La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5062.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5062.2
Weed cutting in Orleans Parish; abutting owner's liability; notice; waiver of notice
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of Orleans Parish may enact ordinances regulating or prohibiting the growth or accumulation of grass, noxious weeds, or other deleterious or unhealthful growths, trash, debris, refuse, graffiti, or discarded or noxious matter on any sidewalks or banquettes and on any lot, place, or area within the parish, except railroad rights-of-way. The charges, costs, and expenses incurred by the parish governing authority in enforcing the ordinances shall, to the extent of the actual cost thereof to the parish governing authority, be a charge, cost, or expense of the property abutting the sidewalk or banquette or of the lot, place, or area, and the owner thereof.

B. No work shall be undertaken by the parish governing authority pursuant to this Section until the owner of the lot, place, or area or the owner of the abutting property, as shown on the last assessment roll of the parish, has an opportunity of doing the work himself within at least five days after notice has been given to him by advertisement in the official journal of the parish for two consecutive days or after notice has been given to him by registered or certified mail, addressed in accordance with the tax rolls of the parish.

C. However, the parish governing authority may undertake the cutting, destruction, or removal of grass, noxious weeds, or other deleterious or unhealthful growths, trash, debris, refuse, graffiti, or discarded or noxious matter without the notice required in Subsection B of this Section if the property owner liable has been notified pursuant to Subsection B of this Section at any time during the immediately preceding twenty-four months and has failed to do the work himself after opportunity to do so.

D. The parish shall furnish the owner an invoice for the cost of the work performed. If the cost or expense thereof has not been paid within one month, the parish may furnish the owner, by registered or certified mail or by domiciliary or personal service, a written statement showing the outstanding cost or expense incurred for the work. If the statement is not paid within one month thereafter, the amount thereof shall be included in and form part of the taxes due by the owner of the property and, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund of the parish.

E. The tax collector shall maintain a record of the charges prior to the filing of the tax rolls, which record shall be open to inspection at all times and which shall constitute legal notice to the purchasers of the property or parties lending money thereon of the assessment.

Acts 2023, No. 159, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4712.27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4712.27
Naming of City Park
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of the city of Lafayette may name City Park in honor of Ernest Nabers Jr.

Acts 2025, No. 316, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:8042 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 8042
Board of commissioners; method of appointment; qualifications of members; terms and vacancies
Status: in_force

A.(1) The LaSalle-Grant Solid Waste Disposal District shall be governed by a board of commissioners consisting of six members.

(2) Three commissioners shall be appointed by the Grant Parish Police Jury. Any or all of the commissioners may be members of the Grant Parish Police Jury, notwithstanding any law to the contrary.

(3) Three commissioners shall be appointed by the LaSalle Parish Police Jury. Any or all of the commissioners may be members of the LaSalle Parish Police Jury, notwithstanding any law to the contrary.

B. The terms of the members shall be concurrent with that of the appointing authority. Any vacancy on the commission for any reason shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment and for the unexpired term of office.

Acts 1990, No. 781, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4712.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4712.9
Transfer of property by city of Westlake authorized
Status: in_force

A.(1) The city of Westlake is the owner of the property described in Subsection B of this Section, having acquired the property for the public purposes of constructing a golf course, walking paths, driving range and other recreational needs. The city shall further develop the property for recreational and residential needs to promote the economic development of the municipality.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:4712, the city of Westlake is authorized to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of that portion of the property described in Subsection B of this Section, in the manner provided for in this Section, that is determined to be no longer needed for public purposes by the governing authority of the city of Westlake.

B. The city of Westlake may transfer the following described property in accordance with the provisions of this Section:

That certain tract or parcel of land lying in Sections 14, 15, 22, and 23, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana being more particularly described as follows to wit:

Section 14

The Northwest Quarter (N/W4), the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4-SW/4), the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NW/4-SW/4) and the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (N/E4-SW/4) of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Less and Except the following described tracts of land:

A) Beginning at a point of 40.0 feet West and 1043.6 feet North of the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NE/4-SW/4) of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, said point being the Northeast corner of the ten acre tract previously conveyed by Act of Exchange at File Number 1517841, records of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Thence North 89° 07' 19" West 417.4 feet; Thence North 00° 49' 26" East 2087.2 feet; Thence South 89° 07' 19" East 417.4 feet to a point 40 feet West of the East line of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of said Section 14; Thence South 00° 49' 26" West 2087.2 feet to the point of beginning.

B) Beginning at a point of 40 feet West of the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NE/4-SW/4) of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Thence North 89° 07' 19" East 417.4 feet; Thence North 00° 49' 26" 1043.60 feet; Thence South 89° 07' 19" East 417/4 feet to a point 40 feet West of the East line of said Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NE/4-SW/4); Thence South 00° 49' 26" West 1043.60 feet to the point of beginning.

Section 15

The Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of Section 15, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana;

Section 22.

The North Half of the Northeast Quarter (N/2-NE/4) of Section 22, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana;

Section 23

The North Half of the Northwest Quarter (N/2-SW/4) and the West 550.00 feet of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter (S/2-NW/4) of Section 23, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Less and Except that tract of land described as Beginning at the Southeast corner of the North Half of the Northwest Quarter N/2-NW/4) of Section 23, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Thence North 89° 20' 09" West, along the South line of said North Half of the Northwest Quarter (N/2-NW/4), for a distance of 2125.05 feet to a point lying 550.0 feet East of the West line of said North Half of the Northwest Quarter (N/2-NW/4); Thence North 00° 48' 11" East for a distance of 67.9 feet; Thence South 89° 20' 09" East, 67.9 feet North of and parallel with the South line of said North Half of the Northwest Quarter (N/2-NW/4), for a distance of 2125.02 feet to the East line of said North Half of the Northwest Quarter (N/2-NW/4); Thence South 00° 46' 50" West, along said East line for a distance of 67.9 feet to the point of beginning.

Herein described tract is subject to public road rights-of-way on the North, East, South and West sides thereof;

Herein described tract containing 599.11 acres, more or less.

C.(1) The governing authority of the city of Westlake is authorized to establish a board which shall be known as the "Westlake Real Estate Board" hereinafter referred to as the "board" which shall be composed as follows:

(a) Five members shall be appointed by the mayor of the city of Westlake, subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the city council.

(b) The mayor shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the board.

(2) Each member appointed to the board shall be a citizen of the United States, a domiciliary of and a qualified voter in the city of Westlake for at least one year preceding the date of appointment, and shall remain a domiciliary of and a qualified voter in the city of Westlake during the entirety of the term of appointment.

(3)(a) The initial appointees shall draw lots to determine their terms of office. Three shall be appointed for a term of four years and two shall be appointed for a term of two years.

(b) The board members thereafter appointed at the expiration of the respective terms of the initial appointees shall be appointed in the manner of the original appointment and shall serve terms of four years. No board member, however, may serve for more than two consecutive terms.

(4) Any member who misses fifty percent of the board's meetings, regular and special, in any calendar year shall be deemed to have vacated his position and removed automatically from the board as of the first day of the next calendar month after the vacancy. Any such vacated position shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the balance of the vacated term, subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the city council.

(5) Any vacancy in the membership of the board occurring by reason of the expiration of the term of office, death, resignation, disqualification, or otherwise shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the city council within sixty days after receipt of written notification of the vacancy. In the event the mayor and city council fail to fill the vacancy within sixty days after receipt of written notification of the vacancy, the remaining members of the board shall appoint an interim successor to serve on the board until the position is filled.

(6) Members of the board shall serve without compensation. The board may reimburse any member for expenses actually incurred with the authorization of the board in the performance of duties on behalf of the board. Such reimbursement of expenses shall be subject to approval of a majority vote of the city council and shall be paid from the general funds of the municipality.

(7) The board is authorized to adopt rules and regulations consistent with the authority granted herein.

(8) The board shall elect yearly, from its number, a chairman, vice chairman, secretary and treasurer and shall establish their duties as may be regulated by rules adopted by the board. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by the same person.

(9) The board shall meet in regular session at least once each quarter and also shall meet in special session as convened by the chairman or upon written notice of three members. A majority of the board members, not including vacancies, shall constitute a quorum. All actions of the board shall be approved by affirmative vote of a majority of the members present and voting. However, no action of the board shall be authorized on the following matters unless approved by a majority of the total board membership:

(a) Adoption of rules and regulations for conduct of the board's business.

(b) Establishment of building or subdivision restrictions.

(c) Sale, transference or conveyance of any property.

(d) Approval of any special or general conditions of a sale, transfer or conveyance of property.

(10) Vote by proxy shall not be permitted. Any member may request a recorded vote on any resolution or action of the board.

(11) The board shall cause minutes and a record to be kept of all proceedings.

D. The board shall be charged with the following preliminary development duties:

(1) The board shall formulate a development plan or plans providing for the sale of lots or parcels of land and submit such plan or plans to the city council for review and approval. The board shall formulate a program or programs to implement any development plan for approval by the city council. Such a program shall implement the various plans in such a manner as to aid and encourage private development of the area, to enhance and improve residential neighborhoods and to promote and coordinate public development. In formulating such program, the board may conduct studies and may consult with all departments of the city of Westlake and other public or private agencies concerned with matters affecting or affected by the program. The development plan shall provide a legal description of the property, subdivision descriptions, subdivision restrictions, appraised value of each tract or parcel of property, general conditions and terms of how each tract or parcel is to be sold, proposed real estate agents, appraisers, title companies, methods of solicitation for sales, realtors' commissions to be paid, and procedures for sale of each tract or parcel to be sold.

(2) In formulating the development plan, the board shall obtain the services of a Louisiana-licensed real estate appraiser for the purposes of having the market value of each lot or parcel of land appraised. The formulated plan or plans submitted to the city council for approval shall provide the appraised value and asking price for each lot or parcel of land. The board shall not recommend the sale of any lot or parcel of land which has not been appraised and a written appraisal provided to the board.

E.(1) The city council shall review and consider any proposed development program submitted to it by the board and shall adopt or reject such proposal by a majority vote of its members. If the city council rejects the proposed development plan, it shall notify the board of its action, and the board may again prepare and submit its recommendations to the city council in accordance with the procedures provided herein. If the city council rejects a development plan, it may submit to the board an alternative plan of its own making. When the city council adopts a development plan, it shall become final and conclusive. The city council may only amend the development program by a majority vote of its members.

(2) Each proposal submitted shall set forth the projects recommended, the estimated cost thereof, recommendations for funding, and such other information as is required by this Section or by the city council.

(3) After approval of the development plan, the board may then implement any portion thereof in such a manner as the board deems most likely to accomplish the program. To that end, the board may employ engineers, architects, attorneys and other professionals necessary for the development plan.

(4) The resolution of the city council approving the development plan shall be filed in the Calcasieu Parish conveyance records.

F. After approval of the development plan and recordation of the resolution, the board is hereby granted, and shall have and may exercise all powers necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objectives and purposes, including but not limited to the following:

(1) To advertise for the sale of the properties.

(2) To contract with one or more real estate agents for the purposes of assisting in the sale of the properties.

(3) To contract with title companies to provide title insurance for the properties.

(4) To sell, transfer, or convey to private persons or corporations any property or portion of property described in Subsection B provided that the sale, transfer, or conveyance of this property is for at least the appraised value. Any such sale, transfer, or conveyance shall provide for a fair and equitable return to the municipality.

(5) To convey to the United States, the state, or to any political subdivision of the state, any land, property, right-of-way, easement, servitude, or other thing of value, which the city of Westlake may own, for use by said governmental entity to accomplish the objectives and purposes of the board.

(6) To plan, develop, regulate, operate, and maintain activities and planned land uses to foster creation of new jobs, economic development, industry, health care, commerce, manufacturing, tourism, relocation of people and businesses to the area, aviation, military, warehousing, transportation, offices, recreation, housing development, and conservation.

G. The following procedure shall be utilized for the sale of lots, parcels or tracts of property.

(1) The prospective purchaser, individually or through a real estate agent, shall submit a written offer to purchase a lot or parcel of property to the board. The board shall review the offer to determine whether the requirements of the sale can be accomplished. The offer to purchase shall be accompanied by a deposit of ten percent of the proposed purchase price which shall be credited against the sales price.

(2) The board shall determine whether the offer meets with the requirements of the development plan as approved by the city council. If the offer does not comply with the terms of the development plan, the board shall return to the potential buyer the deposit together with written reasons as to why the offer does not comply with formulated development plans.

(3) If the board determines the offer does meet the requirements of the development plan, the board shall pass a resolution authorizing the mayor of the city of Westlake to execute a deed transferring the property to the proposed purchaser upon the payment of the agreed sales price less appropriate deductions for the cost of the sale. The resolution shall recite that the board has reviewed the proposed sale and the terms and conditions of the sale comply with the development plan and the further approval of the city council shall not be necessary.

(4) The procedure herein shall be in lieu of the requirements for the sale, exchange, or lease of municipal property as provided in R.S. 33:4712.

H. The net proceeds derived from the sale of the lots and parcels of property by the board shall be deposited into the general fund for the city of Westlake. Any expenses occasioned by the sale, such as realtors' fees, title curative work, recordation costs, etc., shall be deducted from the gross sales proceeds payable to the city of Westlake.

I. Annual report. The board shall submit an annual report to the mayor and city council outlining the sale of real estate, the proceeds of each such sale and the costs associated with each sale. The board shall provide the mayor and city council with a detailed map showing which properties are left to be developed, the properties sold, and the properties left to be sold. The appraised value of each property and other matters which might be pertinent shall be referenced on the map.

J.(1) The board shall prepare and submit to the mayor and city council an annual budget for consideration. The budget for the board shall be subject to the same procedural requirements as any other department within the city of Westlake. The annual budget shall be subject to approval by majority vote of the city council. The budget year for the board will coincide with the fiscal year for the city of Westlake.

(2) Should the board fail to submit or the city council fail to approve the budget for the upcoming fiscal year prior to its covenant date, then the city council may direct the mayor to prepare and submit the annual budget to the city council.

(3) Once approved by the city council, the board shall operate pursuant to the budget in the same manner as any other department within the city of Westlake.

K. The board, for legal purposes, shall operate as a department of the city of Westlake. The board shall have no authority to institute legal proceedings. The city of Westlake, as a municipal corporation, shall be the proper party to sue or be sued to enforce or defend actions of the board.

Acts 2003, No. 1180, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:129 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 129
Appropriation of funds
Status: in_force

A police jury may appropriate, from funds available for that purpose, the necessary funds to finance the operation of a parish development board created pursuant to the provisions of this Subpart.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.747 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.747
Securities
Status: in_force

Bonds, certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the district under this Subpart are deemed to be securities of public entities within the meaning of Chapters 13 and 13-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and shall be subject to defeasance in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 14 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and may be refunded in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 14-A and 15 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and may also be issued as short-term revenue notes of a public entity under Chapter 15-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 2007, No. 269, §1, eff. July 6, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.26 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.26
The zoning plan
Status: in_force

If the commission recommends to the city council a zoning plan, including both the full text of a zoning ordinance and the map or maps, representing the recommendations of the commission for the regulation by districts or zones of the location, height, bulk, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of the lot which may be occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population, and the uses of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, civic activities, and other purposes, then the city council may exercise the powers granted for the purpose mentioned in R.S. 33:140.25 and may divide the municipality into districts or zones of such number, shape, and area as it may determine, and, for such purposes, may regulate the erection, construction, reconstruction, conversion, alteration, and uses of buildings and structures and the uses of land. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of building throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts.

Acts 1962, No. 52, §26; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7807 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7807
Exercise of powers; status of commission
Status: in_force

The commission shall constitute an instrumentality of the state of Louisiana as a body politic and political subdivision thereof, exercising public and essential governmental functions. The exercise by the commission of the powers conferred by this Chapter shall be deemed and held to be essential governmental functions of the state of Louisiana.

