HLS 23RS-827 ENGROSSED
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 583
BY REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
TELEVISION/CABLE: Provides relative to franchise fee audits
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 45:1367(A), relative to franchise fee audits; to provide a limit
3 on which records may be addressed in a review; and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 45:1367(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 ยง1367. Franchise fee audits and dispute resolution
7 A. The local governmental subdivision, upon reasonable written request,
8 may review the business records of a cable service provider or video service provider
9 to the extent necessary to ensure payment of the franchise fee in accordance with
10 R.S. 45:1366. Any review conducted in accordance with this Section shall not
11 address any period more than three years before the date the review is commenced.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 583 Engrossed 2023 Regular Session Davis
Abstract: Enacts a time limit on records that may be addressed in an audit.
Present law provides that a local governmental subdivision, upon reasonable written request,
may review the business records of a cable service provider or video service provider to the
extent necessary to ensure payment of the franchise fee in accordance with present law.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 23RS-827 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 583
Proposed law amends present law and states that a review shall not address any records
produced more than three years from the date the review is commenced.
(Amends R.S. 45:1367(A))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.