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HB515 • 2026

PROPERTY/IMMOVABLE: Authorizes a political subdivision to sell certain adjudicated property directly to a buyer (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

PROPERTY/IMMOVABLE: Authorizes a political subdivision to sell certain adjudicated property directly to a buyer (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Land
Enacted

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

Sponsor
C. Denise Marcelle
Last action
2026-05-27
Official status
Became law without the Governor's signature - Act 401
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included details that were not explicitly stated in the provided official source material, such as the requirement for a resolution or ordinance setting prices.

Property Sales by Local Governments

This act allows local governments to sell certain types of property directly to buyers under specific conditions.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows a political subdivision (like a city or town) to sell adjudicated property directly to an adjoining landowner for any price set by the governing authority, if the landowner has maintained the property for at least one year before the sale.
  • Permits local governments to sell adjudicated property with an appraised value of less than $50,000 directly to a buyer without public bidding, provided that the property was offered in a public sale within the last twelve months.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Political subdivisions (local governments) such as cities and towns
  • Adjoining landowners who have maintained adjudicated property for at least one year
  • Buyers interested in purchasing adjudicated property with an appraised value of less than $50,000

Terms To Know

adjudicated property
Property that has been legally determined to be abandoned or unclaimed and is now owned by the government.
political subdivision
A local government entity, such as a city or town, which operates within a larger governmental structure like a state.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act only applies to political subdivisions and does not cover the sale of property by other entities.
  • It is unclear how this change will affect existing procedures for selling adjudicated property.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Filed

Plain English: Filed 3

  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
  • The official amendment text was available, but an easy plain-English summary could not be produced automatically during the last sync.
Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB515 2709 3204 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Ways and Means to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB515 2709 3204 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Ways and Means to Original House Bill No.
  • 515 by Representative Marcelle 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 2, delete line 1 in its entirety and insert the following: 3 "(2) The" 4 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 5 On page 2, line 4, after "bidding" and before the period "." insert a comma "," and insert the 6 following: 7 "but only if the political subdivision offered the property at a public sale for purchase 8 by the highest bidder in accordance with Subsection A of this Section within the 9 previous twelve months" 10 AMENDMENT NO.
Draft

Plain English: HCAHB515 2709 1668 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Ways and Means to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB515 2709 1668 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Ways and Means to Original House Bill No.
  • 515 by Representative Marcelle 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 2, line 6, after "by this" and before "shall" delete "Subsection" and insert 3 "Paragraph" Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-27 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-05-27 H

    Becomes Act No. 401 without the Governor's signature.

  3. 2026-05-13 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-05-13 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-05-12 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-11 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  7. 2026-05-11 S

    Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. 2026-04-29 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. 2026-04-28 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-04-27 S

    Reported favorably.

  11. 2026-04-14 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

  12. 2026-04-13 S

    Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  13. 2026-04-13 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 85, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. 2026-04-09 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.

  15. 2026-04-08 H

    Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  16. 2026-04-07 H

    Reported with amendments (17-0).

  17. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

  18. 2026-02-27 H

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

  19. 2026-02-26 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

  20. 2026-02-26 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

PROPERTY/IMMOVABLE: Authorizes a political subdivision to sell certain adjudicated property directly to a buyer (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 4012026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 515
BY REPRESENTATIVES MARCELLE, BRYANT, HEBERT, CHANCE HENRY, AND
JACKSON
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 47:2202(D), relative to sales of adjudicated property; to provide
3 for procedures by which political subdivisions may sell adjudicated property; to
4 authorize the direct sale of certain adjudicated property without public bidding; to
5 provide for conditions and requirements; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 47:2202(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 §2202. Minimum bid prices; sale of adjudicated property; sale of tax lien held by
9 the political subdivision; sale of immovable property to enforce a tax lien
10 held by a political subdivision; direct sales
11 * * *
12 D.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the
13 governing authority of each political subdivision may allow an adjoining landowner
14 to purchase adjudicated property for any price set by the governing authority without
15 public bidding at a public meeting of the governing authority; provided, that the
16 governing authority of an applicable political subdivision determines that the
17 adjoining landowner has maintained the adjudicated property for a period of one year
18 prior to the sale. Such a sale shall be deemed a public sale under the provisions of
19 this Subpart.
20 (2) The governing authority of each political subdivision may elect to sell
21 adjudicated property with an appraised value of less than fifty thousand dollars
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HB NO. 515 ENROLLED
1 directly to a buyer at a fixed price without public bidding, but only if the political
2 subdivision offered the property at a public sale for purchase by the highest bidder
3 in accordance with Subsection A of this Section within the previous twelve months.
4 The price of each property offered for direct sale shall be established by resolution
5 or ordinance of the governing authority. Any direct sale authorized by this
6 Paragraph shall be deemed a public sale in accordance with the provisions of this
7 Subpart.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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