§ 51:1045.3 — Solutions to poverty initiative; implementation

Louisiana § 51:1045.3

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 51: Trade and Commerce

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§1045.3. Solutions to poverty initiative; implementation
A. The departments, offices and commissions listed in R.S. 51:1045.2 shall plan to
implement through feasibility studies, in those parishes listed in R.S. 51:1035(A), the solutions
recommended by the Governor's Summit on Solutions to Poverty as provided in this Section. The
implementation plan and feasibility studies shall be coordinated through the Department of Children
and Family Services.
B.(1) The Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission and the office of student
financial assistance shall conduct a feasibility study on the following:
(a) A plan to allow the exchange of community service for college tuition.
(b) A plan for income-based student loan repayment.
(2) The commission shall report the results of its study and any proposed legislation required
to implement proposals to the Senate Committee on Education and the House Committee on
Education, separately or meeting jointly, not later than February 1, 2006.
C. Louisiana Works and the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council shall conduct a
feasibility study on expanding the application of Incumbent Worker Training Funds. The department
and commission shall report the results of its study and any proposed legislation required to
implement proposals to the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations and the House
Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations, separately or meeting jointly, not later than February
1, 2006.
D. The Department of Revenue shall conduct a feasibility study on requiring businesses that
receive state corporate tax credits and benefits to provide health insurance and other employee
benefits. The department shall report the results of its study and any proposed legislation required
to implement proposals to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and the Senate Committee
on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs and the House Committee on Ways and Means, separately or meeting
jointly, not later than February 1, 2006.
E. The Department of Insurance shall conduct a feasibility study on prohibiting new forms
of insurance red-lining. The department shall report the results of its study and any proposed
legislation required to implement proposals to the Senate Committee on Insurance and the House
Committee on Insurance, separately or meeting jointly, not later than February 1, 2006.

Legislative History

Acts 2005, No. 404, §1; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008.