Louisiana HCSR 2: TAX/SALES-USE, STATE: Urges and requests a study of the costs associated with the implementation of accessibility services and assistive technology at the Legislature of Louisiana

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HLS 19RS-794 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT STUDY REQUEST NO. 2
BY REPRESENTATIVE SMITH AND SENATOR CLAITOR
TAX/SALES-USE, STATE: Urges and requests a study of the costs associated with the
implementation of accessibility services and assistive technology at the Legislature
of Louisiana
1 A CONCURRENT STUDY REQUEST
2 To the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on
3 Senate & Governmental Affairs to meet and to function as a joint committee to study
4 the costs associated with the implementation of accessibility services and assistive
5 technology at the Legislature of Louisiana, and to report the findings and a
6 recommendation of the joint committee to the legislature prior to the convening of
7 the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
8 WHEREAS, R.S. 47:1061(A) authorizes a monthly tax on residential and business
9 customer telephone access lines of local exchange companies operating in Louisiana; and
10 WHEREAS, the monies from this tax are required to be deposited into the
11 Telecommunications for the Deaf Fund (the Fund) upon satisfaction of the requirements of
12 the Bond Security and Redemption Fund; and
13 WHEREAS, R.S. 47:1061(B) provides for monies in the Fund to be used solely for
14 the establishment, administration, and promotion of a statewide program to provide
15 accessibility services and assistive technology for persons who are deaf, deaf/blind, hard of
16 hearing, speech impaired, or others with similar disabilities or impairments; and
17 WHEREAS, R.S. 47:1061(B) provides for a portion of the monies in the Fund to be
18 used for captioning and American Sign Language services to be utilized at the legislature;
19 and
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HLS 19RS-794 ORIGINAL
HCSR NO. 2
1 WHEREAS, because these services appear to be underutilized at the legislature, it
2 is clear that costs associated with implementation of accessibility of services and assistive
3 technology require further study.
4 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana requests the
5 House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on Senate
6 & Governmental Affairs to meet and to function as a joint committee to study costs
7 associated with the implementation of accessibility services and assistive technology at the
8 Legislature of Louisiana and to report the findings and a recommendation of the joint
9 committee to the legislature prior to the convening of the 2020 Regular Session of the
10 Legislature of Louisiana.
11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
12 Louisiana Department of Health and the Louisiana Commission for the Deaf.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCSR 2 Original 2019 Regular Session Smith
Urges and requests the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs and the
Senate Committee on Senate & Governmental Affairs to meet and to function as a joint
committee to study costs associated with the implementation of accessibility services and
assistive technology at the Legislature of Louisiana and to report its findings to the
legislature prior to the 2020 R.S.
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