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LouisianaHB 552025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT: Creates the Cross Gates Subdivision Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Sponsored By: Paula Davis

Signed by Governor

Local and Municipal AffairsMunicipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Voter-approved fees for Cross Gates owners

The law lets the district charge parcel owners an annual fee after approval by a majority voting on the measure. It covers every improved and unimproved parcel, including condominium parcels. The cap is $150 per parcel for the first calendar year and $400 per year afterward. The board sets or changes the fee by resolution within voter-approved limits and these caps. Each authorization lasts no more than 10 years; voters must approve renewals, also limited to 10 years. Fees are collected with parish property taxes, and unpaid fees face similar penalties and collection procedures. The tax collector must send collections to the district within 60 days; a collection agreement may allow retention of up to 1%.

Liability protections for Cross Gates leaders

The district must cover its officers and board members against liability to the fullest extent state law allows. The law also limits their personal liability for actions taken while carrying out district duties. These protections exclude bad-faith acts, intentional misconduct, knowing law violations, and transactions giving them an improper personal benefit. The district can buy liability insurance for its leaders.

New security district for Cross Gates

The law creates the Cross Gates Subdivision Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish. Its area covers Cross Gate Drive, North Antioch Crossing, Antioch Crossing, Antioch Court, and Gateway Drive. The district can fund security patrols, lighting, signs, beautification, and related improvements. Fee-funded law enforcement must add to public services, not replace them. The district can also accept voluntary gifts and grants; the law provides no set funding amount. A five-member board governs: the homeowners association appoints four members, and the area's state House and Senate members jointly appoint one. Commissioners must own property, live, and be qualified voters in the district. After initial staggered terms, terms last four years, with reappointment allowed. Commissioners receive no salary but can receive up to $100 yearly for reasonable board expenses. The board must keep minutes, follow open-meeting rules, and adopt an annual budget under state law. The district is subject to Legislative Auditor review and must spend money only for authorized, budgeted purposes. It can contract for services, work with other districts, and buy or lease property and supplies. If the district ends, its assets go to the parish for use only within the district for authorized purposes.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Paula Davis

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 126 • No: 16

Senate vote • 5/28/2025

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 • 5/5/2025

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 77, nays 14. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 77 • No: 14

House vote • 4/24/2025

Reported favorably

Yes: 15 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 49.

    6/4/2025House

  2. Effective date: 06/04/2025.

    6/4/2025House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate on 5/29/2025.

    6/1/2025Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/30/2025House

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/29/2025House

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

    5/29/2025House

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

    5/28/2025Senate

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

    5/20/2025Senate

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

    5/19/2025Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    5/14/2025Senate

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

    5/7/2025Senate

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

    5/6/2025Senate

  13. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 77, nays 14. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    5/5/2025House

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

    4/28/2025House

  15. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2025.

    4/28/2025House

  16. Reported favorably (15-0).

    4/24/2025House

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

    4/14/2025House

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/14/2025.

    3/14/2025House

  19. Prefiled.

    3/11/2025House

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

    3/11/2025House

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