RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 627 (HB 460) 2022 Regular Session Brass
Existing 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.
Existing 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.
New law retains existing law and expands the purpose for which a governing authority may
levy the special annual tax not to exceed one mill to include preventative programs.
New law specifies what preventative programs encompass.
Existing law provides that the taxing authority provided in existing law shall not apply to any
governing authority with jurisdiction over a youth center located in certain parishes.
New law amends existing law to remove St. Landry Parish from the list of parishes not
subject to the taxing authority.
New law provides that no later than Sept. 1st of each year, every parish subject to existing
law shall submit an annual report to the office of juvenile justice that provides an accounting
of the monies distributed pursuant to existing law.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 15:1009.5(C)(1), (D), and (E))