Local & Municipal Affairs

Provides for appointments to the board of commissioners and insurance for the New Orleans City Park Improvement Association. (8/1/26)

Provides relative to planning commissions. (8/1/26)

Expands the number of days required for public bodies to publish minutes for open meetings from twenty days to forty-five days. (8/1/26)

Creates a mandate for digital mapping of all utility systems in the state of Louisiana. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge. (gov sig)

Provides for appointments to the Shreveport Downtown Development Authority. (8/1/26)

Provides for changes to the Baker Economic Development District. (gov sig)

Constitutional amendment to allow for the use of public funds to replace drinking water utility service lines located on private property. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))

Provides for the governing authority of the Shreveport Downtown Development District. (8/1/26)

Creates the Cypress Point Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Provides relative to maximum penalties for violations of ordinances in St. Bernard Parish

Provides relative to regulation by local governing authorities of ambulance services (EN +$24,310 SG EX See Note)

Provides for occupancy taxes levied by the governing authority for St. Tammany Parish. (8/1/25)

Provides relative to costs for certain emergency services provided by fire departments, fire protection districts, and certain nonprofit corporations (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Provides relative to membership of the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge

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)

Provides for the terms of office for certain members of the Vermilion Parish Hospital Service Districts No. 1 and No. 2. (8/1/25)

Provides for the board of commissioners of the Algiers Development District. (8/1/25)

Provides for energy efficiency contracts. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Provides relative to the Gentilly Development District in Orleans Parish

Requests the Louisiana Housing Corporation to conduct a study on how the corporation's resources are being allocated to finance development in rural areas

Creates the Hotel Francis District within the town of St. Francisville

Provides relative to the judicial review of land use

Provides for the authority of the city of Lafayette and Lafayette Parish to adopt ordinances, rules, and regulations related to dilapidated and dangerous structures. (8/1/25)

Provides relative to the classified police service in the city of Lafayette. (2/3 - CA10s18) (7/1/25)

Provides for nonprofit corporations in Plaquemines Parish. (8/1/25)

Provides for naming the soccer complex at Moore Park in Lafayette in honor of a deceased person. (8/1/25)

Provides for the abolition of the office of police chief for the village of Hall Summit. (8/1/25)

Provides for naming City Park in Lafayette in honor of a deceased person. (8/1/25)

Provides relative to the classified police service in the city of Alexandria

Provides relative to the Brookstown Neighborhood Crime Prevention District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Provides relative to the membership of the board of commissioners for the East Baton Rouge Parish Communications District

To urge and request the village of Downsville to consolidate its municipal water system.

Creates an economic development district in the city of Jeanerette

Authorizes St. Tammany Parish to create and provide for local ethics entities (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Provides relative to the municipal civil service system for the city of Alexandria

Provides for a privilege by municipalities against multifamily residential properties for unpaid sewage disposal and water system service charges or user fees. (8/1/25)

Repeals provisions of the Vermilion Economic Development District. (gov sig)

Provides for naming the Acadiana Criminalistics Laboratory after Bo Duhe'

Provides relative to the Lakewood Crime Prevention and Improvement District in Orleans Parish

Provides relative to the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans

Provides for term limits and qualifications for members of the Sabine Parish Police Jury. (8/1/25)

Provides for the authority of the Public Service Commission. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Provides for employment with the Ernest N. Morial-New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority. (gov sig)

Provides for the creation of the Delmont Neighborhood Crime Prevention District. (gov sig)

Provides for economic development districts. (8/1/24)

Authorizes the city of Monroe to expropriate property by declaration

Provides relative to the membership of the Orleans Parish Communications District

Provides relative to the boundaries of the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District

Authorizes a local governing authority to adopt ordinances to address blighted property with purported collector's automobiles

Provides for the French Quarter Management District. (gov sig)

Provides for the term of certain lease agreements entered into by the Iberia Economic Development Authority

Provides for the renaming of road lighting districts and the allocation of funding

Provides for the financial security of surviving spouses and dependent children of deceased firemen in certain circumstances (EN +$250,000 GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to maximum penalties for violations of ordinances in Jefferson Parish

Provides for the Ascension Parish Road Infrastructure Development Districts. (gov sig)

Provides for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Economic Development District. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Provides for the Downtown Development District of the city of New Orleans. (gov sig)

Provides for the administrative procedures for approving or certifying certain plats in Lafayette Parish. (gov sig)

Provides relative to training requirements for local government officials

Provides with respect to certain permits required by parishes and municipalities

Provides relative to a travel allowance for members of the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish

Provides relative to compensation of commissioners of ambulance service districts in Allen Parish

Provides relative to a Community Development District in St. Tammany Parish

Provides for the membership of gravity drainage district boards of commissioners in Ascension Parish

Creates the Tall Timbers Crime Prevention and Improvement District in New Orleans

Provides for the administration of funds of the fire district in certain parishes. (8/1/24)

Authorizes the governing authority of certain parishes to distribute sales and use tax revenue collected on the sale of admission tickets to certain events

Provides relative to the Pressburg East Neighborhood Improvement and Security District in New Orleans

Provides relative to the parish hospital service district in New Orleans

Provides relative to employees of the White Castle Housing Authority. (gov sig)

