HLS 16RS-2116 ENGROSSED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1097
BY REPRESENTATIVE HAVARD
ASSESSORS: Authorizes an automobile expense allowance for the assessors in East
Feliciana and West Feliciana Parishes
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 47:1925.11, relative to expenses of assessors; to authorize an
3 automobile expense allowance for the assessors in East Feliciana and West Feliciana
4 parishes; to provide for certain limitations and requirements; and to provide for
5 related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
8 Louisiana.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 47:1925.11 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
11 ยง1925.11. Webster Parish, East Feliciana Parish, and West Feliciana Parish
12 Assessment District Districts; automobile expense allowance
13 In the Webster Parish, East Feliciana Parish, and West Feliciana Parish
14 Assessment District Districts, the assessor may receive an automobile expense
15 allowance equal to not to exceed fifteen percent of his annual salary provided the
16 assessor maintains three hundred thousand dollars of automobile insurance per
17 accident for bodily injury and one hundred thousand dollars of automobile insurance
18 per accident for property damage. The expense allowance shall come from existing
19 funds in the assessor's office and at no additional expense to the state or local
20 governing authority.
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are additions. HLS 16RS-2116 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 1097
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1097 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Havard
Abstract: Authorizes an automobile expense allowance for the assessors in East Feliciana
and West Feliciana parishes not to exceed 15% of the assessor's salary to be paid
from existing funds of the assessor's office.
Present law authorizes an automobile expense allowance for the assessor in Webster Parish.
The allowance is equal to 15% of the assessor's annual salary and payable out of existing
funds of the assessor's office, provided the assessor maintains $300,000 of automobile
insurance per accident for bodily injury and $100,000 of automobile insurance per accident
for property damage.
Proposed law retains present law as it relates to the assessor in Webster Parish and adds
authorization for the assessors in East Feliciana and West Feliciana parishes to have an
automobile expense allowance as provided for in present law.
Proposed law adds a limitation for the assessors in Webster, East Feliciana, and West
Feliciana parishes that the expense allowance shall not exceed 15% of the assessor's annual
salary and that the expense allowance be funded by the assessor at no additional expense to
the state or local governing authority.
(Amends R.S. 47:1925.11)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Ways and Means to the
original bill:
1. Add a limitation on the amount of the automobile expense allowance for the
assessors in East Feliciana, Webster, and West Feliciana parishes to not exceed
15% of the assessor's annual salary.
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