DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Creates the Delmont Economic Development District in East Baton Rouge Parish

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2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 212
BY REPRESENTATIVE MARCELLE
DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Creates the Delmont Economic Development District
in East Baton Rouge Parish
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 33:9038.82, relative to East Baton Rouge Parish; to create the Delmont
3 Economic Development District; to provide relative to the boundaries, purpose,
4 governance, and powers and duties of the district; to provide for district funding; 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. 33:9038.82 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 §9038.82. Delmont Economic Development District
12 A. There is hereby created within the parish of East Baton Rouge, as more
13 specifically provided in Subsection B of this Section, a body politic and corporate
14 which shall be known as the Delmont Economic Development District, referred to
15 in this Section as the "district". The district shall be a political subdivision of the
16 state as defined in the Constitution of Louisiana.
17 B. Commencing at the intersection of the westerly right-of-way line of Plank
18 Road and the northerly right-of-way line of Evangeline Street common with
19 southeasterly corner of Lot 18-A, Block 16, Delmont Place Subdivision, said corner
20 being Point of Beginning; thence westerly along the northerly right-of-way line of
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1 Evangeline Street to the southwesterly corner of Lot 18-A, Block 16, Delmont Place
2 Subdivision; thence northerly departing the northerly right-of-way line of Evangeline
3 Street along the westerly property line of said Lot-18-A to the northwesterly corner
4 of said Lot 18-A common with southwesterly corner of Lot 18-B, Block 16, Delmont
5 Place Subdivision; thence northerly along the westerly property line of said 18-B to
6 the southerly right-of-way line of Byron Street common with the northwesterly
7 corner of said Lot 18-A; thence easterly along the southerly right-of-way line of
8 Byron Street to a point and corner opposite the southwesterly corner of Lot 26,
9 Block15, Delmont Place Subdivision; thence northerly to the northerly right-of-way
10 line of Byron Street common with the southwesterly corner of Lot 26, block 15,
11 Delmont Place Subdivision; thence departing said right-of-way along the westerly
12 property line of said Lot 26 to the northwesterly corner of said Lot 26 common with
13 the southwestern corner of Lot 18, Block 15, Delmont Place Subdivision; thence
14 easterly along the northerly property line of said Lot 26 to the southwesterly corner
15 of Lot 22, Block 15; thence northerly along the westerly property lines of Lots 22,
16 21 and 20, Block 15, to the southerly right-of-way line of Sycamore Street common
17 with the northwesterly corner of said Lot 20, Block 15; thence northerly to the
18 northerly right-of-way line of Sycamore Street common with the southwesterly
19 corner of Lot 26, Block14, Delmont Place Subdivision; thence northerly along the
20 westerly property line of said Lot 26 to the northwesterly corner of said Lot 26
21 common with the southwesterly corner of Lot 18, Block 14 and Lot 17, Block 14,
22 and the northeasterly corner Lot 27, Block 14, Delmont Place Subdivision; thence
23 westerly along the northerly property lines of Lots 27 through 34, Block 14, Delmont
24 Place Subdivision to a point and corner being the northwesterly corner of said Lot
25 34; thence southerly along the westerly property line of said Lot 34 to a point and
26 corner being the northeasterly corner of Lot 35, Block 14, Delmont Place
27 Subdivision; thence westerly along the northerly property lines of Lots 35 through
28 38, Block 14, Delmont Place Subdivision to a point and corner being the
29 northwesterly corner of said Lot 38 common with the easterly property line of Lot
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1 39, Block 14, Delmont Place Subdivision; thence northerly along the easterly
2 property line of said Lot 39 to a point and corner being the northeasterly corner of
