RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 403 (HB 966) 2022 Regular Session Carrier
Existing law (R.S. 13:5706 and 5710) provides for fees for coroner's services.
Existing law (R.S. 13:5722) establishes the Coroner's Operational Fund in criminal matters.
Existing law (R.S. 13:5707, 5709, 5726, 5741, and 5762) provides for additional fees or
taxes for the following parishes: Caddo Parish, Lincoln Parish, St. Tammany Parish,
Jefferson Parish, and Webster Parish.
New law provides that in certain parishes, the parish shall allow and assist the coroner to
place on the ballot a 10-year renewable tax of up to three mills of ad valorem tax revenue to
be paid for the sole operation of the coroner's office, subject to the approval of the majority
of electors in the parish.
New law includes the following parishes: Allen, Bienville, Bossier, Cameron, Caldwell,
Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Franklin, Grant, Jackson,
LaSalle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Plaquemines, Point Coupee, Red
River, Richland, Sabine, St. Helena, St. James, St. Landry, Tensas, Union, Webster, West
Baton Rouge, West Feliciana, and Winn.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Adds R.S. 13:5727)