La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.73 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.73
Financing
Status: in_force

A. The district shall have the following additional powers:

(1) The district may issue bonds to fund biosciences through acquisition of land, acquisition, and construction of buildings and other structures or facilities, including furnishings and equipment therefor and may use any other state law relative to the incurring of debt and the security therefor by a political subdivision. If any provisions of this Section are found to be inconsistent with any other law, the provisions of this Section and R.S. 33:9039.63 shall control.

(2) The district's bonds may be issued for or on behalf of a nonprofit corporation, a 501(c)(3) corporation, or a for-profit private entity to be secured by any source of income or revenue deemed appropriate by the district for any project located in the district and relative to the goals and objectives of the district.

(3) Security for the districts' bonds or cooperative endeavor obligations may include taxes of any nature, revenues from projects, fees, assessments, and charges of any nature, lease or financing agreement income, general fund balances, excess fund balances, and projected income.

(4) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all bonds of the district may be sold by private negotiated sale or sold in public competitive sale. The approval of the State Bond Commission shall be obtained for the incurring of debt. The district shall employ bond counsel, financial advisors, underwriters, and other professionals in its sole discretion and set their compensation according to law.

(5) Obligations of the district shall be authorized, issued, and sold by a resolution or resolutions of the district adopted as provided in this Chapter. Such bonds or obligations may be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, including variable, adjustable, or zero interest rates, be payable at such time or times, be in such denominations, be sold at such price or prices, at private negotiated sale, be in such form, carry such registration and exchangeability privileges, be payable at such place or places, be subject to such terms or redemption, and be entitled to such priorities on the income, revenue, and receipts of, or available to, the district as may be provided by the district in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance and sale of the bonds or obligations of the district.

(6) The obligations of the district shall be signed by such members or officers of the district by either manual or facsimile signatures, as shall be determined by resolution or resolutions of the district, and shall have impressed or imprinted thereon the seal of the district, or a facsimile thereof.

(7) Any obligations of the district may be validly issued, sold, and delivered, notwithstanding that one or more of the members or officers of the district signing such obligations, or whose facsimile signature or signatures may be on the obligations, shall have ceased to be such member or officer of the district at the time such obligations shall actually have been delivered.

(8) Obligations of the district may be sold in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the district to be most beneficial, subject to approval of the State Bond Commission, and the district may pay all expenses, premiums, fees, or commission, which it may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance and sale thereof, subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(9) The district may authorize the establishment of a fund or funds for the creation of a debt service reserve, a renewal and replacement reserve, or such other funds or reserves as the district may approve with respect to the financing and operation of any project and as may be authorized by any bond resolution, trust agreement, indenture of trust or similar instrument or agreement pursuant to the provisions of which the issuance of bonds or other obligations of the district may be authorized.

(10) Any cost, obligation, or expense incurred for any of the purposes specified in this Chapter shall be a part of the project costs and may be paid or reimbursed as such out of the proceeds of bonds or other obligations issued by the district.

(11) The resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds shall be published in the official journal of the district. For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds hereunder, any persons 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 thereby 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 all of the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.

(12) Neither the directors of the board nor any person executing the bonds shall be personally liable for the bonds or be subject to any personal liability by reason of the issuance thereof. No earning or assets of the district shall accrue to the benefit of any private persons. However, the limitation of liability provided for in this Paragraph shall not apply to any gross negligence or criminal negligence on the part of any director or person executing the bonds.

(13) Bonds issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall be limited obligations of the district payable solely from the sources pledged for the payment thereof.

B. The district may utilize any form of credit enhancement otherwise allowed by general law for any obligation including but not limited to bond insurance, letters of credit, and surety bonds. The district may invest bond proceeds in guaranteed investments contracts and repurchase agreements. Derivative products such as interest rate swaps, total return swaps, and other instruments may also be used.

C.(1) A public or private entity may borrow funds from the district for a project located in or a program to be performed in the district and relative to the goals and objectives of the district. Such obligation to the district may be evidenced by a lease, loan, or financing agreement. Approval of the issuance of bonds of the district by the State Bond Commission shall be deemed to be approval of the incurring of debt by any public entity participating with the district in a borrowing as a conduit obligor.

(2) A public or private entity may create a restricted account or accounts for the segregation of any funds which are to be received prospectively by the entity from the United States, the state or any of its agencies, or from any other source in connection with the issuance of obligations by the district. A public entity is authorized to pledge such restricted accounts which pledge shall be irrevocable during the term of such bond or obligation, shall be according to such terms, and shall have such priority on the revenues of such restricted account as shall be provided by resolution or ordinance of the public entity, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. The state, through the office of the state treasurer, is hereby directed to accept the irrevocable election of a public entity to deposit any funds held by the state and due to such public entity described above, and thereafter the state treasurer shall be required to make any payments of such funds directly to the restricted account pursuant to instructions from the public entity.

D. Any pledge made by the district shall be valid and binding from time to time when the pledge is made without the need for physical delivery of any pledged property. The money, assets, or revenues of the district so pledged and thereafter received by the district shall be immediately subject to the lien of such pledge and shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the district, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded or filed in order to establish and perfect a lien or security interest in the property so pledged by the district.

E. Subject to the rights of the owners of the obligations of the district, the district is hereby authorized and empowered to issue from time to time its bonds for the purpose of refunding any bonds of the district then outstanding, together with the payment of any redemption of such outstanding bonds. All such refunding bonds of the district shall be issued, sold, or exchanged and delivered, shall be secured, and shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter in the same manner and to the same extent as any other bonds issued by the district pursuant to this Chapter, unless otherwise determined by the resolution of the district. Refunding bonds issued by the district as herein provided may be sold or exchanged for outstanding bonds of the district and, if sold, the proceeds thereof may be applied, in addition to any other authorized purposes, to the purchase, redemption, or repayment of such outstanding bonds.

F. Other than the State Bond Commission, no notice to, or consent or approval by, any governmental body or public officer shall be required as a prerequisite to the issuance, sale, or delivery of any bonds of the district, or the making of any loans to any public or private entity, or to the exercise of any other public function or corporate power of the district, except as is expressly provided in this Chapter. Any loans by or exercise of functions under this Chapter requiring participation by any public institution of higher education shall be subject to the approval of their management board.

Acts 2005, No. 487, §1, eff. July 12, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.5
Authority of parish governing authorities to furnish space to community service centers; St. Bernard Parish
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of St. Bernard shall have the power to furnish office space and secretarial assistance to community service centers or multiservice centers, located within the parish, which assist and counsel members of the public concerning all social services.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 710, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3952 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3952
Petition for construction of sewerage system
Status: in_force

Whenever more than sixty per cent of the owners of the lineal frontage of real estate abutting on any street or portion thereof not less than one block long, or of a district composed of one or more streets, highways, or alleys, by petition signed by the owners and addressed to the governing authority of the municipality, ask for the installation, construction, and equipment of sewers and sewerage disposal works for the purpose of serving the district, the governing authority may proceed as provided in the following Section.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2554 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2554
Certification and appointment
Status: in_force

A.(1) Except for entrance firefighter, entrance police officer, entrance jailer, secretary to the chief, departmental records clerk, and for the entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems for the respective fire or police service is the primary duty, whenever the appointing authority proposes to fill a vacancy in the classified service, except by demotion, transfer, emergency appointment, or by substitute employment not to exceed thirty days, the appointing authority shall request the board to certify names of persons eligible for appointment to the vacant position. The board thereupon shall certify in writing the names of eligible persons from the appropriate employment list, and the appointing authority shall, if it fills the vacancy, make the appointment as provided by this Section.

(2) Whenever the appointing authority proposes to fill a vacancy in entrance firefighter, entrance police officer, entrance jailer, secretary to the chief, departmental records clerk, and for the entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems for the respective fire or police service is the primary duty, the appointing authority shall request the state examiner to certify names of persons eligible for appointments to the vacant position. The state examiner shall certify in writing the names of eligible persons from the appropriate list, and the appointing authority shall, if the appointing authority fills the vacancy, make the appointment as provided by this Section.

B. The board first shall certify the name of the person appearing upon the reinstatement list who is eligible for the first reinstatement in the class of the vacant position. The name of this person and all others appearing upon the reinstatement list for the class shall be certified and offered the appointment in the order provided by R.S. 33:2550(B) before the vacancy is filled by any subsequent method provided by this Part. The appointing authority shall appoint to the vacant position the first person so certified to it who is willing to accept the appointment. If the position is one of a class from which lay-offs have been made as provided by R.S. 33:2559, the names of eligible persons appearing upon the re-employment list for the class shall be certified and offered the appointment in the order provided by R.S. 33:2550(C) before any other appointment is made thereto.

C.(1)(a) In the event a vacancy cannot be filled by reinstatement or by re-employment as above provided, the board next shall certify the names of the persons upon the promotional list, in the order in which they appear thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled.

(b) The appointing authority shall select and appoint to the first vacancy to be filled the one person certified to it who has the greatest seniority in the departmental service. Any remaining positions to be filled in the same class shall be filled by appointing to each such successive vacancy the one of the remaining persons certified therefor who has the next highest seniority in the departmental service. If any one or more persons so certified should refuse the appointment, the appointing authority shall then select and appoint one of the persons certified by the board with the next highest seniority in the department service. This procedure shall be followed until the position has been filled by appointment of the one person who has the greatest seniority in the departmental service who is willing to accept the appointment, or until each person whose name appears upon the list has in this order been certified and offered the appointment for the vacancy.

(c) Any person certified to the appointing authority who, because of work-related illness, injury, or incapacity, is unable to immediately begin a working test, shall be appointed in accordance with Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph. However, the working test shall be immediately interrupted and shall not commence until the employee has fully recovered and returns to full duty. If the employee fails to recover and return to full duty within six months of the date of his appointment, the board shall declare him ineligible to continue therein, and the appointment shall be made to one of the remaining persons certified therefor who has the next highest seniority in the departmental service. Any such person appointed in accordance with R.S. 33:2556(2) to substitute for the injured employee during the period of interrupted working test shall have such time counted toward his twelve-month working test period.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the cities of DeRidder and Eunice a vacant position in the police department shall be filled in the following manner:

(a) If a vacancy cannot be filled by reinstatement, or by reemployment as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section, the board shall next certify the names of the persons on the promotional list, in the order in which they appear thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled.

(b) The appointing authority shall select and appoint to the first vacancy to be filled the one person certified to him who has the greatest promotional seniority in the next lower rank. Any remaining positions to be filled in the same class shall be filled by appointing to each such successive vacancy the one of the remaining persons certified therefor who has the next highest promotional seniority in the next lower class.

(c) If any one or more persons so certified should refuse the appointment, the appointing authority shall then select and appoint one of the persons certified by the board with the next highest promotional seniority in the next lower class. This procedure shall be followed until the position has been filled by appointment of the one person who has the greatest promotional seniority in the next lower class and who is willing to accept the appointment or until each person whose name appears on the list has in this order been certified and offered an appointment to the vacancy.

(d) If two or more persons possess an equal amount of promotional seniority, those persons shall be reinstated or listed on the promotional list and offered promotions in the order of departmental seniority, from highest to lowest.

(e) Any person certified to the appointing authority who, because of work-related illness, injury, or incapacity, is unable to immediately begin a working test, shall be appointed in accordance with Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph. However, the working test shall be immediately interrupted and shall not commence until the employee has fully recovered and returns to full duty. If the employee fails to recover and return to full duty within six months of the date of his appointment, the board shall declare him ineligible to continue therein, and the appointment shall be made to one of the remaining persons certified therefor who has the next highest promotional seniority. Any such person appointed in accordance with R.S. 33:2556(2) to substitute for the injured employee during the period of interrupted working test shall have such time counted toward his twelve-month working test period.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the cities of Broussard, Carencro, Rayne, Scott, and Youngsville, a vacant position in the police department shall be filled in the following manner:

(a) If a vacancy cannot be filled by reinstatement or by reemployment as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section, the board shall next certify the names of the persons on the promotional list, in the order in which they appear thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled.

(b) The appointing authority shall select and appoint to any vacancy to be filled a person whose name appears on the promotional list for the class for which he was tested as a person who is among the three highest in departmental seniority.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the city of Leesville, a vacant position in the police department shall be filled in the following manner:

(a) If a vacancy cannot be filled by reinstatement or by reemployment as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section, the board shall next certify the names of the persons on the promotional list, in the order in which they appear thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled.

(b) The appointing authority shall select and appoint to any vacancy to be filled a person whose name appears on the promotional list for the class for which the person was tested as a person who is among the three highest in departmental seniority.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the city of Morgan City, a vacant position in the police department shall be filled in the following manner:

(a) If a vacancy cannot be filled by reinstatement or by reemployment as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section, the board shall next certify the names of the persons on the promotional list, in the order in which they appear thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled.

(b) The appointing authority shall select and appoint to any vacancy to be filled a person whose name appears on the promotional list for the class for which he was tested as a person who is among the three highest in departmental seniority.

D. Certification and appointment from the competitive list shall be limited to those conditions and classifications for which the competitive test may be given as provided by R.S. 33:2552(7). Upon the appointing authority's request for the certification of eligible persons from which it may fill a vacancy, and if the competitive list is the appropriate list from which the names of eligible persons shall be certified, the board or the state examiner shall certify the names of the persons upon that list, in the order in which they appear thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled. The appointing authority shall select and appoint to the first vacancy to be filled any one of the persons so certified to it for the vacancy. In making appointments to the positions of entrance firefighter, entrance police officer, entrance jailer, secretary to the chief, departmental records clerk, and for the entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems for the respective fire or police service is the primary duty, the appointing authority shall verify that the applicant meets the minimum qualifications as established by the board. Additionally, in making such appointment to entry-level positions, the appointing authority shall give a preference to Louisiana residents. If any one or more persons so certified refuses the appointment, the appointing authority then shall select and appoint any one of the remaining persons certified by the board or the state examiner. This procedure shall be followed until the position has been filled by appointment of one of the persons certified from the list and willing to accept the appointment, or until each person whose name appears upon the list has in this manner been certified for the vacancy.

E. Appointment to any position in the classified service from which the regular employee is away on an authorized leave of absence shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Subsection B.

F. The appointing authority shall notify the board of the filling of a vacancy as provided in R.S. 33:2563.

G. Except as provided in Subparagraphs (C)(1)(c) and (C)(2)(e), it shall be mandatory for the appointing authority to fill each vacancy, including vacancies in classifications hereafter created, within 60 days of the occurrence of the vacancy. This shall not operate to prevent the board from abolishing any unnecessary classifications.

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1092, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1093, §1; Acts 2016, No. 285, §1; Acts 2016, No. 552, §1, eff. June 17, 2016; Acts 2016, No. 552, §§2, 3, eff. Aug. 1, 2016; Acts 2017, No. 93, §1; Acts 2020, No. 38, §1; Acts 2020, No. 196, §1; Acts 2022, No. 218, §1; Acts 2024, No. 230, §1; Acts 2024, No. 262, §1; Acts 2024, No. 418, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2016, No. 552, §6, regarding effectiveness.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:138 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 138
Local governments and planning agencies; filing of plans and reports; submission of proposals
Status: in_force

To facilitate effective and harmonious planning of the region or metropolitan area, all parish and municipal legislative bodies, and all parish, municipal or other local planning agencies shall file with the appropriate regional planning commission, for its information, all parish or municipal plans, zoning ordinances, official maps, building codes, subdivision regulations, or amendments or revisions or any of them, as well as copies of their regular and special reports dealing in whole or in part with planning matters. Parish or municipal legislative bodies, or parish, municipal or other local planning agencies may also submit proposals for such plans, ordinances, maps, codes, regulations, amendments or revisions prior to their adoption, in order to afford an opportunity to the regional planning commission or its staff to study such proposals and to render advice thereon.

