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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana creates the Regency Park Townhomes Crime Prevention and Security District in Orleans Parish
Last action · May 29, 2026: Effective date: 05/29/2026.Sponsor: Candace Newell
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What This Bill Does
Act 430 creates the Regency Park Townhomes Crime Prevention and Security District in Orleans Parish, establishing a 5-member governing board with the authority to enhance security patrols, improve lighting, and request a fee up to $300 per year subject to voter approval.
Property owners within the designated boundaries of Morrison Road, Downman Road, Seabrook Place, and Countess Lane may be subject to an annual fee of up to $300 if approved by local voters, funding supplemental security and neighborhood improvement services.
- Special crime prevention and security districts are political subdivisions authorized by the Louisiana legislature to provide supplemental security and neighborhood improvements funded through local parcel fees. context
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 approved parcel fee and are subject to tax enforcement procedures for unpaid amounts.
Regency Park Townhomes Association
Association officers serve on the district board, and the association governing board appoints two additional resident board members.
City of New Orleans
The city is authorized to impose, collect, and enforce the parcel fee, retaining a one percent collection fee before remitting the proceeds to the district.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
22 actions- May 29, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 430.
- May 29, 2026HouseEffective date: 05/29/2026.
- May 25, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 25, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- May 22, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 21, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
Show 16 earlier actions
- May 20, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 13, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 12, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 11, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, returned to the calendar.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseCalled from the calendar.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 85, nays 9. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 22, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/23/2026.
- Apr 21, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 20, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (12-0).
- Mar 16, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
- Mar 11, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title. Lies over under the rules.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 24, 2026HouseIntroducedPrefiled. To be introduced at a later date.
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