2009 Regular Session Instruments by B.L. "Buddy" Shaw Instrument Status Summary SB58 SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR ACT 340 SEX OFFENSES - Provides relative to the membership of the LA Sexual Assault Task Force. (gov sig) SB59 WITHDRAWN FROM THE FILES OF THE SENATE PRIOR TO INTRODUCTION LEGISLATORS - Constitutional amendment to limit members of the legislature to no more than three full consecutive terms in the legislature, whether in one house or both. (2/3-CA 13s1(A)) SB83 ASSIGNED TO HOUSE WAYS & MEANS SHERIFFS - Allows sheriffs and ex officio tax collectors of the various parishes to accept electronic checks for any payment legally collected and authorizes the collection of a fee for processing electronic check payments. (8/15/09) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV) SB202 ASSIGNED TO SENATE TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAYS, AND PUBLIC WORKS Considered on 5/14/2009 PUBLIC UTILITIES - Requires natural gas local distribution companies to offer open access transportation services to customers that consume an average of more than twenty-five thousand cubic feet of natural gas per day based on the customer's consumption for the previous fiscal year. (8/15/09) SB203 ASSIGNED TO SENATE & GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS Considered on 5/13/2009 LEGISLATORS - Constitutional amendment to limit members of the legislature to no more than three full terms in the legislature, whether in one house or both. (2/3-CA 13s1(A)) SB230 SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR ACT 241 SOCIAL SERVICES DEPT - Provides procedures for the implementation of certain family and child support programs. (8/15/09) SB328 ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL - Reduces individual income tax by adjusting the brackets each year by the percentage change in the CPI-U (Consumer Price Index city average for all urban consumers) for the immediately preceding year, beginning 2010. (gov sig) SCR10 ASSIGNED TO HOUSE MUNICIPAL & PAROCHIAL AFFAIRS Considered on 6/17/2009 CONGRESS - Memorializes Congress to take such actions as are necessary to enact legislation that establishes English as the official language of the United States. SCR11 INVOLUNTARILY DEFERRED IN HOUSE COMMERCE Considered on 6/1/2009 CONGRESS - Memorializes Congress to enact legislation requiring domestic business and domestic nonprofit entities that utilize automated telephone systems to offer "English" as the default choice of language communication. SCR74 FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE COMMITTEE STUDIES - Requests study of the need for additional spans on the Jimmie Davis Bridge (Hwy. 511) between Bossier and Shreveport and possible funding sources, including tolls. SCR80 FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE COMMENDATIONS - Commends Dr. Kenneth L. Schwab, president of Centenary College of Louisiana, upon his retirement. SR3 FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE COMMENDATIONS - Commends George P. Fritze upon being named the 2009 Time Magazine Car Dealer of the Year. SR36 FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE PUBLIC UTILITIES - Directs Centerpoint Entergy to report the status of its filing of any tariff necessary to facilitate access to transportation for heat load customers in north LA. SR111 FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE SENATE - Designates June 18, 2009, as Louisiana Music Day.