3 said Lot 39; thence westerly along the northerly property lines of Lots 39 through 42,
4 Block 14, Delmont Place Subdivision to a point and corner being the northwesterly
5 corner of said Lot 42 common the easterly right-of-way line of Longfellow Drive;
6 thence northeasterly along the eastern right-of-way line of Longfellow Drive to a
7 point and corner common with the northerly right-of-way line of Kelvin Street and
8 the southwesterly corner of Lot 8-A Delmont Place Subdivision, Block 11; thence
9 easterly along said right-of-way line of Kelvin Street to a point and corner being the
10 southeasterly corner of Lot 8-A, Block 11, Delmont Place Subdivision; thence
11 northerly departing said right-of-way along the easterly property line of said Lot 8-A
12 to a point and corner being the northeasterly of said Lot 8-A being common with the
13 southerly right-of-way line of Riley Street; thence easterly along the said
14 right-of-way line of Riley Street to a point and corner being opposite the
15 southwesterly corner of Lot 7-A, Block 10, Delmont Place Subdivision; thence
16 departing the southerly right-of-way line of Riley Street northerly to the
17 southwesterly corner of Lot 7-A, Block 10, Delmont Place Subdivision, common
18 with the northerly right-of-way line of Riley Street; thence departing said
19 right-of-way northerly along the westerly property line of Lot 7-A, Delmont Place
20 Subdivision to a point and corner being the northwesterly corner of said Lot 7-A;
21 thence easterly along the northerly property line of said Lot 7-A to a point and corner
22 being the southwesterly corner of Lot 21, Block 10, Delmont Place Subdivision;
23 thence northerly along the westerly property line of said Lot 21, Block 10 to a point
24 and corner being the southwesterly corner of Lot 19, Block 17, Hollywood
25 Subdivision' thence easterly along the southerly property line of said Lot 19, Block
26 17, Hollywood Subdivision to a point and corner being the southeasterly corner of
27 said Lot 19, common with the southwesterly corner of Lot 22, Block 17 Hollywood
28 Subdivision; thence northerly along the westerly property lines of Lots 22, 21 and
29 20, Block 17, Hollywood Subdivision to a point and corner being the northwesterly
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1 corner of Lot 20, Block 17, Hollywood Subdivision being common with the
2 southerly right-of-way line of Hollywood Street; thence departing said right-of-way
3 of Hollywood Street northerly to a point and corner being the southwesterly corner
4 of Lot 28, Block 18, Hollywood Subdivision, being common with the northerly
5 right-of-way line of Hollywood Street; thence northerly along the westerly property
6 line of Lots 28 and 27, Block 18, Hollywood Subdivision to the southerly property
7 line of Lot 26, Block 18, Hollywood Subdivision, common with the a northwesterly
8 corner of said Lot 27; thence westerly along the southerly property line of said Lot
9 26, to a point and corner being the southwesterly corner of said Lot 26; thence
10 northerly to the northwesterly corner of said Lot 26, common with the southerly
11 property line of Village Park Subdivision; thence easterly along the southerly
12 property line of Village Park Subdivision to the southwesterly corner of Lot 2,
13 Village Park Subdivision; thence northerly to the southerly right-of-way line of
14 Amarillo Street common with the northwestern corner of Lot 2, Village Park
15 Subdivision; thence easterly continuing along the southerly right-of-way line of
16 Amarillo Street to the northeasterly corner of Lot 2, Village Park Subdivision; thence
17 northerly to the northerly right-of-way line of Amarillo Street common with
18 southwesterly corner of Lot 10, Village Park Subdivision; thence northerly along the
19 westerly property lines of Lots 10 and 13, Village Park Subdivision to the southerly
20 right-of-way line Vaughn Drive common with the northwesterly corner of Lot 13,
21 Village Park Subdivision; thence northerly to the northerly right-of-way line of
22 Vaughn Drive common with the southwesterly corner of Lot 22 Village Park
23 Subdivision and the southeasterly corner of Lot 21, Village Park Subdivision; thence
