La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.5
Amendment of regulations
Status: in_force

Regulations, restrictions, and boundaries established pursuant to this Subpart may, from time to time, be amended, supplemented, changed, modified, or repealed. However, in the event of a protest against a change duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty percent or more, either of the areas of land, exclusive of streets and alleys, included in a proposed change or within an area determined by lines drawn parallel to and two hundred feet distant from the boundaries of the district proposed to be changed, the amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of a majority of the members of the governing authority of St. Helena Parish who are present and voting. The provisions of R.S. 33:4780.4 relative to public hearing and official notice shall apply equally to all changes or amendments; however, no ordinance shall require a procedure or criteria for amendment any greater than that initially used in establishing such regulations, restrictions, or penalties.

Acts 1987, No. 355, §1, eff. July 6, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.21 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.21
Purchase, management or sale of water or wastewater utility by district
Status: in_force

No community development district may purchase or sell a water or wastewater utility that provides service to the public, or enter into a management contract for such facilities, until the governing body of the community development district has held a public hearing on the purchase, sale, or management contract and made a determination that the purchase, sale, or management contract is in the public interest.

Acts 2001, No. 992, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.17
Rates and charges
Status: in_force

The Authority is hereby authorized to fix, charge and collect rents, rates, fees and other charges for the purchase of output or capacity of any project, or for the use of and for the electric power and energy or services, facilities and commodities sold, furnished or supplied by, the Authority. Such rates, fees and charges shall be so fixed and revised as to provide funds, with other funds available for such purposes, sufficient at all times (i) to pay the cost of maintaining, operating and repairing the project or projects on account of which such bonds are issued, including reserves for such purposes and for replacement and depreciation and necessary extensions; (ii) to pay the principal and redemption premium, if any, and interest on the revenue bonds as the same shall become due and to create and maintain reserves therefor; (iii) to comply with the terms of any resolution or trust agreement securing bonds of the Authority; and (iv) to pay any and all amounts which the Authority may be obligated to pay from said revenues by law or contract. The Authority shall charge and collect the rates, fees and charges so fixed or revised. Rates, rentals, fees and charges for the sale or purchase of output or capacity of, or for the use of and for the electric power and energy or services, facilities and commodities sold, furnished or supplied by, a project may be fixed and revised and charged and collected by the Authority under this Chapter without obtaining the approval or consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau or agency of the state, and without any other proceeding or the happening of any other condition or thing than those proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required by this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:194 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 194
Ordinance ordering consolidation election
Status: in_force

A consolidation election shall be ordered by ordinance. The ordinance shall set the date for the election, which shall be not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days from the date of its adoption. The ordinance shall set out the names of the municipalities the consolidation of which is proposed, the object of the election, and the name by which the consolidated municipality is to be known.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2806 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2806
Millage limitation; exception with voter approval
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law which limits ad valorem tax millages to be imposed, the governing authority of any district of a governmental entity, which operates pursuant to a charter for local self-government or other home rule charter, may propose and levy special millages, not inconsistent with the charter of the governmental entity or the Constitution of Louisiana, for a period not to exceed ten years, if the question of levying such tax is approved by a favorable vote of a majority of the electors of the district voting in an election called for that purpose.

Acts 1992, No. 37, §1, eff. May 29, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3336 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3336
Installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments; municipality as abutting owner
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the municipality may provide in the ordinance accepting the work and making the assessment that the property owners therein assessed (including the municipality where it owns property abutting on the street paved), availing themselves of the privilege within thirty days after the passage of the ordinance, may (1) pay in cash twenty per cent of the amount of their indebtedness and pay the balance in four equal annual installments, or (2) pay in cash ten per cent of the amount of their indebtedness and pay the balance in fifteen equal annual installments. As evidence of these deferred payments the property owners shall sign (1) four promissory notes, each for twenty per cent of the amount due and payable one, two, three and four years after date respectively, or sooner at the option of the maker, or (2) fifteen promissory notes each for six per cent of the amount due and payable one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen years after date respectively, or sooner at the option of the maker. In either case the notes shall be made payable to the order of the municipality, dated thirty days after the passage of said ordinance, bear interest at a maximum rate of six per cent per annum from date until paid, payable annually, and ten per cent attorney's fees if placed in the hands of an attorney for collection after maturity, which notes when paraphed by the clerk or secretary of the municipality to identify them with the ordinance levying the assessment, shall carry with them in the possession of any bona fide owner the lien and privilege above provided. In making the assessments for the work done as above provided the municipality shall be considered and treated as any other property owner as to lots or land owned by it abutting on the street or alley improved under this Sub-part, and the governing authority of the municipality shall have the right to issue certificates, notes, or other evidences of debt, to represent the deferred payments on its assessment, levied against it in the ordinance accepting the work and levying the assessment therefor and fixing the terms of payment. At the time of the issuance of the certificates, notes, or other evidences of debt the governing authority shall, by ordinance, provide for their payment and shall set aside, dedicate, and pledge so much of the general revenues of the municipality in each year, for the years through which the certificates, notes, or other evidences of debt may run, as may be necessary to pay them in principal and interest as they mature. This dedication and pledge shall be incorporated in the certificates, notes, or other evidences of debt when issued, and shall constitute a fixed charge against the general revenues of the municipality.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 525, §3; Acts 1954, No. 601, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4052 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4052
Notice of intention to create district; publication; public hearings; incontestability of creation after publication
Status: in_force

Before any such consolidated district shall be finally created the governing authority of the parish shall publish in the official journal of the parish at least once not less than fifteen days prior to the date of hearing a notice of its intention to create such district and fixing a date for the holding of a public hearing in which all persons interested may be heard on the question of benefit accruing to their property by reason of the creation of the district. The governing authority in determining the boundaries of any such consolidated district shall take into consideration the question of benefits accruing to the property therein. Such notice of hearing shall set forth the proposed name and boundaries of the district, list the districts to be so consolidated and state the amount of outstanding indebtedness of each and shall state the time and place fixed for the hearing. Following the creation of any such district notice of such creation stating the boundaries of the district shall be published one time in the official journal of the parish. Thirty days after such publication the creation of the district shall become incontestable and no court shall have any right to entertain litigation questioning the legality of the creation of such district. If the governing authority shall desire to call an election in any such district on the issuance of bonds, the levy of special taxes or the assumption of indebtedness, notice of such election may be published during the expiration of such thirty day period.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 276, §1, par. 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4049 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4049
Prescription of right to contest proceedings
Status: in_force

After the expiration of sixty days from the publication of the ordinance accepting the work, no person shall have the right to contest the regularity, formality, or validity of any proceedings under the provisions of this Sub-part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.402 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.402
Board of commissioners; members; officers; employees
Status: in_force

A.(1) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners consisting of eleven members selected as provided for in this Section. All members shall be qualified voters and taxpayers within the limits of the district during their term of office. Members of the board of commissioners shall be nominated by the board of commissioners and submitted to the council of St. Tammany Parish for approval. Commissioners shall serve staggered three-year terms of office, with three or four members' term to expire in any year. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Paragraph, a member shall serve until the replacement is approved and sworn.

(2)(a) The nominating committee of the board of commissioners shall consist of the board chair, vice chair, and treasurer, the district president and chief executive officer, the president of St. Tammany Parish or his designee, a member of a regional board or commission selected by the parish president, the St. Tammany Parish Council chairman or his designee, and a member of the St. Tammany Parish Council selected by the council chairman. The regional board or commission member and the selected council member shall not serve on the committee for more than two consecutive years. The nominating committee shall submit its slate of nominees to the board of commissioners for approval.

(b) Any vacancy which occurs prior to the expiration of the term for which a member of the board of commissioners has been appointed shall be filled pursuant to the same nomination and approval process set forth in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

(c) - (d) Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 457, §2.

B. The members of the board of commissioners shall not receive per diem or be paid a salary for serving on the board. No members of the board of commissioners shall be appointed to serve for more than two successive three-year terms.

C. 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.

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

E. The board of commissioners shall elect from among its own members a chair, a vice chair, 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.

F. The board of commissioners shall attempt to meet in regular session every month, and shall meet not less than nine times per calendar year whether in regular or special session as called by the chair or on the written request of four members. Six members of the board of commissioners shall constitute a quorum.

G. The board of commissioners shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings. The board of commissioners may contract with or employ attorneys, clerks, engineers, deputy commissioners, a president and chief executive officer, and other agents and employees and shall fix their compensation and terms of employment.

H. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 42:1111, 1112, 1113, and 1120.4, a member of the board of commissioners who is appointed or who serves pursuant to Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section who is an officer, director, trustee, or employee of a nonprofit corporation focused on parish or regional economic development of which the district may be a member or contributor may serve on the board of commissioners and may participate and vote on matters involving the district and the nonprofit corporation as authorized by R.S. 33:130.403(22).

Acts 1992, No. 995, §1; Acts 2003, No. 835, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2012, No. 336, §1; Acts 2014, No. 611, §1, eff. June 12, 2014; Acts 2017, No. 242, See Act; Acts 2025, No. 457, §§ 1, 2.

NOTE: See Acts 2014, No. 611, §2 regarding retroactive effect of Subsection D as amended by the Act and Subsection H as enacted by the Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3454 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3454
Report of engineer
Status: in_force

The municipality, upon award of any contract under the provisions of this Sub-Part may, and upon completion of such work, whether under contract or undertaken by the municipality, shall forthwith require of the engineer of the municipality a duly certified statement or report, showing in detail, the total cost of the improvement or improvements, including street intersections, engineers and attorneys fees, and all other expenses incidental to the cost. The report shall also show the amount of the cost chargeable to each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the improvement or improvements in the proportion that its frontage bears to all of the abutting lots or parcels of real estate to be improved, and shall give a brief description of each parcel or lot of real estate with sufficient clearness to identify it; and the foregoing provisions shall affect and include lots or parcels of real estate located outside of the municipality abutting a street inside such municipality which has been or may be improved under the provisions of this Sub-Part.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:120.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 120.8
Compensation
Status: in_force

The police jury may pay members of the planning and zoning board a per diem not to exceed one hundred eighty dollars for attending meetings of the planning and zoning board for a maximum of thirteen meetings per year. Such expenses shall be paid from funds of the Calcasieu Parish Office of Planning and Development.

Acts 1997, No. 1274, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 247, §1; Acts 2003, No. 437, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4094.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4094.1
New Orleans; sewage, water, and drainage system; special tax for drainage
Status: in_force

A.(1) It shall be the duty of the council of the city of New Orleans or its successor, as the governing body of the city of New Orleans, to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax of four mills on the dollar for the benefit of the Sewage and Water Board of New Orleans. Upon voter approval, such ad valorem tax shall be collected annually for a term of twenty years. The proceeds shall be collected for the sewage, water, and drainage systems of the Sewage and Water Board of New Orleans, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of Louisiana upon all the taxable property, real, personal, and mixed, in the city of New Orleans, subject to the homestead exemption, said tax to be levied over and above all other taxes now authorized to be levied by the city of New Orleans.

(2) Such proceeds shall be used solely and exclusively for the drainage system in New Orleans.

B. The provision of Subsection A of this Section shall be authorized by a vote of the majority of the registered voters who are property taxpayers in the city of New Orleans, voting at an election called by resolution, which resolution shall call for due notice to be given of said election which shall be published as required by R.S. 18:1285.

C. The authorization granted by the provision of Subsection A of this Section shall expire on January 1, 2010.

Acts 1999, No. 815, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2004, No. 618, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7722 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7722
Purposes
Status: in_force

The purposes for which mosquito abatement districts may be organized and the nature of the business to be carried on by them are as follows: the abatement, control, eradication, and study of mosquitoes and other arthropods of public health importance, and all activities incidental thereto.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 512, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.12
Authority to regulate operation of certain watercraft within Calcasieu Parish
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and in particular R.S. 34:851.27, the parish governing authority and any municipal governing authority of Calcasieu Parish shall have the authority to regulate the operation of watercraft having in tow or otherwise assisting a person on waterskis, surfboard, or similar contrivance. Such authority shall include but not be limited to the power to enact ordinances and to set penalties for violations.

B. The parish governing authority may exercise such authority in that portion of the parish outside of the corporate limits of any municipality. Each municipal governing authority of Calcasieu Parish may exercise such authority within its corporate limits.

Acts 1986, No. 61, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.591.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.591.3
Powers of the commission
Status: in_force

A. The commission, acting by and through its board, shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objects and purposes, including but not limited to the following rights and powers:

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

(3)(a) To acquire by donation, grant, purchase, or lease, all property including servitudes or rights of use; to hold and use any franchise or property, immovable or movable, corporeal or incorporeal, or any interest therein, necessary or desirable for carrying out the objects and purposes of the commission, including but not limited to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of industrial parks.

(b) Nothing in this Paragraph shall be construed to apply to electric cooperatives or investor owned public utilities that are regulated by the Louisiana Public Service Commission or the city of New Orleans.

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

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

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

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

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

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

(10) To sell immovable property owned by the commission after legal notice as provided by law for the judicial sale of immovable property.

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

(12) To utilize the services of the executive departments of the state upon mutually agreeable terms and conditions.

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

B. The commission shall not be considered to be an instrumentality of the state for purposes of Article X, Section 1 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

C. Any contract or agreement entered into by the board shall comply with state law and public policy.

D. No action or work undertaken by the board or contract or agreement entered into by the board shall violate the master plan of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority or any statewide drainage and flood control plan administered by the Department of Transportation and Development.

Acts 2014, No. 834, §1, eff. June 23, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.70.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.70.8
Certain parishes; rebate of sales taxes
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of a parish with a population of more than four hundred fifty thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census may, subject to the requirements of Subsection B of this Section, rebate revenue from sales and use taxes that the governing authority levies that was collected on the sale of admission tickets to an event that meets one of the following criteria:

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

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

B. The governing authority shall not rebate sales and use tax revenue pursuant to this Section unless the governing authority of the parish convention and visitors bureau, however the bureau is styled in the particular parish, recommends the rebate and the parish governing authority approves the rebate prior to the commencement of ticket sales for the event.

