HLS 21RS-23 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 109
BY REPRESENTATIVE MUSCARELLO
PARISHES: Provides for administrative adjudication procedures in Tangipahoa Parish
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 13:2575.8, relative to ordinance violations in Tangipahoa Parish; to provide
3 for administrative adjudications; to provide for definitions; to provide for violations
4 subject to administrative adjudication procedures; and to provide for related matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
6 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
7 Louisiana.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 13:2575.8 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง2575.8. Additional administrative adjudication procedures in Tangipahoa Parish
11 A. As applied in Tangipahoa Parish, the term "housing violation" as used in
12 this Chapter shall also encompass building codes, zoning, vegetation, and nuisance
13 ordinances.
14 B. In Tangipahoa Parish, the procedures for administrative adjudication
15 provided in this Chapter may also be used in matters involving licensing and permits
16 and any other ordinance violations that may be determined by the parish governing
17 authority.
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HB NO. 109
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 109 Original 2021 Regular Session Muscarello
Abstract: Provides for administrative adjudication of certain ordinance violations in
Tangipahoa Parish.
Present law (R.S. 13:2575) authorizes municipalities and parishes to prescribe civil fines for
violations of certain types of ordinances, including housing ordinances. Present law defines
the term "housing violation" as only those conditions in privately owned structures which
are determined to constitute a threat or danger to the public health, safety, or welfare or to
the environment or a historic district. Present law further provides that in municipalities
with a population of 70,000 or more, and in other specified parishes and municipalities, the
term shall also encompass building codes, zoning, vegetation, and nuisance ordinances.
Proposed law (R.S. 13:2575.8) provides that in Tangipahoa Parish the administrative
adjudication hearing procedure authorized in present law may also be used for certain other
Tangipahoa ordinance violations, including building codes, zoning, vegetation, and nuisance
ordinances.
Present law authorizes municipalities and parishes to adopt ordinances establishing an
administrative adjudication procedure for holding hearings related to present law violations.
Additionally authorizes certain parishes and municipalities to use administrative adjudication
procedures in matters involving licensing, permits, and other ordinance violations that may
be determined by the respective parish or municipal governing authority.
Proposed law further authorizes present law administrative adjudication hearing procedures
to be used in licensing, permits, or any ordinance violations as determined by the parish
governing authority.
(Adds R.S. 13:2575.8)
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