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2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 450
BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAMSON
DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT: Provides relative to the Upper Audubon Security District
in Orleans Parish
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 33:9091.12(D)(1)(a) and (F)(2) and (4), relative to the Upper
3 Audubon Security District in Orleans Parish; to provide relative to the governing
4 board of the district; to provide relative to the parcel fee levied within the district; to
5 provide relative to the amount, expiration, and renewal of such fee; and to provide
6 for related matters.
7 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
8 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
9 Louisiana.
10Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11 Section 1. R.S. 33:9091.12(D)(1)(a) and (F)(2) and (4) are hereby amended and
12reenacted to read as follows:
13 ยง9091.12. Upper Audubon Security District
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15 D. Governance. (1) The district shall be managed by a board of
16 commissioners, referred to in this Section as the "board". The board shall be
17 composed as follows:
18 (a) The president of the Upper Audubon Association or his designee.
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1 F. Parcel fee.
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3 (2) The amount of the fee shall be as requested by duly adopted resolution
4 of the board. The fee shall be a flat fee per parcel of land not to exceed five seven
5 hundred dollars per year for each parcel.
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7 (4)(a) A fee shall be imposed only after the question of its imposition has
8 been approved by a majority of registered voters of the district voting on the
9 proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana
10 Election Code at the same time as a regularly scheduled primary or general election
11 in the city of New Orleans. The amount of the fee may be changed by duly adopted
12 resolution of the board, not to exceed the maximum amount authorized by this
13 Subsection and approved by the voters. No other election shall be required except
14 as provided by this Paragraph.
15 (b) The fee shall expire at the time provided in the proposition authorizing
16 the fee, not to exceed six years from its initial imposition, but the fee may be
17 renewed as provided in Subparagraph(a) of this Paragraph. Any election to authorize
18 the renewal of the fee shall be held only at the same time as the mayoral primary a
19 regularly scheduled election for in the city of New Orleans. If renewed, the term of
20 the imposition of the fee shall be provided in the proposition authorizing such
21 renewal, not to exceed eight years.
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23 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
24signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
25by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
26vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
27effective on the day following such approval.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
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 450 Engrossed 2017 Regular Session Abramson
Abstract: Relative to the Upper Audubon Security District. Provides relative to the
membership of the district's governing board and the parcel fee imposed within the
district.
Present law creates the Upper Audubon Security District in Orleans Parish as a political
subdivision to aid in crime prevention and reduction by providing for an increase in the
presence of law enforcement personnel in the district.
Present law provides that the district shall be managed by a board of commissioners.
Requires all members of the board to be residents of the district. Provides that the board shall
be composed as follows:
(1)The president of the Upper Audubon Association.
(2)Three members appointed by the board of directors of the Upper Audubon
Association.
(3)One member appointed by the member of the city council whose district
encompasses the area from a list of nominations submitted by the Upper Audubon
Association.
(4)One member appointed by the state representative whose district encompasses the
area from a list of nominations submitted by the Upper Audubon Association.
(5)One member appointed by the state senator whose district encompasses the area from
a list of nominations submitted by the Upper Audubon Association.
Proposed law retains present law but authorizes the president of the Upper Audubon
Association to designate someone to serve for him.
Present law authorizes the governing authority of the city of New Orleans to impose a parcel
fee on behalf of the district, subject to voter approval. Provides that the fee is a flat fee per
parcel of land not to exceed $500 per year for each parcel. Proposed law increases the
maximum rate of the parcel fee to $700 per year.
Proposed law provides that the governing board of the district may change the amount of
the fee by duly adopted resolution of the board, not to exceed the maximum amount
authorized by proposed law and approved by the voters.
Present law provides that the fee shall expire at the time provided in the proposition
authorizing the fee, not to exceed six years from its initial imposition. Proposed law
removes the six-year limit on the duration of the fee.
Present law authorizes renewal of the fee, subject to voter approval, and requires the election
for renewal of the fee to be held only at the same time as the mayoral primary election for
the city of New Orleans.
Proposed law retains present law but authorizes holding the election for renewal at any
regularly scheduled election in New Orleans.
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Present law provides that if renewed, the term of the imposition of the fee shall be as
provided in the proposition authorizing the renewal, not to exceed eight years. Proposed law
removes the eight-year limit on the duration of the renewal.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 33:9091.12(D)(1)(a) and (F)(2) and (4))
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