§1501.4. Calcasieu Parish; taxes in annexed areas

A.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 40:1501 or any other provision of law which authorizes fire protection districts to levy ad valorem taxes, no fire protection district shall levy or collect ad valorem taxes, except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, in any area to which both of the following apply:

(a) The area is in Calcasieu Parish and has been annexed into a municipality.

(b) Pursuant to a contract between the municipality and the fire protection district, the municipality provided regular fire protection to the area prior to annexation in exchange for revenues of the fire protection district received from the levy of ad valorem taxes.

(2) The fire protection district shall continue to levy and collect any ad valorem taxes or portion thereof the avails of which are pledged as security for bonded indebtedness until the avails of such taxes are sufficient to pay off such indebtedness.

B. If at any time an area in which a fire protection district has been authorized to levy and collect ad valorem taxes is annexed and such area meets the criteria set forth in Paragraph A(1) of this Section, the authority of the district to levy and collect such taxes in the area, except any taxes collected pursuant to Paragraph A(2) of this Section, shall expire at the time and for the year in which the annexation ordinance becomes effective. The authority of the district to levy and collect taxes pursuant to Paragraph A(2) of this Section shall expire at the time and for the year in which the indebtedness is paid off.

Acts 1998, No. 15, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1105, §1.