La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.13
Bonds of the Authority
Status: in_force

The Authority may issue from time to time its bonds in such principal amounts as the Authority shall deem necessary to provide sufficient funds to carry out any of its corporate purposes and powers, including but not limited to payment of all or any part of the cost of a project or projects. The principal of, redemption premium, if any, and interest on such bonds shall be payable solely from, and may be secured by a pledge of and lien upon, the revenues, or any portion thereof, derived or to be derived by the Authority from one or more of its projects, or contributions or advances from any participating municipality, or moneys derived from any source, as the Authority shall determine. Bonds of the Authority shall be authorized by a resolution adopted by its board of directors and spread upon its minutes. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear a maximum rate of interest as provided by statutes affecting revenue bonds issued by municipalities, shall mature at such time or times not exceeding fifty years from their date or dates, shall have such rank or priority and may be made redeemable before maturity at the option of the Authority, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions, all as may be determined by the Authority. The Authority shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and the manner of execution of the bonds, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of principal and interest, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the state. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature shall appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature or such facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery. The bonds may be issued in coupon or in registered form, or both, as the Authority may determine, and provisions may be made for the registration of any coupon bonds as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest, and for the reconversion into coupon bonds of any bonds registered as to both principal and interest. The Authority may sell such bonds in such manner, either at public or at private sale, and for such price, as it may determine to be for the best interest of the Authority and the governmental units to be served thereby.

The issuance of such bonds shall not be subject to any limitations or conditions contained in any other law and bonds may be issued without obtaining the consent of the state or any political subdivision, or of any agency, commission or instrumentality of either thereof, except that the issuance of such bonds shall be subject to the approval of the State Bond Commission, and without any other approvals, proceedings or the happening of any conditions or things other than those approvals, proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required by this Chapter, and the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or the trust agreement securing the same.

The bonds shall be issued substantially in compliance with the procedure established by this Chapter and Sub-Part C, Part I, Chapter 10, Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, but without the necessity for holding an election or referendum on the issuance of the bonds. No bonds shall be issued until a contract or contracts have been executed and delivered in compliance with Section 4545.9 of this Chapter and the required public hearing and/or election in connection therewith have been duly complied with.

For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of publication of the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds hereunder, any persons in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of the resolution and the legality of the bond issue for any cause after which time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality of said resolution or of the bonds authorized thereby for any cause whatsoever. If no suit, action or proceeding is begun contesting the validity of the bond issue within the thirty days herein prescribed, the authority to issue the bonds and to provide for the payment thereof, and the legality thereof and all of the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2825 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2825
Exemption from parish license tax of municipalities levying an equivalent tax
Status: in_force

All municipal corporations levying license taxes equal in amount to those levied by police juries of the parishes in which they are situated, shall be exempt from the payment of parish licenses or license taxes, provided the license taxes are used for street and sidewalk improvements, the building of levees for the protection of the corporation, waterworks, lights, sewerage, street railways, or for public school purposes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.14
Legal status of industrial area
Status: in_force

Whenever a parish governing authority has designated an industrial area or has made a change of the boundaries of an existing one and has filed certified copies thereof as provided in R.S. 33:130.13, no facilities shall be thereafter located therein that are not industrial in character or reasonably related thereto; provided, however, no construction or installation permits shall be required but the parish governing authority may resort to judicial process to enforce such industrial requirements.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 406, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 505, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:222 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 222
Contracts; transfer of facilities
Status: in_force

The parties may provide in the contract that in order to avoid unnecessary duplication of facilities either party will convey its respective facilities in the annexed area to the party granted exclusive jurisdiction over the area for the purpose of serving the inhabitants thereof. Such reasonable compensation as is agreed upon by the parties shall be paid in consideration for the transfer, and no such conveyance shall be made without such compensation or in such a manner as to impair any outstanding obligations of either party.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 142, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2394 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2394
Effective date of provisions
Status: in_force

Any system of city civil service under Act 171 of 1940, as amended, which is in force on the effective date of the Revised Statutes, is continued in effect under the provisions of this Part. The rights of any person under Act 171 of 1940, as amended, which exist on the effective date of the Revised Statutes are continued in effect. Every rule, classification plan, allocation, or pay plan under Act 171 of 1940, as amended, which is in force on the effective date of the Revised Statutes is continued in effect until it is amended or repealed by the proper authority under this Part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9097.19 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9097.19
Sherwood Forest Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District
Status: in_force

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

B. Boundaries. (1) The district shall include the area within the following boundaries: beginning at the intersection of Sharp Road and Florida Boulevard, northeast along Florida Boulevard (south side) to its intersection with South Flannery Road, then south along South Flannery Road (west side) to its intersection with Jones Creek (water body), then southwest along Jones Creek (water body)(north side) to its intersection with Old Hammond Highway, then southwest along Old Hammond Highway (north side) to its intersection with Jones Creek (water body), then northwest along Jones Creek (water body)(north side) to its intersection with South Sherwood Forest Boulevard, then south along South Sherwood Forest Boulevard (both sides) to its intersection with Old Hammond Highway, then southwest along Old Hammond Highway (north side) to its intersection with the right-of-way for electrical transmission lines, as described in Paragraph (5) of this Subsection, then northwest along the right of way (northeast side) to its intersection with Sharp Road, then northwest along Sharp Road (east side) to the point of beginning.

(2) The district shall also include property located within the Sharpstowne subdivision within the parish of East Baton Rouge described as follows:

A certain tract or parcel of ground, situated in the City of Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in Section 87, TOWNSHIP 7 South, Range 1 East, Greensberg Land District of Louisiana, and being designated on Final Plat of SHARPSTOWNE made by Edward E. Evans & Associations, Inc., dated October 1, 1982, approved by Robert S. Dolese, Planning Director of the City of Baton Rouge and the Parish of East Baton Rouge, November 4, 1982, a copy of which is on file in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge in Original 680, Bundle 9532, the said Sharpstowne Townhome Community being more particularly described on said plat as being formerly Lot C of the H. Burgess Harelson, Sr. Home Place and measuring 468.73 feet front on the East side of Sharp Road, by a depth on its North side of 553.6 feet, by depth on its South side of 777.75 feet and measuring 412.8 feet across the rear.

(3) The district shall also include the area within the following boundaries: beginning at the intersection of South Sherwood Forest Boulevard and Old Hammond Highway, northeast along Old Hammond Highway (north side) to its intersection with King Richard Drive, then north along King Richard Drive, then east along King Richard Drive, then south along King Richard Drive to its intersection with Old Hammond Highway, then southwest along Old Hammond Highway (north side) to the point of beginning.

(4)(a) The district shall not include any property located on McGehee Drive, Jennifer Lynn Avenue, or South Flannery Road south of Arlingford Avenue.

(b) The district shall not include any property located within the fourth and fifth filings of the Sherwood Forest Place Subdivision described in the official subdivision plat filed with the clerk of court of East Baton Rouge Parish as follows:

(i) Forty-five (45) certain lots or parcels of ground, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, being designated as Lots 170 through 214, in that subdivision known as Sherwood Forest Place, Fourth Filing and designated on the official map or plan thereof prepared by GWS Engineering, Inc. dated May 11, 1998, entitled "Final Plat of Sherwood Forest Place, Fourth Filing" located in Sections 5 & 8, Township 7 South, Range 2 East, Greensburg Land District of Louisiana, a copy of which is on file and of record as Original 789, Bundle 10892, with the Clerk and Recorder for the said Parish and State.

(ii) Eleven (11) certain lots or parcels of ground, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, being designated as Lots 215 through 225, in that subdivision known as Sherwood Forest Place, Fifth Filing and designated on the official map or plan thereof prepared by GWS Engineering, Inc. dated May 11, 1998, entitled "Final Plat of Sherwood Forest Place, Fifth Filing" located in Section 8, Township 7 South, Range 2 East, Greensburg Land District of Louisiana, copy of which is on file and of record as Original 791, Bundle 10892, with the Clerk and Recorder for the said Parish and State.

(5) The right-of-way for electrical transmissions lines referred to in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection is known as being transferred by Harrington B. Harelson to Baton Rouge Electric Company at COB 231; Folio 342, EBR Parish, LA, dated 10-26-29. The right-of-way is described as being included within the following perimeter: south by Baton Rouge Hammond Highway, west by Sharp Road, north by E. R. Sharp, east by George E. Sharp Heirs.

C. Purpose. The purpose of the district shall be to aid in crime prevention and to add to the security of district residents by providing for an increase in the presence of law enforcement personnel in the district and to serve the needs of the residents of the district by funding beautification and improvements for the overall betterment of the district.

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

(a) The board of directors of the Sherwood Forest Citizens' Association shall appoint four members.

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

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

(d) The assessor for the parish of East Baton Rouge shall appoint one member.

(2) All members of the board shall own property and reside within the district and shall be qualified voters of the district.

(3)(a) Members shall serve four-year terms after initial terms as provided in this Subparagraph. 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.

(b) Members shall be eligible for reappointment.

(4) 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. If the appointing authority 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 authority.

(5) The board shall elect from its members a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary, a 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.

(6) The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses directly related to the governance of the district, not to exceed one hundred dollars per year.

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

(8) The board shall adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary or advisable for conducting its business affairs. Rules and regulations of the board relative to the notice and conduct of meetings shall conform to applicable law, including, if applicable, the Open Meetings Law. The board shall hold regular meetings as shall be provided for in the bylaws and may hold special meetings at such times and places within the district as may be prescribed in the bylaws.

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

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

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

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

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

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

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

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

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

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

(8) To acquire or lease items and supplies which the board deems necessary for the achievement of the purposes of the district.

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

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

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

(1)(a) The fee shall be imposed on each improved and unimproved parcel located within the district. The owner of the parcel shall be responsible for payment of the fee.

(b) For the purposes of this Section, a parcel shall be defined as a lot, a subdivided portion of ground, or an individual tract which is zoned residential; however, the term "parcel" shall not include "condominium parcel" or "condominium property" as defined in R.S. 9:1121.103.

(2)(a) The initial amount of the fee shall be as provided in a duly adopted resolution of the governing authority of the district. The initial fee shall not exceed seventy-five dollars per parcel per year.

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

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

(4) A parcel fee shall expire ten years after its levy but may be renewed if the renewal is approved by the voters in the manner provided in Subparagraph (2)(b) of this Subsection. The renewed fee shall not exceed two hundred dollars per parcel per year. If renewed, the term of the imposition of the fee shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing such renewal, not to exceed ten years.

(5) The fee shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are collected by the sheriff, as ex officio tax collector, of the parish of East Baton Rouge. The sheriff shall collect and remit to the district all amounts collected. The district may enter into an agreement with the sheriff to authorize the sheriff to retain a collection fee not to exceed one percent of the amount collected.

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

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

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

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

I. Miscellaneous provisions. (1) It is the purpose and intent of this Section that the additional law enforcement personnel and their services provided for through the fees authorized in this Section shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the district by the city of Baton Rouge, parish of East Baton Rouge.

(2) If the district ceases to exist, any funds of the district shall be transmitted to the governing authority of city of Baton Rouge, parish of East Baton Rouge and shall be used for law enforcement purposes in the area which comprised the district.

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 2013, No. 116, §1, eff. June 5, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 814, §1, eff. June 23, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.16
Board of supervisors; general duties
Status: in_force

A. The board shall employ, and fix the compensation of, a district manager. The district manager shall have charge and supervision of the works of the district and shall be responsible for preserving and maintaining any improvement or facility constructed or erected pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, for maintaining and operating the equipment owned by the district, and for performing such other duties as may be prescribed by the board. The district manager may hire or otherwise employ and terminate the employment of such other persons, including, without limitation, professional, supervisory, and clerical employees, as may be necessary and authorized by the board. The compensation and other conditions of employment of the officers and employees of the district shall be as provided by the board. Notwithstanding R.S. 42:1101 et seq., the district manager or a board member or district employee may be a stockholder, officer, or employee of a landowner.

B. The board shall designate a person who is a resident of the state as treasurer of the district, who shall have charge of the funds of the district. Such funds shall be disbursed only upon the order, or pursuant to the resolution, of the board by warrant or check countersigned by the treasurer and by such other person as may be authorized by the board. The board may give the treasurer such other or additional powers and duties as the board may deem appropriate and may fix his or her compensation. The board may require the treasurer to give a bond in such amount, on such terms, and with such sureties as may be deemed satisfactory to the board to secure the performance by the treasurer of his or her powers and duties. The financial records of the district shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant at least once a year.

C. The board may select as a depository for its funds any qualified public depository as defined in R.S. 39:1211 et seq.

D. The board of supervisors of the Lakeshore Villages Community Development District in St. Tammany Parish may contract, on terms that it deems appropriate, with a person or entity to provide financial services and recordkeeping services for the district.

Acts 2001, No. 992, §1; Acts 2024, No. 414, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7723 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7723
Board of commissioners; membership; qualifications and terms
Status: in_force

A. When any such district is created, the parish governing authority creating it shall appoint a board of commissioners, composed of five members, to govern its affairs, and shall fix the domicile of the board at any point within the parish. The members of the board shall be qualified electors of the district, two of whom shall be appointed for terms of two years and three for terms of three years, dating from the date of the adoption of the ordinance creating the district. Thereafter, all appointments of the members shall be for terms of three years. Such boards shall serve without compensation, but the members shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with their official duties.

B. Notwithstanding Subsection A of this Section, the term of members appointed to the commission after the initial appointments may be up to five years as established by home rule charter or parish ordinance. If so authorized and the term is longer than the term of a member serving on January 1, 2018, the additional period of the longer term may be applied to consecutive terms of the member, as determined by the governing authority.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 512, §1; Acts 2018, No. 476, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.27
Cameron Parish; liquid or solid waste
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of Cameron Parish may provide by ordinance for zoning and land use regarding any public or private facility for the disposal, incineration, or storage of liquid or solid waste within the parish. The types and quantities of the waste to be disposed of, incinerated, or stored at such a facility shall be in compliance with any permit granted by the Department of Environmental Quality and with any permit issued by the office of conservation of the Department of Conservation and Energy.

