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HLSHCAHB472 26RS-132552 ORIGINAL4100 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs to Original House Bill No.
472 BYby REPRESENTATIVERepresentative KNOXKnox HOUSING:AMENDMENT NO.
Authorizes1 municipalitiesOn topage implement1, rentline stabilization3, ANafter ACT"allowing" Toand enactbefore Chapter"municipalities" 51insert of"parishes Titleand" 33AMENDMENT ofNO. the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S.
33:9731,2 relativeOn topage allowing1, municipalitiesline to4, implementafter rent"for" stabilization;and before "municipalities" insert "parishes and" AMENDMENT NO.
to3 grantOn authoritypage for1, municipalitiesline to9, implementafter rent"FOR" stabilizationand measures;before "MUNICIPALITIES" insert "PARISHES AND" AMENDMENT NO.
4 On page 1, line 11, after "for" and tobefore provide"municipalities" forinsert related"parishes matters.and" AMENDMENT NO.
Be5 itOn enactedpage by1, at the Legislaturebeginning of Louisiana:line 12, insert "A." AMENDMENT NO.
Section6 1.On page 1, after line 13, add the following:
Chapter"B. 51 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S.
33:9731,Ordinances isto herebyimplement enactedrent stabilization measures adopted pursuant to readthis asSection follows:by a parish or municipal governing authority shall comply with the following:
CHAPTER(1) 51.Shall applyonlyduring the duration of a state of emergencydeclared by the governor that includes the jurisdiction of the respective parish or municipality.
AUTHORITY(2) FORShall MUNICIPALITIESprovide TOthat IMPLEMENTrent RENTincreases STABILIZATIONshall §9731.be based on the Consumer Price Index.
Authority(3) forShall municipalitiesnot tobe implementimplemented rentfor stabilization A municipality or parish may, by a majorityperiod votelonger ofthan itsthree governinghundred authority,sixty- adoptfive ordinancesdays tofrom implementthe rentinitial stabilizationdate measures.of implementation.
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[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 472 Original 2026 Regular Session Knox Abstract:
Provides relative to allowing municipalities to implement rent stabilization.
Proposed law provides that a municipality or parish may, by a majority vote of its governing authority, adopt ordinances to implement rent stabilization measures.
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