DISTRICTS/REDEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority

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2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 239
BY REPRESENTATIVE MARCELLE
DISTRICTS/REDEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the East Baton Rouge
Redevelopment Authority
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 33:4720.151(L)(8), relative to the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment
3 Authority; to provide relative to property owned by the authority; to provide relative
4 to the acquisition and disposition of such property; to provide relative to the value
5 of the property; to provide relative to the use of the property; and to provide for
6 related matters.
7 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
8 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
9 Louisiana.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11 Section 1. R.S. 33:4720.151(L)(8) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
12 §4720.151. East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority
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14 L.
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16 (8) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if the
17 authority sells immovable property to a nonprofit entity or a political subdivision of
18 the state that is intended for a public purpose or for use in a redevelopment area and
19 the property was acquired by the authority with public funds, the final sales price
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1 shall not exceed one hundred ten percent of the amount that was paid by the
2 authority to acquire the property.
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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 239 Original 2026 Regular Session Marcelle
Abstract: Provides relative to the acquisition and disposition of certain property by the East
Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority.
Present law creates and provides for the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority as a
political subdivision of the state to provide for the utilization of appropriate private and
public resources to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of slum, blighted, and
distressed areas. Provides that the object of present law is to provide a unified and
comprehensive response to the housing shortages and other indirect effects of Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita upon south central La. Provides that the authority shall be comprised of
all the territory in the parish, including the territory comprising the municipalities of Baker,
Baton Rouge, Central, and Zachary. Provides that the authority is governed by a
five-member board of commissioners.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides for the powers and duties of the authority, including but not limited to
the following:
(1) To create and execute redevelopment or development plans for specified areas within
its territorial jurisdiction.
(2) To sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise transfer immovable property or any interest
therein acquired by it for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, or other
uses or for public use, subject to such covenants, conditions, and restrictions,
including covenants running with the land.
(3) To dispose of, sell, exchange, or lease immovable property in a redevelopment area
to any private person for the fair market value of the property as determined by a
certified and competent appraiser, or to any private person pursuant to reasonable
competitive bidding procedures.
(4) To temporarily operate, maintain, or lease real property acquired by it in a
redevelopment area for or in connection with a redevelopment project pending
disposition of the property.
(5) To dispose of land in a redevelopment project area designated under the
redevelopment plan for industrial or commercial uses to any public body or nonprofit
corporation for subsequent disposition as promptly as practical by the public body
or corporation for redevelopment in accordance with the redevelopment plan. Any
disposition of land to a public body or corporation shall be at its fair value for uses
in accordance with the redevelopment plan.
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Proposed law retains present law and additionally provides that notwithstanding present law,
if the authority sells immovable property to a nonprofit entity or a political subdivision of
the state that is intended for a public purpose or for use in a redevelopment area and the
property was acquired by the authority with public funds, the final sales price shall not
exceed 110% of the amount that was paid by the authority to acquire the property.
(Adds R.S. 33:4720.151(L)(8))
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