Louisiana 2017 2017 Regular Session

Louisiana Senate Bill SB226 Comm Sub / Analysis

                    The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Ben Huxen.
DIGEST
SB 226 Original	2017 Regular Session	Hewitt
VARIOUS FUNDS
Proposed law eliminates the following funds as well as all sales and use tax dedications to local
entities and their related funds:
2013 Amnesty Collections Fund	§4(B) of Act No. 421 of the 2013
R.S. of the Legislature
Academic Improvement Fund	R.S. 17:354
Administrative Fund of the Department of R.S. 22:1071(D)(3)(b) and (c)
Insurance
Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud PreventionR.S. 22:2134 
Authority Fund
Avoyelles Parish Local Government 	R.S. 33:3005
Gaming Mitigation Fund
Barrier Island Stabilization and Preservation R.S. 49:214.6.7(D) and (E)
Fund
Center for Excellence for Autism SpectrumR.S. 39:100:122
Disorder
Community and Family Support System Fund R.S. 28:826
Community Hospital Stabilization Fund R.S. 46:2901
Community Water Enrichment Fund R.S. 39:100.81
Competitive Core Growth Fund	R.S. 17:3138.2
Compulsive and Problem Gaming Fund R.S. 27:27.1(F), 92(B)(2)(a), 249(A),
270(A)(2), 392(B)(2)(a) and 437, R.S. 28:842,
and R.S. 47:9029(B)
Louisiana Department of Health's Facility R.S. 40:16.2 and R.S. 3:2(C)
Support Fund
Deepwater Horizon Economic Damages R.S. 39:91
Collection Fund
Department of Justice Legal Support Fund R.S. 49:259 and R.S. 42:262(B)
Department of Revenue Alcohol and TobaccoR.S. 11:544
Control Officers Fund 
DNA Testing Post-Conviction Relief for C.Cr.P. Art. 926.1(K) and 
Indigents Fund	R.S. 15:147(B)(14)
Employment Security Administration AccountR.S. 23:1515
Equine Health Studies Program Fund	R.S. 27:392(B)(6)(a) Evangeline Parish Recreational District Support       §9 of Act No. 138 of
Fund 	the 2005 R.S. of the Legislature
FEMA Reimbursement Fund	R.S. 39:100.26 and 100.31
Fiscal Administrator Revolving Loan Fund R.S. 39:1357
FMAP Stabilization Fund	§7 of Act No. 420 of the 2013 R.S. of the
Legislature
Forest Productivity Fund	R.S. 3:4411
Forest Protection Fund	R.S. 3:4321(C) through (D)
Fraud Detection Fund	R.S. 46:114.4
Fund for Louisianians in Need of Civil §3 of Act No. 1065 of the 1997 R.S.
Legal Assistance	of the Legislature
Hazardous Waste Cleanup Fund	R.S. 30:2205
Health Care Redesign Fund	R.S. 39:100.51 and R.S. 46:977.13
Health Trust Fund	R.S. 46:2731
Higher Education Initiatives Fund	R.S. 17:3129.6
Higher Education Financing Fund	R.S. 39:82(A), 100.146, 352
Indigent Parent Representation Program Fund R.S. 15:185.5
Innocence Compensation Fund	R.S. 15:572.8(N)
Insurance Fraud Investigation Fund R.S. 40:1428(A)(4) and (C)
Legislative Capitol Technology Enhancement R.S. 24:39
Fund
Louisiana Asbestos Detection and AbatementR.S. 39:97.3
Fund
Louisiana Charter School Start-Up Loan Fund R.S. 17:4001
Louisiana Economic Development Fund R.S. 23:1514(D)(5), R.S. 47:318(D),
R.S. 51:1927.1, 2315, 2332(3), and
2341
Louisiana Emergency Response Network Fund R.S. 40:2845(A)(6), (D)(2) and (3), and (E)
Louisiana Fire Marshal Fund	R.S. 22:835 and R.S. 40:1582(E)
Louisiana Interoperability Communications R.S. 39:100.41
Fund
Louisiana Mega-Project Development Fund R.S. 51:2365 and 2366,
R.S. 3:4423(3)
Louisiana Public Defender Fund	R.S. 15:167
Louisiana State Police Salary Fund	R.S. 22:831(B)
Louisiana State University Firemen Training R.S. 40:1547
Program Film Library Fund
Major Events Fund	R.S. 39:100.126
Major Events Incentive Program Subfund R.S. 51:2365.1
Marketing Fund	R.S. 47:318
Medicaid Assistance Program Fraud DetectionR.S. 46:440.1
Fund
MediFund	R.S. 51:2211-13
Mineral and Energy Operation Fund R.S. 30:136.3
Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service R.S. 22:1476(A)(2) Operating Fund
Natural Resource Restoration Trust Fund R.S. 30:2480.2
New Orleans Public Safety Fund	R.S. 40:1402
Office of Workers' Compensation AdministrativeR.S. 23:1291.1(E) 
Fund
Overcollections Fund	R.S. 39:100.21, R.S. 17:407.27(B)(3),
3046.3(C), 5068(D)(3), and 4019(C)
Pari-mutuel Live Racing Facility Gaming ControlR.S. 27:392 
Fund and all recipient funds
Payments Towards the UAL Fund	R.S. 39:100.11 and 467(G),
R.S. 39:82(A) and 352
Rapid Response Fund	R.S. 51:2361, 2362, 2363,
R.S. 3:4423(3), R.S. 23:1514(D)(5)
Riverboat Gaming Enforcement Fund R.S. 27:92(B)(2)(c) and (C)
Sickle Cell Fund	R.S. 39:100.123
Southern University AgCenter Program Fund R.S. 27:392(B)(6)(b)
Sports Facility Assistance Fund	R.S. 39:100.1 and 467(G), and R.S. 47:1602.1
and 1520(A)(1)(e)
State Emergency Response Fund	R.S. 39:100.26(A) and 100.31
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math R.S. 17:3138.3
(STEM) Upgrade Fund
Support Education in Louisiana First Fund R.S. 17:421.7,
R.S. 27:92(B)(2), 270(A)(3)
Telecommunications for the Deaf Fund R.S. 47:301.1(F) and 1061
Tobacco Regulation Enforcement Fund R.S. 47:841(G)
Tobacco Settlement Enforcement Fund R.S. 13:5073(A)(1), and
R.S. 39:98.7
Tobacco Tax Health Care Fund	R.S. 47:841.1
Tobacco Tax Medicaid Match Fund R.S. 47:841.2
Two Percent Fire Insurance Fund	R.S. 22:437
Unfunded Accrued Liability and Specialized R.S. 39:100.136; and
Educational Institutions Support Fund R.S. 47:6351(G)(3) and (4)
UNO Slidell Technology Park Fund R.S. 17:3397.11
Video Draw Poker Device Fund	R.S. 27:437(B)(2) and (C)
Video Draw Poker Device Purse R.S. 27:439
Supplement Fund
Workforce and Innovation for a Strong R.S. 17:3138.2, 3138.3, and
Economy	3138.4
Workforce Training Rapid Response Fund R.S. 17:1874
Proposed law directs the state treasurer to transfer any balances remaining in the funds eliminated
to the state general fund.
