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ACT No. 9532026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 812
BY REPRESENTATIVES BRASS, BILLINGS, BOYD, BOYER, CHASSION, FISHER,
GREEN, JACKSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, KNOX, LAFLEUR, TERRY LANDRY,
MARCELLE, MARTINEZ, WALTERS, WYBLE, AND YOUNG AND
SENATORS BARROW, BOUDREAUX, CARTER, EDMONDS, HENRY,
JENKINS, MIZELL, MYERS, AND PRICE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 47:1907(A)(1) and to enact R.S. 47:1907(N), relative to assessor
3 compensation; to provide for increases in assessors' annual compensation by certain
4 amounts during a specified period; to provide for requirements and limitations; to
5 provide for exceptions; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for an effective
6 date; and to provide for related matters.
7 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
8 as provided by R.S. 47:1907.1.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 47:1907(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
11 47:1907(N) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
12 §1907. Salaries
13 A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, except the
14 provisions of Subsections H through M N of this Section, in the performance of all
15 duties required of them by law, the assessors of the various parishes shall receive an
16 annual compensation, to be paid monthly on their own warrant, based on the
17 applicable population of the respective parishes, not to exceed the compensation
18 schedule provided for in this Paragraph according to the latest decennial United
19 States Census or the population estimates published pursuant to the United States
20 Bureau of the Census Federal State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates.
21 Population Compensation
22 (a) Greater than 250,000 or greater $108,290
23 (b) 50,001 to 249,999 $98,290
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1 (c) 50,000 or less $88,290
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3 N.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, in addition to
4 all other forms of compensation which are authorized for assessors by the provisions
5 of this Section, the annual compensation for each assessor shall be increased by five
6 percent annually through calendar year 2029. The additional compensation
7 authorized by this Subsection shall become effective only if the assessor publishes
8 notice of intent to increase his compensation on two separate days in the official
9 journal of the parish in which the assessor's office is situated. The last day of
10 publication of the notice shall be at least thirty days prior to the date that the assessor
11 increases his compensation.
12 (2) No assessor who, for any taxable year ending after December 31, 2025,
13 assesses property in violation of the exemption provided in R.S. 47:6001 shall be
14 eligible for any compensation increase authorized by Paragraph (1) of this
15 Subsection.
16 Section 2. The intent of this Act is to authorize for each assessor four compensation
17 increases, in the number of one increase per year, during the 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029
18 calendar years unless prohibited by the provisions of this Act.
19 Section 3. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2026; if vetoed by the governor
20 and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,
21 2026, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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