APP NOTICE 042814.wpd

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Notice of Committee Meeting

Committee on Appropriations

Will meet at: 9:00 a.m. Date: Monday, April 28, 2014

Location: Committee Room 5

Remarks:

HB 1 FANNIN APPROPRIATIONS Provides for the ordinaryoperating expenses of state government for FiscalYear 2014-2015

HB 37 PEARSON RETIREMENT/TEACHERS Requiresapplication of certain amounts of minimumfoundation program formula funds to the initialunfunded accrued liability of the Teachers'Retirement System of Louisiana

HB 44 PEARSON RETIREMENT/TEACHERS Requiresapplication of minimum foundation programformula funds to the unfunded accrued liability ofthe Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana

HB 115 DIXON FUNDS/FUNDING Dedicates state sales taxrevenues collected from the furnishing of hotelrooms in Rapides Parish located outside the city ofAlexandria to the Rapides Parish Coliseum Fund

HB 148 CHAMPAGNE FUNDS/FUNDING (Constitutional Amendment)Requires that monies received by the state fromviolations of certain federal and state lawsassociated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill bedeposited into the Coastal Protection andRestoration Fund

HB 169 HOWARD TAX/ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE Dedicates aportion of the state excise tax levied on beverages oflow alcoholic content to the La. Wounded WarriorsFund

HB 176 BROWN, TERRY FUNDS/FUNDING Dedicates the proceeds of thestate sales tax collected on hotel occupancy tax inGrant Parish to the Grant Parish EconomicDevelopment Fund

HB 217 SMITH, PATRICIA PUBLIC CONTRACTS Creates the "Ban the Boxfor State Contracts Act" which prohibits certaincontractors from inquiring about a job applicant'scriminal history on a job application

HB 343 HARRISON ELDERLY (Constitutional Amendment) Createsand provides for a Department of Elderly Affairs

HB 360 HARRISON ELDERLY Provides for the allocation ofappropriations to the office of elderly affairs for thevoluntary parish councils on aging

HB 380 GEYMANN FUNDS/FUNDING Prohibits the use of state fundsfor certain assessments without legislative authority

HB 434 CHAMPAGNE CAPITAL OUTLAY Requires line itemappropriations for nongovernmental entities in thecapital outlay bill to be listed in a separate scheduleand requires the date the application was received tobe included in the project title

HB 726 IVEY FUNDS/FUNDING Authorizes certain statutorilydedicated funds to be used for special lawenforcement initiatives

HB 1025 ABRAMSON CRIMINAL/VICTIMS Provides relative tohuman trafficking, trafficking of children for sexualpurposes, and commercial sexual exploitation

HB 1026 FANNIN FUNDS/FUNDING Provides for the transfer anddeposit of monies among state funds

James R. "Jim" FanninCHAIRMAN