§1434. Judicial review of decision of the board

A. Within thirty days of the signing of a decision or judgment of the board, any party may file a motion with the board for review of the decision or judgment by the appropriate appellate court.

B.(1) In any case where the board has found any tax to be due, except in any payment under protest petition, the taxpayer shall post a bond when filing a motion for review, with surety in a form approved by the board for the payment of the tax as finally determined, together with any interest, additional amounts or additions to the tax provided for by law, including applicable penalties and attorney fees. The bond shall be payable to the collector in an amount not to exceed one and one-half times the tax, interest, penalties, and attorney fees, if any, found to be due.

(2) In lieu of posting the bond required by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a taxpayer may fulfill that requirement by paying into the Escrow Account for the Registry of the Board an amount not to exceed one and one-half times the tax, interest, penalties, and attorney fees, if any, found to be due as security pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, together with any fees and costs due to the board. The payment of security pursuant to this Paragraph shall not suspend the running of interest otherwise provided for in Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, or in the applicable local ordinances.

(3)(a) For any case in the Local Tax Division, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a responsible financial institution shall not be accepted as security in lieu of a bond or a deposit into the Escrow Account of the Registry of the Board unless it is in the amount of the security otherwise required by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and permission is granted by the local tax judge prior to the expiration of the period for filing a motion for review pursuant to this Section.

(b) Any such request for approval pursuant to this Paragraph shall be made either by joint motion or by contradictory motion, and any contradictory motion shall be set for an expedited hearing. If any such contradictory motion is filed within ten days of the signing of judgment, it shall be set for hearing so that a decision will be rendered at least seven days prior to the expiration of the period for filing a motion for review pursuant to this Section. During any absence, the local tax judge may delegate this review to any member of the board, and the chairman may act when the local tax judge is not available.

(4) If required, the posting of the security, bond, or payment into escrow, shall be a condition precedent to the filing of any motion for review with the board.

(5) Except as to the amount, and to the extent not otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this Subsection, the nature of the bond or security and the procedures for posting bond or providing other security shall be consistent with the provisions for providing security in connection with a suspensive appeal under the Code of Civil Procedure.

C.(1) Within ten days from the filing of the motion for review with the board, the board shall act upon the motion for review and, if granted, order a return date for the record to be submitted to the appellate court.

(2) If the movant owes unpaid or taxed fees or costs to the board, the return date shall be set as thirty days from the payment of these costs. If such costs are not owed, the return date shall be thirty days from the filing of the motion for review.

(3) On or before the return date, the secretary-clerk of the board shall send the appellate court the original transcript of the record, together with all exhibits and evidence thereto attached; which record shall be the basis for any action on review and the decision of the appellate court shall be rendered upon that record as made up before the board. The record, and any designation thereof, shall be prepared in accordance with applicable court rules.

(4) The other deadlines and rules governing the briefing and answering of an appeal filed pursuant to this Section shall be as provided for in civil matters under the Code of Civil Procedure and all applicable court rules.

D. The filing of a motion for a new trial, a motion for reconsideration, or the denial of any such motion does not extend the period within which a party must file a motion for review for a judgment pursuant to this Section. However, the board shall retain jurisdiction to make corrections to or revise a judgment until the appellate record is lodged with the appellate court. If any amended or revised judgment, or judgment following a new trial, is rendered pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 of Title VI of Book II of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, the delay to file an appeal concerning the amended, revised, or new judgment shall run from the date of its signing.

Acts 2014, No. 198, §1, eff. July 1, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 210, §1, eff. June 23, 2015; Acts 2018, No. 143, §1, eff. May 11, 2018.