ENROLLED
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 250
BY REPRESENTATIVE BISHOP
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 47:1705(B)(2)(c)(ii)(aa) and to repeal R.S.
3 47:1705(B)(2)(c)(ii)(bb), relative to ad valorem tax; to provide with respect to the
4 newspaper advertisement for a public hearing notice concerning certain ad valorem
5 property tax increases; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 47:1705(B)(2)(c)(ii)(aa) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
8 follows:
9 ยง1705. Information supplied to assessor and legislative auditor by tax recipient
10 agencies; additional notices
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12 B.
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14 (2) In order to accomplish this result, the following shall be mandatory:
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16 (c)
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18 (ii)(aa) The notice shall be published, by July fifteenth, on two separate days,
19 occurring no less than thirty days before the hearing date, in the official journal of
20 the taxing authority, and in another newspaper with a larger circulation within the
21 taxing authority than the official journal of the taxing authority, if there is one. On
22 the first day of publication, the notice shall also be posted on the Internet website of
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1 the taxing authority, if such taxing authority maintains an Internet website. The
2 Internet posting shall remain active until such time as the taxing authority has taken
3 action to approve or disapprove, or has abandoned action on, the proposed millage
4 increase.
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6 Section 2. R.S. 47:1705(B)(2)(c)(ii)(bb) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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