RS 47:2306

§2306. Penalties A. In the event that the landowner obtains a use value assessment by means of false certifications on his application, or fails to timely notify the assessor of loss of eligibility for use value assessment as required by Section 5(A) of this Act,* he shall be liable for a penalty equal to five times the difference between the tax under a market value assessment and the tax under a use value assessment for the tax years in which the use value assessment was attributable to the false certifications or failure to timely notify the assessor of loss of eligibility. B. The tax collector in each parish upon notification by the assessor of a taxpayer's liability for penalty as provided in Section 6(A) above, shall have the authority and the responsibility for collecting the penalties provided for in this Section, and shall disburse said penalties, pro rata, to the same authorities as taxes for current year are disbursed. Added by Acts 1976, No. 702, §6, eff. Aug. 4, 1976; H.C.R. No. 88, 1993 R.S., eff. May 30, 1993; H.C.R. No. 1, 1994 R.S., eff. May 11, 1994. *R.S. 47:2305.