Provides for the civil service status of a housing authority. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the classified police service in the city of Leesville

Establishes service award eligibility for all qualified firefighters

Provides relative to the Faubourg Marigny Security and Improvement District in Orleans Parish

Provides for the abolition of the office of police chief in the town of Martin

Provides relative to the classified police service in the city of Kenner

Authorizes Caddo Parish Fire District No. Four to levy a sales and use tax

Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of New Roads Public Housing Authority

Provides for creation of Castle Manor Security and Improvement District in New Orleans

Provides relative to police services in the village of Calvin

Creates the Shreveport Healthcare and Innovation District

Provides for the governing authority of the St. George Fire Protection District to create the competitive position of deputy fire chief. (gov sig) (RE NO IMPACT EX See Note)

Provides relative to appointments to the Shreveport Downtown Development Authority. (8/1/24)

Provides for the organization of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. (gov sig)

Authorizes the Monroe City School Board to levy an ad valorem tax for the purpose of funding early childhood care and education (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to the governance of the Baton Rouge North Economic Development District. (gov sig)

Provides relative to fines for building code violations in New Orleans

Expresses support for development of a Levitt Pavilion in Armstrong Park in New Orleans

Provides relative to water cooperatives

Provides relative to the qualifications of an elected or appointed police chief

Creates the Evangeline Economic Development Authority in Evangeline Parish

Provides relative to the membership of the governing board of Waterworks District No. 1 of Pointe Coupee Parish

Provides relative to the secretary of the Baton Rouge municipal fire and police civil service board

Authorizes the city of Denham Springs to levy a hotel occupancy tax.

Provides relative to nuisance ordinances regarding grass cutting in West Baton Rouge Parish

Provides relative to administrative adjudication of certain ordinance violations in the parish of Acadia

Provides for the abolition of the office of police chief and the police department for the village of Noble

Provides for creation of the Victoria Farms Crime Prevention and Improvement District. (8/1/23)

Provides relative to the creation of the Mickens Place Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish. (8/1/23)

Provides for the board of commissioners of veterans' memorial districts. (gov sig)

Creates a special medical district in St. Martin Parish. (gov sig)

Provides for creation of a public benefit corporation in Jefferson Parish. (8/1/23)

Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Berwick Housing Authority. (gov sig)

Creates the University Security District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Provides relative to the Mid-City Security District in Orleans Parish (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to the salaries of firefighters employed by the city of Sulphur (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the growth and accumulation of grass, weeds, and other deleterious matter in Orleans Parish

Provides relative to the investment of certain funds by the governing authority of Lincoln Parish

Provides relative to the Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority

Urges the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission to have automated external defibrillators on its premises

Provides relative to the Mid City Economic Development District in Orleans Parish

Provides relative to Cameron Parish Water and Wastewater Board for District No. 1

Provides relative to administrative adjudication of certain ordinance violations in the city of DeRidder

Requests the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board to establish new billing policies and procedures.

Provides for the powers and authority of the commission of the Cane River Waterway District. (8/1/23)

Urges the mayor and city council of Shreveport to study and make recommendations relative to a crime prevention district for the city.

Provides relative to historic preservation districts and landmarks commissions in the city of New Orleans

Creates the Baker Main Street Economic Development District as a special taxing district. (8/1/22)

Provides relative to the Lafayette Economic Development Authority. (gov sig)

Authorizes governing authorities to adopt ordinances to increase certain fees in the parishes of St. Tammany and Washington. (8/1/22) (EN +$670,000 LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to building and zoning regulations in parishes and municipalities. (gov sig)

Provides relative to affiliates and subsidiaries of local housing authority members. (gov sig)

Provides for hearing loss as an occupational disease while employed in the classified police service (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the Twinbrook Security District in Orleans Parish

Provides relative to powers granted to the state examiner with respect to the admission to tests

Provides relative to an authorized expense allowance paid to members of a parish governing authority

Provides relative to administrative hearing procedures regarding blighted and abandoned property

Creates the LaSalle Cultural Corridor District in Orleans Parish

Provides relative to the BioDistrict New Orleans in Orleans Parish

Authorizes the town of Henderson to levy a hotel occupancy tax

Provides relative to the Mid-City Security District in Orleans Parish

Provides for the advertisement of condemned property

Provides relative to certain drainage districts. (8/1/22)

Provides for assessment of attorney fees when certain municipal fire and police civil service boards reverse a decision of an appointing authority. (gov sig)

Authorizes millage rate increases in certain parishes. (8/1/22) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Authorizes political subdivisions to create stormwater utility systems

Provides relative to qualifications for the police chief of a village

Provides relative to the classified police service in the city of Rayne

Provides relative to compensation for members of the planning and zoning commission for the town of Addis

Provides relative to employees of communications districts

Creates the Sagefield Crime Prevention District in East Baton Rouge Parish. (8/1/22)

Creates the Old Jefferson Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Colfax Housing Authority

Prohibits municipalities from enacting certain regulations relative to fuel retailers and transportation infrastructure

Authorizes public entities to enter into public-private partnerships. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the BioDistrict New Orleans in Orleans Parish. (8/1/22)

