HB 761 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

TAX INCREMENT FINANCING: Authorizes certain municipalities to create tax increment financing districts

HB 761 allows certain municipalities to establish tax increment financing districts to fund local projects. The bill authorizes these areas to capture a portion of the increased property tax revenue generated by new development and use those funds for specific community improvements. It also includes minor clerical corrections to the text, such as adjusting punctuation and word choices. This legislation directly affects local governments and communities seeking to finance infrastructure or development through this specific funding mechanism.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 21, 2024 Signed Jun 10, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2024 · House May 13, 2024

How they voted

320
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 37
May 29, 2024
D Democratic12
10 Yea 2
83% Yea
R Republican25
22 Yea 3
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
4
May 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 23, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 80, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (17-0).
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Jeremy LaCombe
Jeremy LaCombe
RRepublican
LA
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