B. The authorization provided for in this Section shall not supersede the authority of the Department of Environmental Quality or the authority of the Department of Conservation and Energy.

Acts 2005, No. 473, §1, eff. July 12, 2005; Acts 2023, No. 150, §8, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3536 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3536
Exemption of certificates from taxation; acceptability as security
Status: in_force

All certificates issued under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be exempt from taxation. They shall be acceptable as security for any deposit of public funds.

Acts 1952, No. 379, §16.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2184 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2184
Disclosure of finances
Status: in_force

No fire employee shall be required to disclose for the purpose of promotion or assignment any item of his or her property, income, assets, debts, or expenditures or those of any member of such fire employee's household.

Acts 1997, No. 1436, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1364 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1364
Revision of ordinances
Status: in_force

Any municipality or parish may, through its governing authority amend and revise on any date its existing ordinances, in whole or in part, may compile the revision in book or pamphlet form and may adopt and promulgate the same.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 635, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2757 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2757
Collection of taxes levied in St. Bernard Parish
Status: in_force

A. The sheriff of St. Bernard Parish shall be the collector of every tax levied by any political subdivision in the parish, including, but not limited to the parish school board and the governing authority of St. Bernard Parish.

B. The sheriff shall receive as compensation for the collection of taxes fifteen percent of the aggregate amount of each such tax collected.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the collection of sales and use taxes and ad valorem taxes levied within the parish of St. Bernard.

Acts 1992, No. 906, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4492 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4492
Ordinance ordering election; publication of ordinance
Status: in_force

Upon the adoption of the ordinance, or the presentation of the petition as hereinabove provided, the governing body of the town, city, or parish shall, by ordinance (1) order and fix the date of the holding of a special election for the purpose of submitting the proposition to the qualified electors or (2) order the submission of the proposition at a general municipal or parish election as hereinafter provided.

The special election, if ordered, shall be held not less than twenty days nor more than sixty days after the adoption of the ordinance unless a general parish or municipal election occurs within that period, in which case propositions may be submitted at the general election in the same manner as other propositions are required by law to be submitted at general elections held in the town, city, or parish.

The ordinance providing for the election shall specify the propositions to be submitted, the date of the election, and the other information necessary to inform the voters of the question to be decided. The ordinance shall, prior to the election, be published six times in a daily newspaper printed and published in the town, city, or parish where the election is to be held, or three times in a weekly newspaper where there is no daily newspaper in the town, city or parish.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.201 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.201
LaSalle Economic Development District; creation; territorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A. The LaSalle Economic Development District, hereinafter referred to as the district, is hereby constituted and is declared to be a body politic and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, as defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana. Pursuant to Article VI, Sections 19 and 21 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the district, acting through its board of commissioners, the governing authority of said district, is hereby granted all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities granted to political subdivisions for 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 LaSalle Parish.

Acts 1988, No. 634, §1, eff. July 14, 1988.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1337 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1337
Liberal construction
Status: in_force

These provisions shall be liberally construed, to the end that, through the use of arrangements and agreements provided for herein between one or more municipalities and/or joint commissions, and/or one or more electric public utility companies, greater economy and efficiency in the providing of electrical and energy services to the citizens may be achieved; and further to this end, the governing authority of the municipality and/or joint commission entering into an Energy Resource Contract as authorized by R.S. 33:1335 shall be empowered to adopt such other ordinances and resolutions, take such other actions and charge and collect such fees as may be contemplated or necessary by the said Contract, all for the purpose intended and in accordance with the authority of Article VII, Section 14(C) of the Constitution of 1974.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 597, §1, eff. July 17, 1975.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1420.16
Special district in Jefferson Parish
Status: in_force

A. Creation. The governing authority of the parish of Jefferson is hereby authorized pursuant to this Part and more specifically by this Section to create, by ordinance, a special taxing district and political subdivision of the state, referred to in this Section as the "district".

B. Boundaries. The district shall be comprised of the property bounded by the Westbank Expressway in Jefferson Parish, Highway 23, the Plaquemines Parish line, and the Orleans Parish line.

C. Purpose. The district shall be established for the primary purpose of promoting, encouraging, and participating in infrastructure improvements to stimulate the economy through commerce, industry, and research and for the utilization and development of natural, physical, and human resources of the area.

D. Rights and powers. The district, acting by and through the Jefferson Parish Council, referred to in this Section as the "board", shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision and special taxing district necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objects and purposes, including but not limited to the following:

(1) To sue and to be sued.

(2) To adopt bylaws and rules and regulations.

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

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

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

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

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

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

E.(1) In addition to any other authority provided for in this Section and pursuant to a cooperative endeavor agreement, the district may issue revenue bonds payable solely from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of up to the full amount of any sales tax increments designated by the board to finance or refinance or to pay all of or a portion of the costs of projects located within the district which will result in economic development or the maintenance of existing jobs or will achieve other economic goals that will benefit the parish of Jefferson. The district may also utilize any sales tax increments designated by the board for any authorized purpose of the district.

(2)(a) A sales tax increment may consist of that portion of state sales tax revenues of the state of Louisiana and any political subdivision whose boundaries are coterminous with those of the state collected each year on the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and on sales of services, all as defined in R.S. 47:301 et seq., or any other applicable provision of law, as amended, from taxpayers located within the district which exceeds the sales tax revenues that were collected by such taxing authorities in the year immediately prior to the year of establishment of the district.

(b) Prior to the dedication of any state sales tax increments to be used to pay for an authorized purpose of the district, the secretary of Louisiana Economic Development shall submit the proposal to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget for approval. In addition, any cooperative endeavor agreement or other agreement providing for the expenditure of funds collected by the state as state sales tax increments and dedicated to a project or for the payment of revenue bonds therefor shall be subject to approval by the State Bond Commission prior to execution by the state.

(c)(i) The board of the district shall designate the initial annual baseline collection rate for the district, which shall be the amount of the sales taxes collected in the district in the fiscal year most recently completed prior to the establishment of the district. In addition, a monthly baseline collection rate shall be determined by dividing the initial annual baseline collection rate by twelve.

(ii) The initial annual baseline collection rate and the monthly baseline collection rate shall be certified by the chief financial officer of Jefferson Parish. The certification shall also be published one time in the official journal of Jefferson Parish.

(iii) If the amounts of the initial annual baseline collection rate and the monthly baseline collection rate are not contested within thirty days after the said publication, then such amounts shall be conclusively presumed to be valid, and no court shall have any jurisdiction to alter or invalidate the designation of the amount of either the initial annual baseline collection rate or the monthly baseline collection rate.

(d) The increment of the sales taxes which are to be pledged and dedicated to the payment of the revenue bonds or otherwise used for district purposes as provided in this Section shall be the amount of the sales taxes which are collected in the sales tax area each year in excess of the initial annual baseline collection rate. Such pledged sales tax increment may include all or any portion of such excess as determined by the board of the district.

(3) Dedication of sales tax increments to pay the revenue bonds or other use of sales tax increments for district purposes as provided in this Section shall not impair existing obligations and shall not include tax revenues of a tax authority previously dedicated for a special purpose unless a majority of the electors within the territorial jurisdiction of such tax authority voting at an election held for such purpose approves the use of such tax for the purposes provided for in this Subsection.

F. Liberal construction. This Section, being for a public purpose and necessary for the welfare of the state, Jefferson Parish, and their residents, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

Acts 2007, No. 286, §1, eff. July 9, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9054 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9054
Purpose
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1985, No. 121, §1, eff. June 29, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7838 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7838
Period of existence
Status: in_force

The commission shall exist and continue and shall have and enjoy existence and succession for a period of the later of ninety-nine years from the date of its creation, or until all of its contractual obligations have been performed and all debt securities issued by it fully paid.

Acts 1988, No. 259, §1, eff. July 7, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1361 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1361
Power to adopt code of laws
Status: in_force

On or before January 1, 1977, all municipalities, or parish governing authorities, regardless of population, shall adopt a code embracing all of the laws which they have enacted, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of this Part.

Amended by Acts 1972, No. 61, §1; Acts 1975, No. 635, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7835 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7835
Exercise of powers; status of commission
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1988, No. 259, §1, eff. July 7, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.59 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.59
Conflicting regulations; higher standards to apply
Status: in_force

Wherever the regulations made under the authority of this Sub-part require a greater width or size of side yards, courts or other open spaces, or require a lower height of buildings or lesser number of stories, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose other higher standards than are required in any other statute or local ordinance or regulation, the provisions of the regulations made under the authority of this Sub-part shall govern. Whenever the provisions of any other statute, local ordinance or regulation require a greater width or size yards, courts or other open spaces, or require a greater percentage of lot be left unoccupied, or impose other higher standards than are required by the regulations made under the authority of this Sub-part, the provisions of such statute, local ordinance or regulation shall govern.

Acts 1962, No. 123, §9.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3832 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3832
Negotiability
Status: in_force

A. Waterwork certificates and amortized promissory notes issued hereunder shall have all the requisites of negotiable paper under the law merchant, 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 thereof.

B. The provisions of this section are applicable to sewer certificates issued by the Lafourche water district.

C. All work performed under the provisions of this Act 1 shall come under the provisions of R.S. 38:2211.

Acts 1962, No. 313, §11. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 18, §1, eff. June 2, 1966, at 2:32 P.M; Acts 1974, No. 440, §1.

1 Act 440 of 1974 added R.S. 33:3811.1, amended R.S. 33:3812, amended R.S. 33:3813(C), added R.S. 33:3815.1, amended R.S. 33:3817, added R.S. 33:3818.1, added R.S. 33:3822.1 and amended R.S. 33:3823, R.S. 33:3830, R.S. 33:3831, and R.S. 33:3832.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4254 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4254
Bonds to constitute negotiable instruments
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under the provisions of this Subpart shall constitute negotiable instruments within the meaning of the negotiable instruments law.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7836 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7836
By-laws; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt such by-laws, rules, and regulations as it may deem necessary for its own government and the conduct of its business not in conflict with this Chapter. Vote by proxy shall not be permitted.

Acts 1988, No. 259, §1, eff. July 7, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.58.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.58.1
Acquisition of adjudicated properties
Status: in_force

A. The authority may purchase adjudicated properties within its territorial jurisdiction from any political subdivision of the state of Louisiana. No such purchase shall be construed to, or otherwise have the effect of, extending or suspending the period prescribed by law for the redemption of the property by the tax debtor or any other person.

B. In addition to the authority set forth in Subpart B of Part IV of Chapter 5 of Subtitle III of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, such purchases by the authority may be by a direct negotiated purchase and sale agreement between the authority and a political subdivision without any other requirement of a public sale prior to the transfer of such properties to the authority. Such purchases by the authority shall not be considered the sale of surplus property or of property owned by the political subdivision.

C. Effective upon the recordation of the transfer of an adjudicated property to the authority pursuant to a purchase and sale agreement, the rights of the authority in and to such property shall be the rights of a purchaser at a tax sale as contemplated by Chapter 5 of Subtitle III of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, subject only to the rights of redemption of the property set forth in Article VII, Section 25(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, and the property shall no longer be deemed to be adjudicated property as of such recordation. For purposes of the right of redemption in Article VII, Section 25(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the redemptive period commences on the date of the recordation of the initial adjudication to the political subdivision and not on the date of transfer to the authority.

D. Any such purchase and sale agreement shall set forth the total consideration to be paid by the authority and the method and timing of payment of such consideration by the authority.

E. The state and any political subdivision with liens on the property may, pursuant to intergovernmental agreements with the authority, cancel such liens contemporaneously with or subject to the transfer of the property to the authority.

F.(1) The authority shall have the right, subject to the provisions of this Section, to purchase properties at tax sales conducted in accordance with Part III of Chapter 5 of Subtitle III of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and any and all such purchases shall be a purchase pursuant to those provisions and not an adjudication to a political subdivision.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 5 of Subtitle III of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the authority may tender a bid at a tax sale which is a credit bid, consisting of the obligation of the authority to satisfy the component parts of the bid by payments to the respective political subdivisions and taxing entities in accordance with intergovernmental agreements between the authority and such political subdivisions and taxing entities.

(3) A bid by the authority at a tax sale for the minimum amount shall take priority over all other bids for the same quantity of property, except for a higher bid submitted by a conventional mortgage holder holding a mortgage on the subject property.

G. The authority shall submit annual reports to the House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs and the Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs and each member of the Orleans Parish legislative delegation concerning property purchased by the authority. Such report shall be filed by March first each year and shall cover the previous calendar year. Each report shall include:

(1) The legal description or other indication of the location of each property purchased.

(2) The amount paid for each property.

(3) The minimum bid that was set for the property and the appraised value of the property.

(4) A general description of the authority's plans for the property and how such plans advance the purposes for which the authority is created.

Acts 2012, No. 196, §1, eff. May 22, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 220, §12, eff. June 11, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4673 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4673
Commission to construct and operate auditorium
Status: in_force

Municipalities may create a special commission, with such powers and duties as may be delegated to it, to construct, furnish, equip, operate, and manage any auditorium or convention hall erected or acquired under the authority of this Part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.121 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.121
Regulation of size and use of buildings
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1988, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 14, §1, eff. Oct. 27, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.104 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.104
Encouragement of private enterprise
Status: in_force

The "Opelousas Redevelopment Authority", referred to in this Chapter as the "authority", to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of this Chapter, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the city of Opelousas as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the community improvement area by private enterprise. The powers shall give consideration to this objective in exercising its authority under this Chapter.

Acts 2007, No. 380, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9091.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9091.5
Lake Vista Crime Prevention District
Status: in_force

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

B. Boundaries. The boundaries of the district shall be the center line of Allen Toussaint Boulevard, Marconi Drive, Beauregard Avenue, and Lakeshore Drive.

C. The purposes of the district shall be to aid in crime prevention and to promote and encourage security in the area included within the district.

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

(a) The board of directors of the Lake Vista Property Owners Association shall appoint two members.

(b) The member or members of the Louisiana House of Representatives who represent the area which comprises the district shall appoint two members.

(c) The member or members of the Louisiana Senate who represent the area which comprises the district shall appoint two members.

(d) The member of the governing authority of the city of New Orleans who represents the area which comprises the district shall appoint one member.