Provides relative to the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans

Provides relative to the qualifications of the members of the municipal fire and police civil service board (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Provides for the composition and authority of the Allen Parish Capital Improvements Board

Provides relative to the chief of police in the village of Dodson

(Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes a political subdivision to waive water charges incurred through damage not caused by the customer (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to the reemployment of employees who have resigned or retired from the classified service due to injury or medical condition (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Creates the Plantation Trace Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Provides relative to administrative adjudication of certain ordinance violations in the city of Monroe

Provides for the number of board members of the Louisiana Housing Corporation. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

Creates the Vista Park Crime Prevention District in Orleans Parish

Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Bunkie Housing Authority

Provides relative to the membership of the governing board of the Livingston Parish Ward Two Water District

Authorizes an increase in per diem for the governing board members of the Ward Five Fire Protection District of Evangeline Parish

Creates the Plank Road Economic Development District in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)

Requests local governing authorities and animal shelters to adopt policies and programs to provide alternatives to euthanizing healthy dogs and cats.

Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Simmesport Housing Authority

Provides for the acquisition of blighted property in Lake Charles. (8/1/21)

Provides relative to the membership of the Alexandria/Pineville Area Louisiana Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors. (8/1/21)

Provides relative to the governance of fire protection districts created by Pointe Coupee Parish. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Kenner Housing Authority (Item #24)

Provides for cooperative endeavor agreements between local governmental subdivisions and other entities that may require payments in lieu of ad valorem taxes. (Item #28) (See Act) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

Authorizes the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority to use a trade name

Provides relative to the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission

Provides for meetings of the Calcasieu-Cameron Navigation District Board of Commissioners. (gov sig)

Provides for the boundaries and board membership of the Baton Rouge North Economic Development District. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the Bethany Convention Center Development District. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the regulation of battery-charged fences by parishes and municipalities. (8/1/20)

Provides relative to the Westminster Pine Park Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Provides relative to the donation of equipment and personnel between two political subdivisions

Authorizes the governing authority of the city of Crowley to levy a hotel occupancy tax

Provides relative to gravity drainage districts in Calcasieu Parish

Provides with respect to promotions within certain local police departments

Provides relative to Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. (gov sig)

Provides relative to board appointments and powers and duties of the Harbor Center District. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Monroe Housing Authority

Provides relative to compensation for members of the Washington Parish planning commission

Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority

Provides relative to the St. Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No. 2. (8/1/20)

Provides relative to minimum requirements for annual vacation and sick leave for the employees of the city of Westwego Police Department.

Provides relative to the annexation of property by the city of Baton Rouge. (8/1/20)

Provides for an economic development district in the city of Baton Rouge. (8/1/20)

Prohibits political subdivisions from certain regulation of property offered for long term rent or lease and the owners thereof. (8/1/20)

Authorizes the creation of cooperative economic development districts affiliated with certain Louisiana public postsecondary education institutions. (gov sig)

Requires local governing authority to implement a permitting process for individuals and businesses who open a home which serves six or more individuals. (gov sig)

Provides for an increase in per diem for the commissioners of the Vermilion Waterworks District No. 1. (gov sig)

Provides relative to sewerage systems and districts. (8/1/20)

Defines hotel for purposes of occupancy taxes levied by local tourism commissions. (10/1/20)

Provides for an increase in allowable attorney fees in cases of appeal taken by an employee in the municipal fire and police classified civil service. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the commissioners of Hospital Service Districts in St. Mary Parish. (8/1/20)

Provides relative to per diem received by the board of commissioners of Tangipahoa Communications District Number 1

Provides with respect to employment applications with political subdivisions

Authorizes certain parishes to name a sports complex in honor of a living person

Provides relative to the classified police service in the city of Baton Rouge

Provides relative to employment lists and tests for positions in the municipal fire and police civil service

Provides relative to certain tax increment financing districts. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE RV See Note)

Authorizes the governing authority for the city of Abbeville to submit a sales tax proposition to its electors to fund salary raises for its full-time employees. (gov sig)

Provides for membership of the board of commissioners for the Gentilly Development District in Orleans Parish. (gov sig)

Provides relative to promotional and competitive tests provided by municipal fire and police civil service boards. (2/3 - CA10s18) (gov sig)

Requires the board of commissioners for the Calcasieu-Cameron Navigation District to meet once a quarter. (8/1/19)

Provides for an additional member to the board of commissioners of the Ernest N. Morial - New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority. (See Act) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Provides for the change in name of the the Northshore Harbor Center District. (8/1/19)

Authorizes the governing authority of the city of New Orleans to levy a tax on short term rentals of overnight lodging (EN +$10,500,000 LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to the position of police chief in the city of Houma

Authorizes the governing authority of Amite City to name a fire station in honor of a living person

Provides relative to the salaries of certain members of the police department of the city of Houma (EN +$137,000 LF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the membership of the governing board of the Housing Authority of New Orleans

Authorizes Caddo Parish Fire District No. 3 to levy and collect a sales and use tax (EN +$623,000 LF RV See Note)

Increases the maximum parcel fee authorized to be levied in the Lakeshore Crime Prevention District and provides relative to the purpose of the district

Provides relative to meetings of the Washington Parish planning commission

Requests that the mayor and the City Council of the city of New Orleans study the rate of evictions in New Orleans including causes.

