House Appropriations Committee #
Website #
Membership; committee rules; and meeting votes and minutes available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“To this committee shall be referred, in accordance with the rules, all legislative instruments, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters relating to the following subjects: Appropriation of state funds; Expenditure of funds; General appropriation bill; Deposit and investment of public monies, including the creation or modification of any special fund in the state treasury to which proceeds from state taxes, fees, or other charges are dedicated; Cash flow; Study of economy and efficiency in the operation of government at all levels; Budgetary requirements and procedures; Central purchasing; Fiscal controls; Comprehensive state capital budget, after initial consideration by the Committee on Ways and Means in accordance with House Rule 6.8(C); Professional, personal, and consulting services procurement as provided for in Chapter 16 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950; Public bid laws and public contracts as provided for in Chapter 17 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950″ (committee website).
House Ways and Means Committee #
Website #
Membership; committee rules; and meeting votes and minutes available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“To this committee shall be referred, in accordance with the rules, all legislative instruments, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters relating to the following subjects: Taxes and the raising of revenue;Bonds and the bonding of revenue; Issuance, payment or retirement of bonds; Evidences of indebtedness; State revenues, generally; Revenue collection; Assessors, their offices, salaries, expenses, compensation, and the like; Parish tax collectors, their offices, salaries, experiences, compensation and the like; Comprehensive state capital budget, prior to consideration by the Committee on Appropriations in accordance with House Rule 6.8(C)” (committee website).
Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget #
Website #
Membership and meeting calendar, agendas, and documents available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“The committee is tasked with assisting the legislature in the discharge of its fiscal and budgetary responsibilities under the Constitution of Louisiana and to provide the legislature with information relative to such responsibilities” (committee website).
Senate Finance Committee #
Website #
Membership available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“Legislative instruments and other matter referred to this committee shall encompass the following subject matter:
- “Appropriation of state funds, including the cash portion of the comprehensive state capital budget
- “Budgetary requirements and procedures
- “Central purchasing
- “Economy and efficiency of government operations
- “Expenditure of funds
- “Fiscal controls
- “General appropriations bill
- Revenue sharing” (committee website).
