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2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 812
BY REPRESENTATIVE BRASS
ASSESSORS: Authorizes limited increases in annual compensation for assessors in each
parish
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 legislative intent; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for
6 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.
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1 Population Compensation
2 (a) Greater than 250,000 or greater $108,290
3 (b) 50,001 to 249,999 $98,290
4 (c) 50,000 or less $88,290
5 * * *
6 N. In addition to all other forms of compensation which are authorized for
7 assessors by the provisions of this Section, the annual compensation for each
8 assessor shall be increased by five percent annually through calendar year 2029. The
9 additional compensation authorized by this Subsection shall become effective only
10 if the assessor publishes notice of intent to increase his compensation on two
11 separate days in the official journal of the parish in which the assessor's office is
12 situated. The last day of publication of the notice shall be at least thirty days prior
13 to the date that the assessor increases his compensation.
14 Section 2. The intent of this Act is to authorize for each assessor four compensation
15 increases, in the number of one increase per year, during the 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029
16 calendar years.
17 Section 3. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2026; if vetoed by the governor
18 and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,
19 2026, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
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 812 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Brass
Abstract: Provides for increases in assessors' annual compensation by 5% annually
beginning in calendar year 2026 through calendar year 2029, subject to certain public
notice requirements.
Present law requires that parish assessors receive annual compensation in specified amounts
for performance of the duties required of them by present law. Specifies that assessors'
annual compensation shall be based on the population of their respective parishes as follows:
(1) In any parish with a population of 50,000 or less, annual compensation of $88,290.
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(2) In any parish with a population of 50,001 to 249,999, annual compensation of
$98,290.
(3) In any parish with a population greater than 250,000, annual compensation of
$108,290.
Present law authorizes the following compensation in addition to the amounts specified
above:
(1) 10% of annual compensation as a personal expense allowance.
(2) A one-time 7% increase after attainment of the certified La. assessor designation and
approval by a certification committee.
(3) A one-time $10,000 increase effective July 1, 1999.
(4) A one-time increase of an amount not exceeding $7,000.
(5) An increase of up to 4% per calendar year over four calendar years beginning in
2013 and ending in 2016.
(6) A one-time increase in calendar year 2023 of an amount not exceeding 5%.
(7) An increase of an amount not exceeding 5% for the term beginning after Dec. 31,
2024.
Proposed law retains present law but requires that the annual compensation for each assessor
be increased by 5% annually through calendar year 2029. Stipulates, however, that this
additional compensation shall become effective only if the assessor publishes notice of his
intent to increase his compensation on two separate days in the parish's official journal, with
the last of the two notices published at least 30 days prior to the date of the compensation
increase.
Proposed law states that its intent is to authorize for each assessor four compensation
increases, in the number of one increase per year, in the period 2026 through 2029.
Effective July 1, 2026.
(Amends R.S. 47:1907(A)(1); Adds R.S. 47:1907(N))
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