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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 173
BY REPRESENTATIVE JAMES
DISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD: Provides relative to the Sherwood Forest Crime
Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:9097.19(F)(introductory paragraph), (2)(a), and (5), relative2
to East Baton Rouge Parish; to provide relative to the Sherwood Forest Crime3
Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District; to provide relative to the parcel4
fee imposed and collected within the district; to provide relative to the collection fee;5
and to provide for related matters.6
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published7
as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of8
Louisiana.9
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:10
Section 1. R.S. 33:9097.19(F)(introductory paragraph), (2)(a), and (5) are hereby11
amended and reenacted to read as follows:12
ยง9097.19. Sherwood Forest Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement13
District14
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F. Parcel fee. The governing authority of the city of Baton Rouge, parish of16
East Baton Rouge district is hereby authorized to impose and collect a parcel fee17
within the district subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection.18
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(2)(a) The initial amount of the fee shall be as requested by provided in a1
duly adopted resolution of the governing authority of the district. The initial fee2
shall not exceed seventy-five dollars per parcel per year.3
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(5) The fee shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ad5
valorem taxes are collected by the sheriff, as ex officio tax collector, of the parish of6
East Baton Rouge. The sheriff shall collect and remit to the district all amounts7
collected. not more than sixty days after collection; however, the The district may8
enter into an agreement with the sheriff to authorize the sheriff to retain a collection9
fee not to exceed one percent of the amount collected.10
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not12
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature13
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If14
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become15
effective on the day following such approval.16
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)]
James HB No. 173
Abstract: Provides relative to the imposition and collection of a parcel fee within the
Sherwood Forest Crime Prevention District in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Present law creates the Sherwood Forest Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement
District in East Baton Rouge Parish as a political subdivision of the state in order to aid in
crime prevention and to add to the security of district residents by providing for an increase
in the presence of law enforcement personnel in the district. Present law provides for the
district's boundaries, governance, and powers and duties. Proposed law retains present law.
Present law authorizes the governing authority of the city Baton Rouge, parish of East Baton
Rouge, subject to voter approval, to impose and collect a parcel fee within the district.
Provides that the initial amount of the fee shall be as requested by duly adopted resolution
of the governing authority of the district not to exceed $75 per parcel per year. Requires that
the fee be imposed on each improved and unimproved parcel located within the district.
Authorizes the board, not less than five years from the initial imposition of the fee, to
increase the fee one time without election, not to exceed $200. HLS 14RS-603 ENGROSSED
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Proposed law authorizes the district rather than the governing authority of the city of Baton
Rouge, parish of East Baton Rouge, to impose and collect a parcel fee. Proposed law
otherwise retains present law.
Present law provides that the fee shall be collected in the same manner and at the same time
as ad valorem taxes and that any unpaid fee shall be added to the city tax rolls and enforced
with the same authority and subject to the same penalties and procedures as unpaid ad
valorem taxes. Proposed law retains present law.
Present law requires the sheriff to remit to the district all amounts collected not more than
60 days after collection. Authorizes the district to enter into an agreement with the sheriff
to authorize the sheriff to retain a collection fee.
Proposed law removes the time limit for the sheriff to remit the collected taxes to the district.
Limits the amount that the sheriff is authorized to retain for collecting the parcel fee to 1%
of the amount collected.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 33:9097.19(F)(intro. para.), (2)(a), and (5))