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LA SB236

Bill

Status

Passed

6/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Rick Edmonds

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Grants hearing officers authority to condemn blighted or abandoned property and authorize parishes or municipalities to demolish such property through administrative adjudication procedures

  • Extends expropriation authority for abandoned or blighted properties to East Baton Rouge Parish and its municipalities, adding them to existing provisions for New Orleans and Grambling

  • Requires expropriation proceedings in East Baton Rouge Parish to be initiated by the governing authority member representing the district where the property is located

  • Assigns condemnation determinations in the city of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish to hearing officers appointed under administrative adjudication statutes, rather than traditional governing authority processes

  • Effective date: August 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Provides for the demolition or removal of dilapidated and dangerous buildings or structures by the governing authority of a parish or municipality. (8/1/25)

BLIGHTED PROPERTY

Last Action

Effective date 8/1/2025.

6/20/2025

Committee Referrals

Municipal5/19/2025
Local & Municipal Affairs4/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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