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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 482
BY SENATOR LAFLEUR
SPECIAL DISTRICTS. Provide for dissolution of parish road districts in St. Landry Parish.
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AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 48:601(A), to enact R.S. 48:601(E), and to repeal R.S.2
48:601(D)(2)(c), relative to St. Landry Parish; to provide for the absorption of parish3
road districts upon creation of a new parishwide road district; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 48:601(A) is hereby amended and reenacted, and R.S. 48:601(E) is8
hereby enacted to read as follows: 9
ยง601. St. Landry Parish Road District10
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, specifically R.S.11
48:573 and R.S. 48:590, the governing authority of St. Landry Parish is hereby12
authorized to establish a road district, and such district shall become effective upon13
approval by a majority of the registered voters of St. Landry Parish voting on14
the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the15
Louisiana Election Code. which This district shall be comprised of St. Landry16
Parish in its entirety.17 SB NO. 482
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E.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon the2
district becoming effective, the following parish road districts created pursuant3
to R.S. 48:600, 600.1, 600.2, 600.3 and 600.4 shall be absorbed into the district4
and shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.5
(2) The district shall be the successor to any district absorbed pursuant6
to this Subsection. All unfinished business, documents, liens against property for7
unpaid taxes, money, movable, and immovable property, and books and records8
of the absorbed road districts shall be transferred to and become the9
responsibility and property of the district. Any legal proceeding to which the10
district is a party and which is filed, initiated, or pending before any court on the11
effective date of abolition and all documents involved in or affected by said legal12
proceeding shall retain their effectiveness and shall be continued in the name of13
the district. All obligations of the absorbed districts shall become the obligations14
of the St. Landry Parish Road District.15
(3) Until such time as the district proposes a parish wide tax and it is16
approved by voters as provided in Subsection D, the district shall continue to17
levy the ad valorem and sales taxes authorized by the electorate of each former18
district, and the revenues generated in each former district must be utilized for19
benefit of that former district.20
Section 2. R.S. 48:601(D)(2)(c)is hereby repealed.21
Section 3. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010.22
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of
the legislative instrument, were prepared by James Benton.
DIGEST
LaFleur (SB 482)
Present law provides that the governing authority of St. Landry Parish is hereby authorized
to establish a road district, which shall be comprised of St. Landry Parish in its entirety.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that the authority to create the district is
contingent on the voter approval of the electorate of St. Landry Parish. SB NO. 482
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Present law provides that upon the creation of the district, districts created pursuant to
present law shall be absorbed into the district and shall be subject to the provisions of this
proposed law.
Proposed law provides that the St. Landry Parish Road District shall be the successor to any
district that is absorbed pursuant to present law . All unfinished business, documents, liens
against property for unpaid taxes, money, movable, and immovable property, and books and
records of the absorbed road districts shall be transferred to and become the responsibility and
property of the St. Landry Parish Road District. Any legal proceeding to which the district
is a party and which is filed, initiated, or pending before any court on the effective date of
abolition and all documents involved in or affected by said legal proceeding shall retain their
effectiveness and shall be continued in the name of the parish. All obligations of the
absorbed districts shall become the obligations of the district. Any revenues assumed by the
district shall be used in or for the benefit of the area comprising the former district.
Proposed law provides that until the district proposes and voters approve a parish wide tax,
the district shall continue to levy the ad valorem and sales taxes authorized by the electorate
of each former district, and the revenues generated in each former district must be utilized for
benefit of that former district.
Effective July 1, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 48:601(A); adds R.S. 48:601(E); repeals R.S. 48:601(D)(2)(c))