24 continuing westerly along the northerly right-of-way line of Vaughn Drive to the
25 southwesterly corner of Lot 21; thence northerly along the westerly property line of
26 Lot 21 to the northwesterly corner of Lot 21, Village Park Subdivision; thence
27 easterly along the northerly property lines of Lots 21 and 22, Village Park
28 Subdivision; thence northerly along the easterly property line of Lot 25, Village Park
29 Subdivision to the southerly right-of-way line of Greenwell Street common with the
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1 northeasterly corner of Lot 25, Village Park Subdivision; thence northeasterly to the
2 westerly right-of-way line of Plank Road common with the northerly right-of-way
3 line of Monte Sano Bayou; thence northeasterly along the westerly right-of-way line
4 of Plank Road to the southerly right-of-way line of J.H. Cooney Drive; thence
5 westerly along the southerly right-of-way line of J.H. Cooney Drive to a corner
6 opposite the southwesterly corner of Tract Y-1-A-2 of the J.H. Cooney Property;
7 thence northerly along the westerly property line of said Tract Y-1-A-2 to the
8 northwesterly corner of said Tract Y-1-A-2 common to the southwesterly corner of
9 Tract Y-1-A-1-B of the J.H. Cooney Property; thence northerly along the westerly
10 property line of said Tract Y-1-A-1-B to the northwesterly corner of said Tract
11 Y-1-A-1-B; thence easterly along the northerly property line of said Tract Y-1-A-1-B
12 to the northeasterly corner of said Tract common with the northwesterly corner of
13 Tract "X" of the J.H. Cooney Tract; thence easterly along the northerly property line
14 of said Tract "X" to the westerly right-of-way line of Plank Road common with the
15 northeasterly corner of Tract "X" of the J.H Cooney Property; thence northerly along
16 the westerly right-of-way line of Plank Road to the southeasterly corner of an
17 unnumbered 0.79 acre lot of the Original W.P. Denham Tract common with the
18 northerly right-of-way line of Cannon Street; thence departing the right-of-way line
19 of Plank Road westerly along the northerly right-of-way line of Cannon Street to the
20 southwesterly corner of said 0.79 acre lot; thence departing said right-of-way of
21 Cannon Street northerly to the northwesterly to the southerly right-of-way line of
22 Vergie Street common with the northwesterly corner of said 0.79 acre lot; thence
23 departing said right-of-way northerly to the southerly right-of-way line of Vergie
24 Street; thence easterly along said right-of-way to the southwesterly corner of Lot 6
25 of the W.P. Denham Tract; thence departing said right-of-way line of Vergie Street
26 along the westerly property line of Lots 6 thru 1, common with the southerly
27 right-of-way line of Harriet Street; thence departing said right-of-way northerly to
28 the northerly right-of-way line of Harriet Street, common with the southwesterly
29 corner of Lot 3, Joseph Digirolamo Property; thence departing said right-of-way
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1 northerly along the westerly property line of Lots 3 thru 1 of the Joseph Digirolamo
2 Property to the northwesterly corner of Lot 1; thence easterly to the westerly
3 right-of- line way line of Plank Road common with the northeasterly corner of said
4 Lot 1; thence departing said right-of-way easterly to the easterly right-of-way line
5 of Plank Road; thence northeasterly to the northeasterly corner of Tract A-1 of the
6 Denham Tract common with said right-of-way; thence departing said right-of-way
7 southerly to the southeasterly corner of said Tract A-1 common with the
8 northeasterly corner of Tract B-1 of the Denham Tract; thence southerly along the
9 easterly property line of said Tract B-1 to the northerly right-of-way line of Dawson
10 Drive, common with the southeasterly corner of said Tract B-1; thence westerly
11 along the northerly right-of-way line of Dawson Drive to a point and corner opposite
12 the northeasterly corner of Lot 2-B-2, Denham Place common with the southerly
13 right-of-way line of Dawson Drive; thence southerly to the southerly right-of-way
14 line of Dawson Drive common with the northeasterly corner of said Lot 2-B-2;
