La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3689.5
Award of contract
Status: in_force

The police jury shall meet in open session on the date and at the place and hour named in the notice calling for sealed bids for the construction of the said works, and proceed to open said bids and award the contract to the lowest bidder who can furnish satisfactory security, or it may reject any and all bids, and at any time within a period of thirty days from the date of the reception and opening of said bids award the contract for said works without further advertisement, provided, that no contract shall be so let for an amount greater than that specified in the lowest sealed bid received from a responsible bidder. Any contract awarded under the provisions of R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17 shall be authorized by resolution of the police jury authorizing and empowering the president and the secretary thereof to execute said contract for, on behalf of, and in the name of the parish, and a copy of the said contract shall be set forth in full in said resolution and the resolution shall be published in full in one issue of the official journal of the parish, and a certified copy of said resolution shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish and by him duly recorded in the mortgage records thereof. Provided, that the procedure set forth in this Section shall not apply in cases where any federal or state agency has made grants or contributions of material and labor in aid of the cost of constructing said improvements and the work is done under the supervision and control of such agency or agencies as provided in R.S. 33:3689.4, and also where the work is undertaken by the parish, the bid received for materials, equipment and supplies shall be opened and awarded or rejected as hereinabove provided.

Acts 1952, No. 430, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9080.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9080.4
Milneburg Neighborhood Improvement District
Status: in_force

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

B. Boundaries. The district shall be comprised of the area of the parish of Orleans lying within the following perimeter: Mexico St., St. Roch Ave., Elysian Fields Ave., and Filmore Ave.

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

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

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

(b) The governing board of the association shall appoint three members.

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

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

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

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

(3)(a) Board members serving pursuant to Subparagraphs (1)(b) through (e) of this Subsection shall serve three-year terms after serving initial terms as follows: two members shall serve an initial term of one year, two shall serve two years, and two shall serve three years as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board.

(b) The president of the association shall serve during his term of office.

(4) Vacancies resulting from the expiration of a term or any other reason shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the manner of the original appointment.

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

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

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 provision of security patrols in the district.

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

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

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

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

(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, an individual tract, or a "condominium parcel" 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 the registered voters of the district who vote on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. The amount of the fee may be changed by duly adopted resolution of the board, not to exceed the maximum amount authorized in this Subsection. No other election shall be required except as provided by this Paragraph.

(b) If approved, the fee shall expire on December 31, 2014, 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)(a) The proceeds of the fee shall be used solely and exclusively for the purpose and benefit of the district; however, the city may retain one percent of the amount collected as a collection fee.

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

G. Budget. (1) The board of commissioners shall adopt an annual budget in accordance with the Louisiana Local Government Budget Act, R.S. 39:1301 et seq. 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. (1) It is the purpose and intent of this Section that the additional law enforcement personnel and their services provided for through the fees authorized in this Section shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the district by the New Orleans Police Department.

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

Acts 2010, No. 231, §1, eff. June 17, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9097.24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9097.24
Villa del Rey Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District
Status: in_force

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

B. Boundaries. The district shall include all property shown on the final subdivision plats for Villa del Rey Subdivision filings First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth including lots 1 through 811, Villa del Rey Park Subdivision including lots 1 through 6, lots 8 through 47 and lots 58 through 95 and Castlewood Subdivision including lots 3 through 14, lot 15A, lots 18 through 25 and lots 29 through 32 and Milnor Subdivision recorded with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court, as more particularly described as follows: Begin at the northwest corner of lot 728 of Villa del Rey, proceed east along the northern boundaries of the lots fronting W. Daryl Parkway crossing Monterrey Boulevard, Palermo Drive and San Clemente to the northeast corner of lot 710 of Villa del Rey, then south along the eastern boundary of lot 710 of Villa del Rey, then south along the eastern boundaries of the lots fronting San Clemente Drive, then south across Jones Creek, then south along the eastern boundary of lot 347 of Villa del Rey to Sharp Lane, then south along the centerline of Sharp Lane diagonally to its intersection with the southeast corner of lot 1 of Milnor Subdivision, then west along the southern boundaries of the lots fronting Karen, across Milnor Drive, west along the southern boundary of lot 5 of Milnor north along the west boundaries of lots 5, 6, and 7 of Milnor Subdivision to the southeast corner of lot 93 of Villa del Rey Park, then west along the southern boundaries of the lots fronting Patio Court to the southwest corner of lot 80 of Villa del Rey Park, then north-northwest along the western boundaries of lots 80, 79, and 78 of Villa del Rey Park, then west across Jones Creek, then west along the southern boundaries of the lots fronting W. Pomona Drive to the southwest corner of lot 184 of Villa del Rey, then south along the eastern boundaries of the lots fronting Monterrey Boulevard to the southeast corner of lot 42 of Villa del Rey, then east along the northern boundaries of lots fronting Berkeley Street to the northeast corner of lot 18 of Castlewood, then south along the eastern boundaries of the lots fronting Castlewood Drive to the southeast corner of lot 25 of Castlewood Subdivision, then west along the southern boundary of lot 25 to the southwest corner of lot 25, then across Castlewood Drive to the southeast corner of lot 3 of Castlewood Subdivision, then west along the southern boundaries of lots 3 and 32 of Castlewood Subdivision, then south along the east side of Monterrey Boulevard to the north side of Florida Boulevard North Service Road, then west to its intersection of the west side of Monterrey Boulevard, then north to the southeast corner of lot 1 of Villa del Rey, then west along the southern boundaries of the lots fronting San Lo Drive to the southwest corner of lot 6 of Villa del Rey, then north along the western boundaries of lot 6 and the lots fronting S. Alameda Drive, across W. Pomona Drive and Cuyhanga Parkway, then north along the western boundary of lot 88 of Villa del Rey, then north across Jones Creek, then north along the western boundaries of the lots fronting N. Alameda Drive, then north across W. Tams Drive, then north along the western boundaries of the lots fronting N. Alameda Drive, then north across W. Darryl Parkway, then north along the western boundary of lot 728 of Villa del Rey Subdivision to the point of beginning.

C. Purpose. The purpose of the district shall be to aid in crime prevention, to enhance security within the district, to provide for an increase in security patrols in the district, to beautify and improve the common areas within the district, and to provide for the overall betterment of the district.

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

(a) The president of the Villa del Rey Citizens Association, Inc.

(b) The board of directors of the Villa del Rey Citizens Association, Inc. shall appoint two members.

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

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

(e) The council member of the governing authority for East Baton Rouge Parish who represents all or the greater portion of the area of the district shall appoint one member.

(f) The mayor-president of the city of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge shall appoint one member.

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

(3)(a) Members shall serve four-year terms after the initial terms as provided in this Subparagraph. Two members shall serve an initial term of one year; two shall serve two years; two shall serve three years, and one shall serve four years, as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board.

(b) Members shall be eligible for reappointment.

(4) Any vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment. If the appointing authority responsible for the appointment of a member fails to fill a vacancy within thirty days, the remaining members of the board may appoint an interim successor to serve until the position is filled by the appointing authority.

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

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

(7) The board shall keep minutes of all meetings and shall make them available through the secretary of the board. The minute books and archives of the district shall be maintained by the secretary of the board. The monies, funds, and accounts of the district shall be in the official custody of the board.

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

(9) A majority of the membership of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official action of the board shall require the favorable vote of a majority of those members present and voting. All members of the board shall be voting members.

(10) The domicile of the board shall be in East Baton Rouge Parish.

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 Subsections F and G of this Section and in accordance with a budget adopted as provided by Subsection H of this Section.

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

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

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

(7) To provide for such services and make such expenditures as the board deems proper to carry out the purposes of the district.

(8) To acquire or lease items and supplies which the board deems proper to carry out the purposes of the district.

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

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

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

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

(b) For the purposes of this Section, a parcel shall be defined as a lot, a subdivided portion of ground, or an individual tract within Filings First through Eighth of Villa del Rey, Villa del Rey Park, Castlewood, and Milnor Subdivisions, and which is listed on the tax rolls for assessment of property taxes. The owner of the parcel shall be responsible for payment of the fee.

(2)(a) The amount of the parcel fee shall be as provided by duly adopted resolution of the governing authority of the district. The annual parcel fee shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars per parcel per year. Owners who have been granted the special assessment level provided by Article VII, Section 18(G)(1) of the Constitution of Louisiana shall be charged fifty percent of the parcel fee charged to other owners.

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

(3) A parcel fee shall expire ten years after its levy but may be renewed for additional terms not to exceed ten years if approved by the voters in the manner provided in Subparagraph (2)(b) of this Subsection.

(4) The parcel fee shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are collected for East Baton Rouge Parish. The tax collector shall collect and remit to the district all amounts collected; however, the district may enter into an agreement with the tax collector to authorize the tax collector to retain an annual collection fee, not to exceed one percent of the amount collected.

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

G. Additional contributions. The district is authorized to solicit, accept and expend additional voluntary contributions and grants to carry out the purposes of the district.

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

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

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

(2) If the district ceases to exist, any funds, equipment, and property of the district shall be transmitted to the governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge and shall be used only within the area comprising the district for the purposes set forth in this Section.

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 2014, No. 831, §1, eff. June 23, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.58 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.58
Bastrop Downtown Development District
Status: in_force

A. Creation. The Bastrop Downtown Development District, referred to in this Section as the "district", is hereby created within the city of Bastrop. The district shall be a political subdivision of the state created for the purpose of redeveloping and revitalizing the central business district.

B. Boundaries. The district shall be comprised of all the territory included within the following boundaries: beginning at the intersection of North Sassafras Street and Pine Street, then south on North Sassafras Street to East Jefferson Street, then west on East Jefferson Street to South Franklin Street, then south on South Franklin Street to School Street, then east on School Street, then south on School Street to Cahoon Street, then west on Cahoon Street to South Washington Street, then north on South Washington Street to West Hickory Street, then west on West Hickory Street to South Vine Street, then north on South Vine Street to Pine Street, then east on Pine Street to North Washington Street, then north on North Washington Street to West Cypress Street, then east on West Cypress Street to North Franklin Street, then south on North Franklin Street to Pine Street, then east on Pine Street to the point of beginning.

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 seven-member board of commissioners, referred to in this Section as the "board". The members of the board shall be appointed as follows:

(a) Five members shall be appointed by the mayor of the city of Bastrop, with approval of the governing authority of the city of Bastrop.

(b) Two members shall be appointed by the governing authority of the city of Bastrop, each of whom shall have his principal place of business or profession in, or own property in, the district.

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

(b) One member shall serve an initial term of one year; one shall serve an initial term of two years; two shall serve an initial term of three years; two shall serve an initial term of four years; and one shall serve an initial term of five 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; however, they shall receive a travel allowance as reimbursement for expenses incurred while attending to the business of the board or the district.

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 city of Bastrop 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 city of Bastrop 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:

(a) An estimate of the annual and total cost of acquiring, constructing, or providing the services, improvements, or facilities set forth therein.

(b) An estimate of the total number of mills required to be levied each year on the taxable real property within the district in order to provide the funds required for the implementation of the plan.

(c) The proportion of the tax to be levied on the taxable real property within the district which is to be set aside and dedicated to paying the cost of furnishing specified services and the proportion of such tax to be set aside and dedicated to paying the cost of capital improvements or paying the cost of debt service on any bonds to be issued to pay the cost of capital improvements, such proportions, in each case, to be expressed in numbers of mills.

(4)(a) The board shall submit the plan to the governing authority of the city of Bastrop. The governing authority of the city shall review and consider the plan and may, by a majority vote of all its members, adopt or reject the plan as originally submitted by the board or alter or modify the plan or any portion or detail thereof.

(b) If the plan as originally submitted by the board is adopted by the majority vote of the governing authority of the city, it shall become final and conclusive and may thereafter be implemented. If the governing authority of the city alters or modifies the plan by a majority vote of its members, the plan as altered or modified shall be resubmitted to the board for its concurrence or rejection.

(c) The board may concur in the modified plan by a majority vote of all of its members. If the board votes to concur in the plan as modified by the governing authority of the city, the plan shall become final and conclusive and may thereafter be implemented. If the board does not concur in the plan as modified by the governing authority of the city, it shall notify the governing authority of the city in writing of its decision.

(d) Thereafter and as often as the board may deem to be necessary or advisable, it shall prepare or cause to be prepared a plan or plans and submit such plan or plans to the governing authority of the city for its adoption, modification, or rejection in the manner and with the same effect as provided with respect to the original 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 city of Bastrop 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 city of Bastrop 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 and/or provide, construct, or acquire capital improvements or facilities, the board may enter into intergovernmental local service contracts with the city of Bastrop.

F. District taxes. (1) The governing authority of the city of Bastrop is hereby authorized to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax on property in the district, as authorized by the Bastrop Downtown Development District, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection.

(2) The amount of the tax shall be as requested by duly adopted resolution of the board of commissioners and shall not exceed five mills.

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

(b) The tax shall expire at the time provided in the proposition authorizing the tax, not to exceed fifty years, but the tax may be renewed as provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph. If renewed, the term of the imposition of the tax shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing such renewal.

(4) No such tax shall be levied until a plan requiring or requesting the levy of a tax is finally and conclusively adopted pursuant to the provisions of Subsection D of this Section.

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

(6) The avails of the tax authorized by this Subsection shall be paid over by the tax collector to the finance department of the city of Bastrop, day by day, as the same are collected for the account of the district.

