La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2491.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2491.3
Promotional employment lists; limitations
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, any municipal fire and police civil service board covered by this Part, except as provided in R.S. 33:2491.1 and 2491.2, shall establish and maintain employment lists containing names of persons eligible for appointment to the various classes of positions in the classified service as provided in R.S. 33:2491.

NOTE: Subsection B as amended by Acts 2015, No. 243, §1. See Acts 2015, No. 240, §2, regarding late eff. date for identical changes.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2491 and Article XIV, Section 15.1, Paragraph 21 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 made statutory by Article X, Section 18 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, departmental service in any classified police position with the primary duty or responsibility of police headquarters desk service, jailer, police matron, operations and maintenance of radio, police alarm or signal system, automotive or police apparatus repairs, secretary to the chief, or department records clerk shall not be counted by the municipal fire and police civil service board of the city in determining the total departmental or promotional seniority in the departmental service of a person for purposes of ranking the name of that person on a promotional employment list for a classified police position with the primary duty or responsibility of law enforcement, a position as a chief or assistant chief, or a position as an intradepartmental division, bureau, squad, platoon, or company officer of the police department.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to affect the pay, retirement, or any other benefits based upon departmental service of any person occupying a classified police position in the municipal fire and police civil service.

D. The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to any person employed prior to July 1, 2004, in a classified police position with the primary duty or responsibility of law enforcement, a position as chief or assistant chief, or a position as an intradepartmental division, bureau, squad, platoon, or company officer of the police department.

Acts 2004, No. 429, §2, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2015, No. 240, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 2016; Acts 2015, No. 243, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.

NOTE: Subsection B as amended by Acts 2015, No. 243, §1. See Acts 2015, No. 240, §2, regarding late eff. date for identical changes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4882 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4882
Building and zoning regulations in local governmental subdivisions; nonconforming use
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any provision of law or municipal or parish ordinance or resolution to the contrary, the governing authority of any municipality or parish and any agency of any such municipality or parish shall not allow and shall not cause any building or land to lose its nonconforming use status because, during all or part of the period of March 11, 2020, through March 16, 2022, it is temporarily vacant or operations normally carried on in such building or on such land have been temporarily discontinued.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the governing authority of any parish having a population in excess of three hundred fifty thousand, based on the latest federal decennial census, may by ordinance reduce the time period of March 11, 2020, through March 16, 2022, provided in Subsection A of this Section.

Acts 2006, No. 737, §1, eff. June 29, 2006; Acts 2022, No. 699, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.72 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.72
Construction of Chapter
Status: in_force

This Chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its residents, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

Acts 2005, No. 437, §1, eff. July 11, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1945 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1945
Withdrawal of medal
Status: in_force

Any member of the police or fire department who is awarded a medal shall have the same withdrawn for any act bringing discredit or shame to the department of which he is a member, or any act destructive of department discipline.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.13
Town of Westlake; appointment of court magistrate; duties; salary; additional jurisdiction of mayor's court
Status: in_force

A. The board of aldermen of the town of Westlake shall, upon request of the mayor, appoint an attorney who shall be designated as court magistrate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and may from time to time be designated by the mayor to serve in his stead as the presiding official over the mayor's court. Whenever the magistrate is so designated by the mayor to preside over the mayor's court, he shall exercise the powers and authority of the mayor over the court. The magistrate shall serve at the salary fixed and paid by the board of aldermen.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in addition to jurisdiction provided in R.S. 33:441, the mayor's court of the town of Westlake shall have jurisdiction, concurrent with the city and district court, over suits by the municipality, water district, sewerage district, or any public utility operated by a political subdivision of the state to enforce the collection of an open account regarding property located within the town.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 359, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 620, §1; Acts 2012, No. 333, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.30 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.30
St. Tammany Parish; testing of water systems for secondary contaminants
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Section, "secondary contaminant" means a substance for which secondary maximum contaminant levels are established in the National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency, 40 CFR Part 143.

B. The governing authority of St. Tammany Parish may require that water systems in the parish test for secondary contaminants in the drinking water that is distributed to parish residents.

Acts 2021, No. 308, §1, eff. June 14, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3334 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3334
Acceptance of work; assessment of abutting property
Status: in_force

Upon the final and satisfactory completion of the work, the governing authority shall accept it by ordinance, and provide for the assessment of all abutting real estate and railroad tracks and roadbeds in the amounts due by the owners thereof, including such real estate as may be located wholly or partly outside of the corporate limits, according to the rule of apportionment stipulated in this Sub-part. A certified copy of the ordinance containing the assessment shall, within thirty days after its passage, be filed for record in the office of the recorder of mortgages in the parish in which the assessed property is located, and when so filed and recorded shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the municipality, or its transferees, against the real estate and railroad tracks therein assessed.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 192, §5; Acts 1954, No. 649, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4692 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4692
Receipt for amount paid
Status: in_force

Such a payment shall entitle the maker to a receipt from the tax collector for the amount so paid.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2508 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2508
Effect of other laws
Status: in_force

This Part shall not be rendered ineffective by any general law affecting municipal employees or municipal departments in matters of classified civil service.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Subpart, certain words and phrases used herein are defined as follows:

(1) "City council" means the governing authority of the city of Shreveport.

(2) "Commission" means the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission of Caddo Parish as provided for in R.S. 33:140.4.

(3) "Metropolitan planning area" means the territory included within the boundaries of the city of Shreveport.

(4) "Municipal" and "municipality" means the city of Shreveport.

(5) "Street" or "streets" mean public thoroughfares, avenues, boulevards, roads, lanes, alleys, and other ways.

(6) "Subdivision" means the division of a lot, a tract, or parcel of land or a portion thereof, into two or more lots, sites, or other divisions, any one or more of which is to be platted as a lot of record for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development, and also means resubdivision, or the consolidation of lots or tracts or portions thereof into single lots, and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing, as to the land or area subdivided.

Acts 1962, No. 52, §3; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4348 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4348
Assent to conveyance or assignment of utility property and franchise
Status: in_force

Whenever any parish or municipality has sold or leased any of its public utility properties and granted a franchise for their operation, and the original grantee or lessee, or the successor or assign of such grantee or lessee, has conveyed or assigned its rights to the whole or any part of the property and franchise, then the governing authority may by proper ordinance, and without any vote of the people, assent to the conveyance or assignment.

The same rights, duties, privileges, and responsibilities arising from the original sale or lease shall vest in the transferee in regard to that portion of the property which has been transferred.

The transferor, as a result of the conveyance or assignment so assented to, shall retain only the properties, rights, privileges, and franchises owned by the transferor and not so conveyed or assigned and shall remain charged with only the duties appertaining thereto.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.17
Budget; reports and reviews
Status: in_force

A. The district is required to comply with R.S. 39:1301 et seq.

B. At least sixty days prior to adoption, the district board shall submit to the local governing authorities having jurisdiction over the area included in the district, for purposes of disclosure and information only, the proposed annual budget for the ensuing fiscal year and any proposed long-term financial plan or program of the district for future operations.

Acts 2001, No. 992, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1352 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1352
Definitions; terms defined
Status: in_force

The following words and terms shall have the meaning indicated unless the context shall clearly indicate a different meaning:

(1) "Governing body" means the body which exercises the functions of the local housing authority.

(2) "Interlocal risk management agency" means an association formed by two or more local housing authorities by an interagency agreement made pursuant to the provisions of this Part VII, for the development and administration of an interlocal risk management program and one or more group self-insurance funds.

(3) "Interlocal risk management program" means a plan and activities carried out under such plan by an interlocal risk management agency to reduce risk of loss, including safety engineering and other loss prevention and control techniques, and to administer one or more local self-insurance funds, each established for one or more risks, including the processing and defense of claims brought against members of the agency.

(4) "Local housing authority" means any parish or municipal housing authority.

(5) "Self-insurance fund" means a pool of public monies established by an interlocal risk management agency from contributions of its members in order:

(a) To pool any one or more of the following risks: general liability, workers' compensation, public officials liability, including employment practices liability, property, or any other line of coverage approved by the board of trustees of the interlocal risk management agency.

(b) To purchase insurance for risks of general liability, workers' compensation, property coverage, or other lines of coverage approved by the board of trustees of the interlocal risk management agency.

(6) Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 700, §2.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 802, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 2004, No. 700, §§1, 2, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2015, No. 236, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.9
Area of jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The area of jurisdiction of the commission shall be the metropolitan planning area as defined in this Subpart. In its planning, the commission may take into consideration and may make plans for such other area as, in its judgment, bears relation to the metropolitan planning area, but the plans for such other area shall not have any legal or official status.

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3354 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3354
Abutting property owners' liability
Status: in_force

The abutting property owners shall pay for the balance of the cost of the improvements, in proportion to the respective front footage of the properties owned by them and abutting on the street or alley to be improved.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2495.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2495.2
Continuation of system
Status: in_force

If the city of New Iberia which has a municipal fire and police civil service system in existence on January 1, 2008, ceases to operate either its fire department or its police department, the civil service system shall continue in full force and effect for the remaining department as provided by law.

Acts 2007, No. 163, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7551.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7551.1
Environmental protection districts; authorization; home rule charter parishes; powers
Status: in_force

A. Any parish that is divided by the Mississippi River and which has adopted a home rule charter which provides for the establishment, function, and governance of special districts by the governing authority, or by a board or commission pursuant to such charter, may, in accordance with such charter, create an environmental protection district. The provisions of this Chapter providing for creation, membership, appointment, organization, and structure shall not be applicable to nor diminish any power or authority of an environmental protection district created pursuant to this Section.

B. Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, no environmental protection district shall have or exercise any power which is vested in, or in conflict with, any power vested in the Department of Environmental Quality or the United States Environmental Protection Agency or any power of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry with respect to the Louisiana Pesticide Law (R.S. 3:3201 et seq.).

Acts 1992, No. 1118, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4774 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4774
Civil action
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in any building code shall relieve, lessen, or otherwise diminish the responsibility, liability, or duty of any person engaged in the construction of any building, structure, or improvement to immovable property for damage to property or injury to another caused by or resulting from any defects of any nature in any work performed or acts done by said person.

Acts 1987, No. 648, §1, eff. July 9, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1367 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1367
Effective date of revised ordinances
Status: in_force

The revised ordinances shall take effect ten days after being promulgated as provided in R.S. 33:1366.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 635, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9058 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9058
Taxation; authority; procedure
Status: in_force

Any ambulance service district created is hereby declared to be a political subdivision of the state. For carrying out the purposes of the ambulance service district as provided in this Chapter, the district, under the provisions of the Constitution of Louisiana, shall have the power of taxation and the power to incur debt and issue general obligation and revenue bonds. The district shall also have the authority to call any necessary election for the purpose of incurring debt or issuing bonds or for the purpose of imposing ad valorem taxes for direct use by the district or for payment of bonds. One or more propositions may be submitted at the same election and no general obligation bonds may be issued or tax imposed unless approved by a majority of the electors voting on the proposition.

Acts 1985, No. 121, §1, eff. June 29, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4712.20 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4712.20
Naming of fire station; Amite City
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267, the governing authority of Amite City may name a fire station in honor of Bruce Cutrer.

Acts 2019, No. 131, §1, eff. June 6, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3662 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3662
Certificates to have requisites of negotiable paper
Status: in_force

Certificates issued hereunder shall have all the requisites of negotiable paper, and shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for their issuance, sale, or delivery, and shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders for value.

Added by Acts 1967, No. 117, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3064 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3064
Security for payments; approvals required
Status: in_force

Any governing authority may pledge or obligate current or future years' revenues of its general fund or of special funds not otherwise dedicated to the payment of insurance costs or to the repayment of principal and interest falling due or payable on borrowings under R.S. 33:3063. Such pledge or obligation of special funds shall have such priority of lien on the revenues of such funds as determined by the municipality, and such pledge or obligation of the general fund shall have such priority on the revenues of such fund as provided for charges rendered for services rendered annually under time contracts as provided in R.S. 33:2922. Neither the insurance contracts provided for in R.S. 33:3062, the borrowing described in R.S. 33:3063, nor the pledge of revenues provided for herein, shall require any approval of any governmental board, commission, agency, officer, or instrumentality other than the governing authority, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary.

Acts 1986, No. 973, §1, eff. July 14, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2037 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2037
Effect of receipt of workers' compensation or social security payments
Status: in_force

When a person entitled to benefits from the fund is covered by a workers' compensation insurance policy or any other type of insurance policy paid for by the municipality or fire company, or is entitled to benefits under social security legislation, and receives benefits from the insurance policies or social security legislation equal to or greater than the benefits herein provided, he shall not receive any benefits from the fund.

Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.260 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.260
Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1989, No. 2, §1, eff. June 1, 1989; Acts 2004, No. 622, §1, eff. July 1, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.371 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.371
New Orleans Economic Development Commission
Status: in_force

A. The New Orleans Economic Development Commission, hereinafter referred to as the "commission", is hereby created and is declared to be a body politic and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, as defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana. The commission, acting through its board of commissioners, the governing authority of said commission, is hereby granted all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities granted to political subdivisions for industrial, commercial, research, and economic development purposes, excluding the power of taxation.

B. The commission is established for the primary object and purpose of establishing and adopting a master economic development plan for the parish of Orleans.

C.(1) The board of commissioners, hereinafter referred to as the board, shall be composed of thirteen members as follows:

(a) The chairman of the Chamber/New Orleans and the River Region.

(b) The chairman of the Downtown Development District of the city of New Orleans.

(c) The president of the New Orleans City Council.

(d) The chairman of the New Orleans Business Council.

(e) The chairman of the Almonaster-Michoud Industrial District.

(f) One state senator, whose district lies totally within the parish of Orleans, to be appointed by a majority of the New Orleans legislative delegation.

(g) One state representative, whose district lies totally within the parish of Orleans, to be appointed by a majority of the New Orleans legislative delegation.

(h) One college or university president or chancellor, to be appointed by a majority of the college or university presidents or chancellors from all the colleges and universities whose campuses are located within the parish of Orleans.

(i) The chairman of the New Orleans City Planning Commission.

(j) One member of and appointed by the Greater New Orleans American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.

(k) The mayor of the city of New Orleans who shall serve as chairman of the commission.

(l) One member of and appointed by the Earhart-Tulane Corridor Association.

(m) One member of and appointed by the Black Economic Development Commission.

(2) In preparation of the economic development plan, as provided in Subsection A of this Section, the commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of present conditions and future economic growth of the parish. A plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious economic development plan of the parish, which will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote the natural, cultural, and economic resources of the parish and the citizens and businesses in the parish.

Acts 1992, No. 742, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3689.1
Authority to construct and improve streets and sidewalks
Status: in_force

A. The parishes in the state of Louisiana, through the police juries as the governing authorities thereof, shall have, and are hereby vested with, full power and authority to construct, pave, surface, or otherwise improve, together with the necessary curbing, guttering, aprons, drains, and headers, the streets, roads, sidewalks, and alleys, or any part thereof, within their corporate limits and outside of municipal corporations, at such time or times as they determine, and shall have full power and authority to levy and collect local or special assessments on the real property abutting such improvements sufficient in amount to defray the total cost of said works, including street intersections, all in the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions herein contained.

B.(1) For the purposes of R.S. 33:3689.1 through 3689.17, real property subject to special assessments shall not include any lake, river, bayou, or similar body of water which abuts a street, road, alley, or sidewalk to be constructed or improved. A parish governing authority shall defray the costs of such work by the levy and collection of special assessments against abutting lots or parcels or similar tracts of land.

