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The Times-Picayune, New Orleans
Briefing Book
May 6, 2004
Annual assessments
The state should require local tax assessors to reassess all property every year instead of every four years, the independent Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana has recommended. The group, which monitors legislation and promotes ethical practices in government, commended Gov. Kathleen Blanco and the new chairman of the Louisiana Tax Commission for their recent efforts to better police the activities of tax assessors across the state. But the group says more needs to be done. It has been pushing for annual reassessments for the past 20 years and says advances in computer technology now makes the task easier. The Public Affairs Research Council also recommends that assessors be appointed rather than elected.
