LAC 61:V.304 — Electronic Change Order Specifications, Property Classifications Standards and Electronic Tax Roll Export Specifications

A. Electronic Change Order Specifications
NOTES: Programmer must allow for all fields listed below, whether they have values or not. The tilde (~) will be used as the delimiter for character data and the comma (,) will be used as the field delimiter. (See examples) It is not necessary to use spaces between commas that contain no data. Each record is a line in the ASCII text file and must have a carriage return and line feed at the end of each line.
Please Note: Please contact the Louisiana Tax Commission (225) 925-7830 Extension 212 or the Tax Commission's web site www.latax.state.la.us/download.asp for the latest specifications before creating the files listed below.
Fields listed in these specifications highlighted in yellow indicate newly added fields for the current tax year. Fields listed in these specifications highlighted in turquoise indicate an existing field revised showing old-field name or value in red below new field name. Always check the Louisiana Tax Commission's (LTC) web site at www.latax.state.la.us for the latest Electronic Change Orders Specifications for uploading batches to the LTC's “On-line Change Order System” web site. All files created by an Assessor's office and/or their software vendor is subject to review and testing by the Louisiana Tax Commission for compliance and accuracy of data submitted. A sample of data in the format designated herein is due to the Louisiana Tax Commission by October 15th each year for testing and certification of the format by the Tax Commission.
B. Property Classifications Standards
C. Electronic Tax Roll Export Specifications
1. For purposes of submission of electronic tax roll data to the Tax Commission on or after January 1, 2024, the parish tax assessors shall not submit any tax roll data that is deemed confidential by law. If an assessor later discovers that confidential information was submitted to the Tax Commission, the assessor shall immediately notify the Tax Commission and resubmit the electronic tax roll data without the confidential information included.
2. Regarding public records requests for assessment information submitted to the Tax Commission prior to January 1, 2024, the Tax Commission shall confer with the parish tax assessor(s) that submitted the assessment information sought. The parish tax assessor(s) that submitted the assessment information sought by the public records request shall promptly respond to the Tax Commission and inform the Tax Commission whether any of the assessment information sought by the public records request is deemed confidential by law. The parish tax assessor(s) that submitted the assessment information sought by the public records request shall designate the assessment information that is deemed confidential by law. Such information is not a public record and will not be conveyed or transferred to any individual or entity.