Bill No.: HB0016                  Drafter:  LGC

LSO No.:  08LSO-0026              Effective Date:  7/1/2008

Enrolled Act No.:  HEA0010

Chapter No.:       22

Prime Sponsor:     Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

Catch Title:       Special districts-elections.

Subject:       Allowing for enlargement of special districts without an election when all landowners and all voters in the enlarged area agree to the inclusion.  Allowing special districts to avoid mapping requirements.

Summary/Major Elements:

· The act changes the requirements for including new land in a special district by allowing for enlargement without an election when all the landowners and all the voters in the enlarged area agree to the inclusion.

· The act allows any voters or landowners to file an enlargement petition.

· The act changes the mapping requirements for special districts to allow special districts which do not levy property taxes to avoid filing a new map every time they change their boundaries.

· The act clarifies that a special district that does not file maps may not levy or require the levy of property taxes.