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

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

Acts 2024, No. 387, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4065.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4065.1
Creation; purpose; boundaries
Status: in_force

A. The Lake Catherine Sewage and Water District, hereinafter in this Subpart referred to as "the district", is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state with power to sue and to be sued in its corporate name. The district shall be responsible for the protection of public health through the control, monitoring, and inspection of sewerage and water systems in the Lake Catherine area of the parish of Orleans and through enforcement of all ordinances and state and local regulations relative to such systems, all as further provided in this Subpart. The district may also construct, purchase, own, maintain, operate, and improve sewerage and water systems as further provided in this Subpart.

B. The boundaries of the district shall consist of the area between Chef Menteur Pass and Rigolets Pass along both sides of U.S. Highway 90 for approximately 46,000 lineal feet, including, those camps along the Old Hospital Road and on Lake Catherine in the vicinity of the Old Hospital Road in Sections 24 and 25, Township 10, Range 14 and the Fort Pike Subdivision including the surrounding area of the subdivision.

Acts 1990, No. 950, §2, eff. July 25, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 1050, §2, eff. July 31, 1992; S.C.R. No. 165, 1992 R.S., eff. June 18, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 394, §1,§3; Acts 1999, No. 1167, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1203, §1, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4742 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4742
Thickness of walls of buildings
Status: in_force

Such municipalities may regulate, to such extent as to safeguard against the spread of conflagration, the thickness of the outside or fire walls of all buildings to be constructed within fire limits, and may reasonably regulate partition walls in buildings, where the regulation is proper to prevent the spread of fire.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:221.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 221.3
Municipal annexation of territory included within fire protection districts; Caddo Parish
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if any municipality in Caddo Parish annexes territory included within a fire protection district, such annexation shall be governed by the provisions of this Section as follows:

(1) The municipality shall be the primary provider of emergency and fire protection service within the annexed territory.

(2) Upon the effective date of the annexation, the properties within the annexed territory shall be removed from the tax rolls of the fire protection district with respect to all maintenance and operating millages levied by or for the fire protection district in the annexed territory.

(3) Upon and after the effective date of the annexation until such time of the expiration of the existing maintenance and operating millages of the fire protection district, the municipality shall annually remit to the fire protection district:

(a) An amount equal to the revenue generated by the maintenance and operating millages of the fire protection district within the annexed territory during the year the annexation took place.

(b) All parcel fees, structure fees, service fees, and special assessments attached to properties within the annexed territory in effect upon the effective date of the annexation.

(c) Beginning in the year following the effective date of the annexation and continuing annually for a period of five years, an amount equal to twenty-five percent of the increased revenue that would otherwise have been generated by the maintenance and operating millages as a result of any increase in the assessed values of properties within the annexed territory.

(d) Beginning in the sixth year following the effective date of the annexation and continuing annually, an amount equal to fifteen percent of the increased revenue that would otherwise have been generated by the maintenance and operating millages as a result of any increase in the assessed values of properties within the annexed territory.

(4) Upon and after the effective date of the annexation, the fire protection district shall not levy any new maintenance and operating millages on properties within the annexed territory.

(5) Upon and after the effective date of the annexation, the fire protection district shall not levy any new parcel fees, structure fees, service fees, or special assessments on properties within the annexed territory.

(6) Upon and after the effective date of the annexation, the fire protection district shall continue to collect revenue from millages authorized prior to the effective date of the annexation to secure bonded indebtedness on all of the property within the boundaries of the fire protection district, including those properties within the annexed territory, as is necessary to retire such bonded indebtedness of the fire protection district.

(7) Upon and after the effective date of the annexation, the fire protection district shall not issue any new tax-secured bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or any other type of indebtedness secured by revenues from properties within the annexed territory during the remaining life of the existing bonded indebtedness owed by the fire protection district, except to the extent that any such additional debt may have a maturity date earlier than the bonded indebtedness owed by the fire protection district upon the effective date of annexation.

B. Within a reasonable time following final payment of all bonded indebtedness owed by the fire protection district on the effective date of annexation, the fire protection district shall request the Caddo Parish Commission, or its successor, to reapportion the boundaries of the fire protection district to exclude the annexed territory from the boundaries of the fire protection district.

C. All payments due the fire protection district pursuant to this Section shall be computed by the municipality and submitted for verification to the fire protection district by December thirty-first of each calendar year. If the municipality fails to submit such verification, the fire protection district may forward to the municipality a statement verifying the amounts due pursuant to the provisions of this Section for the immediately preceding year. All amounts verified by the fire protection district as being due shall be due and payable by the municipality to the fire protection district within thirty days after receipt of such verification by the municipality. If the municipality fails to pay in full any of the monies due within thirty days after the receipt of the verification, interest shall accrue on all past due sums at the rate of ten percent per annum from the date payment was due until paid in full.

D. Obligations arising under the provisions of this Section may be enforced by mandamus or as otherwise provided by law.

E. If it is necessary for any party to retain an attorney to enforce any of the provisions of this Section and such party is successful in the enforcement action, the party against whom enforcement is sought shall reimburse the other party for its reasonable attorney fees, legal expenses, and costs incurred in any such enforcement proceeding.

F. The provisions of this Section shall not affect any obligations belonging to the owners of any other property located within the boundaries of the fire protection district to pay duly authorized taxes, fees, or other assessments to the fire protection district.

G. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to any annexation that became or becomes effective on or after January 1, 2003.

Acts 2003, No. 717, §1, eff. June 27, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4755.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4755.3
Officers; meetings; quorum; employees; domicile
Status: in_force

A. The commissioners shall at their first meeting and annually thereafter elect from their membership a chairman, a vice chairman, and such other officers as they deem necessary for operation of the business of the commission. The commission shall designate the time and the place within the city of New Orleans for holding regular meetings and shall meet in regular session at least once each month. The commission may also meet upon the call of the chairman, upon the written request of four commissioners, or upon notice by the director of any department of the city of New Orleans as provided herein. A majority of the membership of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of its business.

B. The commission is authorized to employ an executive director and such other staff as it may deem necessary and shall determine the qualifications and compensation of such employees. However, all departments, commissions, boards, agencies, and officers of the state of Louisiana and the city of New Orleans, in particular the New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits, the New Orleans Department of Health, and the New Orleans Department of Law, shall cooperate with the commission in exercising its powers and carrying out the purposes of this Subpart.

C. The commission shall be domiciled in the city of New Orleans.

Acts 1984, No. 920, §1, eff. July 20, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.802 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.802
Board of commissioners; membership
Status: in_force

A.(1) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners, referred to in this Subpart as the "board", consisting of members as provided in this Subsection.

(2) The following shall be members of the board:

(a) The assessor of Lincoln Parish or the assessor's designee.

(b) One member appointed by the governing authority of Lincoln Parish.

(c) One member appointed by the governing authority of Ruston.

(d) One member appointed by the governing authority of the Lincoln Parish Communications District.

(e) The sheriff of Lincoln Parish or the sheriff's designee.

(f) One member appointed by the governing authority of the Lincoln Parish Fire Protection District.

(g) The clerk of court of Lincoln Parish or the clerk's designee.

(3) The governing authority of Lincoln Parish may appoint up to four additional members of the board. Each such additional member shall represent a political subdivision or other entity with an interest in the purpose of the district, and only one member may be appointed to represent any particular subdivision or entity. The parish governing authority may establish criteria that a subdivision or entity must meet in order to have a representative on the board.

B.(1) Board members serving pursuant to Subparagraphs (A)(2)(b), (c), (d), and (f) of this Section shall serve four-year terms after initial terms as provided for in this Paragraph. One member shall serve an initial term of one year; one member shall serve an initial term of two years; one member shall serve an initial term of three years; and one member shall serve an initial term of four years, all as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board.

(2)(a) Each board member serving pursuant to Subparagraphs (A)(2)(a), (e), and (g) of this Section shall serve during his term of office.

(b) Any designee serving on the board shall serve at the pleasure of the designating authority.

(3) Board members serving pursuant to Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

C. Any vacancy which occurs prior to the expiration of the term for which a member of the board has been appointed shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.

D. Members shall be eligible for reappointment.

E. The members of the board shall serve without compensation.

Acts 2009, No. 69, §1, eff. June 16, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.82 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.82
Composition of the commission
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall be composed of the board members of the Louisiana Capital Area Economic Development Alliance Board, consistent with the following guidelines:

(1) All film commissioners shall be active LACAEDA board members.

(2) LACAEDA board members must be appointed by their respective parish governments or nominated at large by the LACAEDA board to represent their respective parishes on all regional economic development issues. LACAEDA film commissioners shall be active members in full standing according to LACAEDA bylaws. Each of these board members shall be designated as the "film commissioners" for their respective parishes and shall work in conjunction with the LACAEDA Film Commissioner/Executive Director.

(3) The film commissioner of a parish having more than one LACAEDA board member will be the senior LACAEDA representative of that parish. The senior representative shall be the person that has represented that given parish on the LACAEDA representative board for the longest period of time. The senior LACAEDA representative may transfer their film commissioner status to another LACAEDA board member representing the same parish.

B. Any vacancy in the membership of the commission shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment.

C. Members shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for travel expenses and paid per diem, which shall be equal to the rate allowable for per diem deduction under Section 162(h)(1)(B)(ii) of Title 26 of the United States Code for the location of the domicile of the commission, for services rendered from commission funds available for the purpose.

D. Five members shall constitute a quorum of the commission for the transaction of business.

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

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

G. The commission shall be domiciled within the eight parishes of Ascension, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana.

Acts 2006, No. 574, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3887.2
Concordia Parish Sewerage District No. 1; supervising board; per diem
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887, the governing authority of the parish of Concordia may pay members of the supervising board of the Concordia Parish Sewerage District No. 1 a per diem not to exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars for attending meetings of the board for a maximum of twenty-four meetings per year and for each emergency meeting not to exceed twelve emergency meetings per year. Per diem paid pursuant to this Section shall be paid out of the district funds in the hands of the treasurer.

Acts 2006, No. 697, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4159.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4159.4
Estimated billing; prohibited
Status: in_force

Any bill for services submitted by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans to a customer shall reflect the charge for actual services provided to the customer, unless the customer voluntarily enrolls in a fixed billing program. No customer shall receive a bill based on estimated services.

Acts 2024, No. 703, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.756 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.756
Performance audit required
Status: in_force

The department shall contract for a performance audit at the end of the fourth year of implementation of this Subpart.

Acts 2007, No. 374, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.14
Interim receipts and temporary bonds; mutilated, lost and destroyed bonds
Status: in_force

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.

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 (i) paid the reasonable expense and charges in connection therewith and (ii) 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 (iii) has furnished indemnity satisfactory to the Authority.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:423.22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 423.22
Town of Pearl River; authority over personnel by elected chief of police
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:423 or any other provision of law to the contrary, in and for the town of Pearl River, the elected chief of police shall appoint, promote, discipline, and discharge police personnel subject to the budgetary limitations of the mayor and the board of aldermen pertaining to the number of allotted positions for the police department. Any such action shall be taken without regard to race, creed, or color.

Acts 2011, No. 43, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.254 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.254
Advisory committee
Status: in_force

A. The board may establish advisory committees and may appoint members to any such committee. Advisory committees shall meet with the board upon the request of a majority of the board membership.

B. Elected officials are prohibited from serving on the advisory committee.

Acts 1989, No. 2, §1, eff. June 1, 1989; Acts 2015, No. 191, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4312 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4312
Qualification of members; appointment; oath; tenure
Status: in_force

A. The members composing the commission shall be qualified electors of the parish, of whom at least three must live within the limits of the municipality by whose authority the commission is created, and all of whom must live within the service area of the municipally owned utility system; shall have been residents of said parish for a period of at least three years, shall not hold any other municipal or state office; shall not be an employee of the state, parish or municipality, nor be an officer or employee or have any business connection with any privately owned utility. The term of each member shall be five years, and the members shall serve without compensation.

B. The members composing the commission shall be appointed and selected by the respective mayor and board of aldermen in the ordinance creating the utility commission. Their appointment shall be evidenced by a commission issued by the mayor and board of aldermen, and each member's term of office shall begin as of the date the commission appointing him was issued. Each member shall take the oath required of all officers by the constitution of the state of Louisiana. The oath shall be in duplicate form and one copy shall be filed with the clerk of the court for the parish wherein the commission was created, and one with the clerk of the respective municipality. Initially, one of the members of the commission shall be appointed for a term of one year; one for a term of two years; one for a term of three years; one for a term of four years; and one for a term of five years. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for a term of five years. All vacancies occurring from any cause shall be filled for the unexpired term upon appointment by the respective mayor and board of aldermen.

Acts 1972, No. 598, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.16
Assumption Parish Gravity Drainage Districts; parcel fee
Status: in_force

A.(1) Each gravity drainage district in Assumption Parish may levy and collect a parcel fee within the parish which shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars per parcel per year.

(2) The parcel fee shall be imposed by the gravity drainage district only after the question of the imposition of the parcel fee and its purpose, rate, and duration have been approved by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election held for such purpose. The proceeds of such parcel fee shall be expended for the purposes of constructing and maintaining levees, levee drainage, flood protection, hurricane flood protection, and all purposes incidental thereto, including paying compensation for the exercise of permanent or temporary servitudes, and to pay, in whole or in part, debt obligations of the district issued for such purposes.

(3) Any parcel fee imposed pursuant to this Section shall be a special tax which shall be levied by resolution adopted by the gravity drainage district. Such parcel fee shall be due and owing and collected in the same manner as ad valorem taxes. The lien of the district for nonpayment of a parcel fee shall prime all other liens except those for ad valorem taxes and prior recorded local or special assessments.