Acts 1956, No. 239, §8.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2332 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2332
Storage charges on recovery of lost or stolen automobile; sale of automobile
Status: in_force

The police departments in all cities having more than one hundred thousand population may charge storage, not exceeding fifteen dollars per month on all lost or stolen automobiles which are found or recovered by the departments, and may dispose, at public auction, of all lost or stolen automobiles found or recovered and stored with the department, at the expiration of ninety days from the date that the cars were first stored with the department; the proceeds of the sales are to be used for the payment of storage charges assessed against the automobile, and the sale and advertising charges; the balance, if any, is to be retained in the municipal treasury, subject to the order of the owner of the automobile thus sold, upon proof by him of the fact that he was the owner. However, no stored automobile shall be sold until the chief of police has first advertised the fact, for thirty days, in a newspaper published in the municipality, that the police department has in its possession the lost or stolen automobile, which shall be described by make, model, serial number, and engine number; and that the owner is called upon to present himself, prove ownership, and pay the accrued storage charges, as well as the cost of advertisement.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:135.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 135.2
Houma-Terrebonne zoning authority
Status: in_force

The Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government may provide, by ordinance, that the Houma-Terrebonne Regional Planning Commission or its successor shall serve as the zoning commission for the city of Houma and any other part of the parish where zoning authority is exercised. The commission shall hold separate meetings and keep separate minutes and records when serving as a zoning commission.

Acts 2001, No. 79, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1405 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1405
Emergency interim successors for local officers
Status: in_force

The provisions of this section shall be applicable to officers of political subdivisions including but not limited to municipalities, parishes, and special districts not included in R.S. 33:1404. Such officers, subject to such regulations as the executive head or heads of the political subdivision may issue, shall upon approval of this Part, designate by title, if feasible, or by named person, emergency interim successors and specify their order of succession. The officer shall review and revise, as necessary, designations made pursuant to this Part to insure their current status. The officer will designate a sufficient number of persons so that there will be not less than three nor more than seven deputies or emergency interim successors, or any combination thereof, at any time. In the event that any officer of any political subdivision or his deputy provided for pursuant to law is unavailable, the powers of the office shall be exercised and duties shall be discharged by his designated emergency interim successors in the order specified. The emergency interim successors shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office to which designated until such time as a vacancy which may exist shall be filled in accordance with the constitution or statutes, or until the officer or his deputy or a preceding emergency interim successor again becomes available to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of his office.

Acts 1963, No. 114, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3661 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3661
Form of the certificates; registration
Status: in_force

The certificates shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the municipality and by its Clerk or Secretary, on behalf of and in the name of the municipality and under the seal thereof. The interest coupons shall be signed with the facsimile signature of said officers, and before delivery, shall be registered in the mortgage records of the parish in which the municipality is located as to the serial number, or numbers, amount, rate of interest, date due, and the streets, roads, or parts thereof, along which the street lighting facilities have been installed. Each of these certificates shall bear the following endorsement:

"This certificate registered in the Mortgage Records of the Parish of ________ on this, the ______ day of ________, 20__."

Added by Acts 1967, No. 117, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4753 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4753
Special liens; municipalities of four hundred thousand or more inhabitants
Status: in_force

A.(1) The governing body of any municipality of four hundred thousand or more inhabitants may adopt ordinances to provide for control of vacant substandard buildings and the recordation of notices of any costs for extraordinary police, fire, sanitation, and health services which the municipality provides to the owners of vacant substandard buildings which have been deemed uninhabitable by the municipality, pursuant to ordinance adopted by the municipality.

(2)(a) Such ordinance shall establish standards for the notification of the owner of said property and an opportunity to be heard.

(b) Such standards shall include but not be limited to the requirement that if the owner is absent from the state or the parish in which the property is located or unrepresented therein, then notice shall be served upon an attorney at law appointed by the governing body of the municipality to represent the absentee.

B. Municipalities may pass ordinances to add costs for extraordinary police, fire, sanitation, and health services which the municipality provides to the owners of vacant substandard buildings which have been deemed uninhabitable by the municipality to the annual ad valorem tax bill of the property involved.

C.(1) Upon failure of any such property owner to pay the charges incurred pursuant to the ordinances authorized by this Section, the governing body may file a certified copy of said charges with the recorder of mortgages, and the same, when so filed and recorded, shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the municipality against the property on which a vacant substandard building deemed uninhabitable by the municipality is located.

(2) Such recordation shall constitute a privilege against the uninhabitable property; shall be subordinate in rank to a tax privilege, or a vendor's lien and privilege, or any other prior recorded lien, privilege, or mortgage; and shall not be considered as an ad valorem tax for purposes of the issuance of a tax certificate.

D. If within six months after the filing of the lien provided for in Subsection C of this Section, the property owner fails to pay such lien, the director of finance of the municipality, for the benefit of the municipality, shall have the authority to sell such property for the amount of all public liens operating against the property and any interest thereon. The procedure for notice, advertisement, and sale of the property shall be governed by the law applicable to the sale of real property for delinquent city taxes.

E.(1) For the purposes of this Section, the term "vacant substandard buildings" shall mean residential and commercial buildings which are determined to be:

(a) Unsafe, unsanitary, unfit for human habitation, or not provided with adequate egress;

(b) Which constitute a fire hazard or are otherwise dangerous to human life; or

(c) Which in relation to existing use constitute a hazard to safety or health by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, or abandonment for a period in excess of six months.

(2) However, "vacant substandard buildings" shall not be interpreted or construed to mean residential and commercial buildings which are under construction or which are in a substandard condition as a result of a natural disaster, an act of God, force majeure, a catastrophe, or such other occurrence over which the owner or owners have no control.

Acts 1984, No. 508, §1, eff. July 6, 1984; Acts 1984, No. 797, §1; Acts 1987, No. 475, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.69 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.69
Enforcement of building and zoning 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 this Subpart or of any ordinance or other regulation made pursuant to authority conferred by this Subpart, the proper local authorities of the parish of East Feliciana, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings 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 the officer authorized to issue building permits, who is 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 made pursuant to authority of this Subpart.

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 be fined not less than ten dollars and not more than twenty-five dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each day that the violation continues.

Acts 2007, No. 186, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9083 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9083
Fourteenth and Sixteenth Wards Neighborhood Development District
Status: in_force

A. Creation. The Fourteenth and Sixteenth Wards Neighborhood Development District, hereinafter referred to as the "district", is hereby constituted as a political subdivision of the state.

B. Boundaries. The boundaries of the district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the Fourteenth and Sixteenth Wards of Orleans Parish.

C. Purpose. The district is established for the primary object and purpose of promoting, encouraging, and participating in activities of providing neighborhood assistance, job training, education for individuals, youth development, community services, community development, or crime prevention within the district.

D. Governance. (1) The district shall be governed by a board of directors hereinafter referred to as the "board". The members of the board shall be appointed as follows:

(a) One member each selected by the Maple Area Association, the Audubon Area Zoning Association and the Uptown Neighborhood Organization.

(b) Two persons selected by the state representative for House of Representatives District No. 89.

(c) Two persons selected by the state representative for House of Representatives District No. 95.

(d) Four persons selected by the state senator for Senate District No. 6.

(2) A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

(3) Members shall serve two-year terms and may be reappointed. An appointed member shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed.

(4) Members shall serve without compensation.

(5) The board shall elect such officers as are deemed necessary who shall perform the duties customarily performed by such officers as provided in the rules adopted by the board.

(6) A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. A quorum is necessary to conduct any board action.

E. Powers and duties. The district, acting by and through its board, shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objects and purposes, including but not limited to rights and powers set out in this Subpart:

(1) To sue and be sued.

(2) To adopt, use, and alter at will a corporate seal.

(3) To acquire by gift, grant, purchase, lease, or otherwise, all property, including servitudes or rights of way; to hold and use any franchise or property, immovable, movable, or mixed, corporeal or incorporeal, or any interest therein, necessary or desirable for carrying out the objectives and purposes of the district.

(4) To receive by gift, grant, donation, or otherwise any sum of money, or property, aid, or assistance from the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, or any person, firm, or corporation.

(5) To enter into contracts for the purchase, acquisition, construction, maintenance, and improvement of works and facilities necessary in connection with the purposes of the district.

(6) To mortgage properties constructed or acquired and to borrow money and pledge all or part of its revenues, leases, rents, or other advantages as security for such loans.

(7) To sell immovable property owned by the district as provided by law.

(8) To appoint officers, agents, and employees, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation.

(9) To contract, upon such terms as it may agree upon, for legal, financial, engineering, and other professional services necessary or expedient in the conduct of its affairs.

(10) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct for its business.

(11) To do any and all things necessary or proper for the government, regulation, development, and control of the business of the board.

F. Miscellaneous provisions. (1) The district and all properties at any time owned by the district and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation by the state.

(2) The financial records of the district shall be audited pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 24:513.

(3) As used in this Subpart, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) "Community services" means any type of counseling and advice, emergency assistance, or medical care furnished to individuals or groups within the district.

(b) "Crime prevention" means any activity which aids in the reduction of crime in the district.

(c) "Education" means any type of scholastic instruction or scholarship assistance to any individual who resides in the district that enables him to prepare himself for better opportunities.

(d) "Job training" means any type of instruction to an individual who resides within the district that enables him to acquire vocational skills so that he can become employable or be able to seek a higher grade of employment.

(e) "Neighborhood assistance" means furnishing financial assistance, labor, material, or technical advice to aid in the physical improvement or rehabilitation of any part or all of the district.

Acts 1992, No. 1125, §1, eff. July 15, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 1078, §2; Acts 1999, No. 1233, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3815.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3815.4
Waterworks District Number Three of Beauregard Parish; authorization to sell certain waterlines
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, specifically the provisions of R.S. 33:4341, the board of commissioners for Waterworks District Number Three of Beauregard Parish is authorized to sell and transfer, without voter approval, certain designated waterlines owned by the district for such price and pursuant to such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between both parties.

Acts 1992, No. 724, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4091 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4091
Reports of board
Status: in_force

A. On or prior to the first day of May of each year, the board shall make to the city council, in writing, a full and detailed report of its acts, doings, receipts, and expenditures, the same to be put in printed form for public distribution, and a synopsis of same, including a statement of receipts and disbursements, published in the official journal of the city.

B. In addition to the requirements of Subsection A of this Section, the board shall report quarterly, in September, December, March, and June, to the city council relative to the contracts let in the construction and repair of its public systems of water, sewerage, and drainage. Such report shall include the following for new contracts let during the reporting period:

(1) The total number of contracts let to all contractors.

(2) The total value of contracts let to all contractors.

(3)(a) The total number of contracts let to local disadvantaged business enterprises expressed as a percentage of the total number of contracts let.

(b) The total number of contracts let to local businesses expressed as a percentage of the total number of contracts let.

(4)(a) The total value of contracts let to local disadvantaged business enterprises expressed as a percentage of the total value of contracts let.

(b) The total value of contracts let to local businesses expressed as a percentage of the total value of contracts let.

(5) The total number of contracts let to a fifty-fifty joint venture enterprise expressed as a percentage of the total number of contracts let.

C. In addition to the requirements of Subsections A and B of this Section, the board shall report quarterly no later than the first day of the second month following the close of each calendar quarter to the city council relative to its operations. The report shall include the following in a manner as prescribed by the city council:

(1) Standard industry metrics for best practice, including but not limited to:

(a) Percentage of water loss.

(b) Percentage of water paid.

(c) Percentage and total value of receivables outstanding, including a delinquency schedule and a copy of the board's policies and procedures for bill collection.

(d) Customer service improvements.

(2) Processes and indicators for prevention of waste or fraud.

(3) Performance metrics for employees and contractors.

(4) Benchmarks of success regarding improved coordination between the board and the Department of Public Works to ensure priority and resource alignment.

(5) Report on the efficiency and effectiveness of information systems.

(6) Detailed reports on assessment and status of technologies and operation programs and strategies for system redundancy and service improvements.

(7) Detailed reports on assessment and status of operational reforms, capital improvement programs, and service assurance programs.

(8) The identity and detailed information on the status of all projects and all improvements made since the close of the last quarter.

D. The mayor or the chief administrative officer and the executive director shall present each quarterly report to the city council at the next regularly scheduled city council meeting dedicated to public works.

E. If a quarterly report is not submitted timely to the city council, the executive director shall attend the council's next regularly scheduled meeting and present to the council the reasons for the failure to timely submit the report.

F. In addition to the other requirements of this Section, the board shall send a report, by electronic mail, to the members of the Orleans Parish legislative delegation and the members of the governing authority of Orleans Parish detailing the pumping and electrical power of its facilities and the available manpower no later than twenty-four hours prior to a hurricane entering the Gulf of Mexico as determined by the National Weather Service and no later than forty-eight hours after a flood watch or warning or thunderstorm watch or warning is issued by the National Weather Service for any area of Orleans Parish.

Amended by Acts 1974, No. 310, §1; Acts 2013, No. 345, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 366, §1; Acts 2021, No. 360, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2018, No. 366, §§2, 3 relative to effectiveness and board members.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.18 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.18
Disclosure of public financing
Status: in_force

The district shall take affirmative steps to provide for the full disclosure of information relating to the public financing and maintenance of improvements to immovable property undertaken by the district. Such information shall be made available to all existing residents, and to all prospective residents, of the district. The district shall furnish each developer of a residential development within the district with sufficient copies of that information to provide each prospective initial purchaser of property in that development with a copy.

Acts 2001, No. 992, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7572 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7572
Beachfront development districts, objects and purposes
Status: in_force

The objects and purposes of any beachfront development district created pursuant to this Chapter shall be to maintain and preserve beaches for use and enjoyment of the citizens and to develop, operate, and maintain recreational facilities and provide for related activities to promote recreation, outdoor activities, and water sports on beaches within the district for the residents of the parish or parishes and visitors to the district.

Acts 1992, No. 59, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7558 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7558
Right of entry; assistance
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners or its authorized agents may enter at all reasonable times in or upon any private or public property for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions relating to the regulation of the use of lands within the district. The board may call upon any officer, board, department, school, university, or other state institutions, and the officers and employees thereof, and require the furnishing of any assistance deemed necessary to the carrying out of this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 589, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:120.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 120.13
Planning and zoning board serving as planning commission
Status: in_force

The planning and zoning board shall operate in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:101 through R.S. 33:120.1 except where there is conflict with the provisions of this Subpart. If a conflict exists, the provisions of this Subpart shall govern.

Acts 1997, No. 1274, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:174 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 174
Suit to contest reasonableness of proposed extension of corporate limits
Status: in_force

A. Any interested citizen of the municipality or of the territory proposed to be annexed thereto may, within the thirty-day period before the ordinance becomes effective, file suit in the district court having jurisdiction over the municipality, to contest the proposed extension of the corporate limits. "Interested", as used in this Section, means a real and actual personal stake in the outcome of the contest of the extension of the corporate limits.

B. The sole questions to be presented to the court in a contest of a proposed extension of the corporate limits shall be as follows:

(1) Whether the proposed extension is reasonable.

(2) Whether, prior to the adoption of an ordinance enlarging the boundaries of a municipality, a petition was presented to the governing body of a municipality, and prior to the adoption of said ordinance, certificates were obtained from the parish assessor and parish registrar of voters showing that the said petition contained the written assent of a majority of the registered voters and a majority in number of the resident property owners as well as twenty-five percent in value of the property of the resident property owners within the area proposed to be included in the corporate limits.