(2) Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not apply to privately owned lakes or water bodies used for commercial purposes. However, it shall expressly apply to any lake or water body owned by a nonprofit homeowners corporation, regardless of its use, which lake or water body shall therefore not be subject to any special assessment levied pursuant to R.S. 33:3689.1 through 3689.17.

Acts 1952, No. 430, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1332, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4534 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4534
Transfer of assets by the city of New Orleans
Status: in_force

The assignment, transfer, and delivery by the city of New Orleans by and through the public belt railroad commission, with the concurrence of the council of the city of New Orleans, of all of the rights of way, rails, tracks, locomotives, switch yards, and the Huey P. Long Bridge, its approaches and appurtenances and the lands and other things in connection therewith, and all other lands, leases, equipment, books, records, accounts receivable, monies, intellectual property, contracts, properties and assets of the public belt railroad system or the Public Belt Railroad Commission for the city of New Orleans effective February 1, 2018, to the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Corporation, a public nonprofit corporation formed and owned by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, is ratified.

Acts 2020, No. 359, §4, eff. June 12, 2020.

NOTE: See Acts 2020, No. 359, §§9 and 10, regarding effectiveness and applicability of cooperative endeavor agreement dated February 1, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2801 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2801
Maximum municipal property tax
Status: in_force

Municipal corporations (the city of New Orleans excepted) may levy annual taxes not to exceed in any one year seven mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of taxable property within their respective territorial limits, to defray the expenses of municipal government and for general municipal and local purposes, strictly public in their nature.

Where any municipality is, by its charter or by law, exempt from the payment of parish taxes, or, under legislative authority maintains its own public schools, it may levy an annual tax not to exceed ten mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of taxable property within its territorial limits, for all of the aforementioned purposes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2456 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2456
Civil service system; city of St. Martinville
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the city of St. Martinville, by ordinance adopted by the favorable vote of at least two-thirds of the membership thereof, may establish a civil service system based upon merit for the employees of the city, other than the employees of the police department and fire department. When so established such civil service system may be abolished or changed only by ordinance adopted by the same vote as required for establishing the system. Any ordinance establishing, changing, or abolishing such civil service system, except for the required vote, shall be subject to the same procedures for adoption as other ordinances.

Acts 1997, No. 427, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:446 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 446
Town of Patterson; appointment of court magistrate; duties
Status: in_force

The board of aldermen of the town of Patterson shall, upon request of the mayor, appoint an attorney who shall be designated as court magistrate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and may from time to time be designated by the mayor to serve in his stead as the presiding official over the mayor's court. Whenever the magistrate is so designated by the mayor to preside over the mayor's court, he shall exercise the powers and authority of the mayor over said court. The magistrate shall serve at a salary fixed and paid by the board of aldermen.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 251, §1; Acts 1974, No. 458, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5087 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5087
Authority of commissioner of insurance
Status: in_force

A. Each risk management organization shall file with the commissioner of insurance within six months of the end of the organization's fiscal year a certified audited financial statement and a review of its operations and general condition by a certified independent casualty actuary.

B. No risk management organization shall become operational until issued a certificate of authority by the commissioner of insurance under such rules and regulations as he may promulgate to assure compliance with the provisions of this Chapter. The commissioner of insurance may examine the books, records, and affairs of any risk management organization for the purpose of determining compliance with this Chapter and may revoke the certificate of authority of any organization determined to not be in compliance with this Chapter.

Acts 2022, No. 686, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4045.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4045.1
City of Lake Charles; amount assessed placed on tax rolls; installments; cash discount; enforcement of liability
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:4045, in the city of Lake Charles the amounts assessed in the ordinance adopted pursuant to R.S. 33:4044 shall be placed upon the tax rolls and divided into equal installments. The number of required installments shall be determined by the governing authority of the city. The first installment shall be due and payable at the same time as the taxes of the year in which the work is completed and the remaining installments will be due and collectable during the period that the regular taxes are collectable by the city of Lake Charles. The day of delinquency of these installments shall be the thirty-first day of December of the year in which each installment falls due in principal or in interest. Each installment shall carry the same rate of interest as does the certificate issued by the governing authority of the city of Lake Charles, and the interest shall be paid annually on the unpaid installments.

B. The owner of the property assessed under the provisions of this Subpart may pay in cash within ten days after the adoption of the ordinance accepting the work, as provided by R.S. 33:4044, and shall receive on account of the cash payment a discount equal to five percent per annum on the amount due and paid by him, which discount shall likewise be allowed by the contractor to the governing authority of the city of Lake Charles.

C. In the event any owner of property subject to the lien and privileges authorized pursuant to this Subpart fails to pay the amount apportioned against his property at its maturity, the governing authority of the city of Lake Charles may file a rule against the owner to show cause why the property should not be sold for the purpose of enforcing payment on the installments due, which rule shall be made returnable after five days of service in the manner required for ordinary citations, and shall be tried by preference. Judgment against the property holder shall be executed in the same manner as ordinary judgments.

Acts 2003, No. 970, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.73 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.73
Powers and functions of the board
Status: in_force

In order to accomplish the object and purposes for which the board is created, the board shall have the following powers and functions and may do any or all of the following:

(1) Make recommendations and provide relevant information about the Ward One area to public officials or entities or private individuals or organizations concerning such matters as:

(a) Natural and environmental factors, trends of industrial population, other developments, and the habits and lifestyles of the people.

(b) Land use in the area.

(c) Locations for the concentration of wholesale, retail, business, and other commercial uses and spaces and locations for mixed uses.

(d) The need for and the proposed general location of public and private works and facilities.

(2) Make or assist in studies and investigations of the resources of the Ward One area and the existing and emerging problems of industry, commerce, transportation, population, housing, and public services affecting the development of the area, and in making such studies seek the cooperation and collaboration of the appropriate state departments and agencies and instrumentalities of federal, state, and local government, educational institutions, research organizations, whether public or private, and of civic groups and private persons and organizations.

(3) Prepare and from time to time revise and make available to interested organizations, public bodies, and individuals, listings of the resources of the Ward One area and of the major public and private works and facilities of all kinds which contribute to or affect the development of the area.

(4) Advise and supply information, as far as available, to civic groups and private persons and organizations who may request such information or advice, or who study or otherwise concern themselves with the purposes for which the board is created or with development in the fields of business and industry, labor, natural resources, urban growth, housing, or public service activities, such as public health and education, relevant to the development of the Ward One area.

(5) Provide information to officials of departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of state and local government and to the public at large in order to foster public awareness and understanding of the purposes and functions of the board or to stimulate public interest and participation in the orderly, integrated development of the area.

(6) Accept and receive, in furtherance of its functions, grants and services from the federal government or its agencies, from departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of state or local government, or from private or civic sources.

(7) Solicit the assistance and active cooperation of industry and private civic organizations which are active in anti-litter and recycling efforts to assist in control and reduction of litter in the area and encourage industry and private civic organizations to participate in the "adopt-a-road" program as provided in R.S. 30:2534 for the purpose of controlling litter along the highways of the area.

(8) Hold public hearings and sponsor public forums whenever it deems it necessary or useful in accomplishing its object and purposes, exercising its powers, or carrying out its functions as provided in this Subpart.

(9) Exercise all other powers necessary and proper for the discharge of its functions.

Acts 2001, No. 377, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.31
Recording copy of agreement; effect
Status: in_force

No later than ten days after a municipality or parish enters into a development agreement, the clerk of the municipal or parish governing authority shall record in the mortgage office of the parish a copy of the agreement, which shall describe the land subject thereto. From and after the time of such recordation, the agreement shall impart such notice thereof to all persons as is afforded by the recording laws of the state. The burdens of the agreement shall be binding upon and the benefits of the agreement shall inure to all successors in interest to the parties to the agreement.

Acts 1988, No. 505, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:384 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 384
Qualifications of mayor
Status: in_force

The mayor shall be an elector of the municipality who at the time of qualification as a candidate for the office of mayor shall have been domiciled and actually resided for at least the immediately preceding year in the municipality.

Acts 1985, No. 890, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986; Acts 1986, No. 1076, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1993, No. 522, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 890, §3.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4066.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4066.7
Specifications; advertising for bids
Status: in_force

The governing authority of such parish, sewerage district, or commission, after having given notice of its intention as above set forth and after disposing of all objections and having decided to order the construction of such improvements, may, without further delay, have the necessary plans and specifications for said work prepared and may authorize the advertisement of bids therefor, by the giving of notice calling for sealed bids for the construction of said work, said notice to be signed by the chief executive officer or purchasing agent of the parish, sewerage district, or commission, and to be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in the official journal of the parish, sewerage district, or commission, or in any newspaper having general circulation in the parish where the parish, sewerage district, or commission is located. Said notice shall contain a general description of work contemplated, shall refer to plans and specifications which shall be placed on file with the clerk, secretary, or purchasing agent of the said governing authority, and shall designate the hour, date, and place for the reception and opening of bids, and may provide either that the contractor be required to accept sewerage certificates hereafter authorized, if the governing authority elects to make such requirement, or that they may be sold in such a manner and at such time as the governing authority may elect.

Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.17
Abolishment of industrial area or portion thereof; procedure
Status: in_force

The governing authority of a parish may abolish an industrial area or remove a portion of the territory from an industrial area only if the industry or industries located therein fail to furnish at the expense of said industry or industries any of the services listed in R.S. 51:1202 for an extended period of time and only if there is a definite need for such services in the portion of the industrial area involved. The parish governing authority may abolish an industrial area or remove a portion of the territory from an industrial area only by resolution adopted after not less than one public hearing on the question. The resolution of a parish governing authority to abolish an industrial area or remove a portion of the territory from an industrial area shall be effective thirty days after the resolution is adopted by the governing authority, provided that no resort to the courts is taken challenging such action prior to the expiration of such thirty days by a property owner within the area affected. If such action is taken by a property owner, the resolution of the parish governing authority shall be effective only when a judgment adverse to the property owner has been rendered and is final, executory, and definitive. In any suit by a property owner questioning the legality of action by the parish governing authority abolishing an industrial area or removing a portion of the territory from an industrial area, the burden of proof shall be on the parish to establish that certain of the services listed in R.S. 51:1202 have not been properly furnished by the industry or industries involved and that there is a definite need for such services in the area involved. The results of any final action taken under this Section which in any way alters the boundaries of an industrial area shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish in accordance with the applicable provisions of R.S. 33:130.13.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 406, §1; Acts 2008, No. 644, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1246.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1246.3
Powers and duties of commission
Status: in_force

In addition to the duties defined elsewhere, the commission shall have the duty and authority:

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

(2) To advise the police jury and the ambulance director on problems concerning the operation of the ambulance service district.

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

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

(5) To review and modify, or set aside any action of the officers or employees of the district which the commission may determine to be desirable or necessary in the public interest.

(6) To appoint a director of the ambulance service district and to perform such other duties as may now or hereafter be required by law.

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

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

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

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

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

Added by Acts 1975, No. 369, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.351 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.351
England Economic and Industrial Development District; creation; territorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a body politic and corporate of the state which shall exist in perpetuity and be known as England Economic and Industrial Development District, hereinafter referred to as the "district". The district shall be composed of all of the territory located within Rapides Parish. The district shall be a political subdivision of the state as defined in Article VI, Section 44(2) of the Constitution of Louisiana. Pursuant to Article VI, Sections 19 and 20 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the district, acting through its board of commissioners, the governing authority of the said district, is hereby granted all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities accorded by law and the Constitution of Louisiana to political subdivisions of the state, including but not limited to the power of taxation, the power to incur debt and issue revenue and general obligation bonds, certificates of indebtedness, bonds and certificate anticipation notes, refunding bonds, and the power of taxation, subject to the limitations hereinafter provided.

Acts 1991, No. 142, §1, eff. June 30, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4160.28 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4160.28
Additional assessments
Status: in_force

If the local and special assessments originally levied are insufficient, for any cause whatsoever, to pay the principal and interest, or the principal or interest, in any one year of the said drainage certificates outstanding at their respective maturity dates, the city, through its governing authority, is hereby authorized, empowered, and obligated by ordinance to levy and collect, at such time or times as may be necessary, an additional local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate in the city or area involved sufficient in amount to pay in full the said principal and interest or the principal or interest of such drainage certificates at their respective maturity dates. The amounts assessed in such ordinance or ordinances shall be due and collectible immediately on its passage, and if not paid within thirty days from the date of its adoption, the governing authority shall proceed against the property for the collection of the amount of the additional local or special assessment so levied, plus interest thereon and ten percent additional for attorney's fees. A certified copy of each ordinance providing for the levy and collection of such additional local or special assessment shall be filed with the Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court promptly upon its adoption, who shall forthwith record the same in mortgage records of the parish, and when so filed and recorded shall operate as a lien and privilege against all the real estate therein assessed and shall prime all other liens except taxes and prior recorded local or special assessments levied for streets, sewerage, water, and underground wiring.

Acts 1992, No. 472, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.732 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.732
Object and purposes
Status: in_force

The district created pursuant hereto shall be established for the primary object and purpose of promoting and encouraging industrial development to stimulate the economy through commerce, industry, and research and for the utilization and development of natural and human resources of the area by providing job opportunities.

Acts 2007, No. 87, §1, eff. July 1, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2585.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2585.4
Secrecy of ballot; interference with voter; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Except as to any person who is illiterate, blind, or so physically disabled as to prevent his exercise of the right to cast his ballot without assistance, no voter shall allow his ballot to be seen by any person with an apparent intention of letting it be known how he is about to vote, or place any distinguishing mark upon his ballot, or make a false statement as to his inability to mark his ballot. No person shall interfere or attempt to interfere with any voter when marking his ballot, or endeavor to induce any voter before voting to show how he is about to mark or has marked his ballot, or influence or attempt to influence any voter to vote for or against a particular candidate, or otherwise violate any of the provisions of Sections 2585 through 2585.9 or rules adopted pursuant thereto.

B. Whoever violates this Section shall be punished in accordance with R.S. 18:1461, R.S. 14:119, R.S. 14:120, R.S. 14:136 or any other applicable law enacted to punish violations of laws relating to other elections.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 563, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3981.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3981.1
Extension of existing sewerage system by city of Shreveport
Status: in_force

A. The city of Shreveport, after having been petitioned by sixty percent of the property owners within the area to be served which is outside of the municipal limits but within Caddo Parish, or by a vote of a majority in number and amount of the resident property taxpayers in such area voting at an election held for this purpose, is hereby vested with full power and authority in its discretion to establish, acquire, construct, improve, extend, and maintain outside of the limits of the municipality, but within the parish of Caddo, a sewerage system or systems, including such sewerage disposal facilities as may be required, with all necessary equipment and installations in connection therewith, including such extensions as may be proper to connect the system or systems with the sewerage disposal facilities of the municipality or any other available system or facilities, whether within or without the municipality.

B. The city of Shreveport shall have full power and authority to levy and collect local or special assessments on the real property to be benefited thereby within the area to be served, sufficient in amount to defray the total cost of said work, including the cost of street intersections and installations and connections necessary to connect said system with the main sewer system of the municipality or necessary to connect said system with any disposal facilities whether within or without the municipality, including the cost of establishing, constructing, improving, and extending any such disposal facilities, whether by purchase, lease, or otherwise, or including the cost of the construction of complete sewerage disposal facilities, either within or without the municipality all within the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions contained in this Subpart, except that the provisions of R.S. 33:3982 shall not apply.

