HLS 16RS-1074 ENGROSSED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 419
BY REPRESENTATIVE SHADOIN
ASSESSORS: Authorizes an automobile expense allowance for the assessors in LaSalle,
Red River, and Union 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 assessor in certain parishes; 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. Assessment Districts in LaSalle, Red River, Union and Webster Parish
11 Assessment District parishes; automobile expense allowance
12 In the Assessment Districts in LaSalle, Red River, Union and Webster Parish
13 Assessment District parishes, the assessor may receive an automobile expense
14 allowance equal to not to exceed fifteen percent of his annual salary provided the
15 assessor maintains three hundred thousand dollars of automobile insurance per
16 accident for bodily injury and one hundred thousand dollars of automobile insurance
17 per accident for property damage. The expense allowance shall come from existing
18 funds in the assessor's office and at no additional expense to the state or local
19 governing authority.
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are additions. HLS 16RS-1074 ENGROSSED
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 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Shadoin
Abstract: Authorizes an automobile expense allowance for the assessor in LaSalle, Red
River, and Union 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 but adds
authorization for the assessor in LaSalle, Red River, and Union parishes to have an
automobile expense allowance as provided for in present law.
Proposed law adds a limitation for the assessors in LaSalle, Red River, Union, and Webster
parishes that the amount of 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 authorization for the assessors in LaSalle and Red River parishes to receive
an automobile expense allowance.
2. Add a limitation on the amount of the automobile expense allowance for the
assessors in LaSalle, Red River, Union, and Webster 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.