Mayoral Candidate Patrick C. Williams of Shreveport has the right priorities. Many of the bills he has reviewed and voted upon consist of issues that largely affect citizens of greater Shreveport. Among these issues are the topics of retirement funds, public education, job growth, city infrastructure, health care, taxation, military benefits, and even smaller recreational bills.
Take a look at some of the bills that
Patrick Williams has supported andpassed in the past few years. Do youthink Patrick Williams would be theright candidate for you?
HCR 188: SCHOOLS/FINANCE-MFP: Urges and requests BESE (Board of Elementary and Secondary education) and to recognize and include increased per pupil funding as part of FY 2013-2014 base
HB 4: RETIREMENT/COLAS: Provides a permanent benefit increase to certain retired members and beneficiaries of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana
SB 153: EMPLOYMENT: Creates the Equal Pay for Women Act.
HB 128: LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides for survivors benefits for tribal police officers and firemen
HB 582: EXCEP PERSON/DISABLED: Provides relative to parking spaces for certain disabled persons
SCR 27: COMMITTEE STUDIES: Creates the Joint Human Trafficking Study Commission.
HB 233: MEDICAID: Creates the La. Health Care Independence Program
HB 256: TAX/PROPERTY: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for the redemption period for blighted, abandoned, uninhabitable, or hazardous property sold at tax sale
SB 197: TAX/TAXATION: Extends income tax credits for the rehabilitation of certain owner-occupied residential structures.
HB 630: TAX CREDITS: Provides for the transferability of the income tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic commercial structure
HB 617: TAX RETURN: Creates an income tax checkoff for the Louisiana National Guard Honor Guard for Military Funerals
Other Bills Include:
SB 123: Designates October 25th, 26th, and 27th as “Care Enough to Wear Pink” days in Louisiana.
HR 130: Recognizes June 14, 2012, as National Flag Day and commends La. citizens for their military service
HCR 50: Requests that the National Football League reconsider the penalties imposed upon the New Orleans Saints
HB 378: Prohibits outdoor smoking within 25 feet of certain exterior locations of buildings and other enclosed areas in which smoking is prohibited currently
HCR 107: Requests members of the legislature to host an Obesity Awareness Walk within their respective districts and designates April 13, 2010, as “Obesity Awareness Day
