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LouisianaHB 1202026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT: Creates the Real Timbers Crime Prevention and Security District in Orleans Parish

Sponsored By: Delisha Boyd (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Local and Municipal AffairsMunicipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

Real Timbers parcel fees need voter approval

The law lets New Orleans charge a flat annual fee on each parcel in the district. The board must request it, and a majority of district registered voters voting on the proposal must approve it. The fee cannot exceed $315 per parcel per year. Each approval lasts no more than five years, and renewal requires another vote. The city may keep 1% of collections and must send the rest to the district within 60 days.

New security and upkeep district for Real Timbers

The law creates the Real Timbers Crime Prevention and Improvement District in Orleans Parish. Its boundaries are Iowa Street, Amazon Street, Delaware Street, Memorial Park Drive, Kansas Street, and Hudson Street. The district can support patrols, lighting, signs, and upkeep, including through contracts with other districts. Security paid for with district fees must add to, not replace, New Orleans Police Department services. The district can seek grants and voluntary contributions, but no service level or funding amount is guaranteed. If the district ends, its money goes to a separate city account for security, beautification, and betterment of that area.

Real Timbers board faces public oversight

A seven-member board runs the district. Four members are the homeowners association's president, secretary, treasurer, and parliamentarian, serving while they hold those offices. The association appoints three district residents, whose first terms are three, four, and five years, assigned by lot. Later terms last five years. The board elects its own officers, and a majority of members is needed to conduct business. Meetings must follow open-meeting laws, and minutes must be available to residents. Members are unpaid but can receive reimbursement for reasonable board-related expenses. The district must adopt an annual budget under state law and is subject to Legislative Auditor review.

Real Timbers leaders gain lawsuit protections

The district must protect officers and board members against covered claims to the fullest extent state law permits. State law also limits their personal liability for acts performed as part of their duties. People who live, own property, visit, or do business in the district have fewer ways to recover money for some breaches of duty. Limits on money-damage claims include exceptions for bad faith, intentional misconduct, gross negligence, knowing law violations, and improper personal gains.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Delisha Boyd

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Aimee Adatto Freeman

    Democratic • House

  • Candace N. Newell

    Democratic • House

  • Dana Henry

    Democratic • House

  • Ed Larvadain III

    Democratic • House

  • Ed Murray

    Democratic • House

  • Joy Walters

    Democratic • House

  • Neil Riser

    Republican • House

  • Rodney Lyons

    Democratic • House

  • Sylvia Elaine Taylor

    Democratic • House

  • Terry Landry Jr.

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 130 • No: 15

Senate vote • 5/6/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 2

House vote • 4/1/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 13. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 83 • No: 13

House vote • 3/26/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the President of the Senate on 5/7/2026.

    5/11/2026Senate

  2. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 121.

    5/11/2026House

  3. Effective date: 05/11/2026.

    5/11/2026House

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/8/2026House

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/7/2026House

  6. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/7/2026House

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/6/2026Senate

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    4/28/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/27/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/22/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

    4/7/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 13. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/1/2026House

  13. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    4/1/2026Senate

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.

    3/31/2026House

  15. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    3/30/2026House

  16. Reported favorably (13-0).

    3/26/2026House

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

    3/9/2026House

  18. Prefiled.

    2/13/2026House

  19. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

    2/13/2026House

  20. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.

    2/13/2026House

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