§1857. Corrections and changes

            A. The Louisiana Tax Commission is authorized and empowered to correct or change the assessment of any company under this Part in order to make the assessment conform to the true facts. In order to correct or change any such assessment, it shall be necessary for the Louisiana Tax Commission to issue instructions to the assessor to make the change upon the assessment roll, and in the event the assessment roll has been delivered to the tax collector, then to direct the tax collector to make such change upon the roll in his possession and to collect taxes according to such change, and to notify the company of the corrections or changes so made. This notice shall be delivered by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to or by personal service upon, the officer or authorized agent of the company responsible for the filing of the annual report.

            B.(1) Any company may institute suit in the Board of Tax Appeals or any court having jurisdiction of the cause of action for the purpose of contesting the correctness or legality of any determination related to corrections and changes of its assessed valuation for taxation by the Louisiana Tax Commission under this Section, which suit must be instituted within thirty days after receipt of the notice ordering the change. However, to state a cause of action, the petition instituting the suit shall name the Louisiana Tax Commission as defendant and shall set forth not only the correction or change of its assessed valuation for taxation made by the Louisiana Tax Commission, but also the assessed valuation for taxation that the company deems to be correct and legal and the reasons therefor.

            (2) Any company that has filed suit under these provisions and whose taxes have become due shall pay such taxes under protest as provided in R.S. 47:2134(B) to the officer or officers designated by law for the collection of such taxes and shall cause notice or notices to issue in such suit to the officer or officers as provided in R.S. 47:2134(B). Upon receipt of such notice or notices, the amount paid under protest shall be segregated and invested by such officer or officers either in an interest-bearing account or in a certificate of deposit pending a final, nonappealable judgment in the suit.

            (3) The provisions of R.S. 47:1856(D)(2), (3), and (4) shall be applicable to all actions instituted pursuant to this Section. All references to the reviewing court shall be deemed to mean either a district court of proper venue or the Board of Tax Appeals.

            Added by Acts 1976, No. 703, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 602, §1; H.C.R. No. 88, 1993 R.S., eff. May 30, 1993; H.C.R. No. 1, 1994 R.S., eff. May 11, 1994; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 74, §1, eff. April 17, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 1149, §1; Acts 2003, No. 791, §1, eff. June 30, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 461, §1, eff. June 24, 2004, and §3, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2009, No. 511, §1; Acts 2021, No. 343, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022; Acts 2023, No. 284, §1.