Provides relative to metropolitan planning for the town of Haughton and certain areas of Bossier Parish

Provides relative to work shift cycles of dispatchers employed by the Houma police department (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the Jefferson Place/Bocage Crime Prevention and Improvement District

Provides relative to the Iberville Parks and Recreation District

Provides relative to the Lafayette Economic Development Authority. (see Act)

Authorizes the assessor in Caddo Parish to pay the cost of certain insurance premiums for eligible retirees from the assessor's office. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Authorizes an increase in the membership of the boards of commissioners of the consolidated gravity drainage districts of Calcasieu Parish. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the secretary for the municipal fire and police civil service board in the city of Shreveport

Provides that the position of fire chief for the city of Covington is in the unclassified service

Provides relative to promotional seniority in the Bossier City Police Department. (gov sig)

Provides relative to classification of personnel from civil service.

Authorizes the voters in the parish of Orleans to decide how hospitality taxes are dedicated. (8/1/19)

Provides relative to powers of crime prevention districts

Provides relative to the Upper Audubon Security District in Orleans Parish

Provides relative to tax incentives granted by local governments for donations to local governments

Provides public defenders the option to enter the parish government's health care system (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Provides relative to terms of the members of the board of commissioners of mosquito abatement districts. (8/1/18)

Reduces the membership of the board of commissioners for the University Neighborhood Security and Improvement District in Orleans Parish. (gov sig)

Requests the New Orleans City Council and the New Orleans City Planning Commission to impose a ten-year moratorium on additional dollar stores being located in New Orleans East and Gentilly.

Provides for authority of the Public Belt Railroad Commission. (gov sig) (REF INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to waterworks districts in Jefferson Davis Parish

Provides for the creation of a municipal consortium

Provides relative to the classified fire service in the city of Shreveport

Creates the Delachaise Security and Improvement District in Orleans Parish

Authorizes the governing authority of certain parishes to appoint members to a hospital service district. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the compensation of the commissioners of the Evangeline Parish Waterworks District No. 1 (EN +$3,840 LF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the board of commissioners of Vermilion Parish Hospital Service District No. 3

Provides relative to the board of commissioners of Vermilion Parish Hospital Service District No. 2 (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Provides for the membership of the LaSalle Economic Development District board of commissioners

Authorizes the governing authority of the city of Scott to levy an additional one percent sales tax, subject to voter approval. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Housing Authority of the City of Lafayette. (8/1/18)

Creates the Cypress Point Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Provides relative to the term of office of the Acadia Parish treasurer

Provides relative to the membership of the board of commissioners of an economic development district in certain municipalities. (gov sig)

Authorizes the governing authority of Vermilion Parish to choose to publish its meeting minutes on its website only. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the Upper Audubon Security District in Orleans Parish

Authorizes the governing authorities of municipalities to regulate the accumulation of waste tires on residential property

Provides for the boundaries and governance of the Opelousas Downtown Development District and authorizes the district to create economic development districts. (gov sig)

Provides for a hotel occupancy tax in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)

Authorizes a referendum election on the lease of certain lands owned by the city of Lake Charles. (gov sig)

Provides for the abolition of the office of police chief and the police department for the town of Stonewall (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF See Note)

Repeals provisions for the Grant Parish Economic and Industrial Development District

Provides relative to the classified fire service in the cities of Baton Rouge, Bossier City, and Lafayette and Fire Protection District No. 2 of Ward 4 of Calcasieu Parish

Provides relative to the St. Landry Parish central collection commission for sales and use taxes

Authorizes the governing authority of St. Bernard Parish to enact ordinances requiring property owners to remove deleterious growths and trash

Provides for the collection of fees imposed by Sewerage District No. 1 for Tangipahoa Parish

Provides relative to the classified police service in the city of Eunice

Provides relative to the board of commissioners of Hospital Service District No. 1 of the parish of Pointe Coupee

Provides relative to the Kenilworth Improvement District in Orleans Parish

Provides relative to the Lake Barrington Subdivision Improvement District in Orleans Parish

Allows for the imposition of community service as a possible penalty for a violation of any parish ordinance (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF See Note)

Authorizes the town of Duson to levy and collect an additional sales and use tax. (gov sig)

Authorizes St. John the Baptist Parish to name a library after Norris Butch Millet Sr. (8/1/17)

Allows the sharing of equipment between public entities. (gov sig)

Authorizes West Ascension Recreation Facilities District No. 1 to levy a sales tax (REF INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Provides relative to compensation for members of the Livingston Parish planning commission for attending meetings

Provides relative to the industrial development board for the city of New Orleans

Provides relative to the West Baton Rouge Parish Tourist Commission

Provides relative to the Shreveport Implementation and Redevelopment Authority

Abolishes the New Orleans Regional Business Park. (8/1/17)

Provides for occupancy tax proceeds on hotels/motels in Zachary. (gov sig)

Prohibits a governing authority from entering certain agreements without specific approval by ordinance of all affected governing authorities. (gov sig)

Authorizes certain parish governing authorities to enact ordinances relative to the removal of deleterious growths, trash, debris, and other noxious matter

Provides relative to sustainable energy financing districts

Provides relative to the members of the municipal fire and police civil service board

