| STATE OF LOUISIANA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
PROCLAMATION NO. 9 BJ 2008
By virtue of the authority vested in me by Paragraph B of Section 2 of Article III of the
Constitution of Louisiana, I, Bobby Jindal, Governor of the state of Louisiana, HEREBY
CALL AND CONVENE THE LEGISLATURE OF LOUISIANA INTO EXTRAORDINARY
SESSION to convene at the State Capitol, in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, during twenty-one (21)
calendar days, beginning at 5:00 o'clock p.m. on the 9th day of March 2008, and ending no
later than 5:00 o'clock p.m. on the 29th day of March 2008. The power to legislate at such
session shall be limited, under penalty of nullity, to the following specifically enumerated objects:
| ITEM NO. 1: |
To legislate relative to accelerating the current reduction of sales tax on
manufacturing machinery and equipment.
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| ITEM NO. 2: |
To legislate relative to the elimination or reduction of the permanent sales tax on
business utilities.
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| ITEM NO. 4: |
To legislate relative to accelerating the current reduction of corporate franchise tax
on borrowed capital.
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| ITEM NO. 5: |
To amend and reenact R.S. 47:6016 relative to new markets tax credit for limited
projects meeting certain criteria; to provide for additional allocations; and to
provide for related matters.
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| ITEM NO. 6: |
To legislate relative to providing for the dedication of a percentage of revenue from
existing transportation related taxes and fees to transportation related matters.
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| ITEM NO. 7: |
To legislate relative to providing for an individual income tax deduction for tuition
associated with attendance at elementary and secondary schools and for qualified
educational expenses for parents of home-schooled students.
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| ITEM NO. 8: |
To legislate relative to providing supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007-
2008 from monies recognized by the Revenue Estimating Conference as Fiscal
Year 2006-2007 non-recurring revenue.
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| ITEM NO. 9: |
To legislate relative to changing the expenditure limit for fiscal year 2007-2008;
and to provide for related matters.
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| ITEM NO. 10: |
To legislate relative to the Algiers Development District.
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| ITEM NO. 11: |
To legislate relative to allocation of monies for depositing into the Coastal
Protection and Restoration Fund pursuant to Article VII, §10(D)(2)(e) of the
Louisiana Constitution and to authorize and direct the transfer and deposit of
monies into the Fund by the Treasurer.
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| ITEM NO. 12: |
To legislate relative to the provisions of Section 6428 of the Internal Revenue Code
as enacted in the federal Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 to insure that the tax
reductions provided by Section 6428 do not increase any citizen’s Louisiana
individual income tax.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my
hand officially and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of
Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the city of Baton
Rouge, on this 3rd day of March 2008. |
