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2025 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 169
BY REPRESENTATIVE MILLER
DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Provides relative to the St. Landry Parish Economic
and Industrial Development District
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 33:130.302(B) and to enact R.S. 33:130.302(F)(3) and
3 130.303.1, relative to the St. Landry Parish Economic and Industrial Development
4 District; to provide relative to the governing board of the district; to provide relative
5 to the composition of the board; to provide relative to persons appointed by the
6 board; to provide relative to the powers and duties of the district; to provide relative
7 to certain agreements entered into by the district; and to provide for related matters.
8 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
9 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
10 Louisiana.
11Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
12 Section 1. R.S. 33:130.302(B) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
1333:130.302(F)(3) and 130.303.1 are hereby enacted to read as follows:
14 §130.302. Board of commissioners; members; officers; employees
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16 B. The power and authority to appoint commissioners shall not be construed
17 to confer on the St. Landry Parish Municipal Association or the police jury of St.
18 Landry Parish any direction, control, or other influence over the district or board not
19 specifically provided herein or otherwise provided by law. Furthermore, current
20 members of the St. Landry Parish Municipal Association and of the St. Landry
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1 Parish Council may not serve as commissioners The members of the St. Landry
2 Parish Municipal Association and the St. Landry Parish Council shall not serve as
3 commissioners of the board.
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5 F.
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7 (3)(a) The board shall appoint an executive director or chief executive officer
8 to oversee the activities of the district.
9 (b) The executive director or chief executive officer shall report directly to
10 the president of the parish of St. Landry. The parish president shall provide for the
11 supervision and duties and responsibilities of the executive director or chief
12 executive officer.
13 (c) The St. Landry parish president may remove the executive director or
14 chief executive officer if the parish president determines that the job performance of
15 the executive director or chief executive officer is unsatisfactory and not in
16 furtherance of the purposes of the district.
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18 §130.303.1. Tax agreements
19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, prior to the
20 district entering into any agreement, including a payment in lieu of taxes agreement,
21 that may exempt, reduce, or otherwise affect the taxes owed to the parish of St.
22 Landry, or any municipality within the parish, the district shall submit the proposed
23 agreement to the governing authority of the parish or the respective municipality for
24 review. After submission of the proposed agreement, the respective governing
25 authority shall have forty-five days to conduct a public hearing and to approve or
26 deny the agreement by resolution of the governing authority. If the respective
27 governing authority fails to adopt a resolution approving the proposed agreement
28 within forty-five days after submission, the proposed agreement is deemed to be
29 denied. Any payments to be made in lieu of taxes, together with any fees and
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1 charges, shall constitute statutory impositions within the meaning of Title 47 of the
2 Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. Failure to comply with any provision of an
3 approved agreement shall be grounds for amendment or cancellation of the
4 agreement by the respective governing authority.
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 169 Original 2025 Regular Session Miller
Abstract: Provides relative to the governance and powers and duties of the St. Landry
Parish Economic and Industrial Development District.
Present law creates the St. Landry Parish Economic and Industrial Development District for
the primary purpose of stimulating industrial and commercial development in St. Landry
Parish. Provides that the district is governed by a 17-member board of commissioners
appointed by the governing authority of St. Landry Parish and the St. Landry Parish
Municipal Association.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides that the power and authority to appoint commissioners shall not be
construed to confer on the governing authority of St. Landry Parish or the St. Landry Parish
Municipal Association any direction, control, or other influence over the district or board not
specifically provided in present law or otherwise provided by law. Proposed law removes
present law.
Proposed law provides that members of the St. Landry Parish Municipal Association and the
members of the governing authority of St. Landry Parish may not serve as commissioners.
Proposed law retains present law.
Proposed law requires the board to appoint an executive director or chief executive officer
to oversee the activities of the district. Provides that the executive director or chief
executive officer reports directly to the parish president. Requires the parish president to
provide for the supervision of the executive director or chief executive officer. Authorizes
the parish president to remove the executive director or chief executive officer for
unsatisfactory job performance.
Proposed law provides that prior to entering into any agreement, including a payment in lieu
of taxes agreement, that will exempt, reduce, or otherwise affect taxes owed to the parish,
or any municipality within the parish, the district must submit the agreement to the
respective governing authority for review. Provides that the governing authority has 45 days
to hold a public hearing and to approve or deny the agreement. Provides that the agreement
is deemed denied if the governing authority fails to approve or deny within the 45 days.
Further provides that failure to comply with an approved agreement is grounds for
amendment or cancellation by the respective governing authority.
(Amends R.S. 33:130.302(B); Adds R.S. 33:130.302(F)(3) and 130.303.1)
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