Saturday, January 21, 2012

Delta Chapter Legislative Updates 2012

Delta Chapter Legislative Updates 2012

The 2012 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature convenes at noon on Monday, March 12, 2012 and final adjournment is no later than 6:00 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012. 

The length of the session is 60 legislative days during an 85 calendar day period.

The subject matter of the session is general in nature; however, no measure levying or authorizing a new state tax, increasing an existing state tax, or legislating with regard to state tax exemptions, exclusions, deductions, or credits can be introduced or enacted.

See the full text of the legislative information bulletin at http://www.legis.state.la.us/archive/12rs/12rsbulletin.pdf 

Sierra Club Delta Chapter will be monitoring the 2012 Louisiana State Legislative Session for proposed legislation that may be of interest to the environmental community. We will follow the progress of legislation of interest and we will be posting our updates on this blog.

We look forward to an interesting legislative session.