C. Any construction or improvements shall be performed in compliance of the provisions of R.S. 38:2212. The term "sewerage district" as used in this Subpart shall include the city of Shreveport. The election provided for in this Section shall be held in accordance with Chapter 6-B of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 809, §1, eff. Aug. 4, 1982. Acts 1991, No. 170, §1; Acts 1991, No. 375, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.36 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.36
Powers, etc., severable; provisions of Chapter controlling over other statutes and charters
Status: in_force

If any one or more Sections, Subsections, sentences, or Parts of any of this Chapter shall be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such adjudication shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid. Any provision of this Chapter which is found to be in conflict with any other statute or Chapter shall be controlling and shall supersede such other statute or Chapter to the extent of such conflict.

After the effective date of this Act, no municipality that has executed a contract with the Authority for the purchase of capacity shall commence service at retail to any customer situated outside the corporate limits of such municipality except where said customer is situated within 300 feet of municipally owned and operated facilities outside said municipality, which facilities were in operation on April 1, 1979, except with the consent in writing of any other electric public utility serving customers in its general area; provided further that if no electric service is available outside of the 300 foot area, then such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

If, after the effective date of this Act, any dispute arises as to the service to any customer or customers between a municipality and an electric public utility, such dispute shall be adjudicated by the district court of the judicial district in which service is to be furnished.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9052 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9052
Federal and state aid
Status: in_force

Ambulance service districts created hereunder shall have full power to do such things and enter into such contracts and agreements with the United States of America or with any state or federal agency or instrumentality as may be necessary to procure aids and grants to assist such districts in carrying out the purposes for which they are created.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 304, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.13
Planning commission as platting authority
Status: in_force

After the commission has recommended and the city council has adopted a master plan in whole or in part, no plat of a subdivision of land lying within the area covered by the plan shall be filed or recorded until it shall have been submitted to and approved by the commission, and such approval entered in writing on the plat by the secretary of the commission. The clerk of court of Caddo Parish shall not file or record a plat of a subdivision without the approval of the commission as required by this Subpart; the filing or recording of a plat of a subdivision without the approval of the commission as required by this Section shall be void.

Acts 1962, No. 52, §13; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:423.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 423.6
City of Westwego; appointment 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 Westwego, the chief of police shall appoint 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 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 95, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.82 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.82
Composition of the board
Status: in_force

A. The Wards 4 and 6 Economic Development Board of Beauregard Parish shall be composed of members selected as follows:

(1) One member shall be appointed by the Louisiana state senator or senators who represent any part of Ward 4 or 6 of Beauregard Parish.

(2) Two members shall be appointed by the Louisiana state representative or representatives who represent any part of Ward 4 or 6 of Beauregard Parish.

(3) One member shall be appointed by the Beauregard Parish School Board member or members who represent any part of Ward 4 or 6 of Beauregard Parish.

(4) Three members shall be appointed by the member or members of the governing authority of Beauregard Parish who represent any part of Ward 4 or 6 of Beauregard Parish.

B.(1) Members shall serve four-year terms after initial terms as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(2) One member shall serve an initial term of one year; two shall serve an initial term of two years; two shall serve an initial term of three years; and two shall serve initial terms of four years. The initial terms of the respective members shall be determined by lot at the first meeting of the board.

C. Members shall serve without compensation.

D. Any vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment. In the event that the entity responsible for the appointment of a member fails to fill a vacancy within thirty days, the remaining members of the board shall appoint an interim successor to serve until the position is filled by the appointing entity.

E. Any member of the board may be removed by a majority vote of the board, but only for cause on charges proffered against him in writing and after public hearing. Any member so removed shall have the right to appeal his removal to a court of competent jurisdiction within ten days of the decision ordering his removal.

F. Members shall be eligible for reappointment, unless they have been removed from office in the manner provided in this Section.

Acts 2010, No. 87, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2587 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2587
City of Opelousas Municipal Civil Service Board; board membership
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the City of Opelousas Municipal Civil Service Board shall have two members who shall be selected by the classified employees of the city of Opelousas as provided in R.S. 33:2585 et seq. These two members shall be in addition to the membership of such board on June 25, 2001.

Acts 2001, No. 683, §1, eff. June 25, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3822.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3822.3
Waterworks systems; extension outside municipal limits of Shreveport
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of the city of Shreveport, after having been petitioned by sixty percent of the property owners within an area to be served, which is outside of the municipal limits but within the parish of Caddo, or by a vote of a majority in number and amount of the resident property taxpayers of such an area qualified to vote at an election held for that purpose, is hereby vested with full power and authority in its discretion to establish, acquire, construct, improve, extend, and maintain outside of the municipal limits of Shreveport, but within the parish of Caddo, a waterworks system or systems, including such treatment facilities as may be required, with all necessary equipment and installations in connection therewith, including such extensions as may be proper to connect the system or systems with the main municipal waterworks system or any other available system or facilities whether within or without the municipal limits.

B. Upon the petition of the property owners in an area outside of the city of Shreveport owning property comprising not less than sixty percent of the frontage of all lots or parcels of real estate to be improved or benefitted by the laying of such water lines or the installation of such improvements, or by vote of a majority of those registered voters within such area voting at an election held for that purpose, the resident property taxpayers within such area, the governing authority shall have full power and authority to levy and collect local or special assessments on the property within the area so served and to establish rates for the sale of water within the area so served sufficient in amount to defray the total cost of said work, including the cost of street intersections and installations and connections necessary to connect said system with the main water system of the municipality or necessary to connect said system with any facilities outside of the municipal limits, including the cost of acquiring any such outside facilities, whether by purchase, lease, or otherwise, or the cost of the construction of complete waterworks facilities, either within or without the municipal limits, all within the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions herein contained.

C. The elections provided for in this Section shall be held in accordance with Chapter 6-B of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. However, nothing contained herein shall be construed to require the governing authority to make such improvements and the authority granted in this Section shall be exercised at the discretion of the governing authority. Any construction, improvement, or extension shall be performed in compliance with the provisions of R.S. 38:2212.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 810, §1, eff. Aug. 4, 1982. Acts 1991, No. 169, §1; Acts 1991, No. 257, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:115 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 115
Improvements in unapproved streets
Status: in_force

The parish or municipality, as the case may be, shall not accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave, curb, or light any street, or lay or authorize water mains or sewers or connections to be laid in any street, within any portion of territory for which a planning commission has adopted a major street plan, unless the street has been accepted or opened as or has otherwise received the legal status of a public street prior to the adoption of such plan, or unless the street corresponds with a street shown on the official master plan or with a street on a subdivision plat approved by a planning commission or with a street on a street plat made by and adopted by a commission, copies of which plat have been duly filed as provided in R.S. 33:108. The local legislative body may, however, accept any street not shown on or not corresponding with a street on the official master plan or on an approved subdivision plat or an approved street plat, if the ordinance or other measure accepting such street is first submitted to the planning commission for its approval and, if approved by the commission, is enacted or passed by not less than a majority of the entire membership of the local legislative body or, if disapproved by the commission, is enacted or passed by not less than two-thirds of the entire membership of the local legislative body. A street approved by a planning commission upon submission by the local legislative body, or a street accepted by a two-thirds vote after disapproval by the planning commission, shall thereupon have the status of an approved street as fully as though it had been originally shown on the official master plan or on a subdivision plat approved by the commission or had been originally platted by the commission.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1660 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1660
Oath in connection with settling accounts
Status: in_force

No parish treasurer shall be allowed credit for any voucher he presents in the settlement of any account, until he has first taken an oath that he has paid the full amount of the voucher in money, or that he has received the same in payment of parish dues, and that he has not speculated thereon himself, nor has he been directly or indirectly interested in any speculation that may have been made in its acquisition.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:257 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 257
Canvass of returns; proces verbal
Status: in_force

A. On the date and at the hour and place specified in the notice of election, the local governing authority ordering the election, in public session, shall examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the election. The result shall be promulgated by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or, if there is none, in a newspaper of general circulation in the parish, or if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the parish, then in a newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining parish.

B. The local governing authority ordering the election shall preserve a proces verbal of the canvass. The governing authority shall forward a copy of the proces verbal to the secretary of state, who shall record it. A copy also shall be forwarded to the clerk of the district court, and in Orleans Parish to the clerk of the civil district court, who shall record it in the mortgage records. A copy shall be retained in the archives of the office of the local governing authority ordering the election.

Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1881 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1881
Cancellation of official bond with security and mortgages
Status: in_force

Any district judge, having jurisdiction in the parish where any parish or ward officer or other interested party applies for the cancellation of the parish or ward officer's official bond, shall order the recorder of mortgages to cancel the bond with security and mortgages furnished by the officer only in the event that the officer has resigned or died or been dismissed from office, or his office has expired by limitation.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.51 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.51
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be referred to as the "New Orleans Community Improvement Act".

Acts 2004, No. 349, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 349, §2, relative to repeal of Acts 1968, No. 170, and all Acts amending it, including Acts 1972, No. 299, Acts 1980, Nos. 571 and 572, Acts 1984, No. 155, Acts 1994, 3 rd Ex. Sess., Nos. 65 and 135, Acts 1995, Nos. 30 and 375, Acts 1997, No. 101, and Acts 2003, Nos. 266 and 968.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1407 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1407
Period in which authority may be exercised
Status: in_force

Officials authorized to act as emergency interim successors are empowered to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office as herein authorized only after an attack upon the United States, as defined herein, has occurred. The governing body of the political subdivision, by resolution, may at any time terminate the authority of said emergency interim successors to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of office as herein provided.

Acts 1963, No. 114, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.757 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.757
Expiration of Subpart
Status: in_force

Unless reauthorized by the legislature, the provisions of this Subpart shall expire on August 15, 2012 and this Subpart and all other laws and regulations governing, authorizing, and otherwise dealing with community development corporations and community development financial institutions are deemed repealed on that date. However, any tax credit earned pursuant to R.S. 47:6031 may be carried forward as a tax credit against taxes as provided for in that Section.

Acts 2007, No. 374, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.291 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.291
Ruston-Lincoln Industrial Development District; creation; territorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

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

B. The district created pursuant hereto shall be established for the primary object and purpose of promoting and encouraging industrial development to stimulate the economy through commerce, industry, and research and for the utilization and development of natural and human resources of the area by providing job opportunities.

C. The boundaries of the district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of Lincoln Parish.

Acts 1989, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 16, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1883 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1883
Bond to be cancelled in absence of opposition
Status: in_force

Should there be no opposition or should it be not well founded, the judge shall order the cancellation and annullment as aforesaid. Otherwise the application shall be denied.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2495.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2495.3
Recruit and recruit period; certain municipalities
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the cities of Baton Rouge, Bossier City, Houma, Lafayette, Shreveport, and Zachary, no person selected for appointment to an entry-level position in the classified service from the competitive firefighter employment list who has not successfully completed formal training as required by Subsection B of this Section shall begin the working test period. However, such person shall be employed by the appointing authority and reported as a recruit and shall immediately begin his formal training.

B. Formal training for a person selected for appointment to an entry-level position as a firefighter in the classified service shall mean the enrollment in and successful completion of a fire training academy provided for through the appointing authority. All persons selected for appointment to an entry-level position as a firefighter in the classified service shall successfully complete the fire training academy whether or not such person was certified as a Firefighter I in accordance with National Fire Protection Association Standard 1001 prior to his selection for appointment.

C. The fire training academy provided for in Subsection B of this Section shall be for a duration as determined by the appointing authority. Upon the successful completion of the fire training academy, the recruit shall immediately begin the working test period.

D. The appointing authority shall, within fifteen days, advise the board that the recruit has successfully completed the fire training academy and has begun the working test period as a probational firefighter.

E. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require that a person selected for appointment to an entry-level position as a firefighter in the classified service be terminated if he fails to enroll in or successfully complete the fire training academy as required by Subsection B of this Section.

Acts 2015, No. 334, §1; Acts 2017, No. 194, §1; Acts 2018, No. 51, §1; Acts 2018, No. 260, §1; Acts 2021, No. 202, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4160.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4160.1
Establishment of system
Status: in_force

Provided there is no duplication of existing gas utility service in a specific area to be served, the governing authority of any municipality or parish, either within or without the corporate limits of a municipal corporation, is hereby vested with full power and authority to establish, acquire, construct, improve, extend, and maintain within said municipality or parish a natural gas system or systems, including such natural gas transmission, distribution, and storage facilities as may be required, with all necessary equipment and installation in connection therewith, including such extensions as may be proper to connect said system or systems with a natural gas supply whether within or without any such municipality or parish, and it shall have full power and authority to levy and collect local or special assessments on the real property to be benefited thereby within the said municipality or parish, within the area served sufficient in amount to defray the total cost of said work, including the cost of street intersections and installation and connections necessary to connect said system with a natural gas supply, including the cost of establishing, constructing, improving, and extending any such transmission, distribution, and storage facilities, whether by purchase, lease or otherwise, all within the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions herein contained.

Acts 1990, No. 782, §1, eff. July 24, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4568.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4568.5
Annual report
Status: in_force

The board shall make an annual report to the police jury of Calcasieu Parish showing all receipts and disbursements of the board; setting forth the general condition of the park, its buildings, structures and other facilities; and making such recommendations as it deems advisable for the development, maintenance and operation of the park. A copy of this report shall be published in the official journal of Calcasieu Parish.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 489, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.51 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.51
Notification of area legislators; zoning; hazardous material; Jefferson Parish
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of the parish of Jefferson shall notify each member of the state Senate and House of Representatives who represents any portion of the parish no less than thirty days in advance of any action to be taken on an application for a zoning request or zoning variance to build or enhance any storage facility housing hazardous material, as defined in R.S. 30:2363(7).

B. For the purposes of this Section, "notify" shall mean notification via facsimile, certified mail or electronic mail.

Acts 2003, No. 542, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2491 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2491
Establishment and maintenance of employment lists
Status: in_force

Except for 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 board shall establish and maintain employment lists containing names of persons eligible for appointment to the various classes of positions in the classified service, as follows:

A. Names of regular employees who are demoted from any class for a reason other than disciplinary action shall be placed upon the reinstatement list for the class from which they were demoted in the order in which the demotions were made.

B. Only the names of regular employees who have been laid off in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:2499 shall be eligible for entry upon the reemployment list. The names of such persons shall be entered upon the reemployment list for the class from which they were laid off in the order in which the lay-offs were made.

C. A name placed upon either the reinstatement or the reemployment list shall remain thereon for a period of four years. The board, however, may remove the name of any person who refuses an offer of employment following a certification from either list.

D.(1) Except as provided for in Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Subsection, names of persons attaining a passing score on a promotion test shall be placed upon the promotion employment list for the class for which they were tested, from highest to lowest, according to their total departmental seniority. The names of persons attaining a passing score on a competitive test shall be placed upon the competitive employment list for the class for which they were tested, from highest to lowest, according to their final test scores.

(2)(a) Names of persons attaining a passing score on the promotional test in the Lafayette Police Department for the rank of lieutenant or captain, or in the Lake Charles Police Department, shall be placed upon the promotion employment list for the class for which they were tested, from highest to lowest, according to their total promotional seniority in the next lower class. If two or more persons possess an equal amount of promotional seniority, the names of those persons shall be placed on the promotional list in the order of departmental seniority, from highest to lowest.

(b) An employee with the Lake Charles Police Department who is a member of the armed forces of the United States and is at an official training, active training exercise, or active duty deployment on the date of a promotional test for which he is qualified and eligible shall have his name placed upon the promotion employment list with promotional seniority credit back to the original testing date provided the employee takes and attains a passing score on the promotion test upon his return from training or active duty deployment. In addition, his name shall remain on the promotional employment list for forty-eight months following his attainment of a passing score on the promotion test.

(3) Names of persons attaining a passing score on the promotional test in the Crowley Police Department shall be placed on the promotion employment list for the class for which they were tested, from highest to lowest, according to their total promotional seniority in the next lower class. If two or more persons possess an equal amount of promotional seniority, the names of those persons shall be placed on the promotional list in the order of departmental seniority, from highest to lowest.

E. Any person whose name is placed upon the competitive employment list for the entrance or lowest ranking class in the classified service who has served in the armed forces of the United States of America during the times of war, and has been honorably discharged or discharged under honorable conditions, shall have added to his final test score a total of five points at the time of placing his name upon the list. Proof of such service and discharge shall be required by the board or the state examiner in any manner it deems advisable.

F.(1) The minimum and maximum period for which a name may remain upon a competitive employment list established and maintained by the board for any of the various classes of positions in the classified fire and police service shall be twelve and eighteen months, respectively, for each list.

(2)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the minimum and maximum period for which a name may remain upon a promotional employment list established and maintained by the board for any of the various classes of positions in the classified fire and police service shall be twelve and forty-eight months, respectively, for each list.

(b) Except as provided in R.S. 33:2491.4(D), the provisions of this Paragraph shall apply to any promotional employment list established and maintained by the board pursuant to this Part for any of the various classes of positions in the classified fire and police service containing the names of eligible persons on and after August 1, 2013.

G. The employment lists for which eligibles are obtained from the results of tests given for that purpose shall be reestablished in the manner further provided by this Part.

H.(1) Except as provided in Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Subsection, when new names are to be placed upon a promotion list for a given class, the remaining names thereon shall be rearranged with the new names so that all names appearing upon the list for the class shall rank, from highest to lowest, according to total departmental seniority.

(2) When new names are to be placed upon a promotion list for a given class in the Lafayette Police Department for the rank of lieutenant or captain, and in the Lake Charles Police Department, the remaining names thereon shall be rearranged with the new names so that all names appearing upon the list for the class shall rank, from highest to lowest, according to total promotional seniority in the next lower class from which the promotion list is established. If two or more persons possess an equal amount of promotional seniority, the names of those persons shall be placed on the promotional list in the order of departmental seniority, from highest to lowest.

(3) When new names are to be placed on a promotion list for a given class in the Crowley Police Department, the remaining names thereon shall be rearranged with the new names so that all names appearing on the list for the class shall rank, from highest to lowest, according to total promotional seniority in the next lower class from which the promotion list is established. If two or more persons possess an equal amount of promotional seniority, the names of those persons shall be placed on the promotional list in the order of departmental seniority, from highest to lowest.

(4) When new names are to be placed upon a competitive list for a given class, the remaining names thereon shall be rearranged with the new names so that all names appearing upon the list for the class shall rank, from highest to lowest, according to their final test scores.

I. For purposes 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 state examiner shall establish and maintain a statewide eligibility list containing names of persons eligible for appointment to these classes by any municipality, parish, or fire protection district under the municipal fire and police civil service system.

Amended by Acts 1981, No. 937, §1; Acts 1992, No. 213, §1; Acts 1993, No. 186, §1; Acts 2006, No. 216, §1, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2013, No. 331, §1; Acts 2015, No. 240, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 2016; Acts 2015, No. 243, §1, eff. June 29, 2015; Acts 2016, No. 177, §1; Acts 2016, No. 178, §1; Acts 2016, No. 283, §1; Acts 2019, No. 224, §1; Acts 2020, No. 38, §1; Acts 2024, No. 230, §1; Acts 2025, No. 332, §1, eff. July 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3815.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3815.1
Additional powers of the Lafourche water district
Status: in_force

Upon authorization by the Lafourche Parish Police Jury as provided in R.S. 33:3811.1, and in addition to the powers granted to the district in R.S. 33:3815, the Lafourche water district may expropriate property for any purpose that it may find necessary in the operation of its sewerage system, and may acquire by donation, purchase, or expropriation any existing system in the district. It may dig and excavate the roads, streets, sidewalks and alleys in the district for the purpose of laying and installing sewers and sewerage disposal works.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 440, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.458 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.458
Governmental functions
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1993, No. 494, §1, eff. June 10, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4099 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4099
New Orleans; tax exemption of bonds; investment in bonds; use as security; registration
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the authority of R.S. 33:4097 shall be exempt from all taxation for state, parish, municipal or other local purposes. Savings banks, tutors of minors, curators of interdicts, trustees and other fiduciaries may invest the funds in their hands in said bonds. Said bonds may be used for deposit with any officer, board, municipality or other political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, in any case where, by present or future laws, deposit or security is required. Said bonds may be registered and released from registry under such rules as the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, may prescribe.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 167, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9044 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9044
Director of ambulance service district
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall appoint a director of ambulance service district hereafter referred to as "director," who has had experience in the field of administration and is familiar with the principles and methods of medical care or who in the opinion of the board of commissioners has held a responsible position in the area of management. He shall assume full responsibilities as director of the district and shall receive a salary fixed by the commission. He shall serve at the pleasure of the commission.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 304, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2661 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2661
Petition for special tax; title to property; election
Status: in_force

Whenever two hundred fifty of the resident registered property taxpayers of any parish or municipality petition the governing authority to levy a special tax, not to exceed two mills, on all taxable property of the parish or municipality, for a period not to exceed ten years, for the fight on tuberculosis, the building, equipment, maintenance or operation of tuberculosis hospitals, clinics and sanatoria, title to which shall be in the public, or generally for the purpose of the care and treatment of those afflicted by the disease of tuberculosis, the governing authority shall order a special election for the purpose of imposing or rejecting the imposition of the tax. Where recorded title to the property, buildings, and equipment to be supported by the tax is not in the State or the parish or municipality where the election is to be held, it shall suffice that title be in an association or corporation dedicated to charitable purposes. The hospital, clinic, or sanatorium to be built, equipped, maintained, or operated shall, with all real or personal property belonging thereto and all income, from whatever source, be forever dedicated to the public and to the purposes of caring for the indigent and needy tuberculosis sufferers residing in the political subdivision within which the election is to be held and the proposed tax imposed. The election shall be held under the general election laws at the polling places at which the last preceding general election was held, not sooner than thirty days after the official publication of the petition and ordinance ordering the election.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4767 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4767
Attorney to represent absentee, minor, or interdict
Status: in_force

In the event the building or structure is unoccupied and its owner is absent from the state and unrepresented therein, or in the event the building is owned by a minor who has no tutor or an interdict who has no curator, the parish president, police jury, or mayor shall appoint an attorney at law to represent the absentee, minor, or interdict upon whom the notices and other proceedings provided in this Subpart may be served. The attorney shall be paid a reasonable fee to be taxed as cost.

Acts 2008, No. 601, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.124 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.124
Funding of the district
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) Except as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, the district, through the board, is authorized to levy and collect a tax upon the occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities within the district. Such tax shall not exceed two percent of the rent or fee charged for such occupancy.

(b)(i) The tax authorized in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall terminate on December 31, 2012.

(ii) The district, through the board, may levy and collect a tax upon the occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities within the district as provided in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection, on and after January 1, 2013. This tax shall not exceed one percent of the rent or fee charged for such occupancy.

(2) The word "hotel" as used in this Chapter shall mean and include any establishment, either public or 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 when 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.

(3) The hotel occupancy 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 for occupancy is paid. "Person" as used herein shall have the same definition as that contained in R.S. 47:301(8).

(4) The district, through the board, shall impose the hotel occupancy tax by ordinance or resolution subject to approval by a majority of the electors in the district who vote thereon in an election held for that purpose. The board may provide in the ordinance or resolution necessary and appropriate rules and regulations for the imposition, collection, and enforcement of the hotel occupancy tax.

(5) The district, through the board, may enter into a contract under such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate, including payment of a reasonable collection fee, with any public entity authorized to collect sales or use taxes for the collection of the hotel occupancy tax authorized in this Chapter. The hotel occupancy tax shall be in addition to all taxes presently being levied upon the occupancy of hotel rooms located within the district.

B. The district, through the board, 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 district.

C. The district, through the board, shall establish such funds or accounts as are necessary for the conduct of its affairs.

Acts 2007, No. 46, §1, eff. July 1, 2007; Acts 2012, No. 796, §1, eff. June 13, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.4
Powers of the police juries of St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, and Tangipahoa Parishes; ambulance services
Status: in_force

The police juries of St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, and Tangipahoa Parishes shall have authority to purchase ambulances and operate and maintain an ambulance service in their respective parishes and to expend parish funds for said purpose.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 216, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 123, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9100.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9100.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Area" means the area within the boundaries of the industrial canal to the west, the intracoastal canal to the south, the St. Tammany Parish line to the east and Lake Pontchartrain to the north.

(2) "Commercial development" means all facilities and improvements used for commercial or other nonresidential purposes.

(3) "Commission" means the East New Orleans Neighborhood Advisory Commission.

(4) "Governing authority" means the governing authority of the city of New Orleans.

(5) "Large development" means any development other than single-family development, a multi-family development or a commercial development.

(6) "Multi-family development" means any building that is designed to house more than one family, including, but not limited to duplexes, condominiums and apartment buildings.

Acts 2008, No. 887, §1; Acts 2009, No. 394, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.582 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.582
Board of commissioners
Status: in_force

A. The Avoyelles Parish Economic Development District shall be governed by a board of commissioners composed of seventeen members as follows:

(1) One member shall be appointed by the governing authority of the parish.

(2) One member shall be appointed by the school board of the parish.

(3) One member shall be appointed jointly by the members of the Louisiana House of Representatives representing the parish.

(4) One member shall be appointed jointly by the members of the Louisiana Senate representing the parish.

(5) Nine members shall be appointed, one each by the governing authority of each of the nine largest municipalities in the parish.

(6) One member shall be appointed by the governing authority of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana.

(7) The state representative for House District No. 28 or his designee.

(8) The state senator for Senate District No. 28 or his designee.

(9) One member shall be appointed by the Avoyelles Parish Farm Bureau.

B.(1)(a) The appointed members shall serve four-year terms after initial terms as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph.

(b) Three appointed members shall serve an initial term of one year; three shall serve an initial term of two years; three shall serve an initial term of three years; and five shall serve initial terms of four years. The initial terms of the respective members shall be determined by lot conducted at the first meeting of the board.

(2) Each of the members as provided in Paragraphs (A)(7) and (8) of this Section shall serve during his term of office in the Louisiana Legislature or, if a designee, shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

(3) The member appointed pursuant to Paragraph (A)(9) of this Section shall serve a four-year term.

C. Members shall serve without compensation.

D. No more than five elected officials shall serve on the board at the same time.

Acts 2001, No. 1003, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 1229, §1, eff. July 7, 2003; Acts 2005, No. 87, §1, eff. July 1, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4671 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4671
Authority to acquire and operate municipal auditorium
Status: in_force

Any municipality having a population of twenty five thousand or more may build, acquire, furnish, equip, own, operate, and regulate the use of a municipal auditorium or convention hall and finance it out of its general funds or out of funds specially provided therefor by the sale of bonds issued in the manner provided by law for meeting the cost of public improvements, and may establish charges for the use thereof.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4122 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4122
New Orleans; no obligation to provide funds
Status: in_force

There shall be no obligation on the part of the city of New Orleans to provide funds for the operation and maintenance of the sewerage system of the city of New Orleans. Revenue generated from automated speed enforcement devices within the parish of Orleans outside of a school zone, mobile speed cameras, or red light cameras shall be only used for the purposes of stormwater drainage infrastructure, maintenance, and improvements.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 167, §1; Acts 2025, No. 452, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3689.15
Limit of indebtedness
Status: in_force

Paving certificates issued under the provisions of R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17 shall not be included in computing the indebtedness of the parish for the purpose of determining any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness.

Acts 1952, No. 430, §15.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3931 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3931
Application of Sub-part
Status: in_force

This Sub-part applies only to those sewerage districts which were created under Act 285 of 1908, and the Acts amendatory thereof, and which are operating thereunder on the effective date of the Revised Statutes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1246.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1246.10
Domicile; service of citation
Status: in_force

The police jury creating an ambulance service district, with corporate powers, shall designate the domicile of such corporation, at which domicile it shall be sued and service of citation made on the director, and in his absence, upon the chairman of the commission, and in his or their absence, then upon the vice chairman of the commission; provided that in fixing the domicile of the district the police jury shall at all times fix the same at a place within the district.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 369, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.794 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.794
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The district shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision necessary or convenient for the purpose of funding the district and carrying out its objects and purposes, including but not limited to the following:

(1) To incur debt.

(2) To sue and be sued.

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

(4) To adopt bylaws and rules and regulations.

(5) 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.

(6) 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.

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

(8) To acquire property by purchase, gift, grant, donation, lease, or otherwise.

(9) To establish monetary, bank, and investment accounts.

(10) To establish committees or subcommittees.

(11) The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to authorize or grant the power of expropriation to the St. Tammany Parish Geographic Information System District.

B. The district shall not be deemed to be an instrumentality of the state for purposes of Article X, Section 1(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

Acts 2014, No. 155, §1, eff. May 22, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.50 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.50
Intent
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of this Subpart are designed and intended to supplement existing law; accordingly, nothing in this Subpart shall be construed to limit, supersede, or repeal any grant of zoning authority heretofore granted to any parish, or parish governing authority either by statute or home rule charter.

B. In addition, the provisions of this Subpart shall not affect municipalities unless the municipal governing authority adopts by ordinance the parish zoning regulations.

C. In accordance with Article VI, Section 6 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the provisions of this Subpart shall not apply to, nor otherwise be construed to change or affect the structure and organization or the particular distribution and redistribution of the powers and functions of any parish, parish governing authority, zoning commission, board of adjustments, or other board or commission of any parish which operates under a home rule charter, including but not limited to the term of office of any members, or their duties and responsibilities.

Acts 1993, No. 201, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3828 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3828
Coupon certificates; amortized promissory notes
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any such political subdivision complying with the provisions of R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835 shall have the power and is hereby authorized to issue, execute, negotiate, sell and deliver, negotiable interest bearing coupon certificates of the political subdivision in an amount not exceeding the total amount of the installments or deferred payments as provided for in R.S. 33:3827, and certificates to bear interest not exceeding 6% per annum, said interest to be paid annually and said certificates to mature serially over a period not exceeding forty years, but in no event shall said certificates extend over a longer period of time than that provided for by the ordinance levying the local or special assessments which may be payable in annual installments. Said certificates shall be of such form, date, denomination, and payable in principal and interest at such time and place as the governing authority may determine, the payment of such certificates to be secured in principal and interest by the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds derived from the levying and collection of the special assessments as hereinabove provided for by R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835, and which funds shall be set aside in a separate fund and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose than to pay the principal and interest of said certificates, provided, however, that the governing authority may issue amortized promissory notes without coupons providing for partial payments of principal and accrued interest at stated periods for a definite time at the expiration of which the entire debt will be extinguished, which notes shall not be for a longer period than forty (40) years and shall bear interest not to exceed 6% per annum and which notes may be secured by property belonging to said political subdivision whether said property be movable or immovable, and/or by a pledge of anticipated revenues from the sale of water by said district.

