ENROLLED ACT No. 241 2024 Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO. 837 BY REPRESENTATIVE EMERSON 1 AN ACT 2 To amend and reenact R.S. 47:1483(A) and (B)(1), relative to the Board of Tax Appeals; to 3 provide relative to claims approved by the board; to provide for payment of such 4 claims; to raise the limit on the individual value of such claims that may be paid 5 from current tax collections; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for 6 related matters. 7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: 8 Section 1. R.S. 47:1483(A) and (B)(1) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as 9 follows: 10 ยง1483. Payment of approved claims; notification to the legislature; offset of certain 11 claims 12 A. If a claim that exceeds twenty thousand dollars equals or exceeds one 13 hundred thousand dollars is approved by the Board of Tax Appeals, the chairman of 14 the board, giving all the facts and circumstances in connection with the approved 15 claim, shall report the judgment to the legislature for its consideration as provided 16 for in this Part. Claims Any claim approved by the Board of Tax Appeals that do not 17 exceed twenty thousand dollars is less than one hundred thousand dollars shall be 18 paid in accordance with the provisions of Subsection B of this Section. If a claim 19 accrues to more than one person, and the claim is determined by the board to be 20 properly due and owing, payment to the party or parties asserting the claim before 21 the board shall not be denied because of the failure or refusal of others to join in and 22 assert the claim; however, only the portion due the claimant or claimants shall be 23 paid. Page 1 of 2 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions. HB NO. 837 ENROLLED 1 B.(1) Any judgment issued by the board for the payment of an approved 2 claim when the amount approved does not exceed twenty thousand dollars is less 3 than one hundred thousand dollars shall be paid out of current collections without 4 interest following submission to the secretary. The total amount of judgments paid 5 in a fiscal year from current collections pursuant to this Subsection shall not exceed 6 two million dollars, unless a higher amount for that fiscal year is approved by the 7 commissioner of administration and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. 8 * * * 9 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not 10 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature 11 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If 12 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become 13 effective on the day following such approval. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED: Page 2 of 2 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.