(3) Whether the municipality complied with its own requirements for the adoption of ordinance in adopting the annexation ordinance.

C. If the extension of boundaries is adjudged reasonable, the ordinance shall go into effect ten days after the judgment is rendered and signed unless a suspensive appeal therefrom has been taken within the time and manner provided by law. If the proposed extension is adjudged invalid, the ordinance shall be vacated and the proposed extension shall be denied, and no ordinances proposing practically the same extension shall be introduced for one year thereafter. A similar right of appeal from the judgment of the district court annulling the ordinance shall be granted the municipality or any interested citizen as hereinabove provided.

D. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, the provisions of this Subsection shall apply to Jefferson Parish*. Any interested citizen of the municipality or of the territory proposed to be annexed thereto may, within the thirty-day period before the ordinance becomes effective, file suit in the district court having jurisdiction over the municipality, to contest the proposed extension of the corporate limits and the question shall be whether the proposed extension is reasonable. If the extension of boundaries is adjudged reasonable, the ordinance shall go into effect ten days after the judgment is rendered and signed unless a suspensive appeal therefrom has been taken within the time and manner provided by law. If the proposed extension is adjudged unreasonable, the ordinance shall be vacated and the proposed extension shall be denied, and no ordinances proposing practically the same extension shall be introduced for one year thereafter. A similar right of appeal from the judgment of the district court annulling the ordinance shall be granted the municipality or any interested citizen as hereinabove provided.

Acts 1993, No. 995, §1, eff. June 25, 1993.

*AS APPEARS IN ENROLLED BILL.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9097.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9097.14
Park Forest Crime Prevention and Improvement District
Status: in_force

A. Creation. There is hereby created within the parish of East Baton Rouge, as more specifically provided in Subsection B of this Section, a body politic and corporate which shall be known as the Park Forest Crime Prevention and Improvement District, referred to in this Section as the "district". The district shall be a political subdivision of the state as defined in the Constitution of Louisiana.

B. Boundaries. The district shall include the area within the following boundaries: beginning at the intersection of Monterrey Boulevard and Greenwell Springs Road, south along Monterrey Boulevard to its intersection with Great Smoky Avenue, then east along Great Smoky Avenue (both sides) to its intersection with Jo Anne Drive, then north along Jo Anne Drive (both sides) to its intersection with Big Bend Avenue, then east along Big Bend Avenue (both sides) to its intersection with North Sherwood Forest Drive, then north along North Sherwood Forest Drive to its intersection with Greenwell Springs Road, then southwest along Greenwell Springs Road to the point of beginning. The district shall also include all lots that front on Great Smoky Avenue whether or not the lot lies within the boundaries otherwise described in this Subsection.

C. The district is established for the primary object and purpose of promoting and encouraging the beautification, security, and overall betterment of the district.

D. Board. (1) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners, referred to in this Section as the "board", consisting of members as follows:

(a) The president of the Park Forest Community Association or its successor shall serve as a member.

(b) The board of directors of the Park Forest Community Association or its successor shall appoint two members.

(c) The member of the Louisiana House of Representatives whose district encompasses all or the greater portion of the area of the district shall appoint one member.

(d) The member of the Louisiana Senate whose district encompasses all or the greater portion of the area of the district shall appoint one member.

(e) Each member of the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish whose district encompasses a portion of the area included within the district shall appoint one member.

(2) All members of the board shall be residents and qualified voters of the district.

(3)(a) Members appointed pursuant to Subparagraphs (1)(b) through (e) of this Subsection shall serve three-year terms after initial terms as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph.

(b) Two members shall serve an initial term of one year; two shall serve two years; and two shall serve three years as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board.

(c) The president of the Park Forest Community Association shall serve during his term of office.

(4) Any board member may be removed for cause by a majority vote of the board.

(5) Vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment. A member shall be eligible for reappointment unless he was removed pursuant to Paragraph (4) of this Subsection.

(6) All members of the board shall serve without compensation and shall not receive reimbursement for expenses.

(7) The domicile of the board shall be within the district.

(8) The board is authorized to adopt bylaws for its governance and conduct.

(9) The members of the board shall select from among themselves a president and such other officers as they deem appropriate whose responsibilities shall be as provided by the bylaws of the board.

(10) The board shall hold regular meetings as provided for in its bylaws and may hold special meetings at such times and places within the district as provided in the bylaws.

(11) The board shall keep minutes of all meetings.

(12) A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for conducting business of the district.

E. Powers and duties. The district, acting through its board of commissioners, shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) To sue and be sued.

(2) To adopt, use, and alter at will a corporate seal.

(3) To receive and expend funds collected pursuant to Subsection F of this Section and in accordance with a budget adopted as provided by Subsection G of this Section.

(4) To enter into contracts with individuals or entities, private or public.

(5) To purchase items and supplies necessary for achieving any purpose of the district.

(6) To accept private grants and donations.

(7) To procure and maintain liability insurance against any personal or legal liability of a board member that may be asserted or incurred based upon his service as a member of the board or that may arise as a result of his actions taken within the scope and discharge of his duties as a member of the board.

(8) To perform or have performed any function or activity the board deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the district.

F. Parcel fee. The governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish may impose and collect a parcel fee within the district subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection:

(1) The amount of the fee shall be as determined by duly adopted resolution of the board. The fee, however, shall not exceed one hundred dollars per parcel per year.

(2) The fee shall be imposed on each parcel located within the district. The term "parcel" as used in this Subsection shall mean a developed lot upon which is situated a single-family residence.

(3) The owner of the parcel shall be responsible for payment of the fee.

(4)(a) The fee shall be imposed only after the question of its imposition has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.

(b) Not less than five years after the approval of the imposition of the fee by the voters of the district, the board may increase the amount of the fee one time without election. The amount of the fee shall be as provided in a duly adopted resolution of the board, not to exceed two hundred dollars per parcel per year.

(c) The fee shall expire ten years after its initial levy but may be renewed if approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election as provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph. If the fee is renewed, the amount of the fee shall not exceed two hundred dollars per parcel per year. The term of the imposition of the fee shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing such renewal, not to exceed ten years.

(5) The sheriff of the parish of East Baton Rouge shall collect the fee at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are collected.

(6) The sheriff of the parish of East Baton Rouge shall remit to the district all amounts collected not more than sixty days after collection; however, the board may enter into an agreement with the sheriff to authorize the sheriff to retain a collection fee.

(7) Any parcel fee shall be added to the tax rolls of the parish and shall be enforced with the same authority and subject to the same penalties and procedures as ad valorem taxes.

G. Budget. (1) The board of commissioners shall adopt an annual budget in accordance with the Louisiana Local Government Budget Act, R.S. 39:1301 et seq.

(2) The district shall be subject to audit by the legislative auditor pursuant to R.S. 24:513.

H. Miscellaneous provisions. (1) It is the purpose and intent of this Section that the additional law enforcement personnel and services provided by the district shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the district by the city of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish.

(2) If the district ceases to exist:

(a) All funds of the district shall be transmitted to the parish of East Baton Rouge and shall be used for law enforcement purposes in the area included within the district.

(b) The authority for the imposition of the parcel fee provided in this Section shall cease.

Acts 2012, No. 187, §1, eff. May 22, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1375 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1375
Maximum penalties; city of New Orleans
Status: in_force

A.(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Section, in the city of New Orleans, the maximum monetary penalty which may be imposed for a first offense violation of any ordinance enacted by the governing authority of the city shall be a fine of one thousand dollars. For the second or any subsequent offense, the maximum monetary penalty which may be imposed shall be two thousand dollars.

(2) The maximum imprisonment penalty which may be imposed for any violation of an ordinance enacted by the governing authority of the city is six months in jail.

B. The maximum penalties established by the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any penalty imposed for a non-moving or parking violation or any other traffic violation, including any violation captured by an automated traffic enforcement system.

C. The penalty which may be imposed for each violation of an ordinance prohibiting the dumping of trash, debris, refuse, garbage, other solid and liquid waste, greases, and oils, such as but not limited to cooking oil and fats, motor oil, antifreeze, truck and automotive fluids, paint, paint thinners, and gasoline into drainage culverts, lines, or canals, upon any public place within the parish, upon private property within the parish not owned by the person accused of the violation, upon property owned or controlled by the parish, or in or on the waters within the parish, whether from a vehicle or otherwise, including but not limited to any public highway, public park, beach, campground, forestland, recreational area, trailer park, highway, road, street, or alley, shall not exceed one thousand dollars, or a greater amount if a state statute authorizes a greater penalty for the violation of such an ordinance, or imprisonment in accordance with Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section.

Acts 2014, No. 637, §1; Acts 2023, No. 304, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.256 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.256
Industrial development
Status: in_force

A.(1) The authority may construct and acquire industrial parks and industrial plant buildings, and subordinate and related facilities, including the acquisition of sites and other necessary property or appurtenances thereto within the boundaries of the authority, or outside the boundaries of the authority if the project is undertaken conjointly with another state or 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, drainage, sewers, sewerage disposal facilities, solid waste disposal facilities, waterworks, and other utilities and related properties, consistent with applicable parish regulations and policies.

(2)(a) The authority may also sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of, by suitable and appropriate contract, to any enterprise locating or existing within the boundaries of the authority all or any part of a site, building, or other property owned by the authority.

(b) In determining the consideration for any contract to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of lands, buildings, or other property of the authority, 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 boundaries of the authority. Such economic impact shall include increased employment, increased use of local labor, wages and salaries to be paid, consumption of local materials, products, and resources, and special tax revenue to be generated by the enterprise acquiring or leasing lands, buildings, or other property from the authority. In no event, however, and under no circumstances shall the board dispose of any property of the authority 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.

(c) The authority may enter into leases having a term, including all renewal terms, not to exceed fifty years in the aggregate; provided that there shall be a provision for periodic adjustments of the rental rate, commensurate with economic conditions, during the fifty-year term.

(d) The approval of the State Bond Commission shall be conclusive for purposes of compliance with the requirements of this Paragraph.

(3)(a) The resolution or ordinance adopted by the board authorizing any lease, sale, or other disposition of lands, buildings, or other property of the authority or any attachment thereto shall set forth, in a general way, the terms of the authorized lease, sale, or other disposition, and such resolution or ordinance shall be published as soon as possible in one issue of the official journal of the authority.

(b) For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of any such resolution or ordinance, any interested person may contest the legality of such resolution or ordinance or the validity of the authorized lease, sale, or other disposition of authority property, after which time no one shall have any cause of action to contest the legality of the authorized lease, sale, or other disposition of authority property for any cause whatsoever, and 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 the thirty days.

B. The authority shall have the following additional powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary for the performance of its duties:

(1) To acquire, whether by purchase, exchange, donation, or lease, and to construct and improve, maintain, equip, and furnish one or more economic development projects, including all immovable and movable properties which the board may deem necessary in connection therewith.

(2) To lease or to contract for the use of any or all of its authorized projects and to charge and collect rent, fees, or charges therefor, and to terminate any such lease or contractual arrangement upon the failure of the obligations thereof, all as may be provided for in the lease agreement to which the authority may become a party.

(3) To sell, exchange, donate, 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 authority whenever the board finds any such actions to be in furtherance of the purpose for which the authority was organized.

(4) As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds, notes, or other obligations of the authority, and any agreements made in connection therewith, to 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.

(5)(a) To enter into any cooperative financing of an economic development project between or among the authority 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. The 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.

(b) To enter into any cooperative development between or among the authority 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. The 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 authority 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.

Acts 1989, No. 2, §1, eff. June 1, 1989; Acts 2004, No. 622, §1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2015, No. 191, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9038.59 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9038.59
New Orleans City Park Taxing District
Status: in_force

A. Creation. The New Orleans City Park Taxing District, a special taxing district and political subdivision of the state, hereinafter referred to as the "district" is hereby created in the parish of Orleans.

B. Boundaries. The district shall be the same as the area known as New Orleans City Park.

C. Purpose. The district is created to provide for cooperative economic development between the city of New Orleans, the New Orleans City Park Improvement Association, and the district in order to provide for the renovation, restoration, and development of the property in the city of New Orleans which is known as New Orleans City Park.

D. Governance. (1) In order to provide for the orderly development of the district and effectuation of the purposes of the district, the district shall be administered and governed by a board of commissioners of four persons comprised as follows:

(a) The president of the city council of the city of New Orleans.

(b) The secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.

(c) The president of the board of commissioners of the New Orleans City Park Improvement Association.

(d) The chief executive officer of New Orleans City Park.

(2) A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The board shall keep minutes of all meetings and shall make them available for inspection through the board's secretary. The minute books and archives of the district shall be maintained by the board's secretary. The monies, funds, and accounts of the district shall be in the official custody of the board.

(3) The board shall adopt bylaws and prescribe rules to govern its meetings. The members of the board shall serve without salary or per diem and shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable, actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(4) The domicile of the board shall be established by the board at a location within the district.

(5) The board shall elect from its own members a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, whose duties shall be common to such offices or as may be provided by bylaws adopted by the district. At the option of the board or as provided in the bylaws, the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The board shall hold regular meetings and may hold special meetings as provided in the bylaws. All such meetings shall be public meetings subject to the provisions of R.S. 42:11 et seq.

E. Rights and powers. The district, acting by and through its board of commissioners, shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision and special taxing district necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objects and purposes including but not limited to the following:

(1) To sue and to be sued.

(2) To adopt bylaws and rules and regulations.

(3) To receive by gift, grant, donation or otherwise any sum of money, property, aid or assistance from the United States, the state, or any political subdivision thereof, or any person, firm, or corporation.

(4) For the public purposes of the district, to enter into contracts, agreements or cooperative endeavors with the state and its political subdivisions or political corporations and with any public or private association, corporation, business entity, or individual.

(5) To appoint officers, agents, and employees, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation.

(6) To acquire by gift, grant, purchase, lease, or otherwise such property as may be necessary or desirable for carrying out the objectives and purposes of the district and to mortgage and sell such property.

(7) In its own name and on its own behalf, to incur debt and to issue bonds, notes, certificates and other evidences of indebtedness. For this purpose the district shall be deemed and considered to be an issuer for purposes of R.S. 33:9037 and shall, to the extent not in conflict with this Section, be subject to the provisions of R.S. 33:9037.

(8) To establish such funds or accounts as are necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the district.

F. Term. The district shall dissolve and cease to exist one year after the later of the date all bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the district, including refunding bonds are paid in full as to both principal and interest or the date the district determines that any economic development special trust fund which may be created by the district shall no longer be funded; however, under no event shall the district have an existence of less than three years or more than thirty years.

G.(1) For purposes of implementing tax increment financing as provided for in this Part, the board shall have all authorities provided for in R.S. 33:9038.34 to implement sales tax increment financing, including in particular the provisions of R.S. 33:9038.34(O), except that the provisions of R.S. 33:9038.34(A)(6) shall not be applicable and instead Paragraph (2) of this Subsection shall control the process for the dedication of any state of Louisiana sales tax increments. However, any tax or portion of a tax which has been previously dedicated to another purpose according to a proposition approved by voters shall be used as such a tax increment only if approved by a majority of the voters of the taxing authority levying the tax voting on the proposition in an election held for such purpose.

