SLS 20RS-237 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 129
BY SENATOR BARROW
SPECIAL DISTRICTS. Requires all neighborhood crime prevention and security districts
to submit a status report annually to the legislature. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 33:9100.21(E)(7), relative to neighborhood crime prevention and security
3 districts; to provide for powers and duties; to provide for the submission of status
4 reports to the legislature; 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. 33:9100.21(E)(7) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง9100.21. Neighborhood crime prevention and security district implementation
9 procedure
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11 E. Powers and duties. The district, acting through its board of commissioners,
12 shall have the following powers and duties:
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14 (7) To submit annually a status report, identifying, reviewing, and
15 evaluating the goals of the district, to the Senate Committee on Local and
16 Municipal Affairs and the House Committee on Municipal, Parochial, and
17 Cultural Affairs by the fifteenth day of January.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 129
SLS 20RS-237 ORIGINAL
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2 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
3 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
4 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
5 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
6 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 James Benton III.
DIGEST
SB 129 Original 2020 Regular Session Barrow
Present law provides for the board of commissioners of each district:
(1)To sue and be sued.
(2)To adopt, use, and alter at will a corporate seal.
(3)To receive and expend funds collected as parcel fees in accordance with a budget
adopted as provided by Louisiana Local Government Budget Act.
(4)To enter into contracts with individuals or entities, private or public, for the
provision of security patrols in the district.
(5)To purchase items and supplies which the board deems instrumental to achieving the
purpose of the district.
(6)To perform or have performed any other function or activity necessary for the
achievement of the purpose of the district.
Proposed law retains present law and adds a duty of the board of commissioners of each
district to submit annually a status report, identifying, reviewing, and evaluating the goals
of the district, to the Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs and the House
Committee on Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs by the 15th day of January.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds. R.S. 33:9100.21(E)(7))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.