B. The gravity drainage district may incur debt and issue bonds payable from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of all or a portion of the proceeds of a parcel fee for any or all of the purposes set forth in Subsection A of this Section, provided, however, that the question of funding said proceeds into bonds shall have been approved by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election held for that purpose and the State Bond Commission shall have approved the issuance of said bonds. The question or proposition with respect to the funding of the proceeds of the parcel fee into bonds may be voted upon at the election held to authorize the imposition of the parcel fee or may be submitted to the voters at a separate election held for that purpose. Such bonds may be sold at a public or private sale and shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of a resolution adopted by the gravity drainage district, provided, however, that the bonds shall mature over a period not to exceed the period for which the parcel fee is authorized. Such bonds and the income therefrom shall be exempt from taxation by the state of Louisiana and by any parish, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof.

C. The gravity drainage district may incur debt and issue certificates of indebtedness for any or all of the purposes set forth in Subsection A of this Section pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 33:2921 through 2925, subject to the approval of the State Bond Commission.

D. A "parcel" as used in this Section shall mean a lot, a subdivided portion of ground, or an individual tract.

Acts 1988, No. 871, §1, eff. July 18, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:120.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 120.12
Governing provisions
Status: in_force

A. Wherever the regulations made pursuant to the authority of this Subpart require a greater width or size of side yards, courts, or other open spaces; require a lower height of building or less number of stories; 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 Subpart shall govern.

B. Whenever the provisions of any other statute, local ordinance, or regulation require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces; require a lower height of a building or a less number of stories; require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied; or impose other higher standards than are required by the regulations made under the authority of this Subpart, the provisions of such statute, local ordinance, or regulation shall govern.

Acts 1997, No. 1274, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4714 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4714
City of New Orleans to provide quarters, offices, salaries, or operating expenses for certain city or parish officials
Status: in_force

A. The city of New Orleans shall provide suitable courtrooms and offices to the various courts of the parish of Orleans, the criminal and civil sheriffs, the recorder of mortgages and register of conveyances, and the clerks and constables of the city courts.

B. Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 450, §2.

C. Courts and officers with judicial expense funds are hereby authorized to assist the city of New Orleans with the repair, renovation, or construction of suitable courtrooms and quarters for the proper operation of their respective courts in Orleans Parish.

Amended by Acts 1980, No. 823, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1980. Acts 1985, No. 437, §1, eff. July 5, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 450, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.24
Establishment of official map
Status: in_force

A. After the town council and the police jury have adopted a master plan which includes at least a major street plan, or the commission has progressed in its master planning to the state of the making and recommending of a major street plan, and shall have certified a copy of such major street plan to the town council and one to the police jury, then the town council and the police jury may establish an official map of the municipality, in the case of the town council, and that part of the parish within the area included within the adopted plan but outside the municipality, in the case of the police jury.

B. The official map shall show the location of the streets existing and established by law as public streets. Such official map may also show the location of the lines of streets on plats of subdivisions which have been approved by the commission. The town council and the police jury shall certify the fact of the establishment of the official map to the clerk of court and recorder of the parish.

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4281 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4281
Extension or improvement of municipally owned utility by city of 25,000 to 250,000
Status: in_force

Any municipality having a population in excess of twenty-five thousand and less than two hundred fifty thousand owning and operating its electric power plant, waterworks, motor coach transportation, and sewerage system, may construct, maintain, extend, rehabilitate, enlarge or improve any municipally owned public utility either within or without its boundaries. In addition the municipality may consolidate and unite any non-revenue bearing utility with one or more revenue bearing public utilities, which, when so united and consolidated, shall be one unit and shall be considered and treated as a single revenue bearing utility.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:423.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 423.1
Town of Mandeville; law enforcement jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the governing authority of the town of Mandeville shall have and exercise concurrent law enforcement jurisdiction over the roadway and shoulders of that portion of U.S. 190 commencing at the point where Wilkinson Street intersects said highway and extending eastward to the Bayou Castine Bridge.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 215, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.204 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.204
Grant of power
Status: in_force

For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare, the city council of a participating municipality and the police jury of Calcasieu Parish are hereby empowered, in accordance with the conditions and the procedures specified in this Subpart, to regulate the location, height, bulk, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of the lot which may be occupied, the sizes of yards, courts, or other open spaces, the density of population, and the uses of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, civic activities, and other purposes, within the municipality in the case of a participating municipality and within that part of Calcasieu Parish within the metropolitan planning area but outside any incorporated municipality in the case of Calcasieu Parish.

Acts 2003, No. 1168, §1, eff. July 2, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3690.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3690.1
Jefferson Parish; blacktopping of streets
Status: in_force

In addition to the authority provided in R.S. 33:3689.1 through 3689.19, the parish of Jefferson, through its governing authority, shall have and is hereby vested with full power and authority to blacktop roads and streets or install culverts within the unincorporated areas of the parish and shall have full power and authority to levy and collect local or special assessments on the immovable property abutting said improvements to defray a portion of the cost of such improvements, all in the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions as contained in this Subpart.

Acts 1962, No. 256, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 70, §1, eff. April 17, 2000.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5051 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5051
Platting land into squares or lots before sale; filing map of land; limitations on dedications
Status: in_force

A. Whenever the owner of any real estate desires to lay off the same into squares or lots with streets or alleys between the squares or lots and with the intention of selling or offering for sale any of the squares or lots, he shall, before selling any square or lot or any portion of same:

(1) Cause the real estate to be surveyed and platted or subdivided by a licensed land surveyor into lots or blocks, or both, each designated by number.

(2) Set monuments at all of the corners of every lot and block thereof.

(3) Write the lot designation on the plat or map, and cause it to be made and filed in the office of the keeper of notarial records of the parish wherein the property is situated and copied into the conveyance record book of such parish, and a duplicate thereof filed with the assessor of the parish, a correct map of the real estate so divided.

B. The map referenced in Subsection A of this Section shall contain the following:

(1) The section, township, and range in which such real estate or subdivision thereof lies according to government survey.

(2) The dimensions of each square in feet, feet and inches, or meters.

(3) The designation of each lot or subdivision of a square and its dimensions in feet, feet and inches, or meters.

(4) The name of each street and alley and its length and width in feet, feet and inches, or meters.

(5) The name or number of each square or plat dedicated to public use.

(6) A certificate of the parish surveyor or any other licensed land surveyor of this state approving said map and stating that the same is in accordance with the provisions of this Section and with the laws and ordinances of the parish in which the property is situated.

(7) A formal dedication made by the owner or owners of the property or their duly authorized agent of all the streets, alleys, and public squares or plats shown on the map to public use.

C. Formal dedication of property as a road, street, alley, or cul-de-sac shall impose no responsibility on the political subdivision in which the property is located until:

(1) The dedication is formally and specifically accepted by the political subdivision through a written certification that the road, street, alley, or cul-de-sac is in compliance with all standards applicable to construction set forth in ordinances, regulations, and policies of the political subdivision, which certification may be made directly on the map which contains the dedication; or

(2) The road, street, alley, or cul-de-sac is maintained by the political subdivision.

Amended by Acts 1962, No. 34, §1. Acts 1988, No. 367, §1; Acts 1988, No. 510, §1; Acts 1995, No. 666, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9026 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9026
Review of plan
Status: in_force

Every economic development plan as provided for herein shall be subject to periodic review by the governing authority that first approved the plan, at a regular meeting of the governing authority or at a special meeting called for that purpose. If any corporation refuses to submit its plan for review, all power and authority vested in the corporation may, at the option of the local governmental subdivision, terminate and the corporation shall cease as a matter of law to act as an economic development corporation. In the event that any corporation shall have lost its authority to act as an economic development corporation, all property and assets of the corporation shall as a matter of law revert to the respective jurisdiction in which the corporation was authorized to act.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 617, §1; Acts 1990, No. 1082, §1; Acts 2002, No. 78, §2, eff. June 25, 2002.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.604 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.604
Revenue bonds
Status: in_force

A. The authority and any subdistrict of the authority created pursuant to R.S. 33:130.603(A)(11) may, in order to encourage the location of or addition to commercial, tourism, or industrial enterprises within the jurisdiction of the authority, issue revenue bonds and use the funds derived from the sale of such bonds to acquire, lease, construct, or improve commercial tourism or industrial plant sites and buildings, including energy and pollution abatement and control facilities and necessary property and appurtenances thereto and may sell, lease, sublease, or otherwise dispose of by suitable and appropriate contract to any enterprise locating or existing within the jurisdiction of the authority such sites, buildings, and/or facilities and appurtenances thereto all or severally. The funds derived from the sale of such bonds may be disbursed in whole or in part upon completion of the facilities or any partial completion thereof or upon delivery of the bonds as shall be provided in the contract between the authority and the commercial, tourism or industrial enterprise to be aided, encouraged, or benefitted.

B. Bonds issued under this Section shall be authorized by resolution of the commission and shall be limited obligations of the authority or a designated subdistrict, the principal of and interest on which shall be payable solely from the income and revenue derived from the sale, lease, or other disposition of the project or facility acquired, constructed, and improved under the provisions of this Chapter; however, in the discretion of the commission, the bonds may be additionally secured by mortgage covering all or part of the project from which the revenues so pledged may be derived. Any refunding bonds issued pursuant to this Section shall be payable from any source described above and/or from the proceeds of such refunding bonds and/or the income earned from the investment of any of the proceeds of the refunding bonds deposited in escrow pursuant to this Section. The revenue bonds authorized under this Section shall not constitute an indebtedness or pledge of the general credit of the authority, or municipalities within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness and shall contain a recital to that effect. Bonds of the authority shall be issued in such form, shall be in such denominations, shall bear interest, shall mature in such manner and be executed by one or more authorized representatives on the commission as may be provided by the governing body in the resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance thereof. Such bonds may be subject to redemption at the option of and in the manner determined by the governing body in the resolution authorizing the issuance thereof.

C. No bonds or certificates may be issued under this Section without the prior approval of the Louisiana State Bond Commission of the terms and provisions thereof.

D. Bonds issued under this Section shall be issued, sold, and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of a resolution to be adopted by the commission. The resolution shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the jurisdiction of the authority, and for a period of thirty days after said publication, any interested citizen shall have the right to bring an action to contest the bonds and the security therefor. If, after the expiration of thirty days, no suit has been filed, the issuance, sale, and security of the bonds shall be incontestable, and no court shall have authority to entertain any action questioning or contesting such matters.

Acts 2001, No. 996, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9100.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9100.3
Commission's neighborhood area; domicile
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall include each neighborhood in New Orleans East that is represented on the commission by the president or appointed representative of the neighborhood association or organization as provided in this Chapter.

B. The commission shall designate its domicile at a place within that area.

Acts 2008, No. 887, §1; Acts 2009, No. 394, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1323 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1323
Liberal construction
Status: in_force

This Part shall be construed liberally, to the end that, through the use of the arrangements provided herein, greater economy and efficiency in the operation of local services may be encouraged, and the benefits of such services may be extended.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2213.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2213.1
Compensatory time
Status: in_force

A. For each hour of overtime worked, an employee covered by this Part may receive, in accordance with this Section and in lieu of overtime compensation, compensatory time off at a rate not less than one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required.

B.(1) A municipality may provide compensatory time under Subsection A only in accordance with:

(a) Applicable provisions of a collective bargaining agreement, memorandum of understanding, or any other agreement between the municipality and representatives of such employees; or

(b) In the case of employees not covered by Subparagraph (1), an agreement or understanding arrived at between the employer and employee before the performance of the work.

(2) A municipality may provide compensatory time under Subsection A only if the employee has not accrued compensatory time in excess of the limit applicable to the employee prescribed in Subsection C.

C.(1) The work of an employee for which compensatory time may be provided, may not exceed four hundred eighty hours of compensatory time for hours worked. Any such employee who has accrued four hundred eighty hours of compensatory time off shall, for additional overtime hours worked, be paid overtime compensation.

(2) If compensation is paid to an employee for accrued compensatory time off, such compensation shall be paid at the regular rate earned by the employee at the time the employee receives such payment.

D. An employee who has accrued compensatory time off authorized to be provided under this Section, shall upon termination of employment, be paid for the unused compensatory time at a rate of compensation not less than:

(1) The average regular rate received by such employee during the last three years of the employee's employment; or

(2) The final regular rate received by such employee, whichever is higher.

E. A municipal police employee who has accrued compensatory time off authorized to be provided under Subsection A, and who has requested the use of such compensatory time, shall be permitted by the employee's employer to use such time within a reasonable period after making the request if the use of the compensatory time does not unduly disrupt the operations of the department.

F. The provisions of this section shall not apply, however, to any municipality or employee exempt from coverage under the provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended.

Acts 1986, No. 138, §1, eff. June 26, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.37 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.37
Laws governing contracts
Status: in_force

All contracts let for purposes of this Chapter shall be subject to the public contract laws contained in R.S. 38:2211-2225, except contracts entered into between the Authority and a participating municipality, contracts between municipalities, and contracts between the Authority and investor-owned electric power companies and electric power cooperative associations or corporations for the purchase of an interest in a facility or facilities existing or under construction.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4770.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4770.10
Special lien
Status: in_force

A. Upon failure of any such property owner to pay the charges incurred pursuant to the ordinances authorized by this Subpart, the governing body may file a certified copy of said charges with the recorder of mortgages, and the same, when so filed and recorded, shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the city against the property on which the charges were incurred pursuant to this Subpart.

B. Such recordation shall constitute a privilege and lien against the immovable as a tax against the immovable, to be enforced and collected as any ordinary property tax lien to be assessed against the property; said lien and privilege may be collected in the manner fixed for collection of taxes and shall be subject to the same civil penalties for delinquencies. After the city has incurred such costs as constitute the lien and privilege on the property, the mayor or any director of any community development department of the city may send an attested bill of said costs and expenses which constitute the lien and privilege to the director of administration, who shall add the amount of said bill to the next tax bill of the owner. The lien obtained by the city pursuant to proper notification and filing shall include not only the costs provided for in Subsection A of this Section but shall include all attorney fees and costs of court incurred in the locating of the owner, the notification of the owner, and the enforcement and collection of the amount secured by the lien against the immovable and the improvements. If authorized by municipal ordinance, the municipality may also recover interest on the amounts secured by the lien. The interest shall not exceed the rate of legal interest provided in R.S. 9:3500 and shall be computed from the date of recordation of the lien until paid. The city's privilege and lien shall prime all other liens or privileges against the property filed after the notice to the owner to show cause is filed with the recorder of mortgages pursuant to R.S. 33:4762(D), regardless of the date on which the city's lien and privilege is perfected, except that the city's lien and privilege will not prime other tax liens against the property.