Acts 1962, No. 313, §7. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 18, §1, eff. June 2, 1966, at 2:32 P.M.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4431 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4431
Modification of franchise in cities of 70,000 to 250,000; filing and publication of ordinance
Status: in_force

Municipalities having a population in excess of seventy thousand and less than two hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants may grant franchises for the rerouting or re-alignment or change of type of service by any public service utility, or extension thereof, occupying or using the streets, highways, bridges or public places of the city, under authority of a franchise legally granted. The extension, revision, modification or amendment to the existing franchise and the obligations imposed in connection therewith, may be granted by an ordinance passed in the same manner as all other ordinances without any election, authorization, or approval by the electors of the municipality. Any ordinance, however, granting a franchise for the rerouting or re-alignment or change of type of service of any public service utility, or extension thereof, or the extension, revision, or amendment to the existing franchise and the obligations imposed in connection therewith, shall be complete in the form in which it is finally passed and remain on file with the city secretary for public inspection at least one week before final passage and must be published once in the official journal or other newspaper published in the municipality at least one week before its final passage.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7552 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7552
Board of commissioners; appointment; organization; secretary-treasurer; compensation
Status: in_force

A. Any environmental protection district created under the provisions of this Chapter shall be governed by a board of five commissioners who shall be qualified voters and residents of the parish composing the district. The members of the board shall be appointed by the governing authority of the parish involved and where one or more municipalities have, to their respective governing bodies, agreed to be included in the environmental protection district created by the parish governing authority, at least one of said members of the board shall be a qualified voter and resident of at least one such municipality.

The five commissioners initially appointed shall be appointed for terms of one, two, three, four and five years respectively, and they shall serve until their successors have been appointed and qualified. Thereafter all commissioners appointed at the expiration of such respective terms shall be appointed in the same manner for terms of five years. Any vacancy which otherwise occurs shall be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment for the unexpired term. In making such appointments due regard shall be had for the requirement that the board of commissioners shall include at least one qualified voter and resident from a municipality which has been included in the district by consent of its governing authority.

B. The board of commissioners shall elect one of its members chairman and one vice-chairman at its first meeting. Special meetings may be held at such time and place as specified by the call of the chairman of the board or by resolution of the board of commissioners. The board of commissioners shall also select one person as secretary-treasurer who shall not be a member of the board but shall be a qualified voter and resident of the district. He shall furnish such bond as may be required by the board of commissioners. The premium on the bond shall be paid out of funds of the district. The secretary-treasurer shall receive such salary and office expense allowance, if any, as shall be fixed and determined by the board of commissioners and he shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The members of the board of commissioners shall each receive a per diem of twenty-five dollars for each meeting they attend. Such per diem shall be paid out of the funds of the district.

C. The board of commissioners shall adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for the orderly transaction of its business and affairs as it may deem fit. It may appoint and retain all officers and employees it may consider desirable, including employees for the enforcement of such rules and regulations as it may adopt and promulgate pursuant to its purposes.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 589, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4690.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4690.14
Additional notice to certain property owners
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in addition to any notice required by law relative to a pending public works project by any parish or municipality, and at least ten days prior to the public hearing, a good faith attempt to notify the owner or owners of record of the property directly affected by the public works project may be made by sending an official notice by United States mail of the time and place of the public hearing and the general subject matter of the proposed public works project.

B. In addition to any current provision of law regarding notice relative to a public hearing related to pending public works projects, the state and political subdivisions of the state may adopt policies to give additional notice to the owner of record of the property directly affected by the proposed public works project. The notice shall be made by sending an official notice by United States mail at least ten business days prior to the time and place of the public hearing and the general subject matter of the proposed public works project.

Acts 2014, No. 742, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2559 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2559
Lay-offs
Status: in_force

If for any reason the lowest class in the classified service, or the lowest class in a respective group of classes, as grouped by the classification plan, should become overburdened with the number of persons holding positions therein, and a reduction of personnel becomes necessary, the reduction shall be made only by laying off persons without pay. The order of removal shall begin with the person youngest in point of his accumulated total service in the departmental service and shall continue upward until all persons to be removed have been laid off. Lay-offs shall be made from positions only within the classes above set forth. The names of persons laid off, the date, the class or position held and the order in which such person was laid off shall be reported to the board by the appointing authority. Thereupon, the board shall enter such information upon the re-employment list applicable for the class from which each person was removed.

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2665 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2665
Levy and collection of tax
Status: in_force

The governing authority shall, when the vote is in favor of the levy of the special tax, levy and collect annually, in addition to other taxes, the tax at the rate voted by the property taxpayers and during the years designated, upon all the taxable property within the limits of the parish or municipality, as the case may be. The governing authority and the proper tax collectors shall have the same right to enforce and collect the special tax as is conferred by law upon them for the collection of other taxes. The special tax shall be used for the purposes designated in the petition and for none other. The official charged with the duty of collecting the tax shall turn all funds collected thereunder over to the governing body of the institution designated in the petition as the beneficiary of the tax.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4788 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4788
Appeal from suspension or revocation of permit
Status: in_force

The holder of the permit who is aggrieved by a decision of the governing body of the municipality or parish or a municipal alcoholic beverage control board to suspend or revoke his permit, may within ten days of the notification of the decision take a devolutive appeal to the district court having jurisdiction of his place of business and on such appeal the trial shall be de novo. Within ten calendar days from the signing of the judgment by the district court the municipality or parish governing authority, a municipal alcoholic beverage control board or the holder of the permit, as the case may be, may devolutively appeal from the judgment of the district court to the court of appeals as in ordinary civil cases.

Acts 1952, No. 493, §4. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 302, §1; Acts 1975, No. 359, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2549 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2549
Transfer
Status: in_force

Any employee may be transferred from any position in the classified service to any other position of the same class within the classified service at the pleasure of the appointing authority, without notice to and confirmation by the board.

Any regular employee so transferred shall have the right of appeal to his board upon the grounds (1) that his transfer was made to a position not included within the class to which his position was previously allocated, or (2) that the position to which he has been transferred is not included within the classified service, or (3) the transfer was made deliberately to discriminate against him.

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.142 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.142
Title of purchase
Status: in_force

Any instrument executed by the authority purporting to convey any right, title, or interest in any property under this Chapter shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with the provisions of this Chapter insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchaser, lessees, or transferees of the property is concerned.

Acts 2007, No. 390, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3553 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3553
Municipality's liability
Status: in_force

The municipality may pay of the total cost the proportion that the net area of the street intersection, or street intersections, bears to the total area of the street, alley or curbing to be improved. In the event a municipally-owned railroad is on the street or alley, the municipality shall pay, in addition, only for the cost of the extra work made necessary by the presence of the track in the street or alley to be improved.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.72 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.72
Composition of the board
Status: in_force

A. The Ward One Economic Development Board of Calcasieu Parish shall be composed of five members who shall be selected as follows:

(1) One member shall be appointed by the Louisiana state senator or senators who represent any part of Ward One of Calcasieu Parish.

(2) One member shall be appointed by the Louisiana state representative or representatives who represent any part of Ward One of Calcasieu Parish.

(3) One member shall be appointed by the Calcasieu Parish School Board member or members who represent any part of Ward One of Calcasieu Parish.

(4) Two members shall be appointed by the member or members of the governing authority of Calcasieu Parish who represent any part of Ward One of Calcasieu Parish.

B.(1) Members shall serve four-year terms after initial terms as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(2) One member shall serve an initial term of one year; one shall serve an initial term of two years; one shall serve an initial term of three years; and two shall serve initial terms of four years. The initial terms of the respective members shall be determined by lot conducted at the first meeting of the board.

C. Members shall serve without compensation.

D. Any vacancy in the membership of the board, occurring either by reason of the expiration of the term for which appointed or by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment. In the event that the entity responsible for the appointment of a member fails to fill a vacancy within thirty days, the remaining members of the board shall appoint an interim successor to serve until the position is filled by the appointing entity.

E. Any member of the board may be removed by a majority vote of the board, 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 ordering his removal.

Acts 2001, No. 377, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 383, §1, eff. June 23, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7725 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7725
Combination of administrative personnel of two or more districts; approval of ordinances by state health officer
Status: in_force

To effect economy of operation, any two or more districts may combine the use of administrative and operative personnel and equipment upon such basis of compensation therefor as is mutually agreed to by all such boards of commissioners participating. The methods to be used in the eradication, abatement, and control of mosquitoes and other arthropods shall be submitted to the division of health of the Louisiana Health and Human Resources Administration annually for approval by the state health officer or his successor, and the ordinances of any such board of commissioners hereinabove referred to shall not be legally effective without such approval.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 512, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4065.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4065.11
Creation; purpose
Status: in_force

A. The Broussard Environmental Service and Enhancement District, hereinafter in this Subpart referred to as the "district", is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state, with the power to sue and be sued in its corporate name. The district is intended for the protection, enhancement, and development of the environment, and for performing research and educational projects related thereto. These purposes may be carried out through the treatment, processing, and recycling of sewerage, through the provision and/or supervision of related environmental services or through such other methods as it may choose. The district may construct, purchase, own, maintain, operate and improve sewerage treatment facilities, and undertake other environmental protection, enhancement, and development projects as further provided in this Subpart. In addition to the other powers specifically granted, the district shall be authorized to exercise all powers and functions granted in a sewerage district as provided in the Constitution of Louisiana, and shall specifically be authorized to supervise construction of facilities consistent with its purposes.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, the district may not, without prior approval of the Lafayette Parish Consolidated Government, contract to provide sewerage collection, disposal, or treatment services with any person other than the city of Broussard, or any entity located within the corporate limits of the city of Broussard.

Acts 2001, No. 1138, §1, eff. June 28, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3887.3
Livingston Parish Sewer District No. 2; supervising board; per diem
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887, or any other law to the contrary, the parish governing authority of the parish of Livingston shall pay members of the supervising board of the Livingston Parish Sewer District No. 2 a per diem not to exceed one hundred dollars for attending a meeting of the board for a maximum of twelve meetings per year, and for attending an emergency meeting not to exceed twelve emergency meetings per year. Per diem paid pursuant to this Section shall be paid out of the district funds in the hands of the treasurer.

Acts 2009, No. 481, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5151 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5151
Power to contract for group insurance; premiums
Status: in_force

A. Any municipality or political subdivision of the state may make contracts of insurance with any insurance company legally authorized to do business in this state insuring their employees and officials under policies of group insurance covering hospitalization, and retirement, for such employees and officials, and may agree to match the payments of the employees and officials for the premiums or charges for any such contracts payable out of the funds of such municipality or political subdivision, respectively.

B. Nothing in this Section or in R.S. 42:851 shall be construed to limit the contribution of a local governmental subdivision toward the payment of premiums for accident and health protection for its employees or their dependents, or both.

C.(1) For purposes of this Section, a district public defender and his employees or attorney contractors may participate in any group health insurance program that the parish governing authority offers to its employees and officials.

(2) Any district public defender office that chooses to participate in the group health insurance program is responsible for the employer portion of the health insurance premium, unless paid for by the parish governing authority through a separate intergovernmental or cooperative endeavor agreement or by contractual agreement with the attorney contractor.

(3) The parish governing authority may in its discretion pay public defender employee premiums.

Acts 1950, No. 77, §1. Amended by Acts 1952, No. 523, §1; Acts 1988, No. 154, §1; Acts 2018, No. 438, §1; Acts 2022, No. 305, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4558.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4558.1
Authority of New Orleans City Park Police
Status: in_force

A.(1) Those persons who are employed as officers by New Orleans City Park shall first be approved by the board of commissioners of the New Orleans City Park Improvement Association, hereinafter referred to as "board". The officers shall be designated as City Park police officers and shall be responsible for maintaining general order and exercising police power within the jurisdiction of New Orleans City Park.

(2) Each person employed to serve as a City Park police officer shall be commissioned as a City Park police officer by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or as provided in Subsection F of this Section. The commission shall remain in force and in effect until the person is no longer employed as a City Park police officer.

(3) Pursuant to R.S. 40:1379.1.3, the City Park police officers shall have the right to carry concealed weapons. The City Park police officers shall have the power of arrest when discharging their duties within the grounds and jurisdiction of New Orleans City Park and on all streets, roads, and rights-of-way to the extent that they are within or contiguous to the perimeter of City Park. In the discharge of their duties on City Park grounds and while in pursuit on City Park grounds, each City Park police officer may exercise the power of arrest.

(4) Each City Park police officer shall execute a bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars in favor of the state for the faithful performance of his duties. The premium on the bond shall be paid by City Park.

B. Any person arrested by a City Park police officer, in the exercise of the power granted pursuant to Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section, shall be immediately transferred by the officer to the custody of the Orleans Parish Sheriff.

C. All fines and fees generated through the enforcement of New Orleans City Park rules shall be deemed self-generated revenues of the park and shall be used for park development, maintenance, and operation of City Park.

D. Any person commissioned as a City Park police officer shall meet all training requirements of a peace officer as defined in R.S. 40:2402.

E. Upon recommendation by the chief executive officer of New Orleans City Park and approval by the board, a City Park police officer shall have authority to discharge his duties off New Orleans City Park grounds as follows:

(1) When transporting an arrested person in furtherance of duties as set forth in this Section.

(2) When transporting money, securities, or other valuables on behalf of New Orleans City Park.

(3) When engaging in intelligence gathering related to performance of duties.

(4) When investigating a crime committed on City Park grounds.

(5) While providing security or protective services for visiting dignitaries, honored guests, or executives on or off City Park grounds.

F. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Section to the contrary, City Park police officers may also be commissioned by the city's police department, rather than the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, upon complying with the requirements and regulations as may be prescribed by the city's police department for the commissioning of special officers. Any commission issued by the city's police department shall confer upon such City Park police officers all rights and privileges enumerated in this Section with respect to officers commissioned through and by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, provided that such officers shall not be entitled to supplemental pay for municipal police officers.

Acts 2024, No. 613, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:103.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 103.1
Training requirements; commission and advisory board members
Status: in_force

A. All appointed members of parish and municipal planning commissions and of advisory boards to such commissions, including boards of zoning adjustment, shall receive at least four hours of training in the duties, responsibilities, ethics, and substance of the positions held or to be held, either prior to taking office or no later than one year after office is assumed. All training shall be approved by the parish or municipal planning commission or advisory board.

B. The provisions of this Section shall only apply to members appointed to such boards and commissions on or after July 12, 2004.

Acts 2004, No. 859, §1, eff. July 12, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1369 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1369
Ordinance proposing adoption of code; publication
Status: in_force

Any ordinance proposing the adoption of the code shall be introduced at a session of the governing body of the municipality or parish and shall lie over for final action until notice of the introduction of the ordinance has been given by publication once in the official journal at least one week before the date on which final action is to be taken on the ordinance.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 635, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.605 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.605
Securities
Status: in_force

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

Acts 2001, No. 996, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4548.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4548.4
Creation of the authority
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created a political subdivision of the state known as the "Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority" composed of one or more participating political subdivisions.

B. The authority hereby created shall be governed by a board of directors, the membership of which shall be appointed as follows:

(1) The governing authority of each political subdivision that desires to become a member of the authority shall adopt a resolution indicating its intention to do so. Each such political subdivision shall thereupon become a participating political subdivision.

(2) The mayor of each municipality which is a participating political subdivision shall appoint one director to the board of directors of the authority, subject to approval by the governing authority of the municipality, and the chief executive officer of each other participating political subdivisions shall appoint one director to the board of directors of the authority, subject to approval by the governing authority of such political subdivisions.

C. Each director shall be appointed for a term of two years from the date his appointment is approved by the governing authority of a participating political subdivision. There shall never be less than three members or directors serving on the board of directors.

D. Members of the board of directors of the authority may be removed for just cause, as defined by the board of directors.

E. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of official business. All official actions of the authority shall require an affirmative vote of the members present and voting at any meeting.

F. There shall be elected a chairman, vice chairman, secretary-treasurer, and an executive committee of the board of directors to be composed of not less than three nor more than seven directors, including the chairman of the authority who shall be an ex officio member thereof. The board of directors may delegate certain duties and authority to the executive committee as shall be set forth in the bylaws of the authority. The terms of officers and members of the executive committee shall be established by bylaws.

Acts 1991, No. 813, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1151, §1, eff. July 14, 1997; Acts 2003, No. 588, §1, eff. June 27, 2003.

NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 588, §2, relative to intent and construction of Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3689.4
Plans and specifications; advertisement for bids
Status: in_force

The police jury of any parish, after having given due notice of intention in the manner hereinbefore provided and after having disposed of all objections to the contemplated improvements, and having decided to order the construction of such improvements, it may, without further delay and subject only to the restrictions contained in the preceding Section, have prepared the necessary plans and specifications for said work and adopt a resolution authorizing the advertising for bids therefor by the giving of notice calling for sealed bids for the construction of said work, such notice to be signed by the president of the police jury, duly attested by the secretary thereof, and to be published for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the parish, the first insertion to be not less than fifteen days prior to the reception and opening of the bids. Said notice shall contain a general description of the work contemplated, shall refer to the plans and specifications which shall be placed on file with the secretary of the police jury, and shall designate the hour, date and place for the reception and opening of the bids, and may provide that the contractor be required to accept paving certificates of the parish in payment for work performed and may further stipulate that right is reserved to reject any and all bids. Provided, that where a grant or contribution of materials and labor be made to the parish by the government of the United States of America, or the state of Louisiana, through any agency in aid of the cost of constructing the improvements authorized by R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17, where the conditions on which such grant or contribution as made are that the work be done under the supervision and control of such agency or administration and the parish be required to contribute a proportionate amount of the cost of the work in materials, equipment and supplies, or should the police jury determine to construct the said improvements under its own supervision, and with its own labor, the police jury instead of being required to advertise for bids and award the contract for the construction of the work as prescribed in this Section, may advertise, in the manner hereinabove provided, for sealed bids for the purchase of the materials, equipment and supplies necessary to construct the said improvements, with the right to reject any and all bids, and thereafter without further advertisement, purchase such materials, equipment and supplies, upon the condition that the prices at which such purchases may be made shall not be greater than that specified in the lowest sealed bid received for such equipment, materials, supplies or any of them, and where no bids have been received the purchases thereof may be made without further advertisement at market prices; and the proportionate amount of the cost of the work together with engineer's and attorney's fees and all other expenses incidental to the cost of the improvements not contributed by any public agency, shall be assessed and paid in the manner and form hereinafter provided.

Acts 1952, No. 430, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.122 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.122
Composition of the governing board
Status: in_force

A. The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners, referred to in this Chapter as the "board", consisting of seven members appointed by the mayor of the city of Abbeville subject to the approval of the governing authority of the city of Abbeville.

B.(1) Each member of the board shall serve a term of four years after initial terms as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

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

(3) Members shall be eligible for reappointment.

C. Any vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. In the event that the mayor fails to fill a vacancy within thirty days after the vacancy occurs, the remaining members of the board shall appoint an interim successor to serve until the position is filled by the mayor.

D. Members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for travel expenses from district funds available for the purpose.

E. Four members shall constitute a quorum of the board for the transaction of business.

F. 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.

G. The board shall keep minutes of all meetings and shall make them available through the secretary-treasurer of the board. The monies, funds, and accounts of the district shall be in the official custody of the board.

H. The board shall adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary or advisable for conducting its business affairs. It shall hold regular meetings as shall be provided in the bylaws and may hold special meetings at such times and places as may be prescribed in the bylaws.

Acts 2007, No. 46, §1, eff. July 1, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4814 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4814
Board of examiners of steam boilers; certification of engineers
Status: in_force

Municipalities of over fifty thousand inhabitants, through their local councils, may regulate the use of stationary and portable steam boilers, and may appoint a board of examiners of stationary and portable steam boilers for the carrying out of this purpose, and fix its powers and responsibilities. The board of examiners may be authorized to fix certain fees for its maintenance, to conduct examinations, to have and use a seal, to issue graded certificates of authority and year renewals to qualified engineers passing satisfactory examinations before the board, to suspend or revoke the certificates or order the discharge of engineers in cases where the public safety requires it, to conduct trials, subpoena witnesses and administer oaths, which oaths shall have the same sanctity as oaths administered in courts of justice. Municipalities may require persons operating steam boilers to have in their possession and posted in conspicuous places in their engine rooms, certificates of authority, and proper renewals thereof. Municipalities may require owners of plants or establishments, who employ engineers to operate boilers, to have none but certified engineers, having proper certificates and renewals thereof, as aforesaid, in charge of operating the boilers. Municipalities may enforce ordinances, passed under the provisions hereof, by imposing both fine and imprisonment. This Section shall not apply to locomotive engineers engaged in operating locomotive engines on railroad tracks, nor to engineers of steam vessels coming within the jurisdiction of the United States Board of Supervising Inspectors.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4570.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4570.4
Corporate status; bonds; taxes; collections
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall be a subdivision of the state of Louisiana within the meaning of the state law relating to the incurring of debt and issuing negotiable bonds and levying a tax to provide for the servicing of said bonds in principal and interest, as is hereinafter provided in detail, providing that where any proposal is made by the commission to incur debt or issue negotiable bonds therefor the said bond shall run for a period not to exceed forty years, and for the interest rate not to exceed the maximum rate prescribed by law, and provided further that where any such bonds are authorized, as hereinafter provided, the proceeds thereof shall be used by the commission to purchase lands and properties as park areas, and purchase other recreational properties and facilities, or to develop such park areas and recreational facilities, so as to make them available to all of the people of the parish.

B. In addition to the foregoing, and in accordance with the provisions of Article VI, Section 32 of the Constitution of Louisiana and any other applicable provisions of the constitution and laws of the state, the commission may impose and collect from year to year taxes upon all of the taxable property carried on the assessment roles of the parish of East Baton Rouge which in the aggregate and exclusive of any taxes levied to pay debt service on bonds of the commission shall not exceed eighteen mills on the dollar of assessed value as the commission shall determine and the proceeds of any such tax shall be used in acquiring, developing, maintaining, and operating the public parks and recreational properties and facilities of the commission and in making available funds for the operating budget.

C. No new tax of the commission shall be levied and no bonds shall be issued herein except upon approval of the qualified electors of the parish of East Baton Rouge who voted in a special election held in accordance with the provisions of the Louisiana Election Code.

D. Any tax voted by the people as herein provided, and as that tax may hereafter be fixed by the commission under the authority thus obtained, either independently, or for bond purposes, as above set forth, shall be carried upon the assessment roles of the parish as are other tax assessments, and shall be collected by the sheriff and ex officio tax collector of the parish at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes, with the proceeds to be delivered by the sheriff to the treasurer of the commission, to be deposited and administered by the commission for the purposes herein shown. The treasurer and all other officers and employees of the commission who actually receive any money or deposits or who disburse or handle the funds of the commission or any part or portion thereof shall be required to post bond, in the same manner and for such amount as is now required by other public officials, the cost of any such bonds to be provided by the commission.

Acts 1985, No. 95, §1, eff. June 29, 1985; Acts 1996, No. 1, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1356 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1356
Minimum contributions before risk sharing
Status: in_force

A self-insurance fund shall not function as a means of sharing risks of loss among the members of an interlocal risk management agency until the interlocal risk management agency administering such fund shall have received, for general liability, workers' compensation, public officials liability, including employment practices liability, property coverage, and any other pooled line of coverage risks, an annual gross premium, calculated in accordance with the applicable manual premium rate or rates, plus or minus applicable experience credits or debits, of not less than two hundred thousand dollars for each line of risk.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 802, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 1999, No. 48, §1, eff. May 28, 1999; Acts 2004, No. 700, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2015, No. 236, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9127 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9127
Additional funding
Status: in_force

In order to provide additional funding for the district, the governing authority may receive federal, state, parish, or municipal funds as well as funds from private sources and may expend such funds for the purposes of this Part.

Acts 1995, No. 447, §1, eff. June 17, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4710.18 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4710.18
Obligations of the authority solely
Status: in_force

Bonds issued by the authority are negotiable instruments and are solely the obligations of the authority and not of the state of Louisiana or any other agency or political subdivision thereof. The full faith and credit of the state of Louisiana or of any other state agency shall not secure nor shall the full faith and credit of the state at any time in the future be pledged to secure the payment of any indebtedness incurred by the authority. The bonds issued by the authority do not constitute an indebtedness, general or special, or a liability of the state or any other political subdivision thereof. The issuance of the bonds does not directly or indirectly obligate the state or any other political subdivision thereof to provide any funds for the payment of such bonds. The bonds shall not be considered a debt of the state or any other political subdivision thereof within the meaning of the constitution or the statutes of the state and shall not constitute a charge against the credit or taxing power of the state or any other political subdivision thereof. Neither the state nor any other political subdivision thereof shall in any manner be liable for the payment of the principal, interest on premiums, sinking or reserve fund requirements or other requirements of the bonds, or for the performance of any agreement or pledge of any kind which may be undertaken by the authority. No breach by the authority of any pledge or agreement shall create any obligation upon the state or any other political subdivision, including any charge against its credit or taxing power.

Acts 2019, No. 172, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.6
Budget
Status: in_force

The commission shall prepare an annual budget of its operating expenses, the total amount of which, exclusive of gifts, shall be within the total amounts appropriated for the purpose by the city council. The municipality shall act as fiscal agent for the commission.

Acts 1962, No. 52, §6; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.33 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.33
Grant of power
Status: in_force

For the purposes of promoting the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare, the city council is hereby empowered, in accordance with the conditions and procedures specified in this Subpart, to adopt housing codes prescribing minimum standards for the area, volume, light, air, ventilation, illumination, occupancy and density of occupancy, and sanitation of dwellings and dwelling places; to adopt building codes, plumbing codes, electrical codes and related measures to regulate the construction, reconstruction, alteration, extension, conversion, or maintenance of buildings; to regulate by building and housing codes or other measures or ordinances conditions of sanitation, including requirements for water supply and sewerage disposal and drainage; and to adopt such other ordinances, regulations, and plans as, in their judgment, are necessary to effect the rehabilitation of substandard dwellings and blighted areas within the municipality.

Acts 1962, No. 52, §33; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3690.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3690.6
Statement or report of total cost; pro rata shares
Status: in_force

The Jefferson Parish council shall then require of the engineer for the department of roads and bridges of Jefferson Parish a statement or report duly certified to and showing in detail the total cost of the improvements, including street intersections, engineer's and attorney's fees, if any, and other expenses incidental to the cost of said improvements, and showing the amount chargeable to each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the street or road owned by those property owners who have not paid in cash their pro rata share of the cost of the improvements, in proportion that the frontage of each such lot or parcel of real estate bears to all of the abutting lots or parcels of real estate to be improved. Such report shall give a legal description of each such abutting lot or parcel with sufficient clearness to identify it.

Acts 1962, No. 256, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1995.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1995.1
Sick pay reduced by workers' compensation
Status: in_force

A fireman employed by any municipality, parish or fire protection district who draws full pay during sickness or incapacity shall have such pay decreased by the amount of workers' compensation benefits actually received by the employee.

Acts 1966, No. 165, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1894 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1894
Sunshine rule
Status: in_force

All proceedings of the governing body in relation to the plan and all proceedings pursuant to the plan shall be open to the public. All records, documents, and evidentiary material shall be public records. This Section shall apply notwithstanding any other provision of the law.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 535, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4526 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4526
Construction of Subpart; surrender of powers
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this Subpart shall be construed as surrendering to the office of conservation of the Department of Conservation and Energy any of the powers of supervision, regulation, or control over any local public utility by any town or city, other than those specifically provided in this Subpart.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 352, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 754, §1; Acts 2023, No. 150, §8, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2548 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2548
Demotion
Status: in_force

Demotions of regular employees shall be made by the appointing authority when it becomes necessary to reduce the number of employees in the classified service or in any class therein. Demotions from any class, except for disciplinary action or because of the abolition of an entire class in the classified service, shall be made by demoting employees from lowest to highest in point of total seniority earned in positions of the class plus that earned in any higher classes in the classified service. The names of regular employees demoted for any reason, except for disciplinary action, shall be recorded upon the reinstatement list for the class from which they are demoted in the order in which the demotions are made.

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:423.24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 423.24
City of Kaplan; authority over personnel by elected 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 Kaplan, the chief of police shall appoint, promote, discipline, and dismiss police personnel subject to the budgetary limitations of the mayor and the board of aldermen pertaining to the number of allotted positions for the police department. This provision shall not, however, prohibit a police department employee from making a direct appeal to the city of Kaplan's civil service board.

Acts 2012, No. 332, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4085 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4085
Construction work; letting contracts
Status: in_force

A. The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans may do construction work on its public systems of water, sewerage, and drainage, with its own forces in those cases where the amount of work involved in the particular project does not exceed the annual amount in accordance with R.S. 38:2212.

B.(1) For all public works contracts where the amount of the contract exceeds the limit in accordance with R.S. 38:2212, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans shall let the contract to the lowest responsible and qualified bidder after advertising as required by R.S. 38:2212.

(2) All bidders bidding on public works for the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans shall submit all bid forms required by statute or by the Louisiana Administrative Code to the governing authority of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans prior to the opening of all bids relative to a contract for public works in accordance with R.S. 38:2212(B)(3)(a). In all such contracts, regardless of the amount, which require or involve the employment of mechanics or laborers the specifications shall contain a provision stating the minimum wages to be paid various classes of laborers and mechanics which shall be based upon the wages that will be determined by the secretary of the Department of Labor of the United States to be the prevailing wage of the corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics employed on projects of a character similar to the contract work within the city of New Orleans.

C. Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 1126, §1, eff. July 2, 2003.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 262, §6; Acts 1968, No. 528, §1; Acts 1978, No. 410, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 111, §1, eff. July 7, 1994; Acts 1997, No. 1290, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1126, §1, eff. July 2, 2003; Acts 2010, No. 548, §1, eff. June 25, 2010; Acts 2020, No. 227, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2826 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2826
Oak Street Economically Disadvantaged Enterprise Zone; declaration of purpose; creation; boundaries
Status: in_force

A. The Legislature of Louisiana hereby finds and declares that the continued viability of retail shopping areas is of vital importance to the people of this state and in particular in economically distressed or disadvantaged areas. Retail shopping areas provide substantial employment and economic activity and bring the availability of goods and services into the midst of our cities. In a number of large metropolitan areas the continued existence or economic viability of these important areas is being threatened. Therefore, it is declared that the purpose of this Section is to provide appropriate local tax relief to enable these economically threatened retail shopping areas to continue to be an economic hub of their respective communities.

B. The Oak Street Economically Disadvantaged Enterprise Zone, hereinafter referred to as the "zone", is hereby created and established in the parish of Orleans.

C. The zone shall include those retail establishments whose municipal address is within that portion of Oak Street from Carrollton Avenue to the Jefferson Parish line; all within the boundaries of Orleans Parish.

