Louisiana 2014 2014 Regular Session

Louisiana Senate Bill SB572 Chaptered / Bill

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Regular Session, 2014	ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 572
BY SENATOR MURRAY 
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:9091.1(F)(1)(b), (2)(a), and (3)(b) and to repeal R.S.2
33:9091.1(F)(3)(c), relative to the Lakeview Crime Prevention District; to provide3
for parcel fees; to provide for an 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) are hereby amended and7
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
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(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 Subparagraph. The new fee amount shall17
be as provided by duly adopted resolution of the board of commissioners of the18
district and approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on19
the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana20
Election Code. Such election shall be held only if requested by duly adopted21
resolution of the board of commissioners of the district and shall be held only at the22
2006 mayoral primary election.23
(ii) Upon request of the board of commissioners by duly adopted resolution,24
the proposition for the election authorized by this Subparagraph may be combined25
with the proposition for the election authorized by Item (3)(c)(iii) of this Subsection26
and placed on the ballot as one proposition.27
ACT No.  585 SB NO. 572	ENROLLED
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(2)(a)(i) The fee shall be imposed on each and every improved parcel located1
within the district, whether such parcel is improved or unimproved.2
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Item (i) of this Subparagraph, the fee3
imposed pursuant to this Subsection shall be imposed on all parcels in the district,4
whether or not improved, as provided by duly adopted resolution of the board of5
commissioners of the district and after approval by a majority of the registered voters6
of the district voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in7
accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. Such election shall be held only if8
requested by duly adopted resolution of the board of commissioners of the district9
and shall be held only at the 2010 mayoral primary election. If imposition of the fee10
on all parcels in the district is authorized as provided in this Item, it shall be imposed11
in the same amount and for the same duration as otherwise authorized pursuant to12
this Section.13
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(b) The election on the question of the imposition of the fee shall be held at16
the same time as the 1998 mayoral primary election is held in the city	.17
(c)(i) The fee shall expire four years from its initial levy as provided in the18
proposition and not later than December 31, 2026.19
(ii) The fee may be renewed to expire not later than December 31, 2036,20
as provided in Subparagraph (3)(a) of this Paragraph at an election held for that21
purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code 	no later than December22
31, 2026.23
(iii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Item (i) of this Subparagraph, the fee24
shall expire not later than December thirty-first of the year of the mayoral primary25
election for the city of New Orleans that occurs eight years after the year in which26
the fee is renewed, but only if such renewal term is approved by a majority of the27
registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election held for that28
purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. Such election shall be held29
only if requested by duly adopted resolution of the board of commissioners of the30 SB NO. 572	ENROLLED
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district and shall be held only at the 2006 mayoral primary election. If requested by1
duly adopted resolution of the board of commissioners, the proposition at such2
election or a separate proposition at such election may provide that the term of the3
fee approved at the mayoral primary election in 2006 shall expire on December 31,4
2014, and if such proposition is approved by a majority of the registered voters of the5
district voting on the proposition at such election, the term of the fee approved at the6
mayoral primary election in 2006 shall expire on such date.7
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Section 2.  R.S. 33:9091.1(F)(3)(c) is hereby repealed in its entirety	.9
Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not10
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature11
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If12
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become13
effective on the day following such approval.14
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: