LouisianaParish assessors may raise annual compensation by 5% yearly
Starting July 1, 2026, parish assessors may raise annual compensation by 5% each year through 2029 after publishing advance notice, with an exemption-related disqualification.
What it does
Each parish assessor may add a 5% annual increase to compensation through 2029, if the assessor gives public notice. Assessors who violate a specified property tax exemption are not eligible.
Argument forA set yearly increase could help assessors plan their finances, if they publish the required notice.
Argument againstThe yearly pay increases could raise payroll costs for parishes that fund assessors’ compensation.
More detail
Each assessor may increase annual compensation by 5% per year through 2029. The provision applies to each parish assessor and adds this compensation to other compensation authorized by law. The increase takes effect only if the assessor publishes notice of intent on two separate days in the parish’s official journal; the last notice must appear at least 30 days before the increase. An assessor who assesses property in violation of the R.S. 47:6001 exemption for a taxable year ending after December 31, 2025, cannot receive an increase under this provision. The act takes effect July 1, 2026. It authorizes one increase in each calendar year from 2026 through 2029.
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History
- 2026
- Jun 23Becomes Act No. 953 without the Governor's signature.Latest
- Jun 23Effective date: 07/01/2026.
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate.
- Jun 1Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 31Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 29Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1740). Result: pass.Lower
- May 29Read by title, roll called, yeas 88, nays 5, Senate amendments concurred in.
- May 28Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 27Called from the Calendar.
- Vote recorded CO-AUTHORS (#1472). Result: fail.Upper
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1471). Result: pass.Upper
- May 27Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- May 21Rules suspended.
- May 21Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- May 18Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 14Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 13Reported favorably.Minor
- Apr 27Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- Apr 22Reported favorably.Minor
- Apr 8Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.Minor
- Apr 7Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#320). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 7Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 1Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.
- Mar 31Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Mar 30Reported favorably (16-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.Minor
- Feb 27Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 27Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.Introduced
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