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HB 460 Original 2022 Regular Session Brass
Abstract: Expands the purpose for which the governing authority may levy a special annual tax to
include preventative programs and specifies what preventative programs encompass.
Present law allows a governing authority to levy a special annual tax not to exceed one mill for not
more than 20 years, after a two-thirds vote of the total governing authority's membership and a public
hearing, for purposes relative to a youth center and providing rehabilitative youth programs.
Present law provides that upon authorization by a majority of the electors and after a public hearing,
a governing authority may levy an additional tax not to exceed two mills for not more than 20 years
for such purposes that two-thirds of the membership of the governing authority has voted.
Proposed law retains present law and proposed law expands the purpose for which a governing
authority may levy the special annual tax not to exceed one mill to include preventative programs.
Proposed law specifies what preventative programs encompass.
(Amends R.S. 15:1009.5(C)(1))