SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides relative to the New Orleans Downtown Development District. (gov sig)

Removed the requirement that board members be subject to confirmation by the New Orleans City Council.

Added a specific provision allowing for the removal of the fifty-year term of the special tax authorized to be levied by the city of New Orleans for the district.

Changed the description of the bill's purpose to include providing for the removal of the fifty-year term of the special tax.

The district is now explicitly defined as a political subdivision of the state, whereas the previous version only stated it was a political subdivision within the city.

The board composition changed from 11 members to 13 members, adding two new seats for representatives from the Louisiana House and Senate.

Board terms were standardized to five years with staggered terms, replacing the previous mix of one, two, three, and four-year terms.

New provisions establish that any board member whose term expires without a successor will continue serving until a replacement is appointed.

New language authorizes the city to levy and collect taxes for a term not to exceed fifty years from the date the first tax is levied.

Corrected the list of amended sections in the act title and Section 1 by adding subsection (H), which was missing in the engrossed version.

Updated the act's purpose to explicitly state that voter approval is required for the levy of taxes or the issuance of bonds.