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

(3)(a) Members shall serve four-year terms after initial terms as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph.

(b) One member shall serve an initial term of one year, two shall serve initial terms of two years, two shall serve initial terms of three years, and two shall serve initial terms of four years, as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board. Vacancies resulting from the expiration of a term or any other reason shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment. Members shall be eligible for reappointment, but no member shall serve more than two consecutive terms.

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

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

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

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

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

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

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

(6) To perform or have performed any other function or activity necessary for the achievement of the purpose of the district.

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

(1) The amount of the fee shall be as requested by duly adopted resolution of the board. The fee, which shall not exceed four hundred dollars per parcel per year, shall be imposed on each improved or unimproved single- and two-family residential parcel and each multiple-dwelling or apartment parcel located within the district. The owner of the parcel shall be responsible for payment of the fee.

(2) For purposes of this Section a single- and two-family residential parcel is defined as a lot or lots on which only one main house is situated and has not more than two municipal addresses. A multiple-dwelling or apartment parcel is defined as each lot in any square that is reserved for multiple-dwelling or apartment use.

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

(b) The fee shall expire at the time provided in the proposition authorizing the fee, not to exceed eight years from its initial imposition, but the fee may be renewed as provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph. Any election to authorize renewal of the fee shall be held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. If the fee is renewed, the term of the imposition of the fee shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing the renewal, not to exceed eight years.

(4) The fee shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are collected by the city.

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

(6) The city of New Orleans shall remit to the district all amounts collected not more than sixty days after collection. However, the board may enter into an agreement with the city to authorize the city to retain, as a collection fee, not more than one percent of the amount collected.

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

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

H. Miscellaneous provisions. (1) It is the purpose and intent of this Section that any additional security patrols, public or private, or any other security or other services or betterments to be provided by the district shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services to be provided in the district by the state or the city of New Orleans or their departments or agencies or by other political subdivisions.

(2) If the district ceases to exist, all funds of the district shall be transmitted by the board to the city of New Orleans, and such funds, together with any other funds collected by the city of New Orleans pursuant to this Section, shall be maintained in a separate account by the city and shall be used only to promote, encourage, and enhance the security of the area included in the district.

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 67, §1, eff. April 18, 2002; Acts 2012, No. 417, §1, eff. May 31, 2012; Acts 2025, No. 306, §1, eff. June 24, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4718 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4718
Revocation of dedication of parks, public squares or plots, reversion of property
Status: in_force

A. The parish governing authorities and municipal corporations of the state, except the parish of Orleans, may revoke and set aside the dedication of all parks, public squares or plots dedicated to public use within their respective limits, when such parks, public squares or plots have been abandoned or are no longer needed for public purposes.

B. Upon such revocation, the title to the land covered by and embraced in said parks, public squares or plots, shall revert to the person or persons who were the owners of such land at the time of the dedication, their heirs, successors or assigns. The reversion provided for in this Section shall not apply in a parish with a population greater than one hundred seven thousand five hundred and less than one hundred sixteen thousand five hundred as shown by the latest federal decennial census when a parish governing authority exchanges property dedicated to public use for property of equal or greater value to be dedicated for the same such public purpose or use, provided that the property is used for the purpose for which it was dedicated by June 1, 2014.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 229, §1; Acts 2012, No. 821, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4282 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4282
Issuance of certificates of indebtedness
Status: in_force

In order to obtain funds to construct, maintain, rehabilitate, extend, enlarge, or improve the municipally owned public utility the governing authority of the municipality may issue negotiable certificates of indebtedness and secure their payment by a pledge of the revenues and franchises of the revenue producing public utility, provided that the governing authority is first authorized to do so by a majority of the qualified resident electors of the municipality voting in an election to be held in the manner provided below.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3689
Local assessment ordinances; record of proceedings
Status: in_force

All ordinances relative to sidewalks and street paving and curb constructions shall be known as "Local Assessment Ordinances" and shall be numbered separately from other ordinances of the parish, and all petitions, bids, resolutions, ordinances, and all proceedings of the police jury relative to sidewalk and street improvements shall be copied by the secretary or clerk of the police jury in a separate book, and certified excerpts from the same shall be received as evidence.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3821.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3821.1
Waterworks District No. 1 of Natchitoches Parish; authority to levy taxes
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of commissioners of Waterworks District No. 1 of the parish of Natchitoches, in addition to all other taxes that the district is now or hereafter authorized to levy and collect, is hereby authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax not to exceed ten mills on the dollar of assessed valuation upon all taxable property situated within the boundaries of the district, subject to approval by a majority of electors in the district voting thereon at an election called by the governing authority and held for that purpose. The tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as all other ad valorem taxes on property subject to taxation by the parish are collected.

B. The proceeds of the tax may be used for the purposes and benefit of the district as the board of commissioners may determine.

C. The avails of the tax shall be paid by the sheriff and ex officio tax collector to the board of commissioners of Waterworks District No. 1 of the parish of Natchitoches.

Acts 1985, No. 679, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4361 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4361
Police jury may grant franchise for use of streets, roads and alleys outside municipalities
Status: in_force

A. Police juries may, subject to any conditions, regulations, and restrictions which they impose, grant franchises or operating system over the public places, roads, streets, and alleys of their respective parishes, not within the limits of any municipality, to any person for:

(1) The construction, maintenance, and operation of lines of poles and wire for the transmission of electric current for heat, light, or power.

(2) Laying, maintaining, and operating lines of pipe or mains for supplying gas or water in, over, under or along the public roads, streets, or alleys.

(3) The construction, maintenance, and operation of sewerage and drain pipes across, along and underneath the roads, alleys, and public places.

(4) The construction, maintenance, and operation of railways utilizing electric or motive power other than steam, under the conditions hereinafter set forth.

(5) The construction, maintenance, and operation of television lines and cables whether erected on poles owned or leased from existing public utilities or on poles to be erected, or through cables to be laid underground for receiving, distributing, and transmitting television impulses or signals to residences, commercial establishments, or other customers. Each such franchise shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder in accordance with the public bid laws of the state. The specifications shall state the area to be served by the franchise, the duration of the franchise, and other terms of the agreement. Each franchise or operating system granted for this purpose is hereby approved and recognized as legal until the franchise termination or operating system termination date or until September 1, 1991, whichever occurs sooner, or such later date as may be specified in a franchise, but no such system shall have exclusive cable rights in any area in which it extends its present operations.

B. Franchises awarded under the provisions of this Section shall be nonexclusive.

C. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, on or after January 1, 2013, the Louisiana Public Service Commission may require that whenever a parish governing authority imposes a franchise fee upon a public utility which the utility collects or recovers from the utility's consumers, the utility's monthly billing statement shall specifically and clearly include a separate line item for the applicable franchise fee, with the name of the parish imposing the fee, the total amount or rate of the franchise fee, and the total amount of the billing attributable to the fee.

Amended by Acts 1976, No. 573, §1; Acts 1978, No. 83, §1; Acts 1980, No. 455, §§1, 2; Acts 2012, No. 766, §1, eff. June 12, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.316 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.316
Obligations of the district
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(4) The district may borrow the amount of the anticipated ad valorem tax, not to exceed five mills, authorized by R.S. 33:130.295 for a period not to exceed ten years and may issue certificates of indebtedness therefor and may dedicate the avails of the tax funded for the payment thereof for the period of time said certificates are outstanding.

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

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

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

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

Acts 1991, No. 723, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2623 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2623
Judicial review of assessment
Status: in_force

Any taxpayer may test the correctness of his assessment of any motor vehicle before the district court at the domicile of the assessing authority, provided the suit is instituted within thirty days after the date the tax collector is authorized to begin the collection of taxes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4564.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4564.4
Elizabeth Recreational District No. 3, Allen Parish; per diem
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:4564(B) or any other law to the contrary, the members of the board of commissioners of Elizabeth Recreational District No. 3 of Allen Parish shall each receive a per diem of fifty dollars for each meeting they attend but shall not be paid for more than twelve meetings in each year. Such per diem shall be paid out of the funds of the district.

Acts 1997, No. 244, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.19 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.19
Building permits
Status: in_force

After the commission has recommended to the city council and the city council has adopted in whole or in part, a building permit plan, including both the full text of a building permit ordinance and the map or maps, showing the districts or zones in which building permits will be required, then and thereafter no building shall be erected in those areas without first having secured the required building permit.

Act 1962, No. 52, §19; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan.1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:447.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 447.14
Mayor's court; town of Anacoco; additional court costs
Status: in_force

In addition to the court costs authorized by R.S. 33:441, the mayor of the town of Anacoco, as the presiding officer of the mayor's court of the town of Anacoco, may impose additional court costs not to exceed twenty dollars for each offense, as defined by ordinance, on any defendant convicted of a violation of a municipal ordinance.

Acts 2014, No. 367, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9101 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9101
Creation of districts as political subdivisions
Status: in_force

A.(1) The governing authority of any parish may by ordinance create communications districts composed of any part or all of the territory lying wholly within the parish.

(2) The governing authorities of two or more parishes may by ordinance create a communications district composed of any part or all of the territory wholly within the boundaries of the parishes.

(3) Any district created in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be a political and legal subdivision of the state, with power to sue and be sued in its corporate name and to incur debt and issue bonds.

B.(1) The bonds shall be negotiable instruments and shall be solely the obligations of the district and not the state of Louisiana.

(2) The bonds and the income thereof shall be exempt from all taxation in the state of Louisiana.

(3) The bonds shall be payable out of the income, revenues, and receipts of the district.

(4) The bonds shall be authorized and issued by ordinance or resolution of the governing authority of the district and shall:

(a) Be of such series;

(b) Bear such date or dates;

(c) Mature at such time or times, not to exceed thirty years from issuance;

(d) Bear interest at such rate or rates;

(e) Be in such denominations;

(f) Be in such form, either coupon or fully registered without coupon;

(g) Carry such registration and exchangeability privileges;

(h) Be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places;

(i) Be subject to such terms of redemption; and

(j) Be entitled to such priorities on the income, revenues, and receipts of the district as such resolution may provide.

(5) The bonds shall be authorized and issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 relative to securities of public entities, and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Bond Commission.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 550, §1; Acts 1995, No. 447, §2, eff. June 17, 1995; Acts 1999, No. 1029, §1, eff. July 9, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3071 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3071
Legislative findings; purpose
Status: in_force

The legislature hereby finds and determines that upon the incorporation of the city of Central within East Baton Rouge Parish a state of emergency will exist in the municipality until cash flow can be developed through the levy and collection of municipal sales and use taxes to fund the expenses of municipal government. As a result of the foregoing, the legislature determines it essential and necessary to authorize the continuation of the parish tax within the area incorporated, to authorize the continuation of the provision of services by the parish within the area incorporated, and to create a financial assistance district and provide for it a source of revenue in order that it may engage in cooperative endeavors, enter into contracts for the provision of essential public services, and raise revenue to assist the municipality in funding the delivery of essential public services to its citizens and to assist the municipality in preventing cash flow difficulties.

Acts 2005, No. 10, §1, eff. June 9, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:455 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 455
Mayor's court; village of Elizabeth
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the Mayor's Court of the Village of Elizabeth, the territorial jurisdiction of which shall extend throughout the village of Elizabeth in Allen Parish.

B. The general provisions of R.S. 33:441 and 442 shall be applicable to and shall govern and regulate the Mayor's Court of the Village of Elizabeth, the jurisdiction of the court, and the power and authority of the mayor and other officers of the court.

Acts 2016, No. 36, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1221.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1221.1
Rapides Parish Police Jury; terms of members; resignation to qualify for another elected public office
Status: in_force

A. Police jurors elected in Rapides Parish in September, 1978, shall serve until the second Monday in January, 1984. Successors to the police jurors elected at said election shall serve for terms of four years.

B. Any person elected to the police jury in Rapides Parish in September, 1978, shall submit his resignation from the position as a police juror upon his qualifying as a candidate for another elected public office. The resignation from the position as a police juror shall become effective upon the person taking the oath of office to his newly elected public office, or upon his successor taking office as police juror, whichever is the earlier.

C. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, where a vacancy occurs due to a person resigning his position as police juror in Rapides Parish in order to qualify as a candidate for another elected office, the election to fill the vacated office shall be conducted on the date of the election for the office for which the person qualifies.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 246, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4101 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4101
New Orleans; sale of bonds
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under the authority of R.S. 33:4097 shall be sold in the manner provided for water revenue bonds in R.S. 33:4096(B)(4).

Added by Acts 1976, No. 167, §1. Acts 1985, No. 731, §1, eff. July 16, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4253 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4253
Pledge of revenues of utility; receivership
Status: in_force

Any bonds issued under this Sub-part shall be payable from and secured by the pledge of the revenues derived from the operation of the utility constructed, acquired, extended or improved with the proceeds thereof, subject only to the prior payment of the reasonable and necessary expenses of operating and maintaining the utility. Any holder of the bonds or of any of the coupons thereto attached may by appropriate legal action compel performance of all duties required of the governing body and officials of the municipal corporation by the provisions of this Sub-part. If any bond issued hereunder is permitted to go into default as to principal or interest, any court of competent jurisdiction may pursuant to the application of the holder of the bond, appoint a receiver for the utility, which receiver shall be under the duty of operating the utility and collecting and distributing the revenues thereof pursuant to the provisions and requirements of the resolution authorizing the bonds.

If more than one series of bonds is issued hereunder payable from the revenues of any utility, priority of lien on such revenues shall depend on the time of the delivery of the bonds, each series enjoying a lien prior and superior to that enjoyed by any series of bonds subsequently delivered, except that where provision is made in the proceedings authorizing any issue or series of bonds for the issuance of additional bonds in the future on a parity therewith pursuant to procedure or restrictions provided in such proceedings, additional bonds may be issued in the future on a parity with such issue or series in the manner so provided in such proceedings.