Provides relative to defined terms within the provisions governing the municipal fire and police civil service

Provides relative to the secretary for the municipal fire and police civil service board in the city of Lafayette

Creates the Parkwood Terrace Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)

Authorizes political subdivisions to open proceedings with voluntary prayer. (8/1/16)

Authorizes creation of special districts within certain cities and provides for the governance and the powers and duties of the district, including tax increment finance authority. (gov sig)

Provides for legislation relative to the Louisiana Local Government Budget Act. (8/1/16)

Provides relative to the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District

Provides relative to the Wedgewood Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Provides for the creation of neighborhood improvement and beautification districts in certain parishes

Provides relative to incorporation petitions

Increases the maximum per diem authorized to be paid to members of the board of commissioners of gas utility districts located in certain parishes (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Creates the Capital Heights Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Provides relative to the audit of certain contracts with the Algiers Development District

Authorizes the governing authority of the city of DeRidder to create the classified competitive position of deputy fire chief

Provides relative to annexation ordinances adopted by municipalities

Provides relative to the Broadmoor Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish (EN +$28,800 LF RV See Note)

Authorizes parish governing authorities to regulate livestock

Provides relative to the powers granted to the chief of police for the city of Rayne

Provides that the positions of fire chief and assistant fire chief for Winn Parish Fire Protection District No. 3 are in the unclassified service

Creates the Cypress Point Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Authorizes the Avoyelles Parish School Board to levy and collect an additional sales tax, subject to voter approval. (gov sig)

Provides relative to promotional seniority in the Lake Charles Police Department for officers who have been deployed. (8/1/16)

Provides relative to the status of private entities that contract with the Algiers Development District. (8/1/16)

Provides relative to the qualifications of the chief of police for the town of Gueydan. (8/1/16)

Provides for legislation relative to Louisiana Housing Corporation. (8/1/16)

Removes the Bogalusa Chief of Police from civil service. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the hotel occupancy tax in Jefferson Parish. (8/1/16)

Provides relative to the State Power Authority Act. (8/1/16)

Creates the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to the Greenwell Springs-Airline Economic Development District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Creates the Shreveport Implementation and Redevelopment Authority (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Authorizes the Walnut Street Special District as a tax increment finance district in the city of Monroe. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF See Note)

Authorizes the town of Jonesville to levy a sales and use tax (EN +$360,144 LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to the Pineville Downtown Development District

Prohibits parishes and municipalities from enacting certain ordinances with respect to emergency services provided to victims of domestic abuse and other crimes

Provides relative to wage and hours regulations for fire departments

Creates the Faubourg Marigny Security and Improvement District in Orleans Parish (EN +$442,300 LF RV See Note)

Creates the Woodlawn Estates Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish (EN +$116,616 LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to the Downtown Development District of the city of Minden

Authorizes the city of Baker to levy a hotel occupancy tax (EN +$55,150 LF RV See Note)

Creates the Lafourche Arc Taxing District (EN +$619,500 LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to the marshal of the city court of Hammond (EN +$3,000 LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to lease or sale of certain lakefront property in the city of Lake Charles. (8/1/15)

Authorizes a levy of an optional hotel assessment by a tourism organization upon its hotel members of facilities located in Jefferson Parish and provides for treating such assessment as a surcharge to hotel guests. (8/1/15)

Provides criteria for parish governing authorities to consider when determining a heavily populated area within the unincorporated area of the parish for purposes of prohibiting, restricting, or regulating the shooting of firearms. (8/1/15)

Provides relative to the Oak Island Neighborhood Improvement District within the parish of Orleans to levy and collect a parcel fee. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the city of Lake Charles municipal fire and police civil service system. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the Broadmoor Neighborhood Improvement District within the parish of Orleans. (8/1/15)

Provides for ex officio notaries public with certain limited authority for Natchitoches Parish government. (8/1/15)

Provides relative to the Terrebonne Economic Development Authority

Provides relative to extension or contraction of corporate limits of municipalities by means of petition and ordinance

Creates the Riverbend Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish (EN +$119,750 LF RV See Note)

Provides that the positions of fire chief and assistant fire chief for Parishwide Fire Protection District No. 1 of the Parish of Tensas are in the unclassified service

Provides relative to the work schedule of certain employees of the Sulphur Police Department

Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the housing authority of Denham Springs (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)

Requests the Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs to study and make recommendations on how to establish recurring funding for the Louisiana Housing Trust Fund.

Provides for police service classification and discretionary standards of the deputy chief of police position in the city of St. Martinville. (8/1/15)

Provides relative to the appointment and terms of municipal officials in Lawrason Act municipalities

Authorizes DeSoto Parish Fire District No. 3 to collect a service charge on structures

Authorizes the town of Duson to levy a hotel occupancy tax (EN +$56,092 LF RV See Note)

Provides for the incorporation of the fifteenth ward of the parish of Orleans as a municipality within the parish of Orleans (RE +$50,000 LF EX See Note)

Recognizes the 25th anniversary of the Affordable Housing Program and the program's contributions to the citizens of Louisiana.

