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2025 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 16
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAKIN
JOINT RULES: Provides for the nongovernmental entity funding request form
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To amend and readopt Joint Rule No. 17(B)(2) and (6) of the Joint Rules of the Senate and
3 House of Representatives and to adopt Joint Rule No. 17(B)(12) of the Joint Rules
4 of the Senate and House of Representatives to provide for the information
5 requirements for the nongovernmental entity request form.
6 BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of Louisiana that Joint Rule No. 17(B)(2) and
7(6) of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives are hereby amended and
8readopted and Joint Rule No. 17(B)(12) of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of
9Representatives is hereby adopted to read as follows:
10 Joint Rule No. 17. Nongovernmental Entity Funding Request Form
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12 B. Such information shall, at a minimum, include the following:
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14 (2) The type of entity (for instance, a nonprofit corporation) and, if the entity
15 is a corporation, the names of the incorporators of the recipient. If the recipient is
16 a private entity required to register with the Secretary of State, the entity shall show
17 evidence of good standing with that office. If the entity is a nonprofit corporation,
18 the nonprofit corporation shall specify its tax exemption status pursuant to the
19 Internal Revenue Code.
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1 (6) The entity's proposed comprehensive budget showing all anticipated uses
2 of the proposed monies, including additional sources of revenue for the program or
3 project proposed, and amounts budgeted by categories of expenditures, including but
4 not limited to salaries, operating services, professional services, contracts,
5 acquisitions, major repairs, and other charges. If other charges are included, the
6 entity shall specify the other charges.
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8 (12) A copy of the entity's Form 990, as required by the Internal Revenue
9 Code, from the last three years, if applicable.
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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 16 Original 2025 Regular Session McMakin
Abstract: Provides for the information required to be included in a nongovernmental entity
funding request form.
Present Joint Rule (Joint Rule No. 17(B)) provides for the information that is required to be
included in a nongovernmental entity request form, which includes the following:
(1)The entity's full legal name, mailing address, and physical address.
(2)The type of entity (for instance, a nonprofit corporation).
(3)The last four numbers of the taxpayer identification number of the entity.
(4)The full names and addresses of the governing board and all officers of the recipient
entity.
(5)The dollar amount of the proposed funding.
(6)The entity's proposed comprehensive budget.
(7)A certification that the entity has no outstanding audit issues.
(8)The entity's public purpose sought to be achieved through the use of state monies.
(9)The proposed length of time the entity estimates is needed to accomplish the
purpose.
(10)If any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an
official is an officer, director, trustee, or employee of the entity who receives
compensation or holds any ownership interest therein.
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(11)If the entity has a contract with any elected or appointed state official or an
immediate family member of such an official or with the state or any political
subdivision of the state.
Proposed Joint Rule retains present Joint Rule, and additionally adds the following
requirements for information that shall be included in the form:
(1)If the entity categorizes itself as a nonprofit corporation, the nonprofit shall specify
its tax exemption status pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
(2)For the entity's proposed comprehensive budget, if the entity has other charges for
expenditures, then the entity shall specify what the other charges are.
(3)The entity shall provide a Form 990, as required by the Internal Revenue Code, from
the last three years, if applicable.
Proposed Joint Rule removes the requirement that the entity provide salaries in its proposed
comprehensive budget showing anticipated uses of the proposed monies.
(Amends Joint Rule No. 17(B)(2) and (6); Adds Joint Rule No. 17(B)(12))
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