Governor Jindal Signs Bills into Law

7/3/2008

04:48:42 PM

Thursday, July 03, 2008

BATON ROUGE – Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced that he has signed the following bills passed by the legislature into law:

HB 10 – Richardson

This bill establishes the Mayor's Court of the city of Central.

HB 12 – Richardson

This bill authorizes the mayor of city of Central to appoint a court magistrate.

HB 23 – Greene

This bill authorizes the court to admit to bail for a person arrested for the commission of certain offenses.

HB 32 – Richmond

This bill relates to filling a vacancy in the office of the recorder of mortgages in Orleans Parish

HB 39 – Hazel

This bill adds battery of a police officer to the list of crimes of violence.

HB 52 – Danahay

This bill relates to the use of monies in the West Calcasieu Community Center Fund.

HB 69 – Richmond

This bill relates to a court submitting its request to the Judicial Council for review and recommendation when a court is requesting the splitting of a court or the merging of a court.

HB 73 – A. Badon

This bill creates the crime of illegally supplying a felon with ammunition.

HB 100 – Richmond

This bill authorizes sheriffs to have sales at certain courthouse annexes.

HB 110 – Champagne

This bill excludes persons convicted of armed robbery from being eligible for parole.

HB 136 – Henry

This bill relates to the destruction of records.

HB 146 – Richmond

This bill authorizes inmates to attend post-conviction relief proceedings by the use of visual remote technology.

HB 157 – Connick

This bill relates to proceedings on the 24th JDC Environmental docket.

HB 241 – Wooton

This bill creates the crime of forged insurance documents.

HB 246 – Richmond

This bill amends Louisiana Sentencing Commission provisions.

HB 280 – Wooton

This bill amends the law relating to which games may be displayed on video bingo machines.

HB 374 – Chandler

This bill relates to the qualifications of child custody mediators.

HB 388 – Greene

This bill relates to component parts of immovable property.

HB 413 – Wooton

This bill creates the crime of theft of a motor vehicle.

HB 498 – Edwards

This bill amends provisions of law relates to the venue in delinquency proceedings for certain judicial districts.

HB 530 – Richmond

This bill relates to the term of office for a judge with the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court in case of a vacancy.

HB 586 – Hardy

This bill amends witness protection provisions.

HB 605 – T. Burns

This bill relates to charitable trusts and charitable donations.

HB 613 - Tucker

This bill adjusts the per diem for housing adult inmates in parish facilities.

HB 622 - Tucker

This bill expands the responsibilities for the Louisiana Recovery Authority and reduces the LRA's Board of Directors in an effort to streamline operations.

HB 643 – Schroder

This bill relates to a cleansing period for DWI convictions.

HB 682 – Hutter

This bill amends provisions regarding identification of children taken into custody for delinquent acts.

HB 705 – Hardy

This bill amends provisions of law regarding individual access to the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information.

HB 726 – Hardy

This bill creates the crime of public display of a noose with the intent to intimidate.

HB 750 – Lambert

This bill corrects statutory references.

HB 845 – Perry

This bill increases penalties for driving without a license.

HB 867 – Baldone

This bill amends provisions of the crime of computer-aided solicitation of a minor.

HB 885 – Wooton

This bill amends provisions regarding time periods for conducting hearings regarding a driver's license suspension or revocation relates to a DWI.

HB 1007 – Cromer

This bill relates to background checks for individuals with supervisory authority over children.

HB 1040 - Abramson

This bill relates to the abatement of public nuisances.

HB 1067 – Edwards

This bill relates to the cancellation of certain mortgages and vendor's privileges.

HB 1075 – LaBruzzo

This bill relates to eligibility requirements for TOPS for students displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and changes the "Tuition Opportunity Program for Students" to the "Taylor Opportunity Program for Students."

HB 1093 – Connick

This bill authorizes a parish governing authority to place certain charges on property owners on the ad valorem tax rolls of the parish.

HB 1129 – Hazel

This bill relates to law enforcement officers under investigation.

HB 1136 – Pearson

This bill relates to parole officers searching a person on parole without a warrant.

HB 1204 – Williams

This bill relates to justice of the peace courts in Caddo Parish

HB 1243 – LaFonta

This bill provides for the crime of theft of copper from a religious building or cemetery or graveyard.

HB 1286 – Lambert

This bill relates to the jurisdiction of the trial court.

HB 1363 – Abramson

This bill provides for limitations on the issuance of bail for certain offenses and under certain circumstances.

HB 1374 – Norton

This bill prohibits the participants in a crime from posting their criminal activity on the internet.

HB 1377 – Abramson

This bill provides that a certain portion of court costs may be allocated to the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police for law enforcement education and training.

HB 1378 – Simon

This bill provides for a Silver Alert Network for locating missing senior citizens.

HB 1386 – Ponti

This bill provides for the recusation of judges in certain civil matters.

SB 26 – Alario

This bill increases supplemental pay for eligible law enforcement officers and firefighters to $500 per month.

SB 137 – Quinn

This bill prohibits text messaging by all drivers and the use of cell phones by novice drivers.

SB 159 – Cravins

This bill prohibits minors from using any wireless telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle.

SB 342 – Erdey

This bill prohibits certain drivers from operating a motor vehicle while using a cellular telephone.

SB 410 – Hebert

This bill protects the right to lawfully possess a firearm by limiting the ability of a chief law enforcement officer to regulate firearms within a political subdivision during a declared emergency.

SB 461 – Gray

This bill relates to peremptory challenges based on race or gender.

SB 469 – Dupre

This bill relates to the sentencing of adults for certain crimes committed as a child.

SB 492 – Quinn

This bill relates to actions for the failure to exercise rights or to allow rights pursuant to a court-ordered visitation schedule.

SB 500 – Crowe

This bill provides for child internet safety.

SB 511 – Amedee

This bill provides for the fines and penalties for the crime of gambling by computer.

SB 608 – Duplessis

This bill relates to the term of office of a judge elected to fill a vacancy of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.

SB 625 – Murray

This bill relates to district court judges and magistrates in Orleans Parish.

SB 686 – Dupre

This bill relates to the Louisiana Military Family Assistance Board.

SB 709 – Duplessis

This bill relates to the duties of notaries to register documents involving certain immovable property in Orleans Parish.

SB 717 – Martiny

This bill relates to the testing of a person when a bill of information or indictment is brought against the person for certain sex offenses.

SB 721 – Chaisson

This bill relates to challenges to the admissibility of blood alcohol concentration test results into evidence.

SB 735 – Morrish

This bill increases the membership of the board of directors of Cameron Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 1.

SB 801 – Nevers

This bill relates to the disclosure of property involved in manufacturing methamphetamine.

SB 802 – Gray

This bill reestablishes the Hurricane Katrina Memorial Commission.