Provides relative to appointing tenant commissioners to the governing authority of the city of New Orleans housing authority. (8/1/15)

Provides relative to the minimum retirement age, accrual rate, and benefits for new members of the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund in the city of New Orleans hired after January 1, 2015 (EN INCREASE APV)

Creates the St. Bernard Parish Economic Development Commission (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Creates the University Acres Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Cottonport Housing Authority

Provides relative to firefighters including minimum wages and the reinstatement, reemployment, and seniority of firefighters who retire due to injury. (8/1/14)

Provides relative to the New Orleans Regional Business Park.

Authorizes the city of New Orleans to sell blighted property in the Lower Ninth Ward for a fixed price

Provides relative to the Mid-City Security District. (gov sig)

Authorizes the governing authority of the city of Carencro to levy a hotel occupancy tax (EN +$67,400 LF RV See Note)

Requires additional notice to property owners directly affected by a public works project of meetings by a parish, a municipality, the state or a political subdivision of the state. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Authorizes the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau to levy and collect an additional hotel occupancy tax within the jurisdiction of the bureau (EN +$2,380,700 LF RV See Note)

Provides with respect to the duration of taxes levied for the Orleans Parish Juvenile Services Financing District (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to the city of New Iberia municipal fire and police civil service system board. (gov sig)

Provides an exemption from the Louisiana Public Lease Law for lease or other alienation of certain property in Lafayette Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Requires the Livingston Parish assessor to pay the cost of certain insurance premiums for eligible retirees of the assessor's office (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Authorizes Waterworks District No. 3 of Rapides Parish to acquire a privately owned water system located in Grant Parish (EN +$18,000 LF RV See Note)

Authorizes the appointment of deputy constables in Caldwell Parish. (8/1/14)

Authorizes the town of Homer to levy an additional sales and use tax (EN +$505,000 LF RV See Note)

Provides for position of deputy chief of police for the city of St. Martinville. (gov sig)

Authorizes by population certain municipalities to levy a sales tax not to exceed one percent. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the creation of Ascension Parish Road Infrastructure Development Districts. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the Oak Island Neighborhood Improvement District. (gov sig)

Provides for a per diem for board members of the Washington Parish Gas Utility District No. 2. (gov sig) (EN +$1,500 LF EX See Note)

Exempts certain security districts and similar districts from certain requirements for public notice and for recording or broadcast of certain meetings

Provides for increasing the board membership to ten on the War Memorial Civic Center Board in the town of DeRidder. (gov sig)

Provides relative to incorporation of unincorporated areas. (gov sig) (RE1 +$24,000 GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to financial security benefits for surviving spouses and children of fire operation personnel

Provides relative to the naming of the Tangipahoa Parish Convention and Visitors Bureau building

Provides relative to the parcel fee levied within the Kingswood Subdivision Improvement District in Orleans Parish

Authorizes Caddo Fire District No. 1 to levy and collect a sales and use tax, subject to voter approval (EN +$409,000 LF RV See Note)

Changes the date from June 1 of each year to September 1 of each year for information to be supplied to the assessor and legislative auditor by tax recipient agencies in St. Charles Parish. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Provides relative to condemnation procedures for the removal of dangerous structures in parishes and municipalities. (gov sig)

Requires the assessor in certain parishes to pay the cost of certain insurance premiums for eligible retirees from the assessor's office (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Authorizes the governing authority of the city of Zachary to levy a hotel occupancy tax (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to a special taxing district in Jefferson Parish

Provides relative to revision of local government laws pursuant to HCR No. 218 of the 2009 Regular Session

Designates the community of Thornwell, Louisiana, as the Yellow Rail Capital of the World

Provides that the position of police chief for the city of Covington is in the unclassified service

Provides that the position of assistant chief of police in Plaquemine shall be in the unclassified service

Provides relative to the powers granted to the mayor pro tempore in a Lawrason Act municipality

Provides relative to the Lafayette Parish Visitors Enterprise Fund. (7/1/14)

Provides for local sales and use taxation of certain materials used in certain paving-related activities. (7/1/14) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Provides relative to St. George incorporation; creates the St. George Transition District; and provides for the interim continuation of services and interim collection of certain sales taxes. (gov sig)

Provides for the creation of the "Neighborhood Watch Act".

Provides for legislation relative to the creation of Ascension Parish Infrastructure Development Districts. (gov sig)

Authorizes the constable's office of Ward 3 of St. Martin Parish to charge a "stand by" fee in certain instances. (8/1/14)

Authorizes the levy of an optional hotel assessment by a tourism organization upon its hotel members and provides for treating such assessment as a surcharge to hotel guests. (gov sig)

Provides relative to fiscal administrators for political subdivisions, including appointment, powers, and duties of political administrators and violations of law relative to political administrators and penalties therefor (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Provides relative to certain employment lists established and maintained by the municipal fire and police civil service board and provides for the removal of employees during the working test period

Provides relative to the appointment and removal of commissioners of local housing authorities located in certain parishes

Provides relative to civil service for cities with over 100,000 in population and certain municipalities governed by municipal fire and police civil service system. (8/1/13)

Creates and provides for the Southern Heights Neighborhood Crime Prevention District. (8/1/13)

Allows the use of public funds for length of service awards programs established by fire protection districts, municipal fire departments, or volunteer fire departments for volunteer firefighters (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Authorizes the city of Youngsville to levy a hotel occupancy tax (EN +$172,500 LF RV See Note)

