Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 13 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Part I - Financial Incentive Programs
Chapter 19 - Tax Equalization Program
Section I-1921 - Contract Renewals

1. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, each contract of exemption entered into under authority of this Chapter shall be reviewed and reevaluated, and shall be subject to renegotiation, five years from the date of the execution of the contract and may be renewed for an additional five-year period.

2. Not more than one year prior to the expiration of a contract and not less than six months prior to the expiration, a company wishing an additional five-year contract period shall file with the Board of Commerce and Industry the information required in §1913. A.2 and 3 regarding certification of taxes. A renewal fee of $50 must accompany the renewal application.

1. Subsequent renewals for additional periods of five years or less may be granted to a contract holder whose contract has not expired as of the date of application for renewal if the applicant can demonstrate the conditions of the initial contract were met and the activities of the applicant in the state of Louisiana generate economic benefits to the state that exceed 20 times the benefit to the applicant of the incentive provided by this Chapter for the year preceding the request for renewal. Such benefit to the state shall be determined by the application of nationally recognized multipliers as appropriate and set forth in the Regional Input-Output Modeling System ("RIMS II"), or its successor publications, for the business operations of the applicant as published by Regional Economic Analysis Division BE-61, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.

2. The contract holder's application for subsequent renewal shall include an attestation by an independent public accounting firm of the calculation of the economic benefit to the state.

3. In addition to the requirements of R.S. 47:3203, the Board of Commerce and Industry shall forward its recommendations, together with the proposed contract and all supporting documents, to the Department of Economic Development and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. Upon receipt of the recommendations and proposed contract, the Joint Legislative Committee on the budget shall have 30 days to approve or reject the renewal contract.