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HB449 • 2026

PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Provides relative to expropriation

PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Provides relative to expropriation

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Brett Geymann
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Pending House Civil Law and Procedure
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Provides relative to expropriation

PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Provides relative to expropriation

What This Bill Does

  • PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Provides relative to expropriation

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  2. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  3. 2026-02-26 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  4. 2026-02-26 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Provides relative to expropriation

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-627 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 449
BY REPRESENTATIVE GEYMANN
PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Provides relative to expropriation
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 19:12, relative to expropriation; to assign court costs to an
3 expropriating authority; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 19:12 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 §12. Tender of true value refused; costs Court costs; expropriating authority
7 If the highest amount offered prior to the filing of the expropriation suit is
8 equal to or more than the final award, the court may, in its discretion, order the
9 defendant to pay all or a portion of the costs of the expropriation proceedings. All
10 of the court costs actually incurred because of the expropriation proceeding shall be
11 paid by the expropriating authority.
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 449 Original 2026 Regular Session Geymann
Abstract: Requires expropriating authorities to pay court costs of expropriation
proceedings.
Present law (R.S. 19:12) provides that if the highest amount of compensation offered prior
to the expropriation suit is equal to or more than the final award, the court may order the
property owner to pay all or a portion of the costs of the expropriation proceedings.
Proposed law deletes present law and assigns court costs actually incurred to expropriating
authorities.
(Amends R.S. 19:12)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.