(7) It is expressly declared that the special tax authorized by this Subsection is limited to immovable property, and nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to authorize the levy of a tax upon movable property of any kind or description whatsoever, whether corporeal or incorporeal.

G.(1)(a) Subject to the provisions of this Subsection, the governing authority of the city of Bastrop when requested by resolution adopted by a majority of the members of the board of commissioners and approved by a resolution of the governing authority of the city adopted by a majority vote of its members may fund the avails of the tax authorized by Subsection F of this Section into bonds or other instruments of indebtedness for the exclusive benefit of the district. The outstanding principal amount shall never exceed twenty million dollars and shall not exceed the principal amount which may be serviced in principal and interest from seventy-five percent of the avails estimated to be available in the first and each succeeding year that there are outstanding bonds. The bonds shall bear such rate or rates of interest and, except as otherwise provided by this Subsection, shall be in such form, terms, and denominations, and be redeemable at such times and places, within a period not exceeding fifty years from the date thereof, as may be provided for in the resolution of the governing authority of the city of Bastrop providing for their issuance.

(b) Bonds issued under the provisions of this Section shall not constitute general obligations of the city of Bastrop, the parish of Morehouse, or the state of Louisiana within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provisions. No property situated within the city other than property situated within the boundaries of the district shall be subject to taxation for the payment of the principal of, premium if any, and interest on such bonds. Furthermore, any indebtedness incurred by the city of Bastrop for and on behalf and for the benefit of the district pursuant to the provisions of this Section, whether evidenced by bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, or otherwise, shall be excluded in determining the power of the city of Bastrop to incur indebtedness and to issue its general obligation bonds.

(c) No bonds shall be issued unless a proposition authorizing the issuance of such bonds and stating the maximum amount of bonds to be issued and the maximum period over which the bonds will be outstanding has been submitted to the district electors at an election held in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code and such proposition has been approved by a majority of the district electors who vote on the proposition.

(2) The bonds shall be signed by the mayor of the city of Bastrop and the director of finance of the city of Bastrop, provided that in the discretion of the governing authority of the city one of the signatures may be in facsimile. If any officer whose signature appears upon a bond or coupon ceases to be an officer before delivery of the bonds or coupons to the purchaser, his signature or countersignature shall nevertheless be valid for all purposes.

(3)(a) The resolution of the governing authority of the city of Bastrop authorizing the issuance and sale of such bonds and fixing the form and details thereof may contain such other provisions as the governing authority of the city may deem to be necessary or advisable to enhance the marketability and acceptability thereof by purchasers and investors, including but not limited to covenants with bondholders setting forth:

(i) Conditions and limitations on the issuance of additional bonds constituting a lien and charge on the avails of the special tax levied on real property within the district, pari passu with bonds theretofore issued and outstanding.

(ii) The creation of reserves for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds.

(b) These bonds and the interest thereon shall be exempt from all taxation levied for state, parish, municipal, or other local purposes.

(c) Savings banks, tutors of minors, curators of interdicts, trustees and other fiduciaries are authorized to invest the funds in their hands in the bonds issued pursuant to this Subsection.

Acts 2003, No. 883, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3423 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3423
Specifications; advertising for bids; awarding contract
Status: in_force

Whenever the governing authority of the municipality resolves to make any improvement authorized by this Sub-part, it shall prepare plans and specifications of the work to be placed on file in the office of the municipal clerk or engineer, and shall adopt an ordinance ordering and describing in general terms the contemplated improvement and authorizing the clerk or secretary to advertise for bids therefor. The advertisement shall be inserted at least twice in some newspaper published in the municipality, the first insertion to be not less than ten days prior to the date fixed for the reception of the bids, and it shall contain a general description of the contemplated work and shall designate the hour, date, and place for the reception and opening of the bids. The governing authority shall let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who can furnish satisfactory security, but may reject any and all bids, in which case the municipality may purchase the material and have the work done, the cost of the work when completed to be assessed and paid for as provided in this Subpart.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1
Petition for incorporation; contents; circulation; required signatures
Status: in_force

A. Residents of any unincorporated area with a population in excess of two hundred inhabitants may propose the incorporation of the area as provided in this Subpart. The secretary of state shall provide a form approved by the attorney general to be used for the petition for an incorporation election. Such form shall be in conformity with the provisions of this Section and R.S. 18:3. All incorporation petitions shall be on an approved form or on a form which contains the same information as required on the approved form and any petition not on such form shall be invalid. The incorporation petition shall include the following information:

(1) A legal description of the area proposed for incorporation, a map of the area proposed for incorporation, and the statement that all lands included in the area constitute a contiguous area. The description shall also include a list of every parish in which the proposed area of incorporation is wholly or partially situated.

(2) A statement of the number of inhabitants residing in the unincorporated area of the proposed incorporation. Such statement shall be based on the latest federal decennial census or another current population report or count which is verifiable.

(3) A statement of the assessed value of the immovable property located in the unincorporated area.

(4) A listing of the public services the municipal corporation proposes to render to the area and a plan for the provision of these services.

(5) A statement of the corporate name desired for the new municipality.

(6) The names of two persons, who shall be designated as chairperson and vice chairperson, for the petition for incorporation who shall serve as agents for the petitioners in all legal matters, including the receipt of notices. Notice will be sufficient if served on the chairperson or vice chairperson. If the chairperson is unable to carry out the duties required in this Section, the vice chairperson shall carry out such duties.

B.(1)(a) Prior to entering any signatures, the chairperson shall file a copy of the incorporation petition with the secretary of state who shall endorse thereon the fact and date of filing. The petition shall be considered filed when it is received in the office of the secretary of state, or at the time it is postmarked by the United States Postal Service or is receipted on a return receipt request form, if it is subsequently received in the office of the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall notify the chairperson of the filing date within ten business days, by hand delivery or certified mail, return receipt requested. No signatures for incorporation shall be collected until the chairperson receives notice of the filing date.

(b) The secretary of state shall immediately transmit, by mail or electronically, a copy of the filed petition to the registrar of voters for each parish in which the proposed incorporated area is situated. Within ten business days after the date of the receipt of the incorporation petition, the registrar of voters for each parish in which the proposed incorporated area is situated shall transmit to the chairperson and the secretary of state, by mail or electronically, a notice of the number of electors residing within the area proposed for incorporation as of the date the notice is sent to the chairperson and the secretary of state.

(c) No copy of an incorporation petition shall be filed with the secretary of state within a period beginning thirteen days prior to the date of any election through ten days after the date of that election.

C.(1) The signatures of twenty-five percent of the electors residing in the area proposed for incorporation shall be required in order to file the signed petition as provided in R.S. 33:2(A).

(2) The chairperson shall submit the signed and dated petition for certification to the registrar of voters for each parish in which the proposed incorporated area is situated. However, not less than fourteen days prior to submitting the signed and dated petition for certification, the chairperson shall provide written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by hand delivery receipted on a return receipt request form to the registrar of voters for each parish of his intention to submit the petition for certification. The chairperson shall submit the signed and dated petition for certification not later than:

(a) One hundred and eighty days after the date on which he receives notice of the date of endorsement by the secretary of state, if fewer than ten thousand qualified electors reside within the area proposed for incorporation.

(b) Two hundred and seventy days after the date on which he receives notice of the date of endorsement by the secretary of state, if ten thousand or more qualified electors reside within the area proposed for incorporation.

(3)(a) The chairperson shall attach to the signed and dated petition an affidavit attesting to the fact that no signatures were obtained prior to the receipt of notice of the endorsement date.

(b) If the chairperson fails to submit the affidavit and the signed and dated petition within the time period specified in this Subsection, the registrar of voters shall not review the petition to determine whether it contains the required signatures as provided in R.S. 33:2, and no copy of a petition for incorporation that proposes to incorporate the same area shall be filed with the secretary of state for at least sixty days.

D.(1) The handwritten signatures of the electors must reasonably correspond with their signatures on file in the office of the registrar of voters. All electors residing in the area proposed for incorporation shall be eligible to sign the petition. More than one copy of the petition may be circulated but the signature of an elector shall be counted only one time in the calculation of the twenty-five percent required by R.S. 33:2.

(2) Prior to certification of a signed and dated petition as provided in R.S. 33:2(C) but not more than five days after a signed and dated petition is submitted for certification pursuant to Subsection C of this Section, whichever is earlier, the registrar of voters shall honor the written request of any elector who desires to have his handwritten signature either stricken from or added to the signed and dated petition. The written request of the elector shall include the name and address of the elector, the date of birth of the elector, the signature of the elector, and the date of the request.

E.(1) A signed and dated petition, including an elector's name, address, and signature, shall be a public record as of the date that written notice is given by the chairperson pursuant to Subsection C of this Section. However, the elector's day and month of birth shall be redacted or not disclosed as provided in R.S. 18:154. The written request of the elector to have his signature stricken from or added to a petition pursuant to Paragraph (D)(2) of this Section shall also be a public record, except for the elector's day and month of birth as provided in R.S. 18:154.

(2)(a) Prior to submitting a signed and dated petition to the registrar of voters pursuant to Subsection C of this Section, the chairperson shall be the custodian of any such petition.

(b) Upon receipt of a signed and dated petition submitted by the chairperson pursuant to Subsection C of this Section, the registrar of voters shall be the custodian of the petition.

(c) The petition and the custodian of the petition shall be subject to all the provisions of R.S. 44:31 et seq.

F. If the final day for any action required in this Section falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the deadline shall be on the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.

G. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, during the time period granted to a chairperson to submit a petition for certification pursuant to Subsection C of this Section, no municipality shall annex any area included within an area proposed for incorporation as described in a petition which has been filed with the secretary of state. Any annexation in violation of this Subsection shall be null and void ab initio.

Acts 1984, No. 536, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1984; Acts 1999, No. 425, §1; Acts 2016, No. 376, §1; Acts 2019, No. 335, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.28 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.28
Rapides Parish; criminal expense ordinance authorized
Status: in_force

The Rapides Parish Police Jury may create within the Rapides Parish Code of Laws an ordinance requiring the levy of an additional twenty dollars court cost specifically dedicated to defray the cost of the criminal justice system within the parish. The ordinance shall at a minimum encompass the following language:

"(1) In all criminal cases in Rapides Parish there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after entering a plea of guilty, or who forfeits his bond, a nonrefundable sum of twenty dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed.

(2) The sums collected under this Section of the Rapides Parish Code of Laws shall be remitted monthly by the sheriff to the general fund of the Rapides Parish Police Jury to be used at the discretion of the police jury in defraying the expenses of the criminal justice system within the parish."

Acts 1993, No. 489, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.84 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.84
Public hearing authorized; prohibited rezoning
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of the parish shall, in accordance with the comprehensive plan required by R.S. 33:4780.83, provide for the manner in which the regulations and restrictions shall be determined, established, enforced, and, from time to time, amended.

B. No regulations or restrictions shall become effective until after a public hearing held by the governing authority of the parish at which parties in interest have had an opportunity to be heard. The governing authority of the parish shall provide for notice of the hearing and notice to property owners in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:4780.43.

Acts 2012, No. 422, §1, eff. May 31, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7802 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7802
Creation of commission; territorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The creation of the commission, pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement executed on November 13, 1985 between the parish and the districts, is hereby ratified, confirmed, and approved. The commission is hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, as defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana. Pursuant to Article VI, Section 19 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the commission is hereby granted the rights, powers, and authorities herein described, including, but not limited to, the power of taxation and the power to incur debt and issue bonds. The powers of the commission shall be exercised within the boundaries of the parish, as the boundaries of the parish are presently constituted.

Acts 1986, No. 377, §1, eff. July 2, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4711.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4711.1
Sale of surplus property over Internet
Status: in_force

A. A political subdivision may, through Internet computer auction:

(1) Sell surplus property through the use of electronic technology including Internet websites that facilitate such sales.

(2) Pay any costs associated with the sale from the proceeds of such sale.

(3) Sell surplus property through any form of electronic technology, including Internet websites created expressly for that purpose whether privately or publicly owned.

B. As used in this Section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Internet" means the global information system that is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the Internet protocol or its subsequent extensions, is able to support communications using the transmission control protocol/Internet protocol suite or its subsequent extensions, and other Internet protocol compatible protocols, and provides, uses or makes accessible, either publicly or privately, high level services layered on the communications and related infrastructure described herein.

(2) "Internet computer auction" means the sale by auction that takes place when offers are placed through the use of electronic technology including the Internet and the thing is sold to the qualified bidder who offers the highest price.

(3) "Surplus property" means tangible non-consumable movable property owned by a political subdivision, the governing authority of which has determined is no longer needed for public purposes.

Acts 2006, No. 619, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7701 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7701
Definition
Status: in_force

The term "consolidated special service district" shall mean consolidated waterworks districts, consolidated sewerage districts, consolidated fire protection districts, consolidated hospital service districts, consolidated recreation districts, and consolidated garbage districts created under the authority conferred by this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 94, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2924 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2924
Borrowing to meet public emergency
Status: in_force

Municipalities may, in cases of public emergency, to be determined by the municipalities, borrow money in sums necessary to meet the emergency. The repayment of such sums shall be a fixed charge upon the revenues of the year next following the year in which the sums are borrowed.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7616 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7616
Development by corporations; surplus profits
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding R.S. 33:7625, but consistent therewith, a corporation may, itself, or through the use of one or more subsidiary corporations, or through partnerships or joint ventures, as permitted in R.S. 33:7610, develop, construct, operate or maintain any facilities, structures, and appurtenances, provided, however, that the corporation shall not engage in any such activities unless or until the board of directors of the corporation, after review of all available information and data, shall determine that it would not be economically feasible or practical for such development, construction, operation or maintenance to be undertaken by private enterprise acting alone.