Amended by Acts 1955, No. 72, §1; Acts 1956, No. 17, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1559 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1559
Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 1001, §1, eff. July 2, 2003.
Status: repealed

NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 1001, §2, relative to effectiveness and applicability of repeal of R.S. 33:1559.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4548.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4548.14
Contracts for water clarification
Status: in_force

The authority and any political subdivision may acquire authorized projects within the meaning of this Chapter through the execution of a contract for water clarification for the improvement and benefit of a publicly owned waterworks system. A water clarification contract as an authorized project hereunder may provide for the lease, the lease-purchase, or the operation and maintenance of water clarification facilities and equipment and the payment of the cost thereof. Such water clarification contract shall not exceed a term of ten years from the date of acquisition and placing into service of the water clarification facilities and equipment provided under the contract. The acquisition of water clarification facilities and equipment hereunder shall be in compliance with R.S. 38:2212. The authority and any political subdivision may issue bonds and incur debt for the payment of the cost of a project authorized by this Section and under applicable laws.

Acts 1991, No. 813, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1151, §1, eff. July 14, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.52 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.52
Notification to military installations
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) The governing authority of any parish considering any action to be taken on an application for a zoning request affecting property within three thousand feet of the boundary of a military installation shall notify the commander of the installation at least ninety days in advance of taking such action.

(b) The governing authority of any parish shall publish notice of its intention to take action on an application for a zoning request pursuant to this Paragraph in the official journal of the parish at least ninety days prior to taking such action.

(2) The governing authority of any parish considering any action to be taken on an application for a variance affecting property within three thousand feet of the boundary of a military installation shall notify the commander of the installation at least thirty days in advance of taking such action.

B. As used in this Section, "military installation" shall include any base, military airport, camp, post, station, yard, center, home port facility for a ship, or any other military activity center that is under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Defense.

Acts 2004, No. 787, §1; Acts 2008, No. 777, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1245 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1245
Industrial and personnel surveys, authority to make; costs; information under oath; penalties for false information; limitations on authority conferred
Status: in_force

A. The parish police juries, with the assistance of the sheriffs, shall have authority to make industrial and personnel surveys within their parishes, and to defray the cost thereof, to secure from individuals all information which they may deem necessary pertaining to their qualifications and availability of personnel and qualified persons to meet industrial demands for job opportunities in the parish.

B. The police juries may require all such information to be given under oath and any person giving false information under oath shall be guilty of false swearing and upon conviction therefor by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

C. Nothing contained herein shall give authority to parish juries to extend an industrial survey to include any bona fide legitimate labor organization or members thereof or to interfere in any way with labor organizations or their members in the conduction of their legitimate union business; nor shall it mean that police juries shall have the right or authority to serve as labor consultants, labor advisors or as an agency to refer or recommend persons for employment.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 230, §§1 to 3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.16
St. Martin Parish; solid waste
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of St. Martin Parish is hereby authorized by ordinance to provide for the zoning, land use, and siting of any public or private facility for the disposal of solid waste within the parish and the types and quantities of the waste to be disposed of at such facility shall be in compliance with any permit granted by the Department of Environmental Quality.

B. The authorization provided for in this Section shall not supersede the authority of the Department of Environmental Quality.

Acts 1992, No. 632, §1, eff. July 2, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2214.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2214.2
Annual vacation; city of Lafayette
Status: in_force

Except as provided in R.S. 33:2214(A), the Fire and Police Civil Service Board of the city of Lafayette and the governing authority of the city of Lafayette may agree to provide vacation benefits to employees of the police department in accordance with the vacation rules of the Municipal Government Employees' Civil Service System of the city of Lafayette, and such agreement shall serve to supercede the provisions of R.S. 33:2214(A).

Acts 1986, No. 232, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:8044 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 8044
Commissioners; compensation
Status: in_force

The members of the commission shall receive compensation in the form of a per diem for attendance at meetings of the board and actual mileage expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as approved by the governing authorities of the member parishes of the district.

Acts 1990, No. 781, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2036 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2036
Disability, retirement, and death benefits
Status: in_force

Pensions and benefits shall be as follows:

A. If a volunteer fireman, while in active service, is found by the board to be temporarily, totally disabled, mentally or physically, by reason of his service, he shall receive monthly from the fund during such disability (but not to exceed one year) a sum not less than twenty-five dollars per month.

B. If, while in active service, a volunteer fireman is found by the board to be permanently, totally disabled, mentally or physically, by reason of his service, he shall receive monthly from the fund during such disability a sum not less than twenty-five dollars.

C. If a volunteer fireman while in active service is found by the board to be temporarily or permanently partially disabled mentally or physically, by reason of his service, he shall receive monthly from the fund during the existence of the disability an amount fixed by the board, but not more than twenty-five dollars per month.

D. If a paid fireman, while in active service, is found by the board to be totally, permanently physically or mentally disabled for service in the department and unable to perform work of any reasonable kind by reason of service in the department he shall receive monthly from the fund, so long as the disability continues, fifty percent of his monthly salary at the time he became disabled until he becomes eligible for retirement on service basis.

E. If a paid fireman is found by the board to be totally, permanently, physically or mentally, disabled for service therein, but physically and mentally capable and able to do work of any other reasonable kind, he shall receive monthly so long as the disability continues, from the fund, except as hereinafter provided, thirty-five percent of his monthly salary at the time the disability occurred.

F. If a paid fireman is found by the board to be disabled for service in the department while in the active service of the department for causes not arising or developing directly from his employment in the department, he shall be paid monthly, so long as the disability continues, twenty percent of his monthly salary at the time he became disabled.

G.(1) Any paid fireman employed for the first time on or after July 31, 1940, who serves in the department for a period of twenty-five years shall, upon making written application to the board requesting it, be retired from service in the department and be paid monthly fifty percent of his average monthly salary for the six years next preceding his date of retirement.

(2)(a) Any volunteer fireman and volunteer emergency medical service technician who serves in a volunteer fire department may receive a pension for prior years of service, as provided in this Paragraph.

(b) The governing authority of each parish and municipality may establish and implement a length of service award program for any retired volunteer fireman and volunteer emergency medical service technician to provide a service pension to those persons eligible. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the local governing authority may contribute such funds as may be necessary to fund the program. Members of the established program may also contribute such funds to support the program.

(c) If any governing authority elects to establish such program, the program shall be subject to the following provisions:

(i) If any governing authority elects to contribute funds to the program, then the minimum contribution shall equal ten cents for each dollar contributed by the employee in his first through fifth years of service; fifteen cents for each dollar contributed by the employee in his sixth through tenth years of service; twenty cents for each dollar contributed by the employee in his eleventh through fifteenth years of service; and twenty-five cents for each dollar contributed by the employee in his sixteenth and later years of service.

(ii) In any event, the length of service award program shall not distribute any employee or employer contribution to the employee before he attains the age of sixty, unless such distribution is due to disability, death, or other bona fide hardship suffered by the employee.

(iii) All employee and employer contributions made into the length of service award program fund shall be maintained in a separate account on behalf of each employee. One hundred percent of the funds in each account shall be immediately vested to the employee upon attainment of ten years of creditable service.

H. If a volunteer or paid fireman, while in the service of the department or while eligible for or receiving benefits from the fund, dies from disabilities by reason of his services, leaving a widow surviving, the board shall direct the payment of twenty-five dollars per month from the fund to the widow, during the remainder of her life, while she remains unmarried. If the fireman leaves no wife but a child or children, each child shall receive his proportionate share of twenty-five dollars per month. These benefits are payable so long as a child is totally incapacitated, or until the child reaches the age of eighteen years or marries.

I. Benefits shall be paid to the legal representatives of children during their minority unless otherwise directed by the board.

J. In the event a paid or volunteer fireman dies for the causes stated in this Section while eligible for or receiving benefits from the fund, and leaves a father or mother or both directly dependent upon him for support and maintenance, the board may grant and pay the father or mother or both such portion of the pension which would be payable to the deceased member were he the direct beneficiary, but not to exceed twenty-five dollars per month.

Acts 1992, No. 657, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2185 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2185
Retaliation for exercising rights
Status: in_force

There shall be no penalty nor threat of any penalty for the exercise by a fire employee of his or her rights under this Subpart.

Acts 1997, No. 1436, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.120 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.120
Safe clause
Status: in_force

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

Acts 2007, No. 380, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:105 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 105
Staff and finances
Status: in_force

A commission may appoint such employees as it may deem necessary for its work, whose appointment, promotion, demotion, and removal shall be subject to the same provisions of law, including civil service regulations, as govern other corresponding civil employees of the parish or municipality, as the case may be. A commission may also contract with planning experts, engineers, architects, and other consultants for such services as it may require. The expenditures of a commission, exclusive of those made from funds received by gift, shall be within the amounts appropriated for the purpose by the local legislative body, which shall provide the funds, equipment, and accommodations necessary for a commission's work.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9701 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9701
Ensuring access to emergency services for victims of domestic abuse and other crimes; parishes and municipalities; prohibited ordinances
Status: in_force

A. This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Ensuring Access to Emergency Services for Victims of Domestic Abuse and other Crimes Act".

B.(1) The legislature hereby finds and declares that an increasing number of citizens of the state of Louisiana are becoming victims of crime, particularly domestic abuse, and that the trauma of repeated victimization can produce family disharmony, promote a pattern of escalating violence, and create an emotional atmosphere that is not conducive to healthy living.

(2) The legislature also finds that it is necessary to support the efforts of crime victims in seeking the assistance of law enforcement and other emergency officials so that crime victims do not refrain from contacting such officials due to the fear of retaliation, including financial penalties and the loss of accessible housing.

(3) The legislature finds it necessary to prohibit parishes and municipalities in the state from enacting ordinances that discourage crime victims from contacting law enforcement or other emergency officials for needed assistance.

C. As used in this Section, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Subsection, except as otherwise may be provided or unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:

(1) "Crime" means an act or omission to act as provided in R.S. 46:1805.

(2) "Domestic abuse" has the same meaning as provided in R.S. 46:2132.

(3) "Penalty" means a charge, fine, fee, or other monetary assessment.

D. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no parish or municipality shall enact any ordinance that imposes a penalty on any person for contacting law enforcement or other emergency officials to request assistance with an incident involving domestic abuse or any other crime in which such person, or other persons, suffered a property loss, personal injury, or death or had a reasonable belief that assistance was needed in order to prevent property loss, personal injury, or death.

E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no parish or municipality shall enact any ordinance that imposes a penalty on any property owner of a leased premise if a tenant of the property owner, or someone acting on behalf of the tenant, contacts law enforcement or other emergency officials to request assistance at such leased premise with an incident involving domestic abuse or any other crime in which such tenant, or other persons, suffered a property loss, personal injury, or death or had a reasonable belief that assistance was needed in order to prevent property loss, personal injury, or death.

F. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no parish or municipality shall adopt any ordinance that authorizes the eviction of a tenant by a property owner of a leased premise or the termination or suspension of a rental agreement signed by a tenant as result of such tenant, or persons acting on behalf of such tenant, contacting law enforcement or other emergency officials to request assistance at such leased premise with an incident involving domestic abuse or any other crime in which such tenant, or other persons, suffered a property loss, personal injury, or death or had a reasonable belief that assistance was needed in order to prevent property loss, personal injury, or death.

G. If a parish or municipality takes action against any person pursuant to an ordinance enacted in violation of this Section, such person may bring a civil action and seek an order from a court of competent jurisdiction for any of the following remedies:

(1) An order requiring the parish or municipality to cease and desist the unlawful action.

(2) Payment of compensatory damages, provided that such person shall make a reasonable effort to mitigate any damages.

(3) Payment of court costs.

(4) Other equitable relief.

Acts 2015, No. 353, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.

NOTE: See Acts 2015, No. 353, §2, regarding effect of this Section on ordinances adopted prior to June 29, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3671 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3671
Liens ranked
Status: in_force

A. The liens or privileges provided for in this Part shall rank as follows:

(1) Liens for street, alley and sidewalk construction, paving, surfacing, and repairing, according to the date of their recordation;

(2) Liens for street lighting;

(3) Liens for tree planting and for closing ditches and canals.

The liens for street and sidewalk paving and for street lighting shall prime all other claims except taxes.

In the City of New Orleans, liens for street lighting shall not prime the vendor's privilege.

Subject to the priorities established in (1) and (2) above, the liens for tree planting and for closing ditches and canals shall prime all other claims except taxes and vendor's privileges.

B. In the event of a conflict between the lien for the installation of a sewerage system provided for in R.S. 33:3986 or the lien for sewerage connections provided for in R.S. 33:4044 and a lien for street, alley, and sidewalk construction, paving, surfacing, and repairing provided for in this Part, the first recorded lien shall prevail.

The lien for the installation of a sewerage system provided in R.S. 33:3986 and the lien for sewerage connections provided in R.S. 33:4044 shall prime a lien for street lighting, tree planting, or closing ditches and canals provided in this Part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9615 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9615
Appeals
Status: in_force

A. Whenever action is taken against any public servant or person by an ethics review board, or when any public servant or person is aggrieved by any action taken by an ethics review board, such person may appeal to the court of appeal wherein the ethics review board is located if application to the ethics review board is made within thirty days after the decision of the ethics review board becomes final.

B. The terms "public servant" and "person" as used in this Section shall have the same meanings as in R.S. 42:1102.

Acts 2010, No. 302, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:109 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 109
Legal status of official plan
Status: in_force

A. Whenever a commission has adopted a master plan of a parish or municipality, as the case may be, or one or more major sections or districts thereof and has filed certified copies thereof as provided in R.S. 33:108, no street, square, park or other public way, ground, or open space, or public building or structure, or public utility, whether publicly or privately owned, shall be constructed or authorized in the parish or municipality, as the case may be, or in such planned section or district until the location, character, and extent thereof has been submitted to and approved by the commission. In case of disapproval, the commission shall communicate its reasons to the local legislative body which shall have the power to overrule such disapproval by a recorded vote of not less than two-thirds of its entire membership. However, if the public way, ground, space, building, structure, or utility is one the authorization or financing of which does not, under the law or charter provisions governing same, fall within the province of the local legislative body, then the submission to a planning commission shall be by the board, commission, or body having such jurisdiction, and a planning commission's disapproval may be overruled by such board, commission, or body by a vote of not less than two-thirds of its membership. The failure of a commission to act within sixty days from and after the date of official submission to a commission shall be deemed approval.

