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HB 818 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Hughes
Abstract: Removes the population limitation regarding blighted and abandoned property
administrative procedures.
Present law provides that any municipality or parish may prescribe civil fines for blighted property,
abandoned property, or properties in violation of public health, housing, fire code, environmental,
or historical district ordinances.
Present law provides an exception from present law for any parish with a population of more than
300,000 and less than 400,000 according to the latest federal decennial census. In both 2010 and
2020, this was and is the population in the municipality of New Orleans.
Proposed law changes present law to remove the population exception.
(Amends R.S. 13:2575(A)(2), (B)(2), (D)(2), and (F)(2))