B. Any profits derived from the developmental activities of a corporation shall be applied by its board of directors to meet the needs, goals and objectives of the new community, including, but not limited to the development of programs designed to meet social objectives, the development of amenities for the residents of the new community development area and for such related purposes as the board of directors shall determine.

C. The board of directors of a corporation shall from time to time review the financial condition of any new community project and determine if there are surplus profits available for distribution by the corporation to the parish or municipality. In the event that the board of directors determines that there are surplus profits available for distribution to the parish or municipality, it shall so certify to the governing body and immediately transfer such surplus profits to the treasury of the parish or municipality. Upon such certification, the governing body, by ordinance or resolution, shall determine how and for what purposes the surplus profits shall be expended.

D. Subsections B and C of this section shall be subject to any agreement with noteholders, bondholders, guarantors or others interested in any evidence of indebtedness of a corporation.

Acts 1972, No. 553, §11.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4546.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4546.5
Applicability of antitrust laws
Status: in_force

All immunity of the state of Louisiana from liability under antitrust law is hereby extended to the authority acting within the scope of the grants of authority contained in this Section and when so acting, the authority shall be presumed to be acting in furtherance of state policy.

Acts 1987, No. 658, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2416 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2416
Certification and appointment
Status: in_force

A. Whenever an appointing authority proposes to fill a vacancy in the classified service, except by demotion, transfer, or reinstatement, he shall submit to the director a statement showing the position to be filled, the class and duties thereof, and he may also specify the necessary and desirable qualifications of the person to be appointed thereto, and shall request the director to certify the names of persons eligible for appointment to such position. The director shall, subject to the rules, thereupon certify to the appointing authority the names of three eligibles for such position of the class of the vacant position, and if more than one vacancy is to be filled the name of one additional eligible for each additional vacancy; preferences in certifications shall be given to eligibles who are residents and, if over twenty-one years of age, are qualified voters of the city, but in any case where there are not enough eligibles who are such residents, other eligibles who are non-residents of the city may be certified. The eligibles certified shall be, except as above provided, the highest ranking eligibles willing to accept employment, ranked in the following order: first, all the eligibles on the appropriate reemployment list, if any; secondly, those on a promotion list, if any; lastly, those on an employment list. All the names of any one of such lists shall be exhausted before any names are certified from another list, but the names certified may be taken from two or more lists, if necessary to make a certification of three eligibles. Names shall be certified from each list in the order of their rank on that list. Within ten days after such names are certified, the appointing authority shall appoint one of those whose names are certified to each vacancy which he is to fill. In each case of acceptance of an appointment, such appointment shall become effective as of the date on which the appointee enters upon duty.

If the appropriate lists do not contain the names of a sufficient number of eligibles willing to accept appointment to make possible the certification of three eligible persons, the names of all persons on such lists who are willing to accept appointment shall be certified, even if there should then be less than three persons available.

The names of persons who have been considered for appointment three times and have not been offered appointment or who have expressed unwillingness to accept appointment may, in the discretion of the director, be removed from the list.

B. Anything in this Part to the contrary, preference shall be given to all persons honorably discharged or discharged under honorable conditions from the armed forces of the United States, and the widows of such persons. Age limits, in so far as such persons are concerned, shall be waived, except as to persons who have reached a retirement age. Proof of eligibility for the preference provided for shall be furnished the commission or the proper representative of the commission, by submission by the person claiming preference of the discharge granted to the veteran by or through whom preference is claimed, or a properly certified copy of such discharge, and, in the case of a disabled veteran, additionally of a certificate from the Veterans Administration of the United States, showing service-connected disability to exist.

In the case of entrance tests or examinations, all persons who have served during time of war and have been honorably discharged or discharged under honorable conditions from the armed forces of the United States, and the widows of such persons, provided they were living with their husbands at the time of the death of their husbands and have not since remarried, who have met the minimum requirements imposed for each test and who have received at least the average rating required for eligibility, shall have added to their earned gradings an additional five points. All persons who have served during time of war and have been honorably discharged or discharged under honorable conditions from the armed forces of the United States, who are suffering service-connected disability, or the wives of such persons who are living with their husbands, provided such husbands are not employees of the city and have waived in favor of their wives the preference herein granted, shall have added to their earned gradings an additional ten points; and all persons described in this Sub-section, who become eligible for certification, shall be placed on the eligible lists and be eligible for appointment in the order and on the basis of the percentage attained by them in examinations or tests, after such credit of five or ten points, as the case may be, has been added. All ties shall be decided in favor of the persons covered by this Sub-section. In the case of promotion tests or examinations, a credit of only three points shall be allowed the persons covered by this Sub-section. Physical requirements shall be waived in the case of any person covered by this Sub-section where it is shown by proper evidence that his disability will not interfere with the performance of the duties of the position to which he is to be appointed.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.70.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.70.7
Shreveport I-20 Economic Development District
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created within the city of Shreveport, as more specifically provided in Subsection B of this Section, a body politic and corporate which shall be known as the Shreveport I-20 Economic Development 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.(1) The boundaries of the district shall include the area with the following perimeter: Begin at the intersection of the southwesterly right-of-way line of Common Street with the north right-of-way line of Lake Street and a point on the northwesterly right-of-way line of Kansas City Railroad; Run thence Southeasterly along said southwesterly right-of-way line of Common Street to the south right-of-way line of Stoner Avenue; Run thence West along said south right-of-way line of Stoner Avenue and Murphy Street to the easterly right-of-way line of Texas Avenue; Run thence Southwesterly along said easterly right-of-way line of Texas Avenue to the east right-of-way line of Sestin Street; Run thence South along said east right-of-way line of Sestin Street to the north right-of-way line of the Kansas City Railroad; Run thence West along said north right-of-way line of Kansas City Railroad to the east right-of-way line of Park Avenue; Run thence North along said east right-of-way line of Park Avenue to the southeasterly right-of-way line of I-20; Run thence Northeasterly along said southeasterly right-of-way line of I-20 to the westerly right-of-way line of Linwood Avenue; Run thence Southeasterly along said westerly right-of-way line of Linwood Avenue to the northerly right-of-way line of Texas Avenue; Run thence Northwesterly along the northerly and westerly right-of-way line of Texas Avenue to the northeasterly right-of-way line of Hope Street; Run thence Southeasterly along said northeasterly right-of-way line of Hope Street to the northwesterly right-of-way line of Kansas City Railroad; Run thence Northeasterly along said northwesterly right-of-way line of Kansas City Railroad to the Point of Beginning.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any existing pathways of Interstate 49 shall be excluded from the boundaries of the district.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the pathway of Texas Street beginning at Murphy Street to the east and ending at Linwood Avenue to the west shall be excluded from the boundaries of the district.

C. The district is created to provide for cooperative economic and community development among the district, the city, the state, and the owners of property in the district, to enhance the development of and improvement to the property within the area of the district, to develop stable and more extensive employment opportunities, to improve infrastructure, and to promote the overall welfare of the citizens of the district.

D.(1) In order to provide for the orderly development of the district and effect the purposes of the district, the district shall be administered and governed by a five-member board of commissioners, subject to Senate confirmation, referred to in this Section as the "board", composed as follows:

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

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

(c) The governing board of the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce shall appoint one member who is a member of the chamber of commerce.

(d) The governing board of the Shreveport-Bossier African American Chamber of Commerce shall appoint one member who is a member of the chamber of commerce.

(e) The mayor of the city of Shreveport or his designee.

(2)(a) Members appointed pursuant to Subparagraphs (1)(a) through (d) of this Subsection shall serve three-year terms after serving initial terms as provided in this Subparagraph. Two members shall serve one-year initial terms, one member shall serve a two-year initial term, and one member shall serve a three-year initial term as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board.

(b) The member serving pursuant to Subparagraph (1)(e) of this Subsection shall serve during his term of office. Any designee serving on the board shall serve at the pleasure of the designating authority.

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

(4) The board shall elect from its members a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary-treasurer, and other officers as it deems necessary. The duties of the officers shall be fixed by the bylaws adopted by the board. The bylaws shall be subject to approval of the senators representing Districts 31, 36, 38, and 39 prior to being adopted by the board.

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

(6) The board shall adopt 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.

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

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

E.(1) The district, acting by and through its board, shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision necessary or convenient for carrying out its objects and purposes, including but not limited to the following:

(a) To sue and be sued.

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

(c) To acquire by gift, grant, purchase, or lease all property, including rights-of-way, and to hold and use any franchise or property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein, necessary or desirable for carrying out the objects and purposes of the district.

(d) To receive by gift, grant, or donation 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.

(e) To enter into contracts for the purchase, lease, acquisition, construction, and improvement of works and facilities necessary in connection with the purposes of the district and to mortgage its properties and enter into leases and other agreements on terms that the board approves.

(f) To require and issue licenses with respect to properties and facilities owned by the district.

(g) To regulate the imposition of fees and rentals charged by the district for facilities owned and services rendered by it and to impose fees on the use or occupancy of any other property within but not owned by the district with the consent of the owner of such property.

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

(i) To enter into cooperative endeavor agreements with any other party, public or private, to accomplish the purposes of this Subpart.

(2) The district shall have no power of taxation.

(3) The district shall have no power with respect to any decision regarding the planning and operation of the I-49 inner city connector or the Amtrak high speed rail.

F.(1) The board shall prepare or cause to be prepared a plan or plans 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, deems appropriate or advisable and in the public interest.

(2) Any plan may specify and encompass any public services, capital improvements, and facilities which the city of Shreveport is authorized to undertake, furnish, or provide under the constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, and the specified public services, improvements, and facilities shall be special and in addition to all services, improvements, and facilities which the city 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.

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

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

H. All state officers and agencies are authorized at their discretion to render such services to the district within their respective functions as may be requested by the district. In addition, the district and such agencies are authorized to enter into such contracts, cooperative endeavor agreements, or other agreements necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this Section.

I. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of this Section shall be effective until August 1, 2029.

Acts 2024, No. 783, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4854 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4854
Pool rooms and turf exchanges; regulations
Status: in_force

Municipalities of less than five thousand inhabitants may regulate pool rooms and turf exchanges and provide penalties for the violation of ordinances adopted under authority of this Section.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.455 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.455
Taxes; borrowing money
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 1993, No. 494, §1, eff. June 10, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.442 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.442
Board of commissioners; members; officers
Status: in_force

A. The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners, referred to in this Subpart as the "board", consisting of five members appointed by the governing authority of Madison Parish.

B.(1) Each member appointed to the board shall be a citizen of the United States. Each member shall additionally have been domiciled in Madison Parish and a qualified voter in Madison Parish for at least one year preceding the date of his appointment. Each board member shall remain domiciled in and a qualified voter in Madison Parish throughout his term of office.

(2) Preference for board appointment shall be given to individuals with at least five years of experience in one or more of the following areas:

(a) Economic development.

(b) Public finance or administration.

(c) Agriculture.

(d) Urban planning.

(e) Banking or finance.

(f) Public relations.

(g) Education.

(h) Practice of law, medicine, or other licensed profession.

(i) Construction.

(j) Real estate sales, appraisal, or commercial development.

(k) Labor.

(3) Elected officials are prohibited from serving on the board.

C.(1) The members of the board shall serve terms of three years after the initial term as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

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

D.(1) Any member may be removed for cause by a majority vote of the Madison Parish Police Jury.

(2) Any member who misses fifty percent of the board's meetings, regular and special, in any calendar year shall be disqualified and removed automatically from office. Such vacated position shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the balance of the vacated term. The former member shall not be eligible for reappointment until expiration of the balance of the vacated term.

E.(1) Any vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment within thirty days after receipt by the police jury of written notification from the board of the vacancy.

(2) In the event the vacancy is not filled within thirty days after the police jury's receipt of written notification of the vacancy, the board shall appoint an interim successor to serve on the board until the position is filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

F. Members of the board shall serve without compensation. The board may reimburse any member for expenses actually incurred in the performance of his duties.

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

H. The board shall meet in regular session once each month and also shall meet in special session as convened by the president or upon written notice of three members.

I. A majority of the board members shall constitute a quorum.

J. All actions of the board shall be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members.

K. Vote by proxy shall not be permitted. Any member may request a recorded vote on any resolution or action of the district.

L. The board shall cause minutes and a record to be kept of all its proceedings, and it shall select a newspaper of general circulation within its territorial jurisdiction as its official journal in which it shall publish its minutes and in which it shall publish such official notices as are required by law.

Acts 2010, No. 558, §1, eff. June 25, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4712.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4712.4
Transfer of property by city of Pineville authorized
Status: in_force

A. The inducement of the establishment of commercial enterprise for the purposes of economic development of the municipality is a public purpose.

B. The city of Pineville may acquire the property described in Subsection F of this Section for commercial inducement purposes as further provided in this Section.

C. The city of Pineville may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of, by suitable and appropriate contract, such transaction being hereinafter referred to as a "transfer", the property described in Subsection F of this Section to any commercial enterprise locating or expanding its operations within the city.

D.(1) In determining the consideration for any such transfer, the municipal governing authority may consider the potential value of the lands, buildings, or other property involved.

(2) Prior to any transfer, the municipal governing authority shall give notice of its intention to transfer the property, by publication of a notice of intention once a week for two consecutive weeks, beginning at least fourteen days prior to the date such action is contemplated. Such notice of intention shall include the following:

(a) A general description of the proposed transfer.

(b) A description of the property to be transferred.

(c) The proposed consideration to be given in exchange for said property.

(d) A statement that the proposed contract is on file for public inspection in the office of the municipal governing authority.

(e) A statement of the appraised value of such property as determined by a real estate appraisal made within the previous twelve months.

(f) A date, time, and place at which objections to such transfer will be received.

(3) Should five percent of the resident electors of the city object to said proposed transfer, an election shall be held for the purpose of submitting the question of the transfer to the voters in accordance with Chapter 6-B of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and in such case the transfer shall be made only upon the favorable vote of a majority of the electors voting on the proposition at such election.

E. The resolution or ordinance adopted by the municipal governing authority authorizing the transfer of property by the city shall set forth, in a general way, the terms of the authorized transfer and that the contract is on file for public inspection in the office of the municipal governing authority. At the regularly scheduled meeting immediately prior to the meeting at which the resolution or ordinance will be considered, the municipal governing authority shall announce to those persons present that the resolution or ordinance will be considered at the next meeting. Such resolution or ordinance shall be published as soon as possible after adoption in one issue of the official journal of the city. For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of any such resolution or ordinance, any interested person may contest the legality of such resolution or ordinance or the validity of the authorized transfer, after which time, no one shall have any cause of action to contest the legality of the transfer for any cause whatsoever, and it shall be conclusively presumed thereafter that every legal requirement has been complied with, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of said thirty days.

F. The city of Pineville may purchase and transfer the following described property in accordance with the provisions of this Section:

A certain parcel or tract of land, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages, appurtenants thereunto appertaining, situated in Section Twenty-one (21), Township 4 North, Range 1 West, City of Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being particularly described as follows: Begin at the most southern corner of White Subdivision, as shown on plat attached to Act of Partial Release of Mortgage recorded at Mortgage Book 989, Page 228, records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and from said point of beginning as thus established, thence run South 38 degrees 13 minutes West a distance of 20.35 feet; thence run South 51 degrees 52 minutes East a distance of 378.41 feet to the northwesterly right-of-way line of Louisiana-Arkansas Railroad; thence along said right-of-way line of said railroad, run South 42 degrees 38 minutes West on a chord a distance of 56.34 feet; thence run South 43 degrees 27 minutes West a distance of 379.70 feet; thence run North 51 degrees 10 minutes West a distance of 540.57 feet to the Southeasterly right-of-way line of Alexandria-Pineville Expressway; thence run North 43 degrees 45 minutes East along said right-of-way of said Expressway a distance of 348.12 feet, more or less to Louisiana Department of Highways concrete monument; thence run North 63 degrees 29 minutes East a distance of 113.29 feet; thence run South 51 degrees 27 minutes East a distance of 119.26 feet back to the point of beginning. Said property is particularly shown on plat of survey dated December 2, 1985, made by Frank L. Willis.

Acts 1990, No. 70, §1, eff. June 27, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.55 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.55
Town of Winnsboro Downtown Development District
Status: in_force

A. Intent. The legislature hereby finds and declares that it is necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare of the town of Winnsboro that the property value deterioration in the downtown area be halted and that the causes of such deterioration be halted.

B. Creation. (1) The Town of Winnsboro Downtown Development District, hereinafter referred to as the "district", is hereby created for the primary purpose of redevelopment of the central business district.

(2) The district shall be comprised of that portion of the town of Winnsboro that encompasses as a westerly boundary Common Street and an easterly boundary of Pine Street and the streets that extend along both sides of Prairie Street as a southerly boundary and Adams Street as the northerly boundary and all streets therein.

(3) The district shall be a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana as defined in Article VI, Section 44(2) of the Constitution of Louisiana and, as such, shall have all of the powers accorded by law to political subdivisions of the state, including the power to cooperate with and to engage in cooperative endeavors with other persons and entities as provided by Article VI, Section 20 and Article VII, Section 14(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

C. Governance. (1) The governing authority of the district shall be the ten member Main Street Board, hereinafter, referred to as the "board". The appointments and terms of board members shall be those specified in the authority creating the Main Street Board.

(2) The board shall adopt such rules for the transaction of its business as it deems necessary and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, studies, findings, and determinations, which record shall be a public record.

(3) The board may employ or contract with an executive director and set his compensation and terms of employment. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board may establish the term of such contract. The board also may employ such other employees as are necessary to carry out the functions of the district as authorized by the board.

D. Redevelopment activities. (1) In order to effectuate the purposes of this Section, the board shall have the specific authority provided in R.S. 33:4625(F); such authority shall be exercised solely within the district.

(2) The board shall formulate a redevelopment plan or plans for the district and submit any plan to the governing authority of the town of Winnsboro for review. The board shall formulate a program or programs to implement any redevelopment plan. Such a program shall implement the various plans in such a manner as to aid and encourage private development of the area and to promote and coordinate public development. In formulating such a program, the board may conduct studies and may consult with all departments of the town of Winnsboro and other public or private agencies concerned with matters affecting or affected by the program.

(3) After adoption of the development program, the board may implement any portion thereof in such manner as shall, in its judgment, most likely accomplish said program. To that end, the district may employ or contract with engineers, architects, attorneys, underwriters, and other professionals necessary for the financing and implementation of the construction, renovation, maintenance, or operation of facilities described in the redevelopment plan and may contract in accordance with law for the construction, renovation, maintenance, or operation of the facilities.

(4) The board shall prepare each year an annual budget in accordance with the Louisiana Local Government Budget Act, R.S. 39:1301 et seq.

E. Revenues. (1) Subject to the approval of the governing authority of the town of Winnsboro and district electors as provided in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection, the district may levy an ad valorem tax not exceeding fifteen mills for such number of years as may be provided in the proposition authorizing its levy for the purpose of planning, constructing, acquiring, operating, or maintaining public facilities contemplated by the redevelopment plan and for the operating expenses of the district.

(2) Subject to the approval of the governing authority of the town of Winnsboro and district electors as provided in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection, the district may issue general obligation bonds in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:551 et seq., for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, or improving any work of public improvement contemplated by the redevelopment plan. As provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the bonds shall have pledged thereto the full faith and credit of the district, and the district shall levy and collect taxes on all property subject to taxation in the district sufficient to pay the bonds in principal, interest, and premium, if any, as the same become due and payable.

(3) Any ad valorem tax levied by the district, including taxes levied under Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or levied to provide for payment of bonds authorized under Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, being special ad valorem taxes, shall be subject to the homestead exemption as provided by Article VII, Section 20 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(4) No ad valorem tax may be levied under the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection nor may any bonds be issued under the provisions of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection unless authorized by a majority of the electors of the district who vote at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Louisiana Election Code. The governing authority of the town of Winnsboro shall call any such election.

(5) Any tax levied under authority of this Subsection shall be in addition to all other taxes which other political subdivisions in Franklin Parish are now or hereafter may be authorized by law to levy and collect. All services and programs to be provided from the proceeds of the tax shall be in addition to the services and programs which are otherwise provided by other governing authorities.

F. The district shall be authorized to enter into agreements with any person or persons, public or private, providing for contributions or payments towards the cost of financing public facilities in the district. The district is hereby authorized to issue bonds secured wholly or partly by the revenues of such agreements and wholly or partly by other revenues that may be received, from time to time, by the district provided the bonds are authorized and issued in the manner provided by R.S. 39:1011 et seq.

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

Acts 2003, No. 235, §1, eff. June 5, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.7
Powers of the sheriffs and governing authorities of the parishes of East Feliciana, West Feliciana, and Avoyelles
Status: in_force

A. The sheriffs and the governing authorities of the parishes of East Feliciana and West Feliciana each shall have authority to purchase, operate, and maintain ambulances and other emergency vehicles within their respective parishes and to expend parish funds for such purposes.

B. The sheriff and the governing authority of the parish of Avoyelles each shall have authority to purchase, operate, and maintain ambulances and other emergency vehicles within Avoyelles Parish. The parish governing authority is authorized to expend parish funds for such purposes. The sheriff is authorized to expend law enforcement district funds, authorized and collected pursuant to R.S. 13:5901 et seq., for such purposes.

Acts 1989, No. 189, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9254 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9254
Meetings of board; officers; employees
Status: in_force

A. The board shall convene and hold its first meeting in the city of Lake Charles as soon as practicable after the appointment of the commissioners. A majority of the membership of the board shall constitute a quorum for conducting business. The board shall elect from its membership a chairman and may elect other officers as deemed necessary for the efficient operation of the affairs of the district. The board shall meet at least quarterly each calendar year on the call of the chairman. Meetings shall also be held on the request of the chairman or at least three members of the board. The chairman shall give seven days' notice to the members of the board of the time and place where regular or special meetings will be held.

B. The board shall maintain suitable offices in the district and may contract with, employ, and fix the compensation and terms of employment of attorneys, clerks, or any other agents or employees.

C. The board shall be domiciled in the city of Lake Charles but may hold public meetings elsewhere in the district.

Acts 1985, No. 253, §1, eff. July 6, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2412 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2412
Admission to tests
Status: in_force

The director shall, subject to the rules, determine the qualifications for admission to any test. Subject to limitations as to age and other requirements and qualifications fixed by the rules in the interests of the service, admission to tests shall be open to all persons who possess the required qualifications and may be lawfully appointed to a position in the class for which a list is to be established. The director, subject to the rules, may reject the application of any person for admission to tests of fitness or refuse to test any applicant, or may cancel the eligibility of any eligible on any employment list, who is found to lack any of the qualifications prescribed as requirements for admission to the tests for the class for which he has applied, or who is physically unfit to perform effectively the duties of a position of the class, or who is addicted to the habitual use of drugs or intoxicating liquors to excess, or who has been adjudged guilty of a crime involving moral turpitude or infamous or notoriously disgraceful conduct, or who has been dismissed from the public service for delinquency or misconduct, or who has made a false statement of any material fact or has practiced or attempted to practice deception or fraud in his application or in his tests or otherwise in securing eligibility for appointment or attempting so to do. Any such facts shall also be considered cause for removal of any employee.

The director shall reject any application filed after the time fixed for closing receipt of applications as announced in the public notice of the tests, or after a specified number of applications, announced in the public notice of the tests, has been received.

The provisions and requirements of this Section and R.S. 33:2407, 33:2410, 33:2411, and 33:2413 as to methods of filling vacancies, establishment of promotional lists and employment lists, eligibility and original entrance competitive tests and admission to tests may be waived or dispensed with by the commission in its discretion in whole or in part in case of original appointment for unskilled labor, including custodial workers, attendants, street cleaners, garbage workers, janitors, food service workers, porters, and other unskilled workers. Such laborers and workers may be selected and appointed by the appointing authority under such conditions and in accordance with such rules and regulations as the commission may from time to time adopt. Any public employees described in this paragraph, when once duly appointed by the appointing authority in accordance with the rules adopted by the commission, shall be regular employees in the classified service.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.71 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.71
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following terms whenever used or referred to in this Chapter shall have the following meaning unless a different meaning is clearly indicated in the context:

(1) "Area of operation" means the area within the corporate limits of the municipality.

(2) "Authority" means the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority in and for the city of New Orleans created pursuant to this Chapter.

(3) "Blighted area" means an area which by reason of the presence of a substantial number of slum, deteriorated or deteriorating structures, predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site or other improvements, diversity of ownership, tax or special assessment delinquency exceeding the fair value of the land, defective or unusual conditions of title, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the municipality, retards the provision of housing accommodations or constitutes an economic or social liability and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare in its present condition and use; but if the area consists of any disaster area referred to in R.S. 33:4720.57(G), it shall constitute a "blighted area".

(4) "Bond" means any bond including refunding bonds, notes, interim certificates, certificates of indebtedness, debenture, or other obligation.

(5) "Bond resolution" means a resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds pursuant to this Section.

(6) "City's comprehensive plan" means that plan defined in R.S. 33:101 through 119.

(7) "Clerk of council" means the official of the city who is the custodian of the official records of the local governing body.

(8) "Community development entity" shall have the same meaning as the meaning given to it in Section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code.

(9) "Community improvement area" means a slum area or a blighted area or a combination thereof or an area in which functionally obsolescent facilities are located which the local governing body designates as appropriate for a community improvement project.

(10) "Community improvement plan" means a general plan for a community improvement project, which plan shall conform to the general plan for the municipality as a whole except as provided in R.S. 33:4720.57(E) and shall delineate the community improvement area affected thereby. It shall be sufficient for the plan, for each community improvement area, to contain a general description of those matters proposed to be carried out in the community improvement area, such as any or all of the following: land acquisitions, demolition and removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements, rehabilitation, zoning and planning changes, if any, land uses, population densities, or building requirements. Detailed, particularized proposals for the implementation of all or any portion of a community improvement plan shall be deemed modification of the plan, within the meaning of R.S. 33:4720.57(E). The foregoing definition, as herein amended, shall apply to any community improvement plan heretofore or hereafter approved pursuant to R.S. 33:4720.57.

(11) "Community improvement project" means undertakings and activities for the elimination and prevention of the development or spread of slums, blight, and functionally obsolescent facilities and may involve slum clearance and redevelopment in a community improvement area, or rehabilitation or conservation in a community improvement area, or a program of code enforcement in a community improvement area, and may include open land which, because of its location or situation, or both, is necessary for sound community growth which is to be developed by replatting and planning, or any combination or part thereof in accordance with a community improvement plan. Such undertakings and activities may include:

(a) Acquisition of a slum, blighted, or functionally obsolescent facility area or portion thereof.

