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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 339
BY REPRESENTATIVES LEGER, BILLIOT, AND BROSSETT
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:5062(A), relative to the city of New Orleans; to provide2
relative to the maintenance of property in a safe and sanitary condition; to provide3
relative to the powers granted to the governing authority of the city to maintain4
property in such condition; to remove provisions that prohibit the governing5
authority from enacting ordinances relative to the removal of weeds and other6
deleterious growths; to provide relative to the costs of removing such weeds and7
other growths; and to provide for related matters.8
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published9
as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of10
Louisiana.11
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:12
Section 1. R.S. 33:5062(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:13
ยง5062. Weed cutting in municipalities; abutting owner's liability; notice; waiver of14
notice15
A. The governing authority of any municipality , except the city of New16
Orleans, may enact ordinances requiring that property be maintained in a safe and17
sanitary condition, including ordinances providing for the cutting, destruction, or18
removal of noxious weeds or grass or other deleterious, unhealthful, or noxious19
growths on any sidewalks or banquettes and on any lot, place, or area within the20
municipality. The charges, costs, and expenses incurred by the municipal governing21 ENROLLEDHB NO. 339
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authority in enforcing such ordinances, shall, to the extent of the actual cost thereof1
to the municipal governing authority, be a charge, cost, or expense of the property2
abutting the sidewalk or banquette or of the lot, place, or area, and the owner thereof.3
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: