HLS 16RS-851 ENGROSSED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 187
BY REPRESENTATIVE BISHOP
ASSESSORS: Authorizes an automobile expense allowance for the assessor in Lafayette
Parish
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 assessor in Lafayette Parish; to provide for
4 certain limitations and requirements; 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.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 47:1925.11 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
10 ยง1925.11. Webster Parish and Lafayette Parish Assessment District Districts;
11 automobile expense allowance
12 In the Webster Parish and Lafayette Parish Assessment District Districts, the
13 assessor may receive an automobile expense allowance equal to not to exceed fifteen
14 percent of his annual salary provided the assessor maintains three hundred thousand
15 dollars of automobile insurance per accident for bodily injury and one hundred
16 thousand dollars of automobile insurance per accident for property damage. The
17 expense allowance shall come from existing funds in the assessor's office and at no
18 additional expense to the state or local governing authority.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 16RS-851 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 187
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 187 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Bishop
Abstract: Authorizes an automobile expense allowance for the assessor in Lafayette Parish
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 amount of the allowance is equal to 15% of the assessor's annual salary and shall be
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 but adds
authorization for the assessor in Lafayette Parish to have an automobile expense allowance
as provided for in present and proposed law.
Proposed law adds a limitation for the assessors in both Webster and Lafayette parishes that
the amount of the expense allowance shall not exceed 15% of the assessor's annual salary
and that the expense allowance shall 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 Webster and Lafayette parishes to not exceed 15% of the assessor's
annual salary.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.