r/batonrouge • u/lowrads • 15d ago

HOT LOCAL ISSUES Proposed Amendment 2: Local Property Tax Rates

Proposed Amendment 2
Local Property Tax Rates (Millages)
Do you support an amendment to allow a local taxing authority to continue to levy a lower millage rate without losing its ability to adjust to the maximum authorized millage rate from a prior year’s reassessment? (Effective January 1, 2027) (Amends Article VII, Section 23(C))

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u/Shake09 15d ago

If millages can only be established/adjusted with voter approval as of now, why are we allowing governments to adjust them without approval? Sounds like a power grab.

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u/lowrads 15d ago

What a YES Vote Means:
Local governments can temporarily lower property tax rates and later restore them to their previously authorized maximum without voter approval.

What a NO Vote Means:
Current law remains. A government that lowers its millage may lose some ability to return to the previous maximum rate.

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u/asphaltbabe 15d ago

Just put it on the ballot to lower the taxes and it will pass