At adjournment on Thursday, May 22,

determine a convicted sex offender's or child

predator's registration and notification period
end date.

HIGHER ED FINANCING FUND

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House Bill 142, pending Senate floor
action, calls for a 10% reduction of all state
professional, personal and consulting service
contracts and creates the Higher Education
Financing Fund.
HB142 provides that at the close of the
fiscal year, the 0.0000 581.280 155.8200 m182.160al 0 567.1200 TD-1.0800 T ,A0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 0.0

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(f) Motion Picture Investor Tax Credit

(g) Research and Development Tax Credit
(h) Digital Interactive Media and Software
Tax Credit
(i) Louisiana Motion Picture Incentive
Program
(j) Louisiana Capital Companies Tax Credit
Program
(k) New Markets Tax Credit
(l) University Research and Development
Parks
(m) Industrial Tax Equalization Program
( n ) E x e m ptions for Manufactur ing
Establishments
(o) Enterprise Zones
(p) Sound Recording Investor Tax Credit
(q) Urban Revitalization Tax Incentive
Program
(r) Technology Commercialization Credit and
Jobs Program
(s) Angel Investor Tax Credit Program
(t) Musical and Theatrical Productions Tax
Credit
(u) Retention and Modernization Credit
(v) Green Jobs Industries Credit
(w) Louisiana Quality Jobs Program
(x) Corporate Headquarters Relocation
Program
(y) Competitive Projects Payroll Incentive
Program
(z) Procurement Processing Company Rebate
Program
(aa) Rehabilitation of Historic Structures.
DEEPWATER HORIZON
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House Bill 1241, which passed the
House, creates the Deepwater Horizon
Economic Damages Collection Fund and
deposits into the fund from proceeds of the
settlement, judgment or final disposition of
the state's economic damages claims asserted
in State of Louisiana v. British Petroleum
Exploration & Production to recover

economic damages sustained by the state from

the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.
The legislation provides for the deposit
of settlement proceeds into the Budget
Stabilization Fund and the Medicaid Trust
Fund for the Elderly.
SURPLUS ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Senate Bill 614, pending House floor
action, allows any political subdivision of the
state to transfer surplus electronic devices to a
nonprofit entity that is certified by R-2
Solutions or the e-Stewards Initiative.
AGRICULTURE
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Senate Concurrent Resolution 124,
pending House floor action, establishes the
Agriculture Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Study
Group to study the use and application of
Unmanned Vehicles or drones for agricultural
purposes and to recommend any action or
legislation that the study group deems
necessary.
INDEPENDENT PARTY
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The House approved Senate Bill 60
which removes the provision prohibiting a
political party that declares its name solely to
be Independent or the Independent Party
from being recognized as a political party.
ELECTIONS
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Senate Bill 208, which passed the
House 80-11, prohibits a public officer who
has been removed from office pursuant to a
recall election from qualifying for the same
office at a special election to fill the position.

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