Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 47, § 1925.8. Funding for the Board of Assessors for Orleans Parish

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, this Section shall be the exclusive means of funding for the Board of Assessors for Orleans Parish. The board of assessors shall be funded annually no later than March first by the city of New Orleans with no less than two percent of the ad valorem taxes levied on property in the city of New Orleans and the parish of Orleans. Such funding shall produce in the initial year revenue equal to or greater than that which was received by the Board of Assessors for Orleans Parish from the city of New Orleans for the previous year. The total amount of revenue received by the board shall never be less than that received by the board in the initial year.

B. The millage currently being levied pursuant to this Part by the Board of Assessors for Orleans Parish for the 2005 tax year shall be transferred to and levied by the city of New Orleans, without the necessity of voter approval, for the 2006 and subsequent tax years.