15 thence departing said right-of-way line of Dawson Drive southerly along the easterly
16 property line of Lot 2-B-2 to the southeasterly corner of Lot 2-B-2, Denham Place;
17 thence easterly along the northerly property line of Lot 4-A being a portion of
18 Denham Place and Fairview Place to the northeasterly corner of said Lot 4-A; thence
19 southerly along the easterly property line of said Lot 4-A to the northerly
20 right-of-way line of Cannon Street common with the southeasterly corner of said Lot
21 4-A; thence westerly along said right-of-way to a point and corner common to said
22 right-of-way opposite the northeasterly corner of Lot 3, Langlois Place; thence
23 departing said right-of-way southerly to the southerly right-of-way line of Cannon
24 Street common with the northeasterly corner of Lot 3 Langlois Place; thence
25 departing said right-of-way southerly along the easterly property line of Lots 3 thru
26 1, Langlois Place to the southeasterly corner of Lot 1, Langlois Place; thence easterly
27 to the northeasterly corner of Lot 5-A, Denham Tract; thence southerly to the
28 southeasterly corner of said Lot 5-A; thence westerly to the northeasterly corner of
29 Lot Y, Denham Tract; thence southerly to the northerly right-of-way line of Denham
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1 Street, common with the southeasterly corner of said Lot "Y"; thence westerly along
2 said right-of-way to a point and corner common to said right-of-way opposite the
3 northeasterly corner of Lot "A" Denham Tract; thence departing the northerly
4 right-of-way line of Denham Street, southerly to the southerly right-of-way line of
5 Denham Street, common with the northeasterly corner of Lot "A" Denham Tract;
6 thence departing said right-of-way southerly along the easterly property line of said
7 Lot "A" to the southeasterly corner of said Lot "A", common with the northerly
8 property line of Lot A-3-A-1-A, Plank Road Village; thence easterly along the
9 northerly property line of Lot A-3-A-1-A to the northeasterly corner of Lot
10 A-3-A-1-A, Plank Road Village; thence southerly along the easterly property line of
11 said Lot A-3-A-1-A to the southeasterly corner of said Lot A-3-A-1-A common with
12 the northeasterly corner of Lot A-3-A-2 Plank Road Park; thence southerly to the
13 southeasterly corner of said Lot A-3-A-2 common with the northerly right-of-way
14 line of Lateral of Monte Sano Bayou; thence westerly along the southerly property
15 line of said Lot A-3-A-2 to a point and corner opposite the northeasterly corner of
16 Lot 1-A-2, Maurice Place; thence southerly to the northeasterly corner of said Lot
17 1-A-2 common with the southerly right-of-way line of Lateral of Monte Sano Bayou;
18 thence westerly along the northerly property line of Lot 1-A-2, Maurice Place to the
19 northwesterly corner of Lot 1-A-2; thence southerly along the westerly property line
20 of said Lot 1-A-2 common with the easterly property line of Lot 1-A-1, Maurice
21 Place to the southeasterly corner of Lot 1-A-1; thence westerly along the southerly
22 property line of Lot 1-A-1 to the eastern right-of-way line of Plank Road common
23 with the southwesterly corner of Lot 1-A-1 and the northwesterly corner of Lot
24 2-A-1, Maurice; thence southerly along the eastern right-of-way line of Plank Road
25 to the southwesterly corner of Lot 2-A-1 Maurice Place and the northwesterly corner
26 of Lot 3 Maurice Place common with said right-of-way; thence easterly along the
27 northerly property line of Lot 3, Maurice Place to the northeasterly corner of said Lot
28 3; thence; thence southerly along the easterly property line of said Lot 3 to the
29 southeasterly corner of said Lot 3 common with the northeasterly corner of Lot 4-A,
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1 Maurice Place; thence southerly along the easterly property line of said Lot 4-A to
2 the southeasterly corner of said Lot 4-A; thence westerly along the southerly
3 property line of said Lot 4-A to the northeasterly corner of Lot 9-A-X, Maurice
4 Place; thence southerly along the easterly property line of said Lot 9-A-X to the
5 northerly right-of-way line of Hollywood Street common with the southeasterly