Acts 2001, No. 433, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3383 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3383
Liability of municipality
Status: in_force

The municipality shall pay of the total cost the proportion that the net area of the street intersections bear to the total area of the street, alley or curbing to be improved. In the event a municipally owned railroad is on the street or alley, the municipality shall pay only for the cost of extra work made necessary by the presence of the track in the street or alley to be improved.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.203 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.203
Metropolitan planning commission; creation and appointment
Status: in_force

A.(1) The police jury of Calcasieu Parish and the city council of one or more municipalities in the parish may create a commission, through a joint cooperative agreement, to be known as the Calcasieu Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission. The commission shall consist of not less than eleven nor more than fifteen members who shall be residents and qualified voters of Calcasieu Parish and who shall be appointed by the participating parties according to the terms of the agreement.

(2) After the initial joint cooperative agreement, the city council of one or more additional municipalities may enter into a joint cooperative agreement for planning and zoning as provided in this Section and shall become a participating municipality.

B. The agreement shall provide for the term of each member of the commission.

C. Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the appointive authority, which also shall have the authority to remove a member appointed by such appointive authority for cause stated in writing and after public hearing.

D. Members may receive compensation in the manner and amounts provided by the agreement.

Acts 2003, No. 1168, §1, eff. July 2, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4064.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4064.3
Executive director; employees
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall, by a two-thirds vote of its membership, appoint an executive director and shall fix his salary and bond. No elected official or commission member shall serve as executive director. The executive director shall hold office at the pleasure of the commission, and his duties shall be fixed by the commission. The commission may only remove the executive director by a two-thirds vote of its membership.

B. The commission may employ persons necessary for its efficient administration and operation. Employees of the commission shall be members of the Parochial Employees Retirement System. The commission shall also have authority to obtain legal counsel to supervise and conduct its legal business.

Acts 1986, No. 934, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4600.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4600.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Activities" means marketing, promotions, sales efforts, events, and any other services that are reasonably related to the enhancement of tourism.

(2) "Assessed business" means a business operated by a business owner who is required to pay an assessment pursuant to this Chapter.

(3) "Assessment" means the levy imposed pursuant to this Chapter. An assessment may be levied based on a fixed amount, rate per transaction, fixed rate per transaction per day, percentage of sales, any combination of these methods, or any other method that confers benefit to the payor.

(4) "Business" means any type of tourism business, including but not limited to any tourist home, hotel, motel, or trailer court accommodations, recreational vehicle park, privately owned or managed campgrounds, other lodging intended for short-term occupancy, restaurant, tourism attraction, activity provider, and other tourism businesses that benefit from the visitor economy.

(5) "Business owner" means any person recognized by the tourist commissioners as the owner of the business subject to assessment. A tourist commissioner may request a list of all businesses from the Louisiana secretary of state to confirm business information regarding entity name, status, date of incorporation, organization, registration, current registered office address, registered agent name, and address, and the names and addresses of current officers, directors, members, and managers. The list shall be final and conclusive in the determination of ownership of any such business. If the signature of a business owner is required by any provision of this Chapter, the signature of the authorized agent of the business owner shall be sufficient.

(6) "Improvement" means the acquisition, construction, installation, or maintenance of any corporeal property with an estimated useful life of five years or more that is reasonably related to the enhancement of tourism.

(7) "Management plan" means a plan adopted or amended pursuant to this Chapter for the development, redevelopment, maintenance, operation, and promotion of a tourism recovery and improvement district.

(8) "Person" means an individual, public entity, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, association, or any other business entity or juridical person, whether operating on a for-profit or nonprofit basis.

(9) "Surcharge" means any charge to the consumer that is required to be paid for goods and services that is passed through to the consumer as a charge on the customer's receipt or guest folio.

(10) "Tourist commission" means a political subdivision created pursuant to R.S. 33:4574(B) for the purpose of promoting tourism within its respective jurisdiction. "Tourist commission" does not mean the Jefferson Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc., or any tourism organization domiciled in Orleans Parish, including New Orleans & Company.

(11) "Tourist commissioners" means the members of the governing body of a tourist commission.

Acts 2021, No. 319, §1, eff. June 15, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3934 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3934
Board of sewerage commissioners; election; term
Status: in_force

These powers shall be exercised by a board of commissioners, to be known as the board of sewerage commissioners, to consist of five members to be selected by vote of the property tax payers authorized to vote at elections in such districts for the issuance of negotiable bonds. An officer of the municipality shall not be eligible to membership on the sewerage commission. The commissioner shall hold office for four years and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. They shall serve without remuneration.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2025 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2025
Special trust fund
Status: in_force

The fund shall be set aside as a special trust fund and shall be disbursed only in the manner and for the purposes provided in this Sub-part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4284 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4284
Pledge of revenues of utility; lien of certificate holders; enforcement of obligations of municipality; receivership
Status: in_force

Any certificates of indebtedness issued hereunder shall be negotiable and shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues of all or a portion of the incoming revenues derived from the operation of the revenue producing public utility not otherwise pledged or dedicated. The amount of income and revenue so pledged and dedicated shall be sufficient at all times to pay the principal and interest of the certificates as they mature; but there shall be made proper provisions for the current maintenance and operation of the utility and for establishing a reasonable depreciation and replacement fund. A lien upon the revenues and franchises shall exist in favor of the holders of the certificates of indebtedness, and the holders of the coupons attached thereto for the payment thereof, the lien to be effective until all of the certificates and coupons shall have been paid in full. In the event of default of payment of principal or interest of the certificates or coupons, any holder thereof shall have a preferential right of action to enforce and protect by suit, action, mandamus, receivership, or other proceedings the lien hereby conferred. He may bring such proceedings to compel performance of all obligations required to be performed by the governing authority of the municipality by the provisions of this Sub-part.

If a receiver is appointed, he shall have an exclusive permit and franchise to maintain and operate the property and by all means to continue to supply to the public the commodities, products, or services theretofore supplied by the utility. He shall have the rights, powers, and privileges enjoyed by the municipality in the operation of the utility. This franchise shall continue for the period (not exceeding twenty years from the date of the receivership) fixed in the proceedings authorizing the certificates and shall not be subject to any statutory limitations pertaining to the granting of municipal franchises, not especially contained in this Sub-part. The receivership shall expire upon the payment in full of the certificates and coupons.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.313 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.313
Powers of district
Status: in_force

The district, acting by and through its board of commissioners, subject to approval of the city council, 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; to hold and use any franchise or property, immovable, movable, 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, ports, harbors, and terminals.

(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 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 ad valorem 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 rental charges 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.

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

Acts 1991, No. 723, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1395.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1395.2
Submission of charter to electors
Status: in_force

The calling of an election on a proposed charter once it has been completed by the charter commission is mandatory. The governing authority of the municipality or parish to which the proposed charter is submitted shall call an election to adopt or reject the charter on the next date allowed under the provisions of R.S. 18:402 for a primary or general election, special election, or bond, tax, or other election but not earlier than sixty days after its publication.

Acts 1980, No. 703, §1. Acts 1984, No. 672, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9251 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9251
Creation of district; limits and jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The Calcasieu Parish Interstate Highway Lighting District is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana. The territorial limits of the district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the parish of Calcasieu, and the jurisdiction of its authority shall extend throughout the parish of Calcasieu. For the purposes of this Chapter, any and all references to the interstate highway system shall include that portion of the system within the boundaries of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

Acts 1985, No. 253, §1, eff. July 6, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:253 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 253
Form of ballot
Status: in_force

The ballot for the election shall provide as follows:

"PROPOSITION ELECTION

Shall the Charter of the municipality of __________________be surrendered and the municipality dissolved?".

Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7833 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7833
Terms of office; vacancies
Status: in_force

The members of the board shall serve at the pleasure of the governing authority of the parish, except that the initial terms of office shall run for a period of two years from the date of appointment. An individual appointed to fill a vacancy occurring other than by reason of expiration of terms of office shall be appointed to serve only for the unexpired portion of the term. Members shall continue to serve until their successors have been appointed and have taken their oaths of office and filed the same in accordance with law. The board may establish and provide for such other officers, agents, and employees as it may deem necessary and appropriate for the accomplishment of its object and purpose, and define and fix the duties, terms, and compensation thereof. Each member of the board, with approval of the board, shall be entitled to receive a stated per diem and travel allowance not to exceed the sum of three hundred dollars per month.

Acts 1988, No. 259, §1, eff. July 7, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.112 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.112
Construction of Chapter
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, this Chapter shall not supersede or impair any existing obligation of any contract between any participating parish or municipality and another party relating to a project listed in R.S. 33:9039.110 within an established economic development district or prohibit any participating parish or municipality within an economic development district from contracting on an individual basis for the services listed in R.S. 33:9039.110 in the future.

B. Nothing in this Chapter shall supersede nor conflict with the authority of the Louisiana Public Service Commission or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the authority of the council of the city of New Orleans over any utility, or the authority of any other body with regulatory authority over a public utility company.

C. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of this Chapter shall not supersede or impair any existing powers or duties of a board of commissioners of an economic development district created prior to July 5, 2006.

D. Nothing in this Chapter shall allow, or provide a mechanism for, the creation of a local and/or regional economic development district solely for the purpose of solid waste collection or disposal.

E. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter or other law to the contrary, no public employee or elected official, or any member of the immediate family of such employee or official, or any entity in which the employee or official has a substantial economic interest, as those terms are defined in the Code of Governmental Ethics, shall be employed or contracted by the district for at least two years after the termination of his employment or service. However, subject to the provisions of the Code of Governmental Ethics, such employee or official may serve as a member of the board of commissioners of the district.

Acts 2006, No. 839, §1, eff. July 5, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2043 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2043
Authority to insure volunteer firemen
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any municipal corporation may expend out of its public funds the necessary amount to secure insurance or compensation for volunteer firemen killed or injured, while going to, returning from, or attending fires in the municipality or territory adjacent thereto.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4763 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4763
Decision of parish or municipal governing authority; order to demolish or repair
Status: in_force

A. After the hearing, if, in the opinion of the parish or municipal governing authority the facts justify it, an order shall be entered condemning the building and ordering that it be demolished or removed within a certain delay. If repairs will correct the dilapidated, dangerous, or unsafe condition, the parish or municipal governing authority may grant the owner the option of making such repairs, but in such a case the general nature or extent of the repairs to be made, the time thereof, and the defects to be corrected shall be specified in the decision of the governing body.

B. The decision and order of the parish or municipal governing authority shall be in writing and shall be final unless appealed from within five days as hereinafter provided.

C.(1) The parish or municipal governing authority shall keep and maintain a list of condemned properties throughout the parish or municipality.

(a) All properties shall be identified by tax block and lot number, the name of the owner of record, if known, and the street address of the lot.

(b) The condemned property list shall be regularly updated and accessible to the public online through a parish or municipal website or third-party website.

(2) Once the decision and order of the parish or municipal governing authority is final as provided in this Section, the property shall be added to the list of condemned properties throughout the parish or municipality.

(3) The parish or municipal governing authority shall remove any property from the list of condemned properties once it has been determined that the property is no longer condemned as determined by the parish or municipal governing authority that determined the property as condemned.

(4) The intent of this Subsection is to make additional information regarding condemned property available to the public and the press. A parish or municipal governing authority that has complied with the requirements of R.S. 33:4762 and 4765 shall be deemed to have met due process requirements regarding notifying property owners about condemned property.

Acts 2008, No. 601, §1; Acts 2022, No. 340, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4160.21 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4160.21
Establishment of system
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the city of Lafayette may establish, acquire, construct, improve, extend, and maintain within said city a drainage system or systems, including such drainage facilities as may be required, with all necessary equipment and installations in connection therewith, including such extensions as may be proper to connect the system or systems with the drainage facilities of the city or any other drainage facilities within the city. The governing authority of the city may levy and collect local or special assessments on real property to be benefitted within the city or the area served within the city sufficient in amount to defray the total cost of said work, including the cost of street intersections and installations and connections necessary to connect the system with the main drainage system of the city or necessary to connect the system with any drainage facilities within the city, including the cost of establishing, constructing, improving, and extending any such drainage facilities, whether by purchase, lease, or otherwise, or including the cost of the construction of complete drainage facilities, including levees and pumping facilities, within the city, all within the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions herein contained.

Acts 1992, No. 472, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9058.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9058.1
Ambulance user fees; St. Bernard Parish
Status: in_force

The police jury of St. Bernard Parish may, through any ambulance service district situated within said parish, assess ambulance user fees for the purpose of funding the provision of emergency medical services in such district. However, such fees may only be assessed upon approval of a majority of the electors of such ambulance service district voting in an election held for that purpose. Any subcontracts let for services covered under this Section shall be let in accordance with the Public Bid Law.

Acts 1988, No. 637, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4226 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4226
Contesting election
Status: in_force

For a period of sixty days from the promulgation of the result of the election, any person in interest may contest the legality of the election, the bond issue provided for, or the security to be given; after which time no one shall have any right or cause of action to contest the regularity, formality or legality of the election, bond issue, or the security given for the same, for any cause whatever; the legality shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have the authority to inquire into such matters.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4710.15.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4710.15.2
Additional hotel occupancy tax authorized
Status: in_force

A.(1) In addition to the hotel occupancy taxes authorized to be levied and collected by the authority pursuant to R.S. 33:4710.15 and 4710.15.1, the authority may levy and collect a tax upon the paid occupancy of hotel rooms located within the parish of Orleans. The hotel occupancy tax shall be in the amount of fifty cents per occupied hotel room per night for hotels containing ten to two hundred ninety-nine guest rooms, one dollar per occupied hotel room per night for hotels containing three hundred to nine hundred ninety-nine guest rooms, and two dollars per occupied hotel room per night for hotels containing one thousand or more guest rooms.

(2) The tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner, according to the same procedures, and upon the same terms and conditions, including the approval of the governing authority of the city of New Orleans and the electorate of the city, as required for the imposition of the tax by R.S. 33:4710.15(A).

B.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter or other law to the contrary, in addition to hotel occupancy taxes authorized by R.S. 33:4710.15 and 33:4710.15.1, the authority may levy and collect a tax upon the paid occupancy of hotel rooms located within the parish of Orleans. The hotel occupancy tax shall be in the amount of fifty cents per occupied hotel room per night for hotels containing ten to two hundred ninety-nine guest rooms, one dollar per occupied hotel room per night for hotels containing three hundred to nine hundred ninety-nine guest rooms, and two dollars per occupied hotel room per night for hotels containing one thousand or more guest rooms. The tax authorized by this Subsection shall be levied and collected in lieu of the tax authorized by Subsection A of this Section, and at no time shall the authority collect taxes pursuant to both authorizations. The proceeds of the tax levied pursuant to this Subsection are subject to any and all pledges of the proceeds of the tax authorized by Subsection A of this Section to the outstanding bonds of the authority.

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

(3) The proceeds of the tax, after paying the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the tax, shall be used for the purposes of providing funds to expand and improve the convention, exhibition, and tourist facilities and projects and the necessary furnishings, machinery, equipment, and appurtenances therefor, including the acquisition of land through lease or purchase needed therefor; and the authority may fund the proceeds of the tax into bonds or other obligations of the authority for the purposes described in this Subsection, to the extent and in the manner permitted by this Chapter.

(4) The authority may contract with the state of Louisiana or the city of New Orleans, or both, for the collection of the hotel occupancy tax authorized by this Subsection. The hotel occupancy tax shall be in addition to all taxes being levied upon the occupancy of hotel rooms located in the parish of Orleans.