(b) Demolition and removal of buildings and improvements.

(c) Installation, construction, or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other improvements necessary for carrying out in the community improvement area the redevelopment objectives of this Chapter in accordance with the community improvement plan.

(d) Except as otherwise set forth herein, disposition of any property acquired in the community improvement area, including sale, initial leasing, or retention by the agency itself, at its fair market value for uses in accordance with the community improvement plan.

(e) Carrying out plans for a program of code enforcement and a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements in accordance with the community improvement plan.

(f) Acquisition of real property in the community improvement area which, under the community improvement plan, is to be repaired or rehabilitated in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter for repair or rehabilitation of the structures and resale of the property.

(g) Acquisition of any other real property in the community improvement area where necessary to eliminate unhealthful, unsanitary, or unsafe conditions, lessen density, eliminate obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare, eliminate functionally obsolescent facilities, or otherwise to remove or prevent the spread of blight or deterioration, or to provide land for needed public or quasi public facilities.

(h) Acquisition, without regard to any requirement that the area be a slum or blighted area, of air rights in an area consisting principally of land in highways, railways or subway tracks, bridges, drainage canals, waterways, levees, wharves, warehouses, docks, tunnel entrances, or other similar facilities which have a blighting influence on the surrounding area and over which air rights sites are to be developed for the elimination of such blighting influences and for the provision of improvements and related facilities and uses set forth in the community improvement plan.

(i) Construction of foundations and platforms necessary for the provision of air rights sites for improvements and related facilities and uses set forth in the community improvement plan.

(j) The preservation of historic structures or locations within a project area by removing deleterious surroundings.

(k) Relocating within the project area a structure which the authority determines to be of historic value and which will be disposed of to a public body or private nonprofit organization which will renovate and maintain such structure for historic purposes.

(12) "Economic development project" means and includes any project involving the development, construction and equipping of residential, educational, commercial, retail, industrial, manufacturing, institutional, recreational, and other facilities, as well as all structures and appurtenances necessary or convenient in connection therewith, and shall include any new markets project.

(13) "Families of low income" means those families or persons, as defined in R.S. 40:384, whose income is less than the amount determined by the Housing Authority of New Orleans to be necessary to enable them without financial assistance to live in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings without overcrowding.

(14) "Federal government" means a department, agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.

(15) "Financing agreement" means and includes any agreement relating to an economic development project between or among participants in the economic development project or the financing related thereto, including without limitation, lease or sublease agreements, sale agreements or loan agreements.

(16) "Local governing body" means the council charged with governing the city of New Orleans.

(17) "Local option" means the option and discretion of the local governing body.

(18) "Mayor" means the officer having the duties customarily imposed upon the executive head of the municipality.

(19) "Municipality" means the city of New Orleans.

(20) "New markets project" means any economic development project financed in whole or in part through the use of the federal new markets tax credit described in Section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code or the Louisiana new markets tax credit described in R.S. 47:6016.

(21) "Obligee" means any bondholder, agent, or trustee for any bondholder or lessor demising property used in connection with any community improvement project, or any assignee, or assignees of such lessor's interest or any part thereof, and the federal government when it is a party to any contract with the agency.

(22) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic and shall include any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other person acting in a similar representative capacity.

(23) "Public body" means the state and any parish or municipality and any board, commission, authority, agency, district, subdivision or department, agency, instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the foregoing.

(24) "Qualified active low-income community business" shall have the same meaning given to it in Section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code.

(25) "Qualified equity investment" shall have the same meaning given to it in Section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code.

(26) "Qualified low-income community investment" shall have the same meaning given to it in Section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code.

(27) "Real property" means all lands, including improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest, right or use, legal or equitable, therein, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage, or otherwise.

(28) "Related activities" means planning work for the preparation of a general neighborhood renewal plan or for the preparation or completion of a communitywide plan or program and the functions related to the acquisition and disposal of real property pursuant to R.S. 33:4720.56(4).

(29) "Revenue bond" means any bond issued pursuant to this Section.

(30) "Slum area" means an area in which there is a predominance of buildings or improvements, whether residential or nonresidential, which by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open space, high density of population and overcrowding, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or an area of open land which, because of its location or situation, or both, the city limits, is necessary for sound community growth, by replatting and planning and development, or any combination of such factors is conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency, or crime, and is detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare.

Acts 2004, No. 349, §1; Acts 2005, No. 437, §1, eff. July 11, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 666, §1, eff. June 29, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4341 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4341
Sale or lease of revenue-producing utility property; election required; exception
Status: in_force

A. Any municipality, the city of New Orleans excepted, or any parish or any other political subdivision or taxing district authorized to issue bonds under Article VI, Section 37 of the Constitution of Louisiana, all of which are hereinafter in this Subpart referred to as "municipality" or "parish", may sell or lease any revenue-producing properties owned by it, including all proper franchises to operate the properties for a term not to exceed sixty years, provided the governing authority has been first authorized to do so by a vote of a majority of the qualified electors, voting at an election held for that purpose as herein directed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the governing authority of any city, town, or village that owns and operates a water utility that receives a grade of "D" or "F" under The Community Drinking Water Infrastructure Sustainability Act, referred to as the "Act", and the rule issue pursuant to the Act, shall not be required to conduct an election to authorize the sale or lease of the utility if the governing authority finds by official action that the municipality is either financially, managerially, or technically unable to restore the utility to a grade of "C" or better as specified by the Act. When a city, town, or village owns and operates a water, gas, or other revenue-producing public utility, serving customers outside the territorial limits of the city, town, or village, as is allowed by law, a negotiated sale of all of the connections and utility installations outside the area of the said city, town, or village and within the corporate limits of another city, town, or village may be made to the latter city, town, or village by negotiation and without any election, for such price as may be agreed upon between the parties. No election shall be required to authorize the sale or lease by any municipality or parish of revenue-producing water properties to any other municipality, parish, or other political subdivision.

B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any municipality or any other political subdivision, including without limitation, any joint commission deemed to be a body politic and political subdivision in accordance with Subpart A, Part VII, Chapter 2 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes ("The Local Services Act"), in, and including, the parish of East Baton Rouge, hereinafter referred to as a "public entity", may sell or lease any revenue-producing utility or any other property or equipment owned by it, in connection with the operation, management, financing, or refinancing thereof, to, or may acquire or lease such property or equipment from, any other public entity in, and including, the parish of East Baton Rouge, by negotiation and without any election or application of any other law, for such price and pursuant to such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the parties.

C. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall apply to the conveyance or lease of facilities and properties of any sewerage district to a private person or corporation, which person or corporation shall thereby be authorized to operate such facilities. However, the governing authority of any city, town, or village that owns and operates a sewer utility that experiences pollutant discharge in excess of the Final Effluent Limitations specified in the utility's Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (LPDES) General or Site Specific Permit, as reported in three or more consecutive quarters pursuant to the electronic document receiving system (NetDMR) promulgated by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality shall not be required to conduct an election to authorize the sale or lease of the utility, if the governing authority finds by official action that the municipality is either financially, managerially, or technically unable to restore the utility to regulatory compliance as required by the general or site specific permit.

D.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of the parish of Terrebonne may sell, lease, or otherwise convey by any constitutional means its natural gas distribution system and transfer all right and title to all of the assets thereof to the governing authority of the city of Houma by action authorized by ordinance of the governing authority of the parish without the need of an election or any other proceeding.

(2) The ordinance shall include provisions for the transfer to the city governing authority or retention by the parish governing authority of financial obligations and legal liabilities associated with the gas distribution system. Such provisions shall be in accordance with the laws and constitution of the state of Louisiana.

Acts 1989, No. 810, §1, eff. July 10, 1989; Acts 1991, No. 288, §1, eff. July 2, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 18, §1, eff. May 25, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 376, §1, eff. June 16, 1995; Acts 2025, No. 452, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.201 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.201
Redevelopment authorities; public benefit corporations
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any redevelopment authority, created as a special district and political subdivision of the state as defined in the Constitution of Louisiana, may create one or more public benefit corporations. Any such public benefit corporation shall be created by a duly adopted resolution of the governing board of the respective redevelopment authority.

B. Notwithstanding any provision of R.S. 12:202.1 to the contrary, any public benefit corporation created pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall be created for the purpose of redeveloping, owning, planning, renovating, reconstructing, constructing, leasing, subleasing, managing, operating, and improving property and facilities within the jurisdiction of the respective redevelopment authority.

C.(1) The respective redevelopment authority shall be the sole shareholder of each public benefit corporation that it creates pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter. The resolution authorizing the creation of any public benefit corporation shall prescribe the purposes for which any such public benefit corporation is formed and the governing board for the respective redevelopment authority shall also serve as the board of directors for each public benefit corporation that it creates pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) Unless otherwise specified in the resolution authorizing the creation of a public benefit corporation, and in addition to the powers granted to it by Chapter 2 of Title 12 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, each such public benefit corporation shall have all the power, authority, privileges, immunities, tax exemptions, and other exemptions granted by law to the redevelopment authority that created the public benefit corporation. Each public benefit corporation shall conduct all of its activities in accordance with the provisions of the law governing the respective redevelopment authority that created such public benefit corporation.

(3) Each public benefit corporation shall be a distinct and separate juridical entity, and the rights, interests, and liabilities of each such public benefit corporation shall not under any circumstances be considered those of the redevelopment authority that created the public benefit corporation.

(4) If the board of directors of any public benefit corporation created pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter determines that the purposes for which the public benefit corporation was created have been substantially completed, the board of directors shall dissolve the public benefit corporation in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 12 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. Upon dissolution of a public benefit corporation, all of its funds, property, both movable and immovable, and both corporeal or incorporeal, assets, interests, rights, and all other property whatsoever, shall become owned by and shall inure to the benefit of the redevelopment authority that created such public benefit corporation.

D. No public benefit corporation created pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall be a political subdivision of the state as defined in the Constitution of Louisiana but shall be a nonprofit corporation organized and governed by the applicable provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 12 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and shall additionally have all of the powers defined in R.S. 41:1215(B) and R.S. 12:202.1(D). Each public benefit corporation created pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall be an instrumentality of the redevelopment authority that created such public benefit corporation.

E.(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, each public benefit corporation created pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall be subject to the Public Records Law (Chapter 1 of Title 44 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950), the Open Meetings Law (R.S. 42:11 et seq.), and the Code of Governmental Ethics (Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950).

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 42:14, until thirty days prior to the date the board of directors of a public benefit corporation is scheduled to consummate a final sale or lease of any immovable property owned by such public benefit corporation, the board of directors may meet in executive session to discuss negotiations between the public benefit corporation and any prospective seller, purchaser, lessor, or lessee of that property.

(3) The provisions of R.S. 44:31 through 35 shall not apply to any records related to the negotiations of or to the terms of such a sale or lease until thirty days prior to the date the board of directors of the public benefit corporation is scheduled to consummate a final sale or lease. The board of directors shall give written public notice of its intention to consummate a final sale or lease at least thirty days prior to the date on which the board of directors intends to take such action. This notice shall comply with the procedural provisions of R.S. 42:19.

F. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as a restriction or a limitation upon any powers which any redevelopment authority might otherwise have pursuant to any applicable state or local law. The provisions of this Section shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to other powers conferred by other applicable laws.

Acts 2014, No. 97, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9097.37 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9097.37
University Security District
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created within the parish of East Baton Rouge, as more specifically provided in Subsection B of this Section, a body politic and corporate which shall be known as the University Security 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. The district shall encompass an area within the city of Baton Rouge, generally bounded on the north by Roosevelt Street, on the east by University Lake, Parker Blvd, and Burbank Drive, on the south by River Road, Laurel Lakes Sub. and Farr Park, and on the west by River Road, exclusive of the Riverbend Crime Prevention and Improvement District, and being more fully described as follows:

Commence at a point which is the intersection of the west right of way line of River Road with the extension of the north right of way line of West Roosevelt St.;

Thence proceed in an easterly direction along the north right of way line of West Roosevelt St., across Highland Rd to East Roosevelt St., and continuing easterly across Thomas Delpit Dr., then southerly and easterly along the north right of way line of East Roosevelt St. to its intersection with the southwest property line of McKinley High School property;

Thence proceed in a southeasterly then easterly direction along the south boundary of McKinley High School to a point which is the intersection of the southeast boundary of McKinley High School with the edge of water of a body of water commonly referred to as Lake Crest;

Thence proceed in a southerly and easterly direction along the westerly and southerly edge of Lake Crest to a point which is the intersection of the extension of the southern edge of Lake Crest with the east right of way line of Dalrymple Dr.;

Thence proceed in a southerly direction along the east right of way line of Dalrymple Drive to the southwest corner of Lot 3 of the division of a portion of Lot 27, Richland Plantation;

Thence proceed easterly along the south line of Lot 3 of the division of a portion of Lot 27, Richland Plantation the water's edge of University Lake;

Thence proceed in a general southeasterly direction following along the various meanders of the water's edge of University Lake as it existed in April of 2023, continuing along the water's edge along the south side of West Lakeshore Dr. to a point which is the intersection of the extension of the existing water's edge of University Lake with the center of Corporation Canal, at a point which is 30 feet south of the centerline of West Lakeshore Dr.;

Thence proceed southerly along a line that is parallel to and 30 feet south and east of the centerline of West Lakeshore Dr. to a point which is the intersection of a line that is 30 feet east of the centerline of the East Parker Blvd roadway;

