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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana sets parcel fee limits and board liability rules for Parkwood Terrace Crime Prevention District
Last action · May 27, 2026: Effective date: 05/25/2026.Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter
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What This Bill Does
House Bill 138 establishes a range of $100 to $150 per year for residential lots within the Parkwood Terrace Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District, allows the board to increase the fee by up to ten percent annually without an election under certain conditions, and grants civil liability protection to board members and officers.
Property owners in the Parkwood Terrace district face a regulated annual structure between $100 and $150, with potential annual increases up to 10% without a new vote, while board members receive statutory immunity from personal monetary damages for routine official duties.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
residential property owners in Parkwood Terrace
Property owners are subject to annual parcel fees between $100 and $150 and potential annual fee increases up to 10% without a new vote.
Parkwood Terrace Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District board members
Board members receive statutory indemnification and immunity from individual monetary liability for official actions performed in good faith.
Key Facts
- Residential parcel fees within the district must be between $100 and $150 per parcel per year, as requested by the board.
- The board may increase the parcel fee one time each subsequent calendar year without an election, not to exceed ten percent of the previous year's amount, up to the statutory maximum.
- Any initial parcel fee imposition requires approval by a majority of registered voters in the district at an election.
- Parcel fees expire ten years from initial levy or renewal, but the board may call an election to renew or impose fees prior to expiration.
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- The district's law enforcement services are supplemental to and not in lieu of services provided by the city of Baker, the city of Baton Rouge, and East Baton Rouge Parish.
- If the district ceases to exist, remaining funds must be transmitted to the governing authority of the city of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish to be used for law enforcement.
- Board members and officers are indemnified and shielded from individual monetary liability for duties performed in good faith.
- Existing parcel fees levied under the December 10, 2016 proposition continue until expiration unless an early election is held and approved.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Became law without the governor's signature.
Procedural history
20 actions- May 27, 2026HouseBecomes Act No. 397 without the Governor's signature.
- May 27, 2026HouseEffective date: 05/25/2026.
- May 14, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 14, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 13, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- May 13, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- May 12, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 5, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 4, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 29, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 7, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
- Apr 1, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 80, nays 11. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 1, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 31, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 26, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (13-0).
- 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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