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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana Creates Parkview Oaks Crime Prevention and Improvement District
Last action · May 15, 2026: Effective date: 05/15/2026.Sponsor: Paul Sawyer
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What This Bill Does
Act 126 establishes the Parkview Oaks Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish to enhance security and neighborhood betterment. The district is governed by a seven-member board and authorized to levy an annual fee up to $250, following voter approval.
Property owners within the designated Parkview Oaks, Parkview Oaks East, Parkview Oaks South, and Sherwood Oaks subdivisions face a potential new annual fee of up to $150 initially (capping at $250 later) if approved by local voters, funding supplemental security patrols and neighborhood improvements.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Property owners within the district
Property owners are responsible for paying the newly authorized annual parcel fee if approved by voters and are subject to tax collection enforcement procedures for nonpayment.
Parkview Oaks Civic Association
The association's board of directors is granted the authority to appoint four members to the district's seven-member board of commissioners.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
22 actions- May 15, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 126.
- May 15, 2026HouseEffective date: 05/15/2026.
- May 13, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 13, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 12, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 11, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- May 7, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.
- May 6, 2026SenateFloorSenate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 6, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 8, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
- Apr 7, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 1, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 9. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 31, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 26, 2026HouseReported with amendments (12-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
- Feb 13, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 13, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
- Feb 13, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.
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- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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