Thence proceed in a southwesterly direction along a line that is 30 feet southeast of the centerline of East Parker Blvd. to a point which is the northwest corner of Lot 1-A, Lehavre Subdivision, which point is also on the south right of way line of East Parker Blvd.;

Thence proceed along the south right of way line of East Parker Blvd. to the intersection of the north right of way line of Highland Rd.;

Thence proceed in a southeast direction along the north right of way line of Highland Rd. to a point which is the intersection of the northeasterly extension of the easterly line of Lot A-2 of the former Hazel L. Kelley property with the north right of way line of Highland Rd.;

Thence proceed across Highland Rd along the southeast line of Lot A-2 of the former Hazel L. Kelley property to the north line of Highland Estates, aka, Highland Hideaway Townhomes;

Thence proceed in an westerly and southerly direction along the southeast line of said Highland Estates, aka, Highland Hideaway Townhomes, across the east branch of Bayou Fountain, and along the southeast line of Lot 4-A of the J.T. Williams Subdivision to the north right of way line of Burbank Dr.;

Thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the north right of way line of Burbank Dr. to the intersection of the west right of way line of West Lee Dr.;

Thence proceed in a northeasterly direction along the west right of way line of West Lee Dr. to a point which is on the extension of the north line of Parcel 7, Circle N Ranch property;

Thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the north line of Parcel 7, Circle N Ranch property, crossing Ben Hur Rd., and along the north and east line of Tract D-1-A of the Nelson Property to a point of the north right of way line of Burbank Dr.;

Thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the north right of way line of Burbank Dr to a point which is 600 feet south of the southeast corner of Lot 8-A, University Acres Subdivision;

Thence proceed in a southwesterly direction, across Burbank dr., to a point which is the most northerly corner of Tract C-2-A-1-A-1 of the Nelson Property;

Thence proceed in a southerly direction along the east line of Tract C-2-A-1-A-1 of the Nelson Property to the southeast corner of Tract C-2-A-1-A-1 of the Nelson Property;

Thence proceed in a southeasterly and easterly direction along the east property lines of Tracts C-2-A-1-A-1, C-2-A-2-A and C-2-A-3-A of the Nelson Property to a point on the north right of way line of Nicholson Dr.;

Thence proceed in a southeasterly direction along the north right of way line of Nicholson Dr. to a point which is the intersection of the east property line of the LSU Ag Center site, said line being the west line of Section 79, Township 8 South, Range 1 East and Section 73, Township 8 South , Range 1 West;

Thence proceed in a southerly direction along said Section line to a point which is the intersection of said Section line with the southerly right of way line of River Rd.;

Thence proceed in a westerly direction along the south right of way line of River Rd. to the intersection of the west property line of the LSU Ag Center Site, said line being the west line of Section 65, Township 8 South, Range 1 West;

Thence proceed northerly along the west property line of the LSU Ag center Site, said line being the west line of Section 65, Township 8 South, Range 1 East to the northwest corner of said Section 65;

Thence proceed in an easterly direction along the north line of said Section 65 to the northeast corner of Section 65, said corner being the southwest corner of Section 41, Township 8 South, Range 1 West;

Thence proceed northerly along the west line of said Section 41 to the south property line of Laurel Lakes Estates Subdivision;

Thence proceed along the property line of Laurel Lakes Estates Subdivision in an easterly, then northerly, then westerly direction to a point on the eastern line of Riverbend Subdivision Third filing;

Thence proceed in a northerly direction along the east line of Riverbend Subdivision, Third and First Filings to a point at the northeast corner of Lot 65 of Riverbend Subdivision, First Filing;

Thence proceed in a easterly, then northerly, then northwesterly direction along the property line of Tract X, Riverbend Subdivision, First filing to the east line of Riverbend Subdivision, Fifth Filing, said point being the southeast corner of Lot 314 of said Riverbend Subdivision Fifth filing;

Thence proceed in a northerly direction along the east line of Riverbend Subdivision Fifth Filing to the south right of way line of Brightside Lane;

Thence proceed in a westerly direction along the south right of way line of Brightside Lane to a point which is on the west line of Riverbend Subdivision, Eighth Filing;

Thence proceed in a westerly and southerly direction along the west line of Riverbend Subdivision Eighth Filing to the southwest corner of Lot 810, said point being the southeast corner of Riverbend Landing Subdivision, Third Filing, Part 3;

Thence proceed in a westerly direction along the south line of Riverbend Landing Subdivision, Third Filing, Parts 3, 4 and Second Filings to the southwest corner of Lot 658-A, Riverbend Landing Subdivision, Second Filing, said point being on the east line of Lake Beau Pre' Subdivision;

Thence proceed in a southerly then westerly direction along the east and south line of Lake Beau Pre' Subdivision and Lake Beau Pre' Townhomes, said south line of Lake Beau Pre' and Lake Beau Pre' Townhomes also being the north line of Tracts A, B and M-1-A of the BREC Farr Park, to the west right of way line of River Road;

Thence proceed in a northerly direction along the west right of way line of River Road to the point of beginning.

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

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

(a) The president of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College shall appoint four members.

(b) The board of directors of the Northgate Merchants Association shall appoint one member.

(c) The board of directors of the Southgate Merchants Association shall appoint one member.

(d) The member of the Louisiana House of Representatives whose district encompasses all or the greater number of property owners in the area of the district shall appoint one member.

(e) The member of the Louisiana Senate whose district encompasses all or the greater number of property owners in the area of the district shall appoint one member.

(f) A person appointed by each councilperson of the East Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council whose district, either wholly or in part, is included in the boundaries of the district.

(2) Except for those members appointed by the president of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, all members of the board shall own property and reside within the district and shall be qualified voters of the district.

(3)(a) Members shall serve four-year terms after initial terms as provided in this Subparagraph. Three members shall serve an initial term of one year, three shall serve two years, three shall serve three years, and two shall serve four years, as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board.

(b) 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. Board members shall be eligible for reappointment.

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

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

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

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

E. 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 Subsections F and G of this Section and in accordance with a budget adopted as provided by Subsection H of this Section.

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

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

F. The district, through the board, may impose and collect a parcel fee within the district subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection.

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

(b) For purposes of this Section, the fee shall be a flat fee per parcel not to exceed four hundred dollars per year for unimproved parcels zoned residential, four hundred dollars per year for unimproved and improved single-family parcels zoned residential, six hundred dollars per year for multiple adjacent residential parcels housing a single family dwelling, five thousand dollars per year for multi-family parcels zoned residential, and five thousand dollars per year for unimproved and improved parcels zoned commercial.

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

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

(3) Not less than three years after approval of the parcel fee by a majority of registered voters of the district as provided in this Subsection, the governing authority of the district may increase the amount of the parcel fee one time without an election. The amount of the increased fee shall be as provided in a duly adopted resolution of the board, not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars per parcel per year. However, the amount of the increased fee shall not exceed the maximum amount provided in Subparagraph (1)(b) of this Subsection.

(4) The parcel fee shall expire at the end of the term provided for in the proposition authorizing the fee, not to exceed fifteen years, 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 (2)(b) of this Subsection. Any election to authorize the renewal of the fee shall be held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. If the fee is renewed, the term of the imposition of the fee shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing the renewal, not to exceed fifteen years.

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

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

(7) No fee shall be imposed on any parcel owned by the East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority or its affiliated or subsidiary entities, including parcels subject to a ground lease by the East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(b) Any transaction from which the board member or officer derived an improper personal benefit.

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

Acts 2023, No. 175, §1, eff. June 7, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9126 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9126
Emergency telephone service charge
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority may, when so authorized by a vote of a majority of the persons voting within the district in accordance with law, levy an emergency telephone service charge in an amount not to exceed five percent of the tariff rate. If the district is served by more than one supplier then such service charge shall not exceed five percent of the highest tariff rate. The governing authority may, upon its own initiative, call such a special election. Any such service charge shall have uniform application among service users of the same class as provided in Subsection E of this Section and shall be imposed throughout the entirety of the district, to the greatest extent possible in conformity with availability of such service in any area of the district.

B. If the proceeds generated by an emergency telephone service charge exceed the amount of monies necessary to fund the district, the governing authority shall, by ordinance, reduce the service charge rate to an amount adequate to fund the district. In lieu of reducing the service charge rate, the governing authority may suspend such service charge, if the revenues generated therefrom exceed the district's needs. The governing authority may, by ordinance, reestablish the original emergency telephone service charge rate, or lift the suspension thereof, if the amount of monies generated is not adequate to fund the district.

C. An emergency telephone service charge shall be imposed only upon the amount received from the tariff rate exchange access lines. If there is no separate exchange access charge stated in the service supplier's tariffs, the governing authority shall determine a uniform percentage not in excess of eighty-five percent of the tariff rate for basic exchange telephone service that shall be deemed to be the equivalent of tariff rate exchange access lines, until such time as the service supplier establishes such a tariff rate.

D. If the district levies service charges based on a percentage of tariff rate, the district may convert to flat rate charges that do not exceed its previously authorized rate without necessity of voter approval. However, the district shall not be required to convert to flat rate service charges unless the applicable tariff rate is repealed or no longer utilized in which case the service charge shall convert to a flat rate which equals the former tariff-based rate. In order for the district to adopt flat rate service charges at a rate which exceeds the previously authorized tariff-based rate, such rate increase must first be authorized by a majority in number of the qualified electors of the district voting on a proposition providing for such increase at an election held for that purpose.

E. If such service charges are levied on a flat fee schedule of fixed rates, rates shall be uniform for each of the following classes of service: residential, commercial, and cellular or other wireless telecommunication service.

NOTE: Subsection F effective until August 2, 2002. See Acts 2001, No. 1175, §§4, 5, and 6 and see note below.

F. For cellular or other nonfixed location wireless telecommunications service users, such service charge shall be assessed against each cellular or other wireless phone number for which the billing address is within the boundaries of the district.

NOTE: Subsection F as amended by Acts 2001, No. 1175, §2, effective August 2, 2002. See Acts 2001, No. 1175, §§2, 4, 5, and 6 and see note below.

F. For cellular or other nonfixed location wireless telecommunications service users, such service charge shall be assessed against each cellular or other wireless phone number for which the billing address is within the boundaries of the district. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the application of such service charge to any mobile telecommunications service, as defined in R.S. 47:301(14)(i)(ii)(bb), shall apply only if the customer's place of primary use is located within the boundaries of the political subdivision levying such CMRS emergency telephone service charge. For purposes of this Paragraph, the provisions of R.S. 47:301(14)(i)(ii)(bb) shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent as such provisions apply to the taxes levied pursuant to R.S. 47:302(C) and 331(C) on mobile telecommunications services.

G. No such service charge shall be imposed upon more than one hundred exchange access facilities per person per location. Every billed service user shall be liable for any service charge imposed under this Section until it has been paid to the service supplier. The duty of the service supplier to collect any such service charge shall commence upon the date of its implementation, which shall be specified in the resolution calling the election. Any such emergency telephone service charge shall be added to and may be stated separately in the billing by the service supplier to the service user.

H. The service supplier shall have no obligation to take any legal action to enforce the collection of any emergency telephone service charge. However, the service supplier shall annually provide the governing authority with a list of the amount uncollected, together with the names and addresses of those service users who carry a balance that can be determined by the service supplier to be for nonpayment of such service charge. The service charge shall be collected at the same time as the tariff rate in accordance with the regular billing practice of the service supplier. Good faith compliance by the service supplier with this provision shall constitute a complete defense to any legal action or claim which may result from the service supplier's determination of nonpayment and/or the identification of service users in connection therewith.

I. The amounts collected by the service supplier attributable to any emergency telephone service charge shall be due quarterly. The amount of service charge collected in one calendar quarter by the service supplier shall be remitted to the district no later than sixty days after the close of a calendar quarter. On or before the sixtieth day after the close of a calendar quarter, a return, in such form as the governing authority and the service supplier agree upon, shall be filed with the district, together with a remittance of the amount of service charge collected payable to the district. The service supplier shall maintain records of the amount of the service charge collected for a period of at least two years from date of collection. The governing authority may, at its expense, require an annual audit of the service supplier's books and records with respect to the collection and remittance of the service charge. From the gross receipts to be remitted to the district, the service supplier shall be entitled to retain as an administrative fee, an amount equal to one percent thereof.

Acts 1995, No. 447, §1, eff. June 17, 1995; Acts 2001, No. 1175, §§2 and 4, eff. Aug. 2, 2002.

NOTE: Section 5 of Acts 2001, No. 1175, provides that "The intent of this Act is to amend Louisiana law so that it conforms to the federal Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act, P.L. 106-252, codified at 4 U.S.C., Sections 116 through 126. If it is determined by the legislative oversight committees of the Department of Revenue, which are set forth in R.S. 49:968, that a court of competent jurisdiction has entered a final judgment on the merits that (1) is based on federal or state law; (2) is no longer subject to appeal; and (3) substantially limits or impairs the essential elements of Section 1 or 2 of this Act, then the provisions enacted by such Sections shall be repealed, and Sections 3 and 4 of this Act shall be effective, all as of the date of entry of such judgment." R.S. 33:9126(F) as it appears in Section 4 of Acts 2001, No. 1175 is the same as the law in effect prior to the enactment of Acts 2001, No. 1175.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.65 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.65
Cooperation by public bodies with the New Orleans 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 to the authority; furnish, dedicate, close, vacate, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places; plan or replan, zone or rezone any property of the public body, or make exceptions from building regulations; and cause administrative and other services to be furnished to the authority.

