Today at the Legislature

• Advocate Capitol News Bureau
• Published: May 14, 2008 - Page: 4A - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

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House convenes at 2 p.m.
Senate convenes at 2 p.m.

House Committee Meetings
Agriculture. 9:30 a.m. in Committee Room 3. Agenda includes:

HB1193 Provides for kennel licenses for dog breeders.
SB11 Revises the Louisiana Right to Farm Law.
Also: HB501, HB1194, HB1253, HB1270, HCR81, SB627.

Judiciary. 9 a.m. in Committee Room 1. Agenda includes:

HB13 Increases the civil jurisdictional limit for the City Court of Zachary.
HB15 Increases the civil jurisdictional limits of the City Court of Baker.
HB16 Increases the civil jurisdictional limits for the City Court of Baton Rouge.
HB429 Provides conditions for emergency shelter housing of sex offenders.
HB441 Expands the jurisdictional boundaries of the Baton Rouge City Court.
HB659, Changes the domicile of the Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit to Lafayette.
Also: HB561, HB611, HB639, HB838, HB1152, HB1214, HB1257, HB1258, HB1267, HB1277, HB1286, HCR97, HCR103, HCR104, HCR105, SB55, SB91, SB101, SB166, SB406, SB579, SB613, SB624, SB625.

Labor & Industrial Relations. 9 a.m. in Committee Room 5. Agenda includes:

HB968 Provides relative to non-compete agreements.
HB1097 Provides relative to undocumented immigrants.
Also: HB1083, HB1323, HB1340, HCR125, SB168.

Municipal, Parochial & Cultural Affairs. 9:30 a.m. in Committee Room 6. Agenda includes:

HB792 Provides for the creation of a recreation district in the city of Central.
HB938 Provides for the distribution of revenue derived from slot machine gaming at a live horse racing facility located in Iberville Parish.
Also: HB745, HB750, HB934, HB970, HB971, HB980, HB1221, HB1235, HB1238, HB1329, HB1335, HCR42, SB39.

Retirement. 9 a.m. in Committee Room 4. Agenda includes:

HB467 Provides for early retirement of LASERS members with actuarial reduction of benefits; requires abolition of positions vacated by early retirement and permits reestablishment and filling of such positions under limited circumstances.
HB1215 Provides for the reemployment of retired school employees relative to the Louisiana School Employees’ Retirement System.
Also: HB90, HB226, HB232, HB356, HB525, HB526, HB534, HB723, HB964, HB982, HB993, HB994.

Ways and Means. 1 p.m. in Committee Room 2. Agenda includes:

SB87 Reduces individual income tax rates and brackets, and restores the full deduction for excess federal itemized personal deductions, to the same amounts as provided for prior to the enactment of the Stelly Plan (Act 51 of 2002) except for the reduction in rates for the lowest brackets.