Authorizes the imposition of an additional sales and use tax by the governing authority of Iberville Parish (EN +$10,450,000 LF RV See Note)

Authorizes the Houma Area Convention and Visitors Bureau to levy an additional hotel occupancy tax (EN +$300,000 LF RV See Note)

Authorizes the city of Bogalusa, subject to voter approval, to levy a provider fee on the operation of hospitals within the city that may provide to DHH funding for state expenses for the Medicaid program within the city. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to the powers and duties of the Algiers Development District

Provides relative to abolition of the position of police chief in the village of Goldonna

Provides for the board of commissioners of the Ward 5 Fire Protection District of the Parish of Evangeline

Provides relative to the governing board of the Bayou Cane Fire Protection District

Identifies which Department of Public Works is referenced in certain groundwater conservation districts. (gov sig)

Urges and requests HUD and OCD to release funds to displaced residents

Provides relative to the lease of a hospital by a Jefferson Parish hospital service district (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Increases the maximum per diem authorized to be paid to fire protection district board members in Calcasieu Parish

Establishes the Leeville Fishing Village and Cultural Preservation Commission. (8/1/13)

Provides relative to benefits for a classified employee of the New Orleans Police Department on temporary or provisional assignment. (8/1/13)

Authorizes the Grant Economic Development District to levy a sales and use tax. (gov sig)

Authorizes the chief of police for the Town of Welsh to effect certain disciplinary action relative to police personnel. (gov sig)

Provides for legislation relative to the allocation of funds from the Vermilion Parish Tourist Commission. (gov sig)

Changes the boundaries of the McKendall Estates Neighborhood Improvement District in Orleans Parish

Authorizes the BioDistrict New Orleans board to create subdistricts by reduction from the original district boundary and requires legislative approval of subdistricts created outside the boundaries of the district. (8/1/13)

Provides relative to the parcel fee imposed within the Twinbrook Security District in Orleans Parish

Authorizes any mayor's court within certain municipalities to increase court costs

Provides relative to meetings of the Sulphur Industrial Development District

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to ad valorem taxes for fire and police protection in Orleans Parish (RR +$6,545,000 LF RV See Note)

Requests the Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs to study the laws applicable to local public entities in the purchase of vehicles for law enforcement purposes.

Creates an Economic Development District in Leesville, Louisiana. (gov sig)

Authorizes a contract or cooperative agreement between Iberia Parish and the Port of Iberia for the operation and management of the Acadiana Regional Airport and the Le Maire Memorial Airport. (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Constitutional Amendment to prohibit unfunded mandates on political subdivisions or public school systems, with limited exceptions. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))

Provides relative to the tax upon the occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities levied and collected by the Abbeville Film and Visitors Commission District. (gov sig)

Extends the authorization for the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board to use design-build contracts for an additional year. (gov sig)

Requires request from Sunset Drainage District board of commissioners before St. Charles Parish Council may begin process for becoming district's governing authority. (gov sig)

Provides for the levy, collection, allocation, and use of certain taxes collected by the Vermilion Parish Tourist Commission. (gov sig)

Provides relative to 9-1-1 fees for the Orleans Communication District. (8/1/12) (EN +$2,728,000 LF RV See Note)

Provides that the position of assistant police chief, relative to the towns of Broussard, Carencro, Scott and Youngsville, shall be in the unclassified service. (8/1/12)

Prohibits local governing authorities from setting certain height limits on amateur radio antennas. (gov sig)

Provides for appropriations from the St. Martin Parish Enterprise Fund to be made to the St. Martin Parish government for tourism and economic development. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT SD RV See Note)

Provides relative to the Jefferson Parish Communication District's authority to contract for and fund certain services. (gov sig)

Authorizes a fixed rate for emergency telephone service charges in St. Bernard Parish. (8/1/12)

Changes the composition of the board of commissioners of the St.Tammany Parish Development District. (8/1/12)

Provides relative to the authority of the chief of police for the city of Kaplan and the position of assistant to the chief of police. (8/1/12)

Renames the Tangipahoa Parish Tourist and Film Commission to the Tangipahoa Parish Tourist Commission. (8/1/12)

Provides for the powers of the chief of police of Youngsville. (8/1/12)

Authorizes the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans to use design-build contracts. (gov sig)

Creates the New Orleans Hospitality and Entertainment District. (gov sig)

Streamlines the procedure by which municipalities and parishes create neighborhood security districts. (8/1/12)

Authorizes municipalities to enact ordinances relative to the maintenance of property by owners and seizing creditors. (gov sig)

To remove the water rate exemptions given to certain entities located in a municipality with a population in excess of 340,000 citizens. (8/1/12)

Provides for the assessor of St. Tammany Parish to pay certain insurance premiums. (8/1/12) (OR DECREASE LF EX See Note)

Provides for cleanup and removal of abandoned structures in certain parishes. (8/1/12)

Creates the New Orleans Hospitality Zone District. (gov sig)

Authorizes the city of New Orleans to levy a tax on food and beverages. (gov sig)

Provides that all parish governing authorities shall have the authority to prohibit certain roadside sales of animals. (8/1/12)

