RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 699 (SB 368) 2022 Regular Session Harris
Prior law prohibited the governing authority of any municipality or parish affected by
Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita and any agency of any such municipality or parish from
allowing or causing any building or land to lose its nonconforming use status because, during
all or part of the period of August 29, 2005, through August 28, 2007, as a result of damage
caused by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, it is temporarily vacant or because the
operations normally carried on in such building or on such land have been temporarily
discontinued, notwithstanding any contrary law or municipal or parish ordinance or
resolution.
Prior law provided that the governing authority of any parish having a population in excess
of 400,000 may by ordinance reduce the time period provided for in prior law.
New law retains prior law but changes its applicability from any building or land affected by
Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita to any building or land temporarily vacant or due to
operations on such property being temporarily discontinued from March 11, 2020, through
March 16, 2022, and authorizes the governing authority of a parish having a population in
excess of 350,000 to reduce the time period.
Effective June 18, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 33:4882)