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Public Notices: Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Public & Legal Notices may be submitted to us at legals@franklinsun.com.



Public Notices Published Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
NOTICE
Proposed Constitutional Amendments
to be voted on at the
Congressional/Open General Election
November 2, 2010
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored (House Bills) and underscored and boldfaced (Senate Bills) are additions.

Proposed Amendment No. 1
Regular Session, 2009
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Act 539
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SENATE BILL NO. 67
BY SENATORS MCPHERSON, DUPRE, N.
GAUTREAUX, HEITMEIER, LONG, RISER AND WALSWORTH AND REPRESENTATIVES HENRY BURNS, DIXON, HINES, LEGER, PEARSON, RICHARD AND ROY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing to amend Article IV, Section 4 and to add Article III, Section 4(G) and Article IV, Section 21(F) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to state elected officials; to provide for the implementation of any salary increase for certain state elected officials; and to specify an election for submission of the proposition to electors and provide a ballot proposition.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of state, for their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to amend Article IV, Section 4 and to add Article III, Section 4(G) and Article IV, Section 21(F) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
ARTICLE III. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
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ί4. Qualifications; Residence and Domicile Requirements; Term; Election Limitations; Vacancies; Temporary Successors; Salary
Section 4.
(G) Salary limitation. Any increase in salary of any member of the legislature shall not become effective until the commencement of the subsequent term for that office following the adoption or enactment of the increase.
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ARTICLE IV. EXECUTIVE BRANCH
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ί4. Compensation
Section 4. Except as otherwise provided by this constitution, the compensation of each statewide elected official shall be provided by law. An increase in the salary of a statewide elected official shall not become effective until the commencement of the subsequent term for that office following the adoption or enactment of the increase.
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ί21. Public Service Commission
Section 21. * * *
(F) Salary limitation. Any increase in salary provided by law for the commission shall not become effective for a member of the commission until the commencement of the term of office for member of the commission following the enactment of the increase.
Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 2, 2010.
Section 3. Be if further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at said election there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted to vote FOR or AGAINST, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as follows:
To provide that any salary increase enacted by law for certain state elected officials, including statewide elected officials, members of the Public Service Commission, and members of the legislature, not be implemented until a subsequent term of office. (Amends Article IV, Section 4; Adds Article III, Section 4(G) and Article IV, Section 21(F))
A true copy:
Jay Dardenne
Secretary of State
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Proposed Amendment No. 2
Regular Session, 2009
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Act 541
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HOUSE BILL NO. 765
BY REPRESENTATIVES GALLOT, BALDONE, BARRAS, BARROW, BURFORD, HENRY BURNS, BURRELL, CARMODY, CARTER, CHAMPAGNE, CHANDLER, DANAHAY, DIXON, DOERGE, DOWNS, FANNIN, GISCLAIR, GREENE, MICKEY GUILLORY, GUINN, HARRISON, HOFFMANN, HONEY, ROSALIND JONES, KLECKLEY, LAFONTA, LANDRY, LEBAS, LITTLE, LOPINTO, MORRIS, NOWLIN, PERRY, RICHARD, RITCHIE, ROBIDEAUX, GARY SMITH, JANE SMITH, PATRICIA SMITH, ST. GERMAIN, TEMPLET, TUCKER, WADDELL, AND WILLIAMS AND SENATOR MARIONNEAUX
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing to add Article VII, Section 4(D)(4) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to decrease the amount of severance tax on certain natural resources which is retained by the state; to provide with respect to the use and allocation of certain severance tax revenues; to provide for amounts remitted to parish governing authorities; to require the deposit of a certain amount of proceeds of severance taxes and royalties collected under certain conditions into the Atchafalaya Basin Conservation Fund; to establish the Atchafalaya Basin Conservation Fund as a special treasury fund; to provide for the use and investment of monies deposited into the fund; to provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state of Louisiana, for their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to add Article VII, Section 4(D)(4) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
ί4. Income Tax; Severance Tax; Political Subdivisions
Section 4.
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(D)
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(4) Effective April 1, 2012, the provisions of this Subparagraph shall be implemented if and when the last official forecast of revenues adopted for a fiscal year before the start of that fiscal year contains an estimate of severance tax revenues derived from natural resources other than sulphur, lignite, or timber in an amount which exceeds the actual severance tax revenues from such natural resources collected in Fiscal Year 2008-2009. Upon the adoption of such official forecast, the Revenue Estimating Conference shall certify that the requirements for the implementation of the provisions contained in this Subparagraph have been met. In such event, the following distributions and allocations of severance tax revenues and other revenues provided in this Subparagraph shall be effective and implemented for the fiscal year for which the official forecast was adopted, and each year thereafter. The legislature shall provide by law for the administrative procedures necessary to change the severance tax allocation to parishes from a calendar year basis to a fiscal year basis.
