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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 Taxes
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
C. Denise Marcelle
Last action
2026-05-13
Official status
Sent to Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

Property Sales by Political Subdivisions

This bill allows political subdivisions to sell certain adjudicated property directly to buyers without public bidding under specific conditions.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows a political subdivision's governing authority to sell adjudicated property directly to an adjoining landowner for any price set by the authority, without public bidding, if the landowner has maintained the property for at least one year before the sale.
  • Permits political subdivisions to sell adjudicated property with an appraised value of less than $50,000 directly to a buyer at a fixed price without public bidding, provided that the property was offered in a public sale within the previous twelve months.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Political subdivisions such as cities and towns
  • Adjoining landowners who have maintained adjudicated property for at least one year

Terms To Know

adjudicated property
Property that has been legally determined to be owned by a political subdivision due to unpaid taxes or other legal issues.
political subdivision
A local government unit, such as a city or town, within the state of Louisiana.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if an adjoining landowner fails to maintain the property for one year.
  • It is unclear how this change will affect existing procedures and regulations regarding public bidding for property sales.

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. 2026-05-13 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  2. 2026-05-13 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  3. 2026-05-12 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  4. 2026-05-11 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  5. 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.

  6. 2026-04-29 S

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

  7. 2026-04-28 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  8. 2026-04-27 S

    Reported favorably.

  9. 2026-04-14 S

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

  10. 2026-04-13 S

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

  11. 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.

  12. 2026-04-09 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.

  13. 2026-04-08 H

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

  14. 2026-04-07 H

    Reported with amendments (17-0).

  15. 2026-03-09 H

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

  16. 2026-02-27 H

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

  17. 2026-02-26 H

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

  18. 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
2026 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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