Acts 1986, No. 377, §1, eff. July 2, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.177 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.177
Board of adjustment; membership; powers and procedure; appeals
Status: in_force

A. The police jury may provide the appointment of a board of adjustment and, in the regulations and restrictions adopted pursuant to the authority of this Subpart, may provide that the board may determine and vary the application of such regulations and restrictions in harmony with their general purpose and intent and in accordance with general or specific rules contained therein. The board of adjustment shall consist of five members, who shall be owners of property within the unincorporated areas of the parish and qualified voters. Of the members initially appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one shall be appointed to serve two years, and one for three years, one for four years and one for five years. Thereafter, all members shall be appointed for terms of five years each. All members shall be removable for cause by the police jury, upon written charges and after public hearing. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of the member whose term becomes vacant. The board shall elect its own chairman, who shall serve for one year. The board shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of any ordinance adopted pursuant to this Subpart.

B. Meetings of the board shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the board may determine. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public. The board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating that fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be filed immediately in the office of the board and shall be public records. The board, through its chairman or, in his absence, the acting chairman may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All testimony, objections thereto, and rulings thereon shall be taken down by a reporter employed by the board for such purpose.

C.(1) Appeals to the board of adjustment may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer, department, board, or bureau of the parish affected by any decision of the administrative officer. Appeals shall be taken within a reasonable time, as provided by the rules of the board, by filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken, and with the board of adjustment, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit to the board all papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken certifies the board of adjustment after the notice of appeal has been filed with him that, by reason of facts stated in the certificate, a stay would, in his opinion, cause immediate peril of life or property. In such case, proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by the board of adjustment or by a court of record or application or notice to the officers from whom the appeal is taken and on due cause shown. The board of adjustment shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the appeal, give public notice thereof and notice to the interested parties, and shall render its decision on the appeal within a reasonable time. Any party may appear at the hearing in person or by agent or by attorney. The board of adjustment shall have the following powers:

(a) To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged that there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official in the enforcement of this Subpart or any ordinance adopted pursuant thereto.

(b) To hear and decide all matters referred to it or upon which it is required to pass under the ordinance.

(c) In passing upon appeals, where there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the ordinance, to vary or modify the application of any of the regulations or provisions of the ordinance relating to the use, construction or alteration of buildings or structures or the use of lands so that the spirit of the ordinance shall be observed, public safety and welfare secured, and substantial justice done.

(2) In exercising the above mentioned powers the board may, in conformity with this Subpart, reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from, and may make such order, requirement, decision, or determination as ought to be made, and to that end it shall have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken. The concurring vote of four members of the board shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of any administrative official, or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under any ordinance, or to effect any variation in the ordinance.

D. Any person or persons jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the board of adjustment, or any officer, department, board, or bureau of the parish, may present to the district court for the parish a petition, duly verified, setting forth that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of the illegality. The petition shall be presented to the court within thirty days after the filing of the decision in the office of the board. Upon the presentation of such petition, the court may allow a writ of certiorari directed to the board of adjustment to review the decision of the board of adjustment and shall prescribe therein the time within which a return may be served upon the relator's attorney, which shall not be less than ten days but which may be extended by the court. The allowance of the writ shall not stay proceedings upon the decision appealed from, but the court may, on application after notice to the board and on due cause shown, grant a restraining order. The board of adjustment shall not be required to return the original papers acted upon by it, but may return certified sworn copies thereof or such portions thereof as may be called for by a writ. The return shall concisely set forth such other facts as may be pertinent and material to show the grounds in the decision appealed from, and shall be verified. If, upon the hearing, it appears to the court that testimony is necessary for the proper disposition of the matter, it may take additional evidence or it may appoint a referee to take such evidence as it may direct and report the same to the court with his findings of fact and conclusions of law, which shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court shall be made. The court may reverse or affirm, wholly or in part, or may modify the decision brought before it for review. Costs shall not be allowed against the board unless it appears to the court that it acted with gross negligence, or in bad faith, or with malice in making the decision from which the appeal was taken. All issues in any proceedings under this Subsection shall have preference over all other civil actions and proceedings.

Acts 1991, No. 308, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.478 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.478
Governmental functions
Status: in_force

The exercise by the board of the powers conferred by this Subpart shall be deemed and held to be essential governmental functions of the state. As the exercise of the powers granted hereby will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, the district shall not be required to pay any taxes, including but not limited to sales and use taxes, ad valorem, occupational licensing, income, or any other taxes of any kind or nature, or assessments upon any property acquired or used by the district under the provisions of this Subpart, or upon the income therefrom, and any property acquired or used by the district under the provisions of this Subpart and the income therefrom, and any bonds issued hereunder and the income therefrom shall be exempt from taxation by the state and by any parish, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state. The district shall not be deemed to be a public utility and shall not be subject in any respect to the authority, control, regulation, or supervision of the Louisiana Public Service Commission or any other regulatory body of the state, or any political subdivision thereof.

Acts 1993, No. 807, §1, eff. June 22, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1343 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1343
Authority of governmental subdivisions to form, join, and participate in interlocal risk management agency; employer contributions toward premiums; ownership of record
Status: in_force

A. Any two or more local governmental subdivisions may make and execute an intergovernmental agreement between or among themselves to form and become members of an interlocal risk management agency. After an interlocal risk management agency has been formed, any local governmental subdivision may, subject to the bylaws and requirements of such agency, become a member and through participation in the agency may:

(1) Pool all forms of insurance risks in whole or in part with those of other local governmental subdivisions.

(2) Jointly purchase all forms of insurance with other local governmental subdivisions participating in and belonging to the interlocal risk management agency, the participating local governmental subdivisions to be coinsured under a master policy with the total premium prorated among such participants.

B. Each group self-insurance fund shall be separate as to risk, and maintained as a separate pool, but one or more of the funds may be administered by a single interlocal risk management agency. Local governmental subdivisions concluding an agreement under the provisions hereof may by resolution duly adopted by the governing body thereof designate the Louisiana Municipal Association for the municipalities, the Police Jury Association of Louisiana for the parishes, and the Louisiana School Board Association for the local public school systems to administer the interlocal risk management agency and any group self- insurance fund established by said agency, and to further administer the terms and conditions of the intergovernmental agreement by which the agency and the group self-insurance fund has been created.

C. All arrangements and agreements made under the authority of this Section shall be reduced to writing. A local governmental subdivision may become a member of an interlocal risk management agency by the authority of an ordinance adopted by the governing body thereof in the same manner as are other proceedings of such governing body. The interlocal risk management agency will operate under such name and style as shall be provided in the agreement creating same and shall have the power to sue and be sued.

D. Nothing in this Subpart shall be construed to limit the contribution of a local governmental subdivision participating in an interlocal risk management agency toward the payment of premiums for accident and health protection for its employees or their dependents, or both.

E. All books, records, and files maintained by a third party for the agency, including but not limited to audit data and all active and inactive claims files, shall at all times be the sole property of the agency and shall be surrendered immediately to the agency upon demand.

F. In addition to local governmental subdivisions, statewide organizations composed of local governmental subdivisions and their wholly owned subsidiaries may become members of an interlocal risk management agency for purposes of providing accident and health protection to their employees and for purposes of providing coverage for those risks defined in R.S. 22:47(3), (6), and (10), and public liability and workers' compensation coverage upon approval of the governing body of the association and the governing body of the interlocal risk management agency. For purposes of this Subsection, the Police Jury Association of Louisiana, the Louisiana Municipal Association, and the Louisiana School Board Association shall be considered statewide organizations composed of local governmental subdivisions.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 462, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 454, §1; Acts 1984, No. 171, §1, eff. June 25, 1984 Acts 1984, No. 177, §1, eff. June 25, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 427, §1, eff. July 10, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 641, §1; Acts 1990, No. 793, §1; Acts 1991, No. 507, §1; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2015, No. 309, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1368 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1368
Building, electrical, or traffic codes
Status: in_force

Any municipality or parish which may adopt a building, electrical, traffic, or other code may do so by ordinance of the governing authority without the necessity of publishing the text of the code. The code shall be identified in the ordinance and signed by the mayor and by the secretary or clerk of the municipality, or by the president or chief executive officer of the parish.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 635, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:8004 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 8004
Limitations
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose of providing and maintaining garbage collection and disposal services, any garbage district may levy taxes, in excess of the limitations otherwise fixed by law, not to exceed in any year ten mills on the dollar on all taxable property in such district; however, this special tax shall not run for a longer period than ten years. In addition, this special tax shall not be levied unless the rate, purpose, and duration of the special tax first has been submitted to the electors of the garbage district in which the tax is to be levied, at an election called and held for that purpose, in the same manner as is provided by law relative to elections for the levying of taxes in R.S. 18:1281, et seq., and a majority of those voting have voted in favor thereof.

B. Prior to the levying of taxes by a garbage district as authorized by the provisions of this Section, the garbage district must comply with the following requirements:

1. The garbage district must obtain the consent of the appropriate parish governing authority by a two-thirds vote of its membership for such a tax levy.

2. The garbage district must hold at least three public meetings within the affected area of the district prior to obtaining the consent of the parish governing authority.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 389, §1; Acts 1986, No. 659, §1; Acts 1986, No. 717, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1986, NO. 717, §1.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.23 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.23
Platting of street lines by commission
Status: in_force

After the commission has recommended and the town council and the police jury have adopted a master plan in whole or in part which includes at least a major street plan, or has progressed in its master planning to the state of the making and recommending a major street plan, the commission may make or cause to be made, from time to time, plats on which are indicated the locations of the lines recommended by the commission as the planned or mapped lines of future streets, street extensions, street widenings, or street narrowings. The making or certifying of a plat by the commission shall not in and of itself constitute or be deemed to constitute the opening or establishment of any street or the taking or acceptance of any land for street purposes.

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4160.25 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4160.25
Statement of cost of improvement; definitions
Status: in_force

A. Upon the award of any contract under the provisions of this Chapter, the city shall forthwith require of an engineer a duly certified statement or report showing in detail the total cost of the improvements, including the cost of street intersections, engineer's and attorney's fees, and all other expenses incidental to the cost. The report shall also show the amount of the cost chargeable to each lot or parcel to be benefitted in the proportion that its area bears to the total area to be assessed or in the proportion that its front footage bears to the total front footage to be assessed, as shall be determined by the governing authority. However, when the assessment is made on a front foot basis and any drainage line is constructed upon more than one side of any lot or parcel of real estate, the total front footage of such lot or parcel of real estate to be assessed shall be determined by taking the total front footage of said lot or parcel of real estate abutting all drainage lines to be constructed and dividing such total front footage by two. The report shall further describe each lot or parcel of real estate to be assessed with sufficient clarity to identify it.

B. As used in this Chapter:

(1) The words "front footage" shall mean the footage of each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the right of way or street, along which the drainage line is constructed.

(2) The words "square footage" shall mean the area of land measured in square feet to be improved or benefitted by the improvements to be constructed.

Acts 1992, No. 472, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3390 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3390
Transfer of assessments and notes to contractor
Status: in_force

The assessments and the notes executed by the property owners, may be transferred by the municipality, without recourse, to the contractor at their face value and the contractor or any of his transferees shall have the lien, privilege and all other rights herein provided, accruing to the municipality.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4777 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4777
Exemption from local building codes and inspections; indemnity of local government authority
Status: in_force

Owners of immovable property may receive an exemption from local building codes and inspections for uninhabited structures located on private property, if the owner indemnifies the local government agency or municipality charged with enforcement of building codes and regulations by signing a hold-harmless agreement with the local government agency or municipality; however, the uninhabited structures must comply with established subdivision restrictions or other deed restrictions.

Acts 1999, No. 1074, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3683 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3683
Preparation of specifications; ordinance ordering improvement; advertising for bids; awarding contract
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of a petition requesting the improvement the parish governing body shall prepare plans and specifications of the work to be placed on file in the secretary's or parish engineer's office, and shall adopt an ordinance ordering and describing in general terms the contemplated improvement, and authorizing the secretary of the police jury to advertise for bids. The advertisement shall be inserted at least weekly for three weeks in the official journal of the parish, the first insertion to be not less than fifteen days prior to the date fixed for the reception of the bids. The advertisement shall contain a general description of the contemplated improvement, shall refer to the plans and specifications on file, and shall designate the hour, date, and place for the reception and opening of the bids. The police jury shall let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who can furnish satisfactory security, but shall have the right to reject any and all bids.

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 67, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2544 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2544
Allocation of positions to classes
Status: in_force

The board, or the chairman thereof subject to the subsequent approval of the board, as soon as practicable but within a period not exceeding forty-five days after the adoption of a classification plan, after consultation with the appointing authority concerned shall allocate each position in the classified service to its appropriate class; and thereafter shall likewise allocate each new position created in the service, and, when for the benefit of the service, reallocate positions from class to class.

Whenever the duties of a position are so changed by the appointing authority that the position in effect becomes one of a different class from that to which it is allocated, the change shall operate to abolish the position and to create a new position of the different class.

Whenever the board finds any change in the duties of any position in the classified service was brought about by the appointing authority to effect a reduction in the classification of any employee because of political, religious or discriminatory reasons, or without just cause, it shall refuse to recognize any such action, and shall order the appointing authority to continue the employee in the position and class with all rights and privileges.

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4712.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4712.11
Naming of civic center by governing authority of the city of Shreveport
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of the city of Shreveport may name the civic center located at the corner of Texas Avenue and Murphy Street in the city in honor of James C. Gardner, a living person who served as mayor from 1954 through 1958; served as a state representative from Caddo Parish from 1952 through 1954; served on the Shreveport City Council from 1978 through 1982 and was elected chairman of the first city council to serve under the new mayor/council form of government.

Acts 2007, No. 135, §1, eff. June 25, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.23 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.23
Naming of senior citizens' services administrative building by certain parish governing authorities
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding R.S. 14:316 or any other law to the contrary, a parish governing authority of a parish with a population of not less than one hundred eighty thousand and not more than one hundred eighty-five thousand persons according to the most recent federal decennial census may name a senior citizens' services administrative building in honor of a living public officer of the parish who has served in public office for more than twenty-five years. Any building named pursuant to this Section shall be named by August 1, 2004.

Acts 2003, No. 1087, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3335 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3335
Enforcement of assessments
Status: in_force

The amounts assessed in the ordinance shall be due and eligible immediately upon its passage, and if not paid within thirty days thereafter the municipality, or its transferees, may proceed by suit against the assessed properties and the owners thereof, to enforce collection of the amounts of the assessments together with six per cent per annum interest from date of acceptance, and ten per cent of the amount of the judgment as attorney's fees.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 650, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4134 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4134
New Orleans; effective date
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Act shall not become effective until January 1, 1967.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 167, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.252 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.252
Board of commissioners; members; agents and employees
Status: in_force

A. The authority shall be governed by a board of commissioners, referred to in this Subpart as the "board", comprised of nine members. Each member shall be a citizen of the United States, a qualified voter residing within the boundaries of the authority, and either a proprietor, partner, or officer of a business located within the boundaries of the authority. The board shall be composed as follows:

(1) Two members, both of whom are Black or African American, appointed by the governing authority of the parish of Terrebonne.

(2) One member appointed by the president of the parish of Terrebonne.

(3) Three members appointed by the governing board of the South Central Industrial Association and confirmed by the governing authority of the parish of Terrebonne.

(4) Three members appointed by the governing board of the Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce and confirmed by the governing authority of the parish of Terrebonne.

B. Board members shall serve three-year terms after serving initial terms as provided in this Subsection.

(1) The member appointed pursuant to Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section, one member appointed pursuant to Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section, and one member appointed pursuant to Paragraph (A)(4) of this Section shall serve initial terms of one year, as determined by the appointing authority.

(2) One member appointed pursuant to Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section, one member appointed pursuant to Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section, and one member appointed pursuant to Paragraph (A)(4) of this Section shall serve initial terms of two years, as determined by the appointing authority.

(3) One member appointed pursuant to Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section, one member appointed pursuant to Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section, and one member appointed pursuant to Paragraph (A)(4) of this Section shall serve initial terms of three years, as determined by the appointing authority.

