| HB 100 | Richmond | Authorizes sheriff's sales at certain courthouse annexes. |
| Remarks: | Allows Sheriff sales at courthouse annex |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 168 | Wooton | (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes certain disabled persons to submit physician statements concerning the extent of the person's disability in order to qualify for the special assessment level. |
| Remarks: | Expands the disability property tax exemption |
| Bill History: |
05-05-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 6 House Ways and Means |
| HB 169 | Arnold | (Constitutional Amendment) Limits increases in millages after reappraisal. |
| Remarks: | Limits roll-forward millage revenues to CPI |
| Bill History: |
04-07-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Ways and Means |
| HB 345 | Arnold | Limits increases of ad valorem tax millages. |
| Remarks: | Limits increase in roll-forward revenue to CPI for the entier assessment period. |
| Bill History: |
04-07-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Ways and Means |
| HB 381 | Chandler | (Constitutional Amendment) Increases the homestead exemption to $15,000 and requires the yearly adjustment of such exemption. |
| Bill History: |
04-21-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Ways and Means |
| HB 388 | Greene | Provides relative to component parts of immovable property. |
| Remarks: | Address the Willis Knighton Issue - Get with tax collectors re: impact. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-08 G Effective |
| HB 417 | Baldone | Provides relative to the date interest begins to accrue on delinquent ad valorem taxes. |
| Remarks: | Seems to start interest a month earlier on property taxes. No proposed by us. Check with Assessors |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 436 | Arnold | (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for restrictions on millage increases after reappraisal and valuation. |
| Remarks: | 45 day period is to short, given more extensive notice requirements. |
| Bill History: |
05-08-08 H Failed to pass (Vote: Y: 48/N: 48) |
| HB 445 | Greene | Provides relative to the listing of property in the name of a tax sale purchaser. |
| Remarks: | Should ensure that tax sale property goes back on the tax rolls |
| Bill History: |
06-19-08 S Enrolled |
| HB 461 | Ritchie | (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for transfer of the special assessment level to new property purchased to replace expropriated property. |
| Remarks: | Extends special assessment level to expropriated property. Amended in committee to limit the transfer fo the special assessemnt to new property that is no more than 150% of the value of the original property. |
| Bill History: |
06-11-08 S Enrolled |
| HB 666 | Greene | Provides relative to the date interest begins to accrue on delinquent ad valorem taxes. |
| Bill History: |
04-07-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Ways and Means |
| HB 667 | Montoucet | (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for an ad valorem tax exemption for inventory and requires the state to appropriate funds to political subdivisions to offset the revenue loss. |
| Remarks: | Need amendment to have the taxpayer get paid by the State - not the local gov't |
| Bill History: |
04-22-08 H Recommitted House Appropriations |
| HB 750 | Lambert | Corrects statutory references relative to industrial areas. |
| Remarks: | Trying to reverse the Red River Recreation District case. Would exempt industrial property from ALL special district taxes. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 766 | Richardson | Provides relative to the settlement of erroneous tax payments. |
| Remarks: | Awards attorney fees to a taxpayer who wins a tax case, but gov't does not get attorney fees. |
| Bill History: |
06-20-08 S Enrolled |
| HB 1093 | Connick | Authorizes a parish governing authority to place certain charges of property owners on the ad valorem tax rolls of the parish. |
| Remarks: | Allows for charges associated with delinquent buildings to be added to property tax bill of owner |
| Bill History: |
07-01-08 G Effective |
| HB 1192 | Burns, Henry | Provides that qualifying disabled persons shall only have to apply once for the special assessment level relative to homestead exemption. |
| Bill History: |
05-20-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Ways and Means |
| HB 1258 | Edwards | Increases the fees for appraisals conducted for a sheriff's sale. |
| Bill History: |
06-19-08 S Enrolled |
| SB 19 | Alario | Constitutional Amendment to increase the homestead exemption to $15,000 of assessed valuation. (1/1/09) (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) |
| Bill History: |
03-21-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
| SB 29 | Murray | Provides for the Louisiana Tax Commission instead of the parish governing authority to be the board of review to determine the correctness of property tax assessments in certain parishes. (See Act) |
| Remarks: | Applies to Orleans (for now) but ultimately to EBR |
| Bill History: |
05-19-08 S Meeting set for 2:00 p.m. , John J. Hainkel...Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
| SB 113 | Smith | Eliminates certain parishes from the additional notice required to be given to taxpayers concerning certain property tax assessments and meetings to increase millage rates without voter approval. (gov sig) |
| Remarks: | Assumption*, Allen*, Beauregard, Natchitoches, Vernon, Calcasieu (* population figures are off slightly) |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
| SB 200 | Alario | Constitutional amendment to adjust the homestead exemption in accordance with changes in the Consumer Price Index. (1/1/09) (CA13s1(A)) |
| Bill History: |
03-21-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
| SB 202 | Gautreaux, N. | Constitutional amendment to exempt from property tax inventories of oilfield tubulars if they are inspected and certified as safe for use in critical locations as provided by law. (See Act) (CA13s1(A)) |
| Bill History: |
04-07-08 S Meeting set for 1:30 P.M. Hainkel Rm. Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
| SB 231 | Nevers | Constitutional amendment to lower the age at which the assessment value of residential property is "frozen" from 65 to 62. |
| Bill History: |
04-15-08 S Recommitted Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
| SB 288 | Kostelka | Deletes the 10% of tax, penalty, and interest required to be transferred to the tax commission as a result of audits for deposit in its expense fund and prohibits the employment of private counsel by the tax commission on a contingency fee. |
| Bill History: |
06-22-08 H Enrolled |
| SB 344 | Gautreaux, N. | Exempt from property tax inventories of oilfield tubulars if they are inspected and certified as safe for use in critical locations as provided by law. (See Act) |
| Remarks: | Ck fiscal note |
| Bill History: |
04-28-08 S Recommitted Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
| SB 520 | Morrish | Prohibits an action to collect a state motor vehicle tax or state tax applicable to movables on the purchase of manufactured homes used as residential housing until July 1, 2009. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-08 G Effective |
| SB 584 | Thompson | Authorizes the Board of Commerce and Industry to enter into ad valorem property tax exemption contracts for development of retirement communities. (8/15/08) |
| Remarks: | Bill requires approval of local governing authority |
| Bill History: |
04-03-08 S Committee hearing cancelled Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
| SB 609 | Crowe | To require tax recipient bodies to adopt a third ordinance or resolution levying millages which have been "rolled forward' by a 2/3's vote of the tax recipient body. |
| Bill History: |
06-09-08 S Meeting set for 1:00 p.m. John J. Hainkel Rm. Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
| SB 723 | Smith | Repeals certain notice and publication requirements and deadlines which are in addition to those provided for in Const. Art. VII, Sec. 23(C) in order for property tax recipient bodies to roll-forward millages without voter approval. (gov sig) |
| Bill History: |
05-16-08 S Committee hearing cancelled Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |