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2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 109
BY REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1505(D), relative to parcel fees levied by Fire Protection
3 District 8-C in Lafourche Parish; to provide relative to the definition of parcel; to
4 provide for responsibility for payment of the fee; and to provide for related matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
6 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
7 Louisiana.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 40:1505(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
10 ยง1505. Parcel fee; submission to voters
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12 D.(1) A "parcel" as used in this Section shall mean a lot, a subdivided
13 portion of ground or an individual tract upon which is located, either in whole or in
14 part, a residential or commercial structure, regardless of the structure's being
15 occupied or unoccupied.
16 (2)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection,
17 within Fire Protection District 8-C in Lafourche Parish, the term "parcel" shall also
18 mean each improved portion of ground upon which a residential or commercial
19 structure has been or may be situated and to which a mailing address has been
20 assigned by a local governmental subdivision, a landowner, or a lessor.
21 (b) In the case of mobile home parks or other commercial property where
22 spaces are leased for residential or commercial structures, the landowner is
23 responsible for the parcel fee for each portion of ground described in Subparagraph
24 (a) of this Paragraph.
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1 (c) No parcel fee shall be levied on any parcel defined in this Paragraph
2 unless the question of levying such fee has been approved by a majority of the
3 registered voters of the district who vote on the proposition at an election held for
4 that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. Any such parcel fee
5 shall be imposed by resolution or ordinance of the governing authority of the district.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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