C.(1)(a) Any vacancy in the membership of the board, occurring either by reason of the expiration of the term for which appointed or by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment. At the expiration of a term a commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and takes office.

(b) Any vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(2) Board members shall be eligible for reappointment; however, no member shall be appointed to serve on the board for more than two consecutive three-year terms.

D.(1) Board members appointed pursuant to Paragraph (A)(2) through (4) of this Section may be removed with or without cause by the appointing authority.

(2) Board members appointed pursuant to Paragraph (A)(2) through (4) of this Section may be removed with cause by a two-thirds vote of the remaining board membership.

(3) Board members appointed pursuant to Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section may be removed with or without cause by a two-thirds vote of the governing authority of the parish of Terrebonne.

E. The members of the board shall serve without compensation; however, the board may reimburse any member for expenses actually incurred in the performance of his duties.

F. The board may organize and reorganize executive, clerical, and other departments and fix the duties, powers, and compensation of all officers, agents, and employees of the authority.

G. Members of the board, individually, and members of their immediate families are prohibited from bidding on or entering into any contract, subcontract, or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the authority.

H. Elected officials are prohibited from serving on the board.

Acts 1989, No. 2, §1, eff. June 1, 1989; Acts 2004, No. 622, §1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 462, §1, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2010, No. 487, §1; Acts 2015, No. 191, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2015, NO. 191, §2, regarding terms of board members.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.85 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.85
Bonds not debts of state governmental units
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this Subpart shall be limited obligations of the district payable solely from the sources pledged for the payment thereof. All such bonds shall contain a statement on their face substantially to the effect that neither the faith and credit of the state nor the faith and credit of any governmental unit of the state are pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest of such bonds. The issuance of bonds under the provisions of this Subpart shall not directly, indirectly, or contingently obligate the state or any governmental unit of the state to levy any taxes whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment arising out of contracts authorized under this Subpart.

Acts 2003, No. 904, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.206 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.206
Method of procedure
Status: in_force

A. Before approving and recommending the zoning ordinance or any amendment thereto, the commission shall hold a public hearing thereon, at least ten days notice of the time and place of which shall be published in the legal journal of the parish. If approved by the commission, the zoning ordinance, including the map or maps, may from time to time be amended; but no amendment shall become effective unless it first be submitted to and adopted by the city council of the area affected or the police jury, as the case may be.

B. The commission shall hold a public hearing, at least ten days notice of the time and place of which shall be published in the legal journal of the parish, on any matter pertaining to the enforcement or administration of the zoning ordinance.

Acts 2003, No. 1168, §1, eff. July 2, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4090 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4090
Apportionment of cost of connections with mains; making connections
Status: in_force

A.(1) For a lot of record which existed prior to 1954, one sewer connection and one water connection extending from the respective main to the property line shall be installed by and at the expense of the board, and from that point on, each shall be made at the cost and expense of the owner of the property.

(2) For all lots created after 1954, the property owner shall bear all costs, inclusive of meter boxes, for connections extended from the sewer and water main to the property line. Any additional costs from the property line to onsite facilities shall be installed and maintained at the cost of the property owner.

B. Each owner may contract with a licensed plumber in the state of Louisiana for the installation of connections and any subsequent work, but all such work shall be subject to the regulation, inspection, and control of the board.

C. In the event that the board performs physical work that causes a disruption of the water or sewer connection from the main to the property line, including but not limited to proactive repairs, moving or replacing a meter box, or replacing a lead water line, the board shall bear the cost of repairing the disrupted connection.

D. For lots of record developed in compliance with the voluntary inclusionary zoning provisions of the city comprehensive zoning ordinance, as certified by the director of the Department of Safety and Permits, the board shall bear the cost of the initial connections from the sewer and water main to the property line. All other provisions of this Section shall remain in effect.

Amended by Acts 1982, No. 87, §1; Acts 2020, No. 227, §1, eff. June 11, 2020; Acts 2022, No. 711, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2193 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2193
Substitutes; continuous duty during emergency
Status: in_force

Salaries of the members of the department shall not be reduced below the level paid on July 27, 1920. Substitutes shall be furnished whenever necessary. In cases of emergency, the officer having the management of the department may summon and keep on continuous duty any members of the department as long as the emergency exists.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3062 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3062
Acquisition of insurance; self-insurance or shared risk programs not insurance
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of any municipality, parish, school board, or interlocal risk management agency authorized pursuant to R.S. 33:1341, et seq., hereafter referred to in this Part as the "governing authority", may contract for any type of insurance protection for itself or its officers and employees including self insurance or shared risk programs, provided the term of coverage of such insurance does not exceed ten years, and such governing authority may make such advance payments of the cost of such insurance as it shall deem appropriate.

B. A governing authority participating in a program of self-insurance or shared risk shall not constitute an insurance company or an insurer under the laws of this state, and the development and administration of such a program shall not constitute doing an insurance business. An agreement or contract entered into by any such governing authority providing for the creation and maintenance of self-insurance or shared risk programs shall not be deemed to constitute insurance as defined by R.S. 22:46, nor shall such a program be subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 22 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 1986, No. 973, §1, eff. July 14, 1986; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4546.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4546.10
Rates and charges
Status: in_force

A. The authority is hereby authorized to fix, charge, and collect rents, rates, fees, and other charges for the services, facilities, and commodities sold, furnished, or supplied by, the authority. Such rates, fees, and charges shall be so fixed and revised as to provide funds, with other funds available for such purposes, sufficient at all times:

(1) To pay the cost of maintaining, operating, and repairing the project or projects on account of which such bonds are issued, including reserves for such purposes and for replacement and depreciation and necessary extensions;

(2) To pay the principal and redemption premium, if any, and interest on any revenue bonds of the authority as the same shall become due and to create and maintain reserves therefor;

(3) To comply with the terms of any resolution or trust agreement securing bonds of the authority; and

(4) To pay any and all amounts which the authority may be obligated to pay from said revenues by law or contract.

B. The authority shall charge and collect the rates, fees, and charges so fixed or revised. Rates, rentals, fees, and charges for the sale or purchase of services, facilities and commodities sold, furnished or supplied by, a project may be fixed and revised and charged and collected by the authority under this Chapter without obtaining the approval or consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state, and without any other proceeding or the happening of any other condition or thing than those proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required by this Chapter.

Acts 1988, No. 412, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:102 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 102
Grant of power to parishes and municipalities
Status: in_force

Every parish and every municipality may make, adopt, amend, extend, add to, or carry out official plans as provided in this Subpart, and may create by ordinance a planning commission with the powers and duties as provided by this Subpart, and may appropriate funds for the commission.

Acts 2004, No. 859, §1, eff. July 12, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.47 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.47
Judicial review
Status: in_force

A. Any person or persons jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision by the board of adjustment relative to any officer, department, board, or bureau of the parish may present a petition to the district court of the parish in which the property affected is located. Such petition shall be duly verified, set forth that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specify the grounds of the illegality. The petition shall be presented to the court within thirty days after the filing of the decision in the office of the board.

B. Upon the presentation of such petition, the court may allow a writ of certiorari directed to the board of adjustment to review the decision of the board of adjustment and there shall be prescribed therein the period of time within which a return may be made and served upon the relator's attorney. Such period shall be not less than ten days but may be extended by the court. The allowance of the writ shall not stay proceedings upon the decision appealed from; however, the court may, on application after notice to the board and on due cause shown, grant a restraining order.

C. The board of adjustment shall not be required to return the original papers acted upon by it, but may return certified or sworn copies thereof or such portions thereof as may be called for by the writ. The return shall concisely set forth such other facts as may be pertinent and material to show the grounds of the decision appealed from and shall be verified.

D. If, upon the hearing, it shall appear to the court that testimony is necessary for the proper disposition of the matter, the court may take additional evidence or appoint a referee to take such evidence as it may direct. Such referee shall report the same to the court with his findings of fact and conclusions of law, and his report shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court shall be made.

E. The court may reverse or confirm, wholly or in part, or may modify the decision brought up for review. All issues in any proceedings under this Section shall have preference over all other civil actions and proceedings. The appellant and any opponent before the board shall be parties in such civil action and proceeding and any interested or aggrieved party may join such action; the board of adjustment shall not be a party to such civil action and proceeding.

Acts 1993, No. 201, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:365 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 365
Naming of town hall; town of Jonesboro
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the town of Jonesboro may name its town hall after Richard Zuber, its former long-time mayor.

Acts 1999, No. 1306, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.456 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.456
Obligations of the district
Status: in_force

A. The district may incur debt for any one or more of its lawful purposes set forth in this Subpart, to issue in its name negotiable bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or other evidences of debt and to provide for the security and payment thereof.

B.(1) The district may in its own name and behalf incur debt and issue general obligation ad valorem property tax secured bonds under the authority of and subject to the provisions of Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of Louisiana and Subpart A of Part III of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, when approved by a majority of the qualified voters who vote in a special election called and conducted under the authority of the Louisiana Election Code, including Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. General obligation bonds of the district may be issued for any of the purposes for which the district is created or is authorized to act under any provision of this Subpart, all of which purposes are hereby found and declared to be public purposes and functions of the state, which are delegated to the district.

(2) The district may in its own name and behalf issue revenue bonds for the purposes for which the district is created or is authorized to act under any of the provisions of this Subpart, including improvement revenue bonds. Said bonds shall be issued in the manner as provided in R.S. 39:991 through 1001 and R.S. 39:1011 through 1024.

(3) The district may in its own name and behalf borrow from time to time in the form of certificates of indebtedness. The certificates shall be secured by the dedication and pledge of monies of the district derived from any lawful sources, including fees, lease rentals, service charges, local service agreement payments from one or more other contracting parties the avails of ad valorem property taxation, or any combination of such sources of income, provided that the term of such certificates shall not exceed ten years and the annual debt service on the amount borrowed shall not exceed the anticipated revenues to be dedicated and pledged to the payment of the certificates of indebtedness, as shall be estimated by the board at the time of the adoption of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such certificates. The estimate of the board referred to in the authorizing resolution shall be conclusive for all purposes of this Section.

(4) The district may borrow the amount of the anticipated ad valorem tax, not to exceed five mills, authorized by R.S. 33:130.455 for a period not to exceed ten years and may issue certificates of indebtedness therefor and may dedicate the avails of the tax funded for the payment thereof for the period of time said certificates are outstanding.

(5) The board may adopt all necessary resolutions which may be necessary for ordering, holding, canvassing, and promulgating the returns of any election required for the issuance of general obligation bonds, or limited tax secured obligations or for the voting of a property tax millage, which resolutions may include covenants for the security and payment of any bonds or other evidence of debt so issued.

(6) For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of any resolution authorizing the issuance of any bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt of the district, any interested person may contest the legality of such resolution and the validity of such bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt issued or proposed to be issued thereunder and the security of their payment, after which time no one shall have any cause of action to contest the legality of said resolution or to draw in question the legality of said bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt, the security therefor, or the debts represented thereby for any cause whatever, and it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement has been complied with, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of thirty days.

(7) The issuance and sale of such bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt by the district shall be subject to approval by the State Bond Commission.

(8) Such bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the commercial laws of this state.

Acts 1993, No. 494, §1, eff. June 10, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1261.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1261.1
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of an ambulance service district created under the provisions of this Part shall be to own and operate ambulances for the transportation of persons suffering from illnesses or disabilities which necessitate ambulance care.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 39, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4065.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4065.2
Composition; terms; compensation; quorum
Status: in_force

A. The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners which shall be known as the Board of Commissioners of the Lake Catherine Sewage and Water District, hereinafter referred to as the "commission". The commission shall be comprised of nine members, as follows:

(1)(a) Two appointed by the Lake Catherine Camp and Landowners Civic Organization, Inc.

(b) One appointed by the Lake Catherine Land Company, Inc.

(2) Two appointed by the state senator in whose senatorial district the district is located.

(3) One appointed by the councilman of councilmanic District E.

(4) Two members representing the major landowners in the district shall be appointed by the other seven members of the commission.

(5) One by the state representative representing District No. 103.

B. The terms of the commission members shall be three years; however, commissioners may be removed by the appointing authority and may be reappointed.

C. All members of the commission shall be subject to the Code of Governmental Ethics, R.S. 42:1101 et seq.

D. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 394, §4 and Acts 1999, No. 1203, §4.

E. If funds are available, each commission member shall receive compensation in an amount of fifty dollars per meeting of the commission for no more than twenty-four meetings in any one calendar year, and each shall also be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in performance of his official duties.

F. Five members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. The commission shall adopt rules fixing its meetings and procedures; such rules may be amended only by a two-thirds vote of the membership of the commission at a regular meeting. All meetings shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. All records of the commission shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 44 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

G. The board of commissioners shall elect from its members a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary-treasurer, and such other officers as it may deem necessary at its first meeting.

H. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 394, §4 and Acts 1999, No. 1203, §4.

Acts 1990, No. 950, §2, eff. July 25, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 1050, §2, eff. July 31, 1992; S.C.R. No. 165, 1992 R.S., eff. June 18, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 394, §§1, 4; Acts 1999, No. 1203, §§1, 4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.162 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.162
Creation of districts; uniform regulations throughout district
Status: in_force

For any or all said purposes, the police jury may divide the parish into districts of such number, shape, and areas as it may deem best suited to carry out the purposes of this Subpart, and within such districts it may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, alteration, or use of buildings, structures, or land. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each district, but the regulations of one district may differ from those in other districts.

Acts 1989, No. 691, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4710.29 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4710.29
Reporting
Status: in_force

The authority shall present to the city council of New Orleans an annual written report on its financial condition at a meeting of the city council in the second fiscal quarter of each year. The written report shall include the latest available annual and year-to-date financial statements, operating and capital budgets for the current year and proposed for the upcoming year, and a schedule of all reserves held by the authority for future use pursuant to R.S. 33:4710.19(B)(5) specifying each project for which a reserve has been established.

Acts 2019, No. 172, §1; Acts 2025, No. 178, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.115 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.115
Cooperation by public bodies with the Opelousas Redevelopment Authority
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a community improvement project and related activities authorized by this Chapter, any public body may, upon such terms, with or without consideration as it may determine:

(1) Dedicate, sell, donate, grant, devise, convey, or lease any of its interest in any property or gray easements, licenses, or other rights or privileges therein to the authority.

(2) Incur the entire expense of any public improvements made by such public body in exercising the powers granted in this Chapter.

(3) Do any and all things necessary to aid or cooperate in the planning or carrying out of a community improvement plan and related activities.

(4) Lend, grant, or contribute funds to the authority and borrow money and apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions, and any other form of financial assistance from the federal government, the state, parish, or other public body, or from any other source.

(5) Enter into agreements which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, with the federal government or other public body respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by this Chapter, including the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection with a community improvement project and related activities.

(6) Cause public buildings and public facilities, including parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or any works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake to be furnished to the authority; furnish, dedicate, close, vacate, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places; plan or replan, zone or rezone any property of the public body, or make exceptions from building regulations; and cause administrative and other services to be furnished to the authority.

B. If at any time title to or possession of any community improvement project is held by any public body or governmental agency, other than the authority which is authorized by this Chapter to engage in the undertaking, carrying out, or administration of community improvement projects and related activities, the provisions of the agreements referred to in this Section shall inure to the benefit of and may be enforced by such public body or governmental agency.

C. Any sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement provided for in this Section may be made by a public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement, or public bidding.

D. For the purposes of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of any community improvement project and related activities of the authority, the city of Opelousas may, in addition to its other powers and upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine, do and perform any or all of the actions or things which, by the provisions of this Section, a public body is authorized to do or perform, including the furnishing of financial and other assistance.

E. For the purposes of this Section, or for the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a redevelopment project and related activities, the municipality may, in addition to any authority to issue bonds pursuant to R.S. 33:4720.111, issue and sell its general obligation bonds. Any bond issued by the municipality pursuant to this Section shall be issued in the manner and within the limitation prescribed by the applicable laws of this state for the issuance and authorization of general obligation bonds by the municipality. Nothing in this Section shall limit or otherwise adversely affect any other Section of this Chapter.

Acts 2007, No. 380, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3660 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3660
Issuance of certificates for payment of costs
Status: in_force

Municipalities complying with the provisions of this Subpart may issue, execute, negotiate, sell and deliver negotiable interest bearing coupon certificates of the municipality in an amount not exceeding the total amount of the installments or deferred payments as provided for in R.S. 33:3657, the certificates to bear interest not exceeding six per cent per annum payable annually and maturing serially over a period not exceeding ten years. In no event shall the certificates extend over a longer period of time than that provided for by the ordinance levying the local or special assessments which may be payable in annual installments. The certificates shall be in such form, date, denomination, and payable in principal and interest at such times and place as the governing authority may determine; the certificates shall be secured by and paid from, in principal and interest, the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds derived from the levy and collection of the special assessments on the real property abutting the streets along which the street lighting system has been installed, shall be payable in annual installments or deferred payments as provided for by this Subpart, which funds shall be set aside in a separate fund and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose than to pay the principal and interest of the certificates.

Added by Acts 1967, No. 117, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:157.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 157.1
Municipal governing authority of Rapides Parish; authority to annex
Status: in_force

In Rapides Parish, after the expiration of the publication of the result of the election, if a majority in number of the qualified electors residing in and upon the lots or land proposed to be annexed to and included in the territorial corporate limits of the city or town, voting at such election, have voted in favor thereof, the municipal authorities of the city or town may then accept or reject such proposed annexation to the corporate limits of the city or town. The election provided for in R.S. 33:158 through 33:161 shall not be required in the parish of Rapides.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 126, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4852 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4852
Parishes authorized to prohibit gambling with cards
Status: in_force

Police juries may suppress and prohibit gambling with cards, or any card game by whatever name the game may be called, at which anything of value is pledged, bet, or hazarded. This Section shall not apply to any private game played in a private home occupied by a family as such, or game in private clubs, conducted without rake-off for gain.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4704 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4704
Impairment of debt obligations prohibited
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in any other law to the contrary, nothing in this Chapter shall be construed or applied in such a manner as to impair the obligation, validity, or security of any other bonds or other debt obligations authorized, issued, or incurred by the city of New Orleans, whether prior or subsequent to the effective date of this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 741, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4710.27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4710.27
Leases
Status: in_force

A. In addition to any other powers of the authority and without reference to any other provision of the constitution or laws of Louisiana, the authority may pledge its taxes, revenues, securities, and other monies to secure any lease or sublease entered into by the authority. Such taxes, revenues, securities, and other monies so pledged and then held or thereafter received by the authority or any fiduciary shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority, whether or not such parties have notice thereof. The instrument by which such a pledge is created need not be filed or recorded except in the official minutes of the authority.

B. When any lease or sublease is secured by any tax, fee, or charge authorized by this Chapter, neither the legislature nor the authority shall discontinue or decrease the applicable taxes, fees, or charges or permit to be discontinued or decreased the applicable taxes, fees, or charges in anticipation of the collection of which such leases or subleases, or both, have been entered into, or in any way make any change in the allocation and dedication of the proceeds of such taxes, fees, or charges which would diminish the amount of the applicable revenues to be received by the authority until all of such leases or subleases, or both, shall have expired.

Acts 2019, No. 172, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4064.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4064.1
Creation; purpose
Status: in_force

The Environmental Services Commission of St. Tammany Parish, hereinafter in this Subpart referred to as "the commission", is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state, with power to sue and to be sued in its corporate name. The commission shall be responsible for the protection of public health and the environment through the control, monitoring, and inspection of public and private sewerage and water systems and the provision and/or supervision of environmental services, all in the unincorporated portion of the parish of St. Tammany, and through enforcement of all ordinances and state and local regulations relative to such systems and services, all as further provided in this Subpart. The commission may also construct, purchase, own, maintain, operate, and improve sewerage and water systems as further provided in this Subpart. In addition to other powers specifically granted, the commission shall be authorized to exercise all powers and functions granted to any sewerage district and/or any waterworks district as provided by the Louisiana Constitution. The commission may also avail itself of the provisions of R.S. 33:3822.2, 3981 through 3996, 4041 through 4049, 4066.1 through 4066.17, and 4169 through 4169.2, all as amended.

Acts 1986, No. 934, §1; Acts 1990, No. 805, §1, eff. July 24, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 1051, §1, eff. July 13, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 833, §1, eff. June 22, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.408 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.408
Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

The district and all properties at any time owned by the district and the income therefrom and all bonds, certificates, and other evidence of indebtedness issued by the district under this Subpart and the interest or income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation by the state of Louisiana.

Acts 1992, No. 995, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4712.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4712.10
Purchase of immovable property by political subdivisions; appraisal required
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no political subdivision shall purchase immovable property with a value greater than three thousand dollars unless prior to such purchase the property has been appraised by a qualified appraiser. No such appraisal shall include the value of improvements proposed to be made to the property after purchase by the political subdivision.

Acts 2007, No. 346, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9056 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9056
Corporate status of district; authority of board
Status: in_force

A. An ambulance service district created under the provisions of this Chapter shall constitute a body corporate in law with all the power and right to incur debts and contract obligations, to sue and be sued, and to do and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and its corporate name necessary and proper for the carrying out of the objects and purposes for which the ambulance service district was created. It may acquire by donation or purchase any existing ambulance facility in the district. It also shall have the power and authority to acquire any and all necessary equipment and buildings for the purpose of performing the objects for which it is formed and shall own all sites and physical facilities which are acquired either by donation, purchase, exchange, and otherwise in full ownership. The district shall be domiciled as designated by the parish governing authority.

B. The board of commissioners of an ambulance service district thus created shall have the following authority:

(1) To represent the public interest in providing ambulance care in the district.

(2) To advise the parish governing authority and the ambulance director on problems concerning the operation of the ambulance service district.

(3) To make, alter, amend, and promulgate rules and regulations governing the conduct of the ambulance service district.

(4) To conduct hearings and pass on complaints by or against any officer or employee of the district.

(5) To review and modify or to set aside any action of the officers or employees of the district as the board determines to be desirable or necessary in the public interest.

(6) To appoint a director and staff of the ambulance service district, as further provided in R.S. 33:9057.

(7) To appoint the standing and special committees which may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.

(8) To establish charges or rates of pay for the use of facilities provided by the district.

(9) To enter into lease agreements with recognized and duly constituted nonprofit associations which are primarily engaged in the operation of ambulance related organizations.

(10) To designate a bank to act as agent for depositing funds.

(11) To designate rules and regulations for safekeeping of the funds acquired, collected, or loaned by or to the district, and to provide for regular audits of the accounts of the district.

(12) To perform such other duties as are required by law.

Acts 1985, No. 121, §1, eff. June 29, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2212.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2212.1
Minimum salaries; municipalities between seven and twelve thousand population
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, the governing body of each municipality having a population of not less than seven thousand nor more than twelve shall pay each employee of its police department a salary of not less than the minimum rate of pay established in accordance with the grades, ranks or classes of positions as provided in this Section.

B. The minimum monthly salary to be paid any full time employee of a police department shall be three hundred dollars, and for officers of the grades listed below shall be as hereinafter set forth:

(1) Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade or class of sergeant, not less than three hundred and thirty dollars per month.

(2) Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade or class of lieutenant, not less than three hundred and forty-five dollars per month.

(3) Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade or class of captain, not less than three hundred and seventy-five dollars per month.

(4) Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade or class of major, not less than four hundred and five dollars per month.

(5) Each employee of the police department employed in the position, grade or class of assistant chief of police, not less than four hundred and twenty dollars per month.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 180, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1332 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1332
Administration of agreements; joint commission
Status: in_force

A. Any parishes or municipalities concluding an agreement under the provisions of this Part may create by resolutions duly adopted by the governing bodies thereof a joint commission as an agency and instrumentality of such parishes or municipalities to administer the terms of such agreement.

B.(1) The members of such commission shall be appointed by the respective participating parishes or municipalities, but no member of a parish governing authority or employee thereof shall serve as a member of a joint commission that has as its function the operation and maintenance of a causeway and its related roadways, created by the parish by agreement with one or more other parishes.

(2) Members of the joint commission shall receive such compensation for services performed by virtue of such appointment as shall be provided in such agreement, but any member of such commission who is also an officer or employee of a parish or municipality concluding such agreement shall also receive the compensation to which he is otherwise entitled as such officer or employee; provided, however, that any member of a joint commission, created by agreement of two or more parishes, that has as its function the operation and maintenance of a causeway and its related roadways who is also an officer or employee of a parish concluding such agreement shall not serve as a member of such joint commission.

C.(1) Each such commission shall be a body corporate under such corporate name and style as shall be provided in such agreement, shall have power to sue and be sued and shall continue in existence until all bonds, including refunding bonds, issued by such commission or any of such parishes or municipalities pursuant to such agreements have been finally paid and discharged.

(2) Each such commission shall have such powers relative to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, and management of any public project or improvement, as shall be provided in such agreement, and shall have power, if provided in such agreement to issue in its corporate name, but for and on behalf of such parishes or municipalities, any bonds to finance the cost of the construction or acquisition or improvement of such public projects or improvements, which bonds may be the joint obligation, several obligations, or joint and several obligations of such parishes or municipalities.

D. No such agreement shall have the effect of providing for a donation, in whole or in part, of the public funds or services of one parish or municipality for the benefit of another.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 665, §4; Acts 1988, No. 363, §1, eff. July 8, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4523 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4523
Method of use and containers and equipment regulated
Status: in_force

The method of using the malodorant and the containers and equipment used in connection therewith are under the direction and subject to the approval of the assistant secretary of the office of conservation of the Department of Conservation and Energy.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 352, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 754, §1; Acts 2023, No. 150, §8, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.65 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.65
Amendment of regulations
Status: in_force

A. Regulations, restrictions, and boundaries established pursuant to this Subpart may, from time to time, be amended, supplemented, changed, modified, or repealed.

B. However, in the event of a protest against a change duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty percent or more, either of the areas of land, exclusive of streets and alleys, included in a proposed change or within an area determined by lines drawn parallel to and two hundred feet distant from the boundaries of the district proposed to be changed, the amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of a majority of the members of the parish governing authority who are present and voting.

C. The provisions of R.S. 33:4780.64 relative to public hearing and official notice shall apply equally to all changes or amendments; however, no ordinance shall require a procedure or criteria for amendment any greater than that initially used in establishing such regulations, restrictions, or penalties.

Acts 2007, No. 186, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4369 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4369
Crossing roads and highways
Status: in_force

Police juries may allow railways utilizing electric or motive power other than steam to cross over all roads and highways within their jurisdiction and to construct, maintain and operate tracks across the highways under any conditions which the police juries impose.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5067 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5067
Time delays, procedure for maintenance
Status: in_force

A. No such work shall be undertaken by the governing authority pursuant to this Section until the owner of the property, as defined in R.S. 33:5066, has been given notice and a minimum of forty-five days to perform the maintenance.

B.(1) A governing authority may undertake the maintenance of the property if the requirements of notice and time delay as provided for herein have been met and the maintenance has not been performed.

(2) The governing authority shall take a photograph showing the condition of the property before the maintenance is performed and shall take a photograph showing the condition of the property after the maintenance is performed. The governing authority shall keep records showing the expenses incurred in maintaining the property, and those records shall be retained for a period of five years or until the property is sold, whichever time is less.

(3) The governing authority shall use licensed and insured vendors to perform maintenance on property pursuant to this Section.

C. After completion of the maintenance on the subject property, the governing authority shall record in the public mortgage records in the parish where the property is located, an affidavit, signed by either the chief elected official or his designee or by the parish or city attorney or his designee. The required affidavit shall include the following:

(1) A legal description of the property to which maintenance was performed, sufficient to reasonably identify it.

(2) The name of the property owner.

(3) A description of the maintenance performed and an itemization of the amounts of money spent on maintenance.

(4) The name of the governing authority and a statement that the provisions of this statute and the provisions of the applicable local ordinance have been complied with.

Acts 2012, No. 692, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2407 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2407
Methods of filling vacancies in the classified service
Status: in_force

Vacancies in positions in the classified service may be filled by demotion, transfer, reinstatement, reemployment, promotion, original appointment, or temporary appointment.

Preference shall be given to the methods named in the order in which they are named in this section, under the conditions and subject to the restrictions and limitations set forth in the rules.

A vacancy shall be considered filled under any of the methods specified, and employment thereunder effective, as of the date on which the employee enters on the duties of the position.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4577.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4577.1
Beauregard Parish Covered Arena
Status: in_force

In addition to powers otherwise granted by law, the Beauregard Parish governing authority shall have the following powers and duties with respect to owning, operating, and maintaining the Beauregard Parish Covered Arena:

(1) To enter into contracts for the sale, lease, or exchange of property.

(2) To enter into cooperative endeavors with any special district, political subdivision, or local governmental unit of the state.

(3) To accept donations of money or property from public or private sources.

(4) To fix, maintain, collect, and revise rates, charges, and rentals for the use of facilities and services.

(5) To repair, maintain, and operate facilities.

(6) To contract with any public or private entities for the maintenance and operation of the property.

(7) To borrow money to pay its obligations.

(8) To do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of the authority.

Acts 2012, No. 339, §1, eff. May 25, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1246.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1246.5
Staff
Status: in_force

The commission shall appoint such staff as is necessary to provide adequate ambulance service in the parish of Ascension. The staff shall assist the director in the operation of the service district, promulgate rules and regulations, and approve the appointment of a director made by the commission.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 369, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.102 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.102
Legislative findings and intent
Status: in_force

In order to make parishes and municipalities more self-reliant in funding economic development and to relieve the financial burden on the state by creating a vehicle for economic development to be competitive with other states, this Chapter is enacted for the following purposes:

(1) To facilitate the creation of jobs and to lower unemployment and underemployment by coordinating and facilitating local and regional efforts for economic development programs and projects.

(2) To act as the coordinating entity in acquiring and developing real estate needed to grow the economy.

(3) To receive public and private funds for such purposes.

(4) To assist businesses within the district.

Acts 2006, No. 839, §1, eff. July 5, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2038 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2038
Employment forfeiting benefits
Status: in_force

No person shall receive benefits from the fund if he attaches himself to a paid fire department in any municipality, or accepts public employment for compensation equal to or greater than the benefits herein provided.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1224 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1224
Police jury may redistrict parish into wards
Status: in_force

The police jury of each parish may redistrict their parish into not more than twelve police jury wards, as the convenience of the people may require. Any such wards shall be compact and contiguous.

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 445, §1, emerg. eff. July 20, 1968, at 2:00 P.M.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9611 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9611
Application and purpose
Status: in_force

A.(1) This Chapter applies to the city of New Orleans and the parishes of East Baton Rouge, St. Tammany, and Jefferson.

(2) "Local governmental subdivision" or "municipality", as used in this Chapter, means municipalities and parishes to which the Chapter is applicable.

B. The proper operation of democratic government requires that elected officials and public employees be accountable for their actions, that governmental decisions are made in a transparent manner subject to complete ethical and operational review, that public office and employment serve the highest standards of honesty and competence, and that there be public confidence in the integrity of government. The purpose of this Chapter is to serve these objectives by empowering the applicable municipalities and public officials and employees thereof to implement and enforce vigorous ethical standards and codes of conduct, and to that end these provisions are to be liberally construed in support of the purposes for which this Chapter is enacted.

Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 18, §1, eff. April 26, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 98, §1, eff. June 1, 2010; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011; Acts 2025, No. 173, §.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1357 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1357
Limited liability of members
Status: in_force

A. A local housing authority shall not, by reason of being a member of an interlocal risk management agency and contributing to a self-insurance fund, be liable to such interlocal risk management agency, to any other member, or to any claimant against the agency itself or another member, except for payment of contributions provided for in the intergovernmental agreement between the local housing authority and the interlocal risk management agency, and no more. No interlocal risk management agency agreement shall have the effect of providing for a donation, in whole or in part, of the public funds of one local housing authority for the benefit of another. Nothing herein shall be construed to in any way reduce or limit a participating member's rights or obligations with respect to its employees under the provisions of Chapter 10 of Title 23 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

B. An intergovernmental risk management agency shall administer the assets of a self-insurance fund to maintain appropriate levels of reserves and to ascertain full and timely payment of all fund obligations, including without limitation, loss fund requirements, administrative expenses and costs of insurance.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 802, §1; Acts 2004, No. 700, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.19 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.19
Funding of the general administrative office of Washington Parish
Status: in_force

A. At the same time the governing authority of Washington Parish annually prepares the general budget of expenses, said governing authority shall annually budget, appropriate, and pay to the general administrative office of said governing authority an amount sufficient to fund the expenses of that office. For the purpose of this Section, the general administrative office shall include but not be limited to the office of the secretary and comptroller of Washington Parish.

B. The amount necessary to ensure that the expenses of the general administrative office are fully funded as required by Subsection A of this Section shall be appropriated by the governing authority of Washington Parish to the general administrative office of said governing authority based upon the budget for the expenses of said office prepared and submitted to the governing authority by the comptroller of Washington Parish.

Acts 1993, No. 806, §1, eff. July 1, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7839 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7839
Construction
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be liberally construed to promote the purposes for which it is enacted and shall constitute full authority for the accomplishment of all acts being authorized. No proceedings shall be necessary except such as are required herein.

Acts 1988, No. 259, §1, eff. July 7, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.364 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.364
Economic development
Status: in_force

A. The district may construct, develop, and acquire industrial park facilities, including the acquisition of sites and other necessary property or appurtenances thereto within the district, or outside the district if the project is undertaken conjointly with other local units of government, under the authority of the local services law, R.S. 33:1321 et seq., or other authorizing authority, and to acquire, construct, improve, operate, maintain, and provide improvements and services necessary therefor, including but not limited to roads, street lighting, bridges, rail facilities, parks, playgrounds, tourism facilities, drainage, sewerage disposal facilities, solid waste disposal facilities, waterworks, and other utilities and related properties.

B. The district may sell, lease, or contract for the use or otherwise dispose of, by suitable and appropriate contract, to any enterprise locating or existing within the district, all or any part of a site, building, or other property owned by the district. In determining the consideration for any contract to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of lands, buildings, or other property of the district, the board may take into consideration the value of the lands, buildings, or other properties involved as well as the potential value of the economic impact of the enterprise being induced to locate or expand within the district. Such economic impact may include increased employment, increased use of local labor, wages and salaries to be paid, consumption of local materials, products, and resources, and special tax revenues to be generated by the enterprise acquiring or leasing lands, buildings, or other property from the district. The board shall not dispose of any property of the district for less than the fair market value of the property as defined in R.S. 47:2321 without the prior approval of the State Bond Commission. The district shall be empowered to enter into leases having a term, including all renewal terms, not to exceed fifty years in the aggregate. The approval of the State Bond Commission shall be conclusive for purposes of compliance with the requirements of this Subsection.

C. The net revenue derived from the industrial development of lands owned by the Beauregard Parish Police Jury, and subject to the use and restrictions imposed by the United States of America in the deed thereto, shall be paid annually to the Beauregard Parish Airport Authority.

D. The district may:

(1) Lease or contract for the use of any or all of its authorized projects and charge and collect rent, fees, or charges therefor, and terminate any such lease or contractual arrangement upon the failure of the lessee or contracting party to comply with any of the obligations thereof, all as may be provided for in the lease agreement to which the district may become a part.

(2) Sell, exchange, donate, grant, and convey any or all of its projects upon such terms and conditions as the board may deem advisable, including the power to receive for any such sale the first mortgage note or notes of the purchaser of a project representing unpaid installments of the purchase price due by the purchaser to the district whenever the board finds any such actions to be in furtherance of the purposes for which the district was organized.

(3) As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds, notes, or other obligations of the district and any agreements made in connection therewith, mortgage and pledge any or all of its projects or any part or parts thereof, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, and to pledge the revenues and receipts therefrom or from any other source.

(4) Enter into any cooperative financing of an economic development project between or among the district and the state, any of its local governmental subdivisions, political corporations or public benefit corporations, the United States or its agencies, or any public or private association, corporation, or individual. Said methods of financing shall include loan guarantees, land write-downs, grants, lease guarantees, or any form of financial subsidy or incentive that complies with the provisions of Article VII, Section 14 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(5) Enter into any cooperative development between or among the district and the state, any of its local governmental subdivisions, political corporations, or public benefit corporations, the United States or its agencies, or any public or private association, corporation, or individual. Said methods of cooperative development shall include but not be limited to any number of joint development agreements such as condominiums and cooperative ownership, limited partnerships, and investment syndicates not prohibited by the Constitution of Louisiana. Regardless of the method of financing, the district shall attempt to obtain the most favorable security available in order to protect and ensure recovery of sums loaned or paid pursuant to such financing. For purposes of this Paragraph, "cooperative endeavor" means any form of economic development assistance between or among the district and the state, any of its local governmental subdivisions, political corporations, or public benefit corporations, the United States or its agencies, or any public or private association, corporation, or individual and shall include but not be limited to cooperative financing, cooperative development, or any other form of cooperative economic development activity.

E. The resolution adopted by the board authorizing any lease, sale, or other disposition of lands, buildings, or other property of the district or any attachment thereto shall set forth, in a general way, the terms of the authorized lease, sale, or other disposition, and such resolution shall be published as soon as possible in one issue of the official journal of the district. For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of any such resolution, any interested person may contest the legality of such resolution, after which time no person shall have any cause of action to contest the legality of said resolution or to draw in question the legality of the authorized lease, sale, or other disposition of district property for any cause whatsoever. It shall be conclusively presumed thereafter that every legal requirement has been complied with and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of said thirty days.

Acts 1999, No. 36, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.32 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1420.32
Public-private contract training
Status: in_force

A. Beginning on July 1, 2026, all elected officials of municipalities and municipal employees, as provided in Subsection B of this Section, shall complete a minimum of one hour of annual training on procurement and the letting of public contracts pursuant to R.S. 38:2211 et seq., provided by the legislative auditor. The legislative auditor may contract with a nonprofit entity or other organization to satisfy the training requirement.

B. The training requirement applies to all municipal employees whose job duties involve procurement activities, including but not limited to the purchase of materials and supplies or public works, or drafting, managing, or supervision of contracts, including but not limited to procurement contracts, cooperative endeavor agreements, contracts for professional services, and the letting of public contracts pursuant to R.S. 38:2211 et seq.

C. The training may be provided through web-based means and shall include but not be limited to training on Public Bid Law, public contracts, change orders, and the letting of public contracts pursuant to R.S. 38:2211 et seq.

D. The legislative auditor shall maintain records to document and certify completion of the training by elected officials of municipalities and municipal employees.

Acts 2025, No. 434, §1, eff. June 20, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3675.12
Final inspection; payment
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any municipality taking advantage of the provisions of this Sub-part, shall, upon the completion of any contract awarded as provided for herein, provide for the final inspection of the work performed and the improvements made, and if the work is found to have been completed satisfactorily in accordance with the contract, as evidenced by a certificate of the engineer for the municipality, the governing authority shall, by ordinance, approve and accept the work and fulfill their obligations under the contract by full payment of all amounts due the contractor including all retained percentages of payments previously made thereon on engineer's estimates, which percentages were retained pending the completion of the work.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1234 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1234
Payment of official expenses
Status: in_force

A.(1) Police juries may pay the official expenses of any officer or member thereof, when such expenses have been incurred on trips outside of the parish on official business authorized by the police jury.

(2) Payment of official expenses herein authorized shall be made only upon presentation of itemized expense accounts showing the nature of the expenses, the place visited, and the purpose of the trip.

B.(1) The parish governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish may pay the official expenses, not to exceed two hundred dollars per month, of any officer or member thereof, when such expenses have been incurred on official business authorized by the parish governing authority.

(2) Payment of official expenses herein authorized shall be made only upon presentation of itemized expense accounts showing the nature of the expenses, including, if applicable, the place visited and the purpose of the trip.

Acts 1993, No. 423, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2589 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2589
Additional compensation for work on holidays; firemen and policemen
Status: in_force

Any fireman or policeman who is employed by a municipality to which the provisions of this Part are applicable and who is required to work during the calendar day on any holiday which is declared by the governing authority of the municipality shall receive, in addition to the compensation to which such employee would be entitled under laws and pay plans now in effect, compensation at a rate of one-half times his usual salary, to be determined by reducing his average monthly salary to an hourly scale. However, in lieu of additional compensation as authorized in this Section, the governing authority of the municipality may grant any such employee time off from work for which the additional compensation would be due and payable. This Section shall not be construed to require a municipality to pay compensation for work on a holiday in excess of one and one-half times the employee's usual salary.

Acts 2008, No. 500, §1, eff. June 25, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.771 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.771
General compliances; enhancement; budget
Status: in_force

A. No provision of this Subpart shall be construed to exempt the authority from compliance with the provisions of Louisiana laws pertaining to open meetings, public records, fiscal agents, official journals, dual officeholding and employment, public bidding for the purchase of supplies and materials and construction of public works, the Code of Governmental Ethics, the Right to Property in Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and the Louisiana Election Code.

B. The authority shall have the power and right to award contracts to, and to establish set-aside goals and preference procedures for the benefit of, businesses owned and operated by socially or economically disadvantaged persons in accordance with any of the provisions of R.S. 38:2233 and of Chapter 19 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, known as the "Louisiana Minority and Women's Business Enterprise Act".

C.(1) The board shall annually prepare a financial statement which shall be presented to the legislative auditor pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 24:513.

(2) Within thirty days following submission of the financial statement to the legislative auditor, the board or a designated board officer shall present to the Iberia Parish Council at a public meeting a copy of such statement for public review.

D. The board shall submit to the Iberia Parish Council an annual proposed budget for the operation of the authority for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget shall be deemed accepted unless rejected by a two-thirds vote of the parish council. After the budget has been accepted by the parish council, the authority may incur liabilities and make expenditures during the fiscal year in accordance with such budget.

E. All expenses associated with this Section shall be borne by the authority.

Acts 2008, No. 918, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1395 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1395
Method of proposing home rule charter
Status: in_force

A. Any parish or municipality may draft, adopt, or amend a home rule charter. The method to be used is the charter commission, which can either be appointed by the governing body or elected by the people.

B. A charter commission must be elected when the clerk of a municipality or parish is presented with a petition for the election of a home rule charter commission as provided in Article VI, Section 5(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana signed by not less than ten percent of the electors or ten thousand electors, whichever is fewer, who live within the boundaries of the affected municipality or parish as certified by the registrar of voters, and the governing authority of the municipality or parish shall call an election to elect a commission to prepare and propose a home rule charter or alternate charter.

C. A petition presented to a governing authority pursuant to Article VI, Section 5(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana shall comply with the following:

(1) The secretary of state shall provide a form approved by the attorney general to be used for the petition. Any such petition shall be on an approved form or on a form which contains the same information as required by the approved form, and any petition not on such a form is invalid.

(2) The petition shall contain the following for each signer: a written signature, the printed first and last name, the printed address at which the signer is registered to vote, and the date of signing.

(3) The petition shall set forth all of the following with respect to home rule charter commissioners: the number of commissioners to be elected, the number to be elected at large from the municipality or parish, the number to be elected from each single- or multiple-member district, and the precincts that will be included in each commissioner district. The precincts to be used in each district may be specified by reference to other election districts established by law or local ordinance.

(4) The petition shall be submitted to the parish registrar of voters within one hundred eighty days of the date of the first signature.

D.(1) The registrar shall certify on the petition, within fifteen working days after it is presented to him for that purpose, the number of names appearing thereon, the number of qualified electors of the municipality or parish whose handwritten signatures appear on the petition, and the total number of electors of the municipality or parish as of the date of the filing of the petition with the municipality or parish. If the final day for the registrar to certify the petition falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, then the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday shall be deemed to be the final day for certifying the petition. The registrar also shall indicate on the petition the names appearing thereon who are not electors of the municipality or parish.

(2) The registrar's certification of the petition creates a legal presumption that the petition meets the requirements of this Section and contains the requisite number of signatures.

(3) Any qualified elector of the municipality or parish may challenge the registrar's certification or failure to certify by filing a suit in the district court of the parish in which the registrar of voters serves. Such a suit shall be filed within fifteen days of the registrar's certification or failure to certify within the time limit established by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection. Such a suit shall be tried summarily, without a jury, and in open court beginning no sooner than ten and no later than fourteen days after the suit is filed.

E. When certification of the petition is definitively established in accordance with Subsection D of this Section, the offices of home rule charter commissioner are at that time established and vacant. The governing authority of the municipality or parish shall call an election to fill the commissioner offices within thirty days. The election shall be held on the next date allowed under the provisions of R.S. 18:402 for a primary or general election, special election, or bond, tax, or other election. Any such election shall otherwise be held pursuant to and in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.

Acts 1980, No. 703, §1. Acts 1984, No. 672, §2; Acts 2024, No. 713, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9059 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9059
Federal and state aid
Status: in_force

Any ambulance service district created pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall have full power to do such things and enter into such contracts and agreements with the United States of America or with any state or federal agency or instrumentality as may be necessary to procure aids and grants to assist such district in carrying out the purposes for which it was created.

Acts 1985, No. 121, §1, eff. June 29, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2541.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2541.4
Parishwide Fire Protection District No. 1 of the Parish of Tensas; fire chief and assistant fire chief; unclassified service
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the positions of fire chief and assistant fire chief for Parishwide Fire Protection District No. 1 of the Parish of Tensas are in the unclassified service, and the right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for such positions is vested in the governing board of the district.

Acts 2015, No. 89, §1, eff. June 19, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.531 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.531
Hopkins Street Economic Development District; creation; territorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A. The Hopkins Street Economic Development District, hereinafter referred to as the "district", is hereby constituted and is declared to be a body politic and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, as defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana. Pursuant to Article VI, Sections 19 and 21 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the district, acting through its board of commissioners, the governing authority of said district, is hereby granted all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities granted to political subdivisions for economic development purposes, including but not limited to the power of taxation, the power to incur debt and issue revenue and general obligation bonds, certificates of indebtedness, bond and certificate anticipation notes, and refunding bonds, subject to the limitations hereinafter provided.

B. The district created pursuant hereto shall be established for the primary object and purpose of promoting and encouraging the development and revitalization of economic opportunities, stimulating the economy through renewed commerce, and for the utilization and development of natural and human resources of the area by providing job opportunities.

C. The boundaries of the district shall be as follows: Anderson Street on the north; Washington Street on the east; St. Jude Street on the south; and Admiral Doyle Street on the west; all within the boundaries of the city of New Iberia.

Acts 1995, No. 359, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.67 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.67
District functions
Status: in_force

The exercise by the board of the powers conferred by this Chapter shall be deemed and held to be essential governmental functions of the state. As the exercise of the powers granted hereby will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, the district and any subdistrict created by the district shall not be required to pay any taxes including but not limited to sales and use taxes, ad valorem taxes, income, or any other taxes of any kind or nature, or assessments upon any property acquired or leased by the district and any subdistrict created by the district under the provisions of this Chapter, or upon the income therefrom, and any bonds issued hereunder and the income therefrom shall be exempt from taxation by the state and by any parish, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state. The district shall be subject to public laws governing political subdivisions generally, including the Public Bid Law, public records law, open meetings law, and Code of Governmental Ethics.

Acts 2005, No. 487, §1, eff. July 12, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.156 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.156
Obligations of the district
Status: in_force

A. The district shall have authority to incur debt for any one or more of its lawful purposes set forth in this Subpart, to issue in its name negotiable bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or other evidences of debt and to provide for the security and payment thereof.

B.(1) The district may in its own name and behalf incur debt and issue general obligation ad valorem property tax secured bonds under the authority of and subject to the provisions of Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of Louisiana, Subpart A of Part III of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, when approved by a majority of the qualified voters who vote in a special election called and conducted under the authority of the Louisiana Election Code, including Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. General obligation bonds of the district may be issued for any of the purposes for which the district is created or is authorized to act under any provisions of this Subpart, all of which purposes are hereby found and declared to be public purposes and functions of the state of Louisiana, which are delegated to the district.

(2) The district may in its own name and behalf issue revenue bonds for the purposes for which the district is created or is authorized to act under any of the provisions of this Subpart, including industrial and commercial development revenue bonds. Said bonds shall be issued in the manner as provided for in R.S. 39:991 through 1001 and R.S. 39:1011 through 1024.

(3) The district may in its own name and behalf borrow from time to time in the form of certificates of indebtedness. The certificates shall be secured by the dedication and pledge of monies of the district derived from any lawful sources, including fees, lease rentals, service charges, local service agreement payments from one or more other contracting parties, the avails of ad valorem property taxation, or any combination of such sources of income, provided that the term of such certificates shall not exceed ten years and the annual debt service on the amount borrowed shall not exceed the anticipated revenues to be dedicated and pledged to the payment of the certificates of indebtedness, as shall be estimated by the board of commissioners of the district at the time of the adoption of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such certificates. The estimate of the board of commissioners referred to in the authorizing resolution shall be conclusive for all purposes of this Section.

(4) The district may borrow the amount of the anticipated ad valorem tax, not to exceed ten mills, authorized by R.S. 33:130.155 for a period not to exceed ten years and may issue certificates of indebtedness therefor and may dedicate the avails of the tax funded for the payment thereof for the period of time said certificates are outstanding.

(5) The board of commissioners, as the governing authority of the district, is authorized to adopt all necessary resolutions or ordinances which may be necessary for ordering, holding, canvassing, and promulgating the returns of any election required for the issuance of general obligation bonds, or limited tax secured obligations, or for the voting of a property tax millage, which resolutions or ordinances may include covenants for the security and payment of any bonds or other evidence of debt so issued.

(6) For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of any resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance of any bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt of the district, any interested person may contest the legality of such resolution or ordinance and the validity of such bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt issued or proposed to be issued thereunder and the security of their payment, after which time no one shall have any cause of action to contest the legality of said resolution or ordinance or to draw in question the legality of said bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt, the security therefor, or the debts represented thereby for any cause whatever, and it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement has been complied with, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of thirty days.

(7) The issuance and sale of such bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt by the district shall be subject to approval by the State Bond Commission.

(8) Such bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other evidence of debt shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the commercial laws of the state of Louisiana.

Acts 1988, No. 633, §1, eff. July 14, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1665 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1665
Performing duties of both offices; bond
Status: in_force

Whenever one person is elected to the offices of parish treasurer and clerk of the police jury he shall perform all of the services required of both officers and shall give the bond required of parish treasurers.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4066.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4066.5
Establishment of system
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of any parish, the parish of Orleans excepted, sewerage district, individual sewerage system district, or any commission established pursuant to Part II of Chapter 9 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, is hereby vested with full power and authority to establish, acquire, construct, improve, and maintain individual sewerage treatment facilities within the boundaries of said parish, sewerage district, or commission which are not served by an existing trunk line sewerage disposal system.

B. The cost of acquiring, planning, constructing, improving, and maintaining said individual sewerage system may be funded by the levy and collection of local or special assessments on the real property to be benefited or area served thereby sufficient in amount to defray the total costs of said work, including engineering and attorney's fees, and through the issuance of bonds to provide loans to finance the purchase of the individual sewerage system, provided that a person, including all legal entities, may only be given two loans and then only for two pieces of property, all within the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions herein contained.

C. For purposes of this Subpart "individual sewerage system" means any system of piping, treatment, device or other facility used for a single family residence that conveys, stores, treats, or disposes of sewage on the property where it originates.

Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2581.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2581.2
Posttraumatic stress injury; presumption of compensability
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsection E of this Section, any benefit payable to any emergency medical services personnel, any employee of a police department, or any fire employee for temporary and permanent disability when the employee suffers an injury or disease arising out of and in the course and scope of his employment, shall include coverage for posttraumatic stress injury.

B. For purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Emergency medical services personnel" shall have the same meaning as it is defined pursuant to R.S. 40:1075.3 so long as the emergency medical services personnel is employed pursuant to this Chapter.

(2) "Employee of a police department" shall have the same meaning as it is defined pursuant to R.S. 33:2211.

(3) "Fire employee" means any person employed in the fire department of any municipality, parish, or fire protection district that maintains full-time regularly paid fire department employment, regardless of the specific duties of such person within the fire department. "Fire employee" also includes employees of nonprofit corporations under contract with a fire protection district or other political subdivision to provide fire protection services, including operators of the fire-alarm system when such operators are members of the regularly constituted fire department.

(4) "Posttraumatic stress injury" means those injuries which are defined as "posttraumatic stress disorder" by the most recently published edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by the American Psychiatric Association caused by an event occurring in the course and scope of employment.

(5) "Psychiatrist" shall have the same meaning as it is defined pursuant to R.S. 23:1371.1.

(6) "Psychologist" shall have the same meaning as it is defined pursuant to R.S. 23:1371.1.

C. Except as provided in Subsection E of this Section:

(1) Any emergency medical services personnel, any employee of a police department, any fire employee, or any volunteer fireman who is diagnosed by a psychiatrist or psychologist with posttraumatic stress injury, either during employment in the classified service in the state of Louisiana pursuant to this Chapter or thereafter, shall be presumed, prima facie, to have a disease or infirmity connected with his employment.

(2) Once diagnosed with posttraumatic stress injury as provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the employee affected or his survivors shall be entitled to all rights and benefits as granted by state law to one suffering an occupational disease and who is entitled as service connected in the line of duty, regardless of whether the employee is employed at the time of diagnosis.

D. A posttraumatic stress injury that arises solely from a legitimate personnel action such as a transfer, promotion, demotion, or termination, is not a compensable injury pursuant to this Chapter.

E.(1) Nothing in this Section shall modify the qualifications necessary to establish eligibility to receive benefits or the calculation of benefits to be paid under any Louisiana public pension or retirement system, plan, or fund.

(2) In case of a conflict between any provision of Title 11 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, including any provision in Subpart E of Part II of Chapter 4 of Title 11 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and any provision of this Section, the provision of Title 11 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall control.

Acts 2019, No. 122, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4694 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4694
Payments made to constitute trust fund
Status: in_force

Each municipal tax collector receiving money under the provisions of this Part shall deposit it in a special trust fund for the benefit of the holders and owners of the notes so paid.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4710.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4710.7
General compliances; enhancement
Status: in_force

A. No provisions of this Chapter shall be construed so as to exempt the authority from compliance with the provisions of Louisiana laws pertaining to open meetings, public records, fiscal agents, official journals, dual office holding and employment, public bidding for the purchase of supplies and materials and construction of public works, the Code of Governmental Ethics, the Right to Property in Article I, Section 4 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, and the Louisiana Election Code.

B. The authority shall have the power and right to adopt a program or programs awarding contracts, establishing set aside, goals, and preference procedures, to and for the benefit of businesses owned and operated by socially or economically disadvantaged persons in accordance with any of the provisions of R.S. 38:2233 and the Louisiana Minority Business Enterprise Act.

Acts 1986, No. 19, §1, eff. June 5, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3883 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3883
Procedure for forming sewerage district
Status: in_force

The police jury shall hear all objections at the time appointed, or at any time to which the hearing may be adjourned and pass upon the same, and its decision shall be final and conclusive.

At the hearing the police jury may change the boundaries of the proposed district by excluding therefrom the lands of the persons objecting or by including therein the lands of persons petitioning to be included therein. After disposing of all objections, the police jury shall, if it determines to create the district, adopt an ordinance finally fixing the general boundaries of the district and giving the district a numerical designation and name as follows:

"Sewerage District No. _____ (here insert number) of the Parish of __________ (here insert name of parish)".

Notice of the formation of the district shall forthwith be given publication in a newspaper published in the parish, or if there be none, then by posting in two public places in the parish, and publication in a newspaper published in an adjoining parish. One publication shall be sufficient, but if the police jury at the time it determines to create the district, also decides to submit to the qualified property taxpaying voters the question of incurring debt and issuing bonds on the district, notice of the election may contain notice of the formation of the district and a description of the boundaries thereof. The notice of election shall be published in the manner prescribed by the general laws in relation to incurring debt and issuing bonds.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.272 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.272
Board of commissioners; members
Status: in_force

The district shall be governed by the board of directors of the Tri-Parish Economic Development Foundation, hereinafter referred to as the "board of commissioners". Said board shall be appointed as provided by the articles of incorporation and bylaws of said foundation on July 9, 1989. The members of the board of commissioners shall serve terms, be removed from or resign membership on the board, and be compensated in accordance with such articles and bylaws.

Acts 1989, No. 775, §1, eff. July 9, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3937 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3937
Tax for maintenance of sewerage system
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the municipality may levy an annual tax upon the taxable property within the sewerage district not to exceed one mill on the dollar, which tax shall be assessed, levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as other municipal taxes. The proceeds thereof shall be paid to the board of sewerage commissioners to be applied to the maintenance of the sewerage system. The governing authority may not order the collection of the tax unless authorized by a majority, in number and amount, of the resident property taxpayers voting in an election called for that purpose.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.125 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.125
Cooperation with state agencies
Status: in_force

A. The district, through the board, shall cooperate with the Governor's Office of Film and Television and Louisiana Economic Development in carrying out the district's purposes and in assisting the Governor's Office of Film and Television.

B. The district, through the board, shall establish a liaison with the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, the office of state police, local governments, and law enforcement and inform such entities of filming and television production activity in the district and seek their cooperation in assisting such activity.

C. All departments, commissions, boards, agencies, officers, and institutions of the state and all subdivisions thereof shall cooperate with the district in carrying out the purposes of this Chapter.

Acts 2007, No. 46, §1, eff. July 1, 2007; Acts 2010, No. 743, §1A, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.23 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.23
Bonds and notes; miscellaneous
Status: in_force

A. The district may issue bond anticipation notes in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:1460.1 et seq.

B. The district may issue short-term revenue bonds for paying any of the expenses of the district in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:1470 et seq.

C. The district may issue refunding bonds in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:1444 et seq.

Acts 2001, No. 992, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.2
Creation of districts; powers of authority; uniform regulations within district
Status: in_force

For any and all of the purposes set forth in R.S. 33:4780.1, the governing authority of St. Helena Parish may divide the parish into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out such purposes. Within the districts so created, said governing authority may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, alteration, or use of buildings, structures, or land. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of land and structure throughout each district; however, the regulations of one district may differ from those in other districts.

Acts 1987, No. 355, §1, eff. July 6, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4100 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4100
New Orleans; interest rate of bonds; form; execution; details of bonds; costs; peremption
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the authority of R.S. 33:4097 shall bear such rate or rates of interest as provided for in R.S. 39:1424 and 1424.1, shall be payable at such time or places on or before November 7, 1992, shall be in such form and denomination, shall be subject to such provisions of redemption, including redemption premiums, shall be executed and shall be subject to such other details as the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, shall determine by resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of its members. The cost of preparing and selling such bonds shall be paid by the Board of Liquidation, City Debt. The resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds under the authority of R.S. 33:4097 shall be published one time in the official journal of the city of New Orleans. For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of such resolution, any person in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of the resolution and the legality of the bond issue for any cause, after which time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality of said resolution or of the bonds authorized for any cause whatsoever. If no suit, action, or proceeding is begun contesting the validity of the bond issue within the thirty days herein prescribed, the authority to issue the bonds and to provide for the payment thereof, and the legality thereof and of all of the provisions of the resolution shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 167, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 414, §1; Acts 1985, No. 731, §1, eff. July 16, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.15.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.15.1
Lakeshore Villages Community Development District; board of supervisors, elections, and meetings
Status: in_force

A. The Lakeshore Villages Community Development District in St. Tammany Parish, hereafter in this Section referred to as the "district", is subject to the provisions of R.S. 33:9039.15 except as otherwise provided by this Section.

B.(1) District supervisors shall be elected on the date specified by R.S. 18:402 for congressional elections, and their terms shall begin on January third of the year after the election. Each supervisor shall be elected to a designated division of the board. The divisions are for the sole purpose of election of supervisors. The divisions are designated alphabetically as Divisions "A" through "E", and each supervisor in office on January 1, 2025, shall be assigned to a designated division by name alphabetically. A candidate for supervisor shall, at the time of filing his declaration as a candidate therefor, designate only one division for which the person is a candidate. The electors of the district shall elect one member from among the candidates for each division of the commission.

(2) Notwithstanding Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, if the total number of registered voters in the district is fewer than two hundred fifty in any even-numbered year, no election shall be held in that year, and the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish shall appoint the successors to supervisors whose terms expire on January third of the following year. By April fifteenth of each even-numbered year, the chief executive officer of the district shall request from the registrar of voters a report on the number of registered voters in the district. By June fifteenth of the year, the board of supervisors shall decide whether to call an election or request that the parish governing authority appoint such members.

C.(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Subsection, district supervisors serve four-year terms.

(2) The terms of all supervisors serving on January 1, 2025, end on January 3, 2027. The initial term of three supervisors elected at the election in 2026 is four years, and the initial term for two supervisors is two years, as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board after the beginning of the term.

D. The district's board of supervisors shall elect one supervisor as chair and one supervisor as a vice chair. The board shall also elect a secretary who need not be a supervisor and who may also serve as the treasurer as provided in R.S. 33:9039.16(B). The board may elect other officers as it deems necessary.

E. Each district supervisor may receive a per diem of not more than two hundred fifty dollars for meetings that the supervisor attends, but not more than two meetings per month. Each supervisor may also receive travel expenses as authorized in the district's bylaws.

Acts 2024, No. 414, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4531 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4531
Authority to transfer the public belt railroad system
Status: in_force

Upon the recommendation of the railroad commission and the determination by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans that the interests of the state of Louisiana, the city of New Orleans, the port of New Orleans, and the public belt railroad system would best be served if the public belt railroad system were owned or operated by another firm or corporation, public or private, or another political subdivision or state agency, the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans shall have the right and authority to direct the railroad commission to assign, transfer, and deliver to such firm or corporation, political subdivision or state agency all of its rights of way, rails, tracks, locomotives, switch yards, and such other assets of the public belt railroad system as are needed or useful in connection with the operation of a terminal railroad, upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and the railroad commission each shall approve by resolution duly adopted at a regular or special meeting of the respective boards. Any such transfer shall require that such firm, corporation, political subdivision, or state agency agree (i) to continue to operate, maintain, and develop the public belt railroad system to serve the Port of New Orleans and the industries located on the system; (ii) to make proper and legal provision for the pledge of railroad net revenues toward the payment of outstanding Port of New Orleans Port Facility Revenue Bonds and other indebtedness outstanding at such time; and (iii) to recognize and maintain the rights of the employees of the public belt railroad system under existing labor contracts and applicable law; however, this requirement shall not be interpreted to prohibit future changes that may be permitted by law or contract or negotiated agreement with employees. With the exception of any agreement with the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, any such agreement with any state agency which directly or indirectly affects an expenditure of state funds shall require the approval of the legislature.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 245, §1; Acts 2020, No. 359, §3, see Act.

