HLS 16RS-1074 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 419
BY REPRESENTATIVE SHADOIN
ASSESSORS: Authorizes an automobile expense allowance for the assessor in Union
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 Union Parish; to provide for certain
4 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 Union Parish Assessment District Districts;
11 automobile expense allowance
12 In the Webster Parish and Union Parish Assessment District Districts, the
13 assessor may receive an automobile expense allowance equal to fifteen percent of his
14 annual salary provided the assessor maintains three hundred thousand dollars of
15 automobile insurance per accident for bodily injury and one hundred thousand
16 dollars of automobile insurance per accident for property damage. The expense
17 allowance shall come from existing funds in the assessor's office and at no additional
18 expense to the state or local governing authority.
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are additions. HLS 16RS-1074 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 419
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 419 Original 2016 Regular Session Shadoin
Abstract: Authorizes an automobile expense allowance for the assessor in Union Parish
equal to 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 but adds
authorization for the assessor in Union Parish to have an automobile expense allowance as
provided for in present law.
Proposed law adds a limitation for the assessors in both Webster and Union parishes 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)
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