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

D. Any notice served pursuant to this Subpart shall be filed with the recorder of mortgages where the property is located. Once filed, said notice shall be deemed notice to all subsequent transferees. Any transferee of such property takes the property subject to all recorded liens, mortgages, and notices thereunto pertaining.

Acts 2003, No. 546, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.210 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.210
Sales and use tax authorization
Status: in_force

A.(1) The district may levy and cause to be collected a sales and use tax within the boundaries of the district for such purposes and at such rate as may be provided by the proposition authorizing its levy, not exceeding one-half of one percent, which tax may exceed the limitation set forth in Article VI, Section 29(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, provided that the proposition is approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting in the election held for such purpose.

(2) Such an election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Louisiana Election Code and at the time another election is being conducted throughout the state.

(3) The duration of the tax set forth in the proposition shall not exceed five years; however, such tax may be renewed for an additional period not to exceed five years.

B.(1) The tax shall be levied upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, consumption, the distribution, and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property, and upon the sales of services within the district, all as presently defined in R.S. 47:301 et seq.

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

C. The sales and use tax authorized by this Section shall be in addition to all other taxes which an economic development district is now or hereafter authorized to levy and collect.

Acts 1994, No. 12, §1, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 2003, No. 1179, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.5
Village of Maurice; appointment of court magistrate; duties; salary
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1978, No. 623, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.257 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.257
Funding sources; fees and ad valorem tax; borrowing money
Status: in_force

A.(1) The board may, when necessary and with approval of the governing authority of the parish of Terrebonne, levy annually an ad valorem tax not to exceed five mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of all property, provided that the amount, term, and purpose of the tax, as set out in a proposition submitted to a vote in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code, shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting in a special election held for that purpose.

(2) The authority may receive not more than fifty percent of Terrebonne Parish's occupational license tax revenues beginning January 1, 2005, and all the proceeds of a building permit charge dedicated by the governing authority of the parish of Terrebonne to the authority, upon execution of a cooperative endeavor agreement with the governing authority of the parish.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(g) No project may be considered unless the project will be constructed and maintained by persons at least eighty percent of whom are residents of Terrebonne Parish, and at least eighty percent of the goods and services for maintenance of the project are obtained from a supplier domiciled within Terrebonne Parish, except where not reasonably possible to do so without substantial added expense, substantial inconvenience, or substantial sacrifice in operational efficiency.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 1989, No. 2, §1, eff. June 1, 1989; Acts 2004, No. 622, §1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2015, No. 191, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1965 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1965
Regulation of department; working conditions
Status: in_force

A. If the municipality has less than one hundred thousand inhabitants, the governing authority of the municipality shall regulate the fire department, shall provide a sufficient number of officers and men to carry out the purposes of this Subpart, and shall provide a sufficient number of beds for the men on night duty.

B. If the municipality has one hundred thousand or more inhabitants:

(1) The chief engineer or commanding officer of the fire department or other proper authority shall regulate the department, fix the hours of duty, provide a sufficient number of officers and men to carry out the purposes of this Subpart, and provide for substitutes in the department.

(2) The members of the department shall not perform any hours of service longer than those fixed.

(3) All fire drills shall take place during the hours of platoon watch or service.

(4) Sufficient beds shall be furnished to each company for the men on night duty.

C. If a nonprofit corporation under contract with a fire protection district, municipality, or other political subdivision operates, administers, or maintains a fire department, the provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section shall apply. Additionally, firemen employed by such nonprofit corporation shall be considered a firefighter covered by and benefitting from the occupational disease presumptions and other provisions of R.S. 33:1948, 2011, 2581, 2581.1, and 2581.2.

Acts 2020, No. 224, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4691 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4691
Right to pay tax collector amount of note evidencing deferred payments on municipal improvements
Status: in_force

In all cases where the owner of real property has, in compliance with the law, executed his promissory notes as evidence of deferred payments on municipal improvements, including street or sidewalk paving, and the notes are matured or are made payable on or before a certain date, he may pay to the tax collector of the municipality the amount for which the remaining unpaid notes were executed, together with the interest thereon up to and including the date of payment.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4332 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4332
Amount, maturity and interest rate of bonds; use of proceeds
Status: in_force

Any bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part shall not exceed in principal the amount then outstanding and unpaid of the original bond issue sought to be refunded, shall become due and payable in annual installments beginning not more than one year after the date of issuance, and run for a period of not more than twenty years, shall bear a maximum rate of interest not to exceed the rate of such original issue and shall not be sold for less than par and accrued interest. The proceeds of the bonds shall not be used for any purpose other than the payment and retirement of the outstanding amount of the original bond issue sought to be refunded.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2566 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2566
Legal services
Status: in_force

If this Part or its enforcement by the board is called into question in any judicial proceedings, or if any person fails or refuses to comply with the lawful orders or directions of the board, the board may call upon the attorney general, or the chief legal officer of the municipality, parish or fire protection district under which the fire and police service functions or may employ independent counsel to represent it in sustaining this Part and enforcing it. Nothing contained herein shall prevent any municipal, parish or fire protection district officer, employee or private citizen from taking legal action in the courts to enforce the provisions of this Part or of any rules, order or other lawful action of the board.

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3315 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3315
Certificates not included in computing indebtedness
Status: in_force

Certificates issued under the provisions of this Sub-part shall not be included in computing the indebtedness of the municipality for the purpose of determining any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4546.19 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4546.19
Sale of natural gas by the authority
Status: in_force

The authority may sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of the natural gas from a project not then required by participating political subdivisions under their contracts with the authority for such consideration and for such period and upon such other terms and conditions as may be determined by the authority, to any person, firm, association, or corporation, public or private.

Acts 1990, No. 666, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3932 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3932
Authority to enlarge or consolidate
Status: in_force

Such sewerage districts may be enlarged and consolidated.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1420.15
Authority of certain consolidated special districts
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any district created pursuant to this Part shall continue to function in its entirety under the authority of the Jefferson Parish Council even though all or part of the district became or becomes incorporated or annexed within the limits of a municipality subsequent to the creation of the district. Any district merged or consolidated pursuant to this Part shall likewise continue to function in its entirety under the authority of the Jefferson Parish Council even though all or part of an underlying district became or becomes incorporated or annexed within the limits of a municipality subsequent to the creation of the underlying district which forms part of any such merged or consolidated district.

B. The provisions of this Section shall apply specifically, but shall not be limited to Garbage District No. 6 of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, which was created May 25, 1972, and to any district into which Garbage District No. 6 was or may become merged or consolidated.

Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 50, §1, eff. April 17, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 382, §1, eff. June 13, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2418 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2418
Service standards and ratings
Status: in_force

The director shall, in cooperation with appointing authorities, provide and recommend to the commission for approval, a system of standards of performance in positions throughout the classified service, and methods of rating the service of the individual employees. Such a system when adopted by the commission shall be incorporated, in its essentials, by amendment in the rules, and shall be placed in effect by the director. The standards of performance to be recommended as the bases of service ratings shall have reference to the quality and quantity of work done, the manner in which the service is rendered, the conduct of employees and their faithfulness to their duties, and such other characteristics as, in the opinion of the director, will measure the value of employees to the service. The system shall provide for the manner and extent of use of the service ratings as a factor:

(1) In making pay adjustments upward or downward within the limits of the scales of pay for the various classes of positions, and shall set forth the standards to be used in determining whether the services of any officer or employee are such as to warrant an increase in pay, no change in pay, a decrease in pay, or demotion.

(2) In ascertaining whether the value of individual officers and employees, from the view of the city as an employer, is increasing or decreasing.

(3) In providing means by which individual officers and employees may be made acquainted with their good points and their shortcomings as viewed by their superiors.

(4) In determining what officers and employees are to be considered for promotion in higher positions.

(5) In measuring the efficacy of the recruiting procedures used in filling city positions.

(6) In discovering officers and employees whose conduct and performance are such that they should be promoted, demoted, transferred, or removed and providing for the action so indicated.

(7) For such other purposes helpful in the administration of this Part and the rules.

The rules shall provide a "meritorious" rating standard which any employee must meet or exceed to qualify for increase in pay at normally frequent intervals or promotion and a "satisfactory" rating standard on falling below which an employee shall be subject to action for decrease in pay, demotion, or removal.

When a service rating system has been adopted by the commission as provided, the director shall provide for the necessary forms, procedures, and records. He shall see to the designation of appropriate rating officers and instruct them in their duties. He may investigate the accuracy of reports of ratings under the system adopted, and may adjust the ratings to conform to the facts as ascertained. He shall provide for uniformity, fairness, and equity in the application of the standards by different rating officers. The director shall evaluate the ratings of employees in accordance with the procedures established in such ways as to provide clear records expressing, as fairly as possible, the relative value of the service of each employee to the city in a position of the class to which his position is allocated and shall maintain systematic records of the ratings for all positions, under the standards and methods prescribed. Each employee shall be notified of his service ratings from period to period with a view of his being afforded opportunity for correcting his obvious weaknesses. The reports and records of the ratings of each employee may be inspected by him or his duly authorized representative, by his appointing authority, and, in the discretion of the director, by any other appointing authority who is considering a transfer of the employee to his own jurisdiction. The ratings, reports, and records shall not be open to inspection of any other person outside the department of city civil service.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2182 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2182
Release of personal information
Status: in_force

No person, agency, or department shall release to the news media, press, or other public information agency a fire employee's home address, photograph, or any information that may be deemed otherwise confidential, without the express written consent of the fire employee, with respect to an investigation of the fire employee.

Acts 1997, No. 1436, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7607 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7607
Removal of directors; right to counsel; record of proceedings
Status: in_force

With the consent of the governing body, the executive officer may remove a non-ex-officio director for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office, but only after the director has been given a copy of the charges against him and has had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. In the event of the removal of any such director, the executive officer shall file in the office of the clerk a record of the proceedings, together with the charges made against the director and the findings thereon. Such removal shall not constitute a bar to any other action, civil or criminal, which may be taken by appropriate authorities.

Acts 1972, No. 553, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4562 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4562
Recreation districts, creation by parishes; corporate status, powers, domicile
Status: in_force

A. The police jury of any parish in the state is authorized and empowered upon its own initiative to form and create recreation district or districts by wards or otherwise and in so doing to divide a parish into one or more recreation districts, or by agreement with the police jury of any other parish to combine two or more parishes or parts thereof into a single recreation district with such name or names as said police jury or juries may designate, provided that no recreation district shall extend into the corporate limits of a municipality without the consent of its governing body.

B. Any recreation district created under the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall constitute a body corporate and shall have the power and right to incur debts and enter into contracts and to do and perform any and all acts in its corporate name which are necessary or proper for carrying out the objects and purposes for which the recreation district is created, including, but not limited to, the expropriation of property and the acquisition of equipment, buildings, and physical facilities. It shall have the power to sue and be sued; to buy and sell; to acquire by purchase, gift, expropriation, or otherwise every type and specie of property and servitudes, rights of way, and flowage rights necessary to its purpose; and to lease, build, operate, and maintain any works or machinery designed to accomplish the purposes of the district. It shall specifically have the right to sell or assign any interests in minerals or royalties it may own, not to exceed fifty percent of its interest in such minerals or royalties, pursuant to Title 31 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, however, any sale or assignment shall be done in accordance with the public bid law, R.S. 38:2211 et seq. It shall have complete control over any supply of fresh water made available by its facilities which shall be administered for the benefit of the persons residing or owning property within the district, and if it should be for the benefit of the district, it shall have the authority to sell such water for irrigation, municipal, and industrial uses both within and outside the district. The district shall constitute an agency of the state of Louisiana designated to carry out an essential governmental function of the state and all of the property of the district shall be exempt from taxation. It shall have the authority to cooperate and contract with the government of the United States or any department or agency thereof and to accept gifts, grants, and donations of property and money therefrom. It shall have the authority to cooperate with the state of Louisiana or any political subdivision, department, agency, or corporation of the state for the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities designed to accomplish the purpose for which the district is created on any basis including the matching of funds and by participating in projects authorized by any federal or state law as it shall see fit.

C. The police jury or juries creating a recreation district shall designate the domicile of such corporation providing that in fixing the domicile the same shall be located at some place within the district.

Acts 1954, No. 542, §§1, 6, 7. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 473, §1; Acts 1981, No. 757, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9046 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9046
Petition for organization of district
Status: in_force

Except in a municipality which has previously established an ambulance service or emergency medical service operated by the municipality, upon failure or refusal of a municipal governing authority to organize an ambulance service district, they are hereby required to, and shall call an election to determine if an ambulance service district shall be formed, when petitioned to do so upon petition presented to the municipal governing authority, signed by not less than twenty-five percent of the registered voters of the municipality; except in those municipalities whose form of government is controlled by a home rule charter, wherein the municipal governing authority shall call the election provided for herein when petitioned to do so pursuant to the guidelines, terms, and conditions as set forth in the municipal home rule charter. If a majority of the vote cast in the election is in favor of the creation of the ambulance service district, it shall be formed.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 304, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.1
City of Kenner; appointment of court magistrates; duties; prosecuting attorney; information; animal hearing officer
Status: in_force

A. The city council of the city of Kenner shall, upon request of the mayor, appoint one or more attorneys who shall be designated as court magistrates 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 a 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. Each appointed magistrate shall serve at a salary fixed and paid by the city council.

B.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, "an information" as used in this Subsection is a written accusation of crime made by the prosecuting attorney in the mayor's court in the city of Kenner. It must be filed in open court in the mayor's court having jurisdiction to try the offense or in the office of the clerk thereof.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a prosecution for violation of an ordinance in the mayor's court in the city of Kenner may be instituted by an affidavit or an information charging any offense.

