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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 15
BY REPRESENTATIVE TARVER
JOINT RULES: Provides for limitations on appropriations to nongovernmental entities
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To amend and readopt Joint Rule No. 17(A)(1)(a), (C), (E), and (G) of the Joint Rules of the
3 Senate and House of Representatives to provide procedures relative to a
4 nongovernmental entity funding request and to provide limitations on funding for
5 nongovernmental entities in an appropriation bill.
6 BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of Louisiana that Joint Rule No. 17(A)(1)(a),
7(C), (E), and (G) of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives are hereby
8amended and readopted to read as follows:
9 Joint Rule No. 17. Nongovernmental Entity Funding Request Form
10 A.(1)(a) No later than the first day of November each year any
11 nongovernmental entity which is neither a budget unit nor a political subdivision of
12 the state that is requesting funding from the state through the General Appropriation
13 Bill, capital outlay bill, or any supplemental appropriation bill shall transmit certain
14 information relative to such proposed funding to the House Committee on
15 Appropriations, the House Committee on Ways and Means, the Senate Committee
16 on Finance, and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs in a form and
17 manner as shall be prescribed jointly by the committees.
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19 C. Requests Except as provided in Paragraph G of this Joint Rule, requests
20 submitted after November first may be included within the appropriation bills if the
21 late submission is approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget or the
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1 Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay prior to the last day for introduction
2 of a matter intended to have the effect of law by either house of the legislature.
3 Requesting entities shall submit all applicable information.
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5 E. A completed Nongovernmental Entity Funding Request Form shall be
6 submitted for each entity which is neither a budget unit nor a political subdivision
7 of the state and for which funding is provided in an appropriation bill, in conformity
8 with Paragraph G of this Joint Rule, either upon introduction or through an
9 amendment in accordance with the rules of the respective house.
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11 G. The provisions of this Joint Rule shall become effective July 1, 2008. The
12 General Appropriation Bill, the capital outlay bill, or any appropriation bill that
13 contains an appropriation for a budget unit or a political subdivision of the state shall
14 not include an appropriation for a nongovernmental entity which is neither a budget
15 unit nor a political subdivision of the state.
16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Legislature of Louisiana that this Resolution
17shall become effective on July 1, 2025.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 15 Original 2025 Regular Session Tarver
Abstract: To provide procedures for nongovernmental entity funding requests and to
provide limitations on funding for nongovernmental entities in an appropriation bill.
Present Joint Rule provides a form for a funding request for a nongovernmental entity that
is neither a budget unit nor a political subdivision. Provides procedures for making such a
request. Requires a nongovernmental organization to make a funding request no later than
the first day of November of each year. Provides for requests submitted after November
first.
Present Joint Rule provides for the information that shall be, at a minimum, included in the
nongovernmental organization funding request form.
Proposed Joint Rule retains Present Joint Rule.
Present Joint Rule provides that a completed nongovernmental organization funding request
form shall be submitted for each entity for which funding is provided in an appropriation bill
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either upon introduction or through an amendment in accordance with the rules of the
respective house.
Proposed Joint Rule retains Present Joint Rule.
Proposed Joint Rule provides that the General Appropriation Bill, the capital outlay bill, or
any appropriation bill that contains an appropriation for a budget unit or a political
subdivision of the state shall not include an appropriation for a nongovernmental
organization.
Effective July 1, 2025.
(Amends Joint Rule No. 17(A)(1)(a), (C), (E), and (G))
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