Agenda - Ways and Means

House Committee on Ways and Means
April 15, 2025 9:30 a.m. Room 6
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
INSTRUMENTS TO BE HEARD
	HB131	FARNUM	TAX/AD VALOREM TAX - Prohibits the board of review in Calcasieu Parish from considering ad valorem tax assessment complaints to which the notice of complaint was provided via facsimile transmission (EG NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
	HB183	BOURRIAQUE	TAX/AD VALOREM TAX - Provides for the inspection of assessment lists, challenges to the correctness of assessments, and reviews by boards of review and the La Tax Commission (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
	HB365	DESHOTEL	TAX/AD VALOREM TAX - Provides for an optional exemption of business inventory from ad valorem taxes and to authorize the reduction of the fair market value percentage of business inventory under certain circumstances (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
	HB366	DESHOTEL	TAX/AD VALOREM TAX - (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes parishes to exempt business inventory from ad valorem taxes and authorizes parishes to reduce the percentage of fair market value applicable to business inventory (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
	HB404	WILLARD	REVENUE DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to various tax administration functions of the Department of Revenue (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
	HB416	FARNUM	REVENUE DEPARTMENT - Prohibits class action lawsuits from being brought against the Dept. of Revenue or the office of debt recovery within the Dept. of Revenue (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
	HB557	BRAUD	TAX/AD VALOREM TAX - Provides relative to adjudicated tax-delinquent property and the tax lien certificate process (EG NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
	HB591	WILDER	TAX/AD VALOREM TAX - Provides for an alternative to minimum bids when selling adjudicated property and requires costs associated with the termination of a lien certificate to apply to adjudicated property (EG NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS

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