(a) Remittance to parishes.
(i) In the first fiscal year of implementation of this Subparagraph, the maximum amount of severance tax on all natural resources other than sulphur, lignite, or timber which is remitted to the parish in which severance or production occurs shall not exceed one million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars. For all subsequent fiscal years, the maximum amount remitted to a parish shall not exceed two million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars.
(ii) On July first of each year the maximum amount remitted to the parish in which severance or production occurs, as provided in Item (i) of this Subsubparagraph, shall be increased by an amount equal to the average annual increase in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for the previous calendar year, as published by the United States Department of Labor, which amount shall be as calculated and adopted by the Revenue Estimating Conference.
(iii) Of the total amount of severance tax revenues remitted in a fiscal year to a parish governing authority pursuant to the provisions of this Subparagraph, any portion which is in excess of the amount of such tax revenues remitted to that parish in Fiscal Year 2011-2012 shall be known as “excess severance tax”. At least fifty percent of the excess severance tax received by a parish governing authority in a fiscal year shall be expended within the parish in the same manner and for the same purposes as monies received by the parish from the Parish Transportation Fund.
(b) Deposit into the Atchafalaya Basin Conservation Fund.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this constitution to the contrary, after allocation of money to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund as provided in Article VII, Section 9(B) of this constitution, and after satisfying the required allocations in Subsubparagraph (a) of this Subparagraph, Paragraph (E) of this Section, and Article VII, Sections 10-A and 10.2 of this constitution, an amount equal to fifty percent of the revenues received from severance taxes and royalties on state lands in the Atchafalaya Basin, but not to exceed ten million dollars each fiscal year, shall be deposited by the treasurer into the Atchafalaya Basin Conservation Fund, hereinafter referred to as the “fund”, which is hereby created as a special fund in the state treasury. The monies in the fund shall be invested by the treasurer in the manner provided by law, and interest earned on the investment of these monies shall be deposited in and credited to the fund. All unexpended or unencumbered monies remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund.
(ii) The monies in the fund shall be used exclusively for projects contained in the state or federal Basin master plans or an annual Basin plan developed and approved by the advisory or approval board created by law specifically for that purpose, or to provide match for the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana Project. Each year’s plan for the expenditure of monies appropriated from the fund shall be subject to the approval of the appropriate subject matter committees of the legislature.
(iii) Of the monies appropriated in any fiscal year, eighty-five percent shall be used for water management, water quality, or access projects, and the remaining fifteen percent may be used to complete ongoing projects and for projects that are in accordance with the mission statement of the state master plan. However, no more than five percent of the monies appropriated in any fiscal year may be used for the operational costs of the program or the department.
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Section 2. Be it further resolved that the provisions of this amendment shall become effective on April 1, 2012.
Section 3. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 2, 2010.
Section 4. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at said election there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted to vote FOR or AGAINST, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as follows:
To decrease the amount of taxes retained by the state on the severance of natural resources, other than sulphur, lignite, and timber, and to increase the maximum amount of such revenues which are remitted to the parish governing authority from where the severance occurs, to be implemented in the event that the official forecast of severance tax revenues for any fiscal year includes an estimate for severance tax collections which will exceed that actually collected by the state in Fiscal Year 2008-2009; to change the annual maximum amount to be remitted to a parish governing authority from eight hundred fifty thousand dollars to one million eight hundred fifty thousand for the first fiscal year of implementation, which amount would increase to two million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars for the following and subsequent fiscal years; to provide for annual adjustment of the maximum amounts in accordance with the consumer price index; to require that of the revenues received by a parish governing authority under these provisions, that portion which is in excess of the amount of such revenues received in Fiscal Year 2011-2012 be used within the parish for the same purposes as monies received from the Parish Transportation Fund; to require that of the severance taxes and royalty revenues retained by the state from activity on state lands within the Atchafalaya Basin, up to ten million dollars per year be deposited into a special fund created in the state treasury to be known as the Atchafalaya Basin Conservation Fund; to provide that monies in this fund be used exclusively for conservation, improvement, and management of the Atchafalaya Basin in accordance with formal state and federal plans; to require legislative approval for and specific limitations on the use of monies appropriated from the fund. (Effective April 1, 2012.) (Adds Article VII, Section 4(D)(4))
