RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 207 (SB 27) 2020 Regular Session Hewitt
Prior law, relative to the Harbor Center District, provided for the control and management
of the district to be vested in a 14-member board of commissioners. Provided that the board
shall be appointed as follows:
(1)One member appointed by the mayor of the city of Slidell.
(2)Three members appointed by the city council of the city of Slidell, one of which is
recommended for appointment by the St. Tammany Hotel-Motel Association and is
an owner or operator of a hotel, motel, or a campground located in Ward Eight or
Ward Nine of St. Tammany Parish.
(3)One member appointed by the board of aldermen of the town of Pearl River.
(4)One member appointed by the St. Tammany Parish Council, who is a resident of the
Eighth Ward of the parish.
(5)One member appointed by the St. Tammany Parish Police Jury, who is a resident of
the Ninth Ward of the parish.
(6)One member appointed by the Greater Slidell Area Chamber of Commerce.
(7)One member appointed by the state representative for District 90.
(8)One member appointed by the state representative for District 76.
(9)One member appointed by the state representative for District 74.
(10)One member appointed by the state senator for District 11.
(11)One member who is the executive director of the St. Tammany Parish Tourist and
Convention Commission.
(12)One member appointed by the state senator for District 1, provided that such senator's
district comprises portions of Ward Eight or Ward Nine.
New law retains prior law with the following exceptions:
(1)Changes an appointment from the Greater Slidell Area Chamber of Commerce to the
St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce.
(2)Changes an appointment from the state senator for District 11 to the East St.
Tammany Business Alliance.
(3)Removes the qualification that the senator's district comprise portions of Ward Eight
or Ward Nine for the state senator representing District 1 to be qualified to make an
appointment.
Prior law provided for the board of the Harbor Center District to levy a tax based upon the
occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities within the district,
with the approval of the State Bond Commission, in order to provide funds for the operation
of the district, including the construction, acquisition, development, maintenance, repair,
reconstruction, refurbishment, renovation, operation of or administration of any facility
owned, or to be owned or operated by the district and the acquisition, construction repair or
replacement of machinery, equipment, and furnishings. The tax shall not exceed two dollars
per occupant day.
New law retains prior law but removes the requirement that the State Bond Commission
must approve the levying of the tax. Effective upon signature of the governor (June 11, 2020).
(Amends R.S. 33:4575.1(A)(5), (6), (10), and (12) and 4575.3(20)(a))