RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 414 (HB 152) 2024 Regular Session Berault
Existing law authorizes parish governing authorities, pursuant to a petition from landowners,
to create community development districts.
Existing law authorizes a community development district to finance, fund, plan, establish,
acquire, construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, operate, and maintain systems,
facilities, and basic infrastructures for the following:
(1)Water management and control.
(2)Water supply, sewer, and wastewater management.
(3)Bridges or culverts.
(4)Roads and street lights.
With approval of the parish, a community development district may also plan, establish,
acquire, construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, operate, and maintain systems and
facilities for:
(1)Parks and facilities for recreational, cultural, and educational uses.
(2)Fire prevention and control.
(3)School buildings and related structures.
(4)Security.
(5)Control and elimination of mosquitoes and other public health nuisances.
(6)Waste collection and disposal.
(7)Revenue producing utilities except electricity and gas services.
Existing law provides for governance of such a district by a board of supervisors.
New law modifies existing law as it pertains to the supervisors of the Lakeshore Villages
Community Development District in St. Tammany Parish (the Lakeshore district) as follows:
(1)Existing law provides that supervisors are qualified electors of the district elected by
the qualified electors of the district in accordance with the La. Election Code.
New law additionally requires that Lakeshore district supervisors be elected on the
dates provided for congressional elections.
(2)Existing law provides that supervisors are appointed by the parish governing
authority if the district's population is less than 600 persons.
New law provides that the St. Tammany parish governing authority will appoint
Lakeshore district supervisors whose terms expire in an election year if the total
number of registered voters in the district is fewer than 250 that year.
(3)Existing law provides that supervisors serve four-year terms.
New law extends the terms of current supervisors and provides for the election of all
five supervisors in 2026; provides for staggered terms thereafter.
(4)Existing law requires the board to select a supervisor as chair and to elect a secretary,
who need not be a supervisor, and such other officers as the board deems necessary. New law also requires the Lakeshore district to elect a supervisor as vice chair and
authorizes the elected secretary to serve as treasurer.
(5)Existing law authorizes supervisors to receive per diem not to exceed $75 per
meeting.
New law authorizes Lakeshore district supervisors to receive a per diem not to
exceed $250 per meeting for not more than two meetings per month
New law authorizes the Lakeshore district to contract for financial services and record
keeping services.
Effective January 1, 2025.
(Adds R.S. 33:9039.15.1 and 9039.16(D))