Requires voter approval before local governing authorities may impose civil fines for traffic violations captured by automatic traffic enforcement systems. (1/1/13)

Requires the inclusion of addenda with the bid form on public works contracts conducted by the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. (gov sig)

Creates the position of Chief of Fire Support Staff in the Shreveport Fire Department. (8/15/11)

Establishes a downtown development district for the municipality of St. Martinville. (8/15/11)

Authorizes the governing authority of Ascension Parish to require property owners to remove debris, wrecked or used motor vehicles, or other discarded items being stored or kept on their property. (8/15/11)

Provides relative to the powers of plaza special districts. (gov sig)

Authorizes the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center to accept corporate sponsors. (8/15/11)

Increases the amount of per diem for members of the board of supervisors of Sewerage District No. 1 of Rapides Parish. (8/15/11) (EN +$6,480 LF EX See Note)

Authorizes the Livingston Parish Gravity Drainage District to levy their own 1/2 cent sales tax. (8/15/11)

Provides for the membership of the Greater Ouachita Port Commission. (gov sig)

Provides for the levy, collection, and use of certain taxes collected for the benefit of the Vermilion Parish Tourist Commission. (8/15/11)

Increases the membership of the Beauregard Parish Airport Board from seven to ten members. (8/15/11)

Provides for the position of deputy chief of police in the city of Jennings. (8/15/11)

Changes membership of the Vernon Parish Arena District. (8/15/11) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Exempts from local sales and occupancy tax in certain parishes agreements to furnish for a period of 30 days or longer an accommodation, space, or lot which is in an overnight camping facility or trailer park. (7/1/11)

Provides for the creation of an "Innovation Park Development District" within certain parishes. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Provides relative to the shifting of certain lines and wires, at the owner's expense, in the city of New Orleans to accommodate public system projects. (gov sig)

Provides training and supplemental pay for certain security personnel employed by the Housing Authority of New Orleans. (gov sig)

Provides for the per diem of the board of commissioners of the Vermilion Parish Hospital Service District No. 2. (8/15/11)

Clarifies "emergency" under the Louisiana Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law as it relates to the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. (gov sig)

Provides for peace officers employed by the Housing Authority of New Orleans. (gov sig)

Provides that applicants for Road Home grants who were denied because of unresolved succession/heirship issues be given a grant subject to a covenant restriction filed against the property. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the New Orleans Regional Business Park.(gov sig)

Provides with respect to investments by political subdivisions. (8/15/10)

Prohibits a political subdivision from imposing a tax or fee on nonresidents at a different rate than residents. (8/15/10) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Creates the Madison Parish Economic and Industrial Development District. (gov sig)

Provide for dissolution of parish road districts in St. Landry Parish. (See Act)

Provides relative to the renewal of parcel fees for Lakewood Crime Prevention and Improvement District. (7/1/10)

Authorizes public entities utilizing tax increment finance ("TIF") to enter into a joint venture or cooperative endeavor with one or more other public entities utilizing TIF to utilize all or a portion of the tax increments generated within their TIF areas in order to jointly finance or refinance one or more economic development projects located within their TIF areas. (gov sig)

Creates a fund to pay group insurance premiums for retired sheriffs and deputies in Plaquemines Parish. (8/15/10) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Provides that certain contracts shall be null and void and requires the attorney of a local government subdivision to file an injunction. (gov sig)

Creates the Shenandoah Estates Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)

Allows local political subdivisions to purchase or lease hybrid fuel or alternative fuel vehicles. (8/15/10)

Provides relative to the renewal of parcel fees for the Oak Island Neighborhood Improvement District. (7/1/10)

Provides relative to elections for parcel fee renewal for the Lakewood East Security and Neighborhood Improvement District. (7/1/10)

Provides relative to the St. Landry Parish Economic and Industrial Development District. (8/15/10)

Authorizes ordinances regulating backwashing of swimming pools into the street. (8/15/10)

Provides relative to the purposes of certain collections in the city of Shreveport. (7/1/10) (RE1 NO IMPACT SD EX See Note)

Transfers assets and debts of previous multiple tax assessors in Orleans Parish to office of Orleans Parish tax assessor. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

Extends from 20 to 25 years the length of service for the assessor of Acadia Parish to be responsible for the payment of certain insurance premiums. (7/1/10) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Provides for a recreation commission in the city of New Orleans.

Prohibits firearms or other explosive devices on property belonging to the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. (gov sig)

Provides that the New Orleans Civil Service Commission shall hold its public meetings in the New Orleans City Council chambers. (8/15/10)

Provides for the assessor elected in Orleans Parish to take office on July first. (gov sig) (OR LF EX See Note)

Exempts from local sales and occupancy tax in St. Tammany Parish agreements to furnish for a period of 30 days or longer an accommodation, space, or lot which is in an overnight camping facility or trailer park. (7/1/10) (RE DECREASE LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority. (gov sig)

Corrects the name of certain entities allocated monies from the St. Tammany Parish Fund. (7/1/10) (OR NO IMPACT RV See Note)

Corrects the name of a certain entity allocated monies from the St. Tammany Parish Fund. (7/1/10) (OR NO IMPACT RV See Note)