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

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

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

E. For the purposes of this Section, or for the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a redevelopment project and related activities, the municipality may, in addition to any authority to issue bonds pursuant to R.S. 33:4720.61, issue and sell its general obligation bonds. Any bond issued by the municipality pursuant to this Section shall be issued in the manner and within the limitation prescribed by the applicable laws of this state for the issuance and authorization of general obligation bonds by the municipality. Nothing in this Section shall limit or otherwise adversely affect any other Section of this Chapter.

Acts 2004, No. 349, §1; Acts 2005, No. 437, §1, eff. July 11, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9097.27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9097.27
Woodlawn Estates Crime Prevention and Improvement District
Status: in_force

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

B. Boundaries. The district shall include all property shown on the final subdivision plats for Woodlawn Estates and Woodlawn Park subdivision filings First, Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh filed with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court including Lots 1 through 507, and more particularly described as follows: beginning at the intersection of Shenandoah Boulevard and Jones Creek Road, at the southeastern corner of Lot 24 of Woodlawn Park Subdivision, proceed north along the eastern boundaries of Lots 24 through 14 of Woodlawn Park Subdivision, then northwest along the northern boundaries of Lots 14 and 13 of Woodlawn Park Subdivision and Lots 410-418 of Woodlawn Estates. From the northwest corner of Lot 418 Woodlawn Estates, proceed in a northeasterly direction to the southeast corner of Lot 434 of Woodlawn Estates. From this point, go north along the easterly boundaries of Lots 434-428 of Woodlawn Estates. From the northeast corner of Lot 428, go west along its northern boundary, then diagonally to the northeast corner of Lot 421, continuing along the northern boundary of Lot 421 to its northwest corner. From there proceed south along the western boundaries of Lots 421-427 to the southwest corner of Lot 427. Continue southeast diagonally to the northeast corner of Lot 419. From that point continue in a northwest direction along the northern boundaries of Lots 419-420, 435-447 of Woodlawn Estates, then continuing in a westerly direction along the northern boundaries of Lots 447-449, 495-497, then south along the western boundaries of Lots 497-507, Lot 313, Lots 170-196, to the southwest corner of Lot 196, then in an easterly direction along the southern boundaries of Lots 196 and Lots 245-250, then south along the western boundaries of Lots 25-13, then east along the southern boundaries of Lots 13-3 and Lot 1. From the southeast corner of Lot 1 proceed north along the eastern boundaries of Lots 1, 2, 118-107, and Lots 134-140, then east along Shenandoah Avenue diagonally to the Point of Beginning.

C. Purpose. The purpose of the district shall be to aid in crime prevention, to enhance security within the district, to provide for an increase in security patrols in the district, and to provide for the overall betterment of the district.

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

(a) The board of directors of the Woodlawn Estates Homeowners Association shall appoint four members.

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

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

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

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

(3)(a) Members shall serve four-year terms after the initial terms as provided in this Subparagraph. Two members shall serve an initial term of one year; two shall serve two years; two shall serve three years, and one shall serve four years, as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board.

(b) Members shall be eligible for reappointment.

(4) Any vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment. If the appointing authority responsible for the appointment of a member fails to fill a vacancy within thirty days, the remaining members of the board may appoint an interim successor to serve until the position is filled by the appointing authority.

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

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

(7) The board shall keep minutes of all meetings and shall make them available through the secretary of the board. The minute books and archives of the district shall be maintained by the secretary of the board. The monies, funds, and accounts of the district shall be in the official custody of the board.

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

(9) A majority of the membership of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official action of the board shall require the favorable vote of a majority of those members present and voting. All members of the board shall be voting members.

(10) The domicile of the board shall be in East Baton Rouge Parish.

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 Subsections F and G of this Section and in accordance with a budget adopted as provided by Subsection H of this Section.

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

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

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

(7) To provide for such services and make such expenditures as the board deems proper to carry out the purposes of the district.

(8) To acquire or lease items and supplies which the board deems proper to carry out the purposes of the district.

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

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

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

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

(b) For purposes of this Section, a parcel shall be defined as a lot, a subdivided portion of ground, or an individual tract within filings First, Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh of Woodlawn Estates and Woodlawn Park Subdivision, and which is listed on the tax rolls for assessment of property taxes. The owner of the parcel shall be responsible for payment of the fee.

(2)(a) The amount of the fee shall be as provided in a duly adopted resolution of the board. The fee shall be a flat fee per parcel not to exceed three hundred dollars per year for each parcel; however, the initial fee for the first calendar year shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars per parcel.

(b) The board may increase the fee one time during each subsequent calendar year not to exceed ten percent of the amount of the fee imposed during the previous calendar year; however, the amount of the fee shall not exceed the maximum amount authorized in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph.

(c) No fee may be imposed or increased pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection unless the question of its imposition and the board's authority to increase the fee has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district who vote on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.

(d) If approved, the fee and the board's authority to increase the fee shall expire in ten years, but the fee and the board's authority to increase 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 (c) of this Paragraph. If the fee and board's authority to increase 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 ten years.

(3) The fee shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are collected for East Baton Rouge Parish. The tax collector shall collect and remit to the district all amounts collected not more than sixty days after collection; however, the district may enter into an agreement with the tax collector to authorize retention of an annual collection fee, not to exceed one percent of the amount collected.

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

G. Additional contributions. The district may solicit, accept, and expend additional voluntary contributions and grants to carry out the purposes of the district.

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

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

I. Miscellaneous provisions. (1) It is the purpose and intent of this Section that any additional law enforcement personnel and services provided for through the fees authorized in this Section shall be supplemental to, and not in lieu of, personnel and services to be provided in the district by publicly funded law enforcement agencies.

(2) If the district ceases to exist, any funds, equipment, and property of the district shall be transmitted to the governing authority of the municipality in which district is located if the district was in an incorporated area or to the governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge if the district was not in an incorporated area and shall be used only within the district for the purposes set forth in this Section.

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 2015, No. 341, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.509 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.509
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. 38:2233.2 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.

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 1995, No. 115, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1233 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1233
Compensation
Status: in_force

A.(1) Every parish governing authority in Louisiana organized under the police jury system of government shall, by ordinance approved by a majority of the elected members of the governing authority in open public meeting, after public hearing which has been advertised in the official journal of the parish on at least two separate occasions within a period of fifteen days preceding the open meeting, provide for the method and amount of compensation and mileage to and from the meeting place to be paid the member of the police jury of that parish.

(2)(a) Members of the police juries are authorized to receive compensation not to exceed fifty dollars per day and the same mileage allowance as provided to state elected officials going to and from the courthouses in their respective parishes for every day they are actually employed in the service of the parish and for travel outside of the parish on parish business. Mileage shall be charged for each day of attendance at each session of the police jury to be paid out of funds of the several parishes on the warrant of the president, provided however, that if a juror has use of a parish owned vehicle for the conduct of official business, the mileage compensation shall not be paid.

(b)(i) Police jurors shall not be paid for more than one hundred forty-four days in any one year.

(ii) No police juror shall be compensated for more than twelve meetings per month, or, in lieu of such per diem, the police jury may elect, by a vote of a majority of the elected members, to be paid on a salary basis, in which event the maximum salary allowable shall be one thousand six hundred dollars per month for each member of the police jury. A police jury may provide for an increase in the salary of the police juror serving as president of the police jury in an amount not to exceed four hundred dollars per month more than the salary established for members of the police jury. Such additional salary shall only be payable while a police juror is holding the position of president of the police jury.

(iii) In the event that the police jury elects to go on a salary basis, a police juror who does not attend regular, special, or committee meetings of the police jury may be required to forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars of said salary for each nonattendance without reasonable excuse.

(iv) The police jury, by majority vote in open session, may determine on an individual basis whether a member had a reasonable excuse for nonattendance at any regular, special or committee meeting of the police jury.

(3) In addition to any other compensation or expense allowance provided by law, each parish governing authority which does not operate under a home rule charter may pay a monthly, itemized expense allowance, not to exceed four hundred dollars per month, to the members of the governing authority as payment for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Such expense allowance shall be provided upon approval of a majority of the members of the governing authority after public hearing.

B. In lieu of the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, each member of the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish may be empowered to receive a travel allowance for in-parish travel which includes payment for a combination of travel and car allowance of a maximum of one thousand five hundred dollars per month for each member. Such allowance shall be provided upon approval of a majority of the members of the local governing body after public hearing.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 78, §1; Acts 1952, No. 287, §1; Acts 1956, No. 187, §1; Acts 1965, No. 95, §1; Acts 1966, No. 92, §1; Acts 1966, No. 360, §1; Acts 1968, No. 369, §1; Acts 1968, No. 417, §1; Acts 1970, No. 560, §1; Acts 1972, No. 344, §1; Acts 1973, No. 140, §1; Acts 1974, No. 474, §1; Acts 1976, No. 625, §1; Acts 1977, No. 82, §1; Acts 1978, No. 375, §1; Acts 1980, No. 526, §1. Acts 1984, No. 896, §1; Acts 1985, No. 236, §1, eff. July 6, 1985; Acts 1993, No. 423, §1; Acts 1995, No. 964, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1159, §1, eff. July 14, 1997; Acts 2008, No. 356, §1; Acts 2022, No. 399, §1; Acts 2024, No. 471, §1, eff. July 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1334 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1334
Issuance of revenue bonds by commissions; prescriptive period
Status: in_force

A. Any joint commission created by any parishes or municipalities as an agency and instrumentality of such parishes and municipalities under the provisions of this Part shall have the power, if provided in the agreement entered into between such parishes and municipalities, to issue in its corporate name, any revenue bonds of such commission to finance the cost of the construction or acquisition or improvement of such public projects or improvements, including but not limited to, the public purposes described in R.S. 33:1324, which bonds may be the joint obligation, several obligations, or joint and several obligations of such parishes and municipalities, payable, however, solely from the revenues derived from the operation of the public project constructed or acquired with the proceeds of such revenue bonds. Title to such project shall vest in the parties to said agreement in the proportion or manner set forth in such agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of Louisiana law relative to the right of partition available to owners of property or portions of property, the right of partition shall not be available to any party with respect to any property acquired or held subject to the terms of said agreement; however, the agreement may provide for the sale, lease, or other disposition of such property on such terms and conditions as may be set forth in the agreement.

B. Said bonds may be issued by the commission substantially in compliance with the procedures established by Subpart C, Part 1, Chapter 10, Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 but without the necessity of securing the approval of the electorate at a referendum. Any contracts for construction or for acquisition of materials and supplies payable from the proceeds of such bonds shall be subject to the public contract law of the state of Louisiana (R.S. 38:2211, et seq.).

C. The municipality or the parish shall not in any event be liable for the payment of the principal or interest on any revenue bonds of the commission except as provided in Subsection A of this Section and, in addition, the municipalities or the parishes may contract for services furnished by any joint facility constructed by the commission and the municipalities and parishes may obligate themselves to make payments for such term, not exceeding forty years, and in such manner as may be provided in such contracts. None of the bonds of the commission shall be construed to constitute an indebtedness of the municipality or parish for debt limit or other purposes within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provisions whatsoever.

D. The commission is hereby declared to be performing a public function and to be a body politic and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana as defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Louisiana Constitution, with all rights, powers, and authority granted to political subdivisions of the state under the constitution and general laws of the state, including, without limitation, the provisions of R.S. 31:149. Accordingly, the commission and all properties at any time owned by it and the income therefrom and all bonds issued by it and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the state of Louisiana. Also, for purposes of R.S. 51:704(2), and any amendment thereto or substitution therefor, bonds issued by the commission shall be determined to be securities issued by a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, provided, however, that nothing in Subsection D shall be construed as altering jurisprudentially established rules governing the responsibilities of a municipal corporation when engaged in the operation of a public utility.

E. Every ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or other debt obligation by the commission shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published within the area of the municipalities or parishes creating the commission or, if there is none, in a newspaper having general circulation therein. For thirty days after the date of publication, any person in interest may contest the legality of the ordinance or resolution and of any provision therein made for the security and payment of the bonds. After that time, no one shall have any cause of action to test the regularity, formality, legality, or effectiveness of the ordinance or resolution, and provisions thereof, including security, for any cause whatever. Thereafter, it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement for the issuance of the bonds or other debt obligation has been complied with. No court shall have authority to inquire into any of these matters after said thirty days.

F. Nothing in this Chapter shall grant to any joint commission the right to expropriate transmission or distribution facilities of any existing public utility; provided, however, that this shall in no way alter, affect or restrict the rights of expropriation or eminent domain of any individual parish or municipality which participates in the creation of any such commission.

G. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to grant an immunity to or on behalf of any public instrumentality created under this Act from any antitrust laws of the state or of the United States.

H. The books, records and proceedings of joint commissions shall be subject to the Public Records Act, provided, however, that a joint commission may agree that its records, writings, contracts or memoranda relating to new industrial or technological processes, developments, inventions or discoveries for which patents or copyrights have been applied or obtained either by itself or by others in connection with a project of such commission shall remain confidential and not be subject to the public disclosure.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 597, §1, eff. July 17, 1975. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 451, §1, eff. July 31, 1976; Acts 1976, No. 577, §1, eff. Aug. 3, 1976.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9038.71 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9038.71
Baker Economic Development District and Convention Center
Status: in_force

A. Creation. There is hereby created in the city of Baker, parish of East Baton Rouge, hereinafter referred to as "Baker", the Baker Economic Development District and Convention Center, a special taxing district, body politic and corporate of the state, referred to in this Section as the "district". The district shall be a political subdivision of the state and the district is hereby granted all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities accorded by law and the Constitution of Louisiana to political subdivisions of the state, subject to the limitations provided in this Section.

