House Committee on Ways and Means
April 8, 2014
10:30 a.m.
Room 6
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HB92
CONNICK
TAX/AD VALOREM TAX
- (Constitutional Amendment) Increases the income limit for qualification for the special assessment level for property subject to ad valorem tax (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
HB420
PEARSON
TAX/AD VALOREM TAX
- Establishes criteria for valuation of low-income housing property for purposes of assessment of ad valorem taxes (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
HB465
BROADWATER
TAX/AD VALOREM TAX
- Provides with respect to ad valorem taxes on shares of bank stock (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
HB488
BERTHELOT
TAX/PROPERTY
- (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes agents of the tax collector to sell property for delinquent taxes and requires the fee of the authorized agent to be included within the costs recoverable in the tax sale (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)
HB583
SHERMAN MACK
ASSESSORS
- Requires the Livingston Parish assessor to pay the cost of certain insurance premiums for eligible retirees of the assessor's office (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
HB712
GREENE
TAX/SEVERANCE TAX
- Prohibits the state from paying interest on refunds for the overpayment of certain severance taxes (EN +$4,000,000 GF RV See Note)
HB713
GREENE
TAX/SEVERANCE TAX
- Provides that severance taxes do not have to be paid during the period of a suspension or exemption from severance tax under certain circumstances (EG -$28,500,000 GF RV See Note)
HB788
LEGER
CONVENTION FACILITIES
- Provides with respect to the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority (EN +$71,650,000 LF EX See Note)
HB792
REYNOLDS
ASSESSORS
- Authorizes the Webster Parish Assessment District to provide for an automobile expense allowance for the office of the assessor (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
HB1050
CHANEY
TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION
- Provides relative to the ad valorem tax exemption for certain agricultural machinery and other implements (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
HB1118
T.BURNS
TAX/AD VALOREM TAX
- Changes requirements for public hearings at which millage adjustments are considered by certain taxing authorities (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
HB1202
STOKES
TAX/AD VALOREM TAX
- Provides for procedures and requirements relative to the supplemental assessment roll for omitted or erroneously assessed properties
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT