LEGISLATIVE FISCAL OFFICE
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note On: HB 370 HLS 23RS 524
Bill Text Version: ENROLLED
Opp. Chamb. Action:
Proposed Amd.:
Sub. Bill For.:
Date: May 31, 2023 1:35 PM Author: LANDRY
Dept./Agy.: Corrections
Subject: Criminal Blighting of Property Analyst: Daniel Druilhet
CRIMINAL/PENALTIES EN INCREASE GF EX See Note Page 1 of 1
Provides relative to criminal blighting of property
Current law provides the definition of criminal blighting of property and penalties assessed for its violation.
Proposed law amends current law by adjusting the definition of criminal blighting of property by removing the requirement that the offense
occur after review and appeal. Proposed law amends current law to assess penalties for conviction of criminal blighting of property as
follows - on 1st conviction, a fine of not more than $500 per violation and makes optional the requirement that an offender correct
violations on blighted property within a timely manner determined by the court; on 2nd conviction and after ordered to correct violations
by the court, a fine of not more than $1,000 per violation or imprisonment for not more than six months with a requirement to correct all
violations; on 3rd or subsequent conviction, and after failure to correct all violations after a 2nd conviction, a fine of no more than $2,000
per violation or imprisonment for not more than 1 year with or without hard labor. Proposed law provides that the sentence of
imprisonment associated with a third or subsequent conviction of criminal blighting of property shall not be imposed when the property is
a single family residence occupied by the defendant at the time of the violation.
EXPENDITURES 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Annual Total
REVENUES 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE
Annual Total
EXPENDITURE EXPLANATION
Proposed law will likely result in an indeterminable increase in SGF expenditures in the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections – Corrections Services (DPSC – CS) to the extent that a person on second, third, or subsequent offense is
convicted of committing criminal blighting of property. The exact fiscal impact of the passage of this legislation is
indeterminable, since it is not known how many people will be convicted or the length of sentences imposed on those who
are convicted as a result of this change to present law.
SGF expenditures will increase by $101.76 per offender per day to the extent that an offender is convicted and then housed
in a state facility or $26.39 per offender per day for an offender housed in a local facility. Proposed law is a misdemeanor
offense, and the maximum fiscal impact per offender per offense will vary depending upon whether the offense for which the
offender was convicted resulted in a second, third, or subsequent conviction (i.e. sentences of no more than six months or
one year).
REVENUE EXPLANATION
Proposed law will likely result in an indeterminable increase in local revenues as a result of potential fines for being convicted
of criminal blighting of property. The exact fiscal impact of the passage of this legislation on local revenue is indeterminable
because while fines imposed for conviction of the proposed legislation are mandatory, the amount assessed for each fine
may fluctuate.
Senate Dual Referral Rules House
13.5.1 >= $100,000 Annual Fiscal Cost {S & H} 6.8(F)(1) >= $100,000 SGF Fiscal Cost {H & S}
Evan Brasseaux
13.5.2 >= $500,000 Annual Tax or Fee 6.8(G) >= $500,000 Tax or Fee Increase
Change {S & H} or a Net Fee Decrease {S} Interim Deputy Fiscal Officer


Statutes affected:
HB370 Original: 14:3(B), 14:3(D)
HB370 Engrossed: 14:3(B), 14:3(D)
HB370 Reengrossed: 14:3(B), 14:3(D)
HB370 Enrolled: 14:3(B), 14:3(D)
HB370 Act 85: 14:3(B), 14:3(D)