RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 192 (SB 92) 2023 Regular Session Fesi
Existing law provides that the governing authority of any parish is authorized and
empowered, upon its own initiative, to form and create a veterans' memorial district within
the parish. However, an incorporated municipality shall only be included within the territory
of a veterans' memorial district upon the concurrence by resolution of the governing authority
of the municipality in its inclusion and in the boundaries of the district. The parish governing
authority is further authorized to alter the boundaries of any veterans' memorial district;
however, no such boundary change shall cause an impairment of the obligations of the
veterans' memorial district.
New law retains existing law but provides relative to a board of commissioners of a veterans'
memorial district in a parish with a population between 105,000 and 115,000, based on the
latest federal decennial census. The board shall have the powers and duties of a veterans'
memorial district governing body as provided by law, with its primary purpose to supply in
the parish a regional military museum and veterans memorial park, except that approval of
the parish council shall first be obtained prior to any of the following actions by the board:
(1)Adoption of an annual budget.
(2)Purchase, sale, or encumbrance of immovable property.
(3)Submission for voter approval of a proposed renewal or increase in ad valorem taxes.
(4)Any other matter or action as determined by ordinance adopted by the parish council.
New law provides, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in a parish with a
population between 105,000 and 115,000, based on the latest federal decennial census, the
regional military museum foundation shall have the sole power to administer, operate, and
maintain the regional military museum.
Effective June 8, 2023.
(Adds R.S. 33:9352(D) and (E))