A true copy:
Jay Dardenne
Secretary of State
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Proposed Amendment No. 3
Regular Session, 2010
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Act 1049
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HOUSE BILL NO. 246
BY REPRESENTATIVES POPE, ARMES, ARNOLD,
AUBERT, BARRAS, BARROW, BILLIOT, BURFORD, TIM BURNS, BURRELL, CARMODY, CARTER, CHANDLER, CHANEY, CONNICK, CORTEZ, DIXON, DOERGE, DOWNS, ELLINGTON, FANNIN, FOIL, GISCLAIR, GREENE, GUINN, HARDY, HARRISON, HAZEL, HENDERSON, HENRY, HILL, HINES, HOFFMANN, HOWARD, HUTTER, MICHAEL JACKSON, JOHNSON, LIGI, LITTLE, LOPINTO, LORUSSO, MCVEA, MORRIS, NOWLIN, PEARSON, PONTI, PUGH, RICHARD, RICHARDSON, RITCHIE, ROBIDEAUX, SCHRODER, SMILEY, GARY SMITH, JANE SMITH, PATRICIA SMITH, ST. GERMAIN, STIAES, THIBAUT, WILLIAMS, WILLMOTT, AND WOOTON AND SENATORS ADLEY, ALARIO, APPEL, CHAISSON, CROWE, DONAHUE, DUPLESSIS, ERDEY, N. GAUTREAUX, LONG, MICHOT, MORRELL, MORRISH, MURRAY, NEVERS, RISER, SHAW, SMITH, THOMPSON, AND WALSWORTH
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing to add Article VII, Section 21(K) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to ad valorem property tax exemptions; to provide an exemption for certain property owned by certain disabled veterans and their spouses; to provide for the amount of the exemption; to prohibit the loss of revenue associated with this exemption from impacting the calculation of millage rates by taxing authorities; to require taxing authorities to absorb the loss of revenue as a result of this exemption; to prohibit the reappraisal and valuation of property for purposes of millage adjustment under certain circumstances; to require a local election called by resolution or ordinance by the local governing authority for the establishment of the exemption; to provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state of Louisiana, for their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to add Article VII, Section 21(K) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
ί21. Other Property Exemptions
Section 21. In addition to the homestead exemption provided for in Section 20 of this Article, the following property and no other shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation:
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(K)(1) In addition to the homestead exemption authorized under the provisions of Article VII, Section 20 of this constitution, which applies to the first seven thousand five hundred dollars of the assessed valuation of property, the next seven thousand five hundred dollars of the assessed valuation of property receiving the homestead exemption which is owned and occupied by a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of one hundred percent by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation. The surviving spouse of a deceased veteran with a service-connected disability rating of one hundred percent shall be eligible for this exemption if the exemption was in effect on the property prior to the death of the veteran and the surviving spouse remains the owner of the property. If property eligible for the exemption provided for in this Paragraph has an assessed value in excess of fifteen thousand dollars, ad valorem property taxes shall apply to the assessment in excess of fifteen thousand dollars.
(2) Notwithstanding any provision of this constitution to the contrary, the property assessment of a property for which this exemption has been claimed, to the extent of seven thousand five hundred dollars, shall not be treated as taxable property for purposes of any subsequent appraisals and valuation for millage adjustment purposes under Article VII, Section 23(B) of this Constitution. The decrease in the total amount of ad valorem tax collected by a taxing authority as a result of the exemption shall be absorbed by the taxing authority and shall not create any additional tax liability for other taxpayers in the taxing district as a result of any subsequent reappraisal and valuation or millage adjustment. Implementation of the exemption authorized in this Paragraph shall neither trigger nor be cause for a_
reappraisal of property or an adjustment of millages pursuant to the provisions of Article VII, Section 23(B) of this constitution.
(3) The exemption provided for in this Paragraph shall only extend and apply in a parish if it is established through an election which shall be called by either an ordinance or a resolution from the parish governing authority. The proposition shall state that the exemption shall extend and apply in the parish and become effective only after the question of its adoption has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the parish voting in an election held for that purpose.
Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 2, 2010.
Section 3. Be it further resolved that, after approval by the electors of this state, this proposed amendment shall become effective January 1, 2011.
