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ACT No. 43
First Extraordinary Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 30
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
A JOINT RESOLUTION1
Proposing to amend Article VII, Section 25(A)(2) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative2
to ad valorem property taxes; to provide relative to minimum required bids in tax3
sales; to specify applicability to one or more political subdivisions or local areas; to4
provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide5
for related matters.6
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members7
elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state of8
Louisiana, for their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to9
amend Article VII, Section 25(A)(2) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:10
ยง25. Tax Sales11
Section 25.(A) Tax Sales.12
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(2) If property located in a municipality with a population of more than four14
hundred fifty thousand persons as of the most recent federal decennial census the city15
of New Orleans fails to sell for the minimum required bid in the tax sale, the16
collector may offer the property for sale at a subsequent sale with no minimum17
required bid. The proceeds of the sale shall be applied to the taxes, interest, and18
costs due on the property, and any remaining deficiency shall be eliminated from the19
tax rolls.20
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Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted22
to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on October 22,23
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Section 3. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at said election1
there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted2
to vote FOR or AGAINST, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall3
read as follows:4
To amend provisions relative to tax sales in order to maintain an existing5
exemption from the minimum bid requirements for tax sales in the city of6
New Orleans due to changes in populations according to the 2010 census.7
(Amends Article VII, Section 25(A)(2))8
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE