Louisiana Constitutional Amendment: Louisiana Property Tax Sales Administration Amendment (December 2024)
In 2024, voters in Louisiana will be able to vote on changing the constitution in their state. The state constitution is a set of laws that say what the government can and cannot do. A change in the constitution is called an amendment. The constitution will change if enough people vote for the amendment.
Louisiana “Property Tax Sales Administration Amendment” is about who makes the rules about property taxes. If it passes:
Instead of the Constitution, state lawmakers (the legislature) would decide how property taxes work.
Property taxes: money that people pay to the government every year because they own a house or land. This money then pay for things in the community like schools, parks, and fixing roads. The more valuable the house or land, the more taxes the owner has to pay.
the only time you can delay paying property taxes is during a real emergency, like a hurricane, when the Governor or the head of your parish declares it.
the legislature decides how sales work on properties that people didn’t pay their taxes on.
The State can charge interest on late taxes (up to 1% per month).
The State can add a penalty (up to 5% of the late taxes).
The State can decide how long you have to pay before they can sell your property.
The State can decide how to handle any extra money made from the sale.
The people who collect taxes decide if they can forgive penalties for good reasons.
Penalties: the punishments or consequences that a person or organization faces when they break the law. These can include fines, jail time, community service, probation, or other consequences.
Voting “yes” for this amendment means you want it to become law.
Voting “no” for this amendment means you do NOT want it to become law.
Additional Context & Our Stance:
Tax sales are when properties are sold due to unpaid taxes. Tax sales take homes away from homeowners with financial difficulties. This would change how tax sales are done so that the process is more fair. This change considers people on fixed incomes and people with financial hardships. Disabled people can lose their homes if they get behind on paying their property taxes. This amendment would improve tax sales and that could offer more protections for people struggling to pay.
Disabled voters and those who care about us should vote YES to Louisiana Constitutional Amendment: “Property Tax Sales Administration Amendment.”
Voting YES means you want to change how property tax sales are done when people can’t pay their property taxes and allow lawmakers to update procedures as needed.