Section 4. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at said election there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted to vote FOR or AGAINST, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as follows:
To exempt from ad valorem tax, in addition to the homestead exemption, the next seventy-five thousand dollars of value of property which is owned and occupied by a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of one hundred percent; to authorize the exemption to apply to the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran if the exemption was in effect on the property prior to the death of the veteran and the surviving spouse remains the owner of the property; to require the taxing authority to absorb any decrease in the total amount of ad valorem taxes collected as a result of this exemption; to prohibit the exemption from creating any additional tax liability for other property taxpayers; to prohibit implementation of the exemption from triggering reappraisal of property or adjustment of millages; provides that the exemption shall only extend and apply if established through an election called by the local governing authority and approved by a majority of the registered voters in an election held for that purpose. (Effective January 1, 2011)(Adds Article VII, Section 21(K))
A true copy:
Jay Dardenne
Secretary of State
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Proposed Amendment No. 4
Regular Session, 2009
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Act 542
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HOUSE BILL NO. 903
(Substitute for House Bill No. 375
by Representative Arnold)
BY REPRESENTATIVE ARNOLD AND SENATOR THOMPSON
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing to amend Article VII, Section 23(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the levy of ad valorem property tax by taxing authorities; to further limit certain taxing authorities’ power to increase millage rates without voter approval; and to specify an election for submission of the proposition to electors and provide a ballot proposition.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state, for their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to amend Article VII, Section 23(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
ί23. Adjustment of Ad Valorem Tax Millages
Section 23.
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(C) Increases Permitted. Nothing herein shall prohibit a taxing authority from collecting, in the year in which Sections 18 and 20 of this Article are implemented or in any subsequent year, a larger dollar amount of ad valorem taxes by (1) levying additional or increased millages as provided by law or (2) placing additional property on the tax rolls. Increases
(1) Subject to the limitations provided in Subparagraph (2) of this Paragraph, increases in the millage rate in excess of the rates established as provided by Paragraph (B) above of this Section, but not in excess of the prior year’s maximum authorized millage rate, may be levied by two-thirds vote of the total membership of a taxing authority without further voter approval but only after a public hearing held in accordance with the open meetings law; however, in addition to any other requirements of the open meetings law, public notice of the time, place, and subject matter of such hearing shall be published on two separate days no less than thirty days before the public hearing. Such public notice shall be published in the official journal of the taxing authority, and another newspaper with a larger circulation within the taxing authority than the official journal of the taxing authority, if there is one.
(2)(a) A taxing authority with a governing authority membership which is not composed entirely of persons who were elected by the voters for participation on that governing authority may increase a millage rate in accordance with the provisions of Subparagraph (1) of this Paragraph; however, the amount of increase in any taxable year shall not increase the ad valorem tax collections of the taxing authority by more than two and one-half percent of such collections for the immediately preceding calendar year.
(b) The provisions of this Subparagraph shall not apply to taxing authorities which are special fire protection or fire department districts or ports, port harbor, and terminal districts, nor shall they affect the provisions of Article VI, Section 39(A) of this constitution.
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Section 2. Be it further resolved that this amendment shall become effective January 1, 2011.
Section 3. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 2, 2010.
Section 4. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at said election there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted to vote FOR or AGAINST, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as follows:
To provide that the power of a taxing authority with a governing authority which is not elected to increase millage rates without voter approval after reappraisal, which is presently limited by the prior year’s maximum millage rate, be further limited to annual increases which do not exceed two and one-half percent of the property tax collections for the immediately preceding calendar year; to exclude from such restriction taxing authorities which are special fire protection or fire department districts or ports, port harbor, and terminal districts, and millages levied by certain levee districts under authority granted by the Constitution of Louisiana. (Amends Art. VII, Section 23(C))
A true copy:
Jay Dardenne
Secretary of State
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Proposed Amendment No. 5
Regular Session, 2010
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Act 1050
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SENATE BILL NO. 21
BY SENATOR MURRAY AND
REPRESENTATIVE STIAES
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing to amend Article VII, Sections 18(G)(5) and 20(A)(10) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to ad valorem property tax exemptions and assessments; to authorize an extension of the homestead exemption or a special assessment level on property damaged or destroyed in certain disasters or emergencies and provide for claiming the extension; and to specify an election for submission of the proposition to electors and provide a ballot proposition.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state, for their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to amend Article VII, Sections 18(G)(5) and 20(A)(10) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
ί18. Ad Valorem Taxes
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(G)(1) Special Assessment Level.
