Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 33, § 3101. Municipal revenue amnesty program; city of New Orleans

B. (1) The program shall be established upon the initiative of the mayor of the city of New Orleans and shall be administered by the director of finance for the city. The director of finance shall adopt rules and regulations for the operation and administration of the program. The rules and regulations shall provide for the types of fees, fines, and assessments covered by the program and the persons eligible to participate in such program. The rules and regulations shall also provide for the time period during which the program shall be conducted. The program shall not extend for more than sixty calendar days.

(2) The rules and regulations adopted by the director of finance may authorize the city of New Orleans to issue requests for proposals in order to procure a third-party contractor to manage the program. The amount of fees paid to any such third-party contractor shall not exceed fifteen percent of the total amount of interest, collection costs, and penalties collected by the city at the conclusion of the program.

(1) The number of persons provided with amnesty.

(2) The types of fees, fines, and assessments for which interest, collection costs, and penalties were owed and, for each type of fine, fee, or assessment, the amount of interest, collection costs, and penalties forgone by virtue of the program.

(3) The total outstanding liability of participating persons at the conclusion of the program.

E. (1) The city of New Orleans, through the mayor, may cooperate once every eight calendar years with the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board and other political subdivisions in the city to provide for the participation of the board and any such political subdivision in the municipal revenue amnesty program established pursuant to this Section. The cooperation authorized in this Paragraph shall be for the purpose of allowing the board and any such political subdivision to provide for the waiver of all or a uniform percentage of interest, collection costs, and penalties owed to the board and such political subdivisions on delinquent fines, fees, and assessments.

(2) The director of finance of the city of New Orleans shall adopt all rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this Subsection.