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 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 89
 BY SENATOR HENRY
 LEGISLATION. Limits the number of resolutions or prefiled bills a member may file during
 any annual session.
1A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 To amend and readopt Joint Rule No. 18 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of
3Representatives, relative to resolutions or prefiled bills; to limit the number of
4resolutions or prefiled bills a member may file during any annual session; to provide
5which resolutions are not subject to the limitation on introduction of resolutions.
6BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana amends and readopts Joint Rule
7 No. 18 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives to read as follows:
8Joint Rule No. 18. Limit on bill or resolution introductions; exceptions
9A. The following limits on the introduction of bills to be prefiled for
10introduction in either house shall apply:
11(1) No more than ten bills shall be prefiled by any member who is not the
12chairman or vice chairman of a standing committee.
13(2) No more than twelve bills shall be prefiled by any vice chairman of
14a standing committee.
15(3) No more than fifteen bills shall be prefiled by any chairman of a
16standing committee.
17(4) If a member is both a chairman and vice chairman of a standing
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1      committee then the limit for a chairman shall apply.
2B. The following bills shall not be counted against the five-bill limit on bill
3      introductions after prefiling, as provided in Article III, Section 2(A) of the Louisiana
4      Constitution, for the authors of these bills:
5(1) The general appropriation bill.
6(2) The bill appropriating funds for the judicial branch.
7(3) The bill appropriating funds for the legislative branch.
8(4) The capital outlay bill.
9(5) The omnibus bond authorization bill.
10(6) Appropriation bills supplementing the General Appropriation Act.
11(7) The bill appropriating funds from the Revenue Sharing Fund pursuant to
12      Article VII, Section 26.
13(8) The bill establishing and reestablishing agency ancillary funds.
14C.(1) A member shall not introduce more than ten resolutions, simple or
15      concurrent, that are not perfunctory.
16(2) The following resolutions shall not be counted against the ten-
17      resolution limit on introduction:
18(a) A resolution providing for the approval of a minimum foundation
19      program formula pursuant to Article VIII, Section 13 of the Louisiana
20      Constitution.
21(b) A resolution providing for a hospital stabilization formula pursuant
22      to Article VII, Section 10.13 of the Louisiana Constitution.
23(c) A resolution providing for a master plan for integrated coastal
24      protection or an annual plan for integrated coastal protection pursuant to R.S.
25      49:214.5.3.
26(d) A resolution providing for an annual basin plan pursuant to R.S.
27      49:214.8.6.
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    The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
    of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Senate Legislative Services.
    The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof
    or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
  DIGEST
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Present rule provides that the following bills not be counted against the five-bill limit on bill
introductions after prefiling for the authors of those bills.
(1)     The general appropriation bill.
(2)     The bill appropriating funds for the judicial branch.
(3)     The bill appropriating funds for the legislative branch.
(4)     The capital outlay bill.
(5)     The omnibus bond authorization bill.
(6)     Appropriation bills supplementing the General Appropriation Act.
(7)     The bill appropriating funds from the Revenue Sharing Fund pursuant to Article VII,
    Section 26.
(8)     The bill establishing and reestablishing agency ancillary funds.
Proposed rule retains this provision.
Proposed rule provides the following limits on the introduction of bills to be prefiled for
introduction in either house.
(1)     No more than ten bills by any member who is not the chairman or vice chairman of
    a standing committee.
(2)     No more than twelve bills by any vice chairman of a standing committee.
(3)     No more than fifteen bills by any chairman of a standing committee.
(4)     If a member is both a chairman and vice chairman of a standing committee then the
    fifteen bill limit for chairman applies.
Proposed rule prohibits a member from introducing more than ten resolutions, simple or
concurrent, that are not perfunctory. Provides that the following resolutions are not to be
counted against this ten-resolution limit:
(1)     A resolution providing for the approval of a minimum foundation program formula
    pursuant to Article VIII, Section 13 of the Louisiana Constitution.
(2)     A resolution providing for a hospital stabilization formula pursuant to Article VII,
    Section 10.13 of the Louisiana Constitution.
(3)     A resolution providing for a master plan for integrated coastal protection or an
    annual plan for integrated coastal protection pursuant to R.S. 49:214.5.3.
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(4)   A resolution providing for an annual basin plan pursuant to R.S. 49:214.8.6.
(Amends Joint Rule No. 18)
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