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HB 529 Engrossed 2015 Regular Session Miller
Abstract: Provides that certain provisions relating to the distribution of taxes collected by the
Lafourche Basin Levee District from property located within St. Charles Parish shall not
apply during any tax year in which the Lafourche Basin Levee District maintains the St.
Charles Parish West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee System.
Present law provides that taxes collected by the Lafourche Basin Levee District from property
located within St. Charles Parish located west of the Mississippi River, not less than 57% of the tax
monies are to be expended for the purposes of levee construction, levee maintenance, and other flood
control and drainage works within St. Charles Parish. These expenditures are to be in cash or in-kind
services as determined by the parish governing body. When such funds are expended within St.
Charles Parish, in-kind services shall not exceed 50% of such expenditures.
Proposed law retains present law, but specifies that present law shall not apply during any tax year
in which the Lafourche Basin Levee District maintains the St. Charles Parish West Bank Hurricane
Protection Levee System, as a whole or as each section is transferred to the Lafourche Basin Levee
District for maintenance, operation, and control, subject to any amendments made by the state of La.
(Amends R.S. 38:334(A))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation, Highways and
Public Works to the original bill:
1. Clarify that provisions of present law shall not apply during any tax year in which the
Lafourche Basin Levee District maintains the St. Charles Parish West Bank Hurricane
Protection Levee System, as a whole or as each section is transferred to the Lafourche
Basin Levee District for maintenance, operation, and control, subject to any amendments
made by the state of La.