LouisianaDistrict tax measures need board and parish approval before voters decide
The law requires advance notice to district parishes before certain board meetings and approval from every parish before a proposed tax can go to voters.
What it does
Before a meeting where the board may consider or act on a matter under its tax, debt, or bond powers, it must give each district parish’s governing authority at least 30 days’ written notice.
A district tax measure needs every board member’s approval and approval from every district parish governing authority before it can go on the ballot.
The commission has eleven members. The text names appointment rules for seats representing eight parishes, with each appointee required to live in the parish represented.
A member who misses two commission meetings in a row may be removed. The appointing authority has 90 days after notice of the vacancy to fill the seat.
Argument forAdvance notice and approval by every parish could give local officials more time to review a proposed district tax before voters decide.
Argument againstRequiring every commissioner and every parish governing authority to approve a tax could make it harder for the district to put a tax measure before voters.
More detail
The board must give written notice to district parish governing authorities before certain meetings. Notice must go to the governing authority of each parish in the district. The notice applies to a meeting where the board may consider or act on a matter under the section on taxes, debt, and bonds. The notice must be provided at least 30 days before the meeting.
A tax measure requires approval from every board member and every district parish governing authority before it can go on the ballot. This applies to a tax the board authorizes under the section on district taxes, debt, and bonds. Each parish governing authority must approve by written resolution or another authorized form. Both approvals are required before the measure is placed on the ballot.
The commission consists of eleven commissioners appointed as described for eight parish seats in the text. The appointment details shown cover eight parishes in the district. The eight listed seats are for qualified voters who live in Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, St. Landry, St. Martin, and St. Mary parishes. The text does not show the appointment rules for the other three seats.
Two consecutive missed meetings may be grounds to end an appointed member’s service, and the seat then becomes vacant when the appointing party is notified. This applies to appointed commission members. The appointing authority has 90 days to fill the vacancy. The 90-day period begins when the appointing party is notified of the vacancy.
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History
- 2026
- Jun 9Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 780.Became Law
- Jun 9Effective date: 06/09/2026.
- Jun 4Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- Jun 1Conference Committee report received.
- Vote recorded ADOPT (#1634). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1841). Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 1Rules suspended.
- Jun 1Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- Jun 1Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- Jun 1Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- Jun 1Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- Jun 1Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
- May 29Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- Vote recorded REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1720). Result: pass.Lower
- May 29Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- May 29Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- May 29Senate conference committee members appointed: Cloud, Mizell, and Talbot.
- May 29House conferees appointed: Butler, Villio, and Fontenot.
- May 29Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- May 28Called from the Calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1527). Result: pass.Upper
- May 28Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- May 28Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 28Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 5Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- Apr 27Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- Apr 22Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 21Reported favorably.Minor
- Mar 25Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.Minor
- Mar 24Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#67). Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 24Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Mar 23Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Mar 23Scheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2026.
- Mar 18Reported with amendments (11-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.Minor
- Jan 23First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/23/2026.
- Jan 22Prefiled.Minor
- Jan 22Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.Introduced
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