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SENATE SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS
SB 7 2020 Second Extraordinary Session Hewitt
KEYWORD AND SUMMARY AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS. Provides relative to the Louisiana
International Deep Water Gulf Transfer Terminal Authority. (gov sig) (Item
#50)
SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE SENATE BILL
1. Reduces from 11 to 5 the number of commissioners appointed by the
governor.
2. Provides for one member selected from a list of two nominees - one
nominee submitted by the La. River Pilots' Association and one
nominee submitted by the La. Maritime Association.
3. Removes requirement that members selected by the legislative
presiding officers be from the St. Bernard or Plaquemines delegation
and provides that the project is located.
4. Adds provision that the six year term for commissioner not apply to
members appointed by the legislative presiding officers.
DIGEST OF THE SENATE BILL AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
SB 7 Reengrossed 2020 Second Extraordinary Session Hewitt
Present law established a 15-member board of commissioners for the La. International Deep
Water Gulf Transfer Terminal Authority, consisting of the secretary of the Dept. of
Economic Development and the secretary of the Dept. of Transportation and Development,
the chairman of the House and Senate committees on transportation, highways, and public
works or their designees and 11 commissioners to be appointed by the governor.
Proposed law reduces the membership of the board from 15 to 9 and removes the chairmen
of the House and Senate committees on transportation, highways, and public works and
reduces the number of members appointed by the governor to five.
Present law requires that commissioners be chosen as follows:
(1) One member selected from a list of three nominees submitted by the Ports
Association of La.
(2) One member selected from a list of three nominees submitted by the La.
Association of Business and Industry.
(3) One member selected from a list of three nominees submitted by the La. Maritime
Association.
(4) One member selected from a list of three nominees submitted by the La. River
Pilots' Association.
(5) Two members at-large; one member appointed by the American Federation of
Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations.
(6) One member selected from a list of three nominees submitted by the president of
the Senate/
(7) One member selected from a list of three nominees submitted by the speaker of
the House of Representatives.
(8) One member selected from a list of three nominees who are residents of
Plaquemines Parish, submitted jointly by the chief executive officer and the
governing authority of Plaquemines Parish.
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(9) One member selected by the N.O. Public Belt Railway and appointed by the
governor, who must be a nonvoting member.
Proposed law reduces the member at-large appointments from two to one; provides that two
members be selected by the legislative presiding officers from the legislature who represents
the legislative district in which the project is located or their designees and that they service
a term concurrent with the respective legislative presiding officer.
Proposed law removes one member each selected by the La. River Pilots' Association and
the La. Maritime Association and provides that one member be selected from a list of two
nominees with the La. River Pilots' Association and the La. Maritime Association each
submitting one nominee.
Proposed law removes the member from the House that is selected from a list of three names
submitted by the speaker of the House of Representatives and removes the member from the
Senate that is selected from a list of three nominees submitted by the president of the Senate.
Proposed law removes the member selected from a list of three names submitted jointly by
the chief executive officer and the governing authority of Plaquemines Parish.
Proposed law removes the member selected by the N.O. Public Belt Railway who is
appointed by the governor.
Proposed law removes the member that is selected from a list of three names submitted by
the La. Maritime Association and the member that is selected from a list of three names
submitted by the La. River Pilots Association, and adds that one member shall be selected
from a list of two nominees, with one nominee being submitted by both the La. River Pilots'
Association and the La. Maritime Association.
Present law specifies that the commissioners appointed are appointed for terms of six years
and that no commissioner can serve more than two consecutive terms.
Present law requires the board of commissioners to seek the approval of the House and
Senate committees on transportation, highways, and public works and the Joint Legislative
Committee on the Budget prior to the adoption of any rule or regulation for the maintenance
and operation of the authority.
Proposed law removes present law.
Present law requires the board of commissioners to elect a president, two vice-presidents, a
secretary, and a treasurer from among the members of the board.
Proposed law reduces the number of vice-presidents to be elected from two to one.
Present law specifies that all matters to be acted upon by the board of commissioners or the
executive board require the affirmative vote of a majority of the board, with the exception
that the affirmative vote of not less than ten commissioners is required to select the executive
director.
Proposed law changes present law by requiring the affirmative vote of a majority of the board
and reduces the number of affirmative votes of commissioners to select the executive director
from 10 to 6.
Present law requires the board to make an annual report to the governor, the House and
Senate committees on transportation, highways, and public works, and the Joint Legislative
Committee on the Budget.
Proposed law removes the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget from the entities to
which the board must make an annual report. Proposed law further provides that the annual
report shall be submitted not later than February 1st of each year and that the report shall
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include a summary of the authority's progress, future plans for the authority's development
program and financial report.
Provides that terms of the current members of the board shall not be altered by proposed law.
Effective upon signature of the governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration
of the time for bills to become law without signature by the governor.
(Amends R.S. 34:3494(A) and (B), 3495(A),(C), and (G), and 3496(A))
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Thomas L. Tyler
Deputy Chief of Staff
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