6 corner of said Lot 9-A-X; thence westerly along the northerly right-of-way line of
7 Hollywood Street to a point and corner opposite the northeasterly corner of Lot 8-A,
8 Block 1, St. Gerard Place; thence departing said right-of-way southerly to the
9 southerly right-of-way line of Hollywood Street common with the northeasterly
10 corner of Lot 8-A, Block 1, St. Gerard Place; thence departing said right-of-way line
11 southerly along the east property line of said Lot 8-A, Block 1, to the southeasterly
12 corner of said Lot 8-A,Block 1; thence westerly to the northwesterly corner of
13 Lot 18, Block 1, St. Gerard Place; thence southerly along the westerly property line
14 of said Lot 18 to the northerly right-of-way line of St. Katherine Ave., common to
15 the southeasterly of said Lot 18, Block 1; thence departing said right-of-way
16 southerly to the southerly right-of-way line of St. Katherine Ave. opposite the
17 southerly corner of Lot 18, Block 1, St. Gerard Place; thence westerly along said
18 right-of-way line to the intersection of the southerly right-of-way line of
19 St. Katherine Ave. with the easterly right-of-way line of Plank Road; thence
20 southerly along the easternly right-of-way line of Plank Road to the intersection of
21 easterly right-of-line of Plank Road and the southerly right-of-way line of St. Gerard
22 Ave. thence easterly along the southerly right-of-way line of St. Gerard Ave. to the
23 northeasterly corner of Lot 1, Block 8, St. Gerard Place; thence southerly along the
24 easterly property line of Lots 1, 2, 3, Block 8, St. Gerard Place, projected to a point
25 and corner on the northerly property line of Lot 3, Block 1, Schorten Place; thence
26 westerly along said Lot 3, Block 1 to the northeasterly corner of Lot 1, Block 1,
27 Schorten Place; thence southerly along the easterly property line of Lot 1 and Lot 2,
28 Block 1, Schorten Place to the northerly right-of-way line of Lorraine Street common
29 with the southeasterly corner of said Lot 2, Block 1, Schorten Place; thence southerly
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1 to the southerly right of way of Lorraine Street common with Lot 3, Block 2,
2 Schorten Place, thence departing said right-of-way along the easterly property line
3 of said Lot 3 to the southeasterly corner of said Lot 3 common with the
4 northwesterly corner of Lot 11, Block 2, Schorten Place; thence easterly along the
5 northerly property line of said Lot 11 to the northeasterly corner of said Lot 11;
6 thence southerly along the easterly property line of said Lot 11 to the northerly
7 right-of-way line of Beech Street common with the southeasterly corner of Lot 11,
8 Block 2, Schorten Place; thence westerly along said right-of-way line to a point and
9 corner opposite the northeasterly corner of Lot 1, Block 3, Schorten Place; thence
10 departing said right-of-way line southerly to the southerly right-of-way line Beech
11 Street common to the northeasterly corner of Lot 1, Block 3, Schorten Place; thence
12 departing said right-of-way line southerly along the easterly property line of said
13 Lots 1, 2, 17 and 18, Block 3, Schorten Place to the northerly right-of-way line of
14 Sycamore Street common with the southeasterly corner of Lot 18, Block 3, Schorten
15 Place; thence departing said right-of-way line to the southerly right-of-way line of
16 Sycamore Street common with the northeasterly corner of Lot 3, Block 4, Schorten
17 Place; thence easterly along said right-of-way line to the northeasterly corner of Lot
18 1, Block 4, Schorten Place; thence southerly departing said right-of-way along the
19 easterly property lines of Lots 1 and 2, Block 4, Schorten Place and Lot 3, Block
20 "C", North Highlands Estates, to the northerly right-of-way line of Byron Street
21 common with the south easterly corner of said Lot 3, Block "3"; thence southerly
22 departing said right-of-way line to a corner on the southerly right-of-way line of
23 Byron Street; thence westerly along said right-of-way to the northeasterly corner of
24 Lot 21, Block "D" North Highlands Estates; thence southerly departing said
25 right-of-way line along the easterly property lines of Lots 21 and 27, Block "D",
