2009 Regular Session Instruments by Neil Riser Instrument Status Summary SB5 FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE ACT 537 LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS - Constitutional amendment to provide for the convening of annual legislative regular sessions and the effective date of legislation enacted at such sessions. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (1/1/12) SB29 SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR ACT 105 TELECOMMUNICATIONS - Enacts the Louisiana Anti-Caller ID Spoofing Act. (8/15/09) SB139 SUBJECT TO CALL - HOUSE FINAL PASSAGE TAX/SALES - Ends the "suspension" of the sales tax exemption granted for meals furnished to the staff, faculty, and students of educational institutions, makes it retroactive to January 1, 1998, and specifically includes meals paid for in advance pursuant to certain meal plans at such institutions. (gov sig) (RE1 -$400,000 GF RV See Note) SB140 SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR ACT 235 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL - Provides relative to careless handling of a hazardous material and the reimbursement of certain emergency response costs. (8/15/09) SB141 ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS TAX/TAXATION - Eliminates the $10 minimum corporate franchise tax except for the first year a corporation becomes taxable. (gov sig) (OR -$373,000 GF RV See Note) SB142 ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS TAX/TAXATION - Eliminates corporate franchise tax on the first $300,000 of taxable capital, but retains the $10 minimum for all corporations. (gov sig) (OR -$11,790,000 GF RV See Note) SB168 FAILED HOUSE FINAL PASSAGE MOTOR VEHICLES - Requires all occupants 13 years of age and older to wear a seat belt while in certain motor vehicles. (8/15/09) SB173 ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS TAX EXEMPTIONS - Specifies that eligible investments for the Technology Commercialization Credit and Jobs Program must be a "per year" investment. (gov sig) (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note) SB196 ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS TAX/TAXATION - Extends the research and development tax credit and changes it from a carry forward credit to a refundable one, increases the tax credit for employers under 500 employees. (gov sig) (OR -$11,600,000 GF RV See Note) SB197 ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS TAX/TAXATION - Authorizes enterprise zone tax credits for an employer who modernizes his facility if it is threatened with closure in the foreseeable future and if the modernization will retain jobs. (gov sig) SB198 ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS TAX/TAXATION - Removes the termination date of the Angel Investor Tax Credit and changes the rate at which investments are granted a tax credit. (gov sig) SB199 NOTICE GIVEN SUBJECT TO CALL - HOUSE FINAL PASSAGE TAX/TAXATION - Removes the Jan. 1, 2010, termination date for issuance of digital interactive media producer tax rebates, and increases the rate of the rebate for the first through the sixth year after certification to 20% of base investment. (gov sig) (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note) SB200 ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS TAX/FRANCHISE/CORPORATE - Exempts the first $300,000 of taxable capital from corporate franchise taxation and provides for the minimum amount of the tax. (gov sig) (OR -$11,790,000 GF RV See Note) SB201 ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS TAX/TAXATION - Grants refundable retention and modernization credits to certain employers. (8/15/09) (OR -$10,000,000 GF RV See Note) SB303 SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR ACT 254 WORKERS' COMPENSATION - Provides relative to a medical treatment schedule for workers' compensation matters. (8/15/09) SB330 ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS TAX/TAXATION - Provides with regard to the motion picture investor tax credit. (8/15/09) (OR -$10,000,000 GF RV See Note) SB334 ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS TAX/TAXATION - Grants refundable tax credits to Louisiana public pension funds and to Louisiana university endowments all or a portion of their net realized losses in certain venture capital fund companies. (1/1/10) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) SCR4 FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE CONGRESS - Memorializes Congress and urges the United States Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Prisons to refrain from sending detainees released or transferred from the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility (GTMO), Cuba to prisons in Louisiana. SCR69 FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the untimely death of Lloyd Lile Lindsey, Jr., West Feliciana Parish school superintendent. SCR117 FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE COMMENDATIONS - Commends Kenneth Blackson for his service as a senior member of the first Legislative Youth Advisory Council. SCR118 FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE COMMENDATIONS - Commends Brett Jones for his service as a senior member of the first Legislative Youth Advisory Council.