.
Present law includes constitutional provisions that appropriations of the legislature from the state
general fund and dedicated funds shall not exceed the expenditure limit.
Proposed law retains present law and provides an exception to the expenditure limit for funds
allocated by Article VII, Section 4, Paragraphs (D) and (E) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative
to mineral royalties and severance taxes.
Effective July 1, 2016.
(Amends R.S. 39:54(B), (C) and (D); adds R.S. 39:54(A)(3) and (E)(intro para))