(3) The clerk of court for the city of Kenner may use an electronic signature, stamp, or other such facsimile of the signature of the prosecuting attorney to affix the prosecuting attorney's signature to bills of information in the mayor's court for the city of Kenner.

C.(1) The office of animal hearing officer of the mayor's court of the city of Kenner is hereby created. The city council of the city of Kenner shall, upon request of the mayor, appoint an animal hearing officer for the court as provided in this Subsection.

(2) The animal hearing officer shall be selected by the city council to serve at the pleasure, discretion, and direction of the council for a period of twelve months. He may be reappointed.

(3) The animal hearing officer shall possess the same qualifications for office as a magistrate for the mayor's court of the city of Kenner.

(4) The magistrate of the mayor's court may also be appointed as the animal hearing officer, and such appointment shall not constitute dual officeholding.

(5) The salary of the animal hearing officer shall be set by the city council. If the magistrate of the mayor's court is appointed animal hearing officer, there shall be no additional compensation beyond the compensation provided for the magistrate.

(6) An animal hearing officer may engage in the practice of law and in any other business, occupation, or employment not inconsistent with the expeditious, proper, and impartial performance of his duties as animal hearing officer. Any questions regarding the propriety of other business, occupation, or employment by an animal hearing officer shall be determined by the appointing city council.

(7) The animal hearing officer shall have criminal jurisdiction over violations of municipal ordinances relating to crimes involving nuisance and vicious or dangerous animals committed within the territorial boundaries of the city of Kenner. Additionally, the animal hearing officer shall have the authority to declare any animal vicious, dangerous, or to determine the disposition of the animal, including humane euthanasia, if warranted.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 208, §1; Acts 1999, No. 343, §1; Acts 2001, No. 119, §1; Acts 2001, No. 238, §1; Acts 2001, No. 578, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2581 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2581
Development of heart and lung disease during employment in classified fire service; occupational disease
Status: in_force

Any disease or infirmity of the heart or lungs which develops during a period of employment in the classified fire service in the state of Louisiana shall be classified as a disease or infirmity connected with employment. The employee affected, or his survivors, shall be entitled to all rights and benefits as granted by the laws of the state of Louisiana to which one suffering an occupational disease is entitled as service connected in the line of duty, regardless of whether the fireman is on duty at the time he is stricken with the disease or infirmity. Such disease or infirmity shall be presumed, prima facie, to have developed during employment and shall be presumed, prima facie, to have been caused by or to have resulted from the nature of the work performed whenever same is manifested at any time after the first five years of employment.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 337, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 30, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.479 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.479
General compliances; enhancement; federal and state aid
Status: in_force

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

B. The district may adopt a program or programs awarding contracts to, and establishing set-aside goals and preference procedures for the benefit of, businesses owned and operated by socially or economically disadvantaged persons in accordance with any of the provisions of R.S. 38:2233 and of Chapter 19 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, entitled "Louisiana Minority Business Enterprise Act".

C. The financial records of the district shall be subjected to audit pursuant to R.S. 24:513.

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

Acts 1993, No. 807, §1, eff. June 22, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1321 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1321
Terms defined
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Part "Municipality" shall include cities, towns, villages, or other special districts or other political subdivisions created to perform one or more public functions or services. "Governing body" shall mean the body with authority to enact ordinances and resolutions and in which is vested responsibility for the public policy; and "bonds" shall mean any bonds issued pursuant to any law by any parish or municipality, whether such bonds are payable from revenues of a revenue producing project, or from ad valorem taxes on real estate, acreage taxes, or from any other source whatever.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 665, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5060 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5060
Submission of specifications for artificial watercourse crossing private property; inspection
Status: in_force

All owners of real estate or agents thereof, before constructing any artificial drain, storm sewer, conduit or culvert across private property shall submit plans and specifications therefor and receive the approval of the municipal authorities before doing the work, in order that the artificial drain, culvert, storm sewer, or conduit may be made of sufficient size and so designed as to care for the drainage water flowing from the water shed above the property. The municipal government, through its engineer, or other proper department may inspect all work to the end that the same may comply with the plans and specifications as approved for same.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.86 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.86
Contraction or expansion of district; termination; dissolution
Status: in_force

A. The boundaries of the district may be contracted or expanded in the same manner in which the district was created pursuant to R.S. 33:2740.74.

B. The district may be terminated or dissolved in one of the following ways:

(1) The district may be terminated or dissolved upon the transfer of all the services of the district to a unit of local government. The district shall be terminated in accordance with a plan of termination which shall be adopted by the board of commissioners and filed with the clerk of court.

(2) If, within five years after the effective date of the ordinance creating the district a landowner has not received a development permit on some part or all of the area covered by the district, or if no development plan is conclusively adopted in accordance with this Subpart then the district will be automatically dissolved and a court of competent jurisdiction shall cause a statement to that effect to be filed in the public records.

(3) In the event the district has become inactive, the parish or municipality which created the district shall be informed and it shall take appropriate action.

Acts 2003, No. 904, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2487 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2487
Methods of filling vacancies
Status: in_force

Vacancies in positions in the classified service shall be filled by one of the following methods:

(1) Demotion

(2) Transfer

(3) Reinstatement

(4) Promotional appointment

(5) Competitive appointment

(6) Reemployment

(7) Temporary appointment

A vacancy shall be considered filled under any of the methods specified above, and employment thereunder effective, as of the date on which the employee enters upon the duties thereof.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:423.25 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 423.25
Town of Welsh; disciplinary action by chief of police
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:423 or any other provision of law to the contrary, in and for the town of Welsh, the chief of police may take whatever steps are necessary to effect disciplinary action concerning police personnel, including but not limited to suspension. Any such disciplinary action shall be taken without regard to race, creed, or color and shall be subjected to review by the mayor and board of aldermen.

Acts 2013, No. 120, §1, eff. June 5, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3312 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3312
Final inspection of work; completion of payments
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any municipality taking advantage of the provisions of this Sub-part, shall, upon the completion of any contract awarded as provided for herein, provide for the final inspection of the work performed and the improvements made, and if the work is found to have been completed satisfactorily in accordance with the contract, as evidenced by a certificate of the engineer for the municipality, the governing authority shall, by ordinance, approve and accept the work and fulfill their obligations under the contract by full payment of all amounts due the contractor, including all retained percentages of payments previously made thereon on engineer's estimates, which percentages were retained pending the completion of the work.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4493 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4493
Form of ballot
Status: in_force

The ballots used at these general or special elections shall be separate and distinct from all other ballots, and shall have printed thereon, in addition to any other matters required by law, the following propositions:

Proposition No. 1. Shall _____ (Name of town, city or parish) surrender its powers of supervision, regulation and control over _____ (Name of the public utility service, such as, street railway, gas, electric light, power, heat, water works, or other local public utility.)

Should the propositions include the separation of the powers of control so as to surrender control only over certain of the public utilities, then each proposition shall be stated separately.

Opposite and to the right of each proposition to be voted upon, the words "Yes" and "No" shall be printed on the ballot on separate lines with voting squares. Any voter desiring to vote in favor of the surrender of the powers of supervision, regulation, and control of the municipality or parish government over the public utility named thereon, shall stamp (X) in the voting square after the printed word "Yes," and any voter desiring to vote against the surrender of such powers shall stamp (X) in the voting square after the printed word "No."
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.118 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.118
Exempt from taxation
Status: in_force

The property, revenues, and income of the district and the interest on bonds and notes issued by a district shall be exempt from taxation levied by the state or a political subdivision of the state.

Acts 2010, No. 780, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.276 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.276
Fees and ad valorem tax; borrowing money
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(g) No project may be considered unless the project will be constructed and maintained by persons at least eighty percent of whom are residents of the parishes of Concordia, Catahoula, and Tensas, and at least eighty percent of the goods and services for maintenance of the project are obtained from a supplier domiciled within said parishes, except where not reasonably possible to do so without substantial added expense, substantial inconvenience, or substantial sacrifice in operational efficiency.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 1989, No. 775, §1, eff. July 9, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.13
Miscellaneous powers of the commission
Status: in_force

A. The commission may make reports and recommendations relating to the plan and development of the area within its jurisdiction to public officials and agencies; public utility companies; civic, educational, professional, and other organizations; and citizens.

B. The commission may recommend to the executive or legislative officials of the municipality and parish, and to other public or semi-public boards, commissions, agencies, or other bodies, programs for public improvements and the financing thereof. All public officials shall, upon request, make available to the commission, within a reasonable time, such available information as it may require for its work.

C. Members and employees of the commission, in the performance of their functions, may enter upon any land, make examinations and surveys, and place and maintain necessary monuments and marks thereon.

D. The commission shall have such additional powers as granted by ordinances adopted by the town council or the police jury, as the case may be.

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.59 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.59
Southwest Ouachita Economic Development District
Status: in_force

A. Creation. The Southwest Ouachita Economic Development District, referred to in this Section as the "district", is hereby created in the parish of Ouachita. The district shall be a political subdivision of the state created for the purpose of developing the area included within the district in order to provide for substantial economic activity and employment opportunities.

B. Boundaries. The district shall be comprised of all the territory outside the municipal limits of the city of West Monroe and included within the following boundaries: the northern boundary shall be Interstate 20, the eastern boundary shall be the Ouachita River, the western boundary shall be the Ouachita Parish line, the southern boundary shall be the Ouachita Parish line.

C. Governance. (1) In order to provide for the orderly planning, development, acquisition, construction, and effectuation of the services, improvements, and facilities to be furnished by the district and to provide for the representation in the affairs of the district of those persons and interests immediately concerned with and affected by the purposes and development of the district, the district shall be managed by a five-member board of commissioners, referred to in this Section as the "board". The members of the board shall be appointed by the governor from a list nominations submitted as follows:

(a) One member shall be nominated by the state representative for House District No. 15.

(b) One member shall be nominated by the state representative for House District No. 13.

(c) One member shall be nominated by the state senator for Senate District No. 32.

(d) One member shall be nominated by the state senator for Senate District No. 35.

(e) One member shall be nominated by the Ouachita Economic Development Corporation.

(2)(a) Members of the board shall serve three-year terms after initial terms as provided by Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph.

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

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

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

(4) 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.

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

(6) 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.

(7) The members of the board shall serve without compensation.

D. District plan. (1) The board shall prepare or cause to be prepared a plan or plans, referred to in this Section as the "plan", specifying the public improvements, facilities, and services proposed to be furnished, constructed, or acquired for the district and shall conduct public hearings, publish notice with respect thereto, and disseminate information as it, in the exercise of its sound discretion, may deem to be appropriate or advisable and in the public interest.

(2) Any plan may specify and encompass any public services, capital improvements, and facilities which the parish of Ouachita is authorized to undertake, furnish, or provide under the constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, and such specified public services, improvements, and facilities shall be special and in addition to all services, improvements, and facilities which the parish of Ouachita is then furnishing or providing or may then or in the future be obligated to furnish or provide within the district.

(3) Any plan shall include an estimate of the annual and total cost of acquiring, constructing, or providing the services, improvements, or facilities set forth therein.

(4) Any monies received by the district must be used exclusively for the development of the district plan.

(5) The board shall submit the plan to the governing authority of the parish of Ouachita. The governing authority of the parish shall review and consider the plan, but the board need not receive approval of the parish governing authority prior to implementing such plan.

E. Services and improvements. (1) All services to be furnished within the district pursuant to any plan finally and conclusively adopted may be furnished, supplied, and administered by the parish of Ouachita through its regularly constituted departments, agencies, boards, commissions, and instrumentalities. All capital improvements and facilities to be acquired, constructed, or provided within the district may likewise be so acquired, constructed, or provided by the parish of Ouachita through its regularly constituted departments, agencies, boards, commissions, and instrumentalities, it being the intention of this Paragraph to avoid the duplication of administrative and management efforts and expense in the implementation of any plan adopted for the benefit of the district.

(2) In order to provide services or provide, construct, or acquire capital improvements or facilities, the board may enter into intergovernmental local service contracts with the parish of Ouachita.

Acts 2003, No. 1129, §1, eff. July 2, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.154 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.154
Public hearing
Status: in_force

The police jury of the parish shall provide for the manner in which the regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of the districts shall be determined, established, and enforced, and from time to time, amended. No regulation or restriction shall become effective until after a public hearing at which parties in interest have an opportunity to be heard. A public hearing in regard to the regulations may be held by the governing authority of the parish. In such case notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published at least once a week during three different weeks in the official journal of the parish, or if there be none, in a paper of general circulation therein. At least fifteen days shall elapse between the publication and the date of the hearing.

Acts 1988, No. 570, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.830 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.830
General compliances; enhancement
Status: in_force

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

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

C. The financial records of the district shall be audited pursuant to R.S. 24:513.

Acts 2009, No. 420, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1241 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1241
Giving names of certain officers of police jury to secretary of state
Status: in_force

Police juries shall keep the secretary of state advised of the names and post office addresses of their respective presidents, vice-presidents and secretaries.

Amended by Acts 1963, No. 53, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4552.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4552.1
Terrebonne; lease of land for camp sites
Status: in_force

The police jury of the parish of Terrebonne may, in the manner provided by law for the acquisition of property for public purposes, lease lands or buildings within or beyond the limits of the parish to establish supervised or unsupervised camp sites, to provide facilities for overnight campers and for other recreational purposes. When the police jury so leases lands or buildings for these purposes, it may provide for their equipment, maintenance and conduct and may appropriate funds for these purposes out of any funds available for parish purposes.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 101, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4546.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4546.11
Trust funds
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, all monies received pursuant to the authority of this Chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this Chapter. The resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or the trust agreement securing such bonds may provide that any of such monies may be, temporarily invested and reinvested pending the disbursement thereof in such securities and other investments as shall be provided in such resolution of trust agreement, and shall provide that any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, such monies shall be deposited shall act as trustee of such monies and shall hold and apply the same for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulation as this Chapter and such resolution or trust agreement may provide.

