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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 575
BY REPRESENTATIVE ARNOLD
DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides with respect to the duration of taxes levied for the Orleans
Parish Juvenile Services Financing District
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:5951(I)(4), relative to the Orleans Parish Juvenile Services2
Financing District; to provide with respect to taxes levied for the district and the3
duration of such levy; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 13:5951(I)(4) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง5951. Orleans Parish Juvenile Services Financing District7
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(4) If approved, the tax shall expire on December thirty-first after the 201411
mayoral election for the city of New Orleans term of the levy of the tax shall be as12
provided in the proposition authorizing the levy, not to exceed eight years from the13
date of levy, but the tax may be renewed if approved by a majority of the registered14
voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election as provided in Paragraph15
(2) of this Subsection. Any election to authorize renewal of the tax shall be held16
only at the same time as the mayoral primary election for the city of New Orleans.17
If the tax is renewed, the term of the imposition of the tax shall be as provided in the18
proposition authorizing such renewal, not to exceed eight years.19
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DIGEST
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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)]
Arnold HB No. 575
Abstract: Provides with respect to the taxes the Orleans Parish Juvenile Services Financing
District is authorized to levy and the duration of such levy.
Present law provides for the creation of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Services Financing
District to provide funding for juvenile facilities, programs, and services.
Present law authorizes the governing authority of New Orleans to levy and collect a tax up
to 10 mills on the dollar on property within the district subject to voter approval. Requires
that the election be called by the governing authority of the city of New Orleans upon written
request by the board of commissioners of the district.
Present law provides that, if approved, the tax shall expire on Dec. 31 after the 2014 mayoral
election for the city of New Orleans. Further authorizes the renewal of the tax if approved
by the voters. Also requires that any election to authorize the renewal of the tax be held only
at the same time as the mayoral primary election for the city of New Orleans. If the tax is
renewed, the term of the imposition of the tax shall be as provided in the proposition
authorizing such renewal, not to exceed eight years.
Proposed law changes provision for the expiration of the initial tax from a specific date to
a term not to exceed eight years; otherwise retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 13.5951(I)(4))