Louisiana HB 862: FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS:  Establishes the Information Technology Infrastructure Fee to be assessed on certain state transactions to support the state's information technology infrastructure (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Bill Text

HLS 18RS-1287 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 862
BY REPRESENTATIVE IVEY
FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Establishes the Information Technology Infrastructure Fee
to be assessed on certain state transactions to support the state's information
technology infrastructure
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32.412.1(D) and 429.2(B), and R.S. 36:54, and to enact Chapter
3 11 of Title 24 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S.
4 24:671 through 673, R.S. 36:104(A)(16), 154(A)(10), 234(A)(15), 254(A)(16),
5 304(A)(10), 354(A)(19), 404(A)(11), 454(A)(10), 474(A)(14), 504(A)(10),
6 605(A)(10), 645(A)(10), 722(9), and 784(A)(10), and R.S. 39:6(D) and 36(A)(8),
7 and Subpart C-1 of Part I of Chapter 1 of Subtitle I of Title 39 of the Louisiana
8 Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 39:16.1 and 16.2, relative to
9 imposition of a state fee for the support of information technology infrastructure; to
10 establish a joint committee of the legislature and provide for its membership, powers,
11 and duties; to establish the Information Technology Infrastructure Fund as a special
12 treasury fund; to provide for the deposit, use, and investment of monies in the fund;
13 to provide for the disposition of certain handling fees collected by the office of motor
14 vehicles; to provide with respect to the Office of Motor Vehicles Customer Service
15 and Technology Fund; to impose and authorize collection of certain fees; to provide
16 for definitions; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters.
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HLS 18RS-1287 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 862
1 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
2 Section 1. R.S. 32:412.1(D) and 429.2(B) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
3 as follows:
4 §412.1. Handling charges
5 * * *
6 D. Three dollars and seventy-five cents on Class "D" and "E" driver's license
7 transactions, and two dollars and fifty cents of the fee charged for all other handling
8 fees charged or collected shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit in to
9 into the Office of Motor Vehicles Customer Service and Technology Information
10 Technology Infrastructure Fund created pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 32:429.2
11 R.S. 39:16.2.
12 * * *
13 §429.2. Office of Motor Vehicles Customer Service and Technology Fund; uses of
14 the monies
15 * * *
16 B. After compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of
17 the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund,
18 and after a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all of the obligations
19 secured by the full faith and credit of the state which become due and payable within
20 any fiscal year, the treasurer shall pay an amount equal to the monies received by the
21 state treasury pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 32:412.1(C), 707.2(C)(4), R.S.
22 32:707.2(C)(4) and 728(10) into the Office of Motor Vehicles Customer Service and
23 Technology Fund. The monies in this fund shall be used solely as provided in
24 Subsection C of this Section and only in the amounts appropriated by the legislature.
25 All unexpended and unencumbered monies in this fund at the end of the fiscal year
26 shall remain in the fund. The monies in the fund shall be invested by the state
27 treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund and shall be
28 deposited into the state general fund.
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HLS 18RS-1287 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 862
1 Section 2. Chapter 11 of Title 24 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be
2 comprised of R.S. 24:671 through 673 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
3 CHAPTER 11. JOINT COMMITTEE ON STATE
4 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE
5 §671. Joint Committee on State Information Technology Infrastructure.
6 A. The Joint Committee on State Technology Infrastructure hereinafter
7 "committee", is hereby created and established as the representative of the
8 Legislature of Louisiana to assist that body in consideration of priorities for the
9 funding of information technology infrastructure projects through appropriations
10 from the Information Technology Infrastructure Fund.
11 B. The committee shall be composed of:
12 (1) Three members of the House of Representatives who are knowledgeable
13 concerning information technology, to be appointed by the speaker of the House of
14 Representatives.
15 (2) Three members of the Senate who are knowledgeable concerning
16 information technology, to be appointed by the president of the Senate.
17 C. No action shall be taken by the committee or by a joint subcommittee
18 thereof, except by the favorable vote of a majority of the members. A quorum of the
19 committee or a joint subcommittee shall consist of a majority of the total
20 membership of the committee or jo