Acts 1988, No. 412, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4525 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4525
Violation, penalties, civil and criminal
Status: in_force

A.(1) Any person who shall be determined by the assistant secretary, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, to have violated any provision of this Subpart or any rule, regulation, or order promulgated or issued under this Subpart shall be liable to the office of conservation for a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each violation for each day that the violation persists, except that the maximum civil penalty shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars for any related series of violations.

(2) The amount of the penalty shall be assessed by the assistant secretary by written notice.

(3) In determining the amount of the penalty, the assistant secretary shall consider the nature, circumstances, and gravity of the violation and, with respect to the person found to have committed the violation, the degree of culpability, any history of prior violations, the effect on ability to continue to do business, any good faith in attempting to achieve compliance, ability to pay the penalty, and such other matters as justice may require.

B. The legal counsel employed or retained by the assistant secretary may recover the assessed civil penalty by bringing action against the person so assessed in the court having jurisdiction. The assistant secretary may compromise the civil penalty.

C. Any person who willfully and knowingly violates this Subpart or any rule, regulation, or order issued under this Subpart shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be subject for each offense to a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both, for each violation.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 352, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 754, §1; Acts 1990, No. 599, §2, eff. July 19, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.318 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.318
Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1991, No. 723, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:364 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 364
Town of Gueydan; municipal officials and employees; increase in compensation; certain prohibition
Status: in_force

The compensation of any municipal official or employee of the town of Gueydan shall not be increased:

(1) During the period from six months prior to any regularly scheduled municipal election of municipal officials until the term of the municipal officials in office expires.

(2) Prior to any special election of any municipal official after the election date is set, in the town of Gueydan.

Acts 1991, No. 87, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.79 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.79
General compliances; enhancement
Status: in_force

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

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

C. The financial records of the district shall be subjected to audit pursuant to R.S. 24:513.

Acts 2004, No. 435, §1, eff. June 24, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1419.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1419.1
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

A. This Subpart may be cited as the "Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund Act".

B. The legislature finds and declares that:

(1) It is an important public purpose of the state that the motor vehicle fleets of its parishes, municipalities, school boards, ports, levee districts, and other political subdivisions of the state be economical and efficient in this time of expensive motor vehicle fuels, as well as being propelled by clean fuel vehicle equipment which help to keep the state's air clean.

(2) It also recognizes that the state has access to abundant reserves of natural gas and other resources which may be effectively used to produce motor vehicle fuels which are a clean alternative to gasoline and diesel, thus contributing to the economic development of the state.

C.(1) To assist in financing its political subdivisions for these purposes, the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund Program is established in this Subpart to facilitate a state effort and to operate to the extent determined feasible by the Department of Conservation and Energy in conjunction with federal assistance under a state transportation plan or any other federal or private source of assistance or funding, or both.

(2) The financial administration of the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund shall be with the Department of Conservation and Energy.

(3) Relative to the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund Program, the Department of Conservation and Energy shall have the authority to establish assistance priorities and perform oversight and other related activities.

Acts 2010, No. 118, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2023, No. 150, §8, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4712.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4712.1
Utilization, sale or lease of air space above or below municipal rights of way, streets and other municipally owned immovable property
Status: in_force

A. Each municipality of the state may utilize for its public purposes the air space above or below municipally owned streets, rights of way and other municipally owned immovable property, and, pursuant to R.S. 33:4712 and as otherwise provided by law, may lease for a term not to exceed ninety-nine years, may assign the municipality's rights therein, or otherwise permit the use of any air space above or below municipally owned streets, rights of way, and other municipally owned immovable property, which is, in the opinion of the municipal governing authority, not needed for public purposes, to or with other political corporations of this state, or private persons, in the manner provided in R.S. 33:4712, provided, however, that no building or structure erected above any street or right of way shall exceed the height limitations imposed by any local ordinance or regulation, nor shall any such building or structure exceed three hundred feet in height.

B. All such sales or leases of air space shall be subordinate to and without prejudice to all existing grants of the use of said space, including franchises or permits in favor of regulated public utilities.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 531, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.118 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.118
Cumulative clause
Status: in_force

The powers conferred by this Chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.

Acts 2007, No. 380, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.139 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.139
Bonds as legal investment
Status: in_force

A. All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks, and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, monies, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by the authority pursuant to this Chapter, but the bonds and other obligations shall be secured by an agreement between the issuer and the federal government in which the issuer agrees to borrow from the federal government and the federal government agrees to lend to the issuer, prior to the maturity of such bonds or other obligations, monies in any amount which together with any other monies irrevocably committed to the payment of principal and interest on the bonds or other obligations will suffice to pay the principal of the bonds or other obligations with interest to maturity thereon, which monies under the terms of such agreement are required to be used for the purpose of paying the principal of and the interest on the bonds or other obligations at their maturity. Bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this Section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations.

B. Nothing contained in this Section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any persons of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.

Acts 2007, No. 390, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2484 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2484
Allocation of positions to classes
Status: in_force

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

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

Whenever the board finds any change in the duties of any position in the classified service was brought about by the appointing authority to effect a reduction in the classification of any employee because of political, religious, or discriminatory reasons, or without just cause, it shall refuse to recognize any such action, and shall order the appointing authority to continue the employee in the position and class with all rights and privileges.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3887.4
Livingston Parish Sewer District No. 1; supervising board; per diem
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887, or any other law to the contrary, the parish governing authority of the parish of Livingston shall pay members of the supervising board of the Livingston Parish Sewer District No. 1 a per diem not to exceed one hundred dollars for attending a meeting of the board for a maximum of twelve meetings per year, and for attending an emergency meeting not to exceed twelve emergency meetings per year. Per diem paid pursuant to this Section shall be paid out of the district funds in the hands of the treasurer.

Acts 2009, No. 482, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4697 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4697
Notes to which Part applies
Status: in_force

All municipal improvement notes shall contain a provision to the effect that they may be paid in conformity with the provisions of this Part. If the provision is not contained in the notes, unless the provision is expressly waived, it shall be deemed a part of all such notes as fully as if written therein.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3831 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3831
Delivery of certificates and collection of price
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of the political subdivision issuing such waterworks certificates or amortized note may, by resolution, empower and authorize the chief executive officer and its clerk or secretary to negotiate and deliver such waterworks certificates or amortized note and collect the purchase price thereof and do any and all things necessary and incidental thereto, or authorize delivery to the contractor of all or any part of the said waterworks certificates or the promissory note in payment of their contractual obligation covering such improvements, as may be determined by the said governing authority. The funds derived from the sale of said certificates or amortized note shall be expended solely in payment of the cost of the improvements herein authorized, and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose whatsoever.

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

Acts 1962, No. 313, 10. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 18, §1, eff. June 2, 1966, at 2:32 P.M.; Acts 1974, No. 440, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3675.17
Limitation on contesting validity of resolutions and proceedings
Status: in_force

No contest, action or proceedings to question the validity or legality of any resolutions adopted or proceedings had under the provision of this Sub-part 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 was adopted, or proceedings had, and after such time the regularity of such resolution or proceeding shall be conclusively presumed.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:447.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 447.8
Mayor's court; town of Basile; additional court costs
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if the local governing authority by ordinance authorizes an increase in court costs for the mayor's court of the town of Basile, the mayor of the town of Basile, as the presiding officer of the mayor's court of the town of Basile, may impose court costs not to exceed seventy-five dollars for each offense, as defined by ordinance, on any defendant convicted of a violation of a municipal ordinance. The court costs authorized by this Section shall be in addition to the court costs authorized by R.S. 33:441.

Acts 2011, No. 6, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4569.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4569.3
Powers and duties of board
Status: in_force

The board shall have all powers necessary or convenient to effectuate the purposes of the district, including but not limited to the following rights and powers:

(1) To acquire, purchase, lease as lessee, and hold and use any property, immovable, movable, or mixed, corporeal or incorporeal, or any interest therein necessary or desirable for effectuating its purposes, and to sell, transfer, lease as lessor, and dispose of any property or interest therein at any time acquired by the board; however, title to all such property shall be acquired in the name of the Iberville Parish governing authority and shall be held for the district.

(2) To acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise and to construct, improve, maintain, and operate park and recreational facilities and to administer programs which it deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of the district.

(3) To enter into agreements with any person or persons, corporation, association, or other entity, including public corporations, political subdivisions, municipalities, the United States government and agencies thereof, the state of Louisiana or any of its agencies, or any combination thereof for the operation of any or all park and recreation properties and facilities.

(4) To enter into contracts with any public or private entity in carrying out its corporate objectives, including, but not limited to contracts for construction or acquisition of property and facilities incident to the purposes of the district.

(5) To adopt and implement a parishwide recreation and parks program in accordance with priorities developed in conjunction with local elected officials, other community leaders, and citizens of Iberville Parish.

(6) To fix, collect, and revise rates, charges, and rentals for parks facilities and services as necessary.

(7) To adopt bylaws for the management and regulation of its affairs and for the regulation and control of recreational and park facilities within its jurisdiction.

(8) To cooperate and contract with the government of the United States or any department or agency thereof and with the state of Louisiana or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof and to accept gifts, grants, and donations or property and money therefrom, with title to immovable property to be acquired in the name of the Iberville Parish governing authority.

(9) To cooperate with the state of Louisiana or any political subdivision, department, agency, or corporation of the state for the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities designed to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created on any basis, including the matching of funds, and by participating in projects authorized by federal or state law as it shall see fit.

(10) To pledge all or any part of its revenues.

(11) To levy and collect annually an ad valorem tax not to exceed six mills on all property in the parish subject to such tax in accordance with Article VI, Section 32 of the Constitution of Louisiana, subject to the approval of the parish governing authority and approval by a majority of the electors of the district voting at an election called by the parish governing authority and held for that purpose. The tax shall be collected in the same manner as other ad valorem taxes. The avails of any such tax shall be used solely for acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation of park and recreational facilities or improvements.

(12) To issue bonds for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, improving, maintaining, or extending park and recreational facilities of the district pursuant to Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of Louisiana and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto. Such bonds may be issued only after authorization by a majority of voters in the district voting at an election called by the parish governing authority and held for that purpose.

(13) Any revenues collected or generated from the P.W. Holiday & Son, Ltd. (Assessment #0700848575) shall be used to maintain the P.W. Holiday Park (established by donated property to either the district or Iberville Parish).

Added by Acts 1983, No. 557, §1; Acts 1999, No. 876, §1; Acts 2004, No. 369, §1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2019, No. 61, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4574.19 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4574.19
Tourist commission; Tangipahoa Parish; designation
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any tourist commission created pursuant to R.S. 33:4574 in the parish of Tangipahoa shall be designated as, and be known as the Tangipahoa Parish Tourist Commission.

Acts 2010, No. 432, §1, eff. June 22, 2010; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:108 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 108
Procedure of commission; adoption of plan
Status: in_force

A. A commission may adopt a plan as a whole by a single resolution or may by successive resolutions adopt successive parts of a plan, said parts corresponding with major geographical sections or divisions of the parish, in the case of a parish planning commission, or of the municipality, in the case of a municipal planning commission, or with functional subdivisions of the subject matter of the plan, and may adopt any amendment or extension thereof or addition thereto.

B. Before the adoption of a plan or any such part, amendment, extension, or addition, a commission shall hold at least one public hearing thereon. A parish planning commission shall give notice of the purpose, time, and place of the public hearing by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation throughout the parish at least ten days prior to the date set for the hearing. A municipal planning commission shall give notice of the purpose, time, and place of the public hearing by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality at least ten days prior to the date set for the hearing.

C. The adoption of a plan or of any such part or amendment or extension or addition shall be by resolution of a commission. The resolution shall refer expressly to the maps and descriptive and other matter intended by a commission to form the whole or part of a plan, and the action taken shall be recorded on the map and plan and descriptive matter by the identifying signature of the chairman or secretary of the commission.

D. Certified copies of a summary of the plan or part thereof shall be filed with the division of administration, with the local legislative body and with the clerk of court of the parish, except in the parish of Orleans where certified copies of said plan shall be filed with the Commission Council of the city of New Orleans and recorded with the register of conveyances for the parish of Orleans.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 458, §1; Acts 1968, No. 288, §2; Acts 2004, No. 33, §1; Acts 2012, No. 49, §1, eff. May 11, 2012.

NOTE: See R.S. 13:1211 et seq.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.31
Conflict with other laws
Status: in_force

A. If regulations made under authority of this Subpart require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces, or require a lower height of buildings or less 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, the provisions of the regulations made under authority of this Subpart shall govern.

B. If any other provision of law requires a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose other higher standards than are required by the regulations made under authority of this Subpart, the provisions of such statute shall govern.

Acts 1962, No. 52, §31; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7626 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7626
Indemnity of directors, officers, agents and employees
Status: in_force

A corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless any director, officer, agent or employee against any liability or loss arising from the carrying out of the powers set forth in this chapter other than liability of loss resulting from his own acts of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Acts 1972, No. 553, §21.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:423.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 423.5
City of Scott; disciplinary action by chief of police
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:423 or any other law to the contrary, in and for the city of Scott, the chief of police shall appoint, promote, discipline, and dismiss police personnel subject to the budgetary limitations of the mayor and board of aldermen, pertaining to the number of allotted positions of the police department. This provision shall not, however, prohibit a police department employee from making a direct appeal to the board of aldermen, who shall have the authority to modify or reverse any actions of the chief of police.

Acts 1992, No. 710, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4710.22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4710.22
Port of New Orleans
Status: in_force

A. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to affect, impinge upon, or diminish the rights, powers, and jurisdiction of the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans.

B. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter to the contrary, no provision of this Chapter shall be interpreted or construed to require the location or construction of an exhibition facility on the public wharf known as the Poydras Street Wharf, more particularly described in the lease between the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and International Rivercenter made and entered into on the 24th day of April, 1974, as amended.

