RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
SCR 107 2019 Regular Session Mizell
Creates the Task Force on Benefits of Marriage and Incentives for Premarital Counseling
and Pre-Divorce Counseling to study possible incentives to promote premarital counseling
and pre-divorce counseling.
Task force to be composed of the following:
(1)President of the Senate, or his designee, who shall serve as chairman.
(2)Speaker of the House of Representatives or his designee.
(3)The attorney general or his designee.
(4)The chair of the Senate Select Committee on Women and Children or her designee.
(5)The secretary of the DC&FS or her designee.
(6)One member appointed by the La. Baptist Convention, Office of Public Policy.
(7)One member appointed by the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Office of Marriage and
Family Life.
(8)One member appointed by the La. Family Forum.
(9)One member who is a family court judge or district court judge who has jurisdiction
over divorce matters and who is appointed by the La. District Judges Association.
(10)The legislative auditor, or his designee, as a nonvoting member of the task force.
(11)Chair of the Marriage-Persons Committee of the La. State Law Institute or his
designee.
Provides that the names of the appointees and their designees be submitted to the Senate
Select Committee on Women and Children by August 15, 2019.
Provides that a majority of the membership of the task force constitutes a quorum and that
if all task force members have not been appointed by September 1, 2019, a majority of the
appointed membership shall constitute a quorum.
Requires that task force submit a report no later than December 28, 2020, to the legislature.