Parish of Ascension v. State

12Plaintiff-appeIlant, the Parish of Ascension (the Parish), appeals the trial court’s judgment that concluded the Parish’s attempt to increase 2016 millages was invalid due to its failure to adhere to statutory notice requirements and declared that the defendant-appellee, the State of Louisiana through the Office of the Legislative Auditor, Daryl G. Purpera (the Legislative Auditor), properly declined to certify the Parish’s 2016 increased millages. We affirm.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

After the quadrennial reassessment of property located within Ascension Parish, on July 7, 2016, at a…