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City lobbyist briefs council on key bills, governor's capital list and status of motion-picture and local projects
Summary
Contract lobbyist Chance McNeely updated the council on active state bills affecting local sales tax, blight, motion-picture tax credits, and capital-outlay requests that placed nine Shreveport projects in the governor's initial list, and noted ongoing outreach related to a proposed large private investment.
Chance McNeely, the city's contract lobbyist in Baton Rouge, updated the council on several bills the city is tracking and on capital-outlay items in the governor's proposed list.
McNeely reviewed house and senate bills the city supports or opposes, including bills addressing misappropriation of utility payments, exemptions to local sales tax, landlord/tenant removal of unauthorized occupants, motion-picture tax credits, and bills related to blight and land banks. He reported…
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