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(5)(a) Any owner entitled to the special assessment level set forth in this Paragraph who is unable to occupy the homestead on or before December thirty-first of a future calendar year due to damage or destruction of the homestead caused by a disaster or emergency declared by the governor shall be entitled to keep the special assessment level of the homestead prior to its damage or destruction on the repaired or rebuilt homestead provided the repaired or rebuilt homestead is reoccupied by the owner within five years from December thirty-first of the year following the disaster. The assessed value of the land and buildings on which the homestead was located prior to its damage shall not be increased above its assessed value immediately prior to the damage or destruction described in this Subsubparagraph. If the property owner receives a homestead exemption on another homestead during the same five-year period, the damaged or destroyed property shall not be entitled to keep the special assessment level, and the land and buildings shall be assessed in that year at the percentage of fair market value set forth in this constitution. In addition, the owner must shall also maintain the homestead exemption set forth in Article VII, Section 20(A)(10) to qualify for the special assessment level in this Subsubparagraph.
(b) Any owner entitled to the special assessment level set forth in Subsubparagraph (a) of this Subparagraph who is unable to reoccupy his homestead within five years from December thirty-first of the year following the disaster shall be eligible for an extension of the special assessment level on the homestead for a period not to exceed two years. A homeowner shall be eligible for this extension only if the homeowner’s damage claim is filed and pending in a formal appeal process with any federal, state, or local government agency or program offering grants or assistance for repairing or rebuilding damaged or destroyed homes as a result of the disaster, or if a homeowner has a damage claim filed and pending against the insurer of the property. The homeowner shall apply for this extension of the special assessment level with the assessor of the parish in which the homestead is located. The assessor shall require the homeowner to provide official documentation from the government agency or program evidencing the homeowner’s participation in the formal appeal process or official documentation evidencing the homeowner has a damage claim filed and pending against the insurer of the damaged property, as provided by law.
(c) After expiration of the extension authorized in Subsubparagraph (b) of this Subparagraph, an assessor shall have the authority to grant on a case-by case basis up to three additional one-year extensions of the special assessment level as prescribed by law.
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ί20. Homestead Exemption
Section 20.(A) * * *
(10)(a) Any homestead receiving the homestead exemption that is damaged or destroyed during a disaster or emergency declared by the governor whose owner is unable to occupy the homestead on or before December thirty-first of a calendar year due to such damage or destruction shall be entitled to claim and keep the exemption by filing an annual affidavit of intent to return and reoccupy the homestead within five years from December thirty-first of the year following the disaster with the assessor within the parish or district where such homestead is situated prior to December thirty-first of the year in which the exemption is claimed. In no event shall more than one homestead exemption extend or apply to any person in this state.
(b) For homesteads qualifying for the homestead exemption under the provisions of Subsubparagraph (a) of this Subparagraph, after expiration of the five-year period, the owner of a homestead shall be entitled to claim and keep the exemption for a period not to exceed two additional years by filing an annual affidavit of intent to return and reoccupy the homestead with the assessor within the parish where the homestead is located prior to December thirty-first of the year in which the exemption is claimed. A homeowner shall be eligible for this extension only if the homeowner’s damage claim to repair or rebuild the damaged or destroyed homestead is filed and pending in a formal appeal process with any federal, state, or local government agency or program offering grants or assistance for repairing or rebuilding damaged or destroyed homes as a result of the disaster, or if a homeowner has a damage claim filed and pending against the insurer of the property. The assessor shall require the homeowner to provide official documentation from the government agency or program evidencing the homeowner’s participation in the formal appeal process or official documentation evidencing the homeowners has a damage claim filed and pending against the insurer of the property as provided by law.
(c) After expiration of the extension authorized in Subsubparagraph (b) of this Subparagraph, an assessor shall have the authority to grant on a case-by-case basis up to three additional one-year extensions of the homestead exemption as prescribed by law.
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Section 2. Be it further resolved that this amendment shall become effective January 1, 2011.
Section 3. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 2, 2010.
Section 4. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at said election there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted to vote FOR or AGAINST, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as follows:
To authorize continuation of the homestead exemption and the special assessment level for a homestead that has been destroyed or is uninhabitable due to a disaster for two years if the homeowner’s claim for damages is pending in a formal appeal process with a governmental agency or program offering assistance for repairing or rebuilding homes damaged by the disaster or if a homeowner has a damage claim filed and pending against the insurer of the property; to authorize an assessor to grant up to three additional one-year extensions of the continuation of the homestead exemption and the special assessment level as prescribed by law. (Amends Article VII, Sections 18(G)(5) and 20(A)(10)) A true copy: Jay Dardenne Secretary of State
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