NOTE: See Acts 2020, No. 359, §§9 and 10, regarding effectiveness and applicability of cooperative endeavor agreement dated February 1, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.528 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.528
Governmental functions
Status: in_force

The exercise by the board of the powers conferred by this Subpart shall be deemed and held to be essential governmental functions of the state. As the exercise of the powers granted hereby will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, the district shall not be required to pay any taxes, including but not limited to sales and use taxes, ad valorem, occupational licensing, income, or any other taxes of any kind or nature, or assessments upon any property acquired or used by the district under the provisions of this Subpart, or upon the income therefrom, and any property acquired or used by the district under the provisions of this Subpart and the income therefrom, and any bonds issued hereunder and the income therefrom shall be exempt from taxation by the state and by any parish, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state. The district shall not be deemed to be a public utility and shall not be subject in any respect to the authority, control, regulation, or supervision of the Louisiana Public Service Commission or any other regulatory body of the state, or any political subdivision thereof.

Acts 1995, No. 315, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4002 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4002
Charges for use of sewerage system
Status: in_force

Any municipal corporation may by an ordinance or resolution establish, maintain, and collect rates, charges, or connection charges for the use of and service rendered by the sewerage system to be paid by the owner of each parcel of real estate or building that is connected with or in any way uses or is served by the sewerage system of the municipality, and may re-adjust the rates, charges or connection charges from time to time. Rates or charges or connection charges shall be sufficient in each year for the payment of the proper and reasonable expenses of operation, repairs, replacement, and maintenance of the sewerage system and for the establishment of the necessary sinking fund for the payment of the principal and interest of any revenue producing public utility bonds which may have been issued and sold for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, extending, or improving the sewerage system, and the governing authority of the municipal corporation shall adopt and enforce appropriate rules, regulations, and ordinances and exact penalties, and institute actions at law, for the prompt collection of the respective rates, charges, or connection charges fixed for service rendered by the sewerage system.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.407 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.407
Securities
Status: in_force

Bonds, certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the district under this Subpart are deemed to be securities of public entities within the meaning of Chapters 13 and 13-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and shall be subject to defeasance in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 14 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and may be refunded in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 14-A and 15 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and may also be issued as short-term revenue notes of a public entity under Chapter 15-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 1992, No. 995, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.611 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.611
Creation; purpose; boundaries
Status: in_force

A. The Hammond Area Economic and Industrial Development District, referred to in this Subpart as the "district", is hereby created. The district shall be a body politic and corporate and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana as defined in the Constitution of Louisiana. The district, acting through its board of commissioners, is hereby granted all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities granted to political subdivisions for economic and industrial development purposes, including but not limited to the power of taxation, the power to incur debt and issue revenue and general obligation bonds, certificates of indebtedness, bond and certificate anticipation notes, and refunding bonds, subject to the limitations provided in this Subpart.

B. The district is established for the primary object and purpose of promoting and encouraging the development of economic and industrial opportunities, stimulating the economy through renewed commerce and industry, and for the utilization and development of natural and human resources of the area by providing job opportunities.

C. The boundaries of the district shall be the city limits of the city of Hammond, including all land subsequently annexed thereto.

Acts 2003, No. 1167, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3980.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3980.1
Additional taxing authority
Status: in_force

A. In addition to all authority granted in this Chapter or by any other provision of law, the governing authority of any parish, municipality, or sewerage district which is authorized to provide sewage disposal systems may levy taxes on real property within the political subdivision for the purpose of funding any aspect of providing such system subject to the provisions of this Section.

B. Such taxes may be levied in the form of ad valorem taxes or parcel fees which shall be levied on all taxable property within the political subdivision.

C. Any such tax or fee shall be levied and collected and be due and owing annually. Such tax may be carried on the tax rolls for the parish in which such political subdivision is located and collected and such collection enforced in the same manner as parish ad valorem taxes.

D. The governing authority of the political subdivision may incur debt and issue bonds payable in whole or in part from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of all or a portion of the proceeds of such taxes on property.

E. The proceeds of the tax or parcel fee or of bonds secured by such tax or fee may be used by the political subdivision for any aspect of providing sewage disposal services, including but not limited to acquisition, construction, improvement, extension, operation, repair, or maintenance of all or any element of a sewerage system.

F. No such tax or fee shall be levied nor any debt incurred nor bonds issued until such action is approved by a majority of the voters of the political subdivision voting at an election held for such purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.

G. Any procedure established in this Chapter for the apportioning of costs associated with sewerage systems to those receiving services or otherwise directly benefiting from such system shall not apply in the exercise of the authority granted by this Section.

Acts 1999, No. 1167, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 1999, No. 1167, §1 relative to legislative intent.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3077 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3077
Definitions
Status: in_force

Whenever used in this Part, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall be given the following interpretations:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district or any successor thereto.

(2) "District" means the St. George Transition District or any successor thereto.

(3) "Mayor-president" means the mayor-president of the city of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge.

(4) "Municipality" means the city of St. George in East Baton Rouge Parish.

(5) "Municipal tax" means the two percent sales and use tax levied by the city of St. George as provided in R.S. 33:3079(D)(5).

(6) "Parish" means East Baton Rouge Parish.

(7) "Parish tax" means the two percent sales and use tax levied in the unincorporated areas of the parish.

Acts 2020, No. 361, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4710.15.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4710.15.1
Additional hotel tax authorized
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the tax authorized by R.S. 33:4710.15, the authority may levy and collect an additional tax on the occupancy of hotel rooms located within the parish of Orleans. The tax shall be in the amount of one percent of the rent or fee charged for such occupancy and shall be in addition to all taxation upon the occupancy of hotel rooms located in the parish of Orleans. The tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner, according to the same procedures, and upon the same terms and conditions, including the approval of the governing authority of the city of New Orleans and the electorate of the city, as required for the imposition of the tax authorized by R.S. 33:4710.15(A).

B.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter or other law to the contrary, in addition to the hotel occupancy tax authorized by R.S. 33:4710.15, the authority may levy and collect a tax on the occupancy of hotel rooms located within the parish of Orleans. The tax shall be in the amount of one percent of the rent or fee charged for such occupancy and shall be in addition to all taxation upon the occupancy of hotel rooms located in the parish of Orleans. The tax authorized by this Subsection shall be levied and collected in lieu of the tax authorized by Subsection A of this Section, and at no time shall the authority collect taxes pursuant to both authorizations. The proceeds of the tax levied pursuant to this Subsection are subject to any and all pledges of the proceeds of the tax authorized by Subsection A of this Section to the outstanding bonds of the authority.

(2) The authority shall impose the tax by resolution of the board which may provide in the resolution necessary and appropriate rules and regulations for the imposition, collection, and enforcement of the tax.

(3) The proceeds of the tax, after paying reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the tax, shall be used for the purposes of providing funds to acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, improve, maintain, and operate convention, exhibition, and tourist facilities, and projects within the city of New Orleans in order to promote the economic growth and development of the city, and the authority may fund the proceeds of the tax into bonds to be issued in series from time to time by the authority for the purpose of defraying the costs of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension, or improvement of any one or more or any combination of convention, exhibition, and tourist facilities and projects and the necessary furnishings, machinery, equipment, and appurtenances therefor, to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of this state, including particularly this Chapter.

(4) Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 178, §2, eff. June 8, 2025.

Acts 2019, No. 172, §1; Acts 2025, No. 178, §§ 1, 2, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9099.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9099.1
Renewal of parcel fee
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an election to renew a parcel fee imposed within any crime prevention and security district or improvement district, created pursuant to Chapter 29 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, may be held at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any crime prevention district imposing a parcel fee may spend proceeds of the parcel fee for the following purposes if such use of the proceeds is approved by a majority of the voters of the district who vote on a proposition that authorizes such use:

(1) To provide for the beautification of the public spaces within the district.

(2) To promote and encourage beautification of private spaces within the district.

Acts 2010, No. 535, §1, eff. June 25, 2010; Acts 2018, No. 704, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:423.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 423.14
Assistant police chief; city of Westwego
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the duties of the assistant chief of police of the city of Westwego shall be determined by the chief of police for the municipality, and the assistant chief shall act as chief in the administration of the police department in the absence of the police chief.

Acts 2004, No. 273, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4503 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4503
Authority of municipalities to permit use of streets for maintenance of waterworks systems
Status: in_force

In addition to such powers as it may have relating to the granting of franchises for the operation and maintenance of public utilities, the governing authority of any city in this state shall have power, subject to the provisions of this Section, to grant indeterminate permits for the use of the streets and other public places in connection with the operation and maintenance of a waterworks system, which permit shall continue in force until such time as the city shall purchase or acquire such system under the option hereinafter provided for. No such permit shall be granted except upon the condition that the city granting it shall have perpetual option to purchase the waterworks system, at any time, at the price agreed upon or to be ascertained and determined in a manner agreed upon at the time of the granting of the permit and to be set forth therein. The governing authority of every such city shall have the right to prescribe, stipulate, or agree to, such other conditions of said permits as it may deem proper, and upon any violation of any such condition the city may sue for the enforcement of the terms of the permit.

Acts 1954, No. 454, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4682 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4682
Functions of board
Status: in_force

The members of the board of commissioners shall meet and organize immediately after their appointment and annually thereafter and elect a chairman, a vice president, secretary and treasurer, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by such offices. The board of commissioners shall have authority to establish rules and regulations for its own government and for the operation of the coliseum authority not inconsistent with law and to employ a manager and other employees and fix their salaries and compensation subject to the approval of the governing body of the parish.

Acts 1972, No. 440, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3351 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3351
Petition for street improvements; power of municipality to improve and defray cost
Status: in_force

Municipalities having a population exceeding five hundred and all incorporated parish seats, upon the written petition of the owners of not less than a majority of the lineal front footage of the property abutting on the street or alley may pave, gravel, macadamize, resurface, repair, or otherwise improve the streets, alleys and curbing, or any part of them one block or more in length, within the corporate limits, and may levy and collect special taxes or local assessments on the property abutting the street, curbing, alley or sidewalk for the purpose of defraying the cost of the improvement.

Amended by Acts 1974, No. 343, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4406 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4406
Restriction on new construction; public convenience and necessity as ground for franchise or permit
Status: in_force

No public utility shall begin the construction of any new plant, equipment, property, or facility, which is not in substitution of an existing plan, property, equipment, or facility, nor shall it make any extension or addition to any existing plant, property, equipment, or facility which will cost over two per cent of the rate-making value of the property at the time the extension or addition is made, nor shall any indeterminate permit or franchise be granted, unless and until the governing authority of the city certifies that public convenience and necessity require the same. The governing authority of such city shall be the sole and final judge of what the public convenience and necessity require, in every case.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4065.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4065.6
Sewerage and water board relieved of responsibility and obligations
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of R.S. 33:4071 through R.S. 33:4159 notwithstanding, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans is relieved of any and all responsibility to provide the public water system and the public sewerage system for the area encompassing the district herein created. Accordingly, it is also relieved of any responsibility or authority as set out in R.S. 33:4071 through R.S. 33:4159 as it pertains to the sewerage and water system in said district to include the establishment of rules and regulations to protect the integrity of said systems and insure that the sewerage and water systems conform to their rules and regulations and to require prior approval of the Sewerage and Water Board for the installation or connection to any sewerage or water system in said area.

B. In the event said sewerage and water district is abolished and/or the district seeks to have its public water and public sewerage systems owned, operated and maintained by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, the Sewerage and Water Board shall require as a minimum that the sewerage system and the water system meet the approved plans, specifications and regulations of the Sewerage and Water Board as well as all connections to said systems and further that the customers of this district when so transferred shall be required to pay the same customer service charges and rates as are required by the other customers of the Sewerage and Water Board.

Acts 1990, No. 950, §2, eff. July 25, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 1050, §2, eff. July 31, 1992; S.C.R. No. 165, 1992 R.S., eff. June 18, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.5
Defense and indemnification of directors, officers or employees
Status: in_force

The authority may defend, indemnify against loss or liability and save harmless any of its directors, officers or employees whenever a claim or demand is made or threatened, or whenever proceeded against in any investigation or before any court, board, commission or other public body to defend or maintain his official position or a position taken in the course of the execution of his duties or because of any act or omission arising out of the performance of his official duties if it is determined that the director, officer or employee acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Authority. Such determination shall be made by the board of directors by a majority vote of directors who were not parties to such action, suit, proceeding, investigation or claim. The provisions of the preceding two sentences shall not apply in the event a director, officer or employee is adjudged liable for malfeasance in office or an intentional tort. To the extent that a director, officer or employee of the Authority has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. Expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in defending a civil action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Authority in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized in the manner provided in this Section upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer or employee, to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Authority as authorized in this Section. The indemnification provided by this Section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer or employee, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. The Authority shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Authority against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Authority would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Section.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3969 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3969
Special assessments and charges against property; ordinance; time and method of payment; recordation of ordinance as lien and privilege; penalties for delinquency
Status: in_force

Within five days of the receipt of the certified statement or report of the engineer of the sewerage district or sub-district as provided in R.S. 33:3968, the governing authority thereof shall adopt an ordinance levying a local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate included in said sewerage district or sub-district in the proportion that its area bears to the total area within the district or sub-district and the total of all such local or special assessments shall represent the total cost of said improvements, including all of the items above set forth, that the special assessment is to bear and shall fix the monthly sewerage charges against each user of said sewerage based on water outlets in the amount necessary to pay the proportionate part of the cost to be borne by the monthly sewerage charge as previously fixed in the resolution of said governing authority, giving notice of its intention to purchase, construct or maintain such sewerage system, which such charges and/or square-foot assessment shall be sufficient to take care of the cost of said improvements. The amounts assessed in the said ordinances according to area of lots or parcels shall be due and collectible immediately upon its passage. The amounts assessed in the ordinance as monthly sewerage charges shall be due on the tenth day of the month following the passage of said ordinance and the municipality in which the said sewerage district or sub-district is located is hereby authorized and directed to bill said monthly charges to the users of said sewerage system the same as water bills, provided, however, that the respective property owners may at their option, within ten days of the passage of the ordinance levying the area assessment, pay their pro-rata assessments on area basis by the issuance of negotiable note or notes for the amount of their respective assessments, payable in equal annual installments over a period of ten years and bearing interest at a rate not greater than six per cent, principal and interest, payable annually, and stipulating an attorney's fee of ten per cent on the unpaid amount of principal and interest in the event that the same is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection. The said notes are to be executed on forms adopted and provided by the sewerage district or sub-district and shall be delivered to the sewerage district or sub-district within ten days after the passage of the ordinance levying the area assessment by said sewerage district or sub-district for the public improvement; said notes to be payable to the property owner's own order and by him endorsed in blank, which said notes shall, by reason of the recordation in the mortgage records of the contract and the ordinance levying the area assessment, as above set forth, operate as a lien and mortgage on the property of the makers included in said sewerage district or sub-district. Failure to issue and deliver said notes within the delay period hereinafter provided for shall, at the option of the governing authority of the said district or sub-district, deprive the property owner of the right to defer payments and shall immediately mature the entire square-foot area indebtedness for such work as due and payable. Failure to pay any installment or note or interest thereon on the date when due shall, upon election by the sewerage district or sub-district, or the pledgee or owner of the indebtedness, cause all other installments with interest thereon to become due and payable and the sewerage district or sub-district or pledgee or holder of any note or notes may within thirty days from the date of such default proceed against the property and the owner thereof for the collection of the total amount due thereon, including interest and ten per cent additional on the principal and interest unpaid as attorney's fees. A certified copy of said ordinance levying the local or special assessment on the real estate aforesaid shall be filed in the office of the clerk of court in the parish of which the sewerage district or sub-district is situated, who shall forthwith record the same in the mortgage records of the parish, and when so filed and recorded shall operate as a lien and privilege against all the real estate therein assessed and the aforesaid lien and privilege shall prime all other liens and claims except taxes. Failure to pay any monthly sewerage charge within ten days from its due date shall authorize the district or sub-district, pledgee or owner of the indebtedness to cause the municipality to cut off the water to the property of said delinquent debtor and to file suit therefor. Said delinquent charge or charges shall bear six per cent per annum interest and ten per cent upon said amount of principal and interest as attorney's fees. In no event shall the attorney's fees be less than five dollars. The payments made hereunder shall be expended for no other purpose than for the payment of the cost of said improvement.

Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §9.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.26 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.26
Powers of the governing authorities of Pointe Coupee Parish, St. Charles Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish, St. Landry Parish, and West Baton Rouge Parish; nuisance ordinance regarding grass and obnoxious weeds; notice required
Status: in_force

A. The governing authorities of the parishes of Pointe Coupee, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, and West Baton Rouge may amend ordinances to compel property owners to cut grass and obnoxious weeds on their property without the notice required in R.S. 33:1236(21)(a)(i) if the property owner liable has been notified pursuant to that Item at any time during the immediately preceding twelve months and has failed to do the work himself after an opportunity to do so.

B. Prior to undertaking such work, the governing authority shall file and record an affidavit, signed by the parish president or his designee, at its administrative office. Such affidavit shall include the following:

(1) A description of the property sufficient for reasonable identification.

(2) A photograph of the property sufficient to reasonably identify the unsafe or unsanitary condition and to justify the necessity for cutting, destroying, or removing weeds, grass, or other noxious growths.

(3) A statement that the property owner liable has within the past twelve months failed to do such work after notification and opportunity to do so pursuant to R.S. 33:1236(21)(a)(i).

Acts 1999, No. 415, §1; Acts 2015, No. 41, §§1, 2; Acts 2023, No. 220, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.205 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.205
The zoning plan
Status: in_force

Whenever the planning commission recommends to the city council of a participating municipality and to the police jury of Calcasieu Parish a zoning plan, including both the full text of a zoning ordinance and the map or maps, representing the recommendations of the planning commission for the regulation by districts or zones of the location, height, bulk, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of the lot which may be occupied, the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces, the density of population, and the uses of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, civic activities, and other purposes, then the city council and the police jury may exercise the powers granted for the purpose as provided in R.S. 33:140.204 and, by ordinance, may divide the participating municipality or that part of the parish within the metropolitan planning area outside any incorporated municipality, as the case may be, into districts or zones of such number, shape, and area as it may determine and, for such purposes, may regulate the erection, construction, reconstruction, conversion, alteration, and uses of buildings and structures and the uses of land. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of building throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts.

Acts 2003, No. 1168, §1, eff. July 2, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.146 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.146
Safe clause
Status: in_force

The Legislature of Louisiana hereby finds, determines, and declares that this Chapter is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.

Acts 2007, No. 390, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4770.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4770.15
Conflicting regulations; higher standards to apply
Status: in_force

Whenever the regulations made under authority of this Subpart impose higher standards than are required in any other statute or local ordinance or regulation, the provisions of the regulations made under authority of this Subpart shall govern. Whenever the provisions of any other statute or regulation impose higher standards than are required by the regulations made under authority of this Subpart, the provisions of such statute or regulation shall govern.

Acts 2003, No. 546, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.754 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.754
Criteria for certification as a community development corporation or a community development financial institution
Status: in_force

A. The department shall establish criteria, by rule promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950, et seq., for the certification of an entity as a community development corporation and as a community development financial institution consistent with the provisions of this Subpart.

B. Application for certification shall comply with all the following:

(1) Be in writing, sworn to and signed before a notary public, and in the form prescribed by the department in rule.

(2) Contain the information the department requires by rule, including, but not limited to, the names and addresses of the partners, officers, directors or trustees, and those principal owners or members. This information shall provide the basis for investigations and findings contemplated by Subsection D of this Section.

C. At the time application is made, the applicant shall pay to the department a fee for investigating the application, as prescribed by the department by rule, in an amount sufficient to defray the department's costs of investigating the applicant.

D. Upon the filing of the application and the payment of the fees, the department shall investigate the facts concerning the application and the applicable requirements of Subsection B of this Section.

E. Certification of a community development corporation or a community development financial institution shall expire two years from the date of the certification. This certification may be renewed for subsequent two-year periods upon application by the corporation or institution and approval by the department.

F. Financial reports.

(1) Certified community development corporations and certified community development financial institutions shall file with the department, on or before the anniversary date of their certification, an annual financial report for the preceding calendar year.

(2) An analysis and summary of these reports shall be included in the department's annual report to the legislature.

(3) Such financial report shall be in writing, sworn to and signed by a notary public, and in the form prescribed by the department by rule.

(4) Such financial report shall contain, but is not limited to, the following information:

(a) Balance sheets for the beginning and end of the accounting period, including a reconciliation of surplus.

(b) A statement of income and expenses for the period.

(c) A schedule of assets used by and useful for the corporation or institution to conduct its business.

(d) An analysis of charges for the period.

(e) A statement of the size and type of loans, either owed by or owed to the corporation or institution.

G. The department shall not renew certification of a corporation or an institution upon a finding that the corporation or institution does not comply with the applicable provisions of Subsection B of this Section.

H. The department shall revoke the certification of a corporation or an institution upon the finding that the corporation or institution does not comply with the applicable provisions of Subsection B of this Section.

I. Denial of certification, denial of renewal of certification or revocation of certification.

(1) The department shall serve notice of intent not to grant certification, intent not to renew a certification, or intent to revoke a certification upon the corporation or institution with a brief statement of the reasons alleged.

(2) Such notice shall be served by certified mail or by mail service requiring a return receipt.

(3) The corporation or institution may request a hearing within thirty days of receiving notice by filing a request for a hearing with the department. Such hearing shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950, et seq.

(4) The department shall certify such donations, contributions, and sales below cost, as appropriate, as eligible for a tax credit, as specified in R.S. 47:6031.

Acts 2007, No. 374, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9033 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9033
Sales tax increment financing
Status: in_force

A. A local governmental subdivision may issue revenue bonds payable solely from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of up to the full amount of sales tax increments, in an amount to be determined by the local governmental subdivision, to finance or refinance an economic development project or any part thereof or to pay all or a portion of the costs of an economic development project as specified in R.S. 33:9035. A sales tax increment shall consist of that portion of sales tax revenues for any or all taxing authorities, except for the state of Louisiana and any political subdivision whose boundaries are coterminous with the state of Louisiana, collected each year on the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property, and on sales of services, all as defined in R.S. 47:301 et seq., or any other appropriate provision or provisions of law as amended, from taxpayers located within an economic development area which exceeds the sales tax revenues that were collected for such taxing authority in the year immediately prior to the year in which the area was designated as an economic development area. Dedication of sales tax increments to pay the revenue bonds shall not impair existing obligations and shall not include tax revenues previously dedicated for a special purpose.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the prohibition regarding the use of state sales tax increments for purposes of sales tax increment financing shall not apply to:

(1) An economic development project that was approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget before April 1, 1995, or any expansion of the project scope or extension of the use of the state sales tax for such economic development project.

(2) An economic development program that was acted upon by resolution or ordinance of a local governmental subdivision before June 1, 1995, and submitted for approval in writing to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget before July 1, 1995, or any expansion of the project scope or extension of the use of the state sales tax for such economic development program.

(3) Any expansion of the project scope or extension of the use of the state sales tax for an economic development project or program for which the state sales tax increment was initially authorized and approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget before July 1, 1997, and, as expanded or extended through subsequent approvals by that committee, did not expire on or before August 1, 2019, provided that the state sales tax increment shall not be extended beyond December 31, 2048.

Acts 1990, No. 1082, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1118, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 2019, No. 405, §1; Acts 2023, No. 77, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 1995, No. 1118, §2 relative to legislative intent.

NOTE: See Acts 2006, Nos. 240 and 435, amending Acts 1995, No. 1118, §2, relative to interpretation and application of the prohibition regarding use of sales tax increments of the state or a political subdivision with coterminous boundaries to those of the state for tax increment financing as provided in R.S. 33:9033.

NOTE: Acts 2019, No. 405, §2 provides that Acts 2019, No. 405 does not supercede Acts 2006, No. 435.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9027 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9027
Limitation of liability for authorizing jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Neither the state nor any of its local governmental subdivisions organizing an economic development corporation pursuant to this Chapter shall be held liable for any action of such corporation.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 617, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1350 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1350
Audit of funds
Status: in_force

The legislative auditor shall have the authority to examine and audit the books and accounts of any fund established under the provisions of this Subpart pursuant to the provisions of Section 513 of Title 24 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. In addition, each participating local governmental subdivision shall have the authority to cause an examination and audit of said fund by its representatives.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 462, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 31
Cellular telephone usage in motor vehicles; state preemption
Status: in_force

Regulation of operator or passenger use of cellular telephones and other electronic communications devices in a motor vehicle is exclusively reserved to and preempted by the state. No local governmental subdivision shall enact or enforce any charter provision, ordinance, resolution, or other provision regulating the use of cellular phones or other electronic communications devices in a motor vehicle.

Acts 2003, No. 281, §1, eff. June 10, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4344 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4344
Notice of election; ballots
Status: in_force

Thirty days' notice of the election shall be given in the official journal of the municipality or parish where the election is to be held, which notice shall include a reproduction of the proposition or a summary thereof. If the municipality or parish has no official journal then the notice shall be given in any newspaper published in the municipality or parish, and if there is no newspaper published in the parish then by posting at three conspicuous places within the municipality or parish. As far as practicable the elections shall be held in accordance with the general election law, and at the voting precincts established for holding elections. The form of ballot to be used in holding elections hereunder shall be substantially as follows:

"Shall the (city, town, village or parish) of ______________ (sell or lease as the case may be) its (mention utility to be sold or leased) and grant franchise to operate same to __________ as per written proposal of date __________, on file in the office of the clerk of said (city, town, village or parish)?"

To vote in favor of the proposition the voter

YES ____

will make a cross mark (X) in the square

opposite the word "Yes," and to vote against

it he will make a cross mark (X) in the

NO ____

square opposite the word "No."

Amended by Acts 1972, No. 111, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3881 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3881
Power to create sewerage districts
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in R.S. 33:3911(B), police juries may create sewerage districts composed of territory outside the corporate limits of municipalities. Any sewerage district so created shall continue to function in its entirety under the authority of the police jury which created it even though all or part of the district may be later incorporated within the limits of a municipality.

B. A sewerage district may levy a service charge in the manner provided by law for the purpose of maintaining and operating the sewer system of the district and for the purpose of paying reasonable rental that may be due for trunk and disposal facilities outside of any such sewerage district into which the sewage of any such district is carried.

C. The boundaries of such sewerage districts may be so arranged that they overlap. When two or more districts overlap, bonds of the districts may be issued only in such amounts that the pro rata indebtedness of the overlapping portion does not exceed ten percent of the assessed valuation of taxable property in the portion.

D. Sewerage districts so created shall be subdivisions of the state within the meaning of the statutes relating to incurring debt and issuing bonds.

Acts 1989, No. 302, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7604 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7604
Creation of corporation; public hearing; adoption of resolution; certificate
Status: in_force

A. In the city of New Orleans there is hereby created "The New Community Development Corporation", consisting of a public body. The corporation shall be authorized to perform governmental functions as provided in this Chapter and shall have perpetual existence; however, upon the adoption by the board of directors of such corporation of a resolution dissolving the corporation and the passage by the governing body of the parish or municipality of a resolution concurring in such dissolution, such corporation's corporate existence shall be terminated. No such corporation shall transact any business or exercise any powers conferred upon it by this Chapter until and unless the governing body of the parish or municipality has by ordinance or resolution activated the corporation.

B. The governing body shall by ordinance, resolution or motion at any time after the passage of this chapter, call a public hearing to determine the need to activate such a corporation. Notice of such hearing shall be published at least twenty-one days preceding the day on which the hearing is to be held, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the parish or municipality. At the hearing, a full opportunity to be heard shall be granted to all interested parties. If the governing body determines, after such hearing, that a corporation should be activated to exercise the authority herein provided, then the governing body shall adopt an ordinance or resolution so finding, shall cause notice of such ordinance or resolution to be given to the executive officer and shall immediately designate two of its members to serve as directors of the corporation. The executive officer shall thereupon appoint, with the advice and consent of the governing body and as set forth in R.S. 33:7605, the non-ex-officio directors of the corporation, and shall notify the ex-officio directors of the date on which they are to assume their duties. A certificate setting forth the finding by the governing body and declaring that all directors have assumed their offices shall be signed by the mayor and all of the directors, filed in the office of the secretary of state and there remain of record. Upon the filing of such certificate, the directors and their successors shall constitute "The New Community Development Corporation" of the parish or municipality and shall have all the power and authority set forth in this chapter.

In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of any contract or act of a corporation, a copy of the certificate, duly certified by the secretary of state, shall be conclusive evidence as to the valid formation and activation of the corporation.

Acts 1972, No. 553, §4; Acts 1987, No. 815, §1, eff. July 20, 1987; Acts 1991, No. 289, §10; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.125 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.125
Changes or amendments
Status: in_force

The regulations, restrictions, and boundaries may, from time to time, be amended, supplemented, changed, modified, or repealed. However, in case of a protest against a change duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty percent or more either of the areas of land (exclusive of streets and alleys) included in the proposed change or within an area determined by lines drawn parallel to and two hundred feet distant from the boundaries of the district proposed to be changed, the amendment shall not become effective unless at least three-fifths of all the members of the governing authority of the parish shall vote in favor thereof. The provisions of R.S. 33:140.84 relating to public hearing and official notice shall apply equally to all changes or amendments.

Acts 1988, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 14, §1, eff. Oct. 27, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4776 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4776
St. Tammany Parish; enforcement of building and zoning ordinances and regulations; penalty for violations
Status: in_force

A. In case any building or structure is erected, structurally altered, or maintained, or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of any St. Tammany Parish building code ordinance, any parish land use regulation zoning ordinance, any parish subdivision regulatory ordinance, or any ordinance or regulation made under the authority of Act 518 of the 1954 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana, the St. Tammany Parish Police Jury, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings, including but not limited to the issuance of misdemeanor summons or citations, to prevent such unlawful erection, structural alteration, maintenance, or use; to restrain, correct, or abate such violation; to prevent the occupancy of the building, structure, or land; or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premises.

B. The regulations shall be enforced by officers commissioned and designated by the St. Tammany Parish Police Jury, who are empowered to cause any building, structure, place, or premises to be inspected and examined and to order in writing the remedying of any condition found to exist therein in violation of any provision of the regulations and ordinances referred to in this Section.

C. The owner or general agent of a building or premises where a violation of any regulation has been committed or exists, the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises where the violation has been committed or exists, the owner, general agent, lessee, or tenant of any part of the building or premises in which the violation has been committed or exists, the general agent, architect, builder, contractor, or any other person who commits, takes part in, or who assists in any violation or who maintains any building or premises in which any violation exists shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each day that the violation continues.

Acts 1988, No. 388, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4148 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4148
New Orleans; drainage bonds
Status: in_force

A. The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, by resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of its members and subject to the approvals hereinafter set forth, shall have the power and is hereby authorized to issue from time to time, in the name of the city of New Orleans, bonds payable solely out of the tax levies and other revenues specified in R.S. 33:4149 for drainage purposes for the city of New Orleans, or to refund bonds issued under the authority of this Section. Such bonds may be additionally secured by municipal bond insurance, bank guarantees, surety bonds, letters of credit, and other devices to enhance the credit quality of the bonds, the cost of which credit enhancement devices may be paid from the proceeds of the bonds or such other funds as may be available.

B. Bonds issued hereunder to refund bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 14-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, and for purposes thereof, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans shall be deemed to be the governing authority of the issuer whenever such term is used in said Chapter; provided, however, the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, shall fix the details of the bonds and sell the bonds as provided in R.S. 33:4151 and 4152, respectively.

C. The resolution of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans authorizing the issuance of such bonds shall not be effective until approved by a resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the council of the city of New Orleans and by a resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Liquidation, City Debt.

D. All bonds issued pursuant to this Section shall be excluded in applying any limitation upon the power of the city of New Orleans to issue bonds for any purpose.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 247, §1, eff. July 1, 1981. Acts 1985, No. 731, §1, eff. July 16, 1985; Acts 2003, No. 1131, §1, eff. July 2, 2003.