(2) Subject to dedication by law, state of Louisiana sales tax increments may be dedicated to pay the revenue bonds of a local economic development project but shall not exceed the aggregate portion of the local sales tax increment dedicated for such purposes. Prior to the dedication of state sales tax increments to pay revenue bonds for a local economic development project, the commissioner of administration shall submit the proposed project to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget for approval. The submittal shall include a written evaluation and determination by the division of administration and certification by the Department of Revenue of the anticipated increase in state sales tax revenues to be collected within the state over state sales tax revenues that were collected within the state in the year immediately prior to the year in which the project is submitted to the committee that would be a direct result of the project. In determining whether to approve the dedication of state sales tax increments, the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget shall take into account whether the city of New Orleans has agreed to the dedication of a portion of the city's sales tax for a local economic project or projects in the district, including the length of time for any such dedication and the amount of any such dedication. In addition, subject to the provisions of R.S. 33:9029.2, any cooperative endeavor agreement or other agreement providing for the expenditure of funds collected by the state as state sales tax increments and dedicated to a project or for the payment of revenue bonds therefor shall be subject to approval by the State Bond Commission prior to execution by the state, except the provisions of R.S. 33:9029.2(A)(2) and (B) as to the submission of applications or filing of suits by Louisiana Economic Development shall not apply. Any application to the State Bond Commission for such approval shall be submitted by the district. Any suit to determine the validity of any cooperative endeavor agreement prior to the execution thereof pursuant to the provisions of Part XVI of Chapter 32 of Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 as though the agreement constituted the issuance of bonds of a governmental unit may be filed by the district.

(3) The board shall designate the boundaries of a sales tax area and shall designate the local sales taxes, which are to be used in determining the sales tax increments and the initial annual baseline collection rate for the sales tax area, which shall be the amount of such designated sales taxes collected in the sales tax area in the fiscal year of the district most recently completed prior to the establishment of the sales tax area. In addition, a monthly baseline collection rate shall be determined by dividing the initial annual baseline collection rate by twelve. The initial annual baseline collection rate and the monthly baseline collection rate shall be certified by the chief financial officer or equivalent of the district. The certification shall also be published one time in the official journal of the parish of Orleans. If the amounts of the initial annual baseline collection rate and the monthly baseline collection rate are not contested within thirty days after said publication, then such amounts shall be conclusively presumed to be valid, and no court shall have jurisdiction to alter or invalidate the designation of the amount of either the initial annual baseline collection rate or the monthly baseline collection rate.

H. The provisions of this Section shall not affect any school system or law enforcement agency for any purpose.

I. Liberal construction. This Section, being necessary for the welfare of the parish and its residents, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

Acts 2007, No. 266, §1; Acts 2012, No. 490, §1, eff. June 5, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4564.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4564.2
Recreation District No. 1, Vermilion Parish; appointment of additional members
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:4564(A) and (C) or any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of the parish of Vermilion may increase the membership of the board of commissioners of the Vermilion Parish Recreation District No. 1 from five to eight members. The initial terms of the three additional members so authorized shall be as determined by the appointing authority not to exceed seven years, and the initial additional members shall serve until their successors have been appointed and qualified. All other provisions of law relative to members of the board shall apply to the additional commissioners.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 458, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9038.53 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9038.53
Taxing district in Alexandria
Status: in_force

A. Creation. The governing authority of the city of Alexandria may create a special taxing district and political subdivision of the state, hereinafter referred to as the "district" to fund renovations to a hotel in the city.

B. Boundaries. The ordinance creating the district shall establish its boundaries.

C. Purpose. The district shall have as its purpose cooperative economic development between the city of Alexandria, the hotel in the district, and the district, in order to provide for the renovation, restoration, and development of a hotel in the city of Alexandria.

D. Governance. In order to provide for the orderly development of the district and effectuation of the purposes of the district, the district shall be administered and governed by a board of commissioners established by the municipal governing authority in the ordinance creating the district.

E. Rights and powers. The district, acting by and through its board of commissioners, shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision and special taxing district necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objects and purposes including but not limited to the following:

(1) To sue and to be sued.

(2) To adopt bylaws and rules and regulations.

(3) To receive by gift, grant, donation or otherwise any sum of money, property, aid or assistance from the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, or any person, firm, or corporation.

(4) For the public purposes of the district to enter into contracts, agreements or cooperative endeavors with the state and its political subdivisions or political corporations and with any public or private association, corporation, business entity, or individual.

(5) Appoint officers, agents, and employees, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation.

(6) To acquire by gift, grant, purchase, lease, or otherwise such property as may be necessary or desirable for carrying out the objectives and purposes of the district and to mortgage and sell such property.

(7) In its own name and on its own behalf to incur debt and to issue bonds, notes, certificates and other evidences of indebtedness. For this purpose the district shall be deemed and considered to be an issuer for purposes of R.S. 33:9037 and shall, to the extent not in conflict with this Section, be subject to the provisions of R.S. 33:9037.

(8) Establish such funds or accounts as are necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the district.

F. Tax. (1) In order to provide funds for the purposes of the district, the district, acting by and through its board of commissioners, is hereby authorized to levy and collect a tax upon the occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities within the district. The tax rate for such tax shall be at least equal to the aggregate rate of all such taxes levied and collected within the city of Alexandria by the state of Louisiana, local governmental subdivisions, and other political subdivisions or special taxing districts.

(2)(a) The word "hotel" as used herein shall mean and include any establishment, both public and private, engaged in the business of furnishing or providing rooms and overnight camping facilities intended or designed for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes to transient guests where such establishment consists of two or more guest rooms and does not encompass any hospital, convalescent, or nursing home or sanitarium, or any hotel-like facility operated by or in connection with a hospital or medical clinic providing rooms exclusively for patients and their families.

(b) The tax shall be paid by the person who exercises or is entitled to occupancy of the hotel room, and shall be paid at the time the rent or fee of occupancy is paid. The word "person" as used herein shall have the same meaning as contained in R.S. 47:301(8).

(c) The hotel shall not advertise room rates to the general public at below market rates.

(3) The tax so authorized shall be imposed by ordinance adopted by the district, acting by and through its board of commissioners, without the need of an election.

(4) It is hereby recognized that without the accomplishment of the purposes of the district that there would be no collection of a hotel occupancy tax by any taxing authority within the district. Accordingly if the district elects to levy and collect the tax authorized in this Subsection, such levy shall be deemed to supersede and be in lieu of any other tax on hotel occupancy within the district except for any such tax which is based on a per head or per person basis.

G. Hotel occupancy tax financing. (1)(a) The district may issue revenue bonds payable from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of up to the full amount of hotel occupancy tax increments, in an amount to be determined by the district, to finance or refinance any project or projects, or parts thereof, which are consistent with the purposes of the district. A hotel occupancy tax increment shall consist of that portion of the hotel occupancy tax revenues collected by the district in an amount determined by the board of commissioners and which is in lieu of other such taxes levied by other taxing authorities.

(b) Dedication of hotel occupancy tax increments to pay the revenue bonds, shall not impair existing obligations of the district and shall not include tax revenues previously dedicated by the district for a special purpose.

(2) The district may pledge the taxes collected under the authority of this Section to any financing of the hotel property in furtherance of the purposes of the district. Such financing could include, but shall not be limited to loans, mortgages, the issuance of bonds, or the issuance of certificates of indebtedness.

H. Term. The district shall dissolve and cease to exist one year after the earlier of the date all bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the district, including refunding bonds are paid in full as to both principal and interest; however, under no event shall the district have an existence of less than three years.

I. Liberal Construction. This Section, being necessary for the welfare of the city and its residents, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 47, §3, eff. April 18, 2002; Acts 2006, No. 850, §4, eff. July 11, 2006.

NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 850, §3, relative to intent of Act to conform Part III of Chapter 27 of Title 33 with certain La. Supreme Court decisions.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3623 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3623
Abutting owners to pay cost
Status: in_force

The owners of the abutting real estate shall pay the entire cost of the work, on the basis of the respective frontage of the property on the sidewalk or curbing to be paved or improved.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:423.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 423.8
City of Gonzales; appointment, discipline, and discharge of police personnel by chief of police
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:423 or any other provision of law to the contrary, in and for the city of Gonzales, the chief of police shall appoint, discipline, and discharge police personnel subject to the budgetary limitations of the mayor and board of aldermen pertaining to the number of allotted positions for the police department.

Acts 1995, No. 26, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7551 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7551
Environmental protection districts; creation; domicile; Jefferson Parish
Status: in_force

Upon the approval of the majority of the qualified electors of the parish of Jefferson voting in an election called for such purpose, the governing authority of such parish is authorized and empowered to form and create an environmental protection district or districts within the parish with such name or names as the governing authority may designate. The district may include parts of incorporated municipalities, provided that before any incorporated municipality may be included within the territory of the district, the governing authority shall first concur by resolution to be included in the district.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 589, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 351, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.16
Inclusion of industrial area within certain newly created special service districts prohibited
Status: in_force

No portion of an industrial area that provides any of the services enumerated in R.S. 51:1202 shall be included within any newly created special service district.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 406, §1; Acts 2008, No. 644, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:426 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 426
Street commissioner; duties
Status: in_force

The mayor may appoint a street commissioner subject to confirmation by the board of aldermen. The street commissioner shall, under the direction of the mayor and board of aldermen, have general control of the streets, alleys, avenues, and sidewalks; he shall see that they are always in proper repair; he shall have them worked, repaired, altered, paved, lighted, sprinkled, and everything else done that ought to be done to keep them in good repair and condition; and he shall perform all other duties as directed by the mayor.

Acts 1997, No. 836, §1, eff. July 10, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.71 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.71
Taxation
Status: in_force

The district may request the council of the city of New Orleans to exercise the power of taxation, including the levy of ad valorem taxes on behalf of the district, provided the levy thereof is approved by the majority of qualified electors residing and voting in the parish of Orleans pursuant to an election called under the Louisiana Election Code for such purpose, and provided further that the amount, term, and purpose of said tax is set out in the proposition submitted to the voters.

Acts 2005, No. 487, §1, eff. July 12, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:423.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 423.13
Town of Grand Isle; authority over personnel by chief of police; budgetary limitations
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:423 or any other provision of law to the contrary, in and for the town of Grand Isle, the chief of police shall appoint, promote, discipline and discharge police personnel subject to the budgetary limitations of the mayor and town council pertaining to the number of allotted positions for the police department.

Acts 2003, No. 554, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9091.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9091.11
Hurstville Security and Neighborhood Improvement District
Status: in_force

A. Creation. There is hereby created within the parish of Orleans, as more specifically provided in Subsection B of this Section, a body politic and corporate which shall be known as the Hurstville Security and Neighborhood Improvement District, referred to in this Section as the "district". The district shall be a political subdivision of the state as defined in the Constitution of Louisiana.

B. Boundaries. The boundaries of the district shall be that area within and including the following perimeter streets and avenues: Magazine Street (both sides) from Valmont Street to Nashville Avenue (downtown side only), to Hurst Street (river side only), to Arabella Street (downtown side only), to St. Charles Avenue (lake side only), including the parcel at the corner of the river side of St. Charles Avenue and the downtown side of Arabella Street, to Nashville Avenue (downtown side only), to Loyola Avenue (both sides), to Octavia Street (both sides), to Liberty Street (both sides), to Jefferson Avenue (uptown side only), to Prytania Street (excluding all municipal numbers in this portion of Prytania Street), to Valmont Street (both sides), to Magazine Street.

C. Purpose. The district is established for the purpose of promoting and encouraging security in the area included within the district and promoting and encouraging the beautification and overall betterment of the district.

D. Governance. (1) The district shall be governed by a nine-member board of commissioners, referred to in this Section as the "board". The board shall be composed as follows:

(a) The president of the Hurstville Neighborhood Association, Inc., referred to in this Section as the "association".

(b) The board of directors of the association shall appoint four members.

(c) The mayor of the city of New Orleans shall appoint one member from a list of nominations submitted by the association.

(d) The member of the governing authority of the city of New Orleans whose council district encompasses all or the greater portion of the area of the district shall appoint one member from a list of nominations submitted by the association.

(e) The member of the Louisiana House of Representatives whose district encompasses all or the greater portion of the area of the district shall appoint one member from a list of nominations submitted by the association.

(f) The member of the Louisiana Senate whose district encompasses all or the greater portion of the area of the district shall appoint one member from a list of nominations submitted by the association.

(2) All members of the board shall be residents of the district.

(3)(a) Board members serving pursuant to Subparagraphs (1)(b) through (f) of this Subsection shall serve four-year terms after initial terms as provided in this Subparagraph. Two members shall serve initial terms of one year; two shall serve initial terms of two years; two shall serve initial terms of three years; and two shall serve initial terms of four years, as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board.

(b) The member serving pursuant to Subparagraph (1)(a) of this Subsection shall serve during his term of office as president of the association.

(c) Any vacancy which occurs prior to the expiration of the terms for which a member of the board has been appointed shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. Board members shall be eligible for reappointment.

(4) The board shall elect from its members a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary-treasurer, and such other officers as it may deem necessary. The duties of the officers shall be fixed by the bylaws adopted by the board.

(5) The minute books and archives of the district shall be maintained by the secretary-treasurer of the board. The monies, funds, and accounts of the district shall be in the official custody of the board.

(6) The board shall adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary or advisable for conducting its business affairs. Rules and regulations of the board relative to the notice and conduct of meetings shall conform to applicable law, including, if applicable, R.S. 42:11 et seq., relative to open meetings. The board shall hold regular meetings as shall be provided for in the bylaws and may hold special meetings at such times and places within the district as may be prescribed in the bylaws.

(7) A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The board shall keep minutes of all meetings and shall make them available through the secretary-treasurer of the board.

(8) Each member of the board shall have one vote, and the vote of a majority of the members of the board present and voting, a quorum being present, shall be required to decide any question upon which the board takes action.

(9) The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses directly related to the governance of the district.

E. Powers and duties. The district, acting through its board, shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) To sue and be sued.

(2) To adopt, use, and alter at will a corporate seal.

(3) To receive and expend funds collected pursuant to Subsection F of this Section and in accordance with a budget adopted as provided by Subsection H of this Section.

(4) To enter into contracts with individuals or entities, private or public.

(5) To provide or enhance security patrols in the district, to provide for improved lighting, signage, or matters relating to the security of the district, to provide for the beautification of and improvements for the district, or to provide generally for the overall betterment of the district.

(6) To enter into contracts and agreements with one or more other districts for the joint security, improvement, or betterment of all participating districts.

(7) To provide for such services and make such expenditures as the board deems proper for the upkeep of the district.

(8) To acquire or lease items and supplies which the board deems instrumental to achieving the purposes of the district.

(9) To acquire, lease, insure, and sell real property within the boundaries of the district in accordance with district plans.

(10) To procure and maintain liability insurance against any personal or legal liability of a board member that may be asserted or incurred based upon his service as a member of the board or that may arise as a result of his actions taken within the scope and discharge of his duties as a member of the board.

(11) To perform or have performed any other function or activity necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the district or for the overall betterment of the district.

F. Parcel fee. The governing authority of the city of New Orleans is hereby authorized to impose and collect a parcel fee within the district subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection.

(1) The amount of the fee shall be as requested by duly adopted resolution of the board. The fee shall be a flat fee per improved parcel of land not to exceed five hundred dollars per year for each improved parcel for calendar year 2008, provided that the maximum shall be increased by twenty-five dollars per year for each calendar year after 2008.

(2) The fee shall be imposed on each improved parcel located within the district except as provided in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection.

(a) For purposes of this Section, "parcel" means a lot, a subdivided portion of ground, an individual tract, or a "condominium parcel" as defined in R.S. 9:1121.103.

(b) The owner of each parcel shall be responsible for payment of the fee.

(3)(a) The fee shall be imposed only after the question of its imposition has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district who vote on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. The amount of the fee may be changed by duly adopted resolution of the board, not to exceed the maximum amount authorized as provided in this Subsection. No other election shall be required except as provided by this Paragraph.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 49, §2, eff. May 29, 2013.

(c) If approved, the fee shall expire on December 31, 2022, but the fee may be renewed if approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election as provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph. Any election to authorize the renewal of the fee shall be held at the same time as a regularly scheduled election in the city of New Orleans. If the fee is renewed, the term of the imposition of the fee shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing such renewal, not to exceed eight years.

(4)(a) No fee shall be imposed upon any parcel whose owner qualified for the special assessment level provided by Article VII, Section 18(G)(1) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(b) No fee shall be imposed on any parcel on which sits only an uninhabitable accessory building that provides storage and parking to a detached residential building located on another parcel in the district and that cannot be converted for commercial use because any such conversion is prohibited by the local zoning ordinances in the parish of Orleans. Both the parcel on which the accessory building sits and the parcel on which the residential building sits shall be owned by the same person for this Subparagraph to apply.

(5) The fee shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem taxes on property subject to taxation by the city are collected.

(6) Any parcel fee which is unpaid shall be added to the tax rolls of the city and shall be enforced with the same authority and subject to the same penalties and procedures as unpaid ad valorem taxes.

(7)(a) The proceeds of the fee shall be used solely and exclusively for the purpose and benefit of the district; however, the city may retain one percent of the amount collected as a collection fee.

(b) The city of New Orleans shall remit to the district all amounts collected not more than sixty days after collection.

G. Additional Contributions. The district is authorized to solicit and accept additional voluntary contributions and grants to further the purposes of the district.

H. Budget. (1) The board shall adopt an annual budget in accordance with the Local Government Budget Act, R.S. 39:1301 et seq.

(2) The district shall be subject to audit by the legislative auditor pursuant to R.S. 24:513.

I. Miscellaneous. It is the purpose and intent of this Section that any additional security patrols, public or private, or any other security or other services or betterments provided by the district shall be supplemental to and not be in lieu of personnel and services to be provided in the district by the state or the city of New Orleans or their departments or agencies or by other political subdivisions.

J. Dissolution. (1) The district may be dissolved without the vote of the registered voters of the district if a majority of the area covered by the district becomes included in another district that serves similar purposes but includes additional parcels of property adjacent to the district, if approved by the affirmative vote of not less than five members of the board. If the district is dissolved in accordance with this Paragraph, the funds of the district that relate to the portion of the district that is included in the new district, together with any other funds collected by the city of New Orleans pursuant to this Section that relate to such portion of the district, shall be transferred to the new district to be used for purposes of the new district. The remaining portion of funds, if any, shall be transmitted by the board to the city of New Orleans and such funds shall be used only for law enforcement, security, improvement, and beautification purposes of the area that was formerly within the district but is not included in the new district.

(2) If the district is dissolved pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the authority for the imposition of the parcel fee provided in Subsection F of this Section shall cease.

K. Indemnification and Exculpation. (1) The district shall indemnify its officers and board members to the fullest extent permitted by R.S. 12:227, as fully as if the district were a nonprofit corporation governed thereby, and as may be provided in the district's bylaws.

(2) No board member or officer of the district shall be liable to the district or to any individual who resides, owns property, visits, or otherwise conducts business in the district for monetary damages for breach of his duties as a board member or officer, provided that the foregoing provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a board member or officer for any of the following:

(a) Acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law.

(b) Any transaction from which he derived an improper personal benefit.

(3) To the fullest extent permitted by R.S. 9:2792 et seq., including R.S. 9:2792.1 through 2792.9, a person serving the district as a board member or officer shall not be individually liable for any act or omission arising out of the performance of his duties.

Acts 2007, No. 151, §1, eff. June 25, 2007; Acts 2013, No. 49, §§1, 2, eff. May 29, 2013.

NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 49, §3 regarding continuance of tax being collected on May 29, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1968 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1968
Chief engineer not included
Status: in_force

The two-platoon system does not apply to the chief engineer or commanding officer of the fire department.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.525 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.525
Taxes; borrowing money
Status: in_force

A. The board may, when necessary, levy annually an ad valorem tax, provided that the amount, term, and purpose of said tax, as set out in a proposition submitted to a vote in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code, shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposition at a special election held for that purpose.

B.(1) The board may, subject to approval of a majority of the electors voting on the proposition at an election held for the purpose, levy and collect a sales and use tax within the boundaries of the district for such purposes and at such rate as provided by the proposition authorizing its levy, not exceeding one percent, which tax may exceed the limitation set forth in Article VI, Section 29(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(2) The tax shall be levied upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, the distribution and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property, and upon the sales of services within the district, all as presently defined in R.S. 47:301 through 317.

(3) Except where inapplicable, the procedure established by R.S. 47:301 through 317 shall be followed in the imposition, collection, and enforcement of the tax, and procedural details necessary to supplement those Sections and to make them applicable to the tax herein authorized shall be fixed in the resolution imposing the tax.

(4) The tax shall be imposed and collected uniformly throughout the district.

C. Any tax levied under this Section shall be in addition to all other taxes which a parish or any municipality or other political subdivision within the parish of Tensas is now or hereafter may be authorized to levy and collect.

D. All funds derived under this Section may be used only for expenses or specified purposes of the district. The board shall establish and maintain, in addition to all necessary and normal accounts, the following special accounts:

(1) A revolving loan guarantee fund, to be used to guarantee industrial or business terminal development loans to the extent permitted by the Constitution of Louisiana under the following guidelines:

(a) Loan guarantees shall be made only when adequate financing for the project is unavailable through normal lending channels and the project represents a sound business venture that is financially and economically feasible.

(b) Loan guarantees shall be used to assist an identifiable business concern to finance plant construction, conversion, or expansion and to finance acquisition of land, existing structures, machinery, or equipment and to provide operational funds.

(c) The terms and rates shall be compatible with loans offered by local lending institutions, and the guarantee shall never exceed forty percent of the cost of the total project. In addition, the district shall attempt to obtain the most favorable security available under the circumstances to protect and ensure the recovery of its commitment under the guarantee.

(d) Loan guarantees may be evaluated for the economic impact in terms of the number and types of jobs created or saved.

(e) Loan guarantees shall be made to leverage other sources of private and public capital to attain the greatest economic impact possible with the limited funds available.

(f) Loan guarantees shall be targeted to industries, manufacturing firms, and wholesale distribution firms and service firms.

(g) The lending or underwriting principals shall have such demonstrated experience, ability, and net worth as would allow for the success, continuation, security, and solvency of the program. Prudent lending and underwriting standards shall be applied in order to comply with the primary objectives of this Section.

(2) An economic development operation fund, for the development and attraction of industries to accomplish the following:

(a) The operational fund shall be used for operating expenses necessary in the creation of industrial and commercial development, in hiring sufficient staff to accomplish the purposes set out in this Subpart, and other related expenses.

(b) The operational fund may also be utilized in contracting for services as may be required by the district, including but not limited to planning assistance, surveys, land use studies, professional and technical services, and other services necessary to effectuate a unified industrial development plan.

(3) An account for the maintenance and operation of a governmental procurement center to provide necessary information to companies and individuals engaged in providing services and goods to accomplish the following:

(a) Pinpoint and identify potential buying centers and aid in placing the company on a bidder's list for these centers and assist companies in obtaining specifications for their products or services.

(b) Provide trained counselors to assist in acquiring solicitation and bid packages and conduct seminars designed to disseminate other information needed by the target companies and individuals.

Acts 1995, No. 315, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.20 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.20
Penalties for transferring lots in unapproved subdivisions
Status: in_force

A. If the owner or the agent of the owner of any land located within the area covered by the adopted plan transfers or sells or agrees to sell or negotiates to sell such land by reference to or exhibition of or by other use of a plat of subdivision of such land before such plat has been approved by the commission and recorded in the office of the clerk of court and recorder of the parish, he shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each lot so transferred or sold or agreed or negotiated to be sold. The description by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other document used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the transaction from such penalties.

B. The municipality or parish, as appropriate, through its attorney or other designated official, may enjoin such transfer of sale or agreement by action for injunction or may recover the penalty by civil action.

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.83 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.83
Encouragement of private enterprise
Status: in_force

The "St. Charles Parish Council", hereinafter referred to in this Chapter as the "parish governing authority", to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of this Chapter, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of St. Charles Parish as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the community improvement area by private enterprise. The parish governing authority shall give consideration to this objective in exercising its authority under this Chapter.

Acts 2004, No. 583, §1, eff. June 25, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.70.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.70.5
East Baton Rouge; rebate of sales taxes
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of the city of Baton Rouge and the parish of East Baton Rouge may, subject to the requirements of Subsection B of this Section, rebate revenue from city or parish sales and use taxes the governing authority levies that were collected on the sale of admission tickets to and concessions and parking at an event that meets one of the following criteria:

(1) The event was held in a publicly owned facility that has a seating capacity of at least seven thousand five hundred.

(2) The event was held for two or more days, and average daily attendance was at least seven thousand five hundred.

B. The governing authority shall not rebate sales and use taxes unless the governing authority of Visit Baton Rouge recommends the rebate and the city-parish governing authority approves the rebate prior to the commencement of ticket sales for the event.

C. The parish governing authority shall rebate revenue pursuant to this Section within ninety days after it received sufficient proof of entitlement to the rebate.

D. For the purposes of this Section, "rebate" as a noun means a payment to the promoter of the event, and "rebate" as a verb means to pay to the promoter of the event.

Acts 2023, No. 352, §1; Acts 2025, No. 177, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4323 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4323
Procedure for issuing bonds
Status: in_force

A. Any bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be authorized by ordinance or resolution of the governing authorities of such municipality or other political subdivisions and shall be signed by the chief executive officer thereof in the name and under the seal of the municipality or other political subdivisions. In all other respects the refunding bonds shall be issued and secured in the manner prescribed by the statute under which the bonds being refunded or refinanced were originally authorized and issued.

B. Bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part and the liability arising therefrom shall not be a charge upon the other income and revenues of the municipality or other political subdivisions issuing the bonds, and shall not be included in computing the indebtedness of the municipality or other political subdivisions for the purpose of determining any constitutional limitation.

Amended by Acts 1962, No. 261, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2452 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2452
Civil service department
Status: in_force

A.(1) There shall be a civil service department, which shall receive adequate annual funding for salaries and administrative expenses, office space, furnishings, and equipment in order to effectively carry out the department's function as provided for by the Part. It shall consist of a classified civil service director, who shall be the executive head of the department, and a civil service board, which shall be policymaking and quasi judicial in nature.

(2) The civil service director shall be appointed by the civil service board. The civil service director shall be qualified and experienced in personnel administration and shall be responsible to the civil service board for the administration of the classified parish departments, offices, and agencies in accordance with civil service rules adopted pursuant to this Part.

B. The duties of the civil service director shall include, but shall not be restricted to the following:

(1) To develop and, upon adoption, to administer a position classification plan which shall provide for the classification of all positions on the basis of duties and responsibilities of each position. The classification plan shall be submitted to the civil service board, and it shall become effective upon approval by the civil service board after public hearing.

(2) To develop and, upon adoption, to administer a salary plan for all positions in parish service. Such salary plan shall be submitted to the civil service board, which, after public hearing, shall submit it together with such amendments as it deems necessary, to the police jury.

(3) To prepare civil service rules to carry out the provisions of this Section. These rules shall be submitted to the civil service board which, after public hearing, shall make amendments as it deems necessary. These rules shall become effective upon approval by the civil service board and shall have the full force of law. Such rules shall apply to all parish departments, offices, agencies, and special districts and shall provide for:

(a) Policies and procedures for the administration of the classification plan.

(b) Policies and procedures for the administration of the salary plan.

(c) Policies and methods for holding civil service tests to determine the merit and fitness of candidates for all regular position appointments.

(d) The establishment and maintenance of lists of persons eligible for appointment by reason of successful participation in competitive tests and procedures for the certification of persons from eligible lists for filling vacancies.

(e) The procedure for layoff, suspension, demotion, and dismissal of employees, which shall provide for public hearings before the personnel board in cases of demotion or dismissal of permanent employees.

(f) Hours of work, attendance regulations, leaves of absence with or without pay, working test periods, and temporary appointments.

(g) An actuarially sound retirement system for parish employees which shall take into account any existing system or systems.

(h) Prohibition against political activity of employees and assessment for political purposes.

(i) Other policies, practices, and procedures necessary for the administration of the parish classified civil service system.

C.(1) The civil service board shall be appointed or elected as provided under the provisions of this Subsection and shall consist of five electors of Rapides Parish, who hold no other public office or position in parish government except for the elected employee member, and who have resided within the parish for at least one year. Members of the board shall serve without compensation.

(a) The first members shall be appointed for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively. The members shall select their terms by lot, except the employee member shall serve the five-year term. Thereafter, appointment shall be for three-year terms, except the employee member shall serve a five-year term.

(b) One member shall be appointed by the police jury from a list of three names submitted by the chancellor of Louisiana State University at Alexandria.

(c) One member shall be appointed by the police jury from a list of three names submitted by the president of Louisiana College.

(d) One member shall be appointed by the police jury from a list of three names submitted by the president of Grambling State University.

(e) One member shall be appointed by the police jury from a list of three names submitted by the Alexandria Bar Association.

(f) One member shall be elected by the Rapides Parish employees covered under this Part, as required by law.

(2) Within sixty days after a vacancy occurs, the nominating authority concerned shall submit the required nominations. Within sixty days thereafter, the police jury shall make the appointment. If the police jury fails to appoint within sixty days, the nominee whose name is first on the list of nominees automatically shall become a member of the board. If one of the nominating authorities fails to submit nominees in the time required, the board of directors of the Louisiana Civil Service League shall make the appointment. If one of the named nominators ceases to exist, the police jury shall choose the president of another accredited college or university within Louisiana to replace the nominator. The outgoing board member shall serve on the board until replaced by the newly appointed member.

D.(1) Whenever the term of a board member expires or there is a vacancy in an unexpired term, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment in accordance with the procedures of the original appointment, and from the same source.

(2) A member of the civil service board may be removed by the police jury for cause, after being served with written specifications of the charges against him and being afforded an opportunity for a public hearing thereon by the police jury.

Acts 1993, No. 387, §1, eff. June 7, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.354 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.354
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 1991, No. 142, §1, eff. June 30, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9023 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9023
Creation of nonprofit economic development corporations; procedure for authorization to act; powers and authority; preparation of plan
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby authorized in the state and each local governmental subdivision of the state the creation and organization of nonprofit economic development corporations, hereinafter sometimes referred to as corporation. No such corporation, however, shall be organized, transact or do any business, or exercise any power as may be granted herein until the legislature or the governing authority of a local governmental subdivision shall declare a need for such a corporation.

B. Any group of three or more persons may apply to the legislature of the governing authority of a local governmental subdivision of the state in writing for permission to organize and be designated an economic development corporation. Each application shall include proposed articles of incorporation, bylaws, description of proposed corporate structure and a full and complete listing of the assets of the proposed corporation. Each application shall also include a proposed economic development plan. Said plan shall provide an overall policy and plan of action, stating goals and objectives for alleviating the conditions of economic distress affecting the jurisdictions in which said corporation is to act. It shall set out the geographic location in the affected jurisdiction where local economic development activities should be directed to achieve maximum effort which area upon the approval of the governing authority shall be designated an economic development area, and shall specify, so far as practical the types of activities that may best achieve the purpose of increasing the aggregate income of the community, enabling income to be distributed to low and moderate income persons, and creating greater job diversity by attracting and retaining job producing establishments. It shall be stated in each application whether the proposed corporation shall develop proposals on its own for projects to achieve the goals and objectives stated in its proposed plan or whether it will issue request for proposals from other public or private association, corporation, or individual for economic development projects.

