GREEN SHEET REDIGEST
HB 82 2019 Regular Session DeVillier
ELECTIONS/BOND & TAX: Requires disclosure and publication of costs for bond,
debt, and tax elections
DIGEST
Present law (R.S. 18:1400.1 et seq.) provides relative to the election costs to be paid by the
secretary of state and governing authorities and provides the manner in which such expenses
may be prorated between the state and all local entities participating in the election.
Present law further requires that notice of the election shall be given and provides for the
content of the notice. Provides that notice of the election shall be published once a week for
four consecutive weeks in the official journal of the political subdivision, or if there is none,
then in a newspaper of general circulation in the parish or, if there is no newspaper of general
circulation in the parish, then in a newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining parish.
Provides that not less than 45 days nor more than 90 days shall intervene between the date
of the first publication and the date of the election.
Present law requires the governing authority to promulgate the result of the election by one
publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision or, if there is
none, in a newspaper of general circulation in the parish or, if there is no newspaper of
general circulation in the parish, then in a newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining
parish.
Proposed law adds a requirement that the governing authority include in the publication a
statement of the actual cost of the election as determined by the secretary of state in
accordance with present law.
Provides that the provisions of proposed law are applicable to all bond, debt, and tax
elections called after Sept. 23, 2019.
(Amends R.S. 18:1292)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal
Affairs to the engrossed bill
1. Remove requirement to include estimated cost of election in pre-election
notice.
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Prepared by Leonore Heavey.