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ACT No. 220
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 128
BY REPRESENTATIVE LACOMBE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:1236.26(A), relative to the governing authority of West Baton
3 Rouge Parish; to provide for nuisance ordinances regarding grass and obnoxious
4 weeds; and to provide for related matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
6 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
7 Louisiana.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 33:1236.26(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
10 ยง1236.26. Powers of the governing authorities of Pointe Coupee Parish, St. Charles
11 Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish, and St. Landry Parish, and West Baton
12 Rouge Parish; nuisance ordinance regarding grass and obnoxious weeds;
13 notice required
14 A. The governing authorities of the parishes of Pointe Coupee, St. Charles,
15 St. John the Baptist, and St. Landry, and West Baton Rouge may amend ordinances
16 to compel property owners to cut grass and obnoxious weeds on their property
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1 without the notice required in R.S. 33:1236(21)(a)(i) if the property owner liable has
2 been notified pursuant to that Item at any time during the immediately preceding
3 twelve months and has failed to do the work himself after an opportunity to do so.
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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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