Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the city of New Orleans, any owner, agent, lessee, or other person acting for or in conjunction with him who demolishes a structure or edifice located in the city of New Orleans without having received an appropriate certificate of appropriateness may be fined a single fine of not more than the greater of twenty-five thousand dollars or fifteen percent of the assessed value of the structure or edifice in accordance with the assessed value immediately preceding the demolition as provided for in the tax rolls of the city.

            Acts 2022, No. 611, §1.