Acts 2019, No. 172, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.141 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.141
Cooperation by public bodies with the Jefferson Parish Redevelopment Authority
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

E. For the purposes of this Section, or for the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a redevelopment project and related activities, the parish may, in addition to any authority to issue bonds pursuant to R.S. 33:4720.137, issue and sell its general obligation bonds. Any bond issued by the parish pursuant to this Section shall be issued in the manner and within the limitation prescribed by the applicable laws of this state for the issuance and authorization of general obligation bonds by the parish. Nothing in this Section shall limit or otherwise adversely affect any other Section of this Chapter.

Acts 2007, No. 390, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.522 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.522
Board of commissioners; members; officers; agents; employees
Status: in_force

A. The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners consisting of seven Tensas Parish residents as follows:

(1) Four commissioners to be appointed by the governing authority of Tensas Parish.

(2) One commissioner appointed by the mayor of Newellton.

(3) One commissioner appointed by the mayor of Waterproof.

(4) One commissioner appointed by the mayor of St. Joseph.

B. The term of office for the members appointed by the parish governing authority shall be four years. Any member appointed by a mayor shall serve during the term of appointing mayor.

C. Appointments to the board, other than the initial appointments, shall be submitted to the secretary of the district within thirty days after notification of a board vacancy. In the event that the entity responsible for the appointment of such member fails to provide the board with a successor for each vacancy to be filled, within thirty days of such vacancy, the board shall appoint an interim successor to serve until the position is filled by the respective appointing entity as provided for in this Section.

D. Any member of the board may be removed by the entity that originally appointed him for just cause.

E. A member of the board may receive reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of his duties; however, the members shall not receive per diem or be paid a salary for serving on the board.

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

G. The board shall elect from among its own members a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose duties shall be those usual to such offices. The member elected as chairman shall be one of the members appointed by the Tensas Parish governing authority. At the option of the board of commissioners, the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person.

H. The board shall meet in regular session once each month and shall also meet in special session as often as the chairman of the board convenes them or on the written request of four members. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings and shall maintain suitable offices in the parish of Tensas.

I. The board may contract with and employ attorneys, clerks, engineers, deputy commissioners, superintendents, a director, and other agents and employees and shall fix their compensation and terms of employment.

Acts 1995, No. 315, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2345 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2345
Training
Status: in_force

A. Beginning January 1, 2004, each municipal chief of police who has been either elected or appointed to the position of municipal chief of police shall successfully complete the New Chief Management Course not later than one year after such election or appointment.

B. Beginning January 1, 2015, each municipal chief of police shall be required to complete twelve hours of continuing education as approved by the board within every calendar year.

C. Failure to comply with this Section shall subject the municipal chief of police to forfeit any benefits provided for in R.S. 40:1667.1 and to the provisions of R.S. 33:381(E) or 385.1(C).

D. The provisions of this Subpart shall be effective and the requirements of this Section imposed only if and when sufficient funds are appropriated by the legislature to fund the institute.

E. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any municipal chief of police who has continuous service from January 1, 1983.

F. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not apply to any municipal chief of police elected or appointed prior to January 1, 2004.

G.(1) The provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section shall also apply to every nonmunicipal chief of police elected or appointed to the position of chief of police on or after January 1, 2012.

(2) For purposes of this Subsection, "nonmunicipal chief of police" shall include any chief of police of a board, authority, commission, department, office, division, or agency of the state or any of its political subdivisions, except it shall not include the chief of police of a municipal police department.

H. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, sheriffs, and constables.

Acts 2003, No. 388, §1, eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 8, §1, eff. May 6, 2004; Acts 2011, No. 161, §1; Acts 2014, No. 638, §1; Acts 2023, No. 348, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3401 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3401
Street improvements; power to levy tax or assessment
Status: in_force

The municipalities (the City of New Orleans excepted) having a population exceeding one thousand and all incorporated parish seats, may pave, gravel, macadamize, re-surface, repair or otherwise improve the streets and alleys, or any part thereof not less than one block in length within the corporate limits and may levy and collect special taxes or local assessments on the real estate abutting the street or alley to be improved, for the purpose of defraying a part of the cost of the improvement as hereinafter provided.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3657 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3657
Installment payments
Status: in_force

If the amount of the assessment is not paid within ten days, as provided in R.S. 33:3656, it will be conclusively presumed that any property owner whose property is affected thereby, exercises the right and option, which is hereby authorized, to pay the amount due in equal annual installments, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent per annum, payable annually, and extending over a period not exceeding ten years, all as may be provided for in the ordinance levying the local or special assessments. The first installment shall become due on December 31 of the then current year, and annually thereafter. Failure to pay any installment or interest thereon when due shall ipso facto cause all other installments and interest thereon to become due and payable and the municipality shall within thirty days from date of such default, proceed against the property for the collection of the total amount due thereon, including interest, plus ten per cent additional on principal and interest, unpaid as attorney fees. A certified copy of the ordinance, levying the local or special assessments on the real estate shall be filed with the clerk of court in the parish in which the municipality is situated, who shall forthwith record the same in the mortgage records of the parish, and when so filed and recorded, shall operate as a lien and privilege against all real estate therein assessed.

Amended by Acts 1967, No. 117, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4569.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4569.1
Board of commissioners; membership; officers; compensation; personnel
Status: in_force

A. The control and management of the affairs of the district shall be vested in a board of commissioners, referred to in this Section and R.S. 33:4569.2 and 4569.3 as the "board". The members of the governing authority of the parish of Iberville shall serve as the members of the board.

B.(1) The board shall prescribe rules fixing its meetings and procedure and may elect such officers as may be needed, including a chairman, from among its membership. A majority of the membership of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Members of the board shall serve without compensation or reimbursement of expenses incurred.

(2)(a) The board may appoint, employ, and fix the salary of a full-time director of parks and recreation, who shall have the duties and responsibilities as may be determined by the board, and may also employ and fix the salaries, duties, and responsibilities of an assistant director and additional staff as necessary to operate park and recreational facilities and programs.

(b)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the employees of the district shall become employees of the parish of Iberville upon the adoption of an ordinance by the governing authority of the parish of Iberville. The ordinance shall provide that an employee shall be subject to the same administrative rules and regulations as other parish employees and shall be eligible to receive compensation and benefits as provided for other parish employees.

(ii) The provisions of Item (i) of this Subparagraph shall not be construed to require the parish of Iberville to reduce the compensation or benefits of any employee who was formerly employed by the district.

(iii) Any parish employee may provide services to, or on behalf of, the district pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement between the parish of Iberville and the district.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 557, §1; Acts 1999, No. 876, §1; Acts 2019, No. 61, §1; Acts 2023, No. 156, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2019, No. 61, §2, regarding terms of board members.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4548.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4548.10
Exemption from taxes
Status: in_force

It is hereby determined that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its public functions and corporate purposes is, in all respects, a public and governmental purpose for the benefit of the people of the state, and for the improvement of their health, safety, welfare, prosperity, and security, and that said functions and purposes are public purposes and that the authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this Chapter. The money, assets, revenues, and operations of the authority shall be exempt from all taxation by the state or any political subdivisions. The authority shall not be required to pay any recording fee or transfer tax of any kind on account of instruments recorded by it or on its behalf. All obligations authorized to be issued by the authority pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, together with interest thereof, income therefrom, and gain upon the sale thereof shall be exempt from all state and local taxes.

Acts 1991, No. 813, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.38 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.38
Method of procedure
Status: in_force

Before adopting any code, ordinance, plan, or other measure pursuant to this Subpart, the town council or the police jury, as the case may be, shall hold a public hearing thereon, at least ten days notice of the time and place of which shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or in the parish, as the case may be.

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2841.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2841.1
Assistance in collecting municipal taxes; compensation; exemptions
Status: in_force

A.(1) A municipal corporation may appoint an attorney at law or agency to assist the municipal tax collector in the collection of ad valorem taxes that are delinquent and have become final.

(2) When the assistance of such attorney or agency is used, a fee of ten percent calculated upon the aggregate amount of all taxes, interest, and penalties so collected, shall be assessed as cost. Such fee shall be paid by the taxpayer and collected by the tax collector at the same time that the taxes, interest, and penalties are collected.

B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any property tax matter involving correctness or legality challenges.

Acts 2010, No. 440, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9356 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9356
Veterans' Memorial District of Ward 10 of Lafourche Parish; board of commissioners
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of the Veterans' Memorial District of Ward 10 of Lafourche Parish shall consist of a board of commissioners as provided in this Section.

B. The board shall consist of nine members. All board members shall be electors domiciled in Ward 10 of Lafourche Parish, and a minimum of six members shall be honorably discharged veterans of a branch of the United States armed forces.

C. The nine board members shall be selected as follows:

(1) Six members shall represent the three veterans posts in Ward 10, consisting of the Gros Guidry VFW Post 8538 in Larose, the Delvin Adams American Legion Post 315 in Galliano, and the Anthony N. Griffin Post 259 American Legion in Golden Meadow. Each post shall submit four names to the Lafourche Parish Council, and the council shall select and appoint two members from the list submitted by each post.

(2) One member selected and appointed by the Lafourche Parish President.

(3) One member selected and appointed by the State Senator representing District 20.

(4) One member selected and appointed by the State Representative representing District 54.

D. Nominations for board membership shall be made within sixty days from the date of written notification by the Lafourche Parish Council. If no nomination has been received by the end of that time, the council may fill the position by appointment.

E. The initial term for each member shall be staggered as provided below and thereafter each member shall serve a term of three years. The initial terms of the members are:

(1) For the six members representing the veterans posts, one member representing each post shall serve an initial term of one year and one member representing each post shall serve an initial term of three years. The appointment of each member by the council shall specify whether that member is to serve an initial term of one year or three years.

(2) For the member appointed by the Lafourche Parish President, an initial term of two years.

(3) For the members appointed by the state senator and state representative, an initial term of two years.

F. A board member may be removed for cause by the Lafourche Parish Council. The board shall have the powers and duties of a veterans' memorial district governing body as provided by law, except that approval of the Lafourche Parish Council shall first be obtained prior to any of the following actions by the board:

(1) Adoption of an annual budget.

(2) Purchase, sale, or encumbrance of immovable property.

(3) Submitting for voter approval a proposed renewal or increase in ad valorem taxes.

(4) Any other matter or action as determined by ordinance adopted by the Lafourche Parish Council.

Acts 2005, No. 288, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5093 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5093
Restrictions on authority; local regulations
Status: in_force

A. No ordinance or regulation shall be adopted by a local governmental subdivision that prohibits or regulates with respect to the use, disposition, or sale or any imposition of a restriction, fee, or tax on fuel used in agricultural machinery and fishery equipment at the retail, manufacturer, or distributor setting, except by general law. This includes regulations that would create differing standards for or distinguish fuel used in agricultural machinery and fishery equipment from other types of fuels or agricultural machinery and fishery equipment.

B. Nothing in this Chapter shall apply to the use of agricultural machinery and fishery equipment on property owned by a parish or municipality.

Acts 2024, No. 195, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9091.22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9091.22
Fairway Estates Subdivision Improvement District
Status: in_force

A. Creation. There is hereby created within the parish of Orleans, as more specifically provided in Subsection B of this Section, a body politic and corporate which shall be known as the Fairway Estates Subdivision 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 all of the territory within the following perimeter: beginning at the intersection of Fairway Drive and West Saint Andrews Circle then northwest on West Saint Andrews Circle (both sides) to its intersection with North Saint Andrews Circle then northeast on North Saint Andrews Circle (both sides) to its intersection with East Saint Andrews Circle then southeast on East Saint Andrews Circle (both sides) to its intersection with South Saint Andrews Circle then southwest on South Saint Andrews Circle (both sides) and continue northwest on South Saint Andrews Circle (both sides) to its intersection with West Saint Andrews Circle then northwest on West Saint Andrews Circle (both sides) to the point of beginning.

(2) The boundaries shall not include any property located on Fairway Drive.

C. Purpose. The purpose of the district shall be to aid in crime prevention by providing security for district residents and to serve the needs of the residents by funding beautification and other activities and improvements for the overall betterment of the district.

D. Governance. (1) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners consisting of five members appointed by the governing board of the Fairway Estates Homeowners Association.

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

(3)(a) The terms and duties of the members of the board shall be fixed by the bylaws adopted by 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 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-treasurer, and other such officers as it may deem necessary. The terms and 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.

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

(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. The board shall hold regular meetings as provided for in the bylaws and may hold special meetings at such times and places within the district as 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-treasurer 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 G of this Section.

(4) To enter into contracts with individuals or entities, private or public, for the improvement of the district.

(5) To purchase 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 or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the district or for the overall betterment of the district.

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

(1) The amount of the fee shall be as requested by duly adopted resolution of the board. The fee shall be a flat fee per parcel of land not to exceed five hundred dollars per parcel per year.

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

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

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

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

(b) If approved, the initial fee shall expire on December 31, 2018, but the fee may be renewed if approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election as provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph. If the fee is renewed, the term of the imposition of the fee shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing such renewal, not to exceed eight years.

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

(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 city may retain one percent of the amount collected as a collection fee.

G. Budget. (1) The board of directors shall adopt an annual budget in accordance with the Louisiana 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. Miscellaneous provisions. 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 2015, No. 321, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9122 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9122
Primary emergency telephone number
Status: in_force

The digits 911 shall be the primary emergency telephone number, but the involved agencies may maintain a separate secondary backup number and shall maintain a separate number for nonemergency telephone calls.

Acts 1995, No. 477, §1, eff. June 17, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.163 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.163
Purpose of regulations
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1989, No. 691, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2701 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2701
Petition for special tax; election
Status: in_force

Whenever one-fifth of the registered property taxpayers of any parish or municipality petition the governing authority to levy a special tax on all taxable property of the sub-division for the purchase and improvement of grounds and for premium awards for municipal, district, and parish fairs, the governing authority shall order a special election for the purpose. The election shall be held under the general election laws and at the polling places at which the last preceding general election was held, not sooner than thirty days after the official publication of the petition and ordinance ordering the election.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:423.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 423.9
City of Crowley; authority over police personnel by chief of police
Status: in_force

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

Acts 2015, No. 86, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4160.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4160.10
Certificates as negotiable paper
Status: in_force

Certificates issued 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.

