HLS 10RS-5969 ORIGINAL
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Approved
6-21-10
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE STUDY REQUEST NO. 11
BY REPRESENTATIVE MONICA
TAX/AD VALOREM TAX: Urges and requests the House Committee on Ways and Means
to study issues relating to property assessments for purposes of ad valorem property
taxes
A STUDY REQUEST1
To the House Committee on Ways and Means to study issues relating to property2
assessments for purposes of ad valorem property taxes and to report its findings to3
the House of Representatives prior to the convening of the 2011 Regular Session of4
the Legislature of Louisiana.5
WHEREAS, most Louisiana taxpayers have experienced increases in their annual6
property tax bill, which increases were due to changes in property assessments; and 7
WHEREAS, in some parishes, certain tax bills nearly doubled in the year after the8
2008 statewide reassessment; and 9
WHEREAS, the methods of valuation used in the assessment of property are10
established by law; and 11
WHEREAS, the imposition of a limit on the amount by which a taxpayer's property12
taxes can increase in one year is a policy option worthy of study. 13
THEREFORE, the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana requests14
the House Committee on Ways and Means to study issues relating to property assessments15
for purposes of ad valorem property taxes and to report its findings to the House of16
Representatives prior to the convening of the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature of17
Louisiana. 18 HLS 10RS-5969 ORIGINAL
HSR NO. 11
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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)]
Monica HSR No. 11
Urges and requests that the House Committee on Ways and Means study issues relating to
property assessments for purposes of ad valorem property taxes and to report its findings to
the House of Representatives prior to the convening of the 2011 R.S.