C. The corporation is hereby authorized and shall have all the authority and power necessary in order to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Chapter, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following specific powers which shall be in addition to others herein granted and which shall be self-operative:

(1) To sue and be sued.

(2) To adopt, and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, orders, rules and regulations to govern the affairs and conduct of its business in order to effectuate the provisions of this Chapter.

(3) To acquire by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, option, gift, grant, bequest, or device, any property immovable or movable, or any interest therein which it may deem necessary to carry out the purpose and provisions of this Chapter and to make capital improvements, acquire equipment, and provide funds for such purpose through cooperative endeavor agreements which may provide for the transfer of title to such property upon successful achievement of the goal set forth in such agreements.

(4) To sell, convey, mortgage, lease, transfer, donate, option, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any property, either immovable or movable, or any interest therein, as the objects and purposes of the corporation may require to carry out the provisions of this Chapter.

(5) To issue revenue bonds of the corporation, payable from and secured by a pledge of any revenues of the corporation, derived or to be derived by it from or held or to be held by it in connection with its undertaking of any economic development project or projects of the state and local government of the corporation, including any loans, grants, or contribution of funds made or to be made to it by the federal government or by state or local governments in aid of any of its other activities or operations, including tax increments or sales tax increments, and to pay or cause to be paid from the proceeds of the issuance of such revenue bonds, all or a portion of the costs of an economic development project as specified in R.S. 33:9035 and to give local citizens preferential treatment in job development. A corporation is not required to obtain any right, title, or interest in any real or personal property in order to pay the costs of an economic development project. The principal of and interest on any bonds issued by a corporation may be secured by a mortgage or other instrument covering all or any part of any lands or all or any part of a development project, including any additions, improvements, extensions to, or enlargements of any development project thereafter made; provided however, that a corporation may only grant such a security interest in real or personal property which it owns. Bonds which are issued under this Section are declared to be issued for an essential public purpose and, together with all interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempt from all taxes.

(6) To make, enter into and execute all contracts and agreements, with any person or agency, public or private, necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this Chapter.

(7) To borrow money and to apply for and to receive and accept from any federal agency, the state, and/or the political subdivisions of the state or from any source, public or private, grants, loans, or advances for or in the aid of an economic development cooperative endeavor, project or projects, and to give such security as may be required and to enter into and carry out contract of agreements in connection therewith.

(8) To invest any funds not required for immediate use in property or securities in which public bodies may legally invest funds subject to their control.

(9) To declare or designate, subject to the approval of the chief executive officer or governing authority of local governmental subdivision of the state, areas of said governmental subdivision as economic development areas.

(10) To prepare or cause to be prepared an economic development plan for the development of an economic development cooperative endeavor, project, or projects.

(11) To enter into partnerships, joint ventures, and other relationships with any federal, state, or local governmental agency or with any private or public firm, partnership, corporation or other entity.

(12) To delegate to a private development corporation or other entity any duties and responsibilities as the corporation deems necessary or convenient in order to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.

(13) To give local citizens preferential treatment in job development.

(14) To exercise all or any part or combination of powers herein granted and to do and perform all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted by this Chapter.

D. All economic development corporations formed pursuant to this Chapter shall, whenever practical, cooperate with each other to the fullest extent possible in accomplishing the overall aim and purpose of this Chapter. Each application as specified above shall describe how the proposed corporation shall interact and cooperate with other economic development corporations to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.

E. After receipt of said application from a proposed economic development corporation the legislature or the governing authority of a local government subdivision acting under the provisions of this Chapter shall hold at least one public hearing for the residents and property owners of the proposed affected jurisdiction or economic development area after notice given ten days prior to the date thereof in a newspaper of general circulation to the affected jurisdiction. After said public meeting, the respective governing authority shall by a majority vote of its members approve, disapprove, amend, or change the application of said proposed corporation. Approval of the application by said governing authority, along with the approval of the governor or chief executive officer of such local governmental subdivision acting hereunder, shall act as authorization for the proposed corporation or corporations to exercise the powers granted herein for the purposes established by this Chapter and set forth in said corporation's economic development plan.

F. Before approval of the legislature or such local governing authority is granted as provided herein, but subsequent to the submittal of said application to the legislature or such local governing authority, the proposed corporation shall have submitted said economic development plan to the designated state and regional clearinghouses for review and comment as to the conformity of said application and economic development plan to the state and region's overall economic development goals. Within thirty days of receipt of said plan for review, the state and regional clearinghouses shall submit its written comments to the governing authority of the affected jurisdiction or economic development area. After receipt of said comments, or if no action has been taken by the state and regional reviewing agencies within the thirty day period prescribed herein, the governing authority, shall proceed as specified above to approve, disapprove, amend, or change the application submitted by the proposed corporation or corporations.

G. After final approval of said application the governing authority of the affected jurisdiction may approve funds for the capitalization and operation of said corporation for the furtherance and implementation of its economic development plan, at a regular meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose.

H. After final approval, a certificate setting forth the findings and declarations of such governing authority acting hereunder and signed by the respective chief executive officer shall be filed by said corporation with the secretary of state and with each parish recorder of mortgages of the affected jurisdiction or economic development area along with the articles of incorporation of said corporation as provided for hereinbelow.

I. Economic development corporations shall be subject to audit by the legislative auditor under the provisions of R.S. 24:513.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 617, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 668, §1; Acts 1990, No. 1082, §1; Acts 2002, No. 78, §2, eff. June 25, 2002.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.9
Power of governing authority for Tangipahoa Parish to prohibit transportation of water; penalties
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority for the parish of Tangipahoa may adopt ordinances prohibiting any person, firm, corporation, public body, quasi-public body, or political subdivision from transporting underground or surface water from the parish of Tangipahoa to any person, firm, corporation, municipality, or city located outside of said parish; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to permit prohibiting any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of selling or furnishing to consumers bottled water from wells which are situated within said parish from selling or furnishing such bottled water.

B. Any such ordinance may provide penalties for violation thereof, which penalties may include a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or a jail sentence of not more than six months, or both. Such ordinance may provide that each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 459, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4770.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4770.5
Reporting system; assistance by fire and police personnel
Status: in_force

The governing authority may develop, or assign the duty of developing, a reporting system that will establish and maintain records needed for reporting buildings or sites which may be in violation of this Subpart. Such reports shall be submitted to the office of code enforcement or the office of building inspector as determined by the governing authority. The governing authority may require any additional assistance, information or data from law enforcement and fire personnel which are reasonable and available and which will assist in the performance of this Subpart.

Acts 2003, No. 546, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9055 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9055
Board of commissioners; membership; qualifications; appointment; terms; vacancies; removal; officers; meetings
Status: in_force

A. Any ambulance service district created under the provisions of this Chapter shall be governed by a board of commissioners composed of five qualified voters of the district, all to be appointed by the parish governing authority.

B.(1) Two of the initial commissioners shall serve terms of two years, two shall serve terms of four years, and one shall serve a term of six years as designated by the governing authority. Thereafter, commissioners shall serve terms of six years. Any vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. Any commissioner may be removed from office for cause and his appointment rescinded by a two-thirds vote of the elected membership of the parish governing authority.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section and Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, beginning September 1, 2004 the board of commissioners of the Cameron Parish Ambulance Service District No. 2 shall be composed of six qualified voters of the district, all to be appointed by the parish governing authority. The additional commissioner provided for in this Paragraph shall be appointed by the parish governing authority at a meeting held prior to September 1, 2004, and he shall serve an initial term of three years. Each successor of such member shall serve a term of six years.

C. The first meeting of the board of commissioners shall be within sixty days of the date of the appointment of the members. At that time, a chairman and vice chairman of the board shall be elected, and a director of the district shall be appointed. Thereafter, the board of commissioners shall hold a minimum of three meetings annually. The parish governing authority or the chairman of the board of commissioners may call additional meetings of the board.

Acts 1985, No. 121, §1, eff. June 29, 1985; Acts 2004, No. 616, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2401 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2401
Unclassified and classified service
Status: in_force

A. The unclassified service shall include the following positions:

(1) The mayor and other members of the governing body of the city; all officers of the city elected by popular vote; and all persons appointed to vacancies occurring in such elective offices.

(2) All heads of principal executive departments of the city, including the members of the civil service commissions.

(3) Members of the advisory boards and committees appointed by the mayor of the city who serve without pay.

(4) Members of boards, authorities, or commissions appointed by the governing body of the city.

(5) Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 865, §9.

(6) One principal assistant or deputy and one private secretary for:

(a) the mayor

(b) the members of the governing body of the city

(c) each board or head of a department, except the civil service commission.

(7) Persons retained or employed by the director for the purpose of conducting or assisting in the conduct of examinations under R.S. 33:2399, Subsection D.

(8) Officers, secretaries, and employees of the offices of (a) the mayor, (b) the city attorney, and (c) the Board of Liquidation of the City Debt.

(9) One Louisiana attorney serving as legal counsel to each appointing authority.

B. The classified service shall comprise all other positions now existing or hereafter created in the city service.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3360 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3360
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 his transferees shall have the lien, privilege, and all other rights herein provided, accruing to the municipality.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3356 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3356
Preparation of specifications; ordinance ordering improvement; advertising for bids and awarding contract
Status: in_force

Whenever the governing authority of any municipality resolves to make any improvement authorized by this Sub-part, it shall prepare plans and specifications of the work to be placed on file in the office of the clerk or engineer, and shall adopt an ordinance or resolution, ordering and describing in general terms the contemplated improvement and authorizing the clerk or secretary to advertise for bids therefor, which advertisement shall be inserted at least twice in some newspaper published in the municipality, or if there is no newspaper published therein, then in a newspaper having general circulation therein, the first insertion to be not less than ten days prior to the date fixed for the reception of the bids. The advertisement shall contain a general description of the contemplated work and shall designate the hour, date, and place for the reception and opening of the bids. The governing authority of the municipality shall then let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who can furnish satisfactory security. The governing body may reject any and all bids, and instead of letting the contract to the lowest bidder, the municipality may purchase the material and have the work done, in which case the costs of the work when completed, shall be assessed and paid as herein provided.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3002 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3002
Legal Aid Societies
Status: in_force

All cities and parishes within the state of Louisiana, of 100,000 population, or more, are hereby authorized to appropriate funds for the establishment and operation of Legal Aid Societies to help the indigent and those in necessitous circumstances within their jurisdictions.

Acts 1958, No. 313, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.33 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.33
Enforcement and remedies
Status: in_force

The town council and the police jury may provide for the enforcement of any ordinance enacted under this Subpart. A violation of any such ordinance is hereby declared a misdemeanor. In case any building or structure is or is proposed to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, converted, or maintained, or any building structure, or land is or is proposed to be used in violation of any ordinance enacted pursuant to this Subpart, the building inspector, permit and zoning clerk, municipal or parish counsel, or other appropriate authority of the municipality or of the parish, or any adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be specifically damaged by such violation, may, in addition to other remedies, institute injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, maintenance, or use, or to correct or abate such violation, or to prevent the occupancy of such building, structure, or land.

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4835 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4835
Regulation of street sale of farm produce or fish permitted
Status: in_force

A. Nothing in R.S. 33:4833(A) or 4834 shall be construed to prevent a municipality with a population of less than three hundred thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census from exercising its police powers to prevent the parking of any vehicle for a period of longer than thirty minutes on any street, avenue, or alley, or in any public place, nor to otherwise make reasonable regulations with respect to sales of farm produce.

B. Nothing in R.S. 33:4833(B) shall be construed to prevent a municipality from making reasonable regulations with respect to sales of fish on the streets, avenues, and alleys and in public places located within the municipality.

Acts 2005, No. 354, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9123 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9123
Methods
Status: in_force

The emergency telephone system shall be designed to have the capability of utilizing at least one of the following four methods in response to emergency calls:

(1) "Direct dispatch method" means a telephone service to a centralized dispatch center providing for the dispatch of an appropriate emergency service unit upon receipt of a telephone request for such services and a decision as to the proper action to be taken.

(2) "Relay method" means a telephone service whereby pertinent information is noted by the recipient of a telephone request for emergency services, and is relayed to appropriate public safety agencies or other providers of emergency services for dispatch of an emergency service unit.

(3) "Transfer method" means a telephone service which receives telephone requests for emergency services and directly transfers such requests to an appropriate public safety agency or other provider of emergency services.

(4)(a) "Referral method" means a telephone service which, upon the receipt of a telephone request for emergency services, provides the requesting party with the telephone number of the appropriate public safety agency or other provider of emergency services.

(b) The governing authority of the district shall select the method which it determines to be the most feasible for the parish of Jefferson.

Acts 1995, No. 447, §1, eff. June 17, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.66 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.66
Board of commissioners; members; officers; advisory committee
Status: in_force

A.(1) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners referred to in this Chapter as the "board" consisting of fifteen members comprised of the following:

(a) The president of the Louisiana State University System or his designee.

(b) The president of Tulane University or the president's designee.

(c) The president of Xavier University or the president's designee.

(d) The chancellor of Delgado Community College or the chancellor's designee.

(e) The mayor of the city of New Orleans or the mayor's designee.

(f) Three appointments by the mayor of the city of New Orleans from nominees submitted by Greater New Orleans, Inc., the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, and the New Orleans Business Council.

(g) Four appointed by the governor, at least two of which shall be residents of Orleans Parish.

(h) The secretary of Louisiana Economic Development or the secretary's designee.

(i) Two members who reside within the boundaries of the BioDistrict New Orleans, to be appointed by the representatives and senators for the districts that overlap the boundaries of the BioDistrict New Orleans.

(2) At least one member of the board appointed by the governor and at least one member of the board appointed by the mayor of the city of New Orleans shall be a minority.

B. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, the term of office of members of the board shall be six years. The initial term for the appointee nominated by the New Orleans Business Council shall be two years. The initial term for the appointee nominated by the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce shall be four years. The initial term for the appointee nominated by Greater New Orleans, Inc., shall be six years. The governor's at-large appointments shall serve initial terms of two years, three years, four years, and six years as designated by the governor. The governor, the secretary of Louisiana Economic Development, and the mayor of the city of New Orleans shall each serve concurrently with their term in office. No two individuals employed by or serving as a voting member of the governing board of the same institution or organization represented on the district board of commissioners pursuant to this Section may serve on the board simultaneously.

C. Any vacancy in the membership of the board occurring by reason of the expiration of the term of office, or by reason of death, resignation, disqualification, or otherwise, shall be filled by the respective appointing entity, or its successor in function, within thirty days after receipt by such party of written notification of the vacancy. In the event that the respective appointing entity fails to fill the vacancy within thirty days after receipt of written notification of the vacancy, the board shall appoint an interim successor to serve on the board until the position is filled by the respective appointing entity responsible for the appointment of such member.

D. Members of the board shall serve without compensation from the district, shall have the power to organize and reorganize the executive, administrative, clerical, and other departments and forces of the district, and to fix the duties, powers, and compensation of all employees, agents, and consultants of the district. The board may reimburse any member for expenses actually incurred with the authorization of the board in the performance of his duties on behalf of the district.

