ENROLLED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 577
BY REPRESENTATIVES JACKSON AND HUNTER AND SENATOR THOMPSON
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 33:180(D), relative to the extension of the corporate limits of municipalities;
3 to provide relative to attempts to challenge or invalidate ordinances to annex
4 territory; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 33:180(D) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง180. Ordinance to annex territory owned by a public body
8 * * *
9 D. Only the state agency, political subdivision, or public body that owns the
10 land subject to a municipal annexation may challenge or otherwise seek to invalidate
11 an ordinance to enlarge the boundaries of a municipality to include territory within
12 which all of the land is owned by a state agency, political subdivision, or public
13 body.
14 Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall be given prospective application only and
15 shall not apply to any litigation pending on the effective date of this Act.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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