§ 33:9402 — District plan

A. Prior to the levy of any tax herein authorized, the governing body shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, a plan specifying the services proposed to be funded through the district. The governing body shall conduct such public hearings, publish such notice with respect thereto, and disseminate such information as in the exercise of its sound discretion it may deem to be appropriate or advisable and in the public interest.
B. The plan may specify and encompass any public service relating to criminal justice activities in the city of New Orleans including operation of parish facilities, including prisons, the enforcement, prosecution, and adjudication of criminal laws, and activities by the offices of the coroner, criminal sheriff, clerk of the criminal district court, and the criminal district court.
C. The plan shall include:
(1) An estimate of the annual and aggregate cost of providing the services set forth therein, and
(2) An estimate of the aggregate number of mills required to be levied in each year on the taxable immovable property within the district in order to provide the funds required for the implementation or effectuation of the plan for furnishing the services specified.

Legislative History

Acts 1989, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. July 28, 1989.