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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 620
BY REPRESENTATIVE PEARSON
LOCAL GOVT/EXPENDITURES: Provides for parish taxing authorities' funding of
certain operational expenses for assessors and sheriffs who are funded by assessment
districts and law enforcement districts
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:4713, relative to the funding of certain expenses of the offices2
of assessors and sheriffs; to provide with respect to various local taxing authorities'3
responsibilities for funding certain operational expenses for assessors and sheriffs;4
to exclude those officials whose offices are supported by either an assessment district5
or a law enforcement district; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 33:4713 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 8
ยง4713. Providing quarters for court and parish officers 9
Each A. Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, each parish10
shall provide and bear the expense of a suitable building and requisite furniture for11
the sitting of the district and circuit courts and such offices, furniture, and equipment12
as may be needed by the clerks and recorders of the parish for the proper conduct of13
their offices and shall provide such other offices as may be needed by the sheriffs of14
these courts and by the tax collectors and assessors of the parish and shall provide15
the necessary heat and illumination therefor. 16
The B.(1) Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, the cost of17
such furniture and equipment, supplies and maps, as may be needed by the tax18
collector and assessors of each parish shall be borne proportionately by all tax19 HLS 10RS-208 ORIGINAL
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recipient bodies in the parish in the proportion of the amount received from such tax1
monies by each recipient body in the parish.2
(2) The police jury or other governing authority shall make these purchases3
and then bill the other tax recipients for their proportionate share. 4
C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to an assessor who receives5
funding through an assessment district, as provided in R.S. 47:1925.1, or to a sheriff6
who receives funding through a law enforcement district, as provided in R.S.7
33:9001, which districts are established specifically to provide funding for those8
offices.9
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010; if vetoed by the governor10
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,11
2010, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.12
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Pearson HB No. 620
Abstract: Excludes assessors and sheriffs which are funded through taxing districts from
local officials for which parish taxing authorities are required to provide certain
operational expenses.
Present law requires a parish governing authority to pay certain expenses for other local
government officials, such as the district and circuit courts, the clerk of court and recorder
of mortgages, and the sheriff and assessor.
Present law requires that the tax collector and assessor's costs for furniture, equipment,
supplies, and maps be borne proportionately by all tax recipient bodies in the parish in the
proportion of the amount of tax revenues received by each as compared to the total collected
in the parish.
Proposed law retains present law but excludes assessors and sheriffs which are funded
through their own taxing district from local elected officials for which local taxing
authorities must provide certain operating expenses.
Effective July 1, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 33:4713)