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Committee backs ballot authorization for East Baton Rouge neighborhood crime-prevention district
Summary
House Bill 55, handled in committee by Senator Foyle, was reported favorably; it authorizes a vote of the people in an East Baton Rouge Parish neighborhood to form a crime prevention district.
House Bill 55, which would create a crime prevention district in a neighborhood of East Baton Rouge Parish and authorize a local ballot question, was reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs on May 14.
Senator Foyle handled the bill for Representative Paula Davis and explained the measure would place the question before neighborhood voters. "It creates a crime prevention district in East Baton Rouge Parish. It's my understanding the residents of that neighborhood would like to put this on the ballot to see if they can create this district, and so it'll simply be a vote of the people," Foyle said.
Senator Foyle moved to report HB 55 favorably; the committee recorded no objections during the hearing and the motion carried.
The committee record does not specify the district's precise boundaries or funding mechanism; such details must be confirmed in the bill text and local filings.
