HLS 23RS-692 ENGROSSED
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 514
BY REPRESENTATIVE MINCEY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
DISTRICTS/WATERSHED: Provides relative to property taxes generated for the Comite
River Diversion Canal Impact Area
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 38:3309, relative to taxes levied on the Comite River Diversion
3 Canal Impact Area; to provide for alternative uses of drainage taxes collected; to
4 require a proposition for authorization of alternative uses; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 38:3309 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง3309. Authority to levy
9 A. For the purpose of providing revenue to carry out the objects
10 contemplated by this Chapter, the board of commissioners may levy on all property
11 in the district, or on all property within the Comite River Diversion Canal Impact
12 Area, subject to taxation for drainage purposes, a district drainage tax. The tax shall
13 not be levied unless the proposition to levy the tax is approved by a majority of the
14 electors of the district, or by a majority of the electors of the Comite River Diversion
15 Canal Impact Area if limited to such area, who vote on the proposition.
16 B. If the board of commissioners desires to use revenue from the drainage
17 tax for the purposes of any flood risk reduction within the Comite River Diversion
18 Canal Impact Area that was not approved by the voters of the impact area on July 15,
19 2000, and October 2, 2010, the board shall submit to the voters of the impact area a
20 proposition authorizing the district to use the revenue for such purposes.
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HB NO. 514
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 514 Engrossed 2023 Regular Session Mincey
Abstract: Requires the Amite River Basin District to put a proposition to the voters to
approve an alternative use of drainage taxes collected pursuant to two previously
approved drainage taxes for flood risk reduction.
Present law authorizes the Amite River Basin District board of commissioners to levy a tax
on the Comite River Diversion Impact Area.
Proposed law retains present law and further provides that if the board wants to use taxes
collected for localized or non-localized flood risk reduction uses not approved by the voters
of the impact area, the board must submit a new proposition to the same voters for approval
of a new purpose.
(Amends R.S. 38:3309)
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