Governor Announces Special Session

On October 7, 2005 Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco announced that a special session of the Louisiana Legislature to consider hurricane recovery measures is scheduled to begin on November 6th, 2005. The 12-day session will be narrowly focused, allowing legislators to concentrate on urgent matters. The special session will be convened by a proclamation of the Governor to begin at 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 6th and end by 6 p.m. on Friday, November 18th.

In addition to the November special session, Governor Blanco anticipates the need for possibly calling a special session in January 2006. It is expected that the revenue estimating conference, which meets later this year, will identify revenue problems which will need to be addressed before the 2006 Regular Session.