E. The board shall elect yearly from its number a chairman, vice chairman, and secretary-treasurer and establish their duties as may be regulated in bylaws adopted by the board. 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 two-thirds of the members. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. All actions of the board shall be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board members present at the meeting.

F. The board shall maintain an office at such place as it may designate.

G. The board may invest any funds held in reserve or sinking funds, or any monies not required for immediate use or disbursements at the discretion of the board in any investments or securities in which monies of a political subdivision are authorized to be invested.

H. The board may invest idle funds in any investment available to any other political subdivision of the state.

I. The district may enter into agreements with political subdivisions through which such political subdivisions may agree to share in the costs of operating the district and to pay such charges and fees as may be imposed by the district.

J. There shall be an advisory committee of the district created by the board of commissioners of the district, which may include but not be limited to representatives of the Ochsner Foundation, the New Orleans Foundation, Children's Hospital, Department of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, the University of New Orleans, the Greater New Orleans Foundation, Black Economic Development Council, the New Orleans Downtown Development District, Dillard University, Southern University of New Orleans, and two members appointed by the representatives and senators for the districts that overlap the boundaries of the BioDistrict New Orleans.

Acts 2005, No. 487, §1, eff. July 12, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 239, §1; Acts 2011, No. 400, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3003 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3003
Appropriations to develop tourist attractions; St. Mary Parish; Lafayette Parish
Status: in_force

The police juries of St. Mary and Lafayette Parishes are hereby authorized and empowered at their discretion to appropriate an annual sum not to exceed fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of developing tourist attractions in the parishes.

Such police juries may make such appropriations through any agency or agencies they may deem fit and proper.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 318, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.312 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.312
Board of commissioners; members, officers, agents, and employees
Status: in_force

A. The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners consisting of five members selected by the city council of Sulphur. The city of Sulphur may, by ordinance, fix the qualifications of the members of the board of commissioners. If a member no longer meets a qualification established by ordinance, the city council may declare a vacancy and appoint a successor.

B. Any vacancy in the membership of the board of commissioners, occurring either by reason of the expiration of the term for which appointed or by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by the city council.

C. Any member of the board of commissioners may be removed by the city council, but only for cause and on charges preferred against him in writing and after public hearing; provided that any member so removed shall have the right to appeal his removal to a court of competent jurisdiction within ten days of the decision of city council ordering his removal.

D. The members of the board of commissioners shall serve without per diem or other compensation. The board of commissioners shall have the power to organize and reorganize executive, clerical, and other departments and to fix the duties and powers and compensation of all officers, agents, and employees of the district. The board of commissioners may reimburse any member for expenses actually incurred in the performance of his duties hereunder.

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

F. Elected officials are prohibited from serving on the board of commissioners.

G. The board of commissioners shall elect from among its own members a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose duties shall be those usual to such offices. At the option of the board of commissioners, the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person.

H. The board of commissioners shall meet in regular session on an annual basis and shall also meet in special session when the president of the board convenes them or on the written request of three members. No more than twelve special sessions may be called within any one calendar year. Three members of the board of commissioners shall constitute a quorum.

I. The board of commissioners shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings, shall maintain suitable offices in the parish of Calcasieu, and may contract with and employ attorneys, clerks, engineers, deputy commissioners, superintendents, and other agents and employees and shall fix their compensation and terms of employment.

J. If any joint service or cooperative endeavor agreement of the district calls for appointments by or on behalf of the district to any other public board or commission, the city council shall make such appointments.

Acts 1991, No. 723, §1; Acts 2013, No. 9, §1; Acts 2020, No. 194, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2042 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2042
Conflicting provisions
Status: in_force

R.S. 33:2021 through R.S. 33:2041 do not repeal special laws which establish benefits or relief funds for firemen in any municipality.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.453 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.453
Powers of district
Status: in_force

The district, acting by and through its board, shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objects and purposes, including but not limited to rights and powers set out in this Subpart:

(1) To sue and be sued.

(2) To adopt, use, and alter at will a corporate seal.

(3) To acquire by gift, grant, expropriation, purchase, or otherwise all property, including rights-of-way, and to hold and use any franchise or property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein, necessary or desirable for carrying out the objects and purposes of the district, including but not limited to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of industrial parks and terminals, recreational areas, and tourist attractions.

(4) To enter into contracts for the purchase, acquisition, construction, and improvement of works and facilities necessary in connection with the purposes of the district.

(5) In its own name and on its own behalf to incur debt and to issue general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, certificates, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness and to levy and cause to be collected certain taxes as provided in this Subpart and as may be provided by general law.

(6) To require and issue licenses with respect to its properties and facilities.

(7) To regulate the imposition of fees and rentals charged by the district for its facilities and services rendered by it.

(8) To borrow money and pledge all or part of its revenues, leases, rents, or other advantages as security for such loans.

Acts 1993, No. 494, §1, eff. June 10, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9034.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9034.3
Direct participation by local governmental subdivisions; Ouachita Parish
Status: in_force

A local governmental subdivision in Ouachita Parish only may, by resolution or ordinance, propose to carry out the purposes of this Chapter without the necessity of creating and organizing an economic development corporation. Any local governmental subdivision which proposes to carry out the purposes of this Chapter in such a manner shall have all of the powers, rights, duties, and obligations of such a corporation under this Chapter and may do any act or take any action which such a corporation is authorized to do under this Chapter, including without limitation entering into a joint venture or cooperative endeavor for a public purpose with a federal, state, or local governmental agency or with a private or public firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity.

Acts 1992, No. 390, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4712.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4712.12
Sale of property owned by parish or municipality; commission or fee of real estate broker
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a parish or municipality may pay a real estate broker's fee or commission to a real estate broker upon the offer and acceptance to purchase and sell property owned by the parish or municipality which the broker has assisted the parish or municipality in selling.

B. The fee or commission shall be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the property, and the fee or commission shall not exceed ten percent of the final sales price.

Acts 2008, No. 257, §1, eff. June 17, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3534 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3534
Railway beds or tracks
Status: in_force

In the event a railway bed or track, other than one owned by the municipality, occupies a portion of a drainage ditch, the owner of the railway shall pay of the total cost of the work, the proportion that the area occupied by the railroad bears to the total area of the drainage ditch to be improved and also the cost for the extra work made necessary by the presence of the track in the drainage ditch.

Acts 1952, No. 379, §14.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.64 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.64
Public hearing authorized; prohibited rezoning
Status: in_force

A. The parish governing authority shall, in accordance with the comprehensive plan required by R.S. 33:4780.63, provide for the manner in which the regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of the districts shall be determined, established, enforced, and, from time to time, amended.

B.(1) No regulations or restrictions shall become effective until after a public hearing held by the parish governing authority at which parties in interest have had an opportunity to be heard.

(2) Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published once a week in three different weeks in the official journal of the parish, and at least fifteen days shall elapse between the first publication and the date of the hearing.

C. In addition to notice by publication, and at least ten days prior to the hearing, a good faith attempt to notify the owner or owners of record of the properties to be zoned or rezoned shall be made by the sending of an official notice by regular mail of the time and place of the hearing and subject matter of the regulations and restrictions.

D. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, when more than ten parcels are to be zoned or rezoned by enactment of a zoning ordinance, the advertisement in the official journal required by Paragraph (B)(2) of this Section shall be considered adequate notice to the property owners.

Acts 2007, No. 186, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.21 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.21
Establishment of official map
Status: in_force

After the commission has recommended and the city council has adopted a master plan which includes at least a major street plan, or the commission has progressed in its master planning to the state of the making and recommending of a major street plan, and shall have certified a copy of such major street plan to the city council, then the city council may establish an official map of the municipality. The official map shall show the location of the streets theretofore existing and established by law as public streets. Such official map may also show the location of the lines of streets on plats of subdivisions which have been approved by the commission. The city council shall certify the fact of the establishment of the official map to the clerk of court of Caddo Parish.

Acts 1962, No. 52, §21; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:422 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 422
Clerk to act as auditor; paying fines and forfeitures into treasury; inspection of auditor's books
Status: in_force

The clerk shall be the auditor of the municipality. He shall keep a book in which he shall enter and preserve accounts of each particular fund, and the accounts of each municipal officer. The treasurer shall not receive money from any source until the same has been reported to the clerk and audited, and a receipt warrant issued therefor. All fines and forfeitures shall be reported by the officer collecting the same, immediately after such collection, and be paid into the treasury. The books of the auditor shall be subject to inspection by the taxpayers of the municipality at any time during business hours.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4162 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4162
Power to own and operate; power to lease
Status: in_force

A. Any political subdivision authorized by the Constitution of Louisiana or by law to issue bonds may construct, acquire, extend, or improve any revenue-producing public utility and property necessary thereto, either within or without its boundaries, and may operate and maintain the utility in the interest of the public.

B. A municipal corporation may lease waterworks systems, electric light and power plants, combined water and electric systems, garbage plants, sewerage works, electric street and interurban railways, gas plants, and distributing systems.

C. No municipal corporation may lease or purchase gas fields, wells, lands, or holdings for the purpose of drilling and operating gas wells.

D. A parish may lease gas plants, gas distributing systems, gas wells, gas lands, and holdings.

Acts 2014, No. 158, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:8056 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 8056
Officers of the board
Status: in_force

The board shall elect from among its members a president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer. The president shall preside over all meetings of the board and perform all duties usually required of presidents of corporate bodies. The vice president shall perform the duties of the president in case of his absence or disability. Officers so elected shall serve one year or until their successors are appointed.

Acts 1992, No. 1061, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4506 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4506
Rules and regulations; taking of testimony; contempt
Status: in_force

The municipality shall have power to adopt and enforce such reasonable rules, regulations, and modes of procedure as it may deem proper for the discharge of its duties, and it may summon and compel the attendance of witnesses, swear witnesses, compel the production of books and papers, take testimony under commission, and punish for contempt as fully as is provided by law for the district courts.

Acts 1956, No. 234, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4548.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4548.15
Additional powers
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers specified in R.S. 33:4548.5, the authority shall have the power to assist in the financing of any public works project to be constructed by a participating political subdivision and the purchase of any major equipment by a participating political subdivision, provided that any such project or purchase shall be in accordance with state public bid laws.

Acts 1993, No. 182, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3816 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3816
Domicile of waterworks district
Status: in_force

The police jury shall designate the corporate domicile of the district at some place within the district, at which domicile it shall be sued and service of citation made on the president, and in his absence, upon the vice-president, and in their absence, upon the secretary, who also may be the treasurer.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.305 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.305
Taxes; borrowing money
Status: in_force

A. The board of commissioners may, when necessary, levy annually an ad valorem tax, provided that the amount, term, and purpose of said tax, as set out in a proposition submitted to the electors in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code, shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting in an election held for that purpose.

B.(1) The board of commissioners may, subject to approval of a majority of the electors voting at an election held for the purpose, levy and collect a sales and use tax within the boundaries of the district for such purposes and at such rate as provided by the proposition authorizing its levy, not exceeding one percent, which tax may exceed the limitation set forth in Article VI, Section 29(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(2) The tax shall be levied upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, the distribution and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property, and upon the sales of services within the district, all as presently defined in R.S. 47:301 through 317.

(3) Except where inapplicable, the procedure established by R.S. 47:301 through 317 shall be followed in the imposition, collection, and enforcement of the tax, and procedural details necessary to supplement the provisions of R.S. 47:301 through 317 and to make them applicable to the tax herein authorized shall be fixed in the resolution imposing the tax.

(4) The tax shall be imposed and collected uniformly throughout the district. However, a special taxing district may be established for a particular plan, program, objective, or specific development within the district.

C. All funds derived under this Section may be used only for expenses or specified purposes of the district. The board of commissioners may establish and maintain, in addition to all necessary and normal accounts, the following special accounts:

(1) A revolving loan guarantee fund, to be used to guarantee business, housing, industrial or business terminal development loans to the extent permitted by the Constitution of Louisiana under the following guidelines:

(a) The district may loan or grant funds to businesses, industries, manufacturing firms, housing programs, and wholesale distribution firms and service firms.

(b) Loan guarantees shall be used to assist an identifiable business concern to finance plant construction, conversion, or expansion and to finance acquisition of land, existing structures, machinery, or equipment and to provide operational funds.

(c) The terms and rates shall be compatible with loans offered by local lending institutions, and the guarantee shall never exceed forty percent of the cost of the total project. In addition, the district shall attempt to obtain the most favorable security available under the circumstances to protect and ensure the recovery of its commitment under the guarantee.

(d) Loan guarantees may be evaluated for the economic impact in terms of the number and types of jobs created or saved.

(e) Loan guarantees shall be made to leverage other sources of private and public capital to attain the greatest economic impact possible with the limited funds available.

(f) Loan guarantees shall be targeted to industries, manufacturing firms, and wholesale distribution firms and service firms.

(g) No project may be considered unless the project will be constructed and maintained by persons at least fifty percent of whom are residents of the parish of St. Landry and at least fifty percent of the goods and services for maintenance of the project are obtained from a supplier domiciled within said parish, except where not reasonably possible to do so without substantial added expense, substantial inconvenience, or substantial sacrifice in operational efficiency. The district executive committee or board of commissioners may evaluate a development or project and waive the provisions of the Subparagraph.

(h) The lending or underwriting principals shall have such demonstrated experience, ability, and net worth as would allow for the success, continuation, security, and solvency of the program. Prudent lending and underwriting standards shall be applied in order to comply with the primary objectives of this Section. The district is not required to obtain any right, title, or interest in any real or personal property in order to pay the cost of an economic development project.

(2) An economic development operation fund, for the development and attraction of industries to accomplish the following:

(a) The operational fund shall be used for operating expenses necessary in the creation of industrial and commercial development, in hiring sufficient staff to accomplish the purposes set out in this Subpart, and other related expenses.

(b) The operational fund may also be utilized in contracting for services as may be required by the district, including but not limited to planning assistance, surveys, land use studies, professional and technical services, construction contracting, and other services necessary to effectuate a strategic plan or an industrial development plan for a specific industry which has submitted a plan to the board of commissioners.

(3) An account for the maintenance and operation of a governmental procurement center to provide necessary information to companies and individuals engaged in providing services and goods to accomplish the following:

(a) Pinpoint and identify potential buying centers and aid in placing the company on a bidder's list for these centers and assist companies in obtaining specifications for their products or services.

(b) Provide trained counselors to assist in acquiring solicitation and bid packages and conduct seminars designed to disseminate other information needed by the target companies and individuals.

D. Any tax levied under this Section shall be in addition to all other taxes which the city, parish, or any other political subdivision within the parish of St. Landry are now or hereafter authorized to levy and collect.

Acts 1997, No. 1366, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.101 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.101
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Local and Regional Economic Development District Act".

Acts 2006, No. 839, §1, eff. July 5, 2006.

NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 839, §2, which provides that this Chapter 27-G does not supersede Chapter 27 to the extent not in conflict but is supplemental thereto and §3 which prohibits a parish which has established a parishwide economic development district prior to July 5, 2006, from creating a district pursuant to Act 839 except a regional or multiparish district created by more than one parish.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140
Miscellaneous powers and duties of regional planning commission; payment of per diem, when authorized, to members thereof holding no other elected or appointed public office
Status: in_force

Members of a commission, when duly authorized by a commission, may attend planning conferences or meetings or planning institutes or hearings upon pending planning legislation, and a commission may, by resolution spread upon its minutes, pay the reasonable traveling expenses incident to such attendance. When so directed and authorized by the regional planning commission, members thereof who hold no other elected or appointed office may be paid a per diem of fifty dollars each for attendance at regular or specially called meetings of the full commission or the executive committee thereof in no event to exceed two such meetings per month, i.e. in no event is payment of a total per diem per such member to exceed one hundred dollars per month, payable out of the funds of the regional planning commission. All public officials shall, upon request, furnish to a commission, within a reasonable time, such available information as it may require for its work. A commission, its members, officers, and employees, in the performance of their functions, may enter upon any land and make examinations and surveys and place and maintain necessary monuments and marks thereon. In general, a commission shall have such powers as may be necessary to enable it to fulfill its functions, promote planning, and in all respects carry out the purposes of this subpart.

