DISTRICTS/REDEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority

HB 162 amends existing law concerning the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority. The bill clarifies the Authority's powers regarding property acquisition, stating it can acquire property through gifts, purchases, or leases. It specifies that the Authority itself cannot expropriate property. However, it allows the Authority to utilize expropriation as a means to revitalize economically depressed areas and rehabilitate abandoned or blighted properties, provided this power is granted by the appropriate governing authority.