Requests the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the secretaries of the Department of Revenue and Natural Resources to meet as a special committee to study a reform of the income-reporting laws and the various exclusions, exemptions, credits, deductions, and other economic incentives granted by state law to large, multinational conglomerates which engage in offshore oil and gas exploration and production.
Expresses support for consolidation of inpatient and outpatient services at Huey P. Long Medical Center to create a sustainable and economically feasible model, and requests the governor, LSU and DHH, to take all actions necessary to streamline services and create a fiscally responsible, viable public medical center in central Louisiana.
Requests the state and federal governments to encourage all entities involved in the environmental cleanup effort to utilize Louisiana's citizens and their ideas to rehabilitate the Gulf of Mexico.
Requests the Board of Regents to examine the effectiveness of the postsecondary education funding formula and provide for phased in implementation of significant changes, specifically as related to performance-based funding.
Memorialize the president, congress, and the Federal Communications Commission to refrain from regulating Internet broadband services as common carrier services under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934.
Requests the state and the federal governments to encourage all entities involved in the environmental cleanup effort to utilize Louisiana's citizens and their ideas to rehabilitate the Gulf of Mexico.