B. Whenever a parish or municipal planning commission has adopted a master plan, the governing authority of such parish or municipality shall consider such adopted master plan before adopting, approving, or promulgating any local laws, ordinances, or regulations which are inconsistent with the adopted elements of the master plan.

Acts 2004, No. 859, §1, eff. July 12, 2004.

NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 859, §2, relative to applicability of Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2541.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2541.1
Deputy chief of police; competitive appointment
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority may create, by ordinance, the position of deputy chief of police in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The position shall be filled on a competitive basis from a list of eligibles as provided for in R.S. 33:2551(4), and the right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for such position shall be vested in the chief of police, subject to approval of the appointing authority. In addition, the governing authority shall establish the duties and responsibilities of the deputy chief of police in the ordinance creating the position. Such duties and responsibilities may include direct supervision over all positions in the classified service below the rank of chief of police. The position of deputy chief of police is not the same as the position of assistant chief of police which is in the classified police service pursuant to this Part.

B.(1)(a) The deputy chief of police shall have not less than eight years of full-time law enforcement experience and shall at least hold the rank of sergeant in the classified police service at the time of his appointment.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, in the city of Jennings, the qualifications for the position of deputy chief of police shall be not less than five years of full-time law enforcement experience.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, in the city of St. Martinville, the qualifications for the position of deputy chief of police shall be not less than five years of full-time law enforcement experience.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, in the city of Oakdale, the deputy chief of police shall have not less than three years of full-time law enforcement experience and shall have successfully completed a certified training program approved by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

(2) Any person who holds the position of deputy chief of police may, while holding such position, apply for admission to the promotional examination for the class next higher than that from which he was appointed as deputy chief of police. However, the name and score of any deputy chief of police shall not be certified to the appointing authority by the civil service board as eligible for appointment to a position of the promotional class, and his name and score shall be eligible for certification, in accordance with the maximum period for which a name may remain on the eligibility list in accordance with the provisions of this Part, only upon demotion to a position of the class from which he was appointed as deputy chief of police.

(3) Eligibility for admission to the competitive test for deputy chief of police shall be limited to members of the same department as the chief of police at the time of appointment.

C.(1)(a) Any person who is appointed from a position in the classified police service to serve as deputy chief of police shall not forfeit his departmental or promotional seniority accumulated to the date of his appointment, and he shall continue to accumulate departmental or promotional seniority in accordance with the provisions of this Part during the time he holds the position of deputy chief of police.

(b)(i) The deputy chief of police shall serve indefinitely in the classified competitive position and shall be evaluated three years from the date of his initial appointment by the chief of police. Thereafter, the deputy chief of police shall be evaluated every year by the chief of police. After each and every evaluation by the chief of police, the chief may reconfirm the deputy chief for another one-year period or may, at his discretion, demote the deputy chief to his former class of position. The demotion described in this Item shall not constitute corrective or disciplinary action, and the classified employee shall not have appeal rights in regards to such action.

(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Item (i) of this Subparagraph, in the city of Oakdale, the deputy chief of police shall serve indefinitely in the classified competitive position and shall be evaluated every year by the chief of police. After each evaluation by the chief of police, the chief may reconfirm the deputy chief for another one-year period, or may, at his discretion, demote the deputy chief to his former class of positions.

(2) If any such person is demoted as the result of such evaluation, or otherwise vacates the position on the approval of the chief of police, he shall be demoted to a position in the class he held immediately preceding his appointment as deputy chief of police. If a deputy chief of police is subjected to corrective or disciplinary action, he shall have the same rights as any other employee in the municipal fire and police civil service.

Acts 2010, No. 748, §1, eff. June 29, 2010; Acts 2011, No. 40, §1; Acts 2014, No. 583, §1, eff. June 9, 2014; Acts 2016, No. 285, §1; Acts 2019, No. 24, §1, eff. May 30, 2019; Acts 2021, No. 274, §1; Acts 2024, No. 230, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2010, No. 748, §§2 and 3, regarding effect and applicability of this Section.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9091.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9091.7
Lakeshore Crime Prevention District
Status: in_force

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

B. Boundaries. The district shall be comprised of the area of the parish of Orleans lying within the following perimeter: beginning at the intersection of the west property line of the Orleans Avenue Canal and the centerline of Robert E. Lee Boulevard and proceeding in a westerly direction along the centerline of Robert E. Lee Boulevard to the intersection with the centerline of Opal Street as projected, turn north and proceed along the centerline of Opal Street to the intersection with the centerline of Cameo Street, turn northeast on Cameo Street and proceed along the centerline of Cameo Street following Cameo Street as it turns northerly after one block and proceed to the intersection with the centerline of Jewel Street, turn westerly on Jewel Street and proceed along the centerline of Jewel Street to the intersection with the centerline of West End Boulevard, turn northerly and proceed along the centerline of West End Boulevard to the point at which West End Boulevard becomes West Lakeshore Parkway, continue along the centerline of West Lakeshore Parkway to the intersection with the centerline of Amethyst Street, turn easterly on Amethyst Street and proceed along the centerline of Amethyst Street, crossing Canal Boulevard, to the intersection with the centerline of East Lakeshore Parkway as projected, turn northerly on East Lakeshore Parkway and proceed along the centerline of East Lakeshore Parkway to the intersection with the centerline of Amethyst Street as projected, turn northeasterly on Amethyst Street and proceed along the centerline of Amethyst Street to the point where Amethyst Street becomes Crystal Street, thence proceed in a southeasterly direction from the centerline of Crystal Street to the west property line of the Orleans Avenue Canal, thence proceed in a southerly direction along the west property line of the Orleans Avenue Canal to the centerline of Robert E. Lee Boulevard and the point of beginning.

C. Purpose. The purpose of the district shall be to aid in crime prevention by:

(1) Procuring private patrol services, security cameras, and other products or services reasonably designed to enhance the security of district residents.

(2) Disseminating newsletters or other information on crime prevention or security matters.

(3) Engaging in other activities ancillary to crime prevention.

D. Governance. (1) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners consisting of nine members as follows:

(a) The member or members of the Louisiana House of Representatives who represent the area which comprises the district shall appoint one member.

(b) The member or members of the Louisiana Senate who represent the area which comprises the district shall appoint one member.

(c) The board of the Lakeshore Property Owners Association shall appoint one member.

(d) The mayor of the city of New Orleans shall appoint one member.

(e) The council member or council members who represent the district shall appoint one member.

(f) The board of the West Lakeshore Citizens Against Crime, Inc. shall appoint two members. If West Lakeshore Citizens Against Crime, Inc. ceases to exist, the Lakeshore Property Owners Association shall appoint two members who are residents of West Lakeshore.

(g) The board of the East Lakeshore Citizens Against Crime, Inc. shall appoint two members. If East Lakeshore Citizens Against Crime, Inc. ceases to exist, the Lakeshore Property Owners Association shall appoint two members who are residents of East Lakeshore.

(2) All members of the board shall reside in or own property within the district.

(3) The initial terms of office for the members shall be twelve months, eighteen months, and twenty-four months. Three members shall serve an initial term of twelve months, three members shall serve an initial term of eighteen months, and three members shall serve an initial term of twenty-four months as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board. Subsequent terms shall be twenty-four months. Vacancies resulting from the expiration of a term or any other reason shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment. Members shall be eligible for reappointment.

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

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

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

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

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

(4) To enter into contracts with individuals or entities, private or public, for the provision or enhancement of security patrols in the district.

(5) To purchase items and supplies which the board deems instrumental to achieving the purposes of the district.

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

(7) To perform or have performed any other function or activity necessary to achieve or promote the purposes of the district.

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

(1) The amount of the fee shall be as requested by duly adopted resolution of the governing authority of the district. The fee, however, shall not exceed four hundred twenty dollars per parcel per year.

(2)(a) The fee shall be imposed on each improved or unimproved parcel located within the district.

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

(3)(a) The fee shall be imposed only after the question of its imposition has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. No other election shall be required except as provided by this Paragraph.

(b) The election on the question of the imposition of the fee shall be held at the same time as a regularly scheduled election in the city of New Orleans.

(c) The fee shall expire at the end of the term provided for in the proposition authorizing the fee but may be renewed as provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph. Any election to authorize renewal of the fee shall be held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. If the fee is renewed, the term of the imposition of the fee shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing such renewal, not to exceed four years.

(4) The fee shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are collected by the city.

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

(6) The city of New Orleans shall remit to the district all amounts collected not more than sixty days after collection. However, the board may enter into an agreement with the city for the city to retain not more than one percent of the amount collected as a collection fee.

(7) The proceeds of the fee collected pursuant to this Section shall be used only for purposes of the district.

G. Budget. (1) The board of commissioners shall adopt an annual budget in accordance with the Local Government Budget Act, R.S. 39:1301 et seq. The budget and all amendments shall be subject to the approval of the New Orleans city council.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I. Miscellaneous provisions. (1) It is the purpose and intent of this Section that the additional law enforcement personnel and their services provided for through the fees authorized in this Section shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the district by the New Orleans Police Department.

(2) If the district ceases to exist, any funds of the district shall be transmitted to the governing authority of New Orleans and shall be used for law enforcement purposes in the district.

Acts 2004, No. 200, §1, eff. June 14, 2004; Acts 2010, No. 424, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2019, No. 107, §1; Acts 2020, No. 150, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2019, No. 107, §2 regarding parcel fee being levied on August 1, 2019.

NOTE: See Acts 2020, No. 150, §2, regarding terms of board members.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4546.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4546.7
Interim receipts and temporary bonds; mutilated, lost, and destroyed bonds
Status: in_force

A. Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the authority may issue interim receipts of temporary bonds with or without coupon, exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds have been executed and are available for delivery.

B. Should any bond issued under this Chapter become mutilated or be lost or destroyed, the authority may cause a new bond of like date, number and tenor to be executed and delivered in exchange and substitution for, and upon the cancellation of such mutilated bond and its interest coupons, or in lieu of and in substitution for such lost or destroyed bond and its unmatured interest coupons. Such new bond or coupon shall not be executed or delivered until the holder of the mutilated, lost or destroyed bond has:

(1) Paid the reasonable expense and charges in connection therewith, and

(2) In the case of a lost or destroyed bond, has filed with the authority or its fiduciary evidence satisfactory to the authority or its fiduciary that such bond was lost or destroyed and that the holder was the owner thereof, and

(3) Has furnished indemnity satisfactory to the authority.

Acts 1988, No. 412, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 8
Ordinance adopting new name
Status: in_force

A. The municipal governing authority may adopt an ordinance adopting a new name for the municipality and shall submit a certified copy of such ordinance to the governor. The governor shall approve the new name unless he determines that the new name is the same as or so similar to the name of another municipality in the state of Louisiana that the new name would cause considerable confusion.

B. Upon approval by the governor of the name change, the municipal governing authority shall publish the ordinance once in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. Upon entry of the ordinance and of a certified copy of this notice in the minutes of a meeting of the governing authority, the change of the name of the municipality shall be effective.

Acts 1984, No. 536, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3491 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3491
Cities of 100,000 authorized to make special improvements
Status: in_force

Municipalities having a population of one hundred thousand or more may upon the petition of property owners as herein set forth provide by ordinance for any special improvements to any street or portion thereof such as planting of trees along the streets and neutral grounds, the beautifying of neutral grounds and sidewalks either by planting or street lighting, and the closing and covering of canals or open ditches.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4337 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4337
Fixing utility rates sufficient to meet obligation
Status: in_force

Any municipality issuing bonds under the provisions of this Sub-part shall, during the time when any of such bonds remain outstanding and unpaid, impose rates for the service rendered by the public utility fully sufficient to pay the operating expenses of the utility and to pay the principal and interest on any bonds so outstanding and unpaid.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4223 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4223
Election
Status: in_force

Commissioners shall be appointed and the election shall be held and the returns thereof made to the governing authority calling the election and the results promulgated in so far as practicable, in the same manner as provided by law for elections to authorize the issue of bonds secured by special taxes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4066.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4066.14
Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings
Status: in_force

No contest or proceeding to question the validity or legality of any resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings had under the provisions of this Subpart shall be begun in any court by any person for any cause whatsoever after the expiration of thirty days from the date when the resolution, ordinance, or proceeding was published, and after such time the regularity of such resolution, ordinance, or proceeding shall be conclusively presumed. If the validity of any certificates issued under the provisions of this Subpart is not raised within thirty days from date of publication of the resolution or ordinance issuing said certificates and fixing their terms, the authority to issue said certificates, the legality thereof, and the local or special assessments necessary to pay the same shall be conclusively presumed and no court shall thereafter have authority to inquire into such matters.

Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:8062 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 8062
Board of commissioners; method of appointment; qualifications of members; terms and vacancies; membership in district
Status: in_force

A.(1) The South Central Louisiana Solid Waste District shall be governed and managed by a board of commissioners consisting of two members from each participating parish.

(2) Two commissioners shall be appointed to the board of commissioners by each parish governing authority in the district.

(3) One of the two commissioners from each parish may be a member of its parish governing authority. If one or more municipalities in any participating parish desires to participate in the district, then each of those municipalities shall submit to the parish governing authority one nominee for membership on the board of commissioners. The parish governing authority shall select one of its commissioners from the nominees submitted by the municipalities.

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

C.(1) In order to be included in the district on or before July 1, 2000, the governing authority of the eligible parish or municipality that desires to be a member of the district must enact an ordinance declaring its membership in the district. The ordinance declaring membership in the district must be enacted on or before July 1, 2000.

(2) In order to be included in the district after July 1, 2000, the governing authority of an eligible parish or municipality not already a member and desiring to be a member of the district must enact an ordinance declaring its intention for membership in the district, and it must also obtain authorization from a majority of the entire board of commissioners of the district approving the inclusion of that parish or municipality in the district.

(3) The governing authority of any parish or municipality that no longer desires to be included in the district may dissolve its membership in the district by passing an ordinance declaring that it is no longer a member of the district. Any such action by a governing authority shall not impair the obligations, validity, or security of any bonds or other debt obligations issued by the district. The governing authority of any parish or municipality that dissolves its membership in the district shall continue to be obligated to fulfill its proportionate share of all financial obligations entered into by the district during its membership. Nothing contained in this Paragraph shall impair the right to contract of the district or any parish or municipality that dissolves its membership in the district.