26 North Highlands Estates to the northerly right-of-way line of Evangeline Street
27 common with the southeasterly corner of Lot 27, Block "D", North Highlands
28 Estates; thence westerly along said right-of-way line to a corner opposite the
29 northeasterly corner of Lot 48, Block "E", North Highlands Estates; thence southerly
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1 departing said right-of-way line to the southerly right-of-way line of Evangeline
2 Street common with the northeasterly corner of said Lot 48, Block "E"; thence
3 southerly departing said right-of-way along the easterly property lines of Lot 48 and
4 47 Block "E", North Highlands Estates to the southeasterly corner of said Lot 47;
5 thence westerly along the southerly property line said Lot 47 to the easterly
6 right-of-way line of Plank Road common with the southwesterly corner of said Lot
7 47; thence northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Plank Road to a point and
8 corner common to the easterly right-of-way line of Plank Road and the northerly
9 right-of-way line of Evangeline Street; thence westerly departing said point and
10 corner to a point and corner being common with the westerly right-of-way line of
11 Plank Road and the northerly right-of-way line of Evangeline Street and the
12 southeasterly corner of Lot 18-A, Block 16, Delmont Place said point and corner
13 being the point of beginning.
14 C.(1) The purpose .of the district is to provide funding for the following:
15 (a) The acquisition of land, design, development, improvement, renovation,
16 restoration, revitalization, enhancement, expansion, reconstruction, and construction
17 of various multi-phased projects related to the economic improvement of the district.
18 (b) The development and implementation of public-private partnerships and
19 other initiatives.
20 (2) The projects to be pursued by the district are designed to encourage
21 economic development, enhance quality of life, sales and use tax, and hotel
22 occupancy tax base collections, stimulate job creation by enhancing the feasibility
23 of private sector projects that help to achieve the economic goals of the city of Baton
24 Rouge/parish of East Baton Rouge, and catalyze development within the city of
25 Baton Rouge/parish of East Baton Rouge where it might or might not otherwise be
26 economically feasible.
27 D.(1) The district shall be governed by a seven-member board of
28 commissioners, referred to in this Section as the "board", composed as follows:
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1 (a) The member of the governing authority of the city of Baton Rouge/parish
2 of East Baton Rouge who represents District No. 5 shall appoint two members.
3 (b) The member of the governing authority of the city of Baton Rouge/parish
4 of East Baton Rouge who represents District No. 10 shall appoint one member.
5 (c) The mayor-president of the city of Baton Rouge/parish of East Baton
6 Rouge shall appoint one member.
7 (d) The member of the Louisiana House of Representatives whose district
8 encompasses all or the greater portion of the area of the district shall appoint one
9 member.
10 (e) The member of the Louisiana Senate whose district encompasses all or
11 the greater portion of the area of the district shall appoint one member.
12 (f) The governing board of the Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership
13 shall appoint one member.
14 (2) Board members shall serve four-year terms after serving initial terms as
15 provided in this Paragraph. Two members shall serve an initial term of one-year;
16 two shall serve two years; two shall serve three years; and one shall serve four years
17 as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board.
18 (3) Any vacancy which occurs prior to the expiration of the terms for which
19 a member of the board has been appointed shall be filled for the remainder of the
20 unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. Board members
21 shall be eligible for reappointment.
22 (4) The board shall elect from its members a chairman, a vice chairman, a
23 secretary-treasurer, and such other officers as it may deem necessary. The duties of
24 the officers shall be fixed by the bylaws adopted by the board.
