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ACT No. 223
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 139
BY REPRESENTATIVE STEFANSKI
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 13:2575.10, relative to Acadia Parish; to provide relative to administrative
3 adjudication of certain ordinance violations; to provide definitions for certain
4 violations; to provide relative to the types of violations subject to administrative
5 adjudication procedures; to provide relative to appeals; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
8 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
9 Louisiana.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11 Section 1. R.S. 13:2575.10 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
12 §2575.10. Additional administrative adjudication procedures in Acadia Parish
13 A. As applied in the parish of Acadia, the term “housing violation” as used
14 in this Chapter shall also encompass building codes, zoning, vegetation, and nuisance
15 ordinances.
16 B. In the parish of Acadia, the procedures for administrative adjudication
17 provided in this Chapter may also be used in matters involving licensing and permits
18 and any other ordinance violations that may be determined by the parish governing
19 authority.
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1 C. In the parish of Acadia, any owner or mortgagee of record of property
2 determined to be blighted or abandoned, or any party determined by a hearing officer
3 to be in violation of any ordinance enacted pursuant to this Chapter, may appeal the
determination to the appropriate district court.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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