(4) Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, any municipality that does not desire to be a member of the district, but is located in a parish that is a member of the district, shall not be required to dispose of its waste within the district.

Acts 1999, No. 982, §1, eff. July 9, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1247.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1247.2
Object of the districts
Status: in_force

The objects and purposes of the ambulance service districts and the governing bodies created under the provisions of this Chapter shall be to own and operate ambulances for the care and transportation of persons suffering from illnesses or disabilities which require ambulance care.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 113, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4129 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4129
New Orleans; sale of bonds
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under the authority of R.S. 33:4125 shall be sold in the manner provided for sewerage service revenue bonds in R.S. 33:4121(B)(4).

Added by Acts 1976, No. 167, §1. Acts 1985, No. 731, §1, eff. July 16, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3451 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3451
Municipalities of more than twenty-five hundred population authorized to make special improvements
Status: in_force

Municipalities may, upon the petition of property owners as herein set forth, provide by ordinance for any special improvements to any street, sidewalk and neutral ground, and/or to any portion thereof, including but not limited to, the planting of trees along the streets, sidewalks, and neutral grounds, the beautifying of streets, sidewalks and neutral grounds, the building of a mall out of the streets, sidewalks and neutral grounds, the installation of walkways, decorative sidewalks, fountains, shelters, rest areas, planters, the planting of trees, flowers and shrubbery, street lighting, the closing of streets or portions thereof, the closing of canals or open ditches and the construction and improvement of off-street parking facilities.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 143, §2; Acts 1972, No. 192, §2; Acts 1974, No. 369, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:447.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 447.5
Mayor's court; town of Elton; additional court costs
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the mayor in the town of Elton may also impose additional court costs not to exceed twenty dollars for each offense, as defined by ordinance, on any defendant convicted of a violation of a municipal ordinance.

Acts 2001, No. 31, §1, eff. May 24, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3885 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3885
Corporate status and powers
Status: in_force

Sewerage districts created under this Subpart shall constitute public corporations, and as such shall have all powers of public corporations, including perpetual existence; the power to incur debt and contract obligations; sue and be sued; to have a corporate seal; to do and perform all acts in their corporate capacity and in their corporate names, which are necessary and proper for the purpose of constructing and maintaining sewers and sewerage disposal works within their territorial limits; and generally to perform any and all acts and duties necessary to carry out the objects and purposes of their creation. These sewerage districts may expropriate property for the purpose of acquiring rights of way for the laying and installing of sewers and sewerage disposal works, and may acquire machinery, tools and equipment, essential to the proper accomplishment of the purposes of their creation.

Any sewerage district, through its governing authority, may by an ordinance or resolution establish, maintain and collect rates, charges, or connection charges for any service rendered by the sewerage district to be paid by the owner of each parcel of real estate, or building that is connected with and uses or is served by the sewerage system of the district, and may readjust such rates, charges or connection charges, from time to time. Rates or connection charges shall be sufficient in each year for the payment of the proper and reasonable expenses of operation, repair, replacement, and maintenance of the sewerage system and for the establishment of the necessary sinking fund for the payment of the principal and interest of any revenue producing public utility bonds which may have been issued and sold for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, extending or improving the sewerage system. The governing authority of the sewerage district shall adopt and enforce rules, regulations and ordinances, exact penalties, and institute such actions at law as are within its corporate power, for the prompt collection of the respective rates or connection charges fixed for service rendered by the sewerage system.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 495, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2029 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2029
Review of board action
Status: in_force

The board is a quasi-judicial body. Its action is reviewable only by a writ of certiorari to the courts.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.42 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.42
Purpose of regulations
Status: in_force

Regulations adopted pursuant to this Subpart shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the public streets, secure safety from fire, promote health and the general welfare, provide adequate light, avoid undue concentration of population, facilitate adequate transportation, water supply, sewerage, schools, parks, and meet other public requirements. Such regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration of the character of a district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses and with a view to conserving the values of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the parish.

Acts 1993, No. 201, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7805 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7805
Vacancies; officers, agents, and employees; compensation
Status: in_force

A. The members of the board shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing body. A vacancy occurring in the membership of the board shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as the original appointment. 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.

B. The board may establish and provide for 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. However, the compensation of the secretary-treasurer of the board shall be limited to a per diem and travel allowance not to exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars per month. If the secretary-treasurer is also a member of the board, he shall receive the compensation specified for a board member in Subsection C of this Section in lieu of his compensation as secretary-treasurer.

C. Each member of the board shall be entitled to receive a per diem and travel allowance not to exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars per month.

Acts 1986, No. 377, §1, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1990, No. 337, §1, eff. July 10, 1990.

NOTE: SEE ACTS 1990, NO. 337, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3422 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3422
Abutting owners' liability; liability of owner of railway track in street
Status: in_force

The entire cost of the improvement shall be paid by the owners of real estate abutting thereon, according to the frontage of the property owned by them. If parts of streets or alleys included in a single improvement are of greater or lesser width than other parts, the amount to be paid by abutting property owners shall be proportioned to the varying width. Where a railroad bed or track occupies a portion of a street or alley so improved, the owner of the railway shall pay the entire cost of the improvement of the space occupied by the roadbed, including the extra work made necessary by the presence of the track. In the event the railroad bed or track is owned by the municipality, it shall pay only for the extra work made necessary by the presence of the track.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4746 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4746
Enforcement of ordinances
Status: in_force

Such municipalities may punish the infringement of ordinances passed hereunder within the limits prescribed by their respective charters, and in addition thereto, may remove, at the expense of the owner, the buildings, repairs, or additions built or made contrary to the specifications of the ordinances.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3912 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3912
Powers of sewerage districts
Status: in_force

Sewerage districts shall be political subdivisions of the state. They may:

(1) Contract for, install, maintain and operate a sewerage system within their respective limits and exercise the powers of expropriation, both within and without their limits, for the purpose of laying, installing, and operating the sewerage system and appurtenances.

(2) Incur indebtedness and issue negotiable bonds for the purpose of acquiring or installing such systems, in the manner provided by law.

(3) Maintain and operate such systems, extend the sewerage pipes and mains outside of the sewerage districts, and use therefor the proceeds of the maintenance tax hereinafter provided, and any money appropriated by the municipality creating the district to protect the public health.

(4) Do all things and enact all rules and regulations necessary or advantageous to the installing, maintenance, operation, and use of the sewerage systems or plants.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.15
Effective date
Status: in_force

A. In creating a commission pursuant to this Subpart, the town council and the police jury shall, by mutual agreement, designate the date upon which the powers, duties, and authority of the commission shall take effect. Until such time, the planning commission for the town of Haughton shall be continued with all its powers and duties, and by the designated date, the planning commission for the town of Haughton shall turn over to the commission all of its records, plans, studies, or other instruments of its work and planning.

B. Upon the designated date, the powers of the planning commission for the town of Haughton in conflict with the provisions of this Subpart shall cease to exist; however, such plans or parts thereof as have been lawfully adopted by the planning commission for the town of Haughton, including but not limited to the subdivision regulations, major street plan, and zoning plan, shall continue in effect and shall be administered by the commission until repealed or replaced by the commission in accordance with this Subpart.

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3971 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3971
Negotiable interest bearing coupon certificates of municipality; payment; pledge and dedication of funds
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the municipality in which said sewerage district or sub-districts are located shall have authority and are hereby authorized to issue, execute, negotiate, sell and deliver negotiable interest-bearing coupon certificates of the municipality in an amount not exceeding the total amount of the funds necessary for the purchase, construction or maintenance of the sewers in said sewerage district or sub-districts; said certificates to bear interest not to exceed six per cent per annum, said interest to be paid annually in installments and to mature serially over a period not exceeding ten years and in no event shall said certificates extend more than ninety days longer than the period of time provided for by the ordinance levying the local or special assessments hereinabove provided. Said certificates shall be payable in annual installments and payable solely from the funds derived from the pledged sewerage charges and/or square-foot assessments, and shall be in such form, date, denomination, and payable in principal and interest at such time and places as the governing authority of the municipality may provide. Such certificates are to be secured in principal and interest by the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds derived from the levying and collecting of the local and special assessments on the real property within said sewerage district or sub-districts as provided for by this Sub-part, and, if the governing authorities so desire, the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds derived from the sewerage charges provided for in this Sub-part and either or both of said funds if pledged to secure said certificates shall be set aside in a separate fund and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose than to pay the interest and principal of said certificates.

Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §11.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.81 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.81
LACAEDA Film Commission; creation; purpose
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Capital Area Economic Development Alliance (LACAEDA) Film Commission, referred to in this Chapter as the "commission," is hereby created as a local public agency. It shall have as its primary purpose the development of the Louisiana Capital Area as a film, video, and television production center and the marketing of its locations, resources, and personnel to motion picture and television production companies, in order to increase the number of filmed entertainment projects produced in the capital area, to generate jobs, to increase tourism, and to provide additional revenue for the economy of the capital area.

B. For purposes of this Chapter, "Capital Area" shall include the parishes of Ascension, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Livingston, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana.

Acts 2006, No. 574, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.537 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.537
Securities
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1995, No. 359, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4548.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4548.16
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 1991, No. 813, §1; Acts 1993, No. 182, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7711 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7711
Consolidated waterworks and sewerage districts
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any parish may, in the same manner, by use of the same procedure and provisions, and with the same effects as provided in Chapter 22 of this Title for consolidated special service districts, create one or more consolidated waterworks/sewerage districts within that parish. Any such district shall be comprised of one or more existing waterworks districts, sewerage districts, consolidated waterworks districts, consolidated sewerage districts, or consolidated waterworks/sewerage districts.

Acts 1987, No. 944, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:8065 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 8065
Corporate status
Status: in_force

The district shall constitute a body corporate in law with all the powers of a corporation, shall have perpetual existence, shall have the power and right to incur debts and contract obligations, to sue and be sued, and to do and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and its corporate name necessary and proper for carrying out of the objects and purposes for which the district was created.

Acts 1999, No. 982, §1, eff. July 9, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3404 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3404
Enforcement of assessments; special privilege; installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments; transfer to contractor
Status: in_force

The amounts assessed against the real estate and railroad track and roadbed shall be due and collectible within thirty days after the completion of the work and its acceptance by the municipality, and if not paid within thirty days the municipal authorities may proceed by suit against the owners to collect the delinquent assessment. The municipality and its transferees shall have a special privilege on the property assessed to secure the payment of the sum assessed against it with eight per cent per annum interest thereon from the date due until paid. The governing authority, instead of enforcing the assessment within the time fixed, may, upon the written application by the property owner and payment by him of twenty per cent of the amount due, extend the payment of the balance of the indebtedness to make it payable in four equal annual installments. As an evidence of such deferred payments, the property owner shall sign and execute four promissory notes payable to the order of the municipality, each for twenty per cent of the amount due by him, dated thirty days after the passage of the ordinance accepting the work, maturing respectively one, two, three, and four years from date, or sooner, at the option of the owner of the property, bearing a maximum rate of eight per cent yearly interest from date until paid and ten per cent additional as attorney's fees if placed in the hands of an attorney for collection after maturity, which notes, when paraphed by the clerk or secretary as being secured by the assessment covering the work, shall carry with them the lien and privilege above provided, and may be transferred by the municipality, without recourse, to the contractor at their face value in payment pro tanto for the work done by him, carrying with them the lien and privilege above provided.

Amended Acts 1954, No. 653, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4770.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4770.12
Grass and weed cutting; abutting owner's liability; notice; waiver of notice
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority may enact ordinances requiring that property be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition, including ordinances providing for the cutting, destruction, or removal of noxious weeds or grass or other deleterious, unhealthful, or noxious matters on any sidewalks or banquettes and on any lot, place, or area within the city. The charges, costs, and expenses incurred by the city in enforcing such ordinances, shall, to the extent of the actual cost thereof be a charge, cost, or expense of the property abutting the sidewalk or banquette or of the lot, place, or area, and the owner thereof.

B. If an owner of property fails to cut, destroy, or remove such grass or other matter from his property or from any abutting sidewalk or banquette, the city shall notify the property owner of its intent to perform such work after ten days and to charge the property owner for the work. Such notice shall be given by registered mail, addressed in accordance with the tax rolls of the city, or served on the property owner, by domiciliary or personal service, by a representative of the city.

C. The city may undertake the cutting, destruction, or removal of noxious weeds or grass or other deleterious, unhealthful, or noxious matters on any property within its jurisdiction on a monthly basis without the notice required in Subsection B of this Section if the property owner liable has been notified pursuant to said Subsection at any time during the immediately preceding twelve months and has failed to do the work himself after opportunity to do so. However, prior to undertaking such work, the city shall file and record an affidavit, signed by the mayor or his designee, at the administrative office. Such affidavit shall include the following:

(1) A description of the property sufficient to reasonably identify it.

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

(3) A statement that the property owner liable has within the past twelve months failed to do such work after notification and opportunity to do so pursuant to Subsection B of this Section.

D. Once the city has undertaken such actions, pursuant to Subsection A of this Section, it shall have the bill for the work delivered by registered mail, addressed in accordance with the tax rolls of the municipality, or served on the property owner, by domiciliary or personal service, by a representative of the city.

E. Upon failure of the property owner to pay the charges within thirty days of receipt of the bill, the city may file a certified copy of said charges with the recorder of mortgages, and the same, when so filed and recorded, shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the city against the property on which the work was done or against the property abutting the sidewalk or banquette on which the work was done. The lien and privilege granted under this Subsection shall have the same ranking as an ad valorem tax lien on immovable property as provided in R.S. 9:4821(A)(1).

Acts 2003, No. 546, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.841 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.841
Title
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Subpart shall hereafter be known as and may be cited as the "Louisiana Sports and Entertainment District Act".