B. Boundaries. The district shall be comprised of all parcels of land bordering Plank Road within the city limit boundaries of the City of Baker; beginning at the northern city limits on Plank Road identified by the bridge as land parcel to the west approximately 250 yards past Lake Mary Drive directly adjacent to parcel 3624560: Tract Y-1 CONT 7.41 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, PARTITION OF THE DR ERIC W DAY ESTATE, BEING LOTS 4-B-1, 3-A, 2-A, & A-1, OF THE T C PAULSEN & JJ MUNDINGER SUB & A 29.46 ACRE TRACT, ALL LYING IN SEC 29, T55 R1E RESUB 2004 and the following described parcels or tracts of land located in Baker, referred to in this Section as the "property":

PARCEL 1:

A certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, situated in that part of the city of Baker known as Ward: 2-2 #44, Lot D-5. Subdiv: BROWN TRACT. 6.89 ACRES, BEING TRACT D-5 OF THE BROWN TRACT, ORIGINALLY THE WHITESELL PROPERTY IN SEC. 53, T5S, RIE, (LESS TO STATE OF LA. DEPT. HWY;

PARCEL 2:

A certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, situated in that part of the city of Baker known as Ward: 2-2 #53..24.63 ACRES CONSISTING OF TRACTS "D-6" AND "D-7" AND THE UNDISPOSED PORTION OF THE WILLIAM L. WHITESELL 43 ACRE TRACT IN SEC. 53, T5S, R1E;

PARCEL 3:

A certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, situated in that part of the city of Baker known as Ward: 2-2 #49, Lot: X, Subdiv: IOWA-LA. LAND CO.. LOT "X" CONT. 1.377 ACRES RESUB. OF THE NORTH 28.20 ACRE & 15.00 ACRE TRACT IN SEC. 53, T5S, R1E OF THE IOWA LAND CO., BEING PART OF THE BROWN TRACT. 1976. (P-32,091). 1984. (P-43,538);

PARCEL 4:

A certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, situated in that part of the city of Baker known as Ward: 2-2 #54..LOT 2-C, CONT 4.299 ACRES RESUB. OF LOT 2 IN SEC. 53, T5S, R1E. 1999. (885-11056). RESUB. 1999. IMPS. 2800-6300.;

PARCEL 5:

A certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, situated in that part of the city of Baker known as Ward: 2-2 #45, Lot: 12, Subdiv: BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH. PROPERTY LOT 12, CONT. 7.461 ACRES RESUB. OF LOTS Y, D-2 & TRACT D-1-1 OF THE OLD BROWN TRACT, BEING BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH PROPERTY IN SEC. 53, T5S, R1E. 1986. (647-648-9888). RESUB. 2001-05.

PARCEL 6:

A certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, situated in that part of the city of Baker known as Ward: 2-2 #46, Lot 13, Subdiv: BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH. PROPERTY LOT 13, CONT. 1.367 ACRES RESUB. OF LOTS Y, D-2 & TRACT D-1-1 OF THE OLD BROWN TRACT, BEING BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH PROPERTY IN SEC. 53, T5S, R1E. 1986. (647-648-9888). RESUB. 2001-05.;

PARCEL 7:

A certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, situated in that part of the city of Baker known as Ward: 2-2 #47, Lot 8-A, Subdiv: BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH. PROPERTY LOT 8-A, CONT. 33.311 ACRES RESUB. OF LOT 8, BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH PROPERTY & LOT 10, MILLARD T. OLIVER PROPERTY, IN SEC. 53, T5S, R1E. 1986. (647-648-9888). 2005. (745-11739). RESUB. 2001-05.

C. Purpose. The state hereby acknowledges that the redevelopment of the property within the district is an important element of the continued revitalization and economic development of the city-parish. The district is created to provide for cooperative economic development among the district, Baker, the state, and the owners of property in the district, in order to assist in the redevelopment of, and dramatic improvement to, the property within the boundaries of the district.

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

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

(b) The mayor of the city of Baker shall appoint one member.

(c) The Baker City Council shall appoint one member who is elected to the city council.

(d) The member of the Louisiana State Senate who represents District 15 shall appoint one member.

(e) The member of the Louisiana House of Representatives who represents District 63 shall appoint one member.

(f) The board of directors of the Baker Chamber of Commerce shall appoint one member who is serving or has served as president of the chamber's board.

(g) The Baker City School Board shall appoint one member from a list of nominees submitted to the school board.

(2) All members of the board shall own property or have a principal place of business or profession within the city of Baker.

(3)(a) The commissioners appointed shall serve for three years. At the expiration of the term of office, the successors shall be appointed in the same manner as the predecessor appointees were selected.

(b) A vacancy that occurs prior to the expiration of a term shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the predecessor appointee was selected.

(4) All the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The board shall keep minutes of all meetings and shall make them available for inspection through the board's secretary. The minute books and archives of the district shall be maintained by the board's secretary. The monies, funds, and accounts of the district shall be in the official custody and control of the board commissioners. The board's treasurer shall maintain adequate accounting records and assure all monies are deposited, expended, and accounted for in accordance with the bylaws.

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

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

(7) The board shall elect from its own members a president, vice president, a secretary, a treasurer, and a parliamentarian, whose duties shall be common to such offices or as may be provided by bylaws adopted by the district. The board shall hold regular meetings and may hold special meetings as provided in the bylaws. The failure of the board to hold any regular meeting shall not impair any existing obligations of the district. All such meetings shall be public meetings subject to the provisions of R.S. 42:11 et seq.

(8) The district shall be subject to the Public Records Law, official journals law, Code of Governmental Ethics, and audit law pursuant to R.S. 24:513.

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

(1) To sue and to be sued.

(2) To adopt bylaws and rules and regulations.

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

(4) For the public purposes of the district, to enter into one or more contracts, agreements, or cooperative endeavors with the state and its political subdivisions or political corporations, Baker, the owners of property in the district, and with any public or private association, corporation, business entity, or person, including but not limited to a cooperative endeavor agreement, a pledge and collateral assignment agreements, and tax collection agreement.

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

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

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

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

(9) To levy and collect the taxes authorized pursuant to this Section.

(10) To pledge the district tax collections and other funds and property as security for the financing or refinancing of any costs incurred or to be incurred in connection with any project or projects, or parts thereof, within the boundaries of the district.

(11) To enter into one or more agreements to provide for the collection of the taxes levied within the district and remittance of the taxes to the appropriate recipients.

(12) To exercise any and all of the powers granted to an economic development district as if the district were an economic development district established pursuant to Part II of Chapter 27 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, including but not limited to the powers of tax increment financing pursuant to R.S. 33:9038.33 and 9038.34 and the power to levy taxes within the district pursuant to R.S. 33:9038.39, provided that any such powers exercised by the district shall be subject to the provisions of Part II of Chapter 27 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 unless such provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of this Section, in which case the provisions of this Section shall control.

(13) To levy sales taxes, or hotel occupancy taxes within the district or any combination of such taxes, above and in addition to any other sales taxes, or hotel occupancy taxes, or combination of such taxes, then in existence or permitted to be in existence within the district, in an amount as may be determined by the board with the approved written consent of the owners of immovable property in the district, all in addition to the powers authorized pursuant to Paragraph (12) of this Subsection and pursuant to R.S. 33:9038.39, subject to the limitations and prohibitions of the Louisiana Constitution.

F. Levy of taxes. (1) In order to provide funds for the purposes of the district, the district, acting by and through its board, is hereby authorized to levy and collect within the district:

(a) A tax upon the occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities.

(b) A tax on the sale at retail, the lease or rental, the consumption and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and on sales of services, all as defined in R.S. 47:301 et seq., or any other appropriate provision or provisions of law, as amended.

(2) The aggregate tax rate upon the occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities within the district authorized pursuant to Subparagraph (1)(a) of this Subsection shall be at least equal to the aggregate rate of all taxes upon the occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities levied and collected within the city-parish.

(3) The aggregate sales tax rate within the district authorized pursuant to Subparagraph (1)(b) of this Subsection shall be at least equal to the aggregate rate of all such sales taxes levied and collected within the city-parish.

(4)(a) The word "hotel" as used in this Section shall mean and include any establishment, both public and private, engaged in the business of furnishing or providing rooms and overnight camping facilities intended or designed for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes to transient guests where such establishment consists of two or more guest rooms.

(b) The occupancy tax shall be paid by the person who exercises or is entitled to occupancy of the hotel room, and shall be paid at the time the rent or fee of occupancy is paid.

(c) The word "person" as used in this Section shall have the same meaning as contained in R.S. 47:301(8).

(5) The taxes authorized in this Section shall be imposed by ordinance adopted by the district, acting by and through its board, without the need of an election.

(6) It is hereby recognized that there are currently no hotel occupancy or sales taxes generated at the property within the district. Accordingly, if the district elects to levy and collect any of the taxes authorized in this Section, such levy shall be deemed to supersede and be in lieu of only such other taxes on hotel occupancy and sales that, without the authority of this Section, would otherwise be levied within the district, do not secure bonds that have been authorized, that have not been dedicated by other law or by proposition approved by electors voting in an election for such purpose, and that are not based on a per-head or per-person basis. Additionally, if, during the term of the district, such other taxes on hotel occupancy or sales within the district that are currently not available for use for tax increment financing purposes should subsequently cease to be authorized to secure bonds, cease to secure bonds that have been authorized, or cease to be dedicated by other law or by proposition approved by electors voting in an election for such purpose, and thus, become available for the use of the financing purposes pursuant to this Section, then such levy shall at such time be deemed to supersede and be in lieu of such other taxes on hotel occupancy or sales within the district and shall be available for use for the purposes of the district; however, if the district elects to levy and collect any of the taxes authorized in this Section, such levy shall not be deemed to supersede or be in lieu of the occupancy tax authorized by R.S. 33:4574.1.1(A)(6) relating to Visit Baton Rouge regardless of whether such occupancy tax is pledged or dedicated to secure debt or bonds that have been authorized and the proceeds of the avails of the occupancy taxes authorized in R.S. 33:4574.1.1(A)(6) shall be dispersed and used for the purposes set forth therein and as further provided in R.S. 33:4574.1.1(L).

G. Tax financing. (1)(a) The district may issue revenue bonds, in one or more series, payable from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of up to the full amount of the district's hotel occupancy and sales tax increments and other district revenues, leases, gifts, proceeds, rents, or other advantages as authorized by this Section, in an amount to be determined by the district, to secure any financing or multiple refinancings of any costs incurred or to be incurred in connection with any project or projects, or parts thereof, within the boundaries of the district. Additionally, without the necessity of issuing revenue bonds, the district may pledge up to the full amount of the district's hotel occupancy and sales tax increments and other district revenues, leases, gifts, proceeds, rents, or other advantages received or collected under the authority of this Section to any financing or multiple refinancings of any costs incurred or to be incurred in connection with any project or projects, or parts thereof, within the boundaries of the district in furtherance of the purposes of the district. Such financing may include but shall not be limited to any loan or loans, mortgages, the issuance of bonds, or the issuance of certificates of indebtedness. For each of the designated nonvoter elected, pledged or dedicated hotel occupancy taxes and sales taxes collected within the district, a tax increment shall consist of that portion of the aggregate of such tax revenues collected by the district each year which exceeds the amount of such taxes that were collected in the year immediately prior to the year in which the district was established.

(b) The pledge or dedication of tax increments authorized by this Section to pay indebtedness shall not impair existing obligations of the district and shall not include tax revenues previously dedicated by the district for a special purpose.

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

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

(4) The authority granted to the district pursuant to the provisions of this Section is consistent with and subject to the limitations provided in R.S. 33:9038.42.

H. Term. The district shall dissolve and cease to exist one year after the date on which all loans, bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness secured, in whole or in part, by district taxes or property are paid in full as to both principal and interest; however, under no event shall the district have an existence of more than thirty years from the date on which the taxes authorized pursuant to this Section are first levied and collected.

I. Contesting ordinance or resolution; time limit. Any ordinance or resolution adopted by the board including but not limited to an ordinance adopted pursuant to Paragraph (F)(5) of this Section, or the pledge of tax increments collected under the authority of this Section to any financing authorized by this Section shall be published at least twice in the official journal of East Baton Rouge Parish. For thirty days after the date of publication, any person in interest may contest the legality of the ordinance or resolution and of any provision therein made for the security and payment of the debt obligation or the levy and collection of taxes. After that time, no one may file for any cause of action to test the regularity, formality, legality, or effectiveness of the ordinance or resolution, and provisions thereof for any cause whatever, except for fraud. Thereafter, it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement for the levy and collection of taxes, the issuance of bonds or other debt obligations, or the pledge of tax increment collected, including all things pertaining to the authorizing thereof, has been complied with. No court shall have authority to inquire into any of these matters after the thirty-day period after publication unless a claim pursuant to this Section has been filed.

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

K. Severability. The provisions of this Section are severable. It is intended that if any provision of this Section should be adjudged invalid or unenforceable, then such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Section. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, if any portion of a tax levied or tax increment pledged or dedicated pursuant to this Section is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of such tax or tax increment.

Acts 2017, No. 393, §1, eff. June 23, 2017; Acts 2020, No. 357, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.445 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.445
Securities
Status: in_force

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

Acts 2010, No. 558, §1, eff. June 25, 2010.