25 (5) The minute books and archives of the district shall be maintained by the
26 secretary-treasurer of the board. The monies, funds, and accounts of the district shall
27 be in the official custody of the board.
28 (6) The board shall adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary
29 or advisable for conducting its business affairs. Rules and regulations of the board
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1 relative to the notice and conduct of meetings shall conform to applicable law,
2 including, if applicable, R.S. 42:11 et seq., relative to open meetings. The board
3 shall hold regular meetings as shall be provided for in the bylaws and may hold
4 special meetings at such times and places within the district as may be prescribed in
5 the bylaws.
6 (7) A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the
7 transaction of business. The board shall keep minutes of all meetings and shall make
8 them available through the secretary-treasurer of the board.
9 (8) The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be
10 reimbursed for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses directly related to the
11 governance of the district.
12 E. The district, acting by and through its board, may exercise all powers of
13 a political subdivision and special taxing district necessary or convenient for the
14 carrying out of its objects and purposes including but not limited to the following:
15 (1) To sue and to be sued.
16 (2) To adopt bylaws and rules and regulations.
17 (3) To receive by gift, grant, donation, or otherwise any sum of money,
18 property, or aid or assistance from the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any
19 political subdivision thereof, or any person, firm, or corporation.
20 (4) For the public purposes of the district to enter into contracts, agreements,
21 or cooperative endeavors with the state and its political subdivisions or political
22 corporations and with any public or private association, corporation, business entity,
23 or individual.
24 (5) To appoint officers, agents, and employees, prescribe their duties, and fix
25 their compensation.
26 (6) To acquire by gift, grant, purchase, or lease such property as may be
27 necessary or desirable for carrying out the objectives and purposes of the district and
28 to mortgage and sell such property.
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1 (7) In its own name and on its own behalf to incur debt and to issue bonds,
2 notes, certificates and other evidences of indebtedness.
3 (8) To establish such funds or accounts as are necessary for the conduct of
4 the affairs of the district.
5 F.(1)(a) The district may levy and collect a sales and use tax not to exceed
6 one percent within the territorial jurisdiction of the district.
7 (b) The sales and use tax so levied shall be imposed by an resolution of the
8 board and shall be levied upon the sale at retail, the use, lease, or rental, the
9 consumption and the storage for consumption of, and distribution of tangible
10 personal property or digital products, and on sales or services in the district, all as
11 defined in Chapter 2 of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of
12 1950.
13 (c) The tax shall be in addition to all other taxes and shall be collected at the
14 same time and in the same manner as set forth in Chapter 2-D of Subtitle II of Title
15 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
16 (d) The tax shall expire twenty years after its initial levy; however, if there
17 are outstanding bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness, the tax shall
18 continue to be levied until the bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness are
19 paid in full as to both principal and interest.
20 (2)(a) In addition to the tax authorized in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection
21 and any other tax levied and collected, the district may levy and collect a tax upon
22 the paid occupancy of hotel rooms located within the district. The hotel occupancy
23 tax shall not exceed one percent of the rent or fee charged for such occupancy.
24 (b) The word "hotel" as used in this Section shall have the same definition
25 as that contained in R.S. 47:301(6).
26 (c) The person who exercises or is entitled to occupancy of the hotel room
27 shall pay the hotel occupancy tax at the time the rent or fee for occupancy is paid.
28 "Person" as used in this Paragraph shall have the same definition as that contained
29 in R.S. 47:301(8).
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1 (d) The hotel occupancy tax shall be in addition to all taxes levied upon the
2 occupancy of hotel rooms located within the city.
3 (e) The tax shall expire twenty years after its initial levy; however, if there
4 are outstanding bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness, the tax shall
5 continue to be levied until the bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness are
6 paid in full as to both principal and interest.