Acts 1956, No. 239, §10. Amended by Acts 1973, No. 112, §2; Acts 1974, No. 249, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2485 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2485
Use of class titles
Status: in_force

The title of each class shall be the official title of every position allocated to the class, for all purposes having to do with the position as such, and shall be used to the exclusion of all other titles on all pay rolls, budget estimates, and official records and reports pertaining to the position, except that any abbreviation or code symbol approved by the board may be used to designate a position of a class. Any other title satisfactory to the appointing authority may be used in official correspondence and in any other connection not having to do with the personnel processes covered by this Part. No employee shall be appointed, employed, or paid under any title other than that of the class to which the position occupied by him is allocated.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1244 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1244
Parish of Orleans excepted
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Part do not apply to the Parish of Orleans.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.171 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.171
Regulation of size and use of buildings
Status: in_force

For purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, or the general welfare of West Baton Rouge Parish, the police jury of the parish may regulate and restrict the height, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces, the density of population, and the location and use of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, or other purposes within the unincorporated areas of the parish.

Acts 1991, No. 308, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1261.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1261.2
Board of commissioners; membership; qualifications; appointment; terms, vacancies; removal; officers; meetings
Status: in_force

A. An ambulance service district created under the provisions of this Part shall be governed by a board of commissioners composed of five qualified voters of the district, to be appointed by the Allen Parish Police Jury.

B. Two of the initial commissioners shall serve two year terms, two shall serve four year terms, and one shall serve a six year term, as designated by the police jury. Successors to the initial commissioners shall serve six year terms. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the police jury. Any commissioner may be removed from office for cause, and his appointment rescinded by a two-thirds vote of the elected membership of the police jury.

C. The first meeting of the board of commissioners shall be within sixty days of the date of the appointment of the members. A chairman and vice chairman of the board shall be elected, and a director of the district shall be appointed, at the first meeting. Thereafter, the board of commissioners shall hold a minimum of three meetings annually. The Allen Parish Police Jury or the chairman of the board of commissioners may call additional meetings.

D. Commissioners may receive a per diem in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars for each day of their attendance at meetings of the board, up to twenty-four meeting days per year. The per diem shall be paid out of district funds.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 39, §1; Acts 2024, No. 430, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2335 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2335
Enforcement jurisdiction
Status: in_force

In the exercise of the police power of the state and in furtherance of the purpose of promoting more effective enforcement of state laws by municipal police officers, any such officer, when certified in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:2402 et seq., and acting under written authorization from the officer's appointing authority, shall have jurisdiction to enforce all laws under the various jurisdictions of the state pursuant to a written request, specifying the names of the individuals and time periods involved, from the appointing authority of the jurisdiction to which the officer is to be assigned. Nothing herein shall allow permanent agreements between agencies. Any such officer having jurisdiction to enforce all laws under the various jurisdictions of the state in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be considered as a borrowed employee.

Acts 1988, No. 109, §1, eff. June 29, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4600.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4600.9
Modification of plan by resolution after public hearing; adoption of resolution of intention
Status: in_force

A. The tourist commission may, at any time, modify the management plan. Any modification of the management plan shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

B. The tourist commission may modify the management plan after conducting a public hearing as provided in this Chapter regarding the proposed modifications. The tourist commission may modify the improvements and activities to be funded with the revenue derived from the levy of the assessments by adopting a resolution determining to make the modifications after holding a public hearing on the proposed modifications.

C. The tourist commission shall adopt a resolution of intention which states the proposed modification prior to the public hearing. The public hearing shall be held not more than ninety days after the adoption of the resolution of intention.

Acts 2021, No. 319, §1, eff. June 15, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:404 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 404
Duties of mayor
Status: in_force

A. The mayor shall have the following powers, duties, or responsibilities:

(1) To supervise and direct the administration and operation of all municipal departments, offices, and agencies, other than a police department with an elected chief of police, in conformity with ordinances adopted by the board of aldermen and with applicable provisions of state law; however, no such ordinance may limit the authority granted to the mayor by this Paragraph. All administrative staff shall be subordinate to the mayor.

(2) To delegate the performance of administrative duties to such municipal officers or employees as he deems necessary and advisable.

(3) Subject to applicable state law, ordinances, and civil service rules and regulations, to appoint and remove municipal employees, other than the employees of a police department with an elected chief of police. However, appointment or removal of a nonelected chief of police, the municipal clerk, the municipal attorney, or any department head shall be subject to approval by the board of aldermen, except that in the case of a tie vote, the recommendation of the mayor shall prevail. Furthermore, selection or removal of any person engaged by a municipality to conduct an examination, review, compilation, or audit of its books and accounts pursuant to R.S. 24:513 shall be subject to approval by the board of aldermen of that municipality.

(4) To sign all contracts on behalf of the municipality.

(5) To prepare and submit an annual operations budget and a capital improvements budget for the municipality to the board of aldermen in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:1301 et seq. and any other supplementary laws or ordinances.

(6) To represent the municipality on all occasions required by state law or municipal ordinance.

(7) To be the keeper of the municipal seal and affix it as required by law.

(8) To sign warrants drawn on the treasury for money, to require that the municipal clerk attest to such warrants, to affix the municipal seal thereto, and to keep an accurate and complete record of all such warrants.

(9) To have any other power or perform any other duty as may be necessary or proper for the administration of municipal affairs not denied by law.

B. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to alter, affect, or amend any powers, duties, and functions of any elected chief of police as set forth in R.S. 33:423, R.S. 33:423.2, and R.S. 33:423.3.

Amended by Acts 1970, No. 119, §1; Acts 1985, No. 890, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986; Acts 1988, No. 125, §1, eff. June 29, 1988; Acts 1997, No. 836, §1, eff. July 10, 1997; Acts 2010, No. 38, §1; Acts 2025, No. 452, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 1985, No. 890, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4681 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4681
Coliseum authority; commissioners; appointment; term; compensation
Status: in_force

A. The governing body of a parish may, by resolution, create a public body to be known as a coliseum authority, which shall be authorized to exercise its functions upon the appointment and qualification of the first commissioners thereof. Upon the adoption of a resolution creating a coliseum authority, the governing body of the parish shall, pursuant to the resolution, appoint not less than five nor more than nine persons as commissioners of the authority. At least one, but not more than two commissioners shall be first appointed and designated to serve for terms of one year. At least one, but not more than two commissioners shall be first appointed and designated to serve for terms of two years. At least one, but not more than two commissioners shall be first appointed and designated to serve for terms of three years. At least one, but not more than two commissioners shall be first appointed and designated to serve for terms of four years. One commissioner shall be first appointed and designated to serve for a term of five years. Thereafter, each commissioner shall be appointed for a term of five years, except that vacancies occurring otherwise than by the expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term, in the same manner as the original appointment. When the governing body of the parish creates a coliseum authority, by resolution, such authority shall be perpetually in existence until revoked by resolution of said governing body.

B. Each commissioner shall receive such per diem as the governing body may determine for each day actually spent in the exercise of the duties or powers of the authority.

C.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of Iberia Parish may appoint two commissioners to the Acadiana Fairgrounds Commission who shall be residents of St. Martin Parish. The commissioners from St. Martin Parish shall have all the rights and privileges accorded the other commissioners, including the right to vote on all matters brought before the commission. The term of each commissioner shall be five years.

(2) The terms of the commissioners serving on August 15, 2001, including the term of the commissioner serving at that time from St. Martin Parish, shall end at the same time their terms as commissioners otherwise would end. The initial term for the second commissioner to be appointed from St. Martin Parish shall be for five years. Thereafter, the successors of each commissioner shall be appointed for a term of five years, except that vacancies occurring otherwise than by the expiration of a term shall be filled for the unexpired term, in the same manner as the original appointment.

Acts 1972, No. 440, §1; Acts 2001, No. 847, §§1 and 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3726 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3726
Recovery of damages not arising from servitude
Status: in_force

If, between the time of the passage of the ordinance and the widening of the street, the owners of land abutting the building line are damaged by the passage of the ordinance in any manner other than by taking of the servitude in the land, each shall have a right of action against the municipality for any damages; provided, however, that the action shall be brought within one year from the time it accrues, except that persons under legal disability may bring the action within such time as may be provided by law.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.85 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.85
Funding
Status: in_force

A. The commission may solicit and receive by gift, grant, donation, or otherwise any sum of money, property, aid, or assistance, including any in-kind donation of goods or services, from the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, or any person, firm, or corporation, all to be used for the purposes of the commission.

B. The commission shall establish such funds or accounts as are necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the commission.

Acts 2006, No. 574, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2477 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2477
Duties of the board
Status: in_force

The board shall:

(1) Represent the public interest in matters of personnel administration in the fire and police services of the said municipal government.

(2) Advise and assist the governing body, mayor, commissioner of public safety, and the chiefs of the fire and police departments of the municipality, with reference to the maintenance and improvement of personnel standards and administration in the fire and police services, and the classified system.

(3) Advise and assist the employees in the classified service with reference to the maintenance, improvement, and administration of personnel matters related to any individual or group of employees.

(4) Make, at the direction of the mayor, commissioner of public safety, chief of either the fire or police department, or upon the written petition of any citizen for just cause, or upon its own motion, any investigation concerning the administration of personnel or the compliance with the provisions of this Part in the said municipal fire and police services; review, and modify or set aside upon its own motion, any of its actions; take any other action which it determines to be desirable or necessary in the public interest, or to carry out effectively the provisions and purposes of this Part. However, any investigation requested of the board by the mayor, commissioner of public safety, chief of either the fire or police department, or upon the written petition of any citizen for just cause shall be completed within sixty days of the board's receipt of the request for an investigation or receipt of a written petition of any citizen, or both.

(5) Conduct investigations and pass upon complaints by or against any officer or employee in the classified service for the purpose of demotion, reduction in position or abolition thereof, suspension or dismissal of the officer or employee, in accordance with the provisions of this Part. Investigations conducted pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph shall be completed within sixty days. However, the sixty-day limitation shall not apply to any investigation conducted pursuant to the provisions of Subpart H of Part II of Chapter 4 of this Title, comprised of R.S. 33:2181 et seq.

(6) Hear and pass upon matters which the mayor, commissioner of public safety, the chiefs of the departments affected by this Part, and the state examiner of municipal fire and police civil service bring before it.

(7) Make, alter, amend, and promulgate rules necessary to carry out effectively the provisions of this Part.

(8) Adopt and maintain a classification plan. The classification plan shall be adopted and maintained by rules of the board.

(9) Make reports to the governing body, either upon its own motion or upon the official request of the governing body, regarding general or special matters of personnel administration in and for the municipal fire and police services of the municipality, or with reference to any appropriation made by the governing body for the expenses incidental to the operation of the board.

Acts 2004, No. 274, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.29 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.29
Dissolution of Authority
Status: in_force

Whenever the board of directors of the Authority and the participating municipalities then appointing its members shall determine that the purposes for which it was created have been substantially fulfilled or are impractical or impossible of accomplishment and that all bonds theretofore issued and all other obligations theretofore incurred by the Authority have been paid or that cash or a sufficient amount of United States government securities have been deposited for their payment, the board of directors of the Authority and the governing authorities of said participating municipalities may adopt resolutions declaring and finding that the Authority should be dissolved. Upon the adoption of the resolutions of the board of directors of the Authority and the said governing authorities so declaring, such dissolution shall become effective and the title to all funds and other property owned by the Authority at the time of such filing shall vest in the participating municipalities which shall have contracted with the Authority pursuant to this Chapter in the manner specified in such contracts or, if not specified in such contracts, in the resolution of the Authority providing for its dissolution.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4502 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4502
Consent of municipality required for construction of public works through streets
Status: in_force

No railroad, plank road, canal, or works of drainage, sewerage, and land reclamation shall be constructed through the streets of any incorporated city or town, without the consent of the governing body. If the governing body gives such consent to any corporation formed for the purpose of drainage, sewerage, and land reclamation it may, in the interest of public health and cleanliness, pass all ordinances and police regulations necessary to make effective the plan of sewerage and drainage it may adopt, with reference to all houses and lands within the municipal limits.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2923 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2923
Certificates of indebtedness to be issued
Status: in_force

A. Any parish, municipal corporation, and any political subdivision as defined in R.S. 33:2922, having the prior approval of the governing authority which created it may issue certificates of indebtedness covering that portion of the cost of public improvements, or the payment of other obligations, which by existing law are to be borne or to be paid by it under contracts payable out of the revenues of subsequent years as provided for in R.S. 33:2922. The certificates shall bear interest at a rate as provided by law, payable annually or semiannually, and shall mature over a period not exceeding ten years from the date thereof. Such certificates of indebtedness and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the state of Louisiana. Said certificates of indebtedness when issued shall be negotiable paper under the law merchant, shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings providing for their issuance, shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers thereof for value and no court shall have authority or jurisdiction to inquire into the legality thereof if the validity of such certificates is not raised within thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution providing for their issuance.

B. The governing authority of Caddo Parish is hereby further authorized to issue certificates of indebtedness secured by and payable from a pledge of excess revenues of said parish above statutory, necessary, and usual charges in each year in which said certificates of indebtedness are outstanding. Said certificates shall mature over a period not exceeding twenty years from the date thereof and contain such other terms and provisions as set forth in the proceedings adopted by the governing authority of said parish providing for the issuance of such certificates. Such certificates of indebtedness and the income thereof shall be exempt from all taxation in the state of Louisiana.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 499, §1; Acts 1968, No. 501, §2; Acts 1975, No. 295, §2, eff. July 17, 1975; Acts 1995, No. 624, §1, eff. June 18, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9061 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9061
Ferran Place-Courtland Heights area; Jefferson Parish
Status: in_force

A. Creation and boundaries. In addition to all authority granted to the governing authority of Jefferson Parish by the parish home rule charter but otherwise in accordance with such charter, the governing authority may create a special district comprised of the Ferran Place-Courtland Heights area in Metairie, hereinafter referred to as the "district". The district shall be a political subdivision of the state as defined in the Constitution of Louisiana.

B. Purpose. The purpose of the district shall be adding to the security of district residents, and it may perform any function which it deems appropriate for achieving such purpose. Such functions may include entering into contracts with the parish sheriff's office or other entity for additional security patrols of the area.

C. Taxing authority. The parish governing authority may establish the district, define its authority, including the authority to levy an ad valorem tax or parcel fee on property within the district, and provide for its governance in accordance with the parish home rule charter. However, no such tax or fee shall be levied until the question of its imposition, including its purpose, rate, and duration, has been submitted to the qualified electors of the district at an election held for such purpose, and a majority of those voting on the proposition have voted in favor of the tax or fee.

D. Audit. Any such district shall be subject to audit in accordance with R.S. 24:513 et seq.

Acts 1999, No. 1051, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2425 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2425
Retirement and pension system
Status: in_force

The director shall prepare and, upon approval by the commission, shall submit to the mayor recommendations concerning actuarially sound retirement and pension systems for persons holding positions in the classified service.