HB162 • 2026

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

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Dixon McMakin
Last action: 2026-06-01
Official status: Became law without the Governor's signature - Act 604
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how collected fees will be used or what happens if voters do not approve an increase.

Jefferson Place/Bocage Crime Prevention and Improvement District Act

This act sets rules for a special district to collect fees from landowners within the Jefferson Place/Bocage area, with limits on the amount that can be collected each year.

What This Bill Does

Creates a new law allowing the Jefferson Place/Bocage Crime Prevention and Improvement District to impose a parcel fee on improved parcels of land.
Sets an initial yearly fee limit of $501,000 for the first calendar year, with subsequent years not exceeding $541,200 per year.
Requires voter approval through election before any changes can be made to the fee amount.

Who It Names or Affects

Landowners who own property within the Jefferson Place/Bocage Crime Prevention and Improvement District.
The board that manages the Jefferson Place/Bocage Crime Prevention and Improvement District.

Terms To Know

Parcel fee: A yearly charge paid by landowners for improvements and crime prevention in their district.
Improved parcel of land: Land that has buildings or other structures on it, making it ready for use.

Limits and Unknowns

The act does not specify how the collected fees will be used.
It is unclear what happens if voters do not approve an increase in the fee amount.

Bill History

2026-06-01 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-01 H
Becomes Act No. 604 without the Governor's signature.
2026-05-21 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-20 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-20 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-20 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-19 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-13 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-12 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-11 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-27 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
2026-04-22 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-22 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-21 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.
2026-04-20 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-16 H
Reported favorably (12-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
2026-02-13 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.
2026-02-13 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
2026-02-13 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 6042026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 162
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAKIN
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:9097.12(F)(1) and (3)(a)(i), relative to the Jefferson
3 Place/Bocage Crime Prevention and Improvement District; to provide relative to the
4 parcel fee imposed within the district; to provide for the maximum fee amount; and
5 to provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
8 Louisiana.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 33:9097.12(F)(1) and (3)(a)(i) are hereby amended and reenacted to
11 read as follows:
12 §9097.12. Jefferson Place/Bocage Crime Prevention and Improvement District
13 * * *
14 F. Parcel fee. The district, through the board, is hereby authorized to impose
15 and collect a parcel fee within the district subject to and in accordance with the
16 provisions of this Subsection.
17 (1) The amount of the fee shall be as requested by duly adopted resolution
18 of the board. The fee shall be a flat fee per improved parcel of land not to exceed
19 five hundred and forty one thousand two hundred dollars per year for each improved
20 parcel, starting with five hundred one thousand dollars for the first calendar year.
21 * * *
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1 (3)(a)(i) The fee of five hundred one thousand dollars for the first calendar
2 year, subject to change thereafter by duly adopted resolution of the board, not to
3 exceed the maximum amount authorized as provided in this Subsection, shall be
4 imposed only after the question of its imposition and the board's authority to increase
5 the fee has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district who
6 vote on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the
7 Louisiana Election Code.
8 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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