SENATE - Louisiana

Page 46 SENATE
June 21, 2004
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of
Representatives and the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We, the conferees appointed to confer over the disagreement
between the two houses concerning House Bill No. 1605 by
Representative Daniel, recommend the following concerning the
reengrossed bill:
1. That the set of Senate Committee Amendments proposed by the
Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs and
adopted by the Senate on June 9, 2004 be adopted.
2. That the set of Senate Floor Amendments proposed by Senator
Marionneaux and adopted by the Senate on June 15, 2004 be
rejected.
3. That the following amendments to the reengrossed bill be
adopted:
AMENDMENT NO. 1
On page 3, line 12, after "(7)" and before "Any act or omission"
insert "The secretary of state shall promulgate and adopt rules as
necessary to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this Section."
AMENDMENT NO. 2
On page 3, line 12, change "enforcement" to "implementation"
AMENDMENT NO. 3
On page 4, line 5, after "of the votes cast" and before "in the most
recent" delete "for their respective office or offices" and insert "for
such office"
AMENDMENT NO. 4
On page 4, line 6, after "a candidate" and before "such party" delete
"or candidates"
AMENDMENT NO. 5
On page 4, line 14, after "the candidate's name." delete the remainder
of the line and delete lines 15 and 16 and insert the following:
"If a candidate is not affiliated with a political party, but such party
is not a recognized political party, the space after his name shall be
left blank. If a candidate is not affiliated with any political party, the
words "no party" or an abbreviation thereof shall be placed after his
name. The secretary of state shall promulgate and adopt rules as
necessary to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this
Subsection."
Representatives:
William B. Daniel, IV
Joel Robideaux
Rules Suspended
Respectfully submitted,
Senators:
Robert Marionneaux, Jr.
Charles D. Jones
John L. "Jay" Dardenne
Senator Dardenne asked for and obtained a suspension of the
rules for the purpose of considering the Conference Committee
50th DAY'S PROCEEDINGS
Report. On motion of Senator Dardenne, a vote was taken on the
adoption of the report.
ROLL CALL
The roll was called with the following result:
YEAS
Mr. President Duplessis Jones
Adley Dupre Lentini
Amedee Ellington Malone
Bajoie Fields Marionneaux
Barham Fontenot McPherson
Boasso Gautreaux, B Michot
Boissiere Gautreaux, N Mount
Cain Hainkel Nevers
Chaisson Heitmeier Romero
Cheek Holden Smith
Cravins Hollis Theunissen
Dardenne Irons Ullo
Total—36
NAYS
Kostelka
Total—1
Jackson
Total—2
ABSENT
Schedler
The Chair declared the Conference Committee Report was
adopted. Senator Dardenne moved to reconsider the vote by which
the report was adopted and laid the motion on the table.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
House Bill No. 421 By Representative Beard
June 18, 2004
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of
Representatives and the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We, the conferees appointed to confer over the disagreement
between the two houses concerning House Bill No. 421 by
Representative Beard, recommend the following concerning the
engrossed bill:
1. That the Senate Committee Amendments proposed by the
Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs and
adopted by the Senate on June 15, 2004, be rejected.
Representatives:
Gary J. Beard
Charles D. Lancaster, Jr.
M.J. "Mert" Smiley
Respectfully submitted,
Senators:
Charles D. Jones
Noble E. Ellington
John L. "Jay" Dardenne
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