NEW OPPORTUNITIES WAIVER FUND (R.S. 39:100.61) Present law (R.S. 39:100.61) creates the New Opportunities Waiver Fund and provides for sources
of monies in the fund including:
(1)12% of recurring state general fund, not to exceed $50 million any fiscal year, that is
recognized by the Revenue Estimating Conference in excess of the official forecast at the
beginning of the current fiscal year.
(2)Any donations, gifts, grants, appropriations, or other revenue designated to the fund and
received by the treasurer.
Present law (R.S. 47:120.171) provides that a state taxpayer that files an individual income tax return
may donate an amount of their refund to the New Opportunities Waiver Fund.
Proposed law eliminates the recurring state general fund as a source of revenue into the fund and
changes the other revenue from any donations, gifts, grants, appropriations, or other revenue to
donations received from the refund of a state taxpayer as provided for in present law.
Present law (R.S. 47:302.2-302.55, 322.1-322.48, and 332.1-322.54) dedicates certain state sales and
use tax revenues for deposit into certain special treasury funds for local entities. Proposed law
repeals all such dedications and eliminates all such funds.
Effective July 1, 2017.
(Amends R.S. 3:2(C), 4321(B), 4411(A), and 4423(3), R.S. 13:5073(A)(1), R.S. 17:407.27(B)(3),
3046.3(C) , 4019(C), and 5068(D)(3), R.S. 22:347(A)(intro para), 835(B), and 1476(A)(2), R.S.
23:1514(D)(5), R.S. 27:27.1(F), 92(B)(2), 249(A), 270(A)(2) and (3)(a), 392(B)(2)(a), and
437(B)(1), R.S. 33:9551(E)(3), 9561(E)(3), and 9571(E)(3), R.S. 39:82(A), 100.61(B)(1), 352, and
467(G), R.S. 40:1582(E), 1593, and 2845(A)(6)(b), R.S. 42:262(B), R.S. 46:977.13, R.S.
47:1061(A)(4), and 9029(B), R.S. 51:1927.1, 2211(A), 2332(3), 2341(F), 2361, 2362(A)(intro para),
2363, 2365, 2365.1(B) and (C), and 2366, and Section 4(B) of Act No. 421 of 2013 R.S.; repeals
R.S. 3:4321(C) and (D), and 4411(B) and (C), R.S. 11:544, R.S. 15:147(B)(14), 167, 185.5, and
572.8(N), R.S. 17:354, 421.7, 1874, 3129.6, 3138.2, 3138.3, 3138.4, 3397.11, and 4001, R.S.
22:347(A)(1), (2), and (3), 437(A) through (E), 831(B), and 835(C), (D), and (F), 1071(D)(3)(b) and
(c), and 2134, R.S. 24:39, 1291.1(E), and 1515, R.S. 27:92(C), 392(B)(2)(b) through (C), 437(B)(2)
and (C), and 439, R.S. 28:826 and 842, R.S. 30:136.3, 2205, and 2480.2, R.S. 39:91, 97.3, 98.7,
100.1, 100.11, 100.21, 100.26, 100.31, 100.41, 100.51, 100.81, 100.122, 100.123, 100.126, 100.136,
100.146, 467(G), and 1357, R.S. 40:16.2, 1402, 1428(A)(4) and (C), 1547, and 2845(D)(2) and (3)
and (E), R.S. 46:114.4, 440.1, 2731, and 2901, R.S. 47:301.1(F), 302.2 through 302.55, 318, 322.1
through 322.43, 322.45 through 322.48, 332.1 through 332.15, 332.16 through 332.49, 332.51
through 332.54, 841(G), 841.1, 841.2, 1061(B), 1520(A)(1)(e), 1602.1, and 6351(G)(3) and (4), R.S.
49:214.6.7(D) and (E) and 259, R.S. 51:2212(3), 2213, 2315, and 2365.1(D), and C.Cr.P. Art.
926.1(K), Section 7 of Act No. 420 of 2013 R.S., Section 9 of Act No. 138 of the 2005 R.S., and
Section 3 of Act No. 1065 of the 1997 R.S.)