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

Acts 2019, No. 172, §1; Acts 2025, No. 178, §§ 1, 2, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2927 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2927
Ordinance providing for payment to remain in force until debt is paid
Status: in_force

The ordinance or enactment providing for the payment of the principal and interest of any debt created by the governing authority of a municipal corporation shall remain in full force until the debt and interest is paid, subject to the time limit provided in R.S. 33:2922.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4289 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4289
Election to authorize issuance of certificates of indebtedness; resolution; notice of election; ballots; election contests
Status: in_force

Whenever the governing authority of a municipal corporation desires to issue certificates of indebtedness as provided herein, it may, by resolution adopted by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the governing authority, order an election to be held to determine whether or not it is the wish of the qualified resident electors of the municipality that the certificates of indebtedness be so issued and secured. The resolution shall state specifically the amount of the certificates of indebtedness proposed to be issued, the number of years that they are to run, the maximum rate of interest they shall bear, the purpose or purposes for which they are to be issued, a description of the properties for which they are to be issued, a description of the properties of which the incomes and revenues are to be pledged for the security of the certificates of indebtedness, and shall designate the date of the election and the polling places.

Notice of the election shall be given by publication for thirty days in a newspaper published in the municipality or in the parish in which the municipality is situated. The notice shall embrace substantially all matters required to be set forth in the resolution requiring the election and shall be signed by the chief executive officer of the municipality.

The election shall be held in accordance with the rules and regulations for general state elections. Ballots shall be substantially in the following form:

"Shall the governing authority of the City of _______________ be authorized to issue certificates of indebtedness in the sum of ________ Dollars to run for _____ years, bearing interest not to exceed _____ per centum per annum, payable (annually or semiannually) for the purpose of _________________ to be secured by a pledge of income, revenues, and franchises of _______________?"

To vote in favor of this proposition the voter

YES

will make a cross mark (X) under the word

____

"Yes" and to vote against it, the voter will

mark a cross mark (X) in the space underneath

NO

the word "No".

____

Any person interested shall have the right to resort to the district court of the parish in which the municipality is situated in order to contest the election or the issuance of certificates thereby authorized, provided suit is filed within sixty days from the date of promulgation of the returns of the election. After this time no court shall entertain the suit.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2507 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2507
Penalties
Status: in_force

Whoever wilfully violates any provision of this Part or of the rules shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and shall, for a period of six years, be ineligible for appointment to or employment in any position of the classified service. If he is an officer or employee of the classified service he shall forfeit his office or position.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2931 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2931
Responsibility of depositing authority
Status: in_force

Any depositing authority who has complied with R.S. 33:2928 through R.S. 33:2930 shall not be responsible for any funds deposited in depositories selected by the city governing body. All depositing authorities shall be responsible for the safe-keeping and returning of the collateral deposited with them by fiscal agent banks as security for the deposits made by them with such depositories.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4522 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4522
Malodorants required
Status: in_force

All natural and other odorless gases shall be malodorized by the use of a malodorant in accordance with pipeline safety rules and regulations promulgated by the assistant secretary of the office of conservation of the Department of Conservation and Energy, or in the case of liquefied petroleum gas, in accordance with R.S. 40:1846(B)(5) and (6).

Acts 1983, No. 377, §2. Acts 1984, No. 214, §2, eff. June 29, 1984; Acts 2023, No. 150, §8, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4712.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4712.17
Naming of St. John the Baptist Sheriff's Office law enforcement training facility
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff may name the sheriff's office law enforcement training facility located on Cambridge Drive in LaPlace in honor of Lloyd B. Johnson, a living person who served as sheriff of St. John the Baptist Parish for more than twenty years.

Acts 2017, No. 130, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4530.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4530.1
Union Passenger Terminal and related facilities; operation by the city of New Orleans through the Transportation Center Authority
Status: in_force

A. The city of New Orleans shall continue the operation of the Union Passenger Terminal and related facilities by and through a commission to be known as the "Transportation Center Authority for the city of New Orleans", which is hereby created as a political subdivision and which shall be composed of nine commissioners appointed as follows:

(1) Three commissioners appointed by the mayor of the city of New Orleans.

(2) One commissioner appointed by the National Passenger Rail Corporation.

(3) One commissioner who shall be ex officio the councilman from District "B" of the city of New Orleans.

(4) One commissioner appointed by the mayor of the city of New Orleans from a list of three recommendations of the Public Belt Railroad Commission.

(5) Three commissioners who shall be ex officio appointed by the mayor of the city of New Orleans upon recommendations of the New Orleans Legislative Delegation.

B.(1) The Transportation Center Authority shall succeed to and assume all the rights, duties, powers, and obligations of the Public Belt Railroad Commission for the city of New Orleans pursuant to and shall succeed to and be vested with all authority and powers conferred upon the Public Belt Railroad Commission by Article XIV, Section 31.3 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921, continued as a statute by Article XIV, Section 16(A)(10) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, and hereinafter referred to as "the Act".

(2) The Transportation Center Authority shall also succeed to and assume all rights, duties, and obligations of every kind of the Public Belt Railroad Commission pursuant to a certain agreement dated October 22, 1947, providing for the construction and use of the Union Passenger Terminal in the city of New Orleans and other related matters.

(3) The Transportation Center Authority shall have full and complete authority with respect to the composition, appointment, and authority of all committees appointed, or authorized to be appointed, pursuant to the Act. The Transportation Center Authority is hereby further authorized to assume the functions and duties of any such committee heretofore appointed by the Public Belt Railroad Commission or hereafter appointed by the Transportation Center Authority. In the event the authority so assumes the functions and duties of any such committee, the authority shall save harmless such committee and its officers from any loss or liability arising out of such assumption of functions and duties.

C.(1) In addition to the Transportation Center Authority succeeding to all rights, authority, and powers previously conferred upon the Public Belt Railroad Commission by the Act, the Transportation Center Authority is additionally authorized to expand the Union Passenger Terminal and related facilities to include any and all facilities necessary or convenient to permit operation of the Union Passenger Terminal as a multimodal transportation facility.

(2) In furnishing any such transportation facilities, any land furnished by the city or any other entity for such purposes, including but not limited to that portion of the New Basin Canal and Shell Road previously made available to the city of New Orleans pursuant to Article XIX, Section 20 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921, continued as a statute by Article XIV, Section 16(A)(15) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, may be utilized.

(3) The city of New Orleans is hereby authorized to issue bonds for any purposes set forth in the Act or herein, upon recommendation of the Transportation Center Authority, in accordance with the terms and procedures set forth in the Act not inconsistent herewith. However, the aggregate principal amount of such bonds outstanding at any time may exceed that set forth in the Act but shall not at any time exceed eighty million dollars.

Acts 1984, No. 832, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1989, No. 464, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:383.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 383.1
City of Harahan; limitation of terms of elected officials; referendum
Status: in_force

The board of aldermen of the city of Harahan may enact an ordinance limiting the number of terms of office which any elected official of the municipality may serve to two consecutive terms in the same office. Any ordinance herein authorized shall become effective only after the question of such term limitation has been submitted to and approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the city of Harahan who vote on the proposition at a regularly scheduled primary or general election held in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.

Acts 1993, No. 304, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4168 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4168
Prohibition of garbage dumps and burning dumps
Status: in_force

A municipality of over three hundred thousand population which has established garbage plants or incinerators under the provisions of this Sub-part shall not maintain or allow within its corporate limits any garbage or refuse disposal dumps or maintain or allow any burning dumps or dump heaps.

The duty of enforcing the provisions of this Section shall be upon the officers or employees charged with the maintenance of public health and safety by the municipal charter.

Whoever violates this Section shall, upon first conviction be fined not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned not less than one day nor more than fifteen days, and upon any subsequent conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars, or to imprisonment for a term of not less than fifteen days and not more than six months, or both.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2585.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2585.2
Nominations by petition; conduct of election; secret ballot
Status: in_force

Nomination as a candidate for the office of employee member of the commission shall be by petition of at least ten employees in the municipal or parochial service. Such petition shall be filed with the administrative head of the municipal or parochial civil service not later than seven days after the call for the election. The administrative head shall be responsible for conducting and supervising the election, which shall be by secret ballot.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 563, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.7
Town of Mansura; appointment of court magistrate; duties; salary
Status: in_force

The board of aldermen of the town of Mansura, shall upon request of the mayor, appoint an attorney who shall be designated as a court magistrate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and may from time to time be designated by the mayor to serve in his stead as the presiding official over the mayor's court. Whenever the magistrate is so designated by the mayor to preside over the mayor's court, he shall exercise the powers and authority of the mayor over said court. The magistrate shall serve at a salary fixed by and to be paid by the board of aldermen.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 97, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3531 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3531
Negotiability of certificates; validity and incontestability
Status: in_force

Certificates issued hereunder shall have all the requisites of negotiable paper, and shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for their issuance, sale, or delivery, and shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders for value.

Acts 1952, No. 379, §11.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1353 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1353
Authority of local housing authority to form, join, and participate in interlocal risk management agency
Status: in_force

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

(1) Pool its general liability risks in whole or in part with those of other local housing authorities.

(2) Pool its workers' compensation risks in whole or in part with those of other local housing authorities.

(3) Pool its public officials liability risks, including employment practices liability coverage, in whole or in part with those of other local housing authorities.

(4) Pool its property coverage risks in whole or in part with those of other local housing authorities.

(5) Pool other coverage risks the board of trustees of the interlocal risk management agency may determine to be appropriate in whole or in part with those of other local housing authorities.

(6) Purchase insurance for risks of general liability, workers' compensation, public officials liability, including employment practices liability, property or other insurance for such other lines of coverage pooled by the interlocal risk management agency with other local housing authorities participating in and belonging to the interlocal risk management agency. The pooled risks of the participating local housing authorities shall be described in a plan of coverages with the total premium prorated among such participants.

B. Local housing authorities concluding an agreement under the provisions hereof may by resolution duly adopted by the governing body thereof designate the Louisiana Housing Council, Inc. to administer the interlocal risk management agency and any group self-insurance fund or funds established by said agency and to administer the terms and conditions of the intergovernmental agreement by which the agency and any self-insurance fund or funds have been established.

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

D. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 48, §2, eff. May 28, 1999

Added by Acts 1981, No. 802, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 1999, No. 48, §§1, 2, eff. May 28, 1999; Acts 2004, No. 700, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2015, No. 236, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.591.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.591.8
Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

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

Acts 2014, No. 834, §1, eff. June 23, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4725 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4725
Amendment of regulations
Status: in_force

The regulations, restrictions, and boundaries may, from time to time, be amended, supplemented, changed, modified or repealed. In case, however, of a protest against a change duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty percent or more, either of the areas of land (exclusive of streets and alleys) included in a proposed change or within an area determined by lines drawn parallel to and two hundred feet distant from the boundaries of the district proposed to be changed, the amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of a majority of the members of the legislative body of the municipality who are present and voting. The provisions of R.S. 33:4724 relative to public hearing and official notice shall apply equally to all changes or amendments.

Provided that no ordinance shall require a procedure or criteria for amendment any greater than that initially used upon the formation of regulations, restrictions and/or penalties.

Amended by Acts 1977, No. 306, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.111 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.111
Vermilion and Iberia Railroad Development District; creation; territorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A. The agricultural industry constitutes a significant element in the state's economy. In order to expand the state's economic base and to retain farm jobs, it is necessary that the state encourage and support the development of railroads. The Vermilion and Iberia Railroad Development District, hereinafter referred to as the "district", is hereby created and is declared to be a body politic and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, as defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana. Pursuant to Article VI, Sections 19 and 21 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the district, acting through its board of commissioners, the governing authority of said district, is hereby granted all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities granted to political subdivisions for economic development purposes, including but not limited to the power of taxation, the power to incur debt and issue revenue and general obligation bonds, certificates of indebtedness, bond and certificate anticipation notes, and refunding bonds, subject to the limitations hereinafter provided.

B. The district created pursuant to this Section shall be established for the primary object and purpose of promoting and encouraging development of the rail service running between Vermilion and Iberia parishes, to stimulate the economy through renewed commerce, industry, and for the utilization and development of natural and human resources of the area by providing job opportunities.

C. The boundaries of the district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of Vermilion and Iberia parishes.

Acts 2010, No. 780, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1246 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1246
Powers of the police jury of Ascension Parish; ambulance service district
Status: in_force

The police jury is authorized and empowered, upon their own initiative, to form and create one or more ambulance service districts within the parish of Ascension. The police jury is further authorized to alter the boundaries of any ambulance service district, provided that no such boundary change shall cause an impairment of the obligations of any contract of the ambulance service district.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 369, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3690.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3690.2
Petition; resolution of intention; conditions
Status: in_force

Upon the written petition of not less than fifty percent of the property owners owning not less than fifty percent of the lineal frontage of immovable property abutting on any road or street in the unincorporated areas of Jefferson Parish, the Jefferson Parish Council may adopt a resolution giving notice of its intention to blacktop said road or street or install culverts thereon, provided that the following conditions are complied with:

(1) The road or street to be blacktopped has an average minimum width of at least eighteen feet.

(2) The road or street is at least one block in length.

(3) That water and drainage are available in the area, as determined by the Department of Public Works of Jefferson Parish.

(4) A deposit of at least fifty percent of the total cost of the improvements is made with the director of finance of Jefferson Parish, by cash or certified check.

(5) The number of abutting real estate owners and the property owned by them shall be determined by the conveyance records of Jefferson Parish, and the number of such owners and the property which they own shall be determined as of the date of presentation of the written petition to the governing authority of the parish.

(6) Those property owners who decide to pay their assessments in cash must pay cash in the amount of one hundred percent of the assessments levied against them.

Acts 1962, No. 256, §2; Acts 2000, No. 70, §1, eff. April 17, 2000.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4770.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4770.14
Liability
Status: in_force

Any officer or employee, or any member of the Monroe City Council, charged with the enforcement of these provisions, shall not thereby render himself liable personally, and is hereby relieved from all personal liability for any damages that may accrue to persons or property as a result of any act required or permitted in the discharge of these duties. Any suit brought shall be against the city of Monroe, or the governing authority.

Acts 2003, No. 546, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1391 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1391
Revised Statutes 1391
Status: in_force

NOTE: Former §1391, dealing with the charter commission and the plan for unification of the parish and city of Lafayette, was removed from the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 pursuant to Acts 2014, No. 158, §4, but remains in effect as a Local and Special Act; see Acts 1990, No. 187 for content.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4118 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4118
New Orleans; tax exemption of certificates; investment in certificates; certificates as security
Status: in_force

Certificates issued under the authority of R.S. 33:4113 shall be exempt from all taxation for state, parish, municipal or other local purposes. Savings banks, tutors of minors, curators of interdicts, trustees and other fiduciaries may invest the funds in their hands in said certificates. Said certificates may be used for deposit with any officer, board, municipality or other political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, in any case where by present or future laws, deposit or security is required.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 167, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:205 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 205
Collection of taxes
Status: in_force

The taxes levied or imposed by one of the constituent municipalities, remaining outstanding and unpaid, and all other moneys due and owing such municipality when the consolidation becomes effective shall be collected by the new municipality and shall be applied to the purposes for which raised or owing, and if not raised or owing for a specific purpose, shall be applied to the reduction or payment of the bonded or other indebtedness, if any, of the constituent municipality.

Proceedings pending to endorse the payment or collection of taxes in any of the constituent municipalities shall be carried to completion by the proper officers of the new municipality; and all taxes theretofore levied by any of the constituent municipalities shall be valid and effectual as if originally levied and assessed by the officers of the new municipality. The governing body of the new municipality may perform all necessary acts to confirm and effectuate such levies.