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2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 818
BY REPRESENTATIVE HUGHES
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 13:2575(A)(2), (B)(2), (D)(2), and (F)(2), relative to
3 administrative adjudication; to provide relative to blighted or abandoned property;
4 to provide for procedures; to provide for exemptions for certain populations; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:2575(A)(2), (B)(2), (D)(2), and (F)(2) are hereby amended and
8 reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง2575. Blighted or abandoned property; public health, housing, fire code, building
10 code and certain other ordinance violations; administrative adjudication;
11 procedure; appeal; penalties
12 A.
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14 (2) For purposes of this Chapter, except in any parish with a population of
15 more than three hundred thousand and less than four hundred thousand according to
16 the latest federal decennial census, "blighted property" shall have the same meaning
17 as provided in R.S. 33:1374(B)(1), and "abandoned property" shall have the same
18 meaning as provided in R.S. 33:4720.59(D)(2).
19 B.
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21 (2) Except in any parish with a population of more than three hundred
22 thousand and less than four hundred thousand according to the latest federal
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1 decennial census, any Any municipality or parish that adopts an ordinance
2 establishing an administrative adjudication hearing procedure for determining
3 property to be blighted or abandoned, shall provide notice to the property owners and
4 to all mortgagees of record as provided in Paragraphs (D)(2) and (F)(2) of this
5 Section.
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7 D.
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9 (2) Except in any parish with a population of more than three hundred
10 thousand and less than four hundred thousand according to the latest federal
11 decennial census, prior Prior to holding an administrative hearing for the
12 determination of blight or abandonment of property, the municipality or parish shall
13 notify the property owner and each mortgagee of record in the parish mortgage
14 records, at least thirty days in advance of the date of the administrative hearing. The
15 notification shall state the time, date, and location of the hearing, the location of the
16 subject property, and an explanation that the hearing is for the purpose of making a
17 determination whether the subject property is blighted or abandoned. The notice
18 shall be sent by certified or registered United States mail or personally served on the
19 property owner at the address listed in the assessor's office of the municipality or
20 parish, and on each mortgagee of record at the address provided in the recorded
21 mortgage.
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23 F.
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25 (2) Except in any parish with a population of more than three hundred
26 thousand and less than four hundred thousand according to the latest federal
27 decennial census, within thirty days, excluding legal holidays, after After the hearing
28 to determine whether a property is blighted or abandoned, the hearing officer shall
29 send written post hearing notice to the property owner and each mortgagee of record
30 explaining whether the hearing officer determined the subject property to be blighted
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1 or abandoned and state whether any fine, penalty, costs, or fees are assessed. The
2 post hearing notice shall be sent to the property owner and mortgagees of record in
3 the manner provided for in Paragraph (D)(2) of this Section.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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