Legislative briefs for May 9, 2008
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Election set Oct. 4 for Cazayoux’s seat
House Speaker Jim Tucker on Thursday called for a special election to the fill the vacancy in House District 18.
The vacancy was created by the resignation of former state Rep. Don Cazayoux, D-New Roads, who was elected Saturday to the 6th U.S. Congressional District seat.
Qualifying will begin Wednesday, July 9, and end at 5 p.m. on Friday, July 11.
The primary election will be held Saturday, Oct. 4. The general election, if needed, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 4.
House District 18 encompasses parts of West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana, and Pointe Coupee parishes.
Senate President Joel Chaisson, D-Destrehan, is expected to set the same election dates for District 9. Former Republican Sen. Stephen J. Scalise was elected to fill the 1st U.S. Congressional District seat.
District 9 covers part of Jefferson Parish.
Bill makes supplying ammo to felon illegal
The House Administration of Criminal Justice committee approved a bill Thursday that would make it illegal to supply a known felon with ammunition.
State Rep. Austin Badon, D-New Orleans and sponsor of House Bill 73, said a few years ago, the Legislature passed another bill he sponsored, making it illegal for someone to give a known felon a firearm.
“I neglected to add ammunition, and that’s what this bill would do,” he said.
Badon said he did not want the criminal to get away with a slap on the wrist.
Rep. Bodi White, R-Central, agreed saying that a gun without ammunition is as lethal as a baseball bat.
“It’s the ammunition that’s the danger,” he said.
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