Acts 1990, No. 782, §1, eff. July 24, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7623 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7623
Title of purchase
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1972, No. 553, §18.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.85 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.85
Amendment of regulations
Status: in_force

A. Regulations and restrictions, established pursuant to this Subpart may, from time to time, be amended, modified, or repealed. The governing authority of the parish shall follow the procedures set forth is R.S. 33:4780.44 regarding a protest made against a change in any such regulation and restriction.

B. The provisions of R.S. 33:4780.43 relative to public hearing and official notice shall apply equally to all changes or amendments; however, no ordinance shall require a procedure or criterion for amendment any greater than that initially used in establishing such regulations, restrictions, or penalties.

Acts 2012, No. 422, §1, eff. May 31, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7837 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7837
Bonds
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose of acquiring, constructing, extending, or improving water, sewer, and sewage treatment or disposal facilities, or any combination of these, the commission may issue bonds or other debt obligations in the manner and under the terms and provisions as provided in Part VII or Part XIII of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. Such bonds or other debt obligations shall not be a charge upon the other income and revenues of the commission which are not pledged to the payment of the bonds, or of any other political subdivision of the state of Louisiana. Any project or undertaking by the commission from which revenue is or will be derived, whether by lease, rents, fees, charges, or otherwise, shall be considered a revenue producing work of public improvement of the commission.

B. For the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, operating, or improving water, sewer, or sewage treatment or disposal facilities, or any combination of these, the commission, acting through the board, may also, under Article VI, Section 32 of the Constitution of Louisiana levy special taxes when authorized by a vote of a majority of the electors of the area contained within the boundaries of the commission who vote thereon at an election held for that purpose in accordance with law.

C. The issuance of any bonds or debt obligations or the levy of special taxes by the commission, shall be approved by the State Bond Commission and the parish governing authority, but no approval by any underlying district or any other entity shall be required.

Acts 1988, No. 259, §1, eff. July 7, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.807 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.807
Lincoln Parish information technology
Status: in_force

If the governing authority of Lincoln Parish creates a district as authorized by this Subpart, it shall provide for the transfer of all duties, obligations, property, and employees of the Lincoln Parish Information Technology Department or the successor of that department and any parish agency responsible for geographic information systems to the district.

Acts 2009, No. 69, §1, eff. June 16, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4225 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4225
Issuance of bonds; execution of mortgage and pledge; remedies in case of default
Status: in_force

When the returns of the election have been received and canvassed by the governing authority of the municipality or district, and the results promulgated, if a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality or district, who voted at the election, have voted in favor of the proposition submitted, the governing authority may issue bonds in the amount, running for the number of years, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding that submitted, for the purpose set forth in the resolution ordering the election, and secure the same by mortgage of the property specifically described in the resolution and by pledge of the income and revenues of the property.

Thereupon the governing authority may, by resolution, empower and direct the chief executive officer of the municipality or district, and its clerk or secretary, to issue, execute, sign, seal, negotiate, and deliver the bonds and to make and execute in the name and under the seal of the municipality or district, an act of mortgage and pledge to secure the payment of the bonds in principal and interest, in accordance with the resolution ordering the election, and when the act of mortgage and pledge has been executed, the property thus mortgaged and the income and revenues therefrom thus pledged, shall remain mortgaged and pledged for the security of the bonds, in principal and interest, until they have been fully paid and discharged; or, in the alternative, the governing authority of the municipality or district may deposit with the trustee, as provided in the act of mortgage, cash or United States government bonds in a sufficient amount to fully pay the then outstanding bonds and interest thereon, and, upon such deposit being made, the trustee may cancel the mortgage.

In case default is made in payment of bonds, or any of them, in whole or in part, or of any installment of interest thereon, when the same becomes due, the holder of the bonds may proceed against the governing authority of the municipality or district to enforce the pledge of income and revenues and foreclose the mortgage by seizure and sale of the property mortgaged, as if proceeding against a private person. But, bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part and the liability arising therefrom shall not be a charge upon the other income and revenues of the municipality or district issuing the bonds, and shall not be included in computing the indebtedness of the municipality or district for the purpose of determining any constitutional limitation.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4055 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4055
Refunding bonds; authority to issue; purpose of issuance; law governing
Status: in_force

Any consolidated sewerage district created under this Sub-part in addition to its right to issue bonds for improvement purposes payable from sewer revenues is hereby empowered to issue its refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any outstanding revenue bonds of one or more of its underlying districts, or in its discretion, may authorize and deliver a single issue of revenue bonds for both improvement and refunding purposes. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize the refunding of any bonds which have not matured or been properly called for redemption under a right of redemption therein reserved or which the holders thereof may not voluntarily surrender. Refunding bonds so authorized shall be authorized and issued in the manner provided by law for the issuance of other bonds of sewerage districts and shall be secured in the manner so provided by law, except that the governing authority may, in its discretion provide for changes in the source of payment of such bonds as it may consider desirable and except that any refunding bonds so authorized may be either sold or may be delivered in exchange for a like principal amount of the bonds refunded or may be sold in part or exchanged in part. Where any such refunding bonds are issued for the purpose of refunding bonds which are maturing or have been called for redemption within a period of six months from the issuance of such refunding bonds, such bonds may be sold and the proceeds thereof escrowed to be used in paying the bonds refunded on the date on which they so become payable through maturity or call for redemption. No election shall be necessary to the issuance of such refunding bonds. The provisions of law applicable to maturities and interest rates borne by other revenue bonds of sewerage districts shall be applicable to such refunding bonds. Refunding bonds so issued shall not exceed in principal amount the principal amount of the bonds to be so refunded. Where any such underlying district has outstanding bonds payable from ad valorem taxes and the indebtedness represented by such bonds is assumed by the consolidated district as herein authorized, the bonds of such underlying district may be refunded into bonds of the consolidated district in the manner provided in this Section for the refunding of revenue bonds.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 276, §1, par. 7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.28 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.28
Officials not liable
Status: in_force

No officer or director of the Authority, or officer or member of the governing authority of any governmental unit contracting with the Authority, or person or persons acting in their behalf, while acting within the scope of their authority shall be subject to any personal liability by reason of his carrying out of any of the powers granted of this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4716 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4716
Jurisdiction over real property owned by a municipality or parish and situated within another municipality or parish
Status: in_force

Whenever any municipality or parish, the parishes of Bossier and Caddo and the cities of Bossier City and Shreveport excepted, owns real property wholly within the territorial limits of another municipality or parish, and not contiguous to the territorial limits of the owning parish or municipality, the municipality or parish in which the real property is located shall exercise the police power and have jurisdiction of the real property.

The municipality or parish in which the real property is located may go upon the property for the purpose of policing it, make arrests, and confine any person charged with crime in the jail of the parish or municipality. All offenses committed upon the real property shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the parish or municipality in which the property is located.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7608 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7608
Advisory board; appointment; tenure; compensation; meetings
Status: in_force

A. Upon the certification of the resolution activating a corporation pursuant to R.S. 33:7604, the executive officer, with the advice and consent of the governing body, shall appoint an advisory board of the corporation, consisting of not less than twenty nor more than fifty citizens who shall be qualified electors of the parish or municipality. The members of the advisory board shall be selected as follows:

The executive officer shall request the governing bodies of such civic, community, business or educational organizations as he deems appropriate to submit a list of five nominees for the position of member of the advisory board. He shall appoint no fewer than three-fourths of the advisory board members from among such lists of nominees.

B. Members of an advisory board shall serve until discharged by the executive officer. A member shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and qualified. Vacancies for unexpired terms shall be promptly filled by appointment by the executive officer, provided that new members shall be so appointed that three-fourths of the members of an advisory board shall be persons whose names appeared on the lists described in Subsection A, above or on similar lists subsequently furnished by the above organizations, or from bona fide residents of a new community area, as the case may be. A member shall receive no compensation for his services, but he shall be entitled to actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties, provided, however, that no expenses incurred for purposes of travel beyond the borders of the State of Louisiana shall be reimbursed unless previously authorized by the board of directors of the corporation.

C. An advisory board shall meet at such times as it may deem proper, provided that it shall meet with the directors of the corporation at least quarterly. Notwithstanding any provisions of general, special or local law to the contrary, no officer or employee of the state, any parish or municipality or agency thereof shall be deemed to have forfeited or shall forfeit his employment or position by reason of his membership on an advisory board.

Acts 1972, No. 553, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.292 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.292
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 seven members selected as set out herein. All members shall be citizens of the United States and qualified voters and taxpayers within the limits of the district during their term of office.

(2)(a) Two members shall be appointed by the governor from a list of four nominees submitted to the governor by the Lincoln Parish Police Jury.

(b) One member shall be appointed by the governor from a list of two nominees submitted by the governing authority of the city of Ruston.

(c) One member shall be appointed by the governor from a list of two nominees submitted by the Lincoln Parish Chamber of Commerce.

(d) Two members shall be appointed by the governor from a list of four nominees submitted by the Ruston-Lincoln Development Corporation.

(e) One member shall be appointed by the governor from a list of two nominees; one nominee shall be submitted by Grambling State University and one nominee shall be submitted by Louisiana Tech University.

(3) Of the initial appointments the following terms of office shall apply:

(a) The members selected to represent the Lincoln Parish Police Jury, the city of Ruston, and the Lincoln Parish Chamber of Commerce shall be appointed to serve two years.

(b) The members selected to represent Ruston-Lincoln Industrial Development District, and those selected from nominees submitted by Grambling State University and Louisiana Tech University shall be appointed to serve three years.

(4) At the termination of these initial terms of office, each term thereafter shall be for three years.

(5) After the original term of office has been served by the two members nominated by the Ruston-Lincoln Development Corporation, the board of commissioners of the Ruston-Lincoln Industrial Development District shall thereafter submit a list of four nominees to the governor for appointment, in lieu of the Ruston-Lincoln Development Corporation.

B. Any vacancy in the membership of the board of commissioners, occurring either by reason of the expiration of the term for which appointed or by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by the governor consistent with the original appointment procedure, provided that within thirty days of receipt by the nominating entity of written notification of the vacancy, such nominating entity submits to the governor a list of nominees for the vacancy. In the event that the entity responsible for the nomination of such member fails to provide the governor with a list of nominees for each such vacancy to be filled within thirty days of such vacancy, the board of commissioners shall appoint an interim successor to serve until the position is filled by the governor as provided in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section.

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

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

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

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

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

H. The board of commissioners shall meet in regular session once each month and shall also meet in special session when the president of the board convenes them or on the written request of four members. No more than twelve special sessions may be called within any one calendar year. Four 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 Lincoln, 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 1989, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 16, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4771 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4771
Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of this Subpart, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly requires a different definition:

(1) "Building" means any structure designed or built for the support, enclosure, shelter, or protection of persons, animals, chattels, or property of any kind, including any part or component of such a structure.

(2) "Building code" means any building, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire prevention, or other regulatory code or ordinance adopted by a political subdivision which establishes minimum standards for the use, occupancy, design, planning, engineering, construction, alteration, installation, repair, maintenance, location, removal, or demolition of any building, structure, or improvement to immovable property or for the quality of materials or equipment used in connection therewith.

(3) "Construction" means performance of any work, rendering of services, furnishing of labor or materials, or controlling, using, operating, or installing equipment by any person in connection with the design, planning, engineering, construction, erection, alteration, installation, repair, maintenance, location, removal, or demolition of any building, structure, or improvement to immovable property, including but not limited to land surveying, landscaping, excavation, or other services preparatory thereto and any undertaking by any person to supervise, superintend, inspect, observe, oversee, direct, or in any manner assume charge thereof.

(4) "Enforcement agency" means the agency or other governmental entity with authority to issue permits, make inspections of buildings, and otherwise enforce building codes or perform enforcement procedures.

(5) "Enforcement procedure" means any act, action, or failure to take action by a public servant or enforcement agency in connection with the implementation of any provision of a building code, including but not limited to the examination or review of any plan, drawing, or specifications, the conducting or completion of any inspection, the issuance, denial, or revocation of any permit, permission, license, or certificate, and the granting of any approval of construction.

(6) "Governmental entity" means any department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of a political subdivision.

(7) "Improvement" means any permanent alteration, addition, embellishment, or betterment of immovable property or any modification of land by man, including but not limited to roads, pipelines, sewerage facilities, grating, drainage facilities, levees, or other flood control facilities.

(8) "Person" means any natural person, individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, other legal entity, or group thereof other than a political subdivision, governmental entity, or public servant performing official duties.

(9) "Political subdivision" means any parish or municipality which has authority to adopt and enforce a building code pursuant to this Part, R.S. 33:1236, any other general or special law, any charter or home rule plan of government, or any other authority or grant of power.

(10) "Public servant" means any elected or appointed official or any public employee of a political subdivision or governmental entity.

(11) "Structure" means anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires a location on the ground or which is attached to something having a location on the ground.

Acts 1987, No. 648, §1, eff. July 9, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3689.11
Sale and delivery of certificates
Status: in_force

The police jury of the parish issuing such paving certificates may by resolution empower and authorize its president and its secretary to negotiate and deliver such paving certificates and collect the purchase price therefor and do any and all things necessary and incidental thereto, or authorize delivery to the contractor of all or any part thereof in payment of its contractual obligation covering such improvements. The funds derived from the sale of the said paving certificates shall be expended solely in payment of the costs of the improvements herein authorized and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose whatsoever.

Acts 1952, No. 430, §11.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:139 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 139
Federal, state and local aid to regional planning commissions
Status: in_force

Regional planning commissions may request and accept grants of funds or services from the federal government or any of its agencies, from the state government or any of its agencies or from parish, municipal or other local governments within their planning area, or from private sources. Parishes and municipalities are hereby authorized to appropriate funds for the purposes of the regional planning commission established for all or parts of their area. The books and accounts of regional planning commissions shall be public records open for public inspection, and shall show the amounts and sources of all receipts and the amounts of all disbursements.

Acts 1956, No. 239, §9.