Don’t forget to jump on SB543 while you are at it !!!
Looks like the House finally passed it as well. Now it is in ‘Conference Committee’. This is the legislators “get out of responding to the ethics commission” bill for the entire time they are in office.
As in:
“3) Any time other than (1) or (2) above when such person is engaged in activities in connection with or ordered by: (a) the legislature; (b) any legislative committee or subcommittee appointed by the president of the Senate or the speaker of the House of Representatives; (c) any committee or commission appointed by the governor or other person authorized to make such appointments; or (d) any constitutional convention or commission.”
“(2) If the grounds for the motion are pursuant to Paragraph (C)(3), the continuance or extension shall be granted for a period of not less than sixty days from the date the activities giving rise to the need for the continuance or extension cease.”
The Senate voted to grant themselves a 60 day repreive from being required to answer to any other body for ANY out of session legislative act.
All they have to do is schedule one activity every 60 days and they are golden for the entire time they are in office.
This provision was limited by the House. However, now they have to take it to conference committee.
Bet they try to reinstate it!
If there is one time for Bobby Jindal not to go wobbly, this is it. He must be ready and willing to use his veto power on any legislation that does not respond to Louisiana’s best interests.
It’s just infuriating - and I think (or at least I hope!) that the good people of LA will not forget this betrayal of their interests.