HB 162 — DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT: Provides relative to the Jefferson Place/Bocage Crime Prevention and Improvement District

HLSENROLLED 26RS-328 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.

162 BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAKIN DISTRICTS/CRIMEAN PREVENT:ACT To amend and reenact R.S.

Provides relative to the Jefferson Place/Bocage Crime Prevention and Improvement District AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.

33:9097.12(F)(1)33:9097.12(F)(1)and(3)(a)(i)are herebyamended and (3)(a)(i)areherebyamendedreenactedto andreenactedto read as follows:

The fee shall be a flat fee per improved parcel of land not to exceed Pagefivehundredandfortyonethousandtwohundreddollarsperyearforeachimproved 1parcel, ofstarting 2with CODING:five hundred one thousand dollars for the first calendar year.

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HLS 26RS-328 ENGROSSED HB NO.

162 fivehundredandfortyonethousandtwohundreddollarsperyearforeachimprovedENROLLED parcel,(3)(a)(i) startingThe withfee of five hundred one thousand dollars for the first calendar year.year, subject to change thereafter by duly adopted resolution of the board, not to exceed the maximum amount authorized as provided in this Subsection, shall be imposedonlyafterthequestionofitsimpositionandtheboard'sauthoritytoincrease the fee has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district who vote on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.

* * * (3)(a)(i)SPEAKER TheOF feeTHE ofHOUSE fiveOF hundredREPRESENTATIVES onePRESIDENT thousandOF dollarsTHE forSENATE theGOVERNOR firstcalendarOF year,THE subjectSTATE toOF changeLOUISIANA thereafterAPPROVED: by duly adopted resolution of the board, not to exceed the maximum amount authorized as provided in this Subsection, shall be imposedonlyafterthequestionofitsimpositionandtheboard'sauthoritytoincrease the fee has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district who vote on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 162 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session McMakin Abstract:

Increases the maximum fee amount authorized for a parcel fee levied within the Jefferson Place/Bocage Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish.

PresentlawcreatestheJeffersonPlace/BocageCrimePreventionandImprovementDistrict inEastBatonRougeParishasapoliticalsubdivisiontoaidincrimepreventionbyproviding security for district residents and funding beautification and other activities and improvements for the overall betterment of the district.

Provides for district boundaries, governance, and powers and duties.

Proposed law retains present law.

Present law authorizes the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish to impose and collect a parcel fee within the district, subject to voter approval.

Provides that the fee amountshallbeasrequestedbydulyadoptedresolutionoftheboard,nottoexceed$540per improved parcel per year.

Provides that the fee shall be $500 for the first calendar year.

Requires that the fee be imposed on each improved parcel within the district.

Proposedlawincreasestheamountofthemaximumfeeauthorizedtobeimposedwithinthe district from $540 to $1200 per improved parcel per year.

Increases the parcel fee amount to be imposed for the first calendar year from $500 to $1000.

Proposed law otherwise retains present law.

(Amends R.S.

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