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2016 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 137
BY SENATOR BARROW
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Provides for boundaries, board membership and tax
authority of the Baton Rouge North Economic Development District. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2740.67(B) and (C)(1)(j) and to enact R.S. 33:2740.67(G),
3 relative to Baton Rouge North Economic Development; to provide relative to the
4 boundaries and membership of the board; and to provide for related matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 33:2740.67(B) and (C)(1)(j) are hereby amended and reenacted and
8 R.S. 33:2740.67(G) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง2740.67. Baton Rouge North Economic Development District
10 * * *
11 B. Boundaries. The district shall include the area within the following
12 boundaries: beginning at the intersection of North 22nd Street and Florida
13 Boulevard, east along Florida Boulevard to its intersection with North Sherwood
14 Forest Drive, then north along North Sherwood Forest Drive to its intersection with
15 Greenwell Springs Road, then southwest along Greenwell Springs Road to its
16 intersection with Joor Road, then north along Joor Road to its intersection with
17 Mickens Road, then west along Mickens Road to its intersection with Hooper Road,
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1 then west along Hooper Road to its intersection with Harding Boulevard, continuing
2 west along Harding Boulevard to its intersection with Veterans Memorial
3 Boulevard, then north along Veterans Memorial Boulevard to its intersection
4 with Rosenwald Road, then west along Rosenwald Road to its intersection with
5 Scenic Highway, then south along Scenic Highway to its intersection with Main
6 Street, then east along Main Street to its intersection with North 22nd Street, then
7 south along North 22nd Street to the point of beginning.
8 C. Governance. (1) In order to provide for the orderly planning, development,
9 acquisition, construction, and effectuation of the services, improvements, and
10 facilities to be furnished by the district and to provide for the representation in the
11 affairs of the district of those persons and interests immediately concerned with and
12 affected by the purposes and development of the district, the district shall be
13 managed by a thirteen-member board of commissioners, referred to in this Section
14 as the "board". The board shall be comprised of members as follows:
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16 (j) The branch manager of a bank One urban designer or community
17 developer located within the district to be selected by a subcommittee formed by the
18 board.
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20 G. (1) The governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish may levy and
21 collect a tax upon the paid occupancy of hotel rooms located within the
22 boundaries of the district. The tax shall be two percent of the rent or fee
23 charged for such occupancy. The tax shall be paid by the person who exercises,
24 or is entitled to, occupancy of the hotel room and shall be paid at the time the
25 rent or fee for occupancy is paid. The tax shall be imposed by ordinance
26 adopted by the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish, and the
27 ordinance may provide for necessary rules and regulations for imposition,
28 collection, and enforcement of the tax.
29 (2) The net proceeds of the tax after deduction of reasonable collection
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1 expenses shall be made available to the district for any of the district's lawful
2 purposes and as provided by the ordinance dedicating the proceeds.
3 Section 2. The provisions of Subsection G of R.S. 33:2740.67 shall become effective
4 on May 1, 2017.
5 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
6 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
7 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
8 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
9 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michael Bell.
DIGEST
SB 137 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Barrow
Present law provides for certain boundaries of the Baton Rouge North Economic
Development District.
Proposed law changes the boundaries of the Baton Rouge North Economic Development
District to expand the boundaries to include a more northwest portion of East Baton Rouge
Parish.
Present law provides for the board to consist of 13 members which includes a branch
manager of a bank located within the district to be selected by a subcommittee formed by
the board.
Proposed law retains present law except changes one of the board members from a branch
manager of a bank located within the district to be selected by a subcommittee formed by
the board to one urban designer or community developer to be selected by a subcommittee
formed by the board.
Proposed law provides for the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish to levy and
collect a two percent rent or fee charged for the occupancy of hotel rooms located within the
boundaries of the district. Proposed law further provides that the tax is imposed by ordinance
adopted by the governing authority.
Proposed law provides for the Baton Rouge North Economic Development District to use
the proceeds of the tax for any of the district's lawful purposes and as provided by the
ordinance dedicating the proceeds.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 33:2740.67(B) and (C)(1)(j); adds R.S. 33:2740.67(G))
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Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Local and Municipal
Affairs to the original bill
1. Changes boundaries of district.
2. Adds authorization of a hotel tax.
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