Acts 2011, No. 205, §1, eff. June 24, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9097.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9097.8
Broadmoor Crime Prevention and Improvement District
Status: in_force

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

B. Boundaries. (1) The boundaries of the district shall include all the property within, and no property outside of, the following subdivisions in East Baton Rouge Parish as established by the official subdivision plats thereof filed with the clerk of court of East Baton Rouge Parish: Broadmoor, East Broadmoor, North Broadmoor Circle, Broadmoor Oaks, Broadmoor Place, Broadmoor Terrace, Oak Hill, South Broadmoor, Clarice Browning Arnold Tract, and Broadmoor Estates. In addition, the district shall include lots B-4-1, B-4-2, and B-4-3 and Lot M of the Edmund R. Sharp Property as shown by the official records of the clerk of court of East Baton Rouge Parish.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the boundaries of the district shall also include North Broadmoor if the question of expansion and imposition of the parcel fee, which was approved by the registered voters of the district on November 6, 2012, and expires in 2022, is approved by a majority of the registered voters in North Broadmoor voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. No less than thirty days prior to any election held to approve such expansion and parcel fee, the board of commissioners shall mail notification of the upcoming election to each registered voter in North Broadmoor and to the owner of a parcel in North Broadmoor if the owner is not a registered voter in North Broadmoor. If the inclusion of North Broadmoor within the district and the imposition of the parcel fee are approved as provided in this Paragraph, the boundaries of the district shall be expanded to include North Broadmoor effective on January first following the election. The district shall begin providing services in North Broadmoor after receiving payment of parcel fees from North Broadmoor property owners.

C. Purpose. The purpose of the district shall be to aid in crime prevention and to add to the security of district residents by providing for an increase in the presence of law enforcement personnel in the district and to serve the needs of the residents of the district by funding beautification and improvements for the overall betterment of the district.

D. Governance. (1) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners consisting of seven members as follows:

(a) The board of directors of the Broadmoor Residents' Association, Inc., shall appoint two members.

(b) The member or members of the Louisiana House of Representatives who represent the area which comprises the district shall appoint one member.

(c) The member or members of the Louisiana Senate who represent the area which comprises the district shall appoint one member.

(d) The assessor for the parish of East Baton Rouge shall appoint one member.

(e) The mayor-president for the parish of East Baton Rouge shall appoint one member.

(f) The Metro Council member or council members who represent the district shall appoint one member.

(2) All members of the board shall own property and reside within the district.

(3)(a) The terms of the members appointed pursuant to Subparagraph (1)(a) of this Subsection shall be two years.

(b) The terms of the members serving pursuant to Subparagraphs (1)(b) through (f) of this Subsection shall be three years.

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

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

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

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

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

(4) To accept private grants and donations.

(5) To enter into contracts with individuals or entities, private or public, for the provision of security patrols in the district.

(6) To purchase items and supplies which the board deems instrumental to achieving the purpose of the district.

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

(8) To perform or have performed any other function or activity necessary for the achievement of the purposes of the district.

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

(1)(a) The fee shall be imposed on each improved and unimproved parcel located within the district.

(b) For the purposes of this Section, a parcel shall be defined as a lot, a subdivided portion of ground, or an individual tract on which a residential structure is situated; however, the term "parcel" shall not include "condominium parcel" or "condominium property" as defined in R.S. 9:1121.103.

(2)(a)(i) The initial amount of the fee shall be as requested by duly adopted resolution of the governing authority of the district. The initial fee shall not exceed one hundred dollars per parcel per year.

(ii) The fee shall be imposed only after the question of its imposition has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. No less than thirty days prior to any election held to approve such parcel fee, the board of commissioners shall mail notification of the upcoming election to each registered voter of the district and to the owner of a parcel if the owner is not a registered voter of the district.

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

(3) A parcel fee shall expire ten years after its levy but may be renewed if the renewal is approved by the voters in the manner provided in Subparagraph (2)(a) of this Subsection. The renewed fee shall not exceed two hundred dollars per parcel per year. If renewed, the term of the imposition of the fee shall be as provided in the proportion authorizing such renewal, not to exceed ten years.

(4) The owner of the parcel is responsible for payment of the fee.

(5) The fee shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are collected by the sheriff, as ex officio tax collector, of East Baton Rouge Parish. The sheriff shall collect and remit to the district all amounts collected not more than sixty days after collection. He shall retain as a commission the same percentage of collectable amounts as he receives for the collection of ad valorem taxes.

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

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

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

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

(2) If the district ceases to exist, any funds of the district shall be transmitted to the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish and shall be used for law enforcement purposes in the area which comprised the district.

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 2010, No. 441, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2011, No. 289, §1, eff. June 28, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 248, §1, eff. May 25, 2012; Acts 2016, No. 282, §1, eff. May 31, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4600.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4600.5
Self-affirmation; penalties
Status: in_force

A. The self-affirmation on a petition shall state the following: "I state, under penalty of law, that to my knowledge and belief the facts stated in the petition are true, that my signature and name are as shown on this petition, and that I have signed this petition or have been duly authorized to sign this petition by the entity identified hereunder".

B. A self-affirmation on a petition shall not be valid after one year has elapsed between the date of the self-affirmation as shown on the petition and the date the petition is filed with the tourist commission under R.S. 33:4600.4.

C. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a self-affirmation shall be presumed valid unless competent evidence to the contrary is presented to and accepted by the tourist commission manager or the tourist commissioner determines otherwise.

D. If a person eligible to sign a petition is no longer capable of signing his name, such person may affirm by making a mark on the self-affirmation, with or without assistance, witnessed by the signature of another person.

E. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to make a false statement on a self-affirmation on any petition filed under this Chapter. Any signature presented to the tourist commission shall serve as the equivalent of the business owner having been administered an oath or affirmation, acknowledging that the facts contained in the petition are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, subject to the penalties for perjury or false swearing.

F. It shall be unlawful for any person to, by use of force or any other means, unduly influence a person to sign a petition or to not sign a petition, falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit any petition before or after it has been filed as provided in R.S. 33:4600.4, or to destroy, deface, mutilate, or tamper with any petition before or after it has been filed as provided in R.S. 33:4600.4.

Acts 2021, No. 319, §1, eff. June 15, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.29 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.29
Town of Gramercy; appointment of court magistrate; duties; salary
Status: in_force

The board of aldermen of the town of Gramercy 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 receive a salary fixed and paid by the board of aldermen.

Acts 2001, No. 1214, §2, eff. June 29, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:41 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 41
Illegal contracts
Status: in_force

A. Any contract awarded or executed, or purchase made in violation of R.S. 14:118 (public bribery), and where a conviction has been obtained, shall be null and void and shall not be enforced in the courts of this state. However, in instances where the contract or purchase agreement encompasses a service or commodity that is of a vital need to or for the public, a court may allow a limited transition period to enable the local government authority to secure an alternative source for the service or commodity.

B.(1) Pursuant to Subsection A, the local government authority that is a party to the contract or purchase agreement shall apply, in its name, through an attorney of its choosing, to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order or injunction to restrain the misapplication of funds or the execution or performance of any contract or purchase order made on its behalf in contravention of law, or which was procured by fraud or corruption.

(2) In the event the attorney chosen by the local government authority fails to apply for the order or injunction required by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, within ninety days following a conviction, the district attorney shall apply for such order or injunction on behalf of the local government authority.

Acts 2010, No. 450, §1, eff. June 22, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2481.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2481.1
Emergency medical services
Status: in_force

A. Any municipality subject to the provisions of this Part may, in accordance with this Section, establish within the fire department an emergency medical services division. Assignments to the division shall be made from within the classified service. The local fire and police civil service board shall prescribe qualifications for positions within the division and the office of state examiner shall prepare and administer a competitive test for the entrance level position in the division. All positions in the division above the entrance level shall be by promotion in accordance with the other provisions of this Part based upon promotional tests prepared and administered by the office of state examiner to determine fitness for such promotional positions as such positions are described by the rules adopted by the fire and police civil service board. No person shall be admitted to a test for any position in the emergency medical services division who does not hold as a minimum a certificate as a "Certified Emergency Medical Technician - Basic" as that term is defined in R.S. 40:1131.

B. A fire and police civil service board may by rule require that any person assigned to emergency medical services division shall maintain minimum certification as a "Certified Emergency Medical Technician - Basic" as provided in R.S. 40:1131. Any person not maintaining such certification shall be returned to the position that he occupied in the classified service prior to his assignment to the emergency medical services division in accordance with the other provisions of this Part.

C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit any municipality, parish, or fire protection district from establishing an emergency medical services division, department, or other agency rendering such services outside of the fire department without compliance with the provisions of this Section. However, a fire department may provide advance life support and emergency medical services without creating a separate division for that purpose.

Acts 1985, No. 998, §1, eff. July 23, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2504 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2504
Political activities prohibited
Status: in_force

A. Political activities by and extending to employees of the classified service are hereby prohibited as follows:

(1) No person shall seek or attempt to use any political endorsement in connection with any appointment to a position in the classified service.

(2) No person shall use or promise to use, directly or indirectly, any official authority or influence, whether possessed or anticipated, to secure or attempt to secure for any person an appointment or advantage in appointment to a position in the classified service, or an increase in pay or other advantage in employment in any such position, for the purpose of influencing the vote or political action of any person, or for any consideration.

(3) No employee in the classified service shall, directly or indirectly, pay, or promise to pay, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political organization or purpose, or solicit or take part in soliciting any such assessment, subscription, or contribution. No person shall solicit any such assessment, subscription, or contribution of any employee in classified service. The prohibitions of this Sub-section shall not be construed as applying to membership dues paid, or contributions made, to non-political employee organizations, pension funds, civic enterprises, the Louisiana Civil Service League or any similar non-political and non-partisan organization.

(4) No employee in the classified service shall (a) be a member of any national, state, or local committee of a political party, (b) be an officer or member of a committee of any factional, political club or organization, (c) be a candidate for nomination or election to public office, (d) make any political speech or public political statement in behalf of any candidate seeking to be elected to public office, or (e) take any part in the management or affairs of any political party or in the political campaign of any candidate for public office, except to privately express his opinion and to cast his vote.

(5) No person elected to public office shall, while serving in the elective office, be appointed to or hold any position in the classified service.

(6) No appointing authority, or agent or deputy thereof, shall directly or indirectly, demote, suspend, discharge, or otherwise discipline, or threaten to demote, suspend, discharge or otherwise discipline, or discriminate against any person in the classified service for the purpose of influencing his vote, support, or other political activity in any election or primary election. No appointing authority, or agent or deputy thereof, shall use his official authority or influence, by threats, promises or other means, directly or indirectly, to coerce the political action of any employee in the classified service.

B. The appointing authority shall conduct an investigation of any person alleged to have violated a provision of this Section, unless a request by the appointing authority is made to the board to conduct such an investigation. If as a result of such investigation the employee is determined to be guilty of violating one or more provisions of this Section, he shall be suspended for thirty work days without pay for a first violation or discharged for a second violation. However, any employee found to have violated Subparagraph (A)(4)(c) of this Section shall be terminated upon the determination of a violation of the offense. The board may, upon its own initiative, or upon the request of the appointing authority, investigate any officer or employee in the classified service whom it reasonably believes guilty of violating any one or more of the provisions. Any citizen, taxpayer, municipal officer, or employee may file with the board detailed charges in writing against any employee in the classified service for violating any one or more of the provisions of this Section. The board shall, within thirty days after receiving the written charges, hold a public hearing and investigation and determine whether such charges are true and correct. If the board should find upon its investigation of any employee that he has violated any of the provisions of this Section, the board shall order the appointing authority to suspend the employee without pay for thirty work days for a first violation and mandate educational training on prohibited political activities. If the board determines an employee has violated any of the provisions of this Section for a second time, the board shall order the discharge of the employee from the service and the appointing authority shall discharge the employee.

C. Whoever is found to have violated a provision of this Section twice shall be subject to the penalties provided in R.S. 33:2507. In addition any employee in the classified service who is discharged because of violating a provision of this Section shall not again be eligible for employment or public office in the classified service for a period of six years from the time of his discharge.

Acts 2016, No. 332, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2537 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2537
Duties of the board
Status: in_force

The board shall:

(1) Represent the public interest in matters of personnel administration in the fire and police service of the municipal government, or parish government, or fire protection district government of which the fire service is a part.

(2) Advise and assist the governing body, mayor, commissioner of public safety and the chief of the fire department of the municipality, or the parish governing authority, or fire protection district, governing authority, as the case may be, with reference to the maintenance and improvement of personnel standards and administration in the fire and police service, and the classified system.

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

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

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

(6) Hear and pass upon matters which the mayor, commissioner of public safety, the chief of the fire or police departments of the municipality, or any member of the parish or fire protection district governing authority or the state examiner of fire and police civil service brings before it.

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

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

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

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1. Amended by Acts 1965, No. 146, §1; Acts 2004, No. 274, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1246.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1246.9
Rules and regulations; contracts
Status: in_force

The ambulance district or the commission of the ambulance district shall have the power, and it shall be their duty, to adopt rules and regulations for the proper conduct and operation of any ambulance or medical facilities under its administration. They shall have the power and authority to enter into contracts for the acquiring of ambulances and medical facilities necessary for the administration of services for their district.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 369, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2427 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2427
Duties of city officers and employees
Status: in_force

Each appointing officer shall report to the director forthwith in writing upon any appointment or employment in the service, the name of the appointee, or employee, the title and character of his office or employment, the date of commencement of service by virtue thereof, and the salary or compensation thereof, and shall report from time to time upon the date of the official action on, or knowledge of, any separation of a person from the service or any promotion, reduction, suspension, transfer, reinstatement or other change therein, the efficiency of his subordinates and employees, and other information, in the manner prescribed by the director and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission.

An officer or employee of the city shall comply with, and aid in all proper ways in carrying out the provisions of this Part and the rules, regulations, and orders thereunder. All officers and employees shall furnish any records or information which the director of the commission requests for any purpose of this Part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9099.21 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9099.21
Law Enforcement Management District of Orleans Parish
Status: in_force

A. Creation and boundaries. In addition to the authority granted by Article VII, Section 14(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana, and R.S. 33:1324, the Law Enforcement Management District of Orleans Parish is hereby created, hereinafter referred to as the "district". The boundaries of the district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the parish of Orleans.

