RS 47:1401

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RS 47:1401

CHAPTER 17. BOARD OF TAX APPEALS

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

§1401. Creation of Board of Tax Appeals

In order to provide effect to the provisions of Article V, Section 35 and Article VII, Section 3(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, a board that will hear and timely decide, at a minimum of expense to the taxpayer, questions of law and fact arising from disputes or controversies between a taxpayer and any collector of the state of Louisiana or its political subdivisions in the enforcement of any tax, excise, license, permit or any other tax, fee, penalty, receipt or other law administered by a collector, and to exercise other jurisdiction as provided by law, including jurisdiction as provided for in the Uniform Local Sales Tax Code, the Board of Tax Appeals, hereinafter referred to as the "board", is created as an independent agency for the purposes of this Chapter.

The Local Tax Division is created as an independent agency and authority within the board for the purposes of exercising jurisdiction over disputes involving local collectors.

Acts 2014, No. 640, §2, eff. June 12, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 210, §1, eff. June 23, 2015; Acts 2018, No. 143, §1, eff. May 11, 2018; Acts 2020, No. 278, §1, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2025, No. 285, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.

NOTE: See Acts 2015, No. 210, §4, re: retroactivity of certain provisions.

NOTE: See Acts 2014, No. 198 and Acts 2016, No. 335, §2