Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:600.35 – Statewide blighted housing property list
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:600.35
- Blighted housing property: means (a) any residential housing property for which environmental remediation is required by state law, rule, or regulation and the condition of which is found or declared by the public officer to be harmful to the health or welfare, including the economic welfare, of the residents of the local governmental subdivision wherein the residential property is located, (b) any residential housing property that, as of the effective date of this Chapter, had been determined to be a blighted property or an adjudicated property by the local governmental subdivision, (c) any residential housing property that (i) is offered by a party in interest for inclusion on a blighted housing properties list and (ii) the current condition of which is declared by the local governmental subdivision to be below minimum habitability standards and unfit for human habitation, occupancy, or use, or (d) any residential housing property that (i) has not been legally occupied for eighteen months prior to the time a public officer makes a determination that the property has been vacant for such eighteen-month period and (ii) has been determined to be a public nuisance by the local governmental subdivision, except no residential housing property in an area impacted by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita which was occupied as of August 28, 2005, shall be included if the owner is eligible for and receives assistance under the Road Home Housing Program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:600.33
- Blighted housing property list: means a list prepared and periodically updated by a designated public official that identifies blighted housing properties in the jurisdiction of the local governmental subdivision. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:600.33
- Local governmental subdivision: means any parish or municipality. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:600.33
- State housing agency: means the Louisiana Housing Corporation, a public body corporate and politic constituting a political subdivision and instrumentality of the state of Louisiana, created and organized pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3-A of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:600.33
A. Local governmental subdivisions; duty to submit blighted housing property list. Each local governmental subdivision maintaining a blighted housing property list shall submit their list to the state housing agency no later than December thirty-first of each year. The information submitted to the state housing agency shall be updated quarterly.
B. State housing agency; duty to maintain statewide blighted housing property list. The state housing agency shall publish, no later than March fifteenth of each year, a statewide blighted housing property list based on information received from local governmental subdivisions in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The list shall also be maintained on the state housing agency’s web site and shall be updated quarterly.
C. The state housing agency shall utilize a statewide housing locator system for the purpose of maintaining the blighted housing property list. The system shall be updated as needed.
Acts 2006, No. 355, §1, eff. June 13, 2006.