SLSHCASB78 26RS-367552 ENGROSSED4605 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session SENATEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs to Reengrossed Senate Bill No.

78 BYby SENATORSenator JENKINSJenkins SPECIALAMENDMENT DISTRICTS.NO.

Provides1 forOn thepage governing1, authorityline of2, theafter Shreveport"reenact" Downtownand Developmentbefore District."(3), and (4)" delete "R.S.

(8/1/26)33:2740.38(C)(2)," AN ACT To amend and reenactinsert R.S."R.S.

33:2740.38(C)(2),33:2740.38(C)(1)(e), (3),(2)," andAMENDMENT (4)NO. and to enact R.S.

33:2740.38(C)(5),2 On page 1, line 4, after"commissioners;" and before"to provide" insert "to provide relative to theboard Shreveportappointments;" DowntownAMENDMENT DevelopmentNO. District;

to3 provideOnpage1,line9,after"Section1."andbefore"(3),and(4)"delete"R.S.33:2740.38(C)(2)," relativeand toinsert the"R.S. board of commissioners;

to33:2740.38(C)(1)(e), provide(2)," relativeAMENDMENT toNO. residency requirements;

to4 provideOn forpage prospective1, application;delete line 13 in its entirety and insert the following:

and"C.(1) TheShreveportDowntownDevelopmentDistrict,hereinafterreferred to provideas forthe related"district," matters.shall be governed by the Shreveport Downtown Development Authority hereinafter referred to as the "authority", originally established by OrdinanceNo.47of1975ofthecitycouncilofthecityofShreveport.

NoticeThemembers of intentionthe toShreveport introduceDowntown thisDevelopment ActAuthority hasshall beenbe published.composed of two nonvoting members:

Bethe itmayor enactedof bythe city of Shreveport and the Legislatureexecutive director of Louisiana:the Shreveport Downtown Development Authority and seven voting members whoshall beappointedbythemayorofthecityofShreveport(the"mayor"),subject to confirmation by the city council as follows:" AMENDMENT NO.

Section1.R.S.33:2740.38(C)(2),(3),and(4)areherebyamendedandreenactedand5 R.S.On page 1, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:

33:2740.38(C)(5)"(e) isOne herebymember enactedfrom a list of three nominees submitted to readthe asmayor follows:by the state senators whose senatorial districts are defined by R.S.

§2740.38.24:35.1(A)(37) as District 37 and byR.S.

Shreveport;24:35.1(A)(39) as District 39 and bythe state representative whose representativedistrict is defined byR.S.

downtown24:35.5(A)(4)as developmentDistrict district4 *member *oftheLouisiana *Senatewhosedistrictencompassesallorthegreaterportionof C.(1)the *area *of *the *district *and *by (2)the One member withof athe backgroundLouisiana inHouse urbanof planning,Representatives landwhose usedistrict planning,encompasses commercialall realor estatethe development,greater commercialportion realof estatethe construction,area commercialof districtthe management,district. architecture or engineering.

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WordsWordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored which are struckadditions. through are deletions from existing law;

words in boldface type and underscored are additions.

SLS 26RS-367 ENGROSSED SB NO.

78 (3) All members of the authority, other than elected officials and the memberappointedpursuanttoSubsection(C)(2)ofthisParagraph,shallreside in the district or have their his personal principal place of business or office in the district or own property in the district.

(3)(4) The termsof the members shall be three years and theyeach member may be reappointed.

(4)(5) A vacancy occurring for any cause shall be filled by using the above order and procedure until the board membership is composed as described above.

Thereafter, vacancies will be filled by this procedure, with nominations originating from the same group that appointed the outgoing member.

* * * Section 2.

The provisions of this Act shall have prospective application only.

The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Senate Legislative Services.

The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.

[R.S.

1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SB 78 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Jenkins Present law (R.S.

33:2740.38) provides for the composition of the board of commissioners of the Shreveport Downtown Development District.

Proposed law retains present law but provides that one member of the board of commissioners shall have a background in urban planning, land use planning, commercial real estate development, commercial real estate construction, commercial district management architecture or engineering.

Present law provides that all members of the authority, other than elected officials shall residein thedistrict orhavetheirpersonalprincipalplaceofbusinessorofficein thedistrict or own property in the district.

Proposedlawretainspresentlawbutprovidesthatthememberwiththebackgroundinurban planning, land use planning, commercial real estate development, commercial real estate construction, commercialdistrict management architecture or engineeringshall not have to reside in the district or have his personal principal place of business or office in the district or own property in the district.

Proposed law will have prospective application only, and will only apply to vacancies that occur, for anycause, after the effective date of proposed law.

Effective August 1, 2026.

(Amends R.S.

33:2740.38(C)(2), (3), and (4);

adds R.S.