7 (3) The district may enter into a contract with any public entity authorized
8 to collect sales or use taxes, under terms and conditions it considers appropriate,
9 including payment of a reasonable collection fee for the collection of the sales and
10 use tax and hotel occupancy tax authorized in this Subsection.
11 G. In order to fund development within the district, the district shall have tax
12 increment finance authority and other authority that is provided to local
13 governmental subdivisions in Part II of this Chapter, including but not limited to the
14 following: ad valorem tax increment financing and bonding in R.S. 33:9038.33;
15 sales tax increment financing and bonding in R.S. 33:9038.34; and cooperative
16 endeavor authority in R.S. 33:9038.35. The authority of the district to levy a sales
17 and use tax and a hotel occupancy tax shall be subject to the rate limitations provided
18 in this Section.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, 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)]
HB 212 Original 2026 Regular Session Marcelle
Abstract: Creates the Delmont Economic Development District in East Baton Rouge
Parish.
Proposed law creates the Delmont Economic Development District as a political subdivision
in East Baton Rouge Parish to provide funding for the acquisition of land, design,
development, improvement, renovation, restoration, revitalization, enhancement, expansion,
reconstruction, and construction of various multi-phased projects related to the economic
improvement of the district and for the development and implementation of public-private
partnerships and other initiatives.
Proposed law provides that the district shall be governed by a seven-member board of
commissioners composed as follows:
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(1) Two members appointed by the member of the governing authority of the city of
Baton Rouge/parish of East Baton Rouge who represents District No. 5.
(2) One member appointed by the member of the governing authority of the city of
Baton Rouge/parish of East Baton Rouge who represents District No. 10.
(3) One member appointed by the mayor-president of the city of Baton Rouge/parish of
East Baton Rouge.
(4) One member appointed by the member of the La. House of Representatives whose
district encompasses all or the greater portion of the area of the district.
(5) One member appointed by the member of the La. Senate whose district encompasses
all or the greater portion of the area of the district.
(6) One member appointed by the governing board of the Greater Baton Rouge
Economic Partnership.
Proposed law provides that members serve four-year staggered terms.
Proposed law provides for the powers and duties of the district, including but not limited to
the follows:
(1) To sue and to be sued.
(2) To adopt bylaws and rules and regulations.
(3) To receive by gift, grant, donation, or otherwise any sum of money, property, or aid
or assistance from the U.S., the state, or any political subdivision thereof, or any
person, firm, or corporation.
(4) To enter into contracts, agreements, or cooperative endeavors with the state and its
political subdivisions or political corporations and with any public or private
association, corporation, business entity, or individual for public purposes of the
district.
(5) To appoint officers, agents, and employees, prescribe their duties, and fix their
compensation.
(6) To acquire by gift, grant, purchase, or lease such property as may be necessary or
desirable for carrying out the objectives and purposes of the district and to mortgage
and sell such property.
Proposed law authorizes the district to levy a sales tax not to exceed 1% and a hotel
occupancy tax not to exceed 1%. Provides that the sales tax and the hotel occupancy tax
expire 20 years after their initial levy; however, the taxes shall continue to be levied until the
bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness are paid in full as to both principal and
interest.
Proposed law authorizes the district to enter into a contract with any public entity authorized
to collect sales or use taxes, under terms and conditions it considers appropriate, including
payment of a reasonable collection fee for the collection of the sales tax and hotel occupancy
tax.
Proposed law provides that in order to fund development, the district shall have tax
increment finance authority and other authority that is provided to local governmental
subdivisions in present law (Part II of Title 33), including but not limited to the following:
ad valorem tax increment financing and bonding (R.S. 33:9038.33); sales tax increment
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financing and bonding (R.S. 33:9038.34); and cooperative endeavor authority (R.S.
33:9038.35). Provides that the district's authority to levy a sales tax and hotel occupancy tax
is subject to the rate limitations provided in proposed law.
(Adds R.S. 33:9038.82)
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