B. Powers and duties. The governing authority of the district shall:

(1) Facilitate development and implementation of cooperative endeavor agreements and memorandums of understanding between or among the various agencies having law enforcement jurisdiction in Orleans Parish to provide police protection.

(2) Provide greater communication and coordination between the various neighborhood improvement districts and crime prevention and security districts and with the various agencies having law enforcement jurisdiction to provide police protection in Orleans Parish.

(3) Perform any other function the board may deem appropriate for achieving cooperative police security services.

C. Governance. (1) In order for the orderly development and effectuation of the services to be coordinated by the district and to provide for the representation in the affairs of the district of those law enforcement agencies concerned with and affected by the purposes of the district, the affairs of the district shall be managed by a board of commissioners, hereinafter referred to as the "board", consisting of the following voting members:

(a) The mayor of the city of New Orleans, or his designee.

(b) The chairman of the Criminal Justice Committee of the New Orleans City Council, or his designee.

(c) The chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, or his designee.

(d) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary B, or his designee.

(e) The sheriff of the parish of Orleans.

(f) The constable of the First City Court for the city of New Orleans.

(g) The constable of the Second City Court for the city of New Orleans.

(2) The following shall serve as nonvoting members of the board:

(a) The commanding officer of the following college and university police departments:

(i) Delgado Community College.

(ii) Dillard University.

(iii) Loyola University New Orleans.

(iv) Southern University at New Orleans.

(v) University of New Orleans.

(vi) Tulane University.

(vii) Xavier University of Louisiana.

(b) The captain of the Orleans Levee District Police Department.

(c) The police chief for the Harbor Police Department of the Port of New Orleans.

(3) The chairmanship of the board shall rotate annually between the members appointed pursuant to Subparagraphs (1)(c) and (1)(d) of this Subsection. The first meeting shall be called by the member appointed pursuant to Subparagraph (1)(d) of this Subsection not later than December 1, 2015.

(4) The board shall meet biannually.

(5) A majority of the voting members of the board shall constitute a quorum.

(6) The members of the board shall serve without compensation, other than that regularly provided by their respective agency.

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

Acts 2015, No. 262, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4160.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4160.9
Sale and delivery of certificates; use of proceeds
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the municipality or parish issuing the certificates may negotiate and deliver the certificates and collect the purchase price therefor and do any and all things necessary and incidental thereto or authorize the delivery to the contractor of all or any of the certificates in payment of their contractual obligation covering the improvements. The funds derived from the sale of the certificates shall be expended solely in payment of the costs of the improvements and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose.

Acts 1990, No. 782, §1, eff. July 24, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:106.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 106.1
Planning commissions; exempt subdivisions; septic tanks and field drains permitted
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Chapter to the contrary, no parish, regional, or other planning commission, except those of the parishes of Bossier, Cameron, St. Charles, St. James, Lincoln, Plaquemines, St. Tammany, Washington, Allen, Tangipahoa, Jefferson Davis, Evangeline, Sabine, St. John the Baptist, West Baton Rouge, and Caddo, and those of any city or municipality within said parishes, and except those covering a jurisdiction with a population greater than three hundred thousand, shall have jurisdiction over the following subdivisions of land except with respect to requirements for utilities, drainage, including sewerage disposal and street planning dimensions, composition, and alignment:

(1) Any parcel of land situated outside an incorporated area which is owned wholly by one owner or co-owners and is divided into single-family lots of a minimum square footage of twenty-two thousand five hundred square feet, with a minimum width of one hundred twenty-five feet of frontage, except those lots that are nonrectangular with less than a minimum of one hundred twenty-five feet of frontage have an average width of one hundred twenty-five feet, provided said lots have a frontage of at least sixty feet, and provided that the size of the lots can support sewage disposal systems and individual water systems which meet the requirements of the office of preventive and public health services after consideration of recognized standards of suitability. However, the provisions of this Section and those of R.S. 33:106 shall not apply to any rural subdivision residence constructed prior to January 1, 1980, if the builder on or buyer of such residence installs a septic tank with an absorption field, or, as alternative method, an individual mechanical sewage treatment plant for individual single-family homes, either of which must qualify as an acceptable sewage treatment system as determined by the office of preventive and public health services of the Louisiana Department of Health, and which would be acceptable to the local health authority of the parish in which the residence is located. Furthermore, no parish, municipality, or planning commission shall enact a sewerage permit ordinance or similar regulation authorizing the installation of individual sewage treatment and disposal systems without written approval by the office of preventive and public health services of the Louisiana Department of Health.

(2) Any parcel of land, wherever located, upon which a servitude of passage is created for ingress or egress which does not create a through passage and is used exclusively as a driveway need not meet any street planning dimensions, except said servitude must be adequate in dimensions to provide for ingress and egress by service and emergency vehicles.

B. On the tracts excepted from planning commission regulation in this Section, the utilization of individual sewage disposal systems shall be permitted and the utilization of any other sewage disposal system shall not be required, provided such sewage disposal systems meet requirements of the office of preventive and public health services.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 527, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 47, §1, eff. June 20, 1979; Acts 1980, No. 673, §1; Acts 1980, No. 782, §1; Acts 1981, No. 379, §1; Acts 1982, No. 716, §1; Acts 1985, No. 569, §1, July 12, 1985; Acts 2001, No. 342, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4713 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4713
Providing quarters for court and parish officers
Status: in_force

A. Each parish shall provide and bear the expense of a suitable building and requisite furniture for the sitting of the district and circuit courts and such offices, furniture, and equipment as may be needed by the clerks and recorders of the parish for the proper conduct of their offices and shall provide such other offices as may be needed by the sheriffs of these courts and by the tax collectors and assessors of the parish and shall provide the necessary heat and illumination therefor.

B. The cost of such furniture and equipment, supplies, and maps, as may be needed by the tax collector and assessors of each parish shall be borne proportionately by all tax recipient bodies in the parish in the proportion of the amount received from such tax monies by each recipient body in the parish.

C. The police jury or other governing authority shall make these purchases and then bill the other tax recipients for their proportionate share. If a tax recipient body fails to reimburse the police jury or parish governing authority within ninety days from the receipt of such bill, then the police jury or parish governing authority shall notify the sheriff, in writing, and the sheriff shall withhold the amount owed to the police jury or parish governing authority from the next available tax collection for the tax recipient body which failed to remit the proportionate share of expenses as required by this Section. The sheriff shall remit the amount withheld from the tax recipient body to the police jury or parish governing authority no later than fifteen days from the date the funds were withheld.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 702, §1; Acts 1958, No. 251, §1; Acts 2010, No. 261, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.49 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.49
Conflicting regulations; higher standards to apply
Status: in_force

Whenever the regulations made under authority of this Subpart impose higher standards than are required in any other statute or local ordinance or regulation, the provisions of the regulations made under authority of this Subpart shall govern. Whenever the provisions of any other statute, local ordinance, or regulation impose higher standards than are required by the regulations made under authority of this Subpart, the provisions of such statute, local ordinance, or regulation shall govern. However, no local governing authority shall restrict, conflict with, interfere with, or supersede the powers of the state through its agencies to regulate, permit, or enforce environmental laws and regulations nor shall they restrict, conflict with, interfere with, or supersede activities operating in accordance with authorized state or federal permits, laws, or regulations. Nothing in this Subpart shall supersede the provisions of R.S. 3:3607.

Acts 1993, No. 201, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3967 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3967
Opening of bids; awarding of contract; resolution; publication
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the said district or sub-district shall meet in open session on the date and at the place and hour named in the notice calling for bids and shall proceed to open said bids and award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, who can furnish satisfactory security or it may reject any and all bids, and at any time within a period of thirty days from date of reception and opening of said bids may award a contract for said work without further advertisement provided that no such contract shall be let for an amount greater than that specified in the lowest sealed bid received from a responsible bidder. Any contract awarded under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be authorized by resolution authorizing and empowering the governing authority of said sewerage district or sub-district to execute the said contract for and on behalf of and in the name of the district or sub-district and a copy of the said contract shall be set forth in full in said resolution and the said resolution shall be published in full in one issue of a newspaper published in said district or sub-district or, if there be none, published in some newspaper in the parish wherein the district or sub-district is located and a certified copy thereof filed in the office of the clerk of court of the parish in which the district or sub-district is located and same shall be recorded in the mortgage records of said parish.

Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9053 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9053
Creation; authority of parish governing authority
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of any parish is authorized and empowered, upon its own initiative, to form and create one or more ambulance service districts within the parish. However, an incorporated municipality shall only be included within the territory of an ambulance service district upon the concurrence by resolution of the governing authority of the municipality in its inclusion and in the boundaries of the district. The parish governing authority is further authorized to alter the boundaries of any ambulance service district; however, no such boundary change shall cause an impairment of the obligations of any contract of the ambulance service district.

B. Upon failure or refusal of a parish governing authority to create an ambulance district and upon presentation of a petition signed by not less than twenty-five percent of the registered voters of the parish, the parish governing authority shall call an election to determine if an ambulance district should be created. If a majority of the vote cast is in favor of such creation, the parish governing authority shall create such a district.

Acts 1985, No. 121, §1, eff. June 29, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.866 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.866
Bonds of the district or any subdistrict
Status: in_force

A. The district, or any subdistrict, may issue and sell from time to time bonds, notes, renewal notes, refunding bonds, interim certificates, certificates of indebtedness, certificates of participation, debentures, warrants, commercial paper, or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness to provide funds for and to fulfill and achieve its public purpose or corporate purposes, as set forth in this Subpart, including but not limited to the payment of all or a portion of the costs of a project, to provide amounts necessary for any corporate purposes, including necessary and incidental expenses in connection with the issuance of the obligations, the payment of principal and interest on the obligations of the district or subdistrict, the establishment of reserves to secure such obligations, and all other purposes and expenditures of the district or subdistrict incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its public functions or corporate purposes, and any credit enhancement for such obligations.

B. Except as may otherwise be provided by the board, all obligations issued by the district, or any subdistrict, shall be negotiable instruments and payable solely from the revenues of the district or subdistrict, as determined by the board, or from any other sources whatsoever, that may be available to the district or subdistrict but shall not be secured by the full faith and credit of the state or the city.

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

D. The obligations of the district, or any subdistrict, shall be signed by such officers of the board by either manual or facsimile signatures as shall be determined by resolution or resolutions of the board, and shall have impressed or imprinted thereon the seal of the district or subdistrict, or a facsimile thereof.

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

F. Obligations of the district, or any subdistrict, may be sold at such price or prices, at public or private negotiated sale, in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the district or subdistrict to be most beneficial, subject to approval of the State Bond Commission, and the district or subdistrict may pay all expenses, premiums, fees, or commissions, which it may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance and sale thereof.

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

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

I. For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, any person in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of the resolution and the legality of the bond issue for any cause, after which time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality of such resolution or of the bonds authorized thereby for any cause whatsoever. If no suit, action, or proceeding is begun contesting the validity of the bond issue within the thirty days prescribed in this Subsection, the authority to issue the bonds and to provide for the payment thereof, and the legality thereof and all of the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.

J. Neither the members of the board nor any person executing the bonds shall be personally liable for the bonds or be subject to any personal liability by reason of the issuance thereof; however, the limitation of liability provided for in this Subsection shall not apply to any gross negligence or criminal negligence on the part of any member of the board or person executing the bonds.

K. All obligations authorized to be issued by the district, or any subdistrict, pursuant to the provisions of this Subpart, together with interest thereof, income therefrom, and gain upon the sale thereof shall be exempt from all state and local taxes.

L. The state and all public officers, any parish, municipality, or other subdivision or instrumentality of the state, any political subdivision, any bank, banker, trust company, savings bank and institution, building and loan association, savings and loan association, investment company or any person carrying on a banking or investment business, any insurance company or business, insurance association, and any person carrying on an insurance business, and any executor, administrator, curator, trustee, and other fiduciary, and any retirement system or pension fund may legally invest any funds belonging to it or within its control in any bonds or other obligations issued by the district, or any subdistrict, pursuant to the provisions of this Subpart, and such bonds or other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this Subsection to authorize such persons, firms, corporations, associations, political subdivisions and officers, or other entities, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including but not limited to sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds, and funds held on deposit, for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations of the district, or any subdistrict, and to provide that any such bonds shall be authorized security for all public deposits; however, nothing contained in this Subsection with regard to legal investments or security for public deposits shall be construed as relieving any such person, firm, corporation, or other entity from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.

Acts 2015, No. 420, §1, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2016, No. 457, §1, eff. July 1, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.102 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.102
Board of commissioners; members, officers; agents and employees
Status: in_force

A.(1) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners consisting of thirteen members selected as set out herein. All members shall be citizens of the United States and qualified voters residing within the limits of the district during their term of office.

(2)(a) Two members shall be appointed by the Bastrop-Morehouse Chamber of Commerce.

(b) Two members shall be appointed by the Morehouse Economic Development Corporation.

(c) Two members shall be appointed by the Bastrop City Council.

(d) Two members shall be appointed by the Morehouse Parish Police Jury.

(e) One member shall be appointed by the Morehouse Parish Farm Bureau.

(f) One member shall be appointed by the Morehouse Economic Development Corporation to represent the Morehouse Parish financial institutions.

(g) One member shall be appointed by the Morehouse Economic Development Corporation to represent the major industries in Morehouse Parish.

(h) Two members shall be appointed by the Morehouse Economic Development Corporation to represent the town councils of Mer Rouge, Collinston, Oak Ridge, and Bonita.

(3) The term of office for all appointments shall be three years.

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

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

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

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

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

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

H. The board of commissioners shall meet in regular session once each month and shall also meet in special session as often as the president of the board convenes it or on the written request of six members. Seven members of the board of commissioners shall constitute a quorum.

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

Acts 1988, No. 29, §1, eff. June 10, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4832 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4832
Hawking and peddling in cities of over 25,000
Status: in_force

Municipalities with over twenty-five thousand population, may enact ordinances regulating the hawking and peddling in the streets and thoroughfares of market produce, vegetables, meat, fish, game, fruit and oysters, and may enforce the ordinances by fine or imprisonment.

Acts 1988, No. 539, §1.