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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 572
BY SENATOR MURRAY
SPECIAL DISTRICTS. Provides relative to the Lakeview Crime Prevention District.
(gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:9091.1(F)(1)(b), (2)(a), and (3)(b) and (c), relative to the2
Lakeview Crime Prevention District; to provide for parcel fees; to provide for an3
effective date; and to provide for related matters.4
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 33:9091.1(F)(1)(b), (2)(a), and (3)(b) and (c) are hereby amended7
and reenacted to read as follows:8
ยง9091.1. Lakeview Crime Prevention District9
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F. Parcel fee. The governing authority of the city of New Orleans is hereby11
authorized to impose and collect a parcel fee within the district subject to and in12
accordance with the provisions of this Subsection:13
(1)(a) * * *14
(b)(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph,15
the amount of the fee may be increased, not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars per16
parcel per year, as provided in this Item. The new fee amount shall be as provided17 SB NO. 572
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by duly adopted resolution of the board of commissioners of the district and1
approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the2
proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana3
Election Code. Such election shall be held only if requested by duly adopted4
resolution of the board of commissioners of the district and shall be held only at the5
2006 mayoral primary election.6
(ii) Upon request of the board of commissioners by duly adopted resolution,7
the proposition for the election authorized by this Subparagraph may be combined8
with the proposition for the election authorized by Item (3)(c)(iii) of this Subsection9
and placed on the ballot as one proposition.10
(2)(a)(i) The fee shall be imposed on each and every improved parcel located11
within the district, whether such parcel is improved or unimproved.12
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Item (i) of this Subparagraph, the fee13
imposed pursuant to this Subsection shall be imposed on all parcels in the district,14
whether or not improved, as provided by duly adopted resolution of the board of15
commissioners of the district and after approval by a majority of the registered voters16
of the district voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in17
accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. Such election shall be held only if18
requested by duly adopted resolution of the board of commissioners of the district19
and shall be held only at the 2010 mayoral primary election. If imposition of the fee20
on all parcels in the district is authorized as provided in this Item, it shall be imposed21
in the same amount and for the same duration as otherwise authorized pursuant to22
this Section.23
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(3)(a) * * *25
(b) The election on the question of the imposition of the fee shall be held at26
the same time as the 1998 mayoral primary election is held in the city .27
(c)(i) The fee shall expire four years from its initial levy as provided in the28
proposition and not later than December 31, 2026.29 SB NO. 572
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(ii) The fee may be renewed to expire not later than December 31, 2036,1
as provided in Subparagraph (3)(a) of this Paragraph at an election held for that2
purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code no later than December3
31, 2026.4
(iii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Item (i) of this Subparagraph, the fee5
shall expire not later than December thirty-first of the year of the mayoral primary6
election for the city of New Orleans that occurs eight years after the year in which7
the fee is renewed, but only if such renewal term is approved by a majority of the8
registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election held for that9
purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. Such election shall be held10
only if requested by duly adopted resolution of the board of commissioners of the11
district and shall be held only at the 2006 mayoral primary election. If requested by12
duly adopted resolution of the board of commissioners, the proposition at such13
election or a separate proposition at such election may provide that the term of the14
fee approved at the mayoral primary election in 2006 shall expire on December 31,15
2014, and if such proposition is approved by a majority of the registered voters of the16
district voting on the proposition at such election, the term of the fee approved at the17
mayoral primary election in 2006 shall expire on such date.18
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not20
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature21
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If22
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become23
effective on the day following such approval.24
The original instrument was prepared by Michael Bell. The following digest,
which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was prepared
by Dawn Romero Watson.
DIGEST
Murray (SB 572)
Present law provides for the Lakeview Crime Prevention District. SB NO. 572
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Present law provides for a parcel fee to be imposed on all improved parcels in the district,
as provided by duly adopted resolution of the board of commissioners of the district and
after approval by a majority of the registered voters of the district.
Present law provides that notwithstanding present law, upon approval at a 2010 election, the
parcel fee shall be assessed on all parcels, improved and unimproved.
Proposed law clarifies that a fee is imposed on each and every parcel located within the
district, whether such parcel is improved or unimproved.
Present law provides for the parcel fee to expire no later than the end of calendar year 2014.
Proposed law provides for the fee to expire not later than December 31, 2026.
Proposed law provides that the fee may be renewed to expire not later than December 31,
2036.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 33:9091.1(F)(1)(b), (2)(a), and (3)(b) and (c))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Local and Municipal
Affairs to the original bill
1. Makes technical corrections.