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2026 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 89
BY SENATOR MILLER
TAX/AD VALOREM. Requires the assessor in St. Charles Parish to provide property
owners with a form for permanent registration of the homestead exemption. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 47:1703.1(A), relative to registration for the homestead
3 exemption; to require the assessor in St. Charles Parish to provide a form for the
4 permanent registration of the homestead exemption for taxpayers in that parish; to
5 provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 47:1703.1(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 §1703.1. Permanent registration of homestead exemption; designated parishes
10 A. The tax assessor for the parishes of Acadia, Allen, Ascension,
11 Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Caddo, Calcasieu, Caldwell,
12 Cameron, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll,
13 East Feliciana, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson,
14 Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, LaSalle, Lincoln, Livingston, Morehouse,
15 Natchitoches, Orleans, Ouachita, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Red River, Richland,
16 Sabine, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St.
17 Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Tensas, Terrebonne, Union,
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
SB NO. 89
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1 Vermilion, Vernon, Washington, Webster, West Baton Rouge, West Carroll, West
2 Feliciana, and Winn shall provide a form to property owners within the parish for
3 permanent registration for the benefits of the homestead exemption provided for in
4 R.S. 47:1703.
5 * * *
6 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
7 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
8 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
9 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
10 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Senate Legislative Services.
The keyword, summary, 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)]
DIGEST
SB 89 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Miller
Present law requires tax assessors in certain parishes to provide forms to property owners
for permanent registration of the homestead exemption.
Proposed law adds St. Charles Parish to those parishes in which the assessor is required to
provide such forms.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 47:1703.1(A))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.