Agenda - Local and Municipal Affairs

Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs
June 4, 2025 1:00PM Room F
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised June 3, 2025, 5:53 am * Revision Notes: ADDED HB48

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	May 29, 2025
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		HCR17	YOUNG	HOUSING - Requests the Louisiana Housing Corporation to conduct a study on how the corporation's resources are being allocated to finance development in rural areas
		HB48	GLORIOSO	TAX/HOTEL OCCUPANCY - Authorizes the city of Slidell to levy a hotel occupancy tax
		HB136	GLORIOSO	CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL - Provides relative to certain positions in the fire and police civil service
		HB267	LACOMBE	DISTRICTS/TAXING - Creates the Hotel Francis District within the town of St. Francisville
		HB284	BAMBURG	POLICE/MUNICIPAL - Provides for the abolition of the office of police chief and police department in the village of Hall Summit
		HB285	BAMBURG	POLICE/MUNICIPAL - Provides for the abolition of the office of police chief and police department in the village of Edgefield
		HB299	THOMPSON	CEMETERIES - Increases the maximum rate of ad valorem taxes the governing authority of Morehouse Parish is authorized to levy for public cemeteries and provides for the use of the proceeds of the taxes
		HB562	FONTENOT	FIRE PROTECT/FIRE DEPTS - Provides relative to costs for certain emergency services provided by fire departments, fire protection districts, and certain nonprofit corporations (